(a) For implementation purposes in the initial fiscal year of the compensation survey, the fully commissioned members of each duty classification in the Jerry F. Agee Tennessee law enforcement training academy shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule for the proper class of position:

(1) Newly hired members and those with less than one (1) year service in like class of position shall be at Step 1;

(2) Members with more than one (1) year but less than two (2) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 2;

(3) Members with more than two (2) years' but less than three (3) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 3;

(4) Members with more than three (3) years' but less than four (4) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 4;

(5) Members with more than four (4) years' but less than five (5) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 5;

(6) Members with more than five (5) years' but less than six (6) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 6;

(7) Members with more than six (6) years' but less than seven (7) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 7;

(8) Members with more than seven (7) years' but less than eight (8) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 8;

(9) Members with more than eight (8) years' but less than nine (9) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 9; and

(10) Members with more than nine (9) years' service in like class of position shall be at Step 10.

(b) For implementation purposes in the initial fiscal year of the compensation survey, the fully commissioned members of each duty classification in the department of safety, and electronic alarms technicians of the division of motor vehicle enforcement, except members of the Jerry F. Agee Tennessee law enforcement training academy, shall be paid in accordance with each member's present step in class of position as of June 30, 1986, and each such member shall receive one (1) additional step in class of position on July 1, 1986, not to exceed ten (10) steps.

(c) For implementation purposes in each subsequent fiscal year of the compensation survey, all fully commissioned members of each duty classification in the department of safety, and electronic alarms technicians of the division of motor vehicle enforcement shall receive one (1) additional step in class of position on each July 1, not to exceed ten (10) steps.

(d) For implementation purposes in each fiscal year of the compensation survey, the following duty classifications shall be paid the same as the duty classification deemed its equivalent, for like years of service:

(1) A technician 3 in the highway patrol shall be equivalent to a sergeant in the highway patrol;

(2) A technician supervisor in the highway patrol shall be equivalent to a lieutenant in the highway patrol; and

(3) An electronic alarms technician in the division of motor vehicle enforcement shall be equivalent to a sergeant in the division of motor vehicle enforcement.

(e) For implementation purposes in each fiscal year of the compensation survey, for fully commissioned members of the department of safety, and communications technicians of the department of safety, any length of service in the highway patrol at a comparable or a higher rank, any length of service in the Jerry F. Agee Tennessee law enforcement training academy at the same or a higher rank and any length of service in the division of motor vehicle enforcement at the same or a higher rank shall be included in computing a member's years of service.