COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 2185

(By Delegates Stemple, Williams, Kominar, Laird and Ashley)


(Originating in the Committee on Finance)

[March 1, 1999]



A BILL to amend article fourteen, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section seventeen-e, relating to compensating deputy sheriffs for required work during holidays.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article fourteen, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section seventeen-e, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
§7-14-17e. Deputy sheriffs who are required to work during holidays; how compensated.
From the effective date of this section, if any deputy sheriff is required to work during a legal holiday as is specified in section one, article two, chapter two of this code, or if a legal holiday falls on the deputy sheriff's regular scheduled day off, the sheriff shall decide either that, the deputy sheriff shall be allowed equal time off at such time as may be approved by the sheriff under whom the deputy sheriff serves, or in the alternative, shall be paid at a rate not less than one and one-half times the deputy sheriff's regular rate of pay.