§15-2-52. Termination of Benefits; Procedures
(a) Whenever the board determines that a person seeking benefits under the provisions of this article has made false representation of a material fact in support of applying for or retaining benefits or has falsified or permitted to be falsified any record or records of the retirement system in support of benefits, the board shall […]
§15-2-53. State Law-Enforcement Association Members Annual Leave Program
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, members of the largest statewide professional law-enforcement association representing members of the West Virginia State Police may donate annual leave time to the president of the association. The president may designate the vice president of the association or the chairman of the association's board of […]
§15-2-54. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments
(a) General rule. Upon learning of any errors, the board shall correct errors in the system in a timely manner whether the individual, entity, or board was at fault for the error with the intent of placing the affected individual, entity and retirement board in the position each would have been in had the error […]
§15-2-55. Referral Program for Substance Abuse Treatment
(a) The State Police shall create a program and may, in collaboration with the Office of Drug Control Policy of the Department of Health and Human Resources and existing state government programs to refer persons to treatment for substance use who voluntarily seek assistance from the State Police. (b) A person voluntarily seeking assistance through […]
§15-2-56. Handle With Care Program
(a) The purpose of this section is to ensure that the State Police, through its West Virginia Center for Childrens Justice, oversee and administer the states Handle with Care program. (b) The superintendent shall: (1) Direct and oversee the administration and implementation of the states Handle with Care program;
§15-2-46. Direct Rollovers
(a) Except where otherwise stated, this section applies to distributions made on or after January 1, 1993. Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this fund, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the board, to have any portion […]
§15-2-47. Federal Qualification Requirements
This retirement system is intended to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as applicable to governmental plans. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the board shall administer the retirement system to fulfill this intent for the exclusive benefit of the members and their beneficiaries. Any provision of this article […]
§15-2-48. Specification of Actuarial Assumptions
The board shall specify and adopt all actuarial assumptions for the fund at its first meeting of every calendar year or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, which assumptions shall become part of the terms of the fund.
§15-2-49. Benefits Not Forfeited if System Terminates
If the fund is terminated or contributions are completely discontinued, the rights of all members to benefits accrued or contributions made to the date of such termination or discontinuance, to the extent then funded, are not forfeited.
§15-2-51. State Police Reemployment
(a) The Legislature finds: (1) That the West Virginia state police is currently suffering from an unacceptably high number of vacant trooper positions, and that given the time factors and expense associated with the hiring and training of personnel with no prior law-enforcement experience, it is in the interest of the state to reemploy recently […]