Senate Bill No. 69

(By Senator Wiedebusch)

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[Introduced January 16, 1996; 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 two, article five, chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to incremental salary increases for state employees.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article five, chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

§5-5-2. Granting incremental salary increases based on years of service.

Effective for the fiscal year beginning the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, every eligible employee with three or more years of service shall receive an annual salary increase equal to thirty-six fifty dollars times the employee's years of service, not to exceed twenty thirty years of service. In each fiscal year thereafter and on the first day thereof, each such employee shall receive an annual increment increase of thirty-six fifty dollars for such fiscal year: Provided, That every employee becoming newly eligible as a result of meeting the three years of service minimum requirement on the first day of July in any fiscal year subsequent to one thousand nine hundred eighty-five one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, shall be entitled to the annual salary increase equal to the aforesaid thirty-six fifty dollars times the employee's years of service, where he has not theretofore received the benefit of any such increment computation; and shall receive a single annual increment increase thereafter of thirty-six fifty dollars for each such subsequent fiscal year. These incremental increases shall be in addition to any across-the-board, cost-of-living or percentage salary increases which may be granted in any fiscal year by the Legislature. This article shall not be construed to prohibit other pay increases based on merit, seniority, promotion or other reason, if funds are available for such other pay increases: Provided, however, That the executive head of each spending unit shall first grant the herein mandated increase in compensation to all eligible employees prior to the consideration of any increases based on merit, seniority, promotion or other reason.




NOTE: This bill changes the multiplier and years of service used to compute incremental salary increases for state employees.

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