1. A. On July 1, 2003, each employee of the Department of Public Safety who is classified as a Training Specialist III, who is certified as a full-time law enforcement officer by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, and who is commissioned by the Commissioner of Public Safety as a police officer of the Department shall be reclassified and transferred to the Capitol Patrol Section of the Highway Patrol Division of the Department as provided in this section.
2. B. On July 1, 2003, each employee described in subsection A of this section shall be reclassified as a Patrolman in the Capitol Patrol Section of the Highway Patrol Division of the Department and assigned to the salary schedule provided in paragraph 1 of subsection F of Section 2-105.7 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes to the step which is nearest, but not more than, the salary the employee was earning on June 30, 2003. The sole purpose of this subsection is to reclassify and assign each of the employees specified in subsection A of this section to a position and step in conformity with the salary schedule. It is not the intent of this subsection to modify in any way the salary that the employee was earning on June 30, 2003. Therefore, the annual salary of the employee shall not be changed as a result of being reclassified and assigned to said salary schedule, and if the salary of the employee as of June 30, 2003, does not correspond to one of the steps, then the salary shall remain off step until the provisions of subsection C of this section are applicable.
3. C. After July 1, 2003, each reclassified and transferred employee described in subsection A of this section shall receive upon the anniversary date of the reclassified and transferred employee, an annual salary increase to the next step of the salary schedule provided for in paragraph 1 of subsection F of Section 2-105.7 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and shall for each fiscal year thereafter receive an annual salary increase to the subsequent step of the salary schedule until that reclassified and transferred employee reaches Step 14 of the schedule.

Added by Laws 2003, SB 426, c. 461, § 5, emerg. eff. July 1, 2003; Amended by Laws 2004, HB 2265, c. 418, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 2004 (superseded document available).