H. B. 2735
(By Delegates Doyle, Manuel, Tabb, Trump,
Faircloth, Blair and Duke)
[Introduced
January 28, 2003
; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article five, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding a new section thereto, designated section six; and to
amend article four, chapter eighteen-a by adding two new
sections thereto, designated sections five-e and eight-j, all
relating to providing an augmentation to any salary increase
for any public employee, teacher or school service personnel.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter five of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section six; and that
article four, chapter eighteen-a, be amended by adding thereto two
new sections, designated sections five-e and eight-j, 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.
§5-5-6. Increase to salary increases based on county per capita
income.
(a) Effective for the fiscal year beginning the first day of
July, two thousand three, any increase in the salary of an employee
who resides in a county whose per capita income is above the
average county per capita income for the state is to be augmented
as provided in this section.
(b) The salary increase augmentation required by this section
to an employee's salary increase is equal to one-half of one
percent of the salary increase for each one percent the employee's
resident county per capita income is above the average county per
capita income for the state.
(c) For purposes of this section, the county per capita income
and the average county per capita income for the state are those
determined in the latest computation published by the federal
census-taking agency.
CHAPTER 18A. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-5e. Increase to salary increases based on county per
capita income.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of section five of this
article to the contrary and effective for the fiscal year beginning
the first day of July, two thousand three, any increase in the
salary of a teacher who resides in a county whose per capita income
is above the average county per capita income for the state is to
be augmented as provided in this section.
(b) The salary increase augmentation required by this section
to a teacher's salary increase is equal to one-half of one percent
of the salary increase for each one percent the teacher's resident
county per capita income is above the average county per capita
income for the state.
(c) For purposes of this section, the county per capita income
and the average county per capita income for the state are those
determined in the latest computation published by the federal
census-taking agency.
§18A-4-8j. Increase to salary increases based on county per
capita income.
(a) Effective for the fiscal year beginning the first day of
July, two thousand three, any increase in the salary of a school
service employee who resides in a county whose per capita income is
above the average county per capita income for the state is to be
augmented as provided in this section.
(b) The salary increase augmentation required by this section
to a school service employee's salary increase is equal to one-half of one percent of the salary increase for each one percent the
school service employee's resident county per capita income is
above the average county per capita income for the state.
(c) For purposes of this section, the county per capita income
and the average county per capita income for the state are those
determined in the latest computation published by the federal
census-taking agency.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to augment any salary
increase received by a public employee, teacher or school service
personnel by .5% of the increase for every 1% the employee's or
teacher's resident county's per capita income exceeds the average
county per capita income for the state.
§§5-5-6, 18A-4-5e and 8j are new; therefore, strike-throughs
and underscoring have been omitted.
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