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_____ 748 Resources Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security $222,207 $228,873 Secretary of Transportation $214,939 $221,387 Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs $219,774 $226,367 c.1.a) Annual salaries of persons appointed to positions listed in subdivision c 6 hereof shall be paid in the amounts shown for the current biennium, unless changed in accordance with conditions stated in subdivisions c 2 through c 5 hereof. b) The starting salary of a new appointee shall not exceed the midpoint of the range, except where the midpoint salary is less than a ten percent increase from an appointee's preappointment compensation. In such cases, an appointee's starting salary may be set at a rate which is ten percent higher than the preappointment compensation, provided that the maximum of the range is not exceeded. However, in instances where an appointee's preappointment compensation exceeded the maximum of the respective salary range, then the salary for that appointee may be set at the maximum salary for the respective salary range except if the new hire was employed in a state classified position, then the Governor may exceed the maximum salary for the position and set the salary for the employee at a salary level not to exceed the employee's salary at their prior state position. c) Nothing in subdivision c 1 shall be interpreted to supersede the provisions of § 4-6.01 e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, and m of this act. d) For new appointees to positions listed in § 4-6.01c.6., the Governor is authorized to provide for fringe benefits in addition to those otherwise provided by law, including post retirement health care and other non-salaried benefits provided to similar positions in the public sector. 2.a)1) The Governor may increase or decrease the annual salary for incumbents of positions listed in subdivision c 6 below at a rate of up to 10 percent in any single fiscal year between the minimum and the maximum of the respective salary range in accordance with an assessment of performance and service to the Commonwealth. 2) The governing boards of the independent agencies may increase or decrease the annual salary for incumbents of positions listed in subdivision c.7. below at a rate of up to 10 percent in any fiscal year between the minimum and maximum of the respective salary range, in accordance with an assessment of performance and service to the Commonwealth. b)1) The appointing or governing authority may grant performance bonuses of 0-5 percent for positions whose salaries are listed in §§ 1-1 through 1-9, and 4-6.01 b, c, and d of this act, based on an annual assessment of performance, in accordance with policies and procedures established by such appointing or governing authority. Such performance bonuses shall be over and above the salaries listed in this act, and shall not become part of the base rate of pay. 2) The appointing or governing authority shall report performance bonuses which are granted to executive branch employees to the Department of Human Resource Management for retention in its records. 3. From the effective date of the Executive Pay Plan set forth in Chapter 601, Acts of Assembly of 1981, all incumbents holding positions listed in this § 4-6.01 shall be eligible for all fringe benefits provided to full-time classified state employees and, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the annual salary paid pursuant to this § 4-6.01 shall be included as creditable compensation for the calculation of such benefits. 4. Notwithstanding § 4-6.01.c.2.b)1) of this Act, the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority may supplement the salary of its Executive Director, with the prior approval of the Governor. The Board should be guided by criteria which provide a reasonable limit on the total additional income of the Executive Director. The criteria should include, without limitation, a consideration of the salaries paid to similar officials at comparable ports of other states. The Board shall report approved supplements to the Department of Human Resource Management for retention in its records. 5.a. With the written approval of the Governor, the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Science Museum of Virginia, the Virginia Museum of Natural History, Gunston Hall, and the Library Board may supplement the salary of the Director of each museum, and the Librarian of Virginia from nonstate funds. In approving a supplement, the Governor should be guided by criteria which provide a reasonable limit on the total additional income and the criteria should include, without limitation, a consideration of the salaries paid to similar officials at comparable museums and libraries of other states. The respective Boards shall report approved supplements to the Department of Human Resource Management for retention in its records. b) The Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation may supplement, using nonstate funds, the salary of the Executive Director of the Foundation. In approving the supplement the Board should be guided by criteria which provides a reasonable limit on the total additional income and the criteria should include, without limitation, a consideration of the salaries paid to similar officials at comparable Foundations in other states. The Board shall report approved supplements to the Department of Human Resource Management for retention in its records.