Pub. L. 91-297, tit. I, sec. 103

Sec. 103. The rates of basic compensation of officers and members to whom the amendments made by section 102 of this title apply shall be adjusted as follows : Each officer and member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the effective date of this title at one of the scheduled service or longevity rates of a salary class or subclass in the salary schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled service or longevity’ step in effect on and after the effective date of this title, except that : (1) Each officer or member who immediately prior to the effective date of this title was assigned as technician I or plainclothesman in subclass (b) of salary class 1 or as technician II, station clerk, or motorcycle officer in subclass (c) of salary class 1 shall, on the effective date of this title, be assigned as and receive basic compensation as technician. plainclothesman, station clerk or motorcycle officer in subclass (b) of salary class 1 at the service step or longevity step in subclass (b) corresponding to that service step or longevity step in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this title. (2) Each officer or member who immediately prior to the effective date of this title was serving as a fire inspector assigned as technician I or technician II in subclass (b) or (c) of salary class 2 shall, on the effective date of this title, be placed and receive basic compensation as fire inspector assigned as technician in subclass (b) of salary class 2 at the service step or longevity step in subclass (b) corresponding to that service step or longevity step in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this title. (3) Each officer or member who immediately prior to the effective date of this title was serving in service step 1,2,3, or 4 of subclass (b) of salary class 9 shall, on the effective date of this title, lie placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 10 at the service step corresponding to that service step in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this title. Each officer or member who immediately prior to the effective date of this title was serving in longevity step A or B of subclass (b) of salary class 9 shall, on the effective date of this title, be placed in and receive basic compensation in service step 4 of salary class 10. (4) The Fire Chief and Chief of Police who immediately prior to the effective date of this title were serving in salary class 10 shall, on the effective date of this title, be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 11 and each shall be placed at the respective service step in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this title. (5) Each officer or member of the Metropolitan Police-force and United States Park Police force who is performing the duty of a dog handler on or after the effective date of this title shall receive in addition to his basic compensation an additional $595 per annum, except 84 Stat. 356that if a police private is classed as technician in subclass (b) of salary class 1 in the salary schedule hi section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 solely on account of his duties as dog handler, such police private shall not be entitled to the additional compensation authorized by this paragraph.