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§18-7A-1. Establishment of Retirement System - A retirement system to be known as the "state Teachers...
§18-7A-2. Supplemental Benefits - Nothing in this article shall be construed to preclude any...
§18-7A-2a. Governing Boards of Educational Institutions Authorized to Pay Supplemental Retirement Benefits - The governing boards of state educational institutions shall have authority...
§18-7A-3. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires...
§18-7A-3a. Federal Qualification Requirements - The retirement system is intended to meet the federal qualification...
§18-7A-4. Teachers Retirement Board - The general administration and the management of the retirement system...
§18-7A-11. Records; Actuarial Data; Tables; Specification of Actuarial Assumptions - The retirement board shall maintain an individual account with each...
§18-7A-12. Reports by Retirement Board - At such times as the retirement board may deem it...
§18-7A-13. Membership in Retirement System; Cessation of Membership; Reinstatement of Withdrawn Service - The membership of the retirement system shall consist of the...
§18-7A-13a. Resumption of Service by Retired Teachers - (a) For the purpose of this section, reemployment of a...
§18-7A-13b. Option of Certain Present Members to Elect Between State and Federal Retirement Systems; Payment of Contributions to Federal System - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary,...
§18-7A-14. Contributions by Members; Contributions by Employers; Forfeitures - (a) At the end of each month every member of...
§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 - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary,...
§18-7A-14b. Members' Option to Make Contributions for Periods of Temporary Total Disability - Any member who was absent from work while receiving temporary...
§18-7A-14c. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments - (a) General rule. Upon learning of any errors, the board...
§18-7A-15. Collection of Membership Contributions - Each employer shall each month deduct six percent from the...
§18-7A-16. Transfer of Appropriations - The retirement board, on receipt of contributions from teachers deducted...
§18-7A-17. Statement and Computation of Teachers' Service - (a) Under rules adopted by the retirement board, each teacher...
§18-7A-17a. Qualified Military Service - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§18-7A-17b. Military Service Credit for Members of the West Virginia National Guard - (a)(1) The Legislature recognizes the men and women who have...
§18-7A-18. Teachers Retirement System Fund; Transfers - (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...
§18-7A-18a. Calculation of Allocation to Teachers Retirement System Fund - (a) There shall be an annual allocation from the State...
§18-7A-19. Custody of Funds; Disbursements; Bond of Custodian; Annual Statement - The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds...
§18-7A-20. Investment of Funds - The members of the retirement board shall be the trustees...
§18-7A-21. Misuse of Funds; Penalties - No member nor employee of the retirement board, for himself...
§18-7A-22. Persons Eligible for Prior Service Pensions - The following shall be eligible for prior service pensions: (a)...
§18-7A-23. Withdrawal and Death Benefits - (a) Benefits upon withdrawal from service prior to retirement under...
§18-7A-23a. Terminal Benefits - (a) This section provides for the payment of the balance...
§18-7A-25. Eligibility for Retirement Allowance - (a) Except for a person who first becomes a member...
§18-7A-25a. Prohibited Forced Retirement of College and University Professors - As of the effective date of this section, no person...
§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 - (a) A person who first becomes a member of the...
§18-7A-26. Computation of Annuities - (a) Retirants whose annuities were approved by the retirement board...
§18-7A-26a. Additional Benefits for Certain Annuitants - Annuitants whose annuities were approved by the retirement board on...
§18-7A-26b. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26c. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26d. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26e. Supplemental Benefits to Certain Annuitants - (a) An annuitant whose annuity was approved by the board...
§18-7A-26f. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26g. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - From an appropriation of General Revenue Funds made annually by...
§18-7A-26h. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - Any annuitant who is receiving a retirement annuity of less...
§18-7A-26i. Supplemental Benefits for Retired Teachers - Beginning on January 1, 1991, any annuitant who is receiving...
§18-7A-26j. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Prior to July 1, 1981 - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26k. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Between July 1, 1981, and July 1, 1982 - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26l. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Prior to July 1, 1982 - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26m. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers - (a) As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided,...
§18-7A-26n. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired on or After July 1, 1984, but Prior to July 1, 1986 - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26o. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Prior to July 1, 1986 - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26p. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired on or After July 1, 1986, but Prior to April 1, 1988 - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26q. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Teachers Who Retired Prior to April 1, 1988 - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...
§18-7A-26r. Minimum Benefit for Certain Retired Members; Legislative Declaration; State Interest and Public Purpose - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that an important state...
§18-7A-26s. One-Time Supplement for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2001 - (a) A one-time supplement to retirement benefits shall be provided...
§18-7A-26t. One-Time Supplement for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2006 - (a) A one-time supplement to retirement benefits of three percent...
§18-7A-26u. One-Time Bonus Payment for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2008 - (a) As an additional bonus payment to other retirement allowances...
§18-7A-26v. One-Time Bonus Payment for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2011 - (a) As an additional bonus payment to other retirement allowances...
§18-7A-26w. Minimum Benefit for Certain Retired Members - (a) If the retirement annuity of a retirant (or applicable...
§18-7A-27. Regular Interest - Regular interest shall be added to all sums, except for...
§18-7A-28. Options to Beneficiaries; Change of Certain Options Because of Divorce or Annulment; Limitation on Recalculated Monthly Benefits - The retirement board is hereby authorized to offer plans, optional...
§18-7A-28a. Federal Law Maximum Benefit Limitations - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or state law,...
§18-7A-28b. Federal Law Minimum Required Distributions - The requirements of this section apply to any distribution of...
§18-7A-28c. Direct Rollovers - (a) Except where otherwise stated, this section applies to distributions...
§18-7A-28d. Rollovers and Transfers to Purchase Service Credit or Repay Withdrawn Contributions - (a) This section applies to rollovers and transfers as specified...
§18-7A-28e. Limitations on Benefit Increases - (a) The state shall not increase any existing benefits or...
§18-7A-29. Fraud; Penalties - Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or...
§18-7A-30. Exemption From Taxation, Garnishment and Other Process; Exception for Qualified Domestic Relations Order - The moneys in the various funds and the right of...
§18-7A-31. Unexpended Funds Under Prior Appropriations - Any unexpended funds for teachers' retirement benefits, which were appropriated...
§18-7A-32. Inconsistent Acts Repealed - All previous acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this...
§18-7A-33. Constitutionality - If any part of this article is declared unconstitutional, it...
§18-7A-34. Loans to Members - (a) An actively contributing member of the retirement system upon...
§18-7A-35. Coverage for Nonteaching Employees; Prior Service Credit - (a) Nonteaching employees shall mean all persons, except teachers, regularly...
§18-7A-35a. Prior Service Credit for Former Members of the State Teachers Retirement System Employed in a Nonteaching Capacity - Any former member of the state Teachers Retirement System who...
§18-7A-35b. Temporary Early Retirement Incentives Program; Legislative Declarations and Findings; Termination Date - Under the prior enactment of this section, the Legislature found...
§18-7A-35c. Termination of Benefits; Procedure - Whenever the board determines that (1) any person has knowingly...
§18-7A-36. Joint Study of State Retirement Systems; Report to Joint Committee on Government and Finance by Specified Date of Study Conclusions - [Repealed.]
§18-7A-37. Benefits Not Forfeited if System Terminates - If the retirement system is terminated or contributions are completely...
§18-7A-38. Maximum Number of Days a Retired Teacher May Accept Employment; Calculating Days Worked for Retirants Engaged in Substitute Teaching - (a) The Legislature finds that: (1) The Consolidated Public Retirement...
§18-7A-39. Employee Pension and Health Care Benefits Fund - (a) There is hereby created in the state Treasury a...
§18-7A-40. Higher Education Employees - Nothing in this article or article seven-b of this chapter...