H. B. 4578


(By Delegates Williams, Burdiss,
Guthrie, Hutchins, Longstreth,
Mahan, D. Poling and Shook)
[Introduced February 15, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]


A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-5-6, relating to authorizing a two thousand dollar salary increase for civil service employees at state hospitals that did not receive a two thousand dollar salary increase in 2007 .

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-5-6, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-6. Pay equity for employees of state hospitals.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, any classified civil service employee at a state hospital, as defined in section one, article six, chapter twenty of this code, who was employed during two thousand seven and who received less than a two thousand dollar salary increase during fiscal year two thousand eight, shall receive a two thousand dollar salary increase beginning the first day of July, two thousand eight.





NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize a $2,000 salary increase for civil service employees at state hospitals that did not receive a $2,000 salary increase in 2007.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.