COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 297

(By Senator Wells)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;

reported February 6, 2014.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §6-7-2b, relating to exception to limitation on salaries of certain appointive state officers.

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 §6-7-2b, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.

§6-7-2b. Authority to receive a certain salary.

    Commencing July 1, 2014, a state employee who was in his or her position at least two years prior to being appointed to the position of a state officer, as set out in section two-a of this article, and received a salary in his or her previous position that was higher than the state officer salary to which he or she was appointed, is authorized to receive the higher salary of the previous position while serving as the appointive state officer.