West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia SB587: Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials
Status: Chaptered, March 14, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §7-7-1 and §7-7-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing increased salaries for county commissioners, sheriffs, county clerks, circuit clerks, county assessors and prosecuting attorneys; making legislative findings; eliminating requirement for the Auditor to certify that the fiscal condition of the county has sufficiently improved over the previous fiscal years so that there exists an amount sufficient for payment of the increase in salaries and related employment taxes; and eliminating requirement that who desire to receive increased.
From the enrolled text, March 14, 2026:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §7-7-1 and §7-7-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing increased salaries for county commissioners, sheriffs, county clerks, circuit clerks, county assessors and prosecuting attorneys; making legislative findings; eliminating requirement for the Auditor to certify that the fiscal condition of the county has sufficiently improved over the previous fiscal years so that there exists an amount sufficient for payment of the increase in salaries and related employment taxes; and eliminating requirement that who desire to receive increased salary must prior to effective date of salary increase have filed in the office of clerk of the county commission his or her written request for the salary increase. ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION OF ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS. §7-7-1. Legislative findings and purpose. (a) The Legislature finds that it has, since January 1, 2023, consistently and annually imposed upon the county commissioners, sheriffs, county and circuit clerks, assessors, and prosecuting attorneys in each county new and additional duties by the enactment of new provisions and amendments to this code. The new and additional duties imposed upon the aforesaid county officials by these enactments are such that they would justify the increases in compensation as provided in §7-7-4 of this code, without violating the provisions of W. Va. Const. Art. VI, §38. (b) The Legislature …