H. B. 2736
(By Delegates Angotti, Warner, Cann,
Coleman and Fragale)
[Introduced
March 5, 2001
; referred to the
Committee on Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small
Business then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article three, chapter sixty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section nineteen,
relating to enhancement of wages received by current state
employees who previously were employed as clerks in state
stores for the sale of alcoholic liquors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter sixty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nineteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. SALES BY COMMISSIONER.
§60-3-19. Wage enhancement of former state store employees.
Effective upon passage of this section, any person, who was
previously employed by the commissioner as a clerk in a state store
for the sale of alcoholic liquors and was required to take another
job or position with the state of West Virginia when the
commissioner ceased the retail sale of alcoholic liquors, is entitled to a wage enhancement equal to the difference in the rate
of pay that person was receiving when last employed as a clerk in
a state store and the salary or wages the former clerk presently
receives in the other job or position, if the salary or wages
are
less than the salary or wages paid to that person as a clerk of a
state store. The wage or salary enhancement is retroactive to the
date of employment in the other job or position with the state.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
provide for enhancement
of wages received by current state employees who previously were
employed as clerks in state stores for the sale of alcoholic
liquors and required to seek other employment with the state when
the state ceased retail sale of alcoholic liquors, if the other
jobs paid less than the clerk's positions.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.