Section 29-7-5 Compensation of legislative reference analysts.

Section 29-7-5

Compensation of legislative reference analysts.

(a) Any person employed by the Legislative Reference Service as a legislative analyst or in any similar position in the classified service of the state shall be compensated at a rate at least equal to the rates fixed for attorneys in comparable ranks in the classified service.

(b) The Personnel Board or other authority charged with the duty of fixing the compensation scale for state employees shall provide that the pay scale for Legislative Analysts I shall begin at a minimum at least equal to the minimum then prescribed for Attorneys I and that likewise each intermediate rate in the salary range, and the maximum rate, shall be equal to or greater than the corresponding rate for Attorneys I. In like manner, the board or other authority shall also prescribe the minimum, intermediate, and maximum salary rates for Legislative Analysts II, III, and IV at a rate at least equal to the minimum, intermediate, and maximum salary rates prescribed for Attorneys II, III, and IV, respectively.

(Acts 1971, No. 2241, p. 3597; Acts 1993, No. 93-618, p. 1020, §1.)