Senate Bill No. 737
(By Senators Prezioso and Unger)
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[Introduced February 20, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §25-1-11d of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §49-5E-5a of said
code, all relating to providing a two thousand eight-dollar
salary increase for each employee of the Division of
Corrections and the Division of Juvenile Services.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §25-1-11d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that §49-5E-5a of said code be
amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 25. DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS.
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION, INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT.
§25-1-11d. Compensation of employees approved by commissioner;
traveling and other expenses; payment of salaries.
The Commissioner of Corrections shall approve the salaries of
all employees of the Division of Corrections. Salaries shall be
commensurate with their duties and responsibilities, but no meals
or other emoluments of any kind shall be furnished, given or paid to the employee as all or part of their salary. The employees may
be provided meals, household facilities and supplies as may be
necessary for them to perform their duties, if the employees agree
to pay the reasonable cost as established by the Commissioner of
Corrections. In the event of an emergency, such as a riot or other
disturbance, the commissioner may authorize meals be provided to
employees at no cost. Additionally, the commissioner may establish
a procedure to reimburse employees reasonable costs in the event
the employee's personal property is stolen or damaged by an inmate.
All persons employed under this article are entitled to be
reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses. The
salaries, expenses and appropriations provided for the employees
under the commissioner's jurisdiction shall be paid in the same
manner as are those of other state employees and agencies and on a
payment schedule set forth by the State Auditor.
From funds appropriated therefor by the Legislature, the
commissioner shall increase the salary of each employee of the
Division of Corrections by two thousand eight dollars, effective
the first day of July, two thousand six.
CHAPTER 49. CHILD WELFARE.
ARTICLE 5E. DIVISION OF JUVENILE SERVICES.
§49-5E-5a. Juvenile detention and corrections facilities;
employees; priority of hiring.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, the division, when employing any persons to complete the
approved staffing plan of any of its juvenile detention or corrections facilities, shall employ any person otherwise qualified
who applies for a position at the juvenile detention or corrections
facility who was also employed in good standing at a county or
local jail facility, at the time of its closing, that was closed
due to the completion of a regional jail.
(b) All persons employed at a juvenile detention or
corrections facility shall be employed at a salary and with
benefits consistent with the approved plan of compensation of the
Division of Personnel, created under section five, article six,
chapter twenty-nine of this code:
Provided, That from funds
appropriated by the Legislature, the commissioner shall increase
the salary of each employee of the Division of Juvenile Services by
two thousand eight dollars, effective the first day of July, two
thousand six. All such employees shall also be covered by the
policies and procedures of the education and state employees
grievance board, created under section five, article six-a, chapter
twenty-nine of this code and the classified service protection
policies of the Division of Personnel.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a $2,008.00
across-the-board salary increase for all employees of the Division
of Corrections and the Division of Juvenile Services, effective
July 1, 2007.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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