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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:40:1394",
  "title_number": "40",
  "section_number": "1394",
  "citation": "R.S. 40:1394",
  "heading": "Salary scale; vouchers in payment of expenses; allowances",
  "text": "The salary scale of the enumerated troopers and officers of the Division of State Police, whether under civil service or otherwise, shall be as follows:\n\nTrooper, minimum salary $565.00 per month;\n\nSergeant, minimum salary $675.00 per month;\n\nLieutenant, minimum salary $760.00 per month;\n\nCaptain, minimum salary $850.00 per month;\n\nMajor, minimum salary $965 per month;\n\nLt. Colonel, minimum salary $1,120 per month.\n\nAll troopers shall maintain grade for a minimum period of three years. All sergeants shall maintain grade for a minimum period of two years. All lieutenants shall maintain grade for a minimum period of two years. At the end of the respective periods in grade, they shall be paid at the maximum rate prescribed for the respective grades and be eligible for promotion to the next higher grade as vacancies occur.\n\nThe department may approve vouchers in payment of expenses incurred by employees of the division in the discharge of their duties.\n\nAllowance for lodging and subsistence may be paid to the employees of the division under such terms and conditions as the department prescribes. The department may provide lodging and subsistence for employees of the division at their official stations.",
  "status": "active",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "40",
      "name": "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"
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      "number": "6",
      "name": "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "STATE POLICE"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "A",
      "name": "STATE POLICE LAW"
    }
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 40 › Chapter 6 › Part III › Subpart A",
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      "act_year": 1952,
      "act_number": 299,
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      "act_year": 1970,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 1952, No. 299, §1; Acts 1970, No. 33, §1.",
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