H. B. 2956
(By Delegate Paxton)
[Introduced
March 9, 2005
; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §5-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the eligibility of faculty
members at state institutions of higher education for certain
incremental pay; and making them eligible for the annual
experience increment for state employees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article:
(a) "Eligible employee" means either of the following:
(1) Any regular full-time employee of the state or any
spending unit of the state who is eligible for membership in any
state retirement system of the State of West Virginia or other retirement plan authorized by the state: Provided, That the
mandatory salary increase required by this article shall does not
apply to any faculty employee at state institutions of higher
education, or any employee of the state whose compensation is fixed
by statute or by statutory schedule other than employees described
in this section. Clerks, deputy clerks and magistrate assistants
of magistrate courts are eligible for the incremental salary
increases provided in this article with the increases to be
allowable in addition to the maximum salaries and compensation for
the employee offices under the magistrate court system statutes of
article one, chapter fifty of the code. This article may not be
construed to does not mandate an increase in the salary of any
elected or appointed officer of the state; or
(2) Any classified employee as defined in section two, article
nine, chapter eighteen-b of this code who is an employee of a state
institution of higher education, or of the higher education policy
commission or the council for community and technical college
education; or
(3) Any full-time member of the faculty as defined in section
one, article eight, chapter eighteen-b of this code who is an
employee of a state institution of higher education, the higher
education policy commission, or the council for community and
technical college education;
(b) "Years of service" means full years of totaled service as an employee of the State of West Virginia; and
(c) "Spending unit" means any state office, department,
agency, board, commission, institution, bureau or other designated
body authorized to hire employees.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make faculty members at
state institutions of higher education eligible to receive the
annual experience increment paid to state employees.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.