COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 351
(By Senators Hunter, Prezioso, Oliverio, Mitchell and Ball)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported March 3, 1999.]
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A BILL to amend article five-a, chapter twenty-three of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
four, relating to state employees continuing to accrue
increment pay while off work because of a work-related
injury; and legislative rules.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five-a, chapter twenty-three of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5A. DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.
§23-5A-4. State employees to accrue increment pay during absence due to work-related injuries; legislative rules.
(a) All employees of the state of West Virginia shall
continue to accrue increment pay during absences from work due to
a work related compensable injury.
(b) The director of the division of personnel shall propose
rules for legislative approval to implement the provisions of
this section.
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(This section is new; therefore, underlining and strike- throughs have been omitted.)