H. B. 4657
(By Delegates Delong, Tucker, Hrutkay, Barker,
Caputo, Marshall, Fragale, Eldridge, Miley and Moore)
[Introduced February 20, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §5-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to raising the "years of service"
supplemental salary increase for public employees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-2. Granting incremental salary increases based on years of
service.
(a) Every eligible employee with three or more years of
service shall receive an annual a monthly salary increase equal to
fifty thirty-one dollars times the employee's years of service. In
each fiscal year and on the first day of July, each eligible
employee shall receive an annual increment increase of fifty three
hundred seventy-two dollars for that fiscal year.
(b) Every employee becoming newly eligible as a result of
meeting the three years of service minimum requirement on the first
day of July in any fiscal year, is entitled to the annual monthly salary increase equal to fifty thirty-one dollars times the
employee's years of service, where he or she has not in a previous
fiscal year received the benefit of an increment computation.
Thereafter, the employee shall receive a single annual increment
increase of fifty three hundred seventy-two dollars for each
subsequent fiscal year.
(c) These incremental increases are in addition to any
across-the-board, cost-of-living or percentage salary increases
which may be granted in any fiscal year by the Legislature.
(d) This section shall not be construed to prohibit other pay
increases based on merit, seniority, promotion or other reason, if
funds are available for the other pay increases: Provided, That
the executive head of each spending unit shall first grant the
mandated increase in compensation in this section to all eligible
employees prior to the consideration of any increases based on
merit, seniority, promotion or other reason.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to raise the "years of
service" supplemental salary increase for public employees.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.