§51-9-15. County Commissioners Excluded
Commissioners of county commissions, or of any tribunal established in lieu thereof, are excluded from the retirement pay and retirement benefits herein provided.
§51-9-16. Severability of Article and Amendments Thereto
If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or requirement of this article or if any section, subsection, clause, phrase or requirement of this article as amended by the Legislature at its regular session held in the year one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, if for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the […]
§51-9-17. Benefits Not Forfeited if System Terminates
If the retirement system 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, may not be forfeited.
§51-9-6d. Adjusted Annual Retirement Benefit Calculations
In calculating the annual retirement benefits under section six of this article for any individual who is appointed or elected for the first time as judge of a court of record of this state after July 1, 2005, the judge shall receive retirement benefits in an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the individual's final […]
§51-9-18. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments
(a) General rule. Upon learning of any errors, the board shall correct errors in the retirement 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 […]
§51-9-7. Ineligibility to Receive Pay or Benefits
A judge who retires under the provisions of any section of this article and accepts the pay or benefits payable under this article shall, while receiving said pay or benefits, be permitted to hold any public office or trust for which the judge receives compensation from the State of West Virginia. If, after retirement under […]
§51-9-8. Retirement Upon Disability
(a) Whenever a judge of a court of record of this state, who is not disqualified from participation herein as provided in section five of this article, who shall have served for ten full years, or if over the age of sixty-five years, who shall have served at least six years as a judge of […]
§51-9-1b. Statement of Legislative Intent, Policy and Finding
The decision and opinion of the state Supreme Court of Appeals in the case of, which was rendered on November 7, 1984, and other decisions and opinions of that court based upon the decision have served to make substantial and fundamental changes in the retirement system for judges as established by the Legislature under the […]
§51-9-2. Judges' Retirement Fund Created; Composition
As a part of the judges' retirement system, there is hereby created a Judges' Retirement Fund which shall be made up of and into which shall be paid (a) Percentage contributions from salaries of judges as provided in section four of this article; (b) Gifts and bequests to the fund and any accretions and accumulations […]
§51-9-3. Custody, Permissible Investment and Administration of Retirement System Trust Fund; State Auditor's Authority as Administrator and Trust Fund Fiduciary; Refunds Required, Including Interest; Federal Qualification Requirements
(a) The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund and of any investment securities of the retirement system and shall give a separate and additional bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties as such custodian. The Governor shall fix the amount of such bond which shall be approved as to […]