H. B. 2382
(By Delegate Caputo)
[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §16-1-14a, relating
to sanitarian employees of the Division of Health; providing
for a twenty five percent across-the-board salary increase;
and providing for an annual cost-of-living increase.
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 §16-1-14a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF HEALTH.
§16-1-14a. Sanitarians' salaries.
On July 1, 2009, any sanitarian, as defined in section two,
article seventeen, chapter thirty of this code, who is employed by
the Division of Health shall receive a salary increase in an amount
equal to twenty-five percent of his or her salary on that date. Thereafter each sanitarian shall receive an annual cost-of-living
salary increase in an amount equal to the annual rate of inflation
as calculated by the West Virginia Division of Labor.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for a 25%
across-the-board salary increase for sanitarian employees of the
Division of Health to bring their salaries into parity with county
sanitarian employee salaries, and to additionally provide for an
annual cost-of-living salary increase.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.