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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 18. Education » Article 7A. State Teachers Retirement System

§18-7A-21. Misuse of Funds; Penalties

No member nor employee of the retirement board, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, or for a corporation of which he is an officer, stockholder or member, shall directly or indirectly borrow any of the funds or deposits of the retirement board or in any manner use such funds except to […]

§18-7A-22. Persons Eligible for Prior Service Pensions

The following shall be eligible for prior service pensions: (a) Present members upon retirement; (b) Any person who has served at least twenty-five years as a teacher prior to July 1, 1941; and (c) A new entrant who becomes a present teacher.

§18-7A-23. Withdrawal and Death Benefits

(a) Benefits upon withdrawal from service prior to retirement under the provisions of this article shall be as follows: (1) A contributor who withdraws from service for any cause other than death, disability or retirement shall, upon application, be paid his or her accumulated contributions up to the end of the fiscal year preceding the […]

§18-7A-23a. Terminal Benefits

(a) This section provides for the payment of the balance in a retired member's account to paid in the manner described in this section in the event that all claims to benefits payable to, or on behalf of, a member expire before his or her member account has been fully exhausted. The expiration of the […]

§18-7A-25. Eligibility for Retirement Allowance

(a) Except for a person who first becomes a member of the retirement system on or after July 1, 2015, any actively contributing member who has attained the age of sixty years or any member who has thirty-five years of total service as a teacher or nonteaching member in West Virginia, regardless of age, is […]

§18-7A-25a. Prohibited Forced Retirement of College and University Professors

As of the effective date of this section, no person serving under a contract of unlimited tenure or similar arrangement providing for unlimited tenure at an institution of higher education shall be compelled to retire from such employment prior to attaining seventy years of age. In the event such person shall reach age seventy in […]

§18-7A-26. Computation of Annuities

(a) Retirants whose annuities were approved by the retirement board effective before July 1, 1980, shall be paid the annuities which were approved by the retirement board. (b) Annuities approved by the retirement board effective after June 30, 1980, shall be computed as provided in this section. (c) Upon establishment of eligibility for a retirement […]

§18-7A-26a. Additional Benefits for Certain Annuitants

Annuitants whose annuities were approved by the retirement board on or before December 18, 1962, shall, upon written application, receive in addition to such approved annuities a monthly allowance computed as follows: The annuitant's years of service shall be multiplied by $30 and this product shall then be divided by his monthly retirement allowance, as […]

§18-7A-26b. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each annuitant whose annuity was approved by the retirement board prior to January 1, 1967, shall receive a monthly amount equal to 25¢ multiplied by his total service credit.

§18-7A-26c. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each annuitant whose annuity was approved by the retirement board prior to January 1, 1969, shall receive a monthly amount equal to 50¢ multiplied by his total service credit.

§18-7A-26d. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each annuitant whose annuity was approved by the retirement board prior to July 1, 1970, shall receive, upon application, an amount equal to twenty-five percent of his present retirement allowance.

§18-7A-26e. Supplemental Benefits to Certain Annuitants

(a) An annuitant whose annuity was approved by the board effective after June 30, 1963, and before July 1, 1970, may receive, at his election, an annuity of two percent of his average final salary times his total service credit, plus deposits and tax sheltered annuities, but not including the supplemental benefits permitted pursuant to […]

§18-7A-26f. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each annuitant whose retirement allowance became effective during the respective dates indicated in this section shall receive, upon application, an increased amount, payable monthly, which is the product of his present retirement allowance multiplied by the percentage increase applicable, according to the effective date of retirement […]

§18-7A-26g. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

From an appropriation of General Revenue Funds made annually by the Legislature for this purpose and as an additional supplement to other retirement allowances, each annuitant whose retirement allowance became effective during the respective dates indicated in this section shall receive, upon application, an amount which is the product of his present retirement allowance, including […]

§18-7A-26h. Supplemental Benefits for Certain Annuitants

Any annuitant who is receiving a retirement annuity of less than $7,500 annually on the effective date of this section shall receive a supplemental benefit, prospectively, under this section: Provided, That the effective date of retirement for such annuitant was prior to July 1, 1979, and he had ten years or more of credited service […]

§18-7A-26i. Supplemental Benefits for Retired Teachers

Beginning on January 1, 1991, any annuitant who is receiving a retirement annuity on the effective date of this section shall receive a supplemental benefit, prospectively, if the effective date of retirement for such annuitant was prior to July 1, 1981, and such annuitant is not receiving supplemental benefits pursuant to section twenty-six-h of this […]

§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 annuitant whose annuity was approved by the retirement board prior to July 1, 1981, and such annuitant is not receiving supplemental benefits pursuant to section twenty-six-i of this article, shall receive a monthly amount equal to $1.25 multiplied by his or her total service credit.