Sec. 13. (a) The board shall categorize salaries of police employees within each rank based upon the rank held and the number of years of service in the department through the twentieth year. The salary ranges the board assigns to each rank shall be divided into a base salary and twenty (20) increments above the base salary, with:
(1) the base salary in the rank paid to a person with less than one (1) year of service in the department; and
(2) the highest salary in the rank paid to a person with at least twenty (20) years of service in the department.
(b) The salary matrix prescribed by this section shall be reviewed and approved by the budget agency before implementation.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-1-4.5.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.306.