ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 587
(By Senators Edgell, Plymale, Jenkins, Prezioso,
Dempsey, Hunter, Minard and Kessler)
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[Introduced February 16, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to
amend and reenact §5-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to
the eligibility of faculty
members at state institutions of higher education for certain
incremental pay; and making them eligible for the annual
experience increment for state employees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article:
(a) "Eligible employee" means: either of the following
(1) Any regular full-time employee of the state or any
spending unit of the state who is eligible for membership in any
state retirement system of the State of West Virginia or other
retirement plan authorized by the state: Provided, That the mandatory salary increase required by this article shall does not
apply to any faculty employee at state institutions of higher
education, or any employee of the state whose compensation is fixed
by statute or by statutory schedule other than employees described
in this section. Clerks, deputy clerks and magistrate assistants
of magistrate courts are eligible for the incremental salary
increases provided in this article with the increases to be
allowable in addition to the maximum salaries and compensation for
the employee offices under the magistrate court system statutes of
article one, chapter fifty of this code. This article may not be
construed to mandate an increase in the salary of any elected or
appointed officer of the state; or
(2) Any classified employee as defined in section two, article
nine, chapter eighteen-b of this code who is an employee of a state
institution of higher education, or of the Higher Education Policy
Commission
or the Council for Community and Technical College
Education; or
(3) Any full-time member of the faculty as defined in section
one, article eight, chapter eighteen-b of this code who is an
employee of a state institution of higher education, the Higher
Education Policy Commission or the Council for Community and
Technical College Education;
(b) "Years of service" means:
(1) Full years of totaled service as an employee of the State
of West Virginia;
or
(2) In the case of full-time faculty as defined in paragraph
(3), subdivision (a) of this section, one year of service credit for each nine or more months of contracted employment during a
calendar year;
and
(c) "Spending unit" means any state office, department,
agency, board, commission, institution, bureau or other designated
body authorized to hire employees.
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