Senate Bill No. 225
(By Senator Prezioso and Boley)
[Introduced January 27, 2000; referred to the Committee on
Finance .]
A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-seven, article twenty,
chapter thirty-one of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
the salary of correctional officers at regional jails.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-seven, article twenty, chapter
thirty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 20. WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL AND CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY AUTHORITY.
§31-20-27. Correctional officers; regional jails; priority of
hiring.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, the authority, when employing correctional officers to
complete the approved staffing plan of a regional jail completed
after the effective date of this section, shall employ any
correctional officer applying for a position as a correctional
officer at a regional jail who was employed in good standing at
a county jail facility in the region at the time of its closing
or at a prison facility operated by the division of corrections:
Provided, That the regional jail is located within the same
region as the prison facility that was closed due to relocation
of the prison facility to a site outside the region. Only those
correctional officers, who are employees in good standing at the
time the prison facility is closed, are eligible for transfer
under the provisions of this subsection. Correctional officers,
employed under the provisions of this subsection, shall be
employed at a salary and with benefits consistent with the
approved plan of compensation of the division of personnel,
created under section five, article six, chapter twenty-nine of
this code: Provided, however, That the starting salary shall
conform to the following annual pay scale schedule:
Starting CO $19,500.00
Corporal $21,500.00
Sergeant $23,500.00
Lieutenant $25,500.00
Captain $27,500.00
Major $29,500.00
Jail Administrator $33,500.00
All correctional officers employed under this subsection shall
also be covered by the policies and procedures of the education
and state employees grievance board, created under section five,
article six-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code and the
classified-exempt service protection policies of the division of
personnel.
(b) The authority shall, when employing correctional
officers to fill positions within the approved staffing plan of
any regional jail, employ any correctional officer applying for
a position as a correctional officer at a regional jail who was
previously employed as a correctional officer in good standing at
any local jail facility: Provided, That the local jail facility
is located within the same region as the regional jail at the
time of the local jail facility's closing or reduction in size
and was reduced in size or closed prior to or due to the
completion of the regional jail within the region. Correctional
officers, employed under the provisions of this subsection, shall
be employed at a salary and with benefits consistent with the approved plan of compensation of the division of personnel,
created under section five, article six, chapter twenty-nine of
this code. Only those county correctional officers who are
employees in good standing at the time the local jail facility is
closed are eligible for transfer under the provisions of this
subsection. All correctional officers employed under this
subsection shall also be covered by the policies and procedures
of the education and state employees grievance board created
under section five, article six-a, chapter twenty-nine of this
code and the classified-exempt service protection of the division
of personnel.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a basic annual
pay scale for correctional officers at regional jails.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.