H. B. 2147
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Martin, Smirl,
Fleischauer, Hubbard, Hunt and Boggs)
[Introduced January 13, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
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 based on years of service;
and removing the twenty-year limitation.
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 ninety-six ninety-nine, every
eligible employee with three or more years of service shall receive an annual salary increase equal to fifty dollars times
the employees' years of service. not to exceed twenty years of
service In each fiscal year thereafter and on the first day of
July, each eligible employee shall receive an annual increment
increase of fifty dollars for that fiscal year. 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 ninety-six
ninety-nine, is entitled to the annual salary increase equal to
fifty dollars times the employees' years of service, where he or
she has not in a previous fiscal year received the benefit of an
increment computation; and shall receive a single annual
increment increase thereafter of fifty dollars for each
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 may not be construed to prohibit
other pay increases based on merit, seniority, promotion or other
reason, if funds are available for the other pay increases:
Provided, That the executive head of each spending unit shall
first grant the mandated increase in compensation in this
section to all eligible employees prior to the consideration of
any increases based on merit, seniority, promotion or other
reason.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove the twenty-year
limitation in determining the incremental salary increases for
state employees, based on years of service.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.