H. B. 2845
(By Delegates Yeager, Michael, Ashley, Stemple,
Williams, Marshall and R. Thompson)
[Introduced March 13, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one-c, article seven, chapter
twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to salaries of conservation
officers; incorporating recent legislated salary increases
into the current salary structure and incorporating a new pay
plan.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one-c, article seven, chapter twenty of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.
§20-7-1c. Conservation officers, ranks, salary schedule, base pay,
exceptions.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, the ranks within the law-enforcement section of the
division of natural resources are colonel, lieutenant colonel,
major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, corporal, conservation
officer first class, senior conservation officer, conservation
officer and conservation officer-in-training. Each officer while
in uniform shall wear the insignia of rank as provided by the chief
conservation officer.
(b) Conservation officers shall be paid the minimum annual
salaries based on the following schedule:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY) (Effective July 1, 2000)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Conservation Officer-In-Training
(first year)$22,02524,293
Conservation Officer (second year)$24,21426,482
Conservation Officer (third year)$24,48626,754
Senior Conservation Officer (fourth year)$24,69826,966
Senior Conservation Officer First Class
(after fifth year)$26,27628,544
Senior Conservation Officer (after tenth year)$27,85430,122
Senior Conservation Officer (after fifteenth year)$29,25431,522
Corporal$31,065
33,333
Sergeant$32,87735,145
Lieutenant$35,69737,965
Captain$37,98340,251
Major$40,26642,534
Lieutenant Colonel$42,30844,576
Colonel.
Conservation officers shall be granted salary increases as
shown in the following schedules beginning on the first day of
July, two thousand one.
AMENDED ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY) (Effective July 1, 2001)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Conservation Officer-In-Training
(first year)$27,800
Conservation Officer (second year)$28,256
Conservation Officer (third year)$28,628
Senior Conservation Officer (fourth year)$28,928
Senior Conservation Officer First Class
(after fifth year)$31,016
Senior Conservation Officer (after tenth year)$33,104
Senior Conservation Officer (after fifteenth year)$34,248
Corporal (after sixteenth year)$35,192
Sergeant$39,368
First Sergeant$41,456
Lieutenant$45,632
Captain$47,720
Major$49,808
Lieutenant Colonel$51,896
Colonel
Conservation officers in service at the time the amendment to
this section becomes effective shall be given credit for prior
service and shall be paid salaries as the same length of service
will entitle them to receive under the provisions of this section.
(c) This section does not apply to special or emergency
conservation officers appointed under the authority of section one
of this article.
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits other pay increases as
provided for under section two, article five, chapter five of this
code: Provided, That an across-the-board pay increase granted by
the Legislature or the governor is added to, and reflected in, the
minimum salaries set forth in this section; and that merit
increases are retained by an officer when he or she advances from one rank to another.
NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to
incorporate the last
three legislated salary increases into the current salary structure
and to incorporate a new pay plan beginning on July 1, 2001.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.