Tennessee § 4-7-205 - Implementation of salary schedule.
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§ 4-7-205. Implementation of salary schedule.
The salary schedule determined by the most recent compensation survey shall be implemented by the commissioners of human resources and finance and administration in the next fiscal year, subject only to availability of appropriations. In each fiscal year all funds appropriated in the general appropriations act and allocated for the salaries of fully commissioned members of the department of safety and electronic alarms technicians of the division of motor vehicle enforcement shall be first used to implement the compensation survey. To the extent of any remaining funds, the general assembly, upon the recommendations of the department of human resources, shall provide for the expenditure of such funds. No adjustment arising from the survey provided for in this part or the salary schedule determined by the survey shall take effect until such adjustment is funded in the general appropriations bill. The payment of such adjustment or increase in the salary schedule is conditioned upon such adjustment or increase being funded in the general appropriations bill. Acts 1986, ch. 935, § 5; 1987, ch. 245, § 2; 2007, ch. 60, § 3. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2007, ch. 60, § 3 provided that the references to the department of personnel are changed to the department of human resources, effective April 24, 2007.
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