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WVC 5A-1A-3

§5A-1A-3. Duties of board; excluded employees.

It shall be the duty of the board to adopt rules governing its

proceedings, to elect a chairman and secretary, to keep permanent

and accurate records of its proceedings, to establish criteria for

making awards, to adopt rules and regulations to carry out the

provisions of this article, and to approve each award made.

In establishing criteria for making awards, the board may

exclude certain levels of positions from participation in the

program, but in no event shall:

(1) The following levels of management, within the spending

unit where the adopted suggestion will result in substantial

savings, be eligible to receive cash awards under the program:

(a) Governor's staff, departmental secretaries and their

equivalent; and

(b) Assistant or deputy secretary, assistant to secretary,

commissioner, assistant or deputy commissioner, major fiscal and

administrative policy departmental staff or their equivalent.

(c) Director or division chief, including the division chief

or director of a statewide program, and which includes a chief of

a division supervising several service units or their equivalent.

(d) Assistant to director or division chief, section chief or

head of major departmental function or their equivalent; and

(2) The following levels of management, not within the

spending unit where the adopted suggestion will result in

substantial savings, be eligible to receive cash awards under the program:

(a) Governor's staff, departmental secretaries and their

equivalent;

(b) Assistant or deputy secretary, assistant to secretary,

commissioner, assistant or deputy commissioner.





Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2015 Regular Session

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