H. B. 2990
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[By Request of the Executive]
)
[Introduced February 26, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article one, chapter
five-f of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended; to amend and reenact section
two-a, article seven, chapter six of said code; to amend and
reenact section six, article four, chapter seven of said
code; and to amend and reenact section five, article two,
chapter twenty-one-a of said code; to amend and reenact
section six, article one, chapter twenty-two of said code;
and to amend and reenact section three, article one, chapter
twenty-four of said code, all relating to salary adjustments
for certain state officers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article one, chapter five-f of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted; that section two-a, article
seven, chapter six of said code be amended and reenacted; that
section six, article four, chapter seven of said code be amended and reenacted; that section five, article two, chapter twenty- one-a of said code be amended and reenacted; that section six,
article one, chapter twenty-two of said code be amended and
reenacted; and that section three, article one, chapter twenty- four of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 5F. REORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§5F-1-3. Oath; bond; compensation.
(a) Each person appointed to serve as a secretary shall take
the oath or affirmation prescribed by section five, article four
of the constitution, and such oath shall be certified by the
person who administers the same and filed in the office of the
secretary of state.
(b) Each person so appointed shall give bond in the penalty
of twenty-five thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties of the office, which bond shall be
approved by the attorney general as to form and by the governor
as to sufficiency. The surety of such bond may be a bonding or
surety company, in which case the premium shall be paid out of
the appropriation made for the administration of the department.
(c) Each secretary shall receive a salary of seventy
thousand dollars per year. Beginning the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, each secretary shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five thousand dollars.
(d) The salary and expenses necessary for each secretary and
all expenditures for personal services for the office of
secretary shall be paid from and within existing appropriations
made to the agencies and boards transferred to the department
headed by that secretary, and revised expenditure schedules shall
be submitted to the commissioner of finance and administration
and the legislative auditor stating the amount and source of
funds to be expended: Provided, That for fiscal years beginning
the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine,
such amounts shall follow the procedures described in chapter
five-a of this code.
CHAPTER 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.
§6-7-2a. Terms of certain appointive state officers;
appointment; qualifications; powers and salaries
of such officers.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the
contrary enacted prior to the first day of January, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-four, each Each of the following appointive
state officers named in this subsection shall be appointed by the
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each
of such appointive state officers shall serve at the will and
pleasure of the governor for the term for which the governor was
elected and until the respective state officers' successors have been appointed and qualified. Each of such appointive state
officers shall hereafter be subject to the existing
qualifications for holding each such respective office and each
shall have and is hereby granted all of the powers and authority
and shall perform all of the functions and services heretofore
vested in and performed by virtue of existing law respecting each
such office.
Beginning Notwithstanding any other provision of this code
to the contrary, beginning on the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-four ninety-nine, the annual salary of each
such named appointive state officer shall be as follows:
Administrator, division of highways, sixty-five seventy
thousand dollars; administrator, division of health, fifty-seven
sixty-five thousand two hundred dollars; administrator, division
of human services, forty-seven fifty-five thousand eight hundred
dollars; administrator, state tax division, forty-nine sixty-
seven thousand nine five hundred dollars; administrator, division
of energy, sixty-five seventy-five thousand dollars;
administrator, division of corrections, fifty-five sixty-three
thousand dollars; administrator, division of natural resources,
sixty-five seventy thousand dollars; administrator, division of
public safety superintendent, state police, sixty sixty-seven
thousand dollars; administrator, lottery division, sixty sixty-
seven thousand dollars; director, public employees insurance
agency, fifty-five sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; administrator, division of banking, fifty-five sixty-three
thousand dollars; administrator, division of insurance, fifty-
five sixty-three thousand dollars; administrator, division of
culture and history, fifty fifty-seven thousand dollars;
administrator, alcohol beverage control commission, sixty seventy
thousand dollars; administrator, division of motor vehicles,
fifty-five sixty-three thousand dollars; director, division of
personnel, fifty sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That
beginning on the first day of July, two thousand, the annual
salary of the director, division of personnel, shall be sixty- three thousand dollars; adjutant general, fifty sixty thousand
dollars: Provided, That beginning on the first day of July, two
thousand, the annual salary of the adjutant general shall be
sixty-five thousand dollars; chairman, health care cost review
authority, fifty-five sixty-seven thousand dollars; members,
health care cost review authority, fifty-one sixty-two thousand
two hundred dollars; director, human rights commission, forty
fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That beginning on the first
day of July, two thousand, the annual salary of the director,
human rights commission, shall be fifty-five thousand dollars;
administrator, division of labor, fifty-five sixty-three thousand
dollars; administrator, division of veterans affairs, forty
forty-seven thousand dollars; administrator, division of
emergency services, forty forty-seven thousand dollars; chairman,
board of parole, forty-five thousand dollars; members, board of parole, forty forty-two thousand five hundred dollars; members,
employment security review board, seventeen twenty thousand
dollars; members, workers' compensation appeal board, seventeen
twenty thousand eight hundred dollars.
Prior to the first day of July one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, each of the aforesaid officers shall continue to
receive the annual salaries they were receiving as of the last
day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code to the
contrary enacted prior to the first day of January, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-four, each Each of the state officers named
in this subsection shall continue to be appointed in the manner
prescribed in this code, and, prior to the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-four ninety-nine, each of the state
officers named in this subsection shall continue to receive the
annual salaries they were receiving as of the last day of
December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three effective date
of this act, and shall thereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of this code to the contrary, be paid an annual salary
as follows: Administrator, division of risk and insurance
management, fifty fifty-seven thousand dollars; director,
division of rehabilitation services, fifty-five sixty-three
thousand dollars; executive director, educational broadcasting
authority, fifty-five sixty-three thousand dollars; secretary,
library commission, forty-seven sixty-five thousand five hundred dollars; director, geologic geological and economic survey,
forty-seven fifty-five thousand five hundred dollars; executive
director, water development authority, fifty-four sixty thousand
two hundred dollars; executive director, public defender
services, fifty-five sixty thousand dollars; director, commission
on aging commissioner, bureau of senior services, forty seventy-
five thousand dollars; commissioner, oil and gas conservation
commission, forty thousand dollars; director, farm management
commission, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars; director,
railroad maintenance state rail authority, fifty fifty-five
thousand dollars; executive secretary, women's commission, thirty
thirty-five thousand one hundred dollars; director, regional jail
and correctional facility authority, fifty-five sixty-three
thousand dollars; director, hospital finance authority,
twenty-five twenty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars.
(c) No increase in the salary of any appointive state
officer pursuant to this section shall be paid until and unless
such appointive state officer shall have first filed with the
state auditor and the legislative auditor a sworn statement, on
a form to be prescribed by the attorney general, certifying that
his or her spending unit is in compliance with any general law
providing for a salary increase for his or her employees. The
attorney general shall prepare and distribute such form to the
affected spending units.: Provided, That no decrease in salary
shall be effective for any current appointive state officer appointed prior to the first day of January, one thousand nine
hundred eighty-nine: Provided, however, That such decreases
shall take effect at such time as any appointive office is
vacated: Provided further, That the increase provided for the
state superintendent of schools enacted during the regular
session, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, should not become
effective until the first day of January, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-seven.
CHAPTER 7. COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 4. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, REWARDS AND LEGAL ADVICE.
§7-4-6. West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute.
(a) There is hereby created the West Virginia prosecuting
attorneys institute, a public body whose membership shall consist
of the fifty-five elected county prosecuting attorneys in the
state. The institute shall meet at least once each calendar year
and the presence of twenty-eight of the fifty-five prosecutors at
any meeting constitutes a quorum for the conduct of the
institute's business.
(b) There is hereby created the executive council of the
West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute which shall consist
of five prosecuting attorneys elected by the membership of the
West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute at its annual
meeting and two persons appointed annually by the county
commissioner's association of West Virginia. The executive
council shall elect one member of the council to serve as chairman of the institute for a term of one year without
compensation. The executive council shall serve as the regular
executive body of the institute.
(c) There is hereby created the position of executive
director of the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute to
be employed by the executive council of the institute. The
executive director of the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys
institute shall serve at the will and pleasure of the executive
council of the institute at an annual salary of fifty thousand
dollars per year. Beginning the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-nine, the executive director shall receive an
annual salary of fifty-five thousand dollars. The executive
director shall be licensed to practice law in the state of West
Virginia and shall devote full time to his or her official duties
and may not engage in the private practice of law.
(d) The duties and responsibilities of the institute, as
implemented by and through its executive council and its
executive director, shall include the following:
(1) To provide for special prosecuting attorneys to pursue
a criminal matter in any county upon the request of a circuit
court judge of that county and upon the approval of the executive
council;
(2) To establish and to implement general and specialized
training programs for prosecuting attorneys and their
professional staffs;
(3) To provide materials for prosecuting attorneys and their
professional staffs, including legal research, technical
assistance and technical and professional publications;
(4) To compile and disseminate information on behalf of
prosecuting attorneys and their professional staffs on current
developments and changes in the law and the administration of
criminal justice;
(5) To establish and to implement uniform reporting
procedures for prosecuting attorneys and their professional
staffs in order to maintain and to provide accurate and timely
data and information relative to criminal prosecutorial matters;
(6) To accept and expend funds, grants and gifts and accept
services from any public or private source;
(7) To enter into agreements and contracts with public or
private agencies or educational institutions;
(8) To identify experts and other resources for use by
prosecutors in criminal matters;
(9) To make recommendations to the Legislature or the
supreme court of appeals of the state of West Virginia on
measures required, or procedural rules to be promulgated, to make
uniform the processing of juvenile cases in the fifty-five
counties of the state; and
(10) To develop a written handbook for prosecutors and their
assistants to use which delineates relevant information
concerning the elements of various crimes in West Virginia and other information as the institute deems appropriate.
(e) Each prosecuting attorney is subject to appointment by
the institute to serve as a special prosecuting attorney in any
county where the prosecutor for that county or his or her office
has been disqualified from participating in a particular criminal
case. The circuit judge of any county of this state, who
disqualifies the prosecutor or his or her office from
participating in a particular criminal case in that county, shall
seek the appointment by the institute of a special prosecuting
attorney to substitute for the disqualified prosecutor. The
executive director of the institute shall, upon written request
to the institute by any circuit judge as a result of
disqualification of the prosecutor or for other good cause shown,
and upon approval of the executive council, appoint a prosecuting
attorney to serve as a special prosecuting attorney. The special
prosecuting attorney appointed shall serve without any further
compensation other than that paid to him or her by his or her
county, except that he or she is entitled to be reimbursed for
his or her legitimate expenses associated with travel, mileage
and room and board from the county to which he or she is
appointed as a prosecutor. The county commission in which county
he or she is special prosecutor is responsible for all expenses
associated with the prosecution of the criminal action.
(f) The executive director of the institute shall maintain
an appointment list that shall include the names of all fifty-five prosecuting attorneys and that shall also include the
names of any assistant prosecuting attorney who wishes to serve
as a special prosecuting attorney upon the same terms and
conditions as set forth in this section. The executive director
of the institute, with the approval of the executive council,
shall appoint special prosecuting attorneys from the appointment
list for any particular matter giving due consideration to the
proximity of the proposed special prosecuting attorney's home
county to the county requesting a special prosecutor and giving
due consideration to the expertise of the special prosecuting
attorney.
(g) Commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, each county commission shall pay, on a
monthly basis, a special prosecution premium to the treasurer of
the state for the funding of the West Virginia prosecuting
attorneys institute. The monthly premiums shall be paid
according to the following schedule:
MONTHLY PREMIUMS
Assessed Valuation of Property
of All Classes in the County
CategoryMinimum MaximumPremium
A$1,500,000,000 Unlimited$400
B$1,000,000,000$1,499,999,000$375
C$ 800,000,000$ 999,999,000$350
D$ 700,000,000$ 799,999,000$325
E$ 600,000,000$ 699,999,000$300
F$ 500,000,000$ 599,999,000$250
G$ 400,000,000$ 499,999,000$200
H$ 300,000,000$ 399,999,000$150
I$ 200,000,000$ 299,999,000$100
J -0-$ 199,999,000$ 50
Upon receipt of a premium, the treasurer shall deposit the
premium into a special revenue fund to be known as the "West
Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute Fund". All costs of
operating the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute shall
be paid from the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute
fund upon proper authorization by the executive council or by the
executive director of the institute and subject to annual
appropriation by the Legislature of the amounts contained within
the fund.
(h) (1) A county shall be exempted from the requirements of
subsection (g) of this section if the county commission of the
county votes on or before the thirty-first day of December, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-five, to exclude that county from
participation in the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys
institute. On or before the thirtieth day of September, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-five, the chair of the executive
council of the prosecuting attorneys institute shall notify each
county commission by registered mail, return receipt requested,
that the county commission will be subject to said subsection if the county does not vote to be exempted. The vote shall be
during a regular public meeting of the county commission. The
meeting shall be scheduled and notice of the meeting shall be
provided in accordance with the provisions of article nine-a,
chapter six of this code. If any county commission votes to
exclude its county pursuant to the provisions of this subsection,
the county, its county prosecutor and assistant prosecutors and
its circuit judges are prohibited from utilizing any of the
services provided by the prosecuting attorneys institute unless
those services are paid for by the county on an actual cost
basis, including fees, expenses and other costs as determined and
approved by the executive counsel of the prosecuting attorneys
institute. Nothing contained within this subsection prohibits
the use by a circuit court of the procedures provided in section
eight, article seven of this chapter if the county commission of
the county in which the subject prosecution has been brought has
voted, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, to exclude
that county from the provisions of subsection (g) of this
section.
(2) After a county commission votes to exempt the county
from the provisions of subsection (g) of this section, it may not
participate in the prosecuting attorneys institute nor be
required to pay the premiums under said section unless the county
commission votes at a later meeting to participate.
(i) The West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute shall continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-eight, unless continued by an act of the
Legislature. The institute shall annually by the first day of
the regular legislative session provide the joint committee on
government and finance with a report setting forth the activities
of the institute and suggestions for legislative action.
CHAPTER 21A. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
ARTICLE 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAMS.
§21A-2-5. Compensation; traveling expenses.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section two-a, article
seven, chapter six of this code, the commissioner of the bureau
of employment programs shall receive a yearly salary of sixty- five thousand dollars and the necessary traveling expenses
incident to the performance of his duties. Beginning the first
day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, the
commissioner shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five
thousand dollars. Requisition for traveling expenses shall be
accompanied by a sworn itemized statement which shall be filed
with the auditor and preserved as a public record.
CHAPTER 22. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
§22-1-6. Director of the division of environmental protection.
(a) The director is the chief executive officer of the
division. Subject to section seven of this article and other provisions of law, the director shall organize the division into
such offices, sections, agencies and other units of activity as
may be found by the director to be desirable for the orderly,
efficient and economical administration of the division and for
the accomplishment of its objects and purposes. The director may
appoint assistants, hearing officers, clerks, stenographers and
other officers, technical personnel and employees needed for the
operation of the division and may prescribe their powers and
duties and fix their compensation within amounts appropriated
therefor.
(b) The director has the power to and may designate
supervisory officers or other officers or employees of the
division to substitute for him or her on any board or commission
established under this code or to sit in his or her place in any
hearings, appeals, meetings or other activities with such
substitute having the same powers, duties, authority and
responsibility as the director. Additionally, the director has
the power to delegate, as he or she considers appropriate, to
supervisory officers or other officers or employees of the
division his or her powers, duties, authority and responsibility
relating to issuing permits, hiring and training inspectors and
other employees of the division, conducting hearings and appeals
and such other duties and functions set forth in this chapter or
elsewhere in this code.
(c) The director has responsibility for the conduct of the intergovernmental relations of the division, including assuring:
(1) That the division carries out its functions in a manner which
supplements and complements the environmental policies, programs
and procedures of the federal government, other state governments
and other instrumentalities of this state; and (2) that
appropriate officers and employees of the division consult with
individuals responsible for making policy relating to
environmental issues in the federal government, other state
governments and other instrumentalities of this state concerning
differences over environmental policies, programs and procedures
and concerning the impact of statutory law and rules upon the
environment of this state.
(d) In addition to other powers, duties and responsibilities
granted and assigned to the director by this chapter, the
director is hereby authorized and empowered to:
(1) Sign and execute in the name of the state by the
"division of environmental protection" any contract or agreement
with the federal government or its departments or agencies,
subdivisions of the state, corporations, associations,
partnerships or individuals: Provided, That the powers granted
to the director to enter into agreements or contracts and to make
expenditures and obligations of public funds under this
subdivision shall not exceed or be interpreted as authority to
exceed the powers heretofore granted by the Legislature to the
various commissioners, directors or board members of the various departments, agencies or boards that comprise and are
incorporated into each secretary's department pursuant to the
provisions of chapter five-f of this code;
(2) Conduct research in improved environmental protection
methods and disseminate information to the citizens of this
state;
(3) Enter private lands to make surveys and inspections for
environmental protection purposes; to investigate for violations
of statutes or rules which the division is charged with
enforcing; to serve and execute warrants and processes; to make
arrests; issue orders, which for the purposes of this chapter
include consent agreements; and to otherwise enforce the statutes
or rules which the division is charged with enforcing;
(4) Acquire for the state in the name of the "division of
environmental protection" by purchase, condemnation, lease or
agreement, or accept or reject for the state, in the name of the
division of environmental protection, gifts, donations,
contributions, bequests or devises of money, security or
property, both real and personal, and any interest in such
property;
(5) Provide for workshops, training programs and other
educational programs, apart from or in cooperation with other
governmental agencies, necessary to insure adequate standards of
public service in the division. The director may also provide
for technical training and specialized instruction of any employee. Approved educational programs, training and
instruction time may be compensated for as a part of regular
employment. The director is further authorized to pay out of
federal or state funds, or both, as such funds are available,
fees and expenses incidental to such educational programs,
training, and instruction. Eligibility for participation by
employees will be in accordance with guidelines established by
the director;
(6) Issue certifications required under 33 U.S.C. §1341.
Prior to issuing any such certification the director shall
solicit from the division of natural resources reports and
comments concerning the possible certification. The reports and
comments shall be directed from the division of natural resources
to the director for consideration; and
(7) Notwithstanding any provisions of this code to the
contrary, employ in-house counsel to perform all legal services
for the director and the division, including, but not limited to,
representing the director, any chief, the division or any office
thereof in any administrative proceeding or in any proceeding in
any state or federal court. Additionally, the director may call
upon the attorney general for legal assistance and representation
as provided by law.
(e) The director shall be appointed by the governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and serves at the will
and pleasure of the governor: Provided, That in lieu of appointing a director, the governor may order the secretary to
directly exercise the powers of the director. The secretary
shall designate the order in which other officials of the
division shall act for and perform the functions of the secretary
or the director during the absence or disability of both the
secretary and the director or in the event of vacancies in both
of those offices.
(f) At the time of his or her initial appointment, the
director shall be at least thirty years old and shall be selected
with special reference and consideration given to his or her
administrative experience and ability, to his or her demonstrated
interest in the effective and responsible regulation of the
energy industry and the conservation and wise use of natural
resources. The director shall have at least a bachelor's degree
in a related field and shall have at least three years of
experience in a position of responsible charge in at least one
discipline relating to the duties and responsibilities for which
the director will be responsible upon assumption of the office of
director. The director shall not be a candidate for or hold any
other public office, shall not be a member of any political party
committee and shall immediately forfeit and vacate his or her
office as director in the event he or she becomes a candidate for
or accepts appointment to any other public office or political
party committee.
(g) The director shall receive an annual salary of sixty-five thousand dollars and shall be allowed and paid necessary
expenses incident to the performance of his or her official
duties. Beginning the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine, the director shall receive an annual salary
of seventy-five thousand dollars. Prior to the assumption of the
duties of his or her office, the director shall take and
subscribe to the oath required of public officers prescribed by
section five, article IV of the constitution of West Virginia and
shall execute a bond, with surety approved by the governor, in
the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, which executed oath and
bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
Premiums on the bond shall be paid from the division funds.
CHAPTER 24. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§24-1-3a. Compensation.
(a) Not withstanding any provision of section three of this
article to the contrary, in light of the assignment of new,
substantial additional duties embracing new areas and fields of
activity under certain legislative enactments, the annual
salaries of each commissioner shall be as follows:
(1) Beginning the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine, each commissioner shall receive an annual
salary of seventy thousand dollars to be paid in monthly
installments from the special funds in the amounts that follow:
(A) From the public service commission fund collected under the provisions of section six, article three of this chapter,
fifty-seven thousand dollars;
(B) From the public service commission motor carrier fund
collected under the provisions of section six, article six,
chapter twenty-four-a of this code, ten thousand eight hundred
fifty dollars; and
(C) From the public service commission gas pipeline safety
fund collected under the provisions of section three, article
five, chapter twenty-four-b of this code, two thousand one
hundred fifty dollars; and
(2) Beginning the first day of July, two thousand, each
commissioner shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five
thousand dollars to be paid in monthly installments from the
special funds in the amounts that follow:
(A) From the public service commission fund collected under
the provisions of section six, article three of this chapter,
sixty-two thousand dollars;
(B) From the public service commission motor carrier fund
collected under the provisions of section six, article six,
chapter twenty-four-a of this code, ten thousand eight hundred
fifty dollars; and
(C) From the public service commission gas pipeline safety
fund collected under the provisions of section three, article
five, chapter twenty-four-b of this code, two thousand one
hundred fifty dollars; and
(3) Beginning the first day of July, two thousand one, each
commissioner shall receive an annual salary of eighty thousand
dollars to be paid in monthly installments from the special funds
in the amounts that follow:
(A) From the public service commission fund collected under
the provisions of section six, article three of this chapter,
sixty-seven thousand dollars;
(B) From the public service commission motor carrier fund
collected under the provisions of section six, article six,
chapter twenty-four-a of this code, ten thousand eight hundred
fifty dollars; and
(C) From the public service commission gas pipeline safety
fund collected under the provisions of section three, article
five, chapter twenty-four-b of this code, two thousand one
hundred fifty dollars.
(b) In addition to the salaries provided for all
commissioners in subsection (a) of this section, the chairman of
the commission shall receive five thousand dollars per annum to
be paid in monthly installments from the public service
commission fund collected under the provisions of section six,
article three of this chapter.
Note: The purpose of the bill is to adjust salaries of
certain appointed public officers of the state effective July 1,
1999.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
§24-1-3a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.