Senate Bill No. 368
(By Senators Yoder, Oliverio, Dempsey, Unger and Love)
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[Introduced January 27, 2006; referred to the Committee on
Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §15-2-5a, relating to
providing a housing supplement for members of the State
Police.
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 §15-2-5a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-5a. Housing allowances.
Beginning the first day of July, two thousand six through the
first day of July, two thousand nine, each member of the State
Police that resides in a county in which the average monthly
mortgage payment upon residential property exceeds seven hundred
dollars as determined by the Bureau of Census of the United States Department of Commerce in the taking of the two thousand census of
population shall receive an annual housing allowance supplement
determined according to the following schedule:
Average monthly mortgage Housing allowance supplement
$700.00 to $745.00
$300.00
$745.01 to $760.00
$600.00
$760.01 to $790.00
$900.00
$790.01 to $820.00
$1200.00
$820.01 to $850.00
$1500.00
$850.01 to $890.00
$1800.00
$890.01 to $930.00
$2100.00
$930.01 and above
$2400.00
The payments shall be made in equal monthly installments and
shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries for
members of the State Police.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a housing
supplement for members of the State Police.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.