WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 238

By Senators Woodrum and Phillips

[Introduced January 11, 2024; referred
to the Committee on Government Organization]

A BILL to amend and reenact §7-14-17c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to clarifying the amount of a deputy sheriff's annual monetary payment for years of service.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 14. CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

§7-14-17c. Annual monetary supplement.

(a)  A deputy sheriff shall receive an annual monetary supplement in the sum of $5 multiplied by each month of service. Any incremental monetary supplement in effect prior to the effective date of this section that is more favorable to the deputy sheriffs entitled to such increase shall remain in full force and effect to the exclusion of the provisions of this section

(b) The annual monetary supplement shall be calculated and payable on the date when the deputy sheriff completes a year of service: Provided, That a deputy sheriff who does not complete one year of service is not eligible for the annual monetary supplement or a portion thereof provided in this section.  

(c) For each additional year of service that a deputy sheriff completes following his or her first year of service, the annual monetary supplement shall be calculated and payable on the date when the deputy sheriff completes the additional year of service.

(d) The annual monetary supplement shall be considered for purposes of calculating a deputy sheriff's benefits, including, but not limited to, retirement benefits.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify the amounts of deputy sheriff annual salary increases.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.