AL SB288

Requires the Director of the Department of Public Safety and the Alabama State Personnel Department to establish a "Trooper First Class" classification for state troopers employed for three years or more.

Compensates Trooper First Class employees according to pay grade 7576 of the State of Alabama Personnel Department compensation plan.

Allows the State of Alabama to recover actual training costs for law enforcement officers who do not maintain full-time employment for three years after initial employment.

Permits the State to recover training costs from any other agency or entity that hires the employee as a law enforcement officer within three years of initial state employment.

Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.