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Committee approves bill to let Supreme Court set pay scales for magistrate and family-court staff, sends measure to Finance
Summary
Committee substitute for Senate Bill 622, which would move statutory salaries for several magistrate and family-court staff positions to pay scales set by the administrative director of the Supreme Court of Appeals, was adopted and referred to the Finance Committee. Counsel and the court's administrative director said pay-scale authority is meant
A Senate committee adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 622 and voted to report the measure to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass, under its original double reference to the Senate Finance Committee.
The substitute would remove fixed statutory salaries for certain magistrate and family-court staff positions and allow their pay to be set by a pay scale established by the administrative director of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Committee counsel and the court's administrative director told senators the change is intended to address internal pay equity and reduce repeated statutory updates for routine staff-pay adjustments.
Why it matters: The bill affects magistrate court clerks, magistrate assistants, magistrate deputy clerks, family court secretary-clerks and family…
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