FISCAL
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WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
By
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to the Committee on Government Organization then Finance.
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
§60-2-23, relating to providing career development; and establishing annual
salaries for Alcohol Beverage Control inspectors, enforcement agents and
supervisors.
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 §60-2-23, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSIONER.
§60-2-23. Career development; salaries.
(a) The commissioner
shall establish within the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission a system for the
career development and promotion of inspectors and enforcement agents.
(b) The commissioner may
propose legislative rules for legislative approval in accordance with article
three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code for the purpose of ensuring
consistency, predictability and independent review of any system developed
under the provisions of this section.
(c) The commissioner
shall provide to each inspector, enforcement agent and supervisor a written
manual governing any system established under the provisions of this section
and specific procedures shall be identified for the evaluation and testing of
inspectors and enforcement agents for advancement.
(d) Beginning July 1,
2017, inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors shall receive annual
salaries as follows:
ANNUAL SALARY
SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)
SUPERVISORY AND
NONSUPERVISORY RANKS
Inspector 1 $41,296
Inspector 2 $41,679
Inspector 3 $42,078
Enforcement Agent 1 $43,290
Enforcement Agent 2 $47,591
Enforcement Agent 3 $49,742
Enforcement Agent,
Supervisor $56,194
Each inspector,
enforcement agent and supervisor of the Alcohol Beverage Commission whose
salary is fixed and specified in this annual salary schedule is entitled to the
length of service increases set forth in subsection (e) of this section.
(e) Each inspector,
enforcement agent and supervisor of the Alcohol Beverage Commission whose
salary is fixed and specified pursuant to this section shall receive an
increase in salary over that set forth in subsection (d) of this section based
on length of service with the Alcohol Beverage Commission, including service
served before and after the effective date of this section. At the end of two years of service with the
Alcohol Beverage Commission, the inspector, enforcement agent and supervisor
shall receive a salary increase of $400 to be effective during his or her next
year of service and a like increase at yearly intervals thereafter with the
increases to be cumulative.
(f) In applying the
salary schedules in this section where salary increases are provided, for
length of service, inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors of the
Alcohol Beverage Commission in service at the time the schedules become
effective shall be given credit for prior service and shall be paid the
salaries the same length of service entitles them to receive under the
provisions of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to provide a system for career development and establish a pay scale for
Alcohol Beverage Commission inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.