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Okla. House Panel OKs Raises for Troopers, Guards (Feb 26, 2013)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A House committee has approved a pair of bills to give pay raises to state prison workers and Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers.

The bills were passed without objection Monday by the House Appropriations Committee. If approved by the House Calendar Committee, the bills will next be heard by the full House.

The bill to increase trooper pay would boost increase the salary of a starting trooper from $38,000 to $44,194 annually. The measure would cost about $7.3 million annually.

The prison worker pay hike would boost the starting pay for correctional officers from $11.83 per hour to $14 per hour. Other DOC employees would get a 5 percent pay boost under the bill. It would cost about $12.2 million annually.



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