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Chapter 5. General Powers a...
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Article 10. West Virginia Public Employees Reti...
Article 10. West Virginia Public Employees Retirement Act
§5-10-1. Short Title
§5-10-2. Definitions
§5-10-3. Retirement System Created and Established; Body Corporate
§5-10-3a. Article to Be Liberally Construed; Supplements Federal Social Security; Federal Qualification Requirements
§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
§5-10-7. Vacancies on Board
§5-10-8. Trustees' Compensation and Expenses
§5-10-9. Chairman and Vice Chairman; Executive Secretary; Employees; Treasurer; Legal Advisor; Actuary
§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
§5-10-15a. Retirement Credited Service Through Member's Use, as Option, of Accrued Annual or Sick Leave Days
§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
§5-10-22. Retirement Annuity
§5-10-22a. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants
§5-10-22b. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants
§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; Certain Positions Abolished; Special Rule of Eighty; Effective, Termination, and Notice Dates
§5-10-22d. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants
§5-10-22e. Supplemental Benefits for Retirees Effective July 1, 1994; Calculation of Benefits and Conditions of Payment
§5-10-22f. Minimum Benefit for Certain Retirants; Legislative Declaration; State Interest and Public Purpose
§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
§5-10-24. Annuity Options
§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
§5-10-27c. Direct Rollovers
§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
§5-10-31a. Retroactive Contributions to the Retirement System for Retroactive Service Credit Granted; One Year Period for Application
§5-10-32. Appropriations for State Contributions to Retirement System; Contributions for Members Paid From Special Funds or by Other Employers
§5-10-33. Contributions by Other Participating Public Employers; Withholding State Money to Satisfy Delinquencies
§5-10-34. Transfers to Retirement Reserve Fund
§5-10-35. Retirement Reserve Fund Created; Transfers From Fund on Reemployment
§5-10-36. Income Fund
§5-10-38. Investment of Moneys; Bonds of State Departments and Institutions to Be Offered First to Board of Public Works
§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
§5-10-45. Fraud; Penalty
§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
§5-10-47. Benefits Exempt From Taxes
§5-10-48. Reemployment After Retirement; Options for Holder of Elected Public Office
§5-10-49. Removal From Office
§5-10-50. Severability
§5-10-51. Withdrawal
§5-10-52. Specific Provisions Relating to Certain Members of the Legislature and Certain Service by Members of the Legislature
§5-10-53. Joint Study of State Retirement Systems; Report to Joint Committee on Government and Finance by Specified Date of Study Conclusions
§5-10-54. Termination of Benefits; Procedure
§5-10-55. Benefits Not to Be Forfeited if System Terminates