H. B. 4371
(By Delegate Caputo)
[Introduced February 1, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-2-5 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to increasing compensation of
membership of the West Virginia State Police.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-2-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
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; 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 on the first day of November, two thousand
five
eight, and continuing until and including the thirtieth day of
June, two thousand
six nine, members shall receive annual salaries
as follows:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Cadet During Training$
2,218.50 Mo. $
26,622 2,925.50 Mo. 35,106
Cadet Trooper After
Training
2,621.50 Mo 31,458 3,513.17 Mo. 42,158
Trooper Second Year
31,922 43,122
Trooper Third Year
32,294 43,494
Trooper Fourth & Fifth Year 32,594
Senior Trooper
34,682 43,882
Trooper First Class
36,770 44,470
Corporal
38,858 45,058
Sergeant
43,034 49,234
First Sergeant
45,122 51,322
Second Lieutenant
47,210 53,410
First Lieutenant
49,298 55,498
Captain
51,386 57,586
Major
53,474 59,674
Lieutenant Colonel
55,562 59,762
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION
I$
32,594 43,494
II
34,682 43,882
III
36,770 44,470
IV
38,858 45,058
V
43,034 49,234
VI
45,122 51,322
VII
47,210 53,410
VIII
49,298 55,498
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION
I$
32,594 43,494
II 34,682 43,882
III
36,770 44,470
IV 38,858 45,058
V
43,044 49,234
VI 45,122 51,322
VII
47,210 53,410
VIII 49,298 55,498
Beginning on the first day of July, two thousand
six nine, and
continuing until and including the thirtieth day of June, two
thousand
seven ten, members shall receive annual salaries as
follows:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Cadet During Training$
2,343.50 Mo. $
28,122 3,092.17 Mo. 37,106
Cadet Trooper After
Training
2,913.17 Mo. 34,958 3,679.83 Mo. 44,158
Trooper Second Year
36,922 45,122
Trooper Third Year
37,294 45,494
Senior Trooper
37,682 45,882
Trooper First Class
38,270 46,470
Corporal
38,858 47,058
Sergeant
43,034 51,234
First Sergeant
45,122 53,332
Second Lieutenant
47,210 55,410
First Lieutenant
49,298 57,498
Captain
51,386 59,586
Major
53,474 61,674
Lieutenant Colonel
55,562 61,762
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION
I$
37,294 45,494
II
37,682 45,882
III
38,270 46,470
IV
38,858 47,058
V
43,034 51,234
VI
45,122 53,322
VII
47,210 55,410
VIII
49,298 57,498
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION
I$
37,294 45,494
II
37,682 45,882
III
38,270 46,470
IV
38,858 47,058
V
43,044 51,234
VI
45,122 53,322
VII
47,210 55,410
VIII
49,298 57,498
Beginning on the first day of July, two thousand
seven ten,
until and including the thirtieth day of June, two thousand
eight
eleven, 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 3,258.83 Mo. 39,106
Cadet Trooper After
Training
3,138.17 Mo. 37,658 3,846.50 Mo. 46,158
Trooper Second Year
39,122 47,122
Trooper Third Year
39,494 47,494
Senior Trooper
39,882 47,882
Trooper First Class
40,470 48,470
Corporal
41,058 49,058
Sergeant
45,234 53,234
First Sergeant
47,322 55,322
Second Lieutenant
49,410 57,410
First Lieutenant
51,498 59,498
Captain
53,586 61,586
Major
55,674 63,674
Lieutenant Colonel
57,762 63,762
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION
I$
39,494 47,494
II 39,882 47,882
III40,470 48,470
IV 41,058 49,058
V45,234 53,234
VI 47,322 55,322
VII49,410 57,410
VIII 51,498 59,498
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION
I$
39,494 47,494
II 39,882 47,882
III
40,470 48,470
IV 41,058 49,058
V
45,244 53,234
VI 47,322 55,322
VII
49,410 57,410
VIII 51,498 59,498
Beginning on the first day of July, two thousand
eight nine,
and continuing thereafter, members shall receive annual salaries as follows:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Cadet During Training$
2,675.50 Mo. $
32,106 3,425.50 Mo. 41,106
Cadet Trooper After
Training
3,263.17 Mo. 39,158 4,013.17 Mo. 48,158
Trooper Second Year
40,122 49,122
Trooper Third Year
40,494 49,494
Senior Trooper
40,882 49,882
Trooper First Class
41,470 50,470
Corporal
42,058 51,470
Sergeant
46,234 55,234
First Sergeant
48,322 57,322
Second Lieutenant
50,410 59,410
First Lieutenant
52,498 61,498
Captain
54,586 63,586
Major
56,674 65,674
Lieutenant Colonel
58,762 65,762
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION
I$
40,494 49,494
II 40,882 49,882
III
41,470 50,470IV 42,058 51,058
V
46,234 55,234
VI 48,322 57,322
VII
50,410 59,410
VIII 52,498 61,498
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION
I$
40,494 49,494
II 40,882 49,882
III
41,470 50,470
IV 42,058 51,058
V
46,234 55,234
VI 48,322 57,322
VII
50,410 59,410
VIII 52,498 61,498
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 four hundred dollars 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 two hundred thirty-six dollars 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 five thousand dollars 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.
(j) 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.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the compensation
of the membership of the West Virginia State Police.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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