Senate Bill No. 398
(By Senators Blatnik and Craigo)
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[Introduced February 21, 1994; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article five, chapter
four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to the commission on
special investigations generally; and providing that
employees of the commission receive any across-the-board
salary increase given to state employees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article five, chapter four of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COMMISSION ON SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.
§4-5-4. Compensation and expenses of members; other expenses;
how paid; joint committee approval.
The members of the commission shall receive travel, interim
and out-of-state expenses, as authorized in sections six, eight
and nine, article two-a, chapter four of this code. Such
expenses and all other expenses including those incurred in theemployment of legal, technical, investigative, clerical,
stenographic, advisory and other personnel shall be paid from the
appropriation under "Account No. 103 for Joint Expenses." but A
general salary increase granted to all state employees, whose
salaries are not set by statute, expressed as a percentage
increase or an "across-the-board" increase, shall be granted to
employees of the commission. No other expense of any kind
whatever shall be incurred unless the approval of the joint
committee on government and finance therefor is first had and
obtained by the commission.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that employees
of the Commission on Special Investigations receive any across-
the-board salary increase given to state employees.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.