H. B. 2420
(By Delegate Doyle)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §5-5-6; and to amend
said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated
§
18A-4-5e and §
18A-4-8j
, all relating to providing an
augmentation to any salary increase for any public employee,
teacher or school service personnel.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated
§5-5-6; and that said
code be amended by adding thereto two new sections, designated
§
18A-4-5e and §
18A-4-8j
, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 5. GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR,
SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS,
OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC.
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-6. Salary increases based on county per capita income.
(a) Effective for the fiscal year beginning the first day of
July, two thousand seven, any increase in the salary of an employee
who resides in a county whose per capita income is above the
average county per capita income for the state is to be augmented
as provided in this section.
(b) The salary increase augmentation required by this section
to an employee's salary increase is equal to one half of one
percent of the salary increase for each one percent the employee's
resident county per capita income is above the average county per
capita income for the state.
(c) For purposes of this section, the county per capita income
and the average county per capita income for the state are those
determined in the latest computation published by the federal
census-taking agency.
CHAPTER 18A. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-5e. Increase to salary increases based on county per
capita income.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of section five of this
article to the contrary and effective for the fiscal year beginning
the first day of July, two thousand seven, any increase in the
salary of a teacher who resides in a county whose per capita income is above the average county per capita income for the state is to
be augmented as provided in this section.
(b) The salary increase augmentation required by this section
to a teacher's salary increase is equal to one half of one percent
of the salary increase for each one percent the teacher's resident
county per capita income is above the average county per capita
income for the state.
(c) For purposes of this section, the county per capita income
and the average county per capita income for the state are those
determined in the latest computation published by the federal
census-taking agency.
§18A-4-8j. Increase to salary increases based on county per
capita income.
(a) Effective for the fiscal year beginning the first day of
July, two thousand seven, any increase in the salary of a school
service employee who resides in a county whose per capita income is
above the average county per capita income for the state is to be
augmented as provided in this section.
(b) The salary increase augmentation required by this section
to a school service employee's salary increase is equal to one half
of one percent of the salary increase for each one percent the
school service employee's resident county per capita income is
above the average county per capita income for the state.
(c) For purposes of this section, the county per capita income and the average county per capita income for the state are those
determined in the latest computation published by the federal
census-taking agency.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to augment any salary
increase received by a public employee, teacher or school service
personnel by 5% of the increase for every 1% the employee's or
teacher's resident county's per capita income exceeds the average
county per capita income for the state.
These sections
are new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.