Senate Bill No. 270

(By Senators Bailey, Withers and Humphrey)

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[Introduced February 4, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section one-c, article seven, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to allowing conservation officers to voluntarily transfer unused accrued sick leave days to another conservation officer.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one-c, article seven, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.

§20-7-1c. Conservation officers, ranks, salary schedule, base pay, exceptions.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the ranks within the law-enforcement section of the division of natural resources shall be colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, conservation officer and conservation officer-in-training. Each such officerwhile in uniform shall wear the insignia of rank as provided by the chief conservation officer.
(b) Conservation officers shall be paid the minimum annual salaries based on the following schedule:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Conservation Officer-In-Training (first year)$18,617
Conservation Officer (second year)$20,806
Conservation Officer (third year)$21,078
Conservation Officer (fourth year)$21,290
Conservation Officer (after fifth year)$22,868
Conservation Officer (after tenth year)$24,446
Conservation Officer (after fifteenth year)$25,846
Sergeant$29,469
Lieutenant$32,289
Captain$36,675
Major$38,958
Lieutenant Colonel$41,000
Colonel
Conservation officers in service at the time the amendment to this section becomes effective shall be given credit for prior service and shall be paid such salaries as the same length of service will entitle them to receive under the provisions hereof.
(c) This section shall not apply to special or emergency conservation officers appointed under the authority of section one of this article.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit other pay increases as provided for under section two, article five, chapter five of this code.
(e) A conservation officer with accrued sick leave may at his or her request transfer and credit to another conservation officer any amount of accrued sick leave available to the officer.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow conservation officers to voluntarily transfer unused accrued sick leave to another conservation officer.

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