H. B. 4009
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Introduced January 10, 2002; 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 the elimination of the
twenty-year service cap on granting incremental salary
increases to eligible state employees.
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 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, 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, 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 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 eliminate the
twenty-year service cap on longevity pay provided to eligible state
employees.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.