West Virginia Code
Article 7A. State Teachers Retirement System
§18-7A-20. Investment of Funds

The members of the retirement board shall be the trustees of the several funds created by this article, and shall determine from time to time what part of the moneys belonging to the retirement system shall be invested. When such board shall determine to invest any moneys or to convert or sell any securities, it shall by resolution so direct the custodian. The board of public works is hereby empowered to determine in what securities the investments shall be made, but such investments shall be made only in those securities to which the board of public works is limited in the investment of workers' compensation funds under section two, article three, chapter twenty-three of this code, or in bonds, notes, or other instruments evidencing loans secured by mortgages or deeds of trust insured, or with respect to which commitments to insure have been made by the United States, or by the secretary of agriculture, pursuant to the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937, as heretofore or hereinafter amended. It shall be the duty of every county, school district or municipality issuing any bonds to offer them in writing to the board of public works, prior to advertising the bonds for sale. The board of public works, within fifteen days after receipt of such offer, may accept or reject such offer in whole or in part. It shall be the duty of the custodian to collect the principal and the interest on investments when they become due and payable and to credit such collections to the retirement system.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 18. Education

Article 7A. State Teachers Retirement System

§18-7A-1. Establishment of Retirement System

§18-7A-2. Supplemental Benefits

§18-7A-2a. Governing Boards of Educational Institutions Authorized to Pay Supplemental Retirement Benefits

§18-7A-3. Definitions

§18-7A-3a. Federal Qualification Requirements

§18-7A-4. Teachers Retirement Board

§18-7A-11. Records; Actuarial Data; Tables; Specification of Actuarial Assumptions

§18-7A-12. Reports by Retirement Board

§18-7A-13. Membership in Retirement System; Cessation of Membership; Reinstatement of Withdrawn Service

§18-7A-13a. Resumption of Service by Retired Teachers

§18-7A-13b. Option of Certain Present Members to Elect Between State and Federal Retirement Systems; Payment of Contributions to Federal System

§18-7A-14. Contributions by Members; Contributions by Employers; Forfeitures

§18-7A-14a. Options of Certain Members to Elect Between State Teachers Retirement System, a Combination of That System and a Supplemental Retirement System, and a Retirement Plan Other Than the State Teachers Retirement System

§18-7A-14b. Members' Option to Make Contributions for Periods of Temporary Total Disability

§18-7A-14c. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments

§18-7A-15. Collection of Membership Contributions

§18-7A-16. Transfer of Appropriations

§18-7A-17. Statement and Computation of Teachers' Service

§18-7A-17a. Qualified Military Service

§18-7A-17b. Military Service Credit for Members of the West Virginia National Guard

§18-7A-18. Teachers Retirement System Fund; Transfers

§18-7A-18a. Calculation of Allocation to Teachers Retirement System Fund

§18-7A-19. Custody of Funds; Disbursements; Bond of Custodian; Annual Statement

§18-7A-20. Investment of Funds

§18-7A-21. Misuse of Funds; Penalties

§18-7A-22. Persons Eligible for Prior Service Pensions

§18-7A-23. Withdrawal and Death Benefits

§18-7A-23a. Terminal Benefits

§18-7A-25. Eligibility for Retirement Allowance

§18-7A-25a. Prohibited Forced Retirement of College and University Professors

§18-7A-25b. Withdrawal and Eligibility for Retirement Allowance for a Person Who First Becomes a Member of the Retirement System on or After July 1, 2015

§18-7A-26. Computation of Annuities

§18-7A-26a. Additional Benefits for Certain Annuitants

§18-7A-26b. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

§18-7A-26c. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

§18-7A-26d. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

§18-7A-26e. Supplemental Benefits to Certain Annuitants

§18-7A-26f. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

§18-7A-26g. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

§18-7A-26h. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

§18-7A-26i. Supplemental Benefits for Retired Teachers

§18-7A-26j. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Prior to July 1, 1981

§18-7A-26k. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Between July 1, 1981, and July 1, 1982

§18-7A-26l. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Prior to July 1, 1982

§18-7A-26m. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers

§18-7A-26n. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired on or After July 1, 1984, but Prior to July 1, 1986

§18-7A-26o. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Prior to July 1, 1986

§18-7A-26p. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired on or After July 1, 1986, but Prior to April 1, 1988

§18-7A-26q. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Prior to April 1, 1988

§18-7A-26r. Minimum Benefit for Certain Retired Members; Legislative Declaration; State Interest and Public Purpose

§18-7A-26s. One-Time Supplement for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2001

§18-7A-26t. One-Time Supplement for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2006

§18-7A-26u. One-Time Bonus Payment for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2008

§18-7A-26v. One-Time Bonus Payment for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2011

§18-7A-26w. Minimum Benefit for Certain Retired Members

§18-7A-27. Regular Interest

§18-7A-28. Options to Beneficiaries; Change of Certain Options Because of Divorce or Annulment; Limitation on Recalculated Monthly Benefits

§18-7A-28a. Federal Law Maximum Benefit Limitations

§18-7A-28b. Federal Law Minimum Required Distributions

§18-7A-28c. Direct Rollovers

§18-7A-28d. Rollovers and Transfers to Purchase Service Credit or Repay Withdrawn Contributions

§18-7A-28e. Limitations on Benefit Increases

§18-7A-29. Fraud; Penalties

§18-7A-30. Exemption From Taxation, Garnishment and Other Process; Exception for Qualified Domestic Relations Order

§18-7A-31. Unexpended Funds Under Prior Appropriations

§18-7A-32. Inconsistent Acts Repealed

§18-7A-33. Constitutionality

§18-7A-34. Loans to Members

§18-7A-35. Coverage for Nonteaching Employees; Prior Service Credit

§18-7A-35a. Prior Service Credit for Former Members of the State Teachers Retirement System Employed in a Nonteaching Capacity

§18-7A-35b. Temporary Early Retirement Incentives Program; Legislative Declarations and Findings; Termination Date

§18-7A-35c. Termination of Benefits; Procedure

§18-7A-36. Joint Study of State Retirement Systems; Report to Joint Committee on Government and Finance by Specified Date of Study Conclusions

§18-7A-37. Benefits Not Forfeited if System Terminates

§18-7A-38. Maximum Number of Days a Retired Teacher May Accept Employment; Calculating Days Worked for Retirants Engaged in Substitute Teaching

§18-7A-39. Employee Pension and Health Care Benefits Fund

§18-7A-40. Higher Education Employees