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Senate Bill No. 29

(By Senators Sharpe, Redd, Bailey,

Hunter, Ross, Helmick, Caldwell, Love and Fanning)


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[Introduced February 14, 2001; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend article one, chapter twenty-five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve; to amend article six, chapter twenty-nine of said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated sections ten-b and ten-c; and to amend article five-e, chapter forty-nine of said code by adding thereto a new section, designated section five-b, all relating to the salaries and civil service classifications of certain employees in the divisions of corrections and juvenile services.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter twenty-five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve; that article six, chapter twenty-nine of said code be amended by adding thereto two new sections, designated sections ten-b and ten-c; and that article five-e, chapter forty-nine of said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section five-b, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 25. DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS.

ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND INSTITUTIONS.

§25-1-12. Salary increase for certain employees.

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the commissioner shall increase the annual salary of every division employee, employed by the division on the first day of July, two thousand one, whose duty station is in the confines of a correctional facility that houses inmates. The increase shall be equal to an amount so that when combined with any increase an employee is provided as a result of the increase in the pay plan, as required by section ten-b, article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code, the employee's annual salary is increased three thousand dollars.
CHAPTER 29. MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND OFFICERS.

ARTICLE 6. CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.

§29-6-10b. Modification in pay plan for certain correctional employees.

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the board shall increase, by three thousand dollars, every step in the pay plan adopted under the provisions of section ten of this article, as the plan applies to employees of the division of corrections whose duty stations are in the confines of a correctional facility that houses inmates.
§29-6-10c. Reclassification of and increase in pay plan for certain juvenile detention officers.

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the board shall:
(1) Change the classifications designated as juvenile detention officer I to correctional officer I and juvenile detention officer II to correctional officer II; and
(2) Increase by three thousand dollars, every step in the pay plan adopted under the provisions of section ten of this article, as the plan applies to employees of the division of juvenile services working in these classifications whose duty stations are in the confines of a juvenile detention center or a juvenile correctional facility.
CHAPTER 49. CHILD WELFARE.

ARTICLE 5E. DIVISION OF JUVENILE SERVICES.
§49-5E-5b. Salary increase for certain employees.

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the director shall increase the annual salary of every juvenile detention officer, reclassified as a correctional officer under the provisions of section ten-c, article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code, employed by the division on the first day of July, two thousand one, whose duty station is in the confines of a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility. The increase shall be equal to an amount so that when combined with any increase an employee is provided as a result of the reclassification and increase in the pay plan, as required by section ten-c, article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code, the employee's annual salary is increased three thousand dollars.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the salaries of employees of the Division of Corrections and the Division of Juvenile Services that work in correctional facilities. The bill also requires that certain positions in the Division of Juveniles
be reclassified as Correctional Officers.

These sections are new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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