H. B. 2219
(By Delegates Martin, Hunt, Varner, Amores,
Compton, Laird and Douglas)
[Introduced January 14, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article seven, chapter
six of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to changing the pay period
for state employees from twice a month to every two weeks.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article seven, chapter six of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.
§6-7-1. State officials, officers and employees to be paid every
two weeks; effective date.
(a) All full-time and part-time salaried and hourly
officials, officers and employees of the state and the board of
trustees of the university system of West Virginia and the board
of directors of the state college system shall be paid twice per month, and under the same procedures and in the same manner as
the state auditor currently pays agencies on such basis:
Provided, That on and after the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-nine, or any date thereafter, as determined
by the auditor, all officials, officers or employees, except
elected officials and employees whose compensation is fixed by
statute, shall be paid one pay cycle in arrears. Any employee
whose employment with the state begins on or after the first day
of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, as determined by
the auditor, shall not receive his or her first pay until the end
of the second regular payroll cycle after beginning employment.
The auditor shall propose a legislative rule in accordance with
article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to determine
the manner to implement the payment of employees in arrears.
Nothing contained in this section is intended to increase or
diminish the salary or wages of any official, officer or
employee.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the
contrary, beginning on the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine, all full-time and part-time salaried and
hourly officials, officers and employees of the state, the board of trustees of the university system of West Virginia and the
board of directors of the state college system shall be paid
every two weeks. Nothing contained in this subsection is
intended to increase or diminish the salary or wages of any
official, officer or employee.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the pay period
for state employees from twice a month to every two weeks.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.