H. B. 2642


(By Delegate McGraw)
[Introduced March 19, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article one, chapter five-f of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to reducing the salaries of the super secretaries.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section three, article one, chapter five-f of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

§ 5F-1-3. Oath; bond; compensation.

(a) Each person appointed to serve as a secretary shall take the oath or affirmation prescribed by section five, article four of the constitution, and such oath shall be certified by the person who administers the same and filed in the office of the secretary of state.

(b) Each person so appointed shall give bond in the penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, which bond shall be approved by the attorney general as to form and by the governor as to sufficiency. The surety of such bond may be a bonding or surety company, in which case the premium shall be paid out of the appropriation made for the administration of the department.
(c) Each secretary shall receive a salary of seventy sixty-three thousand dollars per year.
(d) The salary and expenses necessary for each secretary and all expenditures for personal services for the office of secretary shall be paid from and within existing appropriations made to the agencies and boards transferred to the department headed by that secretary, and revised expenditure schedules shall be submitted to the commissioner of finance and administration and the legislative auditor stating the amount and source of funds to be expended: Provided, That for fiscal years beginning the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, such amounts shall follow the procedures described in chapter five-a of this code.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to reduce the salary of each of the secretaries of the seven departments enumerated in West Virginia Code 5F-1-2, by ten per cent.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.