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.