Senate Bill No. 45
(By Senators Burdette, Mr. President, and Boley,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced January 17, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact sections two and two-a, article
seven, chapter six of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
increasing the salaries of state constitutional officers;
changing the salaries of certain state administrators; and
updating the provisions related to such salaries.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections two and two-a, article seven, chapter six of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§6-7-2. Salaries of certain state officers.
Effective on and after the first Monday after the second
Wednesday in January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five
ninety-seven, the salaries for each of the state constitutional
officers shall be as follows:
(a) The salary of the governor shall be seventy-two ninety
thousand dollars per year.
(b) The salary of the attorney general shall be fifty
thousand four hundred seventy thousand dollars per year;
(c) The salary of the auditor shall be forty-six thousand
eight hundred seventy thousand dollars per year;
(d) The salary of the secretary of state shall be forty-
three thousand two hundred seventy thousand dollars per year;
(e) The salary of the commissioner of agriculture shall be
forty-six thousand eight hundred seventy thousand dollars per
year; and
(f) The salary of the state treasurer shall be fifty
thousand four hundred seventy thousand dollars per year.
§6-7-2a. Terms of certain appointive state officers;
appointment; qualifications; powers and salaries of such
officers.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the
contrary enacted prior to the first day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and ninety-four, each of the following appointive
state officers named in this subsection shall be appointed by the
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each
of such appointive state officers shall serve at the will and
pleasure of the governor for the term for which the governor was
elected and until the respective state officers' successors have
been appointed and qualified. Each of such appointive state
officers shall hereafter be subject to the existing
qualifications for holding each such respective office and each
shall have and is hereby granted all of the powers and authorityand shall perform all of the functions and services heretofore
vested in and performed by virtue of existing law respecting each
such office.
Beginning on the first day of January, April one thousand
nine hundred ninety ninety-four, the annual salary of each such
named appointive state officer shall be as follows:
Administrator, division of highways, sixty sixty-five
thousand dollars; administrator, division of health, fifty-seven
thousand two hundred dollars; administrator, division of human
services, forty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars;
administrator, state tax division, forty-nine thousand nine
hundred dollars; administrator, division of energy, sixty-five
thousand dollars; administrator, division of finance and
administration, forty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars;
administrator, division of corrections, forty-five fifty-five
thousand dollars; administrator, division of community and
industrial development, sixty-three thousand six hundred dollars;
administrator, division of workers' compensation, forty-five
thousand dollars; administrator, division of commerce, sixty-two
thousand five hundred dollars; administrator, division of natural
resources, forty-seven thousand eight hundred sixty-five thousand
dollars; administrator, division of public safety, forty-four
thousand six hundred sixty thousand dollars; administrator,
lottery division, sixty thousand dollars; director, public
employees insurance agency, fifty-five thousand dollars;
administrator, division of employment security, forty-fivethousand dollars; administrator, division of banking, thirty-
eight thousand three hundred fifty-five thousand dollars;
administrator, division of insurance, thirty-six thousand seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars; administrator, division of
culture and history, thirty-eight thousand three hundred fifty
thousand dollars; chairman, public service commission, fifty
sixty-five thousand dollars; members, public service commission,
forty-six thousand two hundred sixty thousand dollars;
administrator, alcohol beverage control commission, thirty-eight
thousand three hundred sixty thousand dollars; administrator,
division of motor vehicles, forty fifty-five thousand dollars;
director, division of personnel, thirty-eight thousand three
hundred sixty thousand dollars; adjutant general, thirty-five
thousand seven hundred fifty thousand dollars; chairman, health
care cost review authority, forty fifty-five thousand dollars;
members, health care cost review authority, thirty-six thousand
five hundred fifty-one thousand two hundred dollars; director,
human rights commission, forty thousand dollars; administrator,
division of labor, thirty-five thousand seven hundred fifty-five
thousand dollars; administrator, division of veterans affairs,
thirty-two forty thousand dollars; administrator, division of
emergency services, thirty-two forty thousand dollars;
administrator, nonintoxicating beer commission, thirty-two
thousand dollars; members, board of probation and parole, twenty-
eight thousand three hundred forty thousand dollars; members,
employment security review board, seventeen thousand dollars;members, workers' compensation appeal board, seventeen thousand
eight hundred dollars.
Prior to the first day of January April, one thousand nine
hundred ninety ninety-four, each of the aforesaid officers shall
continue to receive the annual salaries they were receiving as of
the last day of March December, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-three ninety-three.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code to the
contrary enacted prior to the first day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and ninety-four, each of the state officers named in
this subsection shall continue to be appointed in the manner
prescribed in this code, and, prior to the first day of April,
one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, each of the state officers
named in this subsection shall continue to receive the annual
salaries they were receiving as of the last day of December, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-three, and shall thereafter be paid
an annual salary as follows: except that any increase in salary
over and above the salary being received by any of the following
state officers as of the last day of March, one thousand nine
hundred eighty-nine, shall not become effective until the first
day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety
Chancellor, board of regents, seventy thousand dollars;
State superintendent of schools, seventy thousand dollars;
administrator, division of risk and insurance management, forty-
two sixty thousand dollars; director, division of rehabilitation
services, fifty-five thousand dollars; executive director,educational broadcasting authority, forty-seven thousand five
hundred dollars; secretary, library commission, forty-seven
thousand five hundred dollars; director, geologic and economic
survey, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; executive
director, water development authority, fifty-four thousand two
hundred dollars; executive secretary, teacher's retirement
system, forty-seven thousand two hundred dollars; executive
secretary, public employees retirement system, forty thousand one
hundred dollars; director, air pollution control commission,
forty-four thousand eight hundred dollars; executive director,
public defender legal services council, forty seven thousand five
hundred fifty-five thousand dollars; director, commission on
aging, forty thousand dollars; commissioner, oil and gas
conservation commission, forty thousand dollars; director, farm
management commission, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars;
state fire administrator, twenty-five thousand two hundred
dollars; executive secretary, municipal bond commission, thirty
thousand two hundred dollars; director, railroad maintenance
authority, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars; executive
secretary, women's commission, thirty thousand one hundred forty
thousand dollars; executive director, regional jail authority,
forty-two thousand six hundred dollars; director, hospital
finance authority, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars.
(c) No increase in the salary of any appointive state
officer pursuant to this section shall be paid until and unless
such appointive state officer shall have first filed with thestate auditor and the legislative auditor a sworn statement, on
a form to be prescribed by the attorney general, certifying that
such spending unit is in compliance with any general law
providing for a salary increase for his employees. The attorney
general shall prepare and distribute such form to the affected
spending units:
Provided,
That no decrease in salary shall be
effective for any current appointive state officer appointed
prior to the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-nine:
Provided, however,
That such decreases shall take
effect at such time as any appointive office is vacated.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide certain
increases to various state administrators and constitutional
officers and to generally update this section of the code.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.