Senate Bill No. 597
(By Senator Prezioso)
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[Introduced March 16, 2009; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization; and then 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 §60-2-23, relating to
providing for career development; and establishing annual
salaries for Alcohol Beverage Control inspectors, enforcement
agents and supervisors.
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 as §60-2-23, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSIONER.
§60-2-23. Career Development; salaries.
(a) The commissioner shall establish within the Alcohol
Beverage Control Commission a system to provide for the career
development and promotion of inspectors and enforcement agents.
(b) The commissioner may 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 commissioner will provide to each inspector,
enforcement agent and supervisor 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 inspectors and enforcement agents for advancement.
(d) Beginning July 1, 2009, until and including the June 30
2010, inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors shall receive
annual salaries as follows:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Inspector 141,296
Inspector 241,679
Inspector 342,078
Enforcement Agent 143,290
Enforcement Agent 247,591
Enforcement Agent 349,742
Enforcement Agent, Supervisor56,194
Each inspector, enforcement agent and supervisor of the
Alcohol Beverage Commission whose salary is fixed and specified in
this annual salary schedule is entitled to the length of service increases set forth in subsection (e) of this section.
(e) Each inspector, enforcement agent and supervisor of the
Alcohol Beverage Commission whose salary is fixed and specified
pursuant to this section will receive, and is entitled to, an
increase in salary over that set forth in subsection (d) of this
section based on length of service, including that service served
before and after the effective date of this section with the
Alcohol Beverage Commission as follows: At the end of two years of
service with the Alcohol Beverage Commission, the inspector,
enforcement agent and supervisor will receive a salary increase of
$400 to be effective during his or her next year of service and a
like increase at yearly 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,
inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors of the Alcohol
Beverage Commission in service at the time the schedules become
effective will be given credit for prior service and will be paid
the salaries the same length of service entitles them to receive
under the provisions of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for career
development and establishing a pay scale for Alcohol Beverage
Commission inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.