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Senate Bill 445 History
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Senate Bill No. 445
(By Senators Love, Facemyer, Unger, Barnes, McCabe,
Chafin,
Hunter, Minard, Stollings, Jenkins, Oliverio, Caruth, Fanning,
Bowman, Bailey, Wells, Green, Edgell, McKenzie, Kessler, White,
Plymale, Guills and Foster)
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[Introduced February 2, 2007; referred to the Committee on
Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §15-2D-8, relating to
providing a base salary and retention salary increases for
Division of Protective Services' law-enforcement officers
based on years of service; and excluding the Director and
Deputy Director of the Division of Protective Services.
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 §15-2D-8, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2D. DIVISION OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
§15-2D-8. Base pay and retention incentive salary increases for
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective
Services.
(a) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers hired by the Division of Protective
Services, excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive
a salary of twenty-seven thousand dollars per year. After a
six-month probationary period, such new law-enforcement officer
shall receive a one thousand dollar salary increase.
(b) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective Services,
excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive a salary
increase of one thousand dollars on his or her third anniversary
with the division.
(c) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective Services,
excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive a salary
increase of one thousand dollars on his or her fifth anniversary
with the division.
(d) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective Services,
excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive a salary
increase of one thousand dollars on his or her seventh anniversary
with the division.
(e) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective Services,
excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive a salary increase of one thousand dollars on his or her tenth anniversary
with the division.
(f) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective Services,
excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive a salary
increase of one thousand dollars on his or her thirteenth
anniversary with the division.
(g) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective Services,
excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive a salary
increase of one thousand dollars on his or her fifteenth
anniversary with the division.
(h) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective Services,
excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive a salary
increase of one thousand dollars on his or her seventeenth
anniversary with the division.
(i) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
law-enforcement officers of the Division of Protective Services,
excluding the director and deputy director, shall receive a salary
increase of one thousand dollars on his or her twentieth
anniversary with the division.
(j) 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 Director shall first grant the mandated increase in
compensation in this section to all eligible law-enforcement
officers prior to the consideration of any increases based on
merit, seniority, promotion or other reason.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide base starting
pay and retention salary increases for Division of Protective
Services law-enforcement officers, excluding the director and
deputy director.
This section is new; therefore, strike throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.