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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 2879

(By Mr. Speaker, (Mr. Thompson) and Delegate Armstead)

[By Request of the Executive]

(Originating in the Committee on Finance)

[February 24, 2011]

 

 

A BILL to repeal §18A-4-5c and §18A-4-5d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §15-2-5 of said code; to amend and reenact §18A-4-2, §18A-4-5 and §18A-4-8a of said code; and to amend and reenact §20-7-1c of said code, all relating to salaries for certain public employees; increasing annual salaries for members of the state police; increasing minimum salaries of public school teachers; providing for salary equity payments; increasing minimum salaries of school service personnel; and increasing annual salaries for members of natural resources police officers.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That §18A-4-5c and §18A-4-5d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that §15-2-5 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18A-4-2, §18A-4-5 and §18A-4-8a of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §20-7-1c of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:

CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.

ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.

§15-2-5. Career progression system; salaries; exclusion from wages and hour law, with supplemental payment; bond; leave time for members called to duty in guard or reserves.

    (a) The superintendent shall establish within the West Virginia State Police a system to provide for: The promotion of members to the supervisory ranks of sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant and first lieutenant; the classification of nonsupervisory members within the field operations force to the ranks of trooper, senior trooper, trooper first class or corporal; the classification of members assigned to the forensic laboratory as criminalist I-VII I-VIII; and the temporary reclassification of members assigned to administrative duties as administrative support specialist I-VIII.

    (b) The superintendent may propose legislative rules for promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code for the purpose of ensuring consistency, predictability and independent review of any system developed under the provisions of this section.

    (c) The superintendent shall provide to each member a written manual governing any system established under the provisions of this section and specific procedures shall be identified for the evaluation and testing of members for promotion or reclassification and the subsequent placement of any members on a promotional eligibility or reclassification recommendation list.

    (d) Beginning July 1, 2007 until and including June 30, 2008 members shall receive annual salaries as follows:

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Cadet During Training. . . . . . . . . . . .2,550.50 Mo. $30,606

Cadet Trooper After Training. . . . . . . . .3,138.17 Mo. 37,658

Trooper Second Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,122

Trooper Third Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,494

Senior Trooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39,882

Trooper First Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,470

Corporal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,058

Sergeant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,234

First Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47,322

Second Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49,410

First Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51,498

Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53,586

Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,674

Lieutenant Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,762

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT

SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,494

II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,882

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,470

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,058

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,234

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,322

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,410

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,498

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,494

II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39,882

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,470

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,058

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,244

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,322

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,410

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,498

    Beginning on July 1, 2008, and continuing thereafter through June 30, 2011, members shall receive annual salaries as follows:

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Cadet During Training. . . . . . . . . . . .$ 2,752 Mo. $ 33,024

Cadet Trooper After Training. . . . . . . . .3,357.33 Mo. 40,288

Trooper Second Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,296

Trooper Third Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,679

Senior Trooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42,078

Trooper First Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,684

Corporal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,290

Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47,591

First Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49,742

Second Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51,892

First Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54,043

Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56,194

Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,344

Lieutenant Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,495

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT

SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,679

II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,078

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,684

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,290

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,591

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,742

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,892

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,043

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,679

II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,078

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,684

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,290

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,591

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,742

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,892

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,043

    Beginning on July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, members shall receive annual salaries as follows:

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Cadet During Training. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,833 Mo. $ 33,994

Cadet Trooper After Training. . . . . . . . .$ 3,438 Mo. $ 41,258

Trooper Second Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,266

Trooper Third Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,649

Senior Trooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43,048

Trooper First Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,654

Corporal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,260

Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,561

First Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,712

Second Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52,862

First Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55,013

Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57,164

Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,314

Lieutenant Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,465

 

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT

SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,649

II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,048

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,654

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,260

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,561

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,712

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,862

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,013

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,649

II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43,048

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,654

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,260

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,561

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,712

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,862

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,013

    Each member of the West Virginia State Police whose salary is fixed and specified in this annual salary schedule is entitled to the length of service increases set forth in subsection (e) of this section and supplemental pay as provided in subsection (g) of this section.

    (e) Each member of the West Virginia State Police whose salary is fixed and specified pursuant to this section shall receive, and is entitled to, an increase in salary over that set forth in subsection (d) of this section for grade in rank, based on length of service, including that service served before and after the effective date of this section with the West Virginia State Police as follows: At the end of two years of service with the West Virginia State Police, the member 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.

    (f) In applying the salary schedules set forth in this section where salary increases are provided for length of service, members of the West Virginia State Police in service at the time the schedules become effective shall be given credit for prior service and shall be paid the salaries the same length of service entitles them to receive under the provisions of this section.

    (g) The Legislature finds and declares that because of the unique duties of members of the West Virginia State Police, it is not appropriate to apply the provisions of state wage and hour laws to them. Accordingly, members of the West Virginia State Police are excluded from the provisions of state wage and hour law. This express exclusion shall not be construed as any indication that the members were or were not covered by the wage and hour law prior to this exclusion.

    In lieu of any overtime pay they might otherwise have received under the wage and hour law, and in addition to their salaries and increases for length of service, members who have completed basic training and who are exempt from federal Fair Labor Standards Act guidelines may receive supplemental pay as provided in this section.

    The authority of the superintendent to propose a legislative rule or amendment thereto for promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to establish the number of hours per month which constitute the standard work month for the members of the West Virginia State Police is hereby continued. The rule shall further establish, on a graduated hourly basis, the criteria for receipt of a portion or all of supplemental payment when hours are worked in excess of the standard work month. The superintendent shall certify monthly to the West Virginia State Police's payroll officer the names of those members who have worked in excess of the standard work month and the amount of their entitlement to supplemental payment. The supplemental payment may not exceed $236 monthly. The superintendent and civilian employees of the West Virginia State Police are not eligible for any supplemental payments.

    (h) Each member of the West Virginia State Police, except the superintendent and civilian employees, shall execute, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, a bond with security in the sum of $5,000 payable to the State of West Virginia, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties, and the bond shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General and as to sufficiency by the Governor. (i) In consideration for compensation paid by the West Virginia State Police to its members during those members' participation in the West Virginia State Police Cadet Training Program pursuant to section eight, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code, the West Virginia State Police may require of its members by written agreement entered into with each of them in advance of such participation in the program that, if a member should voluntarily discontinue employment any time within one year immediately following completion of the training program, he or she shall be obligated to pay to the West Virginia State Police a pro rata portion of such compensation equal to that part of such year which the member has chosen not to remain in the employ of the West Virginia State Police.

    (i) Any member of the West Virginia State Police who is called to perform active duty training or inactive duty training in the National Guard or any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States annually shall be granted, upon request, leave time not to exceed thirty calendar days for the purpose of performing the active duty training or inactive duty training and the time granted may not be deducted from any leave accumulated as a member of the West Virginia State Police.

CHAPTER 18A. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.

    (a) Effective July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2007-08 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.

    Effective July 1, 2008, and continuing thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2008-09 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.

    Beginning July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2011-12 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.

    Beginning July 1, 2012, and continuing thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2012-13 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.

    (b) Six hundred dollars shall be paid annually to each classroom teacher who has at least twenty years of teaching experience. The payments: (i) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable state minimum salary schedule; (ii) shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.

    (c) To implement provisions to assist the state in meeting its objective of salary equity among the counties, each teacher shall be paid a salary supplement as set forth in section five of this article, applicable for their classification of certification or classification of training and years of experience as follows, subject to the provisions of said section five:

    (1) For “4^th Class” at zero years of experience $1,781. An additional $38 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;

    (2) For “3^rd Class” at zero years of experience $1,796. An additional $67 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;

    (3) For “2^nd Class” at zero years of experience $1,877. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;

    (4) For “A.B.” at zero years of experience $2,360. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience; 

    (5) For “A.B. + 15” at zero years of experience $2,452. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;

    (6) For “M.A.” at zero years of experience $2,644. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;

    (7) For “M.A. + 15” at zero years of experience $2,740. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;

    (8) For “M.A. + 30” at zero years of experience $2,836. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;

    (9) For “M.A. + 45” at zero years of experience $2,836. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience; and

    (10) For “Doctorate” at zero years of experience $2,927. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience.

    These payments (A) shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable State Minimum Salary Schedule, any specific additional amounts prescribed in this section and article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article; (B) shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (C) shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.

§18A-4-5. Salary equity among the counties; state salary supplement.

    (a) For the purposes of this section, salary equity among the counties means that the salary potential of school employees employed by the various districts throughout the state does not differ by greater than ten percent between those offering the highest salaries and those offering the lowest salaries. In the case of professional educators, the difference shall be calculated utilizing the average of the professional educator salary schedules, degree classifications B.A. through doctorate and the years of experience provided for in the most recent state minimum salary schedule for teachers, in effect in the five ten counties offering the highest salary schedules compared to the lowest salary schedule in effect among the fifty-five counties. In the case of school service personnel, the difference shall be calculated utilizing the average of the school service personnel salary schedules, pay grades “A” through “H” and the years of experience provided for in the most recent state minimum pay scale pay grade for service personnel, in effect in the five ten counties offering the highest salary schedules compared to the lowest salary schedule in effect among the fifty-five counties.

    For the school year beginning July 1, 1994, and thereafter, in the counties that jointly support a multicounty vocational school, salary equity funding shall be distributed to nonfiscal agent counties based on: (1) Calculating the amount of salary equity funding each nonfiscal agent county would receive for the employees for which it is charged in the public school support program, as provided in section four, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code, if this salary equity funding were distributed to nonfiscal agent counties; and (2) deducting the salary equity funding to be received by the fiscal agent county in the public school support program for those employees for which the nonfiscal agent county is charged in the public school support program.

    (b) To assist the state in meeting its objective of salary equity among the counties, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 1984, subject to available state appropriations and the conditions set forth herein, each teacher and school service personnel shall receive a supplemental amount in addition to the amount from the state minimum salary schedules provided for in this article.

    (c) State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code. The amount allocated for salary equity shall be apportioned between teachers and school service personnel in direct proportion to that amount necessary to support the professional salaries and service personnel salaries statewide under sections four, and five and eight, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code. Provided, That in making this division an adequate amount of state equity funds shall be reserved to finance the appropriate foundation allowances and staffing incentives provided for in article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code.

    (d) Pursuant to this section, each teacher and school service personnel shall receive the amount specified on the applicable equity salary schedule maintained by the State Board in accordance with subsection (c), section two, and subsection (m), section eight-a of this article that is the difference between their authorized state minimum salary and ninety-five percent of the maximum salary schedules prescribed in sections five-a and five-b of this article, reduced by any amount provided by the county as a salary supplement for teachers and school service personnel on January 1, 1984. of the fiscal year immediately preceding that in which the salary equity appropriation is distributed: Provided, That

    (e) The amount received pursuant to this section shall not be decreased as a result of any county supplement increase instituted after January 1, 1984: until the objective of salary equity is reached: Provided, however, That any amount received pursuant to this section may be reduced proportionately based upon the amount of funds appropriated for this purpose. No county may reduce any salary supplement that was in effect on January 1, 1984, except as permitted by sections five-a and five-b of this article.

    (f) Nothing in this section requires any specific level of appropriation by the Legislature except as required to pay the equity salary supplements as provided in sections two and eight-a of this article in accordance with the provisions of this section.

§18A-4-8a. Service personnel minimum monthly salaries.

    (a) The minimum monthly pay for each service employee shall be as follows:

    (1) The Effective July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be at least the amounts indicated in the 2010-2011 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half hours or less a day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated in the 2010-2011 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in this section subdivision.

    Beginning July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be at least the amounts indicated in the 2011-2012 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half hours or less a day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated in the 2011-2012 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in this section subdivision.

    Beginning July 1, 2012, and continuing thereafter, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be at least the amounts indicated in the 2012-2013 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half hours or less a day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated in the 2012-2013 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in this section subdivision.