ENROLLED
H. B. 4287
(By Delegates Leach, Morgan, Craig,
Beach, Long, Renner and Houston)
[Passed February 24, 2004; in effect July 1, 2004.]
AN ACT
to amend and reenact §18B-9-5 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to higher education; classified
employee salary; and eliminating certain provisions relating
to funding the salary increment.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-9-5 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY SCHEDULE AND CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM.
§18B-9-5. Classified employee salary.
(a) Any classified employee may receive merit increases and
salary adjustments in accordance with policies established by the
board of governors. Merit raises may be granted only pursuant to
a rule adopted by the board of governors, and approved by the
chancellor. The rule shall provide a fair and equitable basis for granting merit raises pursuant to regular evaluations based upon
reasonable performance standards.
(b) The current annual salary of any classified employee may
not be reduced by the provisions of this article nor by any other
action inconsistent with the provisions of this article. Nothing
in this article prohibits promotion of any classified employee to
a job title carrying a higher pay grade if the promotion is in
accordance with the provisions of this article and the personnel
classification system established by the appropriate governing
board.