H. B. 2250
(By Delegates Doyle and Overington)
[Introduced January 13, 2010; 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 §5-5-7
, relating to
salary increases for state employees based upon residential
housing costs in a county.
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 §5-5-7
, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-7. Granting salary increases based on housing costs.
Effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, if an
eligible employee with three or more years of service resides in a
county where residential home prices are more than ten percent
above the statewide average for residential homes, the employee
shall receive an annual salary increase of two percent of the employee's regular salary for every ten percent that residential
home prices in that employee's county exceed the statewide average
for residential homes.
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.
NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to provide salary increases
for state employees based upon residential housing costs. The
employee shall receive an annual salary increase of two percent of
the employee's regular salary for every ten percent that
residential home prices in that employee's county exceed the
statewide average for residential homes.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.