41-5-704. Salary and expenses. (1) A chief probation officer shall receive for his services a salary specified by the court, depending on the formal training and experience of each respective officer, but such salary may be no lower than $17,000 a year and no higher than $22,000 a year. In addition to such salary, the court shall, on or before July 1 of each year, adjust and fix the salary of the chief probation officer for a cost-of-living increase by adding to his annual salary on July 1 of that year an increment of 70% of the last previous calendar year's consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, or other index that the bureau of business and economic research of the university of Montana may in the future recognize as the successor to that index. The cost-of-living increment for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of each subsequent fiscal year shall be added to all cost-of-living increments granted for previous years. The salary of such officer shall be apportioned among and paid by each of the counties in which such officer is appointed to act, in proportion to the cost allocation established under 41-5-104, except where such officer is appointed for one county, such county shall pay the entire salary.
     (2) In addition to the compensation provided in subsection (1), each chief probation officer with more than 5 years of service is entitled to receive an annual 1% longevity allowance. Each longevity allowance must be based on the officer's current salary and begins on the officer's annual employment anniversary date. The allowance must be paid in equal monthly installments.
     (3) For all authorized travel incident to his official duties in connection with the investigation, supervision, and transportation of youth, the chief probation officer shall, in addition to his office salary, be reimbursed as provided in 2-18-501 through 2-18-503.

     History: En. 10-1234 by Sec. 34, Ch. 329, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 530, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 10-1234(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 605, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 534, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 332, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 580, L. 1985.