H. B. 4721
(By Delegate Thompson)
[Introduced February 25, 2000; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section seven, article two, chapter
fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to increasing the
salary of civilian employees of the state police.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article two, chapter fifteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-7. Cadet selection board; qualifications for and
appointment to membership in division; civilian
employees.
(a) The superintendent shall establish within the division of
public safety West Virginia state police a cadet selection board which shall be representative of commissioned and noncommissioned
officers within the division.
(b) The superintendent shall appoint a member to the position
of trooper from among the top three names on the current list of
eligible applicants established by the cadet selection board.
(c) Preference in making appointments shall be given whenever
possible to honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the
United States and to residents of West Virginia. Each applicant
for appointment shall be a person not less than twenty-one years of
age, of sound constitution and good moral character; shall be
required to pass any mental and physical examination and meet other
requirements as may be provided for in rules promulgated by the
cadet selection board: Provided,
That a former member may, at the
discretion of the superintendent, be reenlisted.
(d) No person may be barred from becoming a member of the
division because of his or her religious or political convictions.
(e) The superintendent shall adhere to the principles of equal
employment opportunity set forth in article eleven, chapter five of
this code, and shall take positive steps to encourage applications
for division membership from females and minority groups within the
state.
(f) Except for the superintendent, no person may be appointed
or enlisted to membership in the division at a grade or rank above
the grade of trooper.
(g) The superintendent shall appoint such civilian employees
as may be necessary, and all such employees may be included in the
classified service of the civil service system except those in
positions exempt under the provisions of article six, chapter
twenty-nine of this code.
(h) Effective the first day of July, two thousand, civilian
employees with a minimum of five years service shall receive a
salary increase equal to one hundred dollars a year for each year
of service as a civilian employee. Every three years thereafter,
civilian employees who have five or more years of service shall
receive an annual salary increase of three hundred dollars. The
increases in salary provided by this subsection are in addition to
any other increases to which the civilian employees might otherwise
be entitled.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for salary
increases for civilian employees of the West Virginia State Police.
Civilian employees with at least five years service are entitled to
an increase of $100.00 for each year of employment on July 1, 2000.
Every three years thereafter, civilian employees with a minimum of
five years employment are entitled to a salary increase of $300.00
a year.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.