Guam § 55102 - Public Safety and Law Enforcement Compensation Review.

§ 55102. Public Safety and Law Enforcement Compensation Review.

(a) The Director of Administration shall perform a review of the compensation, benefits, position

requirements, and duties of public safety and law enforcement officers of the government of Guam,

including those employed at the Courts of Guam, Guam Police Department, Guam Fire Department,

Department of Corrections, Customs and Quarantine Agency, Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port

Authority Police, Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam Police, Antonio B. Won Pat

International Airport Authority Airport, Guam Rescue and Firefighting Division, Department of Parks and

Recreation, Department of Agriculture, Attorney General’s Office, and the Department of Youth Affairs,

in order to provide internal equity and external competitiveness. The review shall develop a Compensation

Plan which treats all aspects of compensation (base salaries, benefits, pay differentials, and other factors)

as a total reward and incentive package for employees, with said Plan to be uniformly administered

throughout the government.

(b) In conducting the review, the Director shall consult with and consider the views of the

Administrator of the Courts, Chief of Police, Fire Chief, Director of Corrections, Chief of Customs and

Quarantine, Chief of Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port Authority Police, Chief of Police of the

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam, Director of Parks and Recreation, Director of

Agriculture, Attorney General, and the Director of the Department of Youth Affairs, and other interested

persons, and shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing.

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(c) The review shall examine ordinary, necessary and routine duties, salary, hazardous pay, night

differential pay, overtime pay, specialty pay, incentive pay, compensation during typhoons paid pursuant

to Title 4 GCA, Chapter 6, § 6226, exemption from overtime for administrative, management and

professional personnel pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, and position requirements and uniformed

personnel eligibility for retirement pursuant to Title 4 GCA, Chapter 8, §§ 8119, 8120 and 8120.1.

(d) The Director of Administration shall commence said review upon enactment hereof and no later

than April 30, 2008, shall issue a report that includes recommendations of the Human Relations Officer

Coordinating Council (HROCC), as established by Title 4 GCA, §4101.1(j), and stating his findings and

recommendations. The Director shall provide the report to I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, I

Liheslaturan Guåhan, the Judicial Council, the Administrator of the Courts, the Chief of Police, the Guam

Fire Chief, the Director of Corrections, the Director of Youth Affairs, the Attorney General, the Chief of

Customs and Quarantine, the Chief of Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port Authority Police, the Chief

of Police of the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam, the Director of Parks and

Recreation and the Director of Agriculture, and shall post and notice the report in the manner prescribed in

Title 4 GCA, Chapter 6, § 6303.1 (a).

(e) Compensation for individuals covered in the review outlined in this Section shall be increased by

forty percent (40%) over a four (4) year period. Effective October 1, 2008, compensation for individuals

covered in the study, as outlined in this Section, shall be increased by forty percent (40%) to be implemented

so that the increase shall be no less than ten percent (10%) on October 1, 2008, no less than the aggregate

of twenty percent (20%) on October 1, 2009, no less than the aggregate of thirty percent (30%) on October

1, 2010, with the aggregate final increase to not exceed forty percent (40%), or the amount of increase

indicated by the Public Safety and Law Enforcement Compensation Review Report, for the respective

classes of position, whichever is greater, by October 1, 2011. Thereafter, compensation shall be increased

pursuant to the Public Safety and Law Enforcement Compensation Review and Report. Each percentage

increase shall be based on rates of compensation on September 30, 2008. It is the intent of I Liheslaturan

Guåhan that the government of Guam achieves the final forty percent (40%) increase in an expedited

manner as additional revenue becomes available.

(f) The rates of compensation shall be adjusted to meet the findings of the study outlined in item (a)

of this Section.

(g) The following positions at the Department of Revenue and Taxation and the Department of

Agriculture shall be included in the law enforcement compensation adjustment mandated by this Section

and shall receive the adjustment retroactive to October 1, 2008:

(1) Department of Revenue and Taxation Criminal Investigation Supervisor

(2) Department of Revenue and Taxation Tax Investigator;

(3) Department of Revenue and Taxation Assistant Tax Investigator;

(4) Department of Revenue and Taxation Compliance Inspection Supervisor;

(5) Department of Revenue and Taxation Compliance Inspector;

(6) Department of Agriculture Commodity Inspector; and

(7) Department of Agriculture Entomologist.