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Senate Bill No. 2005
(By Senators Tomblin (Mr. President) and Caruth,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced June 24, 2008.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §5-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to annual incremental salary
increases to certain state employees based on years of
service.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-2. Granting incremental salary increases based on years of
service.
(a) (1) Every eligible employee with three or more years of
service shall receive an annual salary increase equal to fifty
sixty dollars times the employee's years of service. In each
fiscal year and on the first day of July, each eligible employee
shall receive an annual increment increase of fifty sixty dollars
for that fiscal year.
(2) For fiscal years beginning the first day of July, two
thousand eight, and each fiscal year thereafter, every eligible employee with one or more years of service shall receive an annual
salary increase equal to sixty dollars times the employee's years
of service. In each fiscal year and on the first day of July, each
eligible employee shall receive an annual increment increase of
sixty dollars for that fiscal year.
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this
subsection, Every employee becoming newly eligible as a result of
meeting the three years of service minimum requirement on the first
day of July in any fiscal year is entitled to the annual salary
increase equal to fifty sixty dollars times the employee's years of
service, where he or she has not in a previous fiscal year received
the benefit of an increment computation. Thereafter, the employee
shall receive a single annual increment increase of fifty sixty
dollars for each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) Every employee becoming newly eligible as a result of
meeting the three years of service minimum requirement on the first
day of July in any fiscal year subsequent to the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth day of June, two thousand eight, is entitled to the
annual salary increase equal to sixty dollars times the employee's
years of service, where he or she has not in a previous fiscal year
received the benefit of an increment computation. Thereafter, the
employee shall receive a single annual increment increase of sixty
dollars for each subsequent fiscal year.
(c) These incremental increases are in addition to any
across-the-board, cost-of-living or percentage salary increases
which may be granted in any fiscal year by the Legislature.
(d) This section shall not be construed to prohibit other pay
increases based on merit, seniority, promotion or other reason, if
funds are available for the other pay increases: Provided, That
the executive head of each spending unit shall first grant the
mandated increase in compensation in this section to all eligible
employees prior to the consideration of any increases based on
merit, seniority, promotion or other reason.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to eliminate an
inconsistency with regard to the number of years a state employee
must serve before becoming eligible to receive an annual salary
increase.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.