§7-14D-12. Annuity Options
(a) Prior to the effective date of retirement, but not thereafter, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a member may elect to receive retirement income payments in the normal form, or the actuarial equivalent of the normal form from the following options: (1) Option A — Joint and Survivor Annuity. — A […]
§7-14D-13. Refunds to Certain Members Upon Discharge or Resignation; Deferred Retirement; Preretirement Death; Forfeitures
(a) Any member who terminates covered employment and is not eligible to receive disability or retirement income benefits under this article is, by written request filed with the board, entitled to receive from the fund the members accumulated contributions after offset of any outstanding loan balance, plus accrued interest, pursuant to 7-14D-23 of this code. […]
§7-14D-14. Awards and Benefits for Disability Duty Related
(a) Any member who after the effective date of this article and during covered employment: (1) Has been or becomes either totally or partially disabled by injury, illness, or disease; and
§7-14D-15. Same — Due to Other Causes
(a) Any member who after the effective date of this article and during covered employment: (1) Has been or becomes totally or partially disabled from any cause other than those set forth in section fourteen of this article and not due to vicious habits, intemperance or willful misconduct on his or her part; and (2) […]
§7-14D-16. Awards and Benefits for Disability — Physical Examinations; Termination of Disability
(a) The board may require any member who has applied for or is receiving disability benefits under this article to submit to a physical examination, mental examination or both, by a physician or physicians selected or approved by the board and may cause all costs incident to the examination and approved by the board to […]
§7-14D-17. Prior Disability
Any deputy sheriff who became totally disabled as a result of illness or injury incurred in the line of duty prior to the effective date of this article may be a member of the plan at his or her election and is entitled to disability, death and retirement benefits under this article in lieu of […]
§7-14D-7a. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments
(a) General rule: Upon learning of errors, the board shall correct errors in the retirement plan 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 board in the position each would have been in had the error not […]
§7-14D-8. Transfer From Public Employees Retirement System
(a) The consolidated retirement board shall, within ninety days of the effective date of the transfer of a deputy sheriff from the Public Employees Retirement System to the plan, transfer assets from the Public Employees Retirement System trust fund into the West Virginia deputy sheriff trust fund. (b) The amount of assets to be transferred […]
§7-14D-8a. Notice Requirements; Test Case
(a) Each county shall prepare a written notice to be delivered to each deputy sheriff employed prior to July 1, 1998. This notice shall clearly and accurately explain the benefits, financial implications and consequences to a deputy sheriff of electing to participate in the retirement plan created in this article, including the consequences and financial […]
§7-14D-9. Retirement; Commencement of Benefits
A member may retire and commence to receive retirement income payments on the first day of the calendar month following the board's receipt of the member's voluntary written application for retirement or the required beginning date, if earlier. Before receiving retirement income payments, the member shall have ceased covered employment and reached early or normal […]