Senate Bill No. 29
(By Senators Prezioso, Barnes, Jenkins, Hunter and Unger)
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[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the Committee on
Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §5-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new
section, designated §5-5-2a; and to amend and reenact
§25-1-11d of said code, all relating to granting salary
increases to Division of Corrections' employees based on years
of service; providing retention incentives for Division of
Corrections' employees; and increasing state increment pay for
Division of Corrections' 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; that said code be amended by adding thereto
a new section, designated §5-5-2a; and that §25-1-11d of said code
be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 5. GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR,
SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS,
OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC.
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASES 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 salary increase equal to fifty
dollars times the employee's years of service. Those employees of
the Division of Corrections shall receive an annual salary increase
equal to one hundred 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
dollars and one hundred dollars to Division of Corrections
employees 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 salary
increase equal to fifty dollars, or one hundred 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 dollars, or one hundred dollars to Division of
Corrections, 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.
§5-5-2a. Retention incentive salary increases for employees of the
Division of Corrections and the Division of Juvenile
Services.
(a) Effective the first day of July, two thousand nine, every
employee of the Division of Corrections with two years of
employment with their respective division shall receive a salary
increase of one thousand dollars on the two-year anniversary of
their employment with their respective division.
(b) Every employee of the Division of Corrections shall
receive an additional salary increase of one thousand dollars on
the anniversary of their fifth year of continuous service with
their respective division and every three years after that on the
anniversary of their continuous employment with their respective
division.
(c) This section does not 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.
CHAPTER 25. DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS.
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION, INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT.
§25-1-11d. Compensation of employees approved by commissioner;
traveling and other expenses; payment of salaries.
(a) The Commissioner of Corrections shall approve the salaries
of all employees of the Division of Corrections. Salaries shall be
commensurate with their duties and responsibilities, but no meals
or other emoluments of any kind shall be furnished, given or paid
to the employee as all or part of their salary. The employees may
be provided meals, household facilities and supplies as may be
necessary for them to perform their duties, if the employees agree
to pay the reasonable cost as established by the Commissioner of
Corrections. In the event of an emergency, such as a riot or other
disturbance, the commissioner may authorize meals be provided to
employees at no cost. Additionally, the commissioner may establish
a procedure to reimburse employees reasonable costs in the event
the employee's personal property is stolen or damaged by an inmate.
All persons employed under this article are entitled to be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses. The
salaries, expenses and appropriations provided for the employees
under the commissioner's jurisdiction shall be paid in the same
manner as are those of other state employees and agencies and on a
payment schedule set forth by the State Auditor.
(b) From funds appropriated therefor by the Legislature, the
commissioner shall increase the salary of each employee of the
Division of Corrections by two thousand eight dollars effective
with the two thousand eight, two thousand nine fiscal year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the incremental
salary for Division of Corrections; to provide salary increase for
every employee of the Division of Corrections
;
and to
provide a
$2008.00 salary increase for every employee of the Division of
Corrections.
§
5-5-2a
is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.