H. B. 2659


(By Delegates Tillis, Damron, Linch and Mahan)
[Introduced February 4, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]




A BILL to amend article one, chapter fifty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine-b, relating to increasing the salaries of magistrate court clerks, deputy clerks and assistants.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter fifty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. COURTS AND OFFICERS.
§50-1-9b. Salary increase for magistrate court clerks, magistrate court deputy clerks and magistrate assistants.

Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, the salary of every magistrate court clerk, magistrate court deputy clerk and magistrate assistant that has been employed in that capacity since the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine,
shall be increased by eighty-four dollars a month. This increase shall be made notwithstanding the limitations contained in sections eight, nine and nine-a of this article.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the salaries of magistrate court clerks, magistrate court deputy clerks and magistrate assistants by about $1,000 a year.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.