(a) A one-time supplement to retirement benefits of three percent, as determined by appropriation of the Legislature, shall be provided to all retirees that are age seventy or older and have been annuitants for at least five consecutive years as of July 1, 2006, and beneficiaries of deceased members who would have been at least seventy years of age or older and have been annuitants for at least five consecutive years as of July 1, 2006.
(b) The one-time supplement provided in this section applies only to members who have retired at least five years prior to July 1, 2006, or, if applicable, to beneficiaries of deceased members who have been receiving benefits under the retirement system at least five years prior to July 1, 2006: Provided, That the supplement provided herein is subject to any applicable limitations thereon under Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 10. West Virginia Public Employees Retirement Act
§5-10-3. Retirement System Created and Established; Body Corporate
§5-10-4. Effective Date of System
§5-10-5. Board of Trustees Created; Powers and Duties Generally; Composition
§5-10-6. Trustees' Terms of Office
§5-10-8. Trustees' Compensation and Expenses
§5-10-10. Board Meetings; Quorum; Vote; Proceedings
§5-10-11. Reports Required of Board
§5-10-12. Officer and Employee Bonds
§5-10-13. Actuarial Investigations and Valuations; Specification of Actuarial Assumptions
§5-10-14. Service Credit; Retroactive Provisions
§5-10-15. Military Service Credit; Qualified Military Service
§5-10-15b. Credit for Public Employment in Another State
§5-10-15c. Military Service Credit for Members of the West Virginia National Guard
§5-10-16. When and How Political Subdivision Becomes Participating Public Employer
§5-10-17. Retirement System Membership
§5-10-18. Termination of Membership; Reentry
§5-10-19. Employers to File Information as to Employees Service
§5-10-20. Voluntary Retirement
§5-10-21. Deferred Retirement and Early Retirement
§5-10-21a. Deferred Retirement and Early Retirement for New Members as of July 1, 2015
§5-10-22a. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants
§5-10-22b. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants
§5-10-22d. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants
§5-10-22g. One-Time Supplement for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2001
§5-10-22h. Limitations on Benefit Increases
§5-10-22i. One-Time Supplement for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2006
§5-10-22j. One-Time Bonus Payment for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2008
§5-10-22k. One-Time Bonus Payment for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2011
§5-10-22l. Minimum Benefit for Certain Retirants
§5-10-23. Terminal Payment Following Retirement
§5-10-25. Disability Retirement
§5-10-26. Reexamination of Disability Retirants; Reemployment; Adjustment of Annuity for Earnings
§5-10-27. Preretirement Death Annuities
§5-10-27a. Federal Law Maximum Benefit Limitations
§5-10-27b. Federal Law Minimum Required Distributions
§5-10-27d. Rollovers and Transfers to Purchase Service Credit Or
§5-10-28. Unified Accounting; Funds
§5-10-29. Members' Deposit Fund; Members' Contributions; Forfeitures
§5-10-30. Refund of Accumulated Contributions
§5-10-31. Employers Accumulation Fund; Employers Contributions
§5-10-34. Transfers to Retirement Reserve Fund
§5-10-35. Retirement Reserve Fund Created; Transfers From Fund on Reemployment
§5-10-39. No Trustee, etc., Shall Gain From Investments of System
§5-10-40. Restricted Use of Retirement System Moneys
§5-10-41. Allowance of Regular Interest on Balances in Funds
§5-10-42. Fiscal or Plan Year of Retirement System
§5-10-43. Pro Rata Reduction of Annuities
§5-10-44. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments
§5-10-47. Benefits Exempt From Taxes
§5-10-48. Reemployment After Retirement; Options for Holder of Elected Public Office