Bill Text: WV SB612 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring compensation to certain State Troopers for off-duty time when on standby
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-10 - To Government Organization [SB612 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-SB612-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 612
By Senators Ihlenfeld and Hamilton
[Introduced March 10, 2021;
referred
to the committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on
Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §15-2-5a, relating to requiring compensation be made to certain members of the State Police for off-duty time when they are required to be on standby to be called back to work; requiring off-duty State Police officers who are called back to work or appear in court be compensated a minimum amount; and providing a housing cost stipend for those officers who reside in, and are assigned to, one of the top five counties in median monthly housing costs.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-5a. Compensation for call-back-time.
(a) Anytime that the West Virginia State Police requires a State Police officer, inclusive of the ranks of trooper to sergeant, during his or her off-duty hours, to be restricted as to where he or she may go, or what the officer may do in order that he or she may quickly return to duty, the officer shall be paid 50 percent of the trooper’s hourly wage as determined in this code for every hour while on call.
(b) State Police officers who are off-duty and called back to work by the West Virginia State Police or who are required to appear in court are guaranteed a minimum of two hours at 1.5 rate of pay or actual hours worked, whichever is greater.
(c) §15-2-5a(a) and §15-2-5a(b) of this code do not exempt State Police officers as defined under the Fair Labor Standards Act or to State Police officers who are designated as support specialists as defined in Legislative Rule 81-03, West Virginia State Police Career Progression System. The pay provided in §15-2-5a(a) of this code is not subject to retirement deduction and is not to be used in retirement annuity calculations.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that State Police officers be compensated for their time when they are required to be on standby so that they may be called back to work if necessary.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
