West Virginia Code
Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.
Article 10. West Virginia Public Employees Retirement Act

§5-10-3a. Article to Be Liberally Construed; Supplements Federal Social Security; Federal Qualification Requirements - (a) The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed...

§5-10-4. Effective Date of System - The effective date of the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement...

§5-10-5. Board of Trustees Created; Powers and Duties Generally; Composition - The board of trustees of the West Virginia Public Employees...

§5-10-6. Trustees' Terms of Office - The first terms of office for the trustees provided for...

§5-10-7. Vacancies on Board - In the event any trustee, provided for in subdivisions (d)...

§5-10-8. Trustees' Compensation and Expenses - The trustees shall serve as trustees without compensation for their...

§5-10-9. Chairman and Vice Chairman; Executive Secretary; Employees; Treasurer; Legal Advisor; Actuary - (a) The board of trustees shall elect from its own...

§5-10-10. Board Meetings; Quorum; Vote; Proceedings - The board of trustees shall hold a meeting at least...

§5-10-11. Reports Required of Board - The board of trustees shall submit to the Governor for...

§5-10-12. Officer and Employee Bonds - The State Treasurer shall give a separate and additional bond...

§5-10-13. Actuarial Investigations and Valuations; Specification of Actuarial Assumptions - (a) The board of trustees shall keep, or cause to...

§5-10-14. Service Credit; Retroactive Provisions - (a) The board of trustees shall credit each member with...

§5-10-15. Military Service Credit; Qualified Military Service - (a) (1) The Legislature recognizes the men and women of...

§5-10-15a. Retirement Credited Service Through Member's Use, as Option, of Accrued Annual or Sick Leave Days - (a) Any member accruing annual leave or sick leave days...

§5-10-15b. Credit for Public Employment in Another State - (a) Any member of the retirement system who has previously...

§5-10-15c. Military Service Credit for Members of the West Virginia National Guard - (a)(1) The Legislature recognizes the men and women who have...

§5-10-16. When and How Political Subdivision Becomes Participating Public Employer - The state of West Virginia shall become a participating public...

§5-10-17. Retirement System Membership - The membership of the retirement system consists of the following...

§5-10-18. Termination of Membership; Reentry - (a) When a member of the retirement system retires, withdraws...

§5-10-19. Employers to File Information as to Employees Service - (a) Each participating public employer shall file with the board...

§5-10-20. Voluntary Retirement - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§5-10-21. Deferred Retirement and Early Retirement - (a) Except as provided in section twenty-one-a of this article,...

§5-10-21a. Deferred Retirement and Early Retirement for New Members as of July 1, 2015 - (a) Any person who first becomes a member of the...

§5-10-22. Retirement Annuity - (a) Upon a member's retirement, as provided in this article,...

§5-10-22a. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each...

§5-10-22b. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - Any annuitant who is receiving a retirement annuity of less...

§5-10-22c. Temporary Early Retirement Incentives Program; Legislative Declaration and Finding of Compelling State Interest and Public Purpose; Specifying Eligible and Ineligible Members for Incentives Program; Options, Conditions, and Exceptions; Cer... - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a compelling state...

§5-10-22d. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants - Beginning on January 1, 1991, as an additional supplement to...

§5-10-22e. Supplemental Benefits for Retirees Effective July 1, 1994; Calculation of Benefits and Conditions of Payment - (a) A supplement to retirement benefits provided shall be paid...

§5-10-22f. Minimum Benefit for Certain Retirants; Legislative Declaration; State Interest and Public Purpose - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that an important state...

§5-10-22g. One-Time Supplement for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2001 - (a) A one-time supplement to retirement benefits shall be provided...

§5-10-22h. Limitations on Benefit Increases - (a) The state shall not increase any existing benefits or...

§5-10-22i. One-Time Supplement for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2006 - (a) A one-time supplement to retirement benefits of three percent,...

§5-10-22j. One-Time Bonus Payment for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2008 - (a) As an additional bonus payment to other retirement allowances...

§5-10-22k. One-Time Bonus Payment for Certain Annuitants Effective July 1, 2011 - (a) As an additional bonus payment to other retirement allowances...

§5-10-22l. Minimum Benefit for Certain Retirants - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Elected public official"...

§5-10-23. Terminal Payment Following Retirement - (a) This section provides for the payment of the balance...

§5-10-24. Annuity Options - (a) Prior to the effective date of his or her...

§5-10-25. Disability Retirement - (a) Upon the application of a member of the retirement...

§5-10-26. Reexamination of Disability Retirants; Reemployment; Adjustment of Annuity for Earnings - (a) At least once each year during the first five...

§5-10-27. Preretirement Death Annuities - (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in...

§5-10-27a. Federal Law Maximum Benefit Limitations - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or state law,...

§5-10-27b. Federal Law Minimum Required Distributions - The requirements of this section apply to any distribution of...

§5-10-27c. Direct Rollovers - (a) Except where otherwise stated, this section applies to distributions...

§5-10-27d. Rollovers and Transfers to Purchase Service Credit Or - Repay withdrawn contributions. (a) This section applies to rollovers and...

§5-10-28. Unified Accounting; Funds - For financing and accounting purposes, the West Virginia Public Employees...

§5-10-29. Members' Deposit Fund; Members' Contributions; Forfeitures - (a) The members' deposit fund is hereby created. It shall...

§5-10-30. Refund of Accumulated Contributions - (a) In the event a member leaves the employ of...

§5-10-31. Employers Accumulation Fund; Employers Contributions - (a) The Employers Accumulation Fund is hereby continued. It is...

§5-10-31a. Retroactive Contributions to the Retirement System for Retroactive Service Credit Granted; One Year Period for Application - Those public employers who are participating in the West Virginia...

§5-10-32. Appropriations for State Contributions to Retirement System; Contributions for Members Paid From Special Funds or by Other Employers - (a) At least thirty days prior to each regular session...

§5-10-33. Contributions by Other Participating Public Employers; Withholding State Money to Satisfy Delinquencies - (a) The board of trustees shall annually certify to each...

§5-10-34. Transfers to Retirement Reserve Fund - Upon the retirement of a member, or if an annuity...

§5-10-35. Retirement Reserve Fund Created; Transfers From Fund on Reemployment - The retirement reserve fund is hereby created. It shall be...

§5-10-36. Income Fund - The income fund is hereby created. It shall be the...

§5-10-38. Investment of Moneys; Bonds of State Departments and Institutions to Be Offered First to Board of Public Works - All moneys of the retirement system not currently required for...

§5-10-39. No Trustee, etc., Shall Gain From Investments of System - Except as otherwise provided in this article, no trustee, no...

§5-10-40. Restricted Use of Retirement System Moneys - The moneys, investments and all other assets of the retirement...

§5-10-41. Allowance of Regular Interest on Balances in Funds - The board of trustees shall, at the end of each...

§5-10-42. Fiscal or Plan Year of Retirement System - The fiscal or plan year of the retirement system shall...

§5-10-43. Pro Rata Reduction of Annuities - Any provision in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, if...

§5-10-44. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments - (a) General rule. Upon learning of any errors, the board...

§5-10-45. Fraud; Penalty - Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or...

§5-10-46. Right to Benefits Not Subject to Execution, etc.; Assignments Prohibited; Deductions for Group Insurance; Setoffs for Fraud; Exception for Certain Domestic Relations Orders - The right of a person to any benefit provided for...

§5-10-47. Benefits Exempt From Taxes - The annuities and other benefits provided by this article, and...

§5-10-48. Reemployment After Retirement; Options for Holder of Elected Public Office - (a) The Legislature finds that a compelling state interest exists...

§5-10-49. Removal From Office - Any member of the retirement system who has been removed...

§5-10-50. Severability - If any part of this article is declared unconstitutional by...

§5-10-51. Withdrawal - The police department and/or fire department of any municipality of...

§5-10-52. Specific Provisions Relating to Certain Members of the Legislature and Certain Service by Members of the Legislature - The provisions of this article specifying that a legislator may...

§5-10-53. Joint Study of State Retirement Systems; Report to Joint Committee on Government and Finance by Specified Date of Study Conclusions - In light of the determination to repeal the Public Employees...

§5-10-54. Termination of Benefits; Procedure - Whenever the board determines that (1) any person has knowingly...

§5-10-55. Benefits Not to Be Forfeited if System Terminates - If the retirement system is terminated or contributions are completely...

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West Virginia Code Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc. Article 10. West Virginia Public Employees Retirement Act

West Virginia Code
Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.
Article 10. West Virginia Public Employees Retirement Act