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§5-13-1. Short Title

The short title by which this article may be referred to is "Public Employees' and Teachers' Reciprocal Service Credit Act."

§5-13-2. Definitions

The following words and phrases as used in this article, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, shall have the following meanings: (a) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member and credited to his or her individual account in a state system, together with […]

§5-13-3. Credited Service Upon Transfer Between Systems

(a) Transfer from public service system to teacher service system. — Notwithstanding the provisions of law governing the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System, in the event a member leaves a position covered by the public system and becomes employed in a position covered by the teacher system, he shall not forfeit his credited service […]

§5-13-4. Reciprocal Service

In the event a member leaves a position covered by the public system and within five years thereafter becomes employed in a position covered by the teacher system, or a member leaves the position covered by the teacher system and within five years thereafter becomes employed in a position covered by the public system, in […]

§5-13-5. Prior Service Credit

(a) In the event a member of the public system has served in a position prior to the date the teachers' system was created, which position would be covered under the teachers' system as of the date of retirement had the teachers' system been in existence at said time, the board of trustees of the […]

§5-13-6. Disability Reciprocal Credit

In the event a member, who has reciprocal service credit in force, retires under the public system on account of disability his annuity to be paid by the teacher system shall be subject to approval of his disability retirement by the retirement board of the teacher system. In the event a member, who has reciprocal […]