In calculating the annual retirement benefits under section six of this article for any individual who is appointed or elected for the first time as judge of a court of record of this state after July 1, 2005, the judge shall receive retirement benefits in an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the individual's final average salary. The individual is not entitled to an increase in benefits by virtue of any increase in the salaries of the offices of circuit court judge or Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers
Article 9. Retirement System for Judges of Courts of Record
§51-9-1b. Statement of Legislative Intent, Policy and Finding
§51-9-2. Judges' Retirement Fund Created; Composition
§51-9-3a. Specification of Actuarial Assumptions
§51-9-6. Eligibility for and Payment of Benefits
§51-9-6a. Eligibility Benefits; Service and Retirement of Judges Over Sixty-Five Years of Age
§51-9-6c. Limitations on Benefit Increases
§51-9-6d. Adjusted Annual Retirement Benefit Calculations
§51-9-7. Ineligibility to Receive Pay or Benefits
§51-9-8. Retirement Upon Disability
§51-9-9. Determination of Eligibility for Benefits
§51-9-10. Services of Senior Judges and Justices
§51-9-12a. Federal Law Maximum Benefit Limitations
§51-9-12b. Federal Minimum Required Distributions
§51-9-12d. Rollovers and Transfers to Purchase Service Credit or Repay Withdrawn Contributions
§51-9-13. Disqualification for Pay and Benefits
§51-9-15. County Commissioners Excluded
§51-9-16. Severability of Article and Amendments Thereto