H. B. 4615


(By Delegate Poling)
[Introduced February 17, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §6-7-1a, relating to providing a one thousand dollar increase to all state employees who do not otherwise receive a salary increase during the two thousand six regular session of the Legislature.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §6-7-1a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.
§6-7-1a. Across the board salary increase for certain employees.

Effective the first day of July, two thousand six, every full-time or part-time salaried or hourly employee of the state shall receive a salary increase as follows:
(1) For full-time employees who are not given a salary increase during the regular session of the Legislature, two thousand six, a one-time salary adjustment of one thousand dollars;
(2) For part-time employees who are not given a salary increase during the regular session of the Legislature, two thousand six, a one-time salary adjustment pro rated based on a percentage of one thousand dollars equal to the percentage of part-time to full-time employment;
(3) For full-time employees who are not given a salary increase of at least one thousand dollars during the regular session of the Legislature, two thousand six, a one-time salary adjustment to bring the total increase to one thousand dollars; and
(4) For part-time employees who are not given a pro rata salary increase based on one thousand dollars for full-time employees during the regular session of the Legislature, two thousand six, a one-time salary adjustment pro rated to bring the total increase to a percentage of one thousand dollars equal to the percentage of part-time to full-time employment.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a one-time salary increase of one thousand dollars to state employees who do not otherwise receive a one thousand dollar salary increase during the 2006 regular session.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.