H. B. 4547
(By Delegates Dempsey, Williams, C. White, Osborne,
Ennis, Yeager and Henderson)
[Originating in the Committee on Education]
[February 24, 1998]
A BILL to amend and reenact section five, article nine, chapter
eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to raising
classified employee salaries by changing the experience
increment from thirty-six dollars to fifty dollars.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section five, article nine, chapter eighteen-b of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY SCHEDULE AND
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
§18B-9-5. Classified employee salary.
(a) Each classified employee who is employed by a governing
board on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- three, shall receive for the same employment at the same pay
grade during the fiscal year commencing on
such that date and
thereafter, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature
therefor, and in addition to the experience increment increase provided for in subsection (b) of this section, a monthly salary
which is at least one hundred twenty-five dollars more than the
final base monthly salary paid
such the classified employee for
the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-two, to be paid in equal installments within
the regular pay periods and to be prorated for classified
employees working less than thirty-seven and one-half hours per
week.
(b) Commencing with the fiscal year beginning on the first
day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-one ninety-eight,
and each fiscal year thereafter, each classified employee with
three or more years of experience shall receive an annual salary
increase equal to
thirty-six fifty dollars times the employee's
years of experience:
Provided, That
such the annual salary
increase
shall may not exceed the amount granted for the maximum
of twenty years of experience. These incremental increases shall
be in lieu of any salary increase received pursuant to section
two, article five, chapter five of this code; shall be 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; and shall be paid in like manner as the annual
payment to eligible state employees of the incremental salary
increases based on years of service under the provisions of said
section.
(c) Any classified employee may receive merit increases and
/or salary adjustments in accordance with policies established by
the board:
Provided, That funds for
such the increases and
/or adjustments shall be distributed in accordance with rules of the
appropriate governing board and shall be available to all state
institutions of higher education on an equitable basis.
(d) The current annual salary of any classified employee
may not be reduced by the provisions of this article nor by any
other action inconsistent
with the provisions of this article,
and nothing in this article
shall may be construed to prohibit
promotion of any classified employee to a job title carrying a
higher pay grade if
such the promotion is in accordance with the
provisions of this article and the personnel classification
system established by the appropriate governing board.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the
experience increment for classified employees from thirty-six
dollars to fifty dollars.
Strike throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.