SB 578 Text

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 578
(By Senators Hunter, Bailey, Barnes, Boley, Bowman, Chafin,
Edgell, Facemyer, Fanning, Foster, Green, Kessler, Love, McCabe, Plymale, Prezioso, Sprouse, Unger, Wells, White, Yoder, Oliverio, McKenzie, Minard, Stollings and Jenkins)
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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
reported February 26, 2007.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §5-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §12-3-1c, all relating to increasing the amount of annual incremental salary increases for eligible employees from fifty dollars to seventy-five dollars; and requiring the State Auditor to provide a benefits statement with a state officer's or employee's net wages.

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; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §12-3-1c, 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 INCREASE 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~~ seventy-five 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~~ seventy-five dollars 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~~ seventy-five 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~~ seventy-five dollars 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.
CHAPTER 12. PUBLIC MONEYS AND SECURITIES.

ARTICLE 3. APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES AND DEDUCTIONS.

§12-3-1c. Benefits statement.
(a) The State Auditor shall attach a statement to each warrant he or she issues to any officer or employee of the state for payment of the officer's or employee's net wages. The statement shall contain information regarding the state's contribution to the officer's or employee's benefits, including, but not limited to, contributions towards insurance and retirement.
(b) If an officer's or employee's net wages are direct deposited under the provisions of section one-b of this article, the State Auditor shall provide the statement through the officer's or employee's payroll officer or by electronic means.

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