Bill Text: WV SB177 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increasing minimum salaries for Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-18 - To Finance [SB177 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2023-SB177-Introduced.html

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 177

By Senator Trump

[Introduced January 13, 2023; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend and reenact §48-19-105 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing minimum salaries for Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

 

Article 19. BUREAU FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ATTORNEY.

§48-19-105. Compensation; expenses.

The salary of a Bureau for Child Support enforcement attorney shall be not less than $45,000 $75,000 per year, and shall be fixed by the commissioner, who shall take into consideration ability, performance of duty and experience. The compensation and expenses of the employees of the office and all operating expenses incurred by the office shall be fixed by the commissioner and paid by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase minimum salaries for Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys from $45,000 to $75,000 per year.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.