ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 358
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, Wooton,
Jackson, Ball and Bailey)
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[Passed April 10, 1997; in effect from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section three, article four, chapter
forty-eight-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to increasing
the annual salary of the secretary-clerk of family law
masters, effective the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-seven.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article four, chapter forty-eight-a of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE A MASTER.
§48A-4-3. Compensation and expenses of family law masters and
their staffs.
(a) Prior to the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, a family law master shall receive as full
compensation for his or her services an annual salary of thirty- five thousand dollars.
(b) After the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, a full-time family law master shall receive as full
compensation for his or her services an annual salary of fifty
thousand dollars and a part-time family law master shall receive
as full compensation for his or her services an annual salary of
thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
(c) The secretary-clerk of the family law master shall be
appointed by the family law master and serve at his or her will
and pleasure and shall receive an annual salary of seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That beginning the
first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, the
secretary-clerk of the family law master appointed by the family
law master
shall receive an annual salary of twenty-two thousand
three hundred eight dollars
: Provided, however, That subsequent
to the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three,
the secretary-clerk may receive such percentage or proportional
salary increases as may be provided for by general law for other
public employees and shall receive the annual incremental salary
increase as provided for in article five, chapter five of this
code.
(d) A temporary or special family law master shall be compensated by the supreme court of appeals at an hourly rate not
to exceed the hourly rate paid to panel attorneys for performing
work in court pursuant to the provisions of section thirteen-a,
article twenty-one, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(e) Disbursement of salaries for family law masters and
members of their staffs shall be made by or pursuant to the order
of the director of the administrative office of the supreme court
of appeals.
(f) Family law masters, members of their staffs and
temporary family law masters shall be allowed their actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
Such expenses and compensation shall be determined and paid by
the director of the administrative office of the supreme court of
appeals under such guidelines as he or she may prescribe as
approved by the supreme court of appeals.