
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4721
(By Delegate Thompson)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[March 1, 2000]
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 annual increment
for 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.
ยง15-2-7. 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)(1) 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.
(2)(A)
Effective for the fiscal year beginning the first day
of July, two thousand, each civilian employee with five or more
years of service as a civilian employee shall receive, in lieu of
the amount of the annual increment increase provided pursuant to
section two, article five, chapter five of this code, the amount
of one hundred dollars for that fiscal year
. In each fiscal year
thereafter and on the first day of July, the civilian employee
shall receive, in lieu of the amount
of the annual increment
increase provided pursuant to section two, article five, chapter
five of this code, the amount
of one hundred dollars for that
fiscal year.
(B) Each civilian employee becoming newly eligible as a
result of meeting the five years of service minimum requirement
described in paragraph (A) of this subdivision on the first day
of July in any fiscal year subsequent to the year two thousand is
entitled to receive, in lieu of the amount of the annual
increment increase provided pursuant to section two, article
five, chapter five of this code, the amount
one hundred dollars
for that fiscal year
. In each fiscal year thereafter and on the
first day of July, the civilian employee shall receive, in lieu of the amount of the annual increment increase provided pursuant
to section two, article five, chapter five of this code, the
amount
of one hundred dollars for that fiscal year.
(C) The total amount of increment increase in any fiscal
year shall not exceed the amount of twenty years of years of
service as a civilian employee times one hundred dollars.
(D) The incremental increases provided in this section 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 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 superintendent 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.