OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Highway Patrol
troopers and state prison workers would see pay hikes under a pair of
bills approved by a House committee.
The House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on
Public Safety easily passed both measures on Thursday. They now head to
the full House Appropriations Committee.
The bill to increase trooper pay would boost the
starting salary of a new officer from $33,192 to $38,602. The bill would
cost about $7.3 million annually.
A separate measure to increase pay for state prison
workers would cost about $12.2 million. It would boost the starting pay
for correctional officers from $11.83 per hour to $14 per hour. Other
Department of Corrections employees would get a 5% pay boost under the
bill.
Online:
House Bill 2145: http://bit.ly/YprASQ
House Bill 2146: http://bit.ly/WZmRLW
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