Senate Bill No. 592
(By Senator Bowman)
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[Introduced February 17, 2010; referred to the Committee on
Pensions; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto new section, designated §5-5-2a, relating to
restrictions on hiring a retired state employee.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto new section, designated §5-5-2a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-2a. Restrictions on hiring a retired state employee.
An eligible employee who has retired from a spending unit and
is subsequently hired by a different spending unit shall be
considered a new employee and is not entitled to retirement
benefits, annual increment salary increases, and annual or sick
leave based on the employee's prior years service.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to restrict retired
employees that are rehired from using their previous benefits.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.