H. B. 2433
(By Delegates Caputo, Fleischauer, Manchin,
Marshall, Martin, Perdue, Spencer and Hutchins)
[Introduced February 16, 2009; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §5-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to increasing the amount of annual
and incremental salary increases for eligible employees from
$60 to $100.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-2. Granting incremental salary increases based on years of
service.
(a) Every eligible employee with three or more years of
service shall receive an annual salary increase equal to
sixty
dollars $100 times the employee's years of service. In each fiscal
year and on July 1, each eligible employee shall receive an annual
increment increase of
sixty dollars $100 for that fiscal year.
(b) Every employee becoming newly eligible as a result of
meeting the
three years one year of service minimum requirement on
July 1 in any fiscal year is entitled to the annual salary increase equal to
sixty dollars $100 times the employee's years of service,
where he or she has not in a previous fiscal year received the
benefit of an increment computation. Thereafter, the employee
shall receive a single annual increment increase of
sixty dollars
$100 for each subsequent fiscal year.
(c) These incremental increases are in addition to any
across-the-board, cost-of-living or percentage salary increases
which may be granted in any fiscal year by the Legislature.
(d) This section shall not be construed to prohibit other pay
increases based on merit, seniority, promotion or other reason, if
funds are available for the other pay increases:
Provided, That
the executive head of each spending unit shall first grant the
mandated increase in compensation in this section to all eligible
employees prior to the consideration of any increases based on
merit, seniority, promotion or other reason.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of
annual and incremental salary increases for eligible employees from
$60 to $100.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.