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§16-5V-1. Title - This article is known and may be cited as the...
§16-5V-2. Definitions - NOTE: West Virginia Code 16-5V-2 was amended by two bills...
§16-5V-3. Meaning of Terms - Any term used in this article has the same meaning...
§16-5V-4. Creation and Administration of West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Retirement System; Specification of Actuarial Assumptions - There is hereby created the West Virginia Emergency Medical Services...
§16-5V-5. Article to Be Liberally Construed; Supplements Federal Social Security; Federal Qualification Requirements - (a) The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed...
§16-5V-6. Members - (a) Any emergency medical services officer first employed by a...
§16-5V-6a. County Firefighter Members - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the...
§16-5V-6b. Transfer of County Firefighter Member Assets From Public Employees Retirement System - (a) The Consolidated Public Retirement Board shall, within one hundred...
§16-5V-7. Creation of Fund; Investments; Actuarial Valuations - (a) There is hereby created the "West Virginia Emergency Medical...
§16-5V-8. Members' Contributions; Employer Contributions - (a) There shall be deducted from the monthly salary of...
§16-5V-8a. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments - (a) General rule: Upon learning of any errors, the board...
§16-5V-9. Transfer From Public Employees Retirement System - (a) The Consolidated Public Retirement Board shall, within one hundred...
§16-5V-10. Notice Requirements; Test Case - (a) Each county commission or political subdivision shall prepare a...
§16-5V-11. Retirement; Commencement of Benefits - (a) Except for duty disability retirement, no member may retire...
§16-5V-12. Federal Law Maximum Benefit Limitations - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or state law,...
§16-5V-13. Federal Law Minimum Required Distributions - The requirements of this section apply to any distribution of...
§16-5V-14. Direct Rollovers - Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary that...
§16-5V-14a. Rollovers and Transfers to Purchase Service Credit or Repay Withdrawn Contributions - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary...
§16-5V-15. Retirement Credited Service Through Member's Use, as Option, of Accrued Annual or Sick Leave Days - Any member accruing annual leave or sick leave days may,...
§16-5V-16. Retirement Benefits - This section describes when adjustment of a member's accrued benefit...
§16-5V-17. Annuity Options - Prior to the effective date of retirement, but not after...
§16-5V-18. Refunds to Certain Members Upon Discharge or Resignation; Deferred Retirement; Forfeitures - (a) Any member who terminates covered employment and is not...
§16-5V-19. Awards and Benefits for Disability -- Duty Related - (a) Any member who after the effective date of this...
§16-5V-20. Awards and Benefits for Disability -- Due to Other Causes - (a) Any member with ten or more years of contributing...
§16-5V-21. Same -- Physical Examinations; Termination of Disability - (a) The board may require any member who has applied...
§16-5V-23. Awards and Benefits to Surviving Spouse -- When Member Dies in Performance of Duty, etc. - (a) The surviving spouse of any member who, after the...
§16-5V-24. Awards and Benefits to Surviving Spouse -- When Member Dies From Nonservice-Connected Causes - (a) If a member who has been a member for...
§16-5V-25. Additional Death Benefits and Scholarships -- Dependent Children - (a) In addition to the spouse death benefits in this...
§16-5V-26. Burial Benefit - Any member who dies as a result of any service...
§16-5V-27. Double Death Benefits Prohibited - A surviving spouse is not entitled to receive simultaneous death...
§16-5V-28. Right to Benefits Not Subject to Execution, etc.;assignments Prohibited; Deductions for Group Insurance; Setoffs for Fraud; Exception for Certain Domestic Relations Orders; Benefits Exempt From Taxes - The right of a person to any benefit provided for...
§16-5V-29. Fraud; Penalties; and Repayment - Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or who...
§16-5V-30. Credit Toward Retirement for Member's Prior Military Service; Credit Toward Retirement When Member Has Joined Armed Forces in Time of Armed Conflict; Qualified Military Service - (a) Any member who has previously served on active military...
§16-5V-31. How a County Commission, Political Subdivision, or County 911 Public Safety Answering Point Becomes a Participating Public Employer - Any county commission, or political subdivision, or county 911 public...
§16-5V-32. Effective Date; Report to Joint Committee on Government and Finance; Special Starting Date for Benefits - (a) The provisions of this article become effective January 1,...
§16-5V-33. Limitation of County Liability - No county which has timely met all of its obligations...
§16-5V-34. Benefits Not Forfeited if System Terminates - If the retirement system is terminated or contributions are completely...
§16-5V-35. Return to Covered Employment by Retirant - The annuity of any member who retires under the provisions...