(a)(1) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied additional court costs and charges of fifteen dollars ($15) upon any criminal or civil cases including, but not limited to, felony cases, misdemeanor cases, and traffic violation cases whose jurisdiction is in the Town of Berry Municipal Court of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit. The costs and charges levied by this section shall be in addition to all other costs and charges presently levied and shall be collected as other costs and charges. The levy of the costs and charges shall commence on July 1, 2010, and all cases pending at the time shall be subject to the levy of costs and charges.
(2) All money derived from the costs and charges provided herein shall be remitted to the Town of Berry and placed in a special fund known as the hazardous duty pay fund. Hazardous duty pay, as provided in this section, shall be paid exclusively from the fund and all funds deposited shall be used pursuant to this section.
(3) In the event funds collected pursuant to this section are insufficient to pay the monthly hazardous duty pay to each police officer, the Town Council of Berry shall have no responsibility or liability to pay the payments and all hazardous duty pay shall be suspended until sufficient funds are collected and deposited in the hazardous duty pay fund.
(b)(1) In addition to all other compensation presently paid, each sworn officer employed full time by the Town of Berry, shall be entitled to hazardous duty pay equal to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month. The sum shall be paid in the same manner as the salary of police officers except that the Town Council of Berry, in its discretion, may elect to pay all of the sum in one pay period each month.
(2) The Town Council of Berry shall begin paying the hazardous duty pay as provided herein the first pay period the funds are available to cover the sum needed.
(3) The Town Council of Berry may increase hazardous duty payments to police officers in its discretion, provided that all increases are paid from the hazardous duty pay fund created by this section.
Last modified: May 3, 2021