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H. B. 2845


(By Delegates Yeager, Ashley, Stemple,

Williams, Marshall and R. Thompson)


[Introduced March 13, 2001; referred to the

Committee on Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section one-c, article seven, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to salaries of conservation officers; incorporating recent legislated salary increases into the current salary structure and incorporating a new pay plan.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section one-c, article seven, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.

§20-7-1c. Conservation officers, ranks, salary schedule, base pay, exceptions.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the ranks within the law-enforcement section of the division of natural resources are colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, corporal, conservation officer first class, senior conservation officer, conservation officer and conservation officer-in-training. Each officer while in uniform shall wear the insignia of rank as provided by the chief conservation officer.
(b) Conservation officers shall be paid the minimum annual salaries based on the following schedule:
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY) (Effective July 1, 2000)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Conservation Officer-In-Training
(first year)$22,025
24,293

Conservation Officer (second year)$24,214
26,482

Conservation Officer (third year)$24,486
26,754

Senior Conservation Officer (fourth year)$24,698
26,966

Senior Conservation Officer First Class
(after fifth year)$26,276
28,544

Senior Conservation Officer (after tenth year)$27,854
30,122

Senior Conservation Officer (after fifteenth year)$29,254
31,522

Corporal$31,065
33,333

Sergeant$32,877
35,145

Lieutenant$35,697
37,965

Captain$37,983
40,251

Major$40,266
42,534

Lieutenant Colonel$42,308
44,576

Colonel.
Conservation officers shall be granted salary increases as shown in the following schedules beginning on the first day of July, two thousand one.
AMENDED ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY) (Effective July 1, 2001)
SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Conservation Officer-In-Training
(first year)$27,800
Conservation Officer (second year)
$28,256
Conservation Officer (third year)
$28,628
Senior Conservation Officer (fourth year)
$28,928
Senior
Conservation Officer First Class
(after fifth year)
$31,016
Senior Conservation Officer (after tenth year)
$33,104
Senior Conservation Officer (after fifteenth year)$
34,248
Corporal (after sixteenth year)
$35,192
Sergeant
$39,368
First Sergeant$41,456
Lieutenant
$45,632
Captain
$47,720
Major
$49,808
Lieutenant Colonel
$51,896
Colonel
Conservation 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 of this section.
(c) This section does not apply to special or emergency conservation officers appointed under the authority of section one of this article.
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits other pay increases as provided for under section two, article five, chapter five of this code: Provided, That an across-the-board pay increase granted by the Legislature or the governor is added to, and reflected in, the minimum salaries set forth in this section; and that merit increases are retained by an officer when he or she advances from one rank to another.


NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to incorporate the last three legislated salary increases into the current salary structure and to incorporate a new pay plan beginning on July 1, 2001.

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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