WEST
virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2404
By Delegate Caputo
[Introduced January 15, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §20-7-1a and §20-7-1c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to providing an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.
§20-7-1a. Natural Resources Police Officer salary increase based on length of service.
(a) Effective July 1, 2002, each natural resources
police officer shall receive and be entitled to an increase in salary based on
length of service, including that heretofore and hereafter served as a natural
resources police officer as follows: For five years of service with the
division, a natural resources police officer shall receive a salary increase of
$600 per year payable during his or her next three years of service and a like
increase at three-year intervals thereafter, with these increases to be
cumulative Each natural resources police officer whose salary is fixed
and specified pursuant to §20-7-1c shall receive, and is entitled to, an
increase in salary over that set forth in that section, for grade in rank,
based on length of service, including that service served before and after the effective
date of this section as a natural resources police officer as follows: At the
end of two years of service as a natural resources police officer, the officer
shall receive a salary increase of $400 to be effective during his or her next
year of service and a like increase at yearly intervals thereafter, with the
increases to be cumulative. A salary increase shall be based upon years of
service as of July 1 of each year and may not be recalculated until July 1 of
the following year.
Conservation Natural resources police officers
in service at the time the amendment to this section becomes effective shall be
given credit for prior service and shall be paid salaries as the same length of
service will entitle them to receive under the provisions hereof.
(b) This section does not apply to special or emergency natural resources police officers appointed under the authority of §20-7-1 of this code.
§20-7-1c. Natural Resources Police Officer, ranks, salary schedule, base pay, exceptions.
(b) Beginning on July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2011, natural resources police officers shall be paid the minimum annual salaries based on the following schedule:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Natural Resources Police Officer In Training (first
year until end of probation)....................................................................................... $31,222
Natural Resources Police Officer (second year)...................................................... $34,881
Natural Resources Police Officer (third year).......................................................... $35,277
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (fourth and
fifth year)................................................................................................................... $35,601
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer First Class
(after fifth year)......................................................................................................... $37,797
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after tenth
year).......................................................................................................................... $38,397
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after
fifteenth year)............................................................................................................ $38,833
Corporal (after sixteenth year).................................................................................. $42,105
Sergeant................................................................................................................... $46,401
First Sergeant........................................................................................................... $48,549
Lieutenant................................................................................................................. $52,857
Captain...................................................................................................................... $55,005
Major......................................................................................................................... $57,153
Lieutenant Colonel.................................................................................................... $59,301
Colonel ..
Beginning July
1, 2011, and continuing thereafter through June 30, 2019, natural
resources police officers shall be paid the minimum annual salaries based on
the following schedule:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Natural Resources Police Officer In Training (first year until end of probation)...... $31,222
Natural Resources Police Officer (second year)...................................................... $34,881
Natural Resources Police Officer (third year).......................................................... $35,277
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (fourth and fifth year).............................. $35,601
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer First Class (after fifth year)..................... $37,797
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after tenth year).....................................................................................................................................$38,37
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after fifteenth year)................................ $38,833
Corporal (after sixteenth year).................................................................................. $42,105
Sergeant................................................................................................................... $46,401
First Sergeant........................................................................................................... $48,549
Lieutenant................................................................................................................. $52,857
Captain...................................................................................................................... $55,005
Major ........................................................................................................................ $57,153
Lieutenant Colonel.................................................................................................... $59,301
Colonel .
Beginning July 1, 2017, the director may set additional annual compensation for natural resources police officers based on rank and length of service in addition to the minimum annual salaries provided in this section in an amount payable solely from the Law Enforcement Program Fund and the Special Revenue License Fund. Each Natural Resources Police Officer whose minimum salary is fixed and specified in the Annual Salary Schedule in this section is entitled to the length of service increases set forth in §20-7-1a of this code.
Beginning July 1, 2019, and continuing thereafter, Natural resources police officers shall be paid the annual salaries based on the following schedule:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Natural Resources Police Officer (In1-6 months).................................................... $33,994
Natural Resources Police Officer (After Academy Through First Year) ................. $41,258
Natural Resources Police Officer Second Year ...................................................... $42,266
Natural Resources Police Officer Third Year .......................................................... $42,649
Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (4th - 5th Year) ......................................... $43,048
Natural Resources Police Officer First Class (6th - 9th Year) .................................. $43,654
Corporal (10+ years) ............................................................................................... $44,260
Sergeant .................................................................................................................. $48,561
First Sergeant .......................................................................................................... $50,712
Lieutenant ................................................................................................................ $52,862
Captain .................................................................................................................... $57,164
Major ........................................................................................................................ $59,314
Lieutenant Colonel ................................................................................................... $61,465
Colonel ..................................................................................................................... $70,000
Each natural resources police officer whose salary is fixed and specified in this annual salary schedule is entitled to the length of service increases set forth in §20-7-1a of this code.
In applying the salary schedules set forth in this section where salary increases are provided for length of service, natural resources police officers in service at the time the schedules become effective shall be given credit for prior service and shall be paid salaries the same length of service entitles them to receive under the provisions of this section.
(c) This section does not apply to special or emergency natural resources police officers appointed under the authority of §20-7-1 of this code.
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits other pay increases as provided under §5-5-2 of this code: Provided, That any across-the-board pay increase granted by the Legislature or the Governor, and any increase in the base pay for the ranks within the law-enforcement section authorized by the director, will be added to, and reflected in, the minimum salaries set forth in this section; and that any merit increases granted to an officer over and above the annual salary schedule listed in subsection (b) of this section are retained by an officer when he or she advances from one rank to another: Provided, however, That any Natural Resources Police Officer who receives an increase in compensation pursuant to the amendment and reenactment of this section in 2011 shall not receive any across-the-board pay increase granted by the Legislature or the Governor in 2011.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.