Bill Text: WV HB2879 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Providing a one-time, nonbase building, supplemental salary increase for all eligible state employees

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-12 - Effective Date [HB2879 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2011-HB2879-Enrolled.html

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ENROLLED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 2879

(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson, and Delegate Armstead)

[By Request of the Executive]

[Passed March 12, 2011; in effect from passage]

 

 

AN ACT to repeal §18A-4-5c and §18A-4-5d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §6-7-2a of said code; to amend and reenact §15-2-5 of said code; to amend and reenact §18A-4-2, §18A-4-5 and §18A-4-8a of said code; to amend and reenact §20-7-1c of said code; to amend and reenact §50-1-3 of said code; to amend and reenact §51-1-10a of said code; to amend and reenact §51-2-13 of said code; and to amend and reenact §51-2A-6 of said code, all relating generally to increasing compensation for certain public officials and public employees.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That both houses recede from their respective positions as to the amendment of the Senate striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting new language, and agree to the same as follows:

    That §18A-4-5c and §18A-4-5d of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that §6-7-2a of said code be amended and reenacted; that §15-2-5 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18A-4-2, §18A-4-5 and §18A-4-8a of said code be amended and reenacted; that §20-7-1c of said code be amended and reenacted; that §50-1-3 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §51-1-10a of said code be amended and reenacted; that §51-2-13 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §51-2A-6 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:

CHAPTER 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING OFFICERS.

ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.

§6-7-2a. Terms of certain appointive state officers; appointment; qualifications; powers and salaries of such officers.

    (a) 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 the appointive state officers serves 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 the appointive state officers are subject to the existing qualifications for holding each respective office and each has and is hereby granted all of the powers and authority and shall perform all of the functions and services heretofore vested in and performed by virtue of existing law respecting each office.

    Prior to July 1, 2006, each such named appointive state officer shall continue to receive the annual salaries they were receiving as of the effective date of the enactment of this section in 2006 and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the annual salary of each named appointive state officer shall be as follows:

    Commissioner, Division of Highways, $92,500; Commissioner, Division of Corrections, $80,000; Director, Division of Natural Resources, $75,000; Superintendent, State Police, $85,000; Commissioner, Division of Banking, $75,000; Commissioner, Division of Culture and History, $65,000; Commissioner, Alcohol Beverage Control Commission, $75,000; Commissioner, Division of Motor Vehicles, $75,000; Chairman, Health Care Authority, $80,000; members, Health Care Authority, $75,000; Director, Human Rights Commission, $55,000; Commissioner, Division of Labor, $70,000; Director, Division of Veterans' Affairs, $65,000; Chairperson, Board of Parole, $55,000; members, Board of Parole, $50,000; members, Employment Security Review Board, $17,000; and Commissioner, Bureau of Employment Programs, $75,000. Secretaries of the departments shall be paid an annual salary as follows: Health and Human Resources, $95,000; Transportation, $95,000: Provided, That if the same person is serving as both the Secretary of Transportation and the Commissioner of Highways, he or she shall be paid $120,000; Revenue, $95,000; Military Affairs and Public Safety, $95,000; Administration, $95,000; Education and the Arts, $95,000; Commerce, $95,000; and Environmental Protection, $95,000: Provided, however, That any increase in the salary of any current appointive state officer named in this subsection pursuant to the reenactment of this subsection during the regular session of the Legislature in 2006 that exceeds $5,000 shall be paid to such officer or his or her successor beginning on July 1, 2006, in annual increments of $5,000 per fiscal year, up to the maximum salary provided in this subsection: Provided further, That if the same person is serving as both the Secretary of Transportation and the Commissioner of Highways, then the annual increments of $5,000 per fiscal year do not apply.

    (b) Each of the state officers named in this subsection shall continue to be appointed in the manner prescribed in this code and, prior to July 1, 2006, each of the state officers named in this subsection shall continue to receive the annual salaries he or she was receiving as of the effective date of the enactment of this section in 2006 and shall thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, be paid an annual salary as follows:

    Director, Board of Risk and Insurance Management, $80,000; Director, Division of Rehabilitation Services, $70,000; Director, Division of Personnel, $70,000; Executive Director, Educational Broadcasting Authority, $75,000; Secretary, Library Commission, $72,000; Director, Geological and Economic Survey, $75,000; Executive Director, Prosecuting Attorneys Institute, $70,000; Executive Director, Public Defender Services, $70,000; Commissioner, Bureau of Senior Services, $75,000; Director, State Rail Authority, $65,000; Executive Director, Women's Commission, $55,000; Director, Hospital Finance Authority, $35,000; member, Racing Commission, $12,000; Chairman, Public Service Commission, $85,000; members, Public Service Commission, $85,000; Director, Division of Forestry, $75,000; Director, Division of Juvenile Services, $80,000; and Executive Director, Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, $80,000: Provided, That any increase in the salary of any current appointive state officer named in this subsection pursuant to the reenactment of this subsection during the regular session of the Legislature in 2006 that exceeds $5,000 shall be paid to such officer or his or her successor beginning on July 1, 2006, in annual increments of $5,000 per fiscal year, up to the maximum salary provided in this subsection.

    (c) 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 the appointive state officers serves 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 the appointive state officers are subject to the existing qualifications for holding each respective office and each has and is hereby granted all of the powers and authority and shall perform all of the functions and services heretofore vested in and performed by virtue of existing law respecting each office.

    Prior to July 1, 2006, each such named appointive state officer shall continue to receive the annual salaries they were receiving as of the effective date of the enactment of this section in 2006 and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the annual salary of each named appointive state officer shall be as follows:

    Commissioner, State Tax Division, $92,500; Commissioner, Insurance Commission, $92,500; Director, Lottery Commission, $92,500; Director, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, $65,000; and Adjutant General,$125,000.

    (d) No increase in the salary of any appointive state officer pursuant to this section shall be paid until and unless the appointive state officer has first filed with the State Auditor and the Legislative Auditor a sworn statement, on a form to be prescribed by the Attorney General, certifying that his or her spending unit is in compliance with any general law providing for a salary increase for his or her employees. The Attorney General shall prepare and distribute the form to the affected spending units.

CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.

ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.

§15-2-5. Career progression system; salaries; exclusion from wages and hour law, with supplemental payment; bond; leave time for members called to duty in guard or reserves.

    (a) The superintendent shall establish within the West Virginia State Police a system to provide for: The promotion of members to the supervisory ranks of sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant and first lieutenant; the classification of nonsupervisory members within the field operations force to the ranks of trooper, senior trooper, trooper first class or corporal; the classification of members assigned to the forensic laboratory as criminalist I-VIII; and the temporary reclassification of members assigned to administrative duties as administrative support specialist I-VIII.

    (b) The superintendent may propose legislative rules for promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code for the purpose of ensuring consistency, predictability and independent review of any system developed under the provisions of this section.

    (c) The superintendent shall provide to each member a written manual governing any system established under the provisions of this section and specific procedures shall be identified for the evaluation and testing of members for promotion or reclassification and the subsequent placement of any members on a promotional eligibility or reclassification recommendation list.

    (d) Beginning on July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2011, members shall receive annual salaries as follows:

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Cadet During Training. . . . . . . . . . . .$ 2,752 Mo. $ 33,024

Cadet Trooper After Training. . . . . . . . .3,357.33 Mo. 40,288

Trooper Second Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,296

Trooper Third Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,679

Senior Trooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42,078

Trooper First Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,684

Corporal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,290

Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47,591

First Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49,742

Second Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51,892

First Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54,043

Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56,194

Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,344

Lieutenant Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,495

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT

SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,679

II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,078

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,684

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,290

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,591

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,742

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,892

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,043

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,679

II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,078

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,684

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,290

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,591

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,742

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,892

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,043

    Beginning on July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, members shall receive annual salaries as follows:

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Cadet During Training. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,833 Mo. $ 33,994

Cadet Trooper After Training. . . . . . . . .$ 3,438 Mo. $ 41,258

Trooper Second Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,266

Trooper Third Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,649

Senior Trooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43,048

Trooper First Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,654

Corporal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,260

Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,561

First Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,712

Second Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52,862

First Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55,013

Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57,164

Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,314

Lieutenant Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,465

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT

SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,266

II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,048

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,654

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,260

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,561

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,712

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,862

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,013

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

CRIMINALIST CLASSIFICATION

I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,266

II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43,048

III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,654

IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,260

V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,561

VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,712

VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,862

VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,013

    Each member of the West Virginia State Police whose salary is fixed and specified in this annual salary schedule is entitled to the length of service increases set forth in subsection (e) of this section and supplemental pay as provided in subsection (g) of this section.

    (e) Each member of the West Virginia State Police whose salary is fixed and specified pursuant to this section shall receive, and is entitled to, an increase in salary over that set forth in subsection (d) of this section for grade in rank, based on length of service, including that service served before and after the effective date of this section with the West Virginia State Police as follows: At the end of two years of service with the West Virginia State Police, the member shall receive a salary increase of $400 to be effective during his or her next year of service and a like increase at yearly intervals thereafter, with the increases to be cumulative.

    (f) In applying the salary schedules set forth in this section where salary increases are provided for length of service, members of the West Virginia State Police in service at the time the schedules become effective shall be given credit for prior service and shall be paid the salaries the same length of service entitles them to receive under the provisions of this section.

    (g) The Legislature finds and declares that because of the unique duties of members of the West Virginia State Police, it is not appropriate to apply the provisions of state wage and hour laws to them. Accordingly, members of the West Virginia State Police are excluded from the provisions of state wage and hour law. This express exclusion shall not be construed as any indication that the members were or were not covered by the wage and hour law prior to this exclusion.

    In lieu of any overtime pay they might otherwise have received under the wage and hour law, and in addition to their salaries and increases for length of service, members who have completed basic training and who are exempt from federal Fair Labor Standards Act guidelines may receive supplemental pay as provided in this section.

    The authority of the superintendent to propose a legislative rule or amendment thereto for promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to establish the number of hours per month which constitute the standard work month for the members of the West Virginia State Police is hereby continued. The rule shall further establish, on a graduated hourly basis, the criteria for receipt of a portion or all of supplemental payment when hours are worked in excess of the standard work month. The superintendent shall certify monthly to the West Virginia State Police's payroll officer the names of those members who have worked in excess of the standard work month and the amount of their entitlement to supplemental payment. The supplemental payment may not exceed $236 monthly. The superintendent and civilian employees of the West Virginia State Police are not eligible for any supplemental payments.

    (h) Each member of the West Virginia State Police, except the superintendent and civilian employees, shall execute, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, a bond with security in the sum of $5,000 payable to the State of West Virginia, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties, and the bond shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General and as to sufficiency by the Governor. (i) In consideration for compensation paid by the West Virginia State Police to its members during those members' participation in the West Virginia State Police Cadet Training Program pursuant to section eight, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code, the West Virginia State Police may require of its members by written agreement entered into with each of them in advance of such participation in the program that, if a member should voluntarily discontinue employment any time within one year immediately following completion of the training program, he or she shall be obligated to pay to the West Virginia State Police a pro rata portion of such compensation equal to that part of such year which the member has chosen not to remain in the employ of the West Virginia State Police.

    (i) Any member of the West Virginia State Police who is called to perform active duty training or inactive duty training in the National Guard or any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States annually shall be granted, upon request, leave time not to exceed thirty calendar days for the purpose of performing the active duty training or inactive duty training and the time granted may not be deducted from any leave accumulated as a member of the West Virginia State Police.

CHAPTER 18A. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.

    (a) Effective July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2007-08 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.

    Effective July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2011, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2008-09 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.

    Beginning July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2011-12 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.

2008-09 STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
Years Exp.	4th Class	3rd Class	2nd Class		A.B. +15		M.A. +15	M.A. +30	M.A. +45	Doc-torate
				A.B.		M.A.
0	25,651	26,311	26,575	27,827	28,588	30,355	31,116	31,877	32,638	33,673
1	25,979	26,639	26,903	28,345	29,106	30,874	31,635	32,395	33,156	34,191
2	26,308	26,967	27,231	28,864	29,625	31,392	32,153	32,914	33,675	34,710
3	26,636	27,295	27,559	29,383	30,143	31,911	32,672	33,432	34,193	35,228
4	27,208	27,867	28,131	30,145	30,906	32,674	33,435	34,195	34,956	35,991
5	27,536	28,195	28,459	30,664	31,425	33,192	33,953	34,714	35,475	36,510
6	27,864	28,523	28,787	31,182	31,943	33,711	34,472	35,232	35,993	37,028
7	28,192	28,852	29,115	31,701	32,462	34,229	34,990	35,751	36,512	37,547
8	28,520	29,180	29,444	32,219	32,980	34,748	35,509	36,269	37,030	38,065
9	28,848	29,508	29,772	32,738	33,499	35,266	36,027	36,788	37,549	38,584
10	29,177	29,836	30,100	33,258	34,018	35,786	36,547	37,308	38,068	39,103
11	29,505	30,164	30,428	33,776	34,537	36,305	37,065	37,826	38,587	39,622
12	29,833	30,492	30,756	34,295	35,055	36,823	37,584	38,345	39,105	40,140
13	30,161	30,820	31,084	34,813	35,574	37,342	38,102	38,863	39,624	40,659
14	30,489	31,148	31,412	35,332	36,092	37,860	38,621	39,382	40,142	41,177
15	30,817	31,476	31,740	35,850	36,611	38,379	39,139	39,900	40,661	41,696
16	31,145	31,804	32,068	36,369	37,129	38,897	39,658	40,419	41,179	42,214
17	31,473	32,133	32,396	36,887	37,648	39,416	40,177	40,937	41,698	42,733
18	31,801	32,461	32,725	37,406	38,167	39,934	40,695	41,456	42,217	43,252
19	32,129	32,789	33,053	37,924	38,685	40,453	41,214	41,974	42,735	43,770
20	32,457	33,117	33,381	38,443	39,204	40,971	41,732	42,493	43,254	44,289
21	32,786	33,445	33,709	38,961	39,722	41,490	42,251	43,011	43,772	44,807
22	33,114	33,773	34,037	39,480	40,241	42,008	42,769	43,530	44,291	45,326
23	33,442	34,101	34,365	39,999	40,759	42,527	43,288	44,048	44,809	45,844
24	33,770	34,429	34,693	40,517	41,278	43,046	43,806	44,567	45,328	46,363
25	34,098	34,757	35,021	41,036	41,796	43,564	44,325	45,086	45,846	46,881
26	34,426	35,085	35,349	41,554	42,315	44,083	44,843	45,604	46,365	47,400
27	34,754	35,413	35,677	42,073	42,833	44,601	45,362	46,123	46,883	47,918
28	35,082	35,742	36,005	42,591	43,352	45,120	45,880	46,641	47,402	48,437
29	35,410	36,070	36,334	43,110	43,870	45,638	46,399	47,160	47,920	48,955
30	35,738	36,398	36,662	43,628	44,389	46,157	46,917	47,678	48,439	49,474
31	36,067	36,726	36,990	44,147	44,908	46,675	47,436	48,197	48,957	49,992
32	36,395	37,054	37,318	44,665	45,426	47,194	47,955	48,715	49,476	50,511
33	36,723	37,382	37,646	45,184	45,945	47,712	48,473	49,234	49,995	51,030
34	37,051	37,710	37,974	45,702	46,463	48,231	48,992	49,752	50,513	51,548
35	37,379	38,038	38,302	46,221	46,982	48,749	49,510	50,271	51,032	52,067

2011-12 STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE

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(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

Years	4th	3rd	2nd		A.B.		M.A.	M.A.	M.A.	Doc-
Exp.	Class	Class	Class	A.B.	+15	M.A.	+15	+30	+45	torate
0	26,917	27,606	27,872	29,315	30,076	31,843	32,604	33,365	34,126	35,161
1	27,245	27,934	28,200	29,833	30,594	32,362	33,123	33,883	34,644	35,679
2	27,574	28,262	28,528	30,352	31,113	32,880	33,641	34,402	35,163	36,198
3	27,902	28,590	28,856	30,871	31,631	33,399	34,160	34,920	35,681	36,716
4	28,474	29,162	29,428	31,633	32,394	34,162	34,923	35,683	36,444	37,479
5	28,802	29,490	29,756	32,152	32,913	34,680	35,441	36,202	36,963	37,998
6	29,130	29,818	30,084	32,670	33,431	35,199	35,960	36,720	37,481	38,516
7	29,458	30,147	30,412	33,189	33,950	35,717	36,478	37,239	38,000	39,035
8	29,786	30,475	30,741	33,707	34,468	36,236	36,997	37,757	38,518	39,553
9	30,114	30,803	31,069	34,226	34,987	36,754	37,515	38,276	39,037	40,072
10	30,443	31,131	31,397	34,746	35,506	37,274	38,035	38,796	39,556	40,591
11	30,771	31,459	31,725	35,264	36,025	37,793	38,553	39,314	40,075	41,110
12	31,099	31,787	32,053	35,783	36,543	38,311	39,072	39,833	40,593	41,628
13	31,427	32,115	32,381	36,301	37,062	38,830	39,590	40,351	41,112	42,147
14	31,755	32,443	32,709	36,820	37,580	39,348	40,109	40,870	41,630	42,665
15	32,083	32,771	33,037	37,338	38,099	39,867	40,627	41,388	42,149	43,184
16	32,411	33,099	33,365	37,857	38,617	40,385	41,146	41,907	42,667	43,702
17	32,739	33,428	33,693	38,375	39,136	40,904	41,665	42,425	43,186	44,221
18	33,067	33,756	34,022	38,894	39,655	41,422	42,183	42,944	43,705	44,740
19	33,395	34,084	34,350	39,412	40,173	41,941	42,702	43,462	44,223	45,258
20	33,723	34,412	34,678	39,931	40,692	42,459	43,220	43,981	44,742	45,777
21	34,052	34,740	35,006	40,449	41,210	42,978	43,739	44,499	45,260	46,295
22	34,380	35,068	35,334	40,968	41,729	43,496	44,257	45,018	45,779	46,814
23	34,708	35,396	35,662	41,487	42,247	44,015	44,776	45,536	46,297	47,332
24	35,036	35,724	35,990	42,005	42,766	44,534	45,294	46,055	46,816	47,851
25	35,364	36,052	36,318	42,524	43,284	45,052	45,813	46,574	47,334	48,369
26	35,692	36,380	36,646	43,042	43,803	45,571	46,331	47,092	47,853	48,888
27	36,020	36,708	36,974	43,561	44,321	46,089	46,850	47,611	48,371	49,406
28	36,348	37,037	37,302	44,079	44,840	46,608	47,368	48,129	48,890	49,925
29	36,676	37,365	37,631	44,598	45,358	47,126	47,887	48,648	49,408	50,443
30	37,004	37,693	37,959	45,116	45,877	47,645	48,405	49,166	49,927	50,962
31	37,333	38,021	38,287	45,635	46,396	48,163	48,924	49,685	50,445	51,480
32	37,661	38,349	38,615	46,153	46,914	48,682	49,443	50,203	50,964	51,999
33	37,989	38,677	38,943	46,672	47,433	49,200	49,961	50,722	51,483	52,518
34	38,317	39,005	39,271	47,190	47,951	49,719	50,480	51,240	52,001	53,036
35	38,645	39,333	39,599	47,709	48,470	50,237	50,998	51,759	52,520	53,555

    (b) Six hundred dollars shall be paid annually to each classroom teacher who has at least twenty years of teaching experience. The payments: (i) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable state minimum salary schedule; (ii) shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.

§18A-4-5. Salary equity among the counties; state salary supplement.

    (a) For the purposes of this section, salary equity among the counties means that the salary potential of school employees employed by the various districts throughout the state does not differ by greater than ten percent between those offering the highest salaries and those offering the lowest salaries. In the case of professional educators, the difference shall be calculated utilizing the average of the professional educator salary schedules, degree classifications B.A. through doctorate and the years of experience provided for in the most recent state minimum salary schedule for teachers, in effect in the five counties offering the highest salary schedules compared to the lowest salary schedule in effect among the fifty-five counties. In the case of school service personnel, the difference shall be calculated utilizing the average of the school service personnel salary schedules, pay grades “A” through “H” and the years of experience provided for in the most recent state minimum pay scale pay grade for service personnel, in effect in the five counties offering the highest salary schedules compared to the lowest salary schedule in effect among the fifty-five counties. Effective July 1, 2013, for both professional educators and school service personnel, the differences shall be calculated as otherwise required by this subsection except that the ten counties offering the highest salary schedules shall be compared to the lowest salary schedule in effect among the fifty-five counties.

    (b) To assist the state in meeting its objective of salary equity among the counties, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 1984, subject to available state appropriations and the conditions set forth herein, each teacher and school service personnel shall receive a supplemental amount in addition to the amount from the state minimum salary schedules provided for in this article.

    (c) State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code. The amount allocated for salary equity shall be apportioned between teachers and school service personnel in direct proportion to that amount necessary to support the professional salaries and service personnel salaries statewide under sections four, five and eight, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code.

    (d) Pursuant to this section, each teacher and school service personnel shall receive the amount indicated on the applicable State Equity Supplement Schedule or Pay Scale for 2010-11, maintained by the West Virginia Department of Education, reduced by any amount provided by the county as a salary supplement for teachers and school service personnel on January 1, 1984: Provided, That effective July 1, 2011, the amounts indicated on the State Equity Supplement Pay Scale for service personnel is increased by $37 across-the-board.

    (e) The amount received pursuant to this section shall not be decreased as a result of any county supplement increase instituted after January 1, 1984: Provided, That any amount received pursuant to this section may be reduced proportionately based upon the amount of funds appropriated for this purpose. No county may reduce any salary supplement that was in effect on January 1, 1984, except as permitted by sections five-a and five-b of this article.

    (f) During its 2011 interim meetings, the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability shall conduct a study on whether a recommendation should be made to the Legislature for establishing the State Equity Supplement Schedule and the State Equity Supplement Pay Scale in statute.

§18A-4-8a. Service personnel minimum monthly salaries.

    (a) The minimum monthly pay for each service employee shall be as follows:

    (1) Effective July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be at least the amounts indicated in the 2010-2011 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half hours or less a day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated in the 2010-2011 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in this subdivision.

    Beginning July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be at least the amounts indicated in the 2011-2012 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half hours or less a day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated in the 2011-2012 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in this section subdivision.    

2010-2011 STATE MINIMUM PAY SCALE PAY GRADE
Years
Exp.	Pay Grade
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0	1,577	1,598	1,639	1,691	1,743	1,805	1,836	1,908
1	1,609	1,630	1,671	1,723	1,775	1,837	1,868	1,940
2	1,641	1,662	1,703	1,755	1,807	1,869	1,900	1,972
3	1,673	1,694	1,735	1,787	1,839	1,901	1,932	2,004
4	1,705	1,726	1,767	1,819	1,871	1,933	1,964	2,037
5	1,737	1,758	1,799	1,851	1,903	1,965	1,996	2,069
6	1,769	1,790	1,832	1,883	1,935	1,997	2,028	2,101
7	1,802	1,822	1,864	1,915	1,967	2,029	2,060	2,133
8	1,834	1,854	1,896	1,947	1,999	2,061	2,092	2,165
9	1,866	1,886	1,928	1,980	2,031	2,093	2,124	2,197
10	1,898	1,919	1,960	2,012	2,063	2,126	2,157	2,229
11	1,930	1,951	1,992	2,044	2,095	2,158	2,189	2,261
12	1,962	1,983	2,024	2,076	2,128	2,190	2,221	2,293
13	1,994	2,015	2,056	2,108	2,160	2,222	2,253	2,325
14	2,026	2,047	2,088	2,140	2,192	2,254	2,285	2,357
15	2,058	2,079	2,120	2,172	2,224	2,286	2,317	2,389
16	2,090	2,111	2,152	2,204	2,256	2,318	2,349	2,422
17	2,122	2,143	2,185	2,236	2,288	2,350	2,381	2,454
18	2,154	2,175	2,217	2,268	2,320	2,382	2,413	2,486
19	2,187	2,207	2,249	2,300	2,352	2,414	2,445	2,518
20	2,219	2,239	2,281	2,333	2,384	2,446	2,477	2,550
21	2,251	2,271	2,313	2,365	2,416	2,478	2,509	2,582
22	2,283	2,304	2,345	2,397	2,448	2,511	2,542	2,614
23	2,315	2,336	2,377	2,429	2,481	2,543	2,574	2,646
24	2,347	2,368	2,409	2,461	2,513	2,575	2,606	2,678
25	2,379	2,400	2,441	2,493	2,545	2,607	2,638	2,710
26	2,411	2,432	2,473	2,525	2,577	2,639	2,670	2,742
27	2,443	2,464	2,505	2,557	2,609	2,671	2,702	2,774
28	2,475	2,496	2,537	2,589	2,641	2,703	2,734	2,807
29	2,507	2,528	2,570	2,621	2,673	2,735	2,766	2,839
30	2,540	2,560	2,602	2,653	2,705	2,767	2,798	2,871
31	2,572	2,592	2,634	2,685	2,737	2,799	2,830	2,903
32	2,604	2,624	2,666	2,718	2,769	2,831	2,862	2,935
33	2,636	2,656	2,698	2,750	2,801	2,863	2,895	2,967
34	2,668	2,689	2,730	2,782	2,833	2,896	2,927	2,999
35	2,700	2,721	2,762	2,814	2,866	2,928	2,959	3,031
36	2,732	2,753	2,794	2,846	2,898	2,960	2,991	3,063
37	2,764	2,785	2,826	2,878	2,930	2,992	3,023	3,095
38	2,796	2,817	2,858	2,910	2,962	3,024	3,055	3,127
39	2,828	2,849	2,890	2,942	2,994	3,056	3,087	3,159
40	2,860	2,881	2,922	2,974	3,026	3,088	3,119	3,192

2011-2012 STATE MINIMUM PAY SCALE PAY GRADE
Years
Exp.	Pay Grade
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0	1,627	1,648	1,689	1,741	1,793	1,855	1,886	1,958
1	1,659	1,680	1,721	1,773	1,825	1,887	1,918	1,990
2	1,691	1,712	1,753	1,805	1,857	1,919	1,950	2,022
3	1,723	1,744	1,785	1,837	1,889	1,951	1,982	2,054
4	1,755	1,776	1,817	1,869	1,921	1,983	2,014	2,087
5	1,787	1,808	1,849	1,901	1,953	2,015	2,046	2,119
6	1,819	1,840	1,882	1,933	1,985	2,047	2,078	2,151
7	1,852	1,872	1,914	1,965	2,017	2,079	2,110	2,183
8	1,884	1,904	1,946	1,997	2,049	2,111	2,142	2,215
9	1,916	1,936	1,978	2,030	2,081	2,143	2,174	2,247
10	1,948	1,969	2,010	2,062	2,113	2,176	2,207	2,279
11	1,980	2,001	2,042	2,094	2,145	2,208	2,239	2,311
12	2,012	2,033	2,074	2,126	2,178	2,240	2,271	2,343
13	2,044	2,065	2,106	2,158	2,210	2,272	2,303	2,375
14	2,076	2,097	2,138	2,190	2,242	2,304	2,335	2,407
15	2,108	2,129	2,170	2,222	2,274	2,336	2,367	2,439
16	2,140	2,161	2,202	2,254	2,306	2,368	2,399	2,472
17	2,172	2,193	2,235	2,286	2,338	2,400	2,431	2,504
18	2,204	2,225	2,267	2,318	2,370	2,432	2,463	2,536
19	2,237	2,257	2,299	2,350	2,402	2,464	2,495	2,568
20	2,269	2,289	2,331	2,383	2,434	2,496	2,527	2,601
21	2,301	2,321	2,363	2,415	2,466	2,528	2,559	2,634
22	2,333	2,354	2,395	2,447	2,498	2,561	2,593	2,666
23	2,365	2,386	2,427	2,479	2,531	2,594	2,625	2,699
24	2,397	2,418	2,459	2,511	2,563	2,627	2,658	2,732
25	2,429	2,450	2,491	2,543	2,596	2,659	2,691	2,764
26	2,461	2,482	2,523	2,576	2,629	2,692	2,723	2,797
27	2,493	2,514	2,555	2,608	2,661	2,724	2,756	2,829
28	2,525	2,546	2,588	2,641	2,694	2,757	2,789	2,863
29	2,557	2,579	2,621	2,673	2,726	2,790	2,821	2,896
30	2,591	2,611	2,654	2,706	2,759	2,822	2,854	2,928
31	2,623	2,644	2,687	2,739	2,792	2,855	2,887	2,961
32	2,656	2,676	2,719	2,772	2,824	2,888	2,919	2,994
33	2,689	2,709	2,752	2,805	2,857	2,920	2,953	3,026
34	2,721	2,743	2,785	2,838	2,890	2,954	2,986	3,059
35	2,754	2,775	2,817	2,870	2,923	2,987	3,018	3,092
36	2,787	2,808	2,850	2,903	2,956	3,019	3,051	3,124
37	2,819	2,841	2,883	2,936	2,989	3,052	3,083	3,157
38	2,852	2,873	2,915	2,968	3,021	3,084	3,116	3,190
39	2,885	2,906	2,948	3,001	3,054	3,117	3,149	3,222
40	2,917	2,939	2,980	3,033	3,087	3,150	3,181	3,256

 

    (2) Each service employee shall receive the amount prescribed in the Minimum Pay Scale in accordance with the provisions of this subsection according to their class title and pay grade as set forth in this subdivision:

CLASS TITLE                                           PAY GRADE

Accountant I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Accountant II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Accountant III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Accounts Payable Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Aide I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A

Aide II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B

Aide III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

Aide IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Audiovisual Technician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

Auditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Autism Mentor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Braille or Sign Language Specialist. . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Bus Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DBuyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Cabinetmaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Cafeteria Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Carpenter I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Carpenter II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Chief Mechanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Clerk I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B

Clerk II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

Computer Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Cook I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A

Cook II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B

Cook III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

Crew Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Custodian I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A

Custodian II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Custodian III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Custodian IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Director or Coordinator of Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . H

Draftsman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Electrician I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Electrician II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Electronic Technician I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Electronic Technician II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Executive Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Food Services Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Foreman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

General Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Glazier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Graphic Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Groundsman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Handyman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanic I. . . . . . . . . . . E

Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanic II. . . . . . . . . . .G

Heavy Equipment Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E

Inventory Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Key Punch Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Licensed Practical Nurse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Locksmith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Lubrication Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Machinist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Mail Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Maintenance Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Mason. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Mechanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Mechanic Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E

Office Equipment Repairman I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Office Equipment Repairman II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Painter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Paraprofessional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Payroll Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Plumber I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Plumber II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Printing Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B

Printing Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Programmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H

Roofing/Sheet Metal Mechanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Sanitation Plant Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

School Bus Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Secretary I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Secretary II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E

Secretary III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Supervisor of Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H

Supervisor of Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H

Switchboard Operator-Receptionist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Truck Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Warehouse Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Watchman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Welder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

WVEIS Data Entry and Administrative Clerk. . . . . . . . . . B

    (b) An additional $12 per month shall be added to the minimum monthly pay of each service employee who holds a high school diploma or its equivalent.

    (c) An additional $11 per month also shall be added to the minimum monthly pay of each service employee for each of the following:

    (1) A service employee who holds twelve college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (2) A service employee who holds twenty-four college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (3) A service employee who holds thirty-six college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (4) A service employee who holds forty-eight college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (5) A service employee who holds sixty college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (6) A service employee who holds seventy-two college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (7) A service employee who holds eighty-four college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (8) A service employee who holds ninety-six college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (9) A service employee who holds one hundred eight college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (10) A service employee who holds one hundred twenty college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as approved by the state board;

    (d) An additional $40 per month also shall be added to the minimum monthly pay of each service employee for each of the following:

    (1) A service employee who holds an associate’s degree;

    (2) A service employee who holds a bachelor’s degree;

    (3) A service employee who holds a master’s degree;

    (4) A service employee who holds a doctorate degree.

    (e) An additional $11 per month shall be added to the minimum monthly pay of each service employee for each of the following:

    (1) A service employee who holds a bachelor’s degree plus fifteen college hours;

    (2) A service employee who holds a master’s degree plus fifteen college hours;

    (3) A service employee who holds a master’s degree plus thirty college hours;

    (4) A service employee who holds a master’s degree plus forty-five college hours; and

    (5) A service employee who holds a master’s degree plus sixty college hours.

    (f) When any part of a school service employee’s daily shift of work is performed between the hours of six o’clock p.m. and five o’clock a.m. the following day, the employee shall be paid no less than an additional $10 per month and one half of the pay shall be paid with local funds.

    (g) Any service employee required to work on any legal school holiday shall be paid at a rate one and one-half times the employee’s usual hourly rate.

    (h) Any full-time service personnel required to work in excess of their normal working day during any week which contains a school holiday for which they are paid shall be paid for the additional hours or fraction of the additional hours at a rate of one and one-half times their usual hourly rate and paid entirely from county board funds.

    (i) No service employee may have his or her daily work schedule changed during the school year without the employee’s written consent and the employee’s required daily work hours may not be changed to prevent the payment of time and one-half wages or the employment of another employee.

    (j) The minimum hourly rate of pay for extra duty assignments as defined in section eight-b of this article shall be no less than one seventh of the employee’s daily total salary for each hour the employee is involved in performing the assignment and paid entirely from local funds: Provided, That an alternative minimum hourly rate of pay for performing extra duty assignments within a particular category of employment may be used if the alternate hourly rate of pay is approved both by the county board and by the affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the regular full-time employees within that classification category of employment within that county: Provided, however, That the vote shall be by secret ballot if requested by a service personnel employee within that classification category within that county. The salary for any fraction of an hour the employee is involved in performing the assignment shall be prorated accordingly. When performing extra duty assignments, employees who are regularly employed on a one-half day salary basis shall receive the same hourly extra duty assignment pay computed as though the employee were employed on a full-day salary basis.

    (k) The minimum pay for any service personnel employees engaged in the removal of asbestos material or related duties required for asbestos removal shall be their regular total daily rate of pay and no less than an additional $3 per hour or no less than $5 per hour for service personnel supervising asbestos removal responsibilities for each hour these employees are involved in asbestos related duties. Related duties required for asbestos removal include, but are not limited to, travel, preparation of the work site, removal of asbestos decontamination of the work site, placing and removal of equipment and removal of structures from the site. If any member of an asbestos crew is engaged in asbestos related duties outside of the employee’s regular employment county, the daily rate of pay shall be no less than the minimum amount as established in the employee’s regular employment county for asbestos removal and an additional $30 per each day the employee is engaged in asbestos removal and related duties. The additional pay for asbestos removal and related duties shall be payable entirely from county funds. Before service personnel employees may be used in the removal of asbestos material or related duties, they shall have completed a federal Environmental Protection Act approved training program and be licensed. The employer shall provide all necessary protective equipment and maintain all records required by the Environmental Protection Act.

    (l) For the purpose of qualifying for additional pay as provided in section eight, article five of this chapter, an aide shall be considered to be exercising the authority of a supervisory aide and control over pupils if the aide is required to supervise, control, direct, monitor, escort or render service to a child or children when not under the direct supervision of certified professional personnel within the classroom, library, hallway, lunchroom, gymnasium, school building, school grounds or wherever supervision is required. For purposes of this section, “under the direct supervision of certified professional personnel” means that certified professional personnel is present, with and accompanying the aide.

CHAPTER 20. NATURAL RESOURCES.

ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.

§20-7-1c. Natural resources police officer, ranks, salary schedule, base pay, exceptions.

    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the ranks within the law-enforcement section of the Division of Natural Resources are colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, corporal, natural resources police officer first class, senior natural resources police officer, natural resources police officer and natural resources police officer-in-training. Each officer while in uniform shall wear the insignia of rank as provided by the chief natural resources police officer.

    (b) Beginning on July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2011, natural resources police officers shall be paid the minimum annual salaries based on the following schedule:

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Natural Resources Police Officer In Training (first year until end

of probation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,337

Natural Resources Police Officer (second year). . . . . .$29,768

Natural Resources Police Officer (third year). . . . . . $30,140

Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (fourth and

fifth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,440

Senior Natural Resources Police Officer First Class

(after fifth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$32,528

Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after

tenth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,104

Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after

fifteenth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,528

Corporal (after sixteenth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,704

Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$40,880

First Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$42,968

Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$47,144

Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,232

Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,320

Lieutenant Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$53,408

Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    Beginning July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, natural resources police officers shall be paid the minimum annual salaries based on the following schedule:

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY)

SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS

Natural Resources Police Officer In Training (first

year until end of probation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$31,222

Natural Resources Police Officer (second year). . . . . .$34,881

Natural Resources Police Officer (third year). . . . . . $35,277

Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (fourth and

fifth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,601

Senior Natural Resources Police Officer First Class

(after fifth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$37,797

Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after tenth

year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,397

Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after

fifteenth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,833

Corporal (after sixteenth year). . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,105

Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$46,401

First Sergeant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$48,549

Lieutenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$52,857

Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,005

Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,153

Lieutenant Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,301

Colonel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    Natural resources police officers in service at the time the amendment to this section becomes effective shall be given credit for prior service and shall be paid salaries the same length of service entitles them to receive under the provisions of this section.

    (c) This section does not apply to special or emergency natural resources police officers appointed under the authority of section one of this article.

    (d) Nothing in this section prohibits other pay increases as provided under section two, article five, chapter five of this code: Provided, That any across-the-board pay increase granted by the Legislature or the Governor will be added to, and reflected in, the minimum salaries set forth in this section; and that any merit increases granted to an officer over and above the annual salary schedule listed in subsection (b) of this section are retained by an officer when he or she advances from one rank to another: Provided, however, That any natural resources police officer who receives an increase in compensation pursuant to the amendment and reenactment of this section in 2011 shall not receive any across-the-board pay increase granted by the Legislature or the Governor in 2011.

CHAPTER 50. MAGISTRATE COURTS.

ARTICLE 1. COURTS AND OFFICERS.

§50-1-3. Salaries of magistrates.

    (a) The Legislature finds and declares that:

    (1) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has held that a salary system for magistrates which is based upon the population that each magistrate serves does not violate the equal protection clause of the Constitution of the United States;

    (2) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has held that a salary system for magistrates which is based upon the population that each magistrate serves does not violate section thirty-nine, article VI of the Constitution of West Virginia;

    (3) The utilization of a two-tiered salary schedule for magistrates is an equitable and rational manner by which magistrates should be compensated for work performed;

    (4) Organizing the two tiers of the salary schedule into one tier for magistrates serving less than eight thousand four hundred in population and the second tier for magistrates serving eight thousand four hundred or more in population is rational and equitable given current statistical information relating to population and caseload; and

    (5) That all magistrates who fall under the same tier should be compensated equally.

    (b) The salary of each magistrate shall be paid by the state. Magistrates who serve fewer than eight thousand four hundred in population shall be paid annual salaries of thirty thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars and magistrates who serve eight thousand four hundred or more in population shall be paid annual salaries of thirty-seven thousand dollars: Provided, That on and after the first day of July, two thousand three, magistrates who serve fewer than eight thousand four hundred in population shall be paid annual salaries of thirty-three thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars and magistrates who serve eight thousand four hundred or more in population shall be paid annual salaries of forty thousand dollars: Provided, however, That on and after the first day of July, two thousand five, magistrates who serve fewer than eight thousand four hundred in population shall be paid annual salaries of forty-three thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars and magistrates who serve eight thousand four hundred or more in population shall be paid annual salaries of fifty thousand dollars. Provided further, That on and after the first day of July, 2011, magistrates who serve fewer than eight thousand four hundred in population shall be paid annual salaries of $51,125 and magistrates who serve eight thousand four hundred or more in population shall be paid annual salaries of $57,500.

    (c) For the purpose of determining the population served by each magistrate, the number of magistrates authorized for each county shall be divided into the population of each county. For the purpose of this article, the population of each county is the population as determined by the last preceding decennial census taken under the authority of the United States government.

CHAPTER 51. COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS.

    ARTICLE 1. SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.

§51-1-10a. Salary of justices.

    The salary of each of the justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals shall be $95,000 per year: Provided, That beginning July, 1, 2005, the salary of each of the justices of the Supreme Court shall be $121,000: Provided, however, That beginning July 1, 2011, the annual salary of a justice of the Supreme Court shall be $136,000.

ARTICLE 2. CIRCUIT COURTS; CIRCUIT JUDGES.

§51-2-13. Salaries of judges of circuit courts.

    The salaries of the judges of the various circuit courts shall be paid solely out of the State Treasury. No county, county commission, board of commissioners or other political subdivision shall supplement or add to such salaries.

    The annual salary of all circuit judges shall be $90,000 per year: Provided, That beginning July 1,2005, the annual salary of all circuit judges shall be $116,000 per year: Provided, however, That beginning July 1, 2011, the annual salary of a circuit court judge shall be $126,000.

ARTICLE 2A. FAMILY COURTS.

§51-2A-6. Compensation and expenses of family court judges and their staffs.

    (a) A family court judge is entitled to receive as compensation for his or her services an annual salary of $62,500: Provided, That beginning July 1, 2005, a family court judge is entitled to receive as compensation for his or her services an annual salary of $82,500: Provided, however, That beginning July 1, 2011, the annual salary of a family court judge shall be $94,500.

    (b) The secretary-clerk of the family court judge is appointed by the family court judge and serves at his or her will and pleasure. The secretary-clerk of the family court judge is entitled to receive an annual salary of $27,036: Provided, That on and after July 1, 2006, the annual salary of the secretary-clerk shall be established by the administrative director of the Supreme Court of Appeals, but may not exceed $35,000. In addition, any person employed as a secretary-clerk to a family court judge on the effective date of the enactment of this section during the sixth extraordinary session of the Legislature in the year 2001 who is receiving an additional $500 per year up to ten years of a certain period of prior employment under the provisions of the prior enactment of section eight of this article during the second extraordinary session of the Legislature in the year 1999 shall continue to receive such additional amount. Further, the secretary-clerk will receive such percentage or proportional salary increases as may be provided by general law for other public employees and is entitled to receive the annual incremental salary increase as provided in article five, chapter five of this code.

    (c) The family court judge may employ not more than one family case coordinator who serves at his or her will and pleasure. The annual salary of the family case coordinator of the family court judge shall be established by the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals but may not exceed $36,000: Provided, That on and after July 1, 2006, the annual salary of the family case coordinator of the family court judge may not exceed $46,060. The family case coordinator will receive such percentage or proportional salary increases as may be provided by general law for other public employees and is entitled to receive the annual incremental salary increase as provided in article five, chapter five of this code.

    (d) The sheriff or his or her designated deputy shall serve as a bailiff for a family court judge. The sheriff of each county shall serve or designate persons to serve so as to assure that a bailiff is available when a family court judge determines the same is necessary for the orderly and efficient conduct of the business of the family court.

    (e) Disbursement of salaries for family court judges and members of their staffs are made by or pursuant to the order of the Director of the Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals.

    (f) Family court judges and members of their staffs are allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The expenses and compensation will be determined and paid by the Director of the Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals under such guidelines as he or she may prescribe, as approved by the Supreme Court of Appeals.

    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, family court judges are not eligible to participate in the retirement system for judges under the provisions of article nine of this chapter.