H. B. 2204
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Introduced February 15, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section five, article two, chapter
fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to increasing the
longevity pay of the West Virginia state police.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section five, article two, chapter fifteen of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-5. Career progression system; salaries; exclusion from wage
and hour law, with supplemental payment; bond; leave
time for members called to duty in guard or reserves.
(a) The superintendent shall establish within the West
Virginia state police a system to provide for: The promotion of
members to the supervisory ranks of sergeant, first sergeant,
second lieutenant and first lieutenant; the classification of
nonsupervisory members within the field operations force to ranks of trooper, senior trooper, trooper first class or corporal; the
classification of members assigned to the forensic laboratory as
criminalist I-VII; and the temporary reclassification of members
assigned to administrative duties as administrative support
specialist I-VIII.
(b) The superintendent is authorized to propose legislative
rules for promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter
twenty-nine-a of this code for the purpose of ensuring consistency,
predictability and independent review of any system developed under
the provisions of this section.
(c) The superintendent shall provide to each member a written
manual governing any system established under the provisions of
this section and specific procedures shall be identified for the
evaluation and testing of members for promotion or reclassification
and the subsequent placement of any members on a promotional
eligibility or reclassification recommendation list.
(d) Members shall receive annual salaries as follows:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Cadet During Training
$1,747 Mo. $20,964
Cadet Trooper After Training
2,150 Mo. 25,800
Trooper Second Year
26,256
Trooper Third Year
26,628
Trooper Fourth & Fifth Year
26,928
Senior Trooper
29,016
Trooper First Class
31,104
Corporal
33,192
Sergeant
37,368
First Sergeant
39,456
Second Lieutenant
41,544
First Lieutenant
43,632
Captain
45,720
Major
47,808
Lieutenant Colonel
49,896
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORT SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION
I
26,928
II
29,016
III
31,104
IV
33,192
V
37,368
VI
39,456
VII
41,544
VIII
43,632
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION
I
26,928
II
29,016
III
31,104
IV
33,192
V
37,368
VI
39,456
VII
41,544
(e) Each member of the West Virginia state police whose salary
is fixed and specified pursuant to this section shall receive and
is entitled to an increase in salary over that set forth in
subsection (d) of this section, for grade in rank, based on length
of service, including that service served before and after the
effective date of this section with the West Virginia state police
as follows: At the end of five years of service with the West
Virginia state police, the member shall receive a salary increase
of
three twelve hundred dollars to be effective during his or her
next three years of service and a like increase at three-year
intervals thereafter, with the increases to be cumulative.
(f) In applying the salary schedules set forth in this section
where salary increases are provided for length of service, members
of the West Virginia state police in service at the time the
schedules become effective shall be given credit for prior service
and shall be paid such salaries as the same length of service
entitles them to receive under the provisions of this section.
(g) The Legislature finds and declares that because of the
unique duties of members of the West Virginia state police, it is
not appropriate to apply the provisions of state wage and hour laws
to them. Accordingly, members of the West Virginia state police
are excluded from the provisions of state wage and hour law. This
express exclusion shall not be construed as any indication that the
members were or were not covered by the wage and hour law prior to this exclusion.
In lieu of any overtime pay they might otherwise have received
under the wage and hour law, and in addition to their salaries and
increases for length of service, members who have completed basic
training and who are exempt from federal Fair Labor Standards Act
guidelines may receive supplemental pay as provided in this
section.
The superintendent shall, within thirty days after the
effective date of this section, propose a legislative rule for
promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter
twenty-nine-a of this code, to establish the number of hours per
month which constitute the standard work month for the members of
the West Virginia state police. The rule shall further establish,
on a graduated hourly basis, the criteria for receipt of a portion
or all of supplemental payment when hours are worked in excess of
the standard work month. The superintendent shall certify monthly
to the West Virginia state police's payroll officer the names of
those members who have worked in excess of the standard work month
and the amount of their entitlement to supplemental payment.
The supplemental payment may not exceed two hundred thirty-six
dollars monthly. The superintendent and civilian employees of the
West Virginia state police are not eligible for any supplemental
payments.
(h) Each member of the West Virginia state police, except the
superintendent and civilian employees, shall execute, before
entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, a bond with security in the sum of five thousand dollars payable to the state
of West Virginia, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his
or her duties, and the bond shall be approved as to form by the
attorney general as to sufficiency by the governor.
(i) Any member of the West Virginia state police who is called
to perform active duty for training or inactive duty training in
the national guard or any reserve component of the armed forces of
the United States annually shall be granted, upon request, leave
time not to exceed thirty calendar days for the purpose of
performing the active duty for training or inactive duty training
and the time granted may not be deducted from any leave accumulated
as a member of the West Virginia state police.
(j) Beginning on the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine, and continuing thereafter, members shall
receive annual salaries as follows:
AMENDED ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Cadet During Training
$1,913 Mo.
$22,964
Cadet Trooper After Training
2,316 Mo.
27,800
Trooper Second Year
28,256
Trooper Third Year
28,628
Trooper Fourth & Fifth Year
28,928
Senior Trooper
31,016
Trooper First Class
33,104
Corporal
35,192
Sergeant
39,368
First Sergeant
41,456
Second Lieutenant
43,544
First Lieutenant
45,632
Captain
47,720
Major
49,808
Lieutenant Colonel
51,896
AMENDED ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORT SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION
I
28,928
II
31,016
III
33,104
IV
35,192
V
39,368
VI
41,456
VII
43,544
VIII
45,632
AMENDED ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION
I
28,928
II
31,016
III
33,104
IV
35,192
V
39,368
VI
41,456
VII
43,544
Each member of the West Virginia state police whose salary is
fixed and specified in the amended annual salary schedules is
entitled to the length of service increases set forth in subsection
(f) of this section and supplemental pay as provided in subsection
(g) of this section.
(k) Beginning on the first day of July, two thousand, and
continuing thereafter, members shall receive annual salaries as
follows:
AMENDED ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Cadet During Training
$1,976 Mo.
$23,720
Cadet Trooper After Training
2,379 Mo.
28,556
Trooper Second Year
29,012
Trooper Third Year
29,384
Trooper Fourth & Fifth Year
29,684
Senior Trooper
31,772
Trooper First Class
33,860
Corporal
35,948
Sergeant
40,124
First Sergeant
42,212
Second Lieutenant
44,300
First Lieutenant
46,388
Captain
48,476
Major
50,564
Lieutenant Colonel
52,652
AMENDED ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORT SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION
I
29,684
II
31,772
III
33,860
IV
35,948
V
40,124
VI
42,212
VII
44,300
VIII
46,388
AMENDED ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION
I
29,684
II
31,772
III
33,860
IV
35,948
V
40,124
VI
42,212
VII
44,300
Each member of the West Virginia state police whose salary is
fixed and specified in the amended annual salary schedules is
entitled to the length of service increases set forth in subsection
(f) of this section and supplemental pay as provided in subsection
(g) of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide an increase in
longevity pay for the state police.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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