Sec. 27. (a) The board shall categorize salaries of motor carrier inspectors within each rank based upon the rank held and the number of years of service in the department through the tenth year. The salary ranges the board assigns to each rank shall be divided into a base salary and ten (10) increments above the base salary, with:
(1) the base salary in the rank paid to a person with less than one (1) year of service in the department; and
(2) the highest salary in the rank paid to a person with at least ten (10) years of service in the department.
(b) For purposes of creating the salary matrix prescribed by this section, the board may not approve salary ranges for any rank that are less than the salary ranges effective for that rank on January 1, 1995.
(c) The salary matrix prescribed by this section:
(1) shall be reviewed and approved by the budget agency biennially in even-numbered years before implementation; and
(2) must include the job classifications of motor carrier district coordinator, motor carrier zone coordinator, and motor carrier administrator.