§8-22A-18. Awards and Benefits for Disability Due to Other Causes; Exception During Early Period
(a) Except as provided in 8-22A-9(a) of this code, any municipal police officer or municipal firefighter with 10 or more years of contributory service who, after the effective date of this article and during covered employment: (1) Has been or becomes totally disabled from any cause other than those set forth in 8-22A-17 of this […]
§8-22A-19. Same — Physical Examinations; Recertification; Termination of Disability
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 be […]
§8-22A-20. Awards and Benefits to Surviving Spouse — When Member Dies in Performance of Duty, etc.; Exception During Early Period
(a) Except as provided in subsection (a), section nine of this article, the surviving spouse of any member who, after the effective date of this article while in covered employment, has died or dies by reason of injury, illness or disease resulting from an occupational risk or hazard inherent in or peculiar to the service […]
§8-22A-21. Awards and Benefits to Surviving Spouse — When Member Dies From Nonservice-Connected Causes
(a) If a member who has been a member for at least ten years, while in covered employment after the effective date of this article, has died or dies from any cause other than those specified in section twenty of this article and not due to vicious habits, intemperance or willful misconduct on his or […]
§8-22A-8a. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments
(a) General rule. Upon learning of errors, the board shall correct errors in the 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 retirement board in the position each would have been in had the error not […]
§8-22A-9. Retirement; Commencement of Benefits; Insurance Requirements During Early Period
(a) To ensure the fiscal integrity of the retirement system during the start-up phase, no member is entitled to retirement, disability or death benefits under this retirement system until January 1, 2017. Participating municipalities shall purchase insurance for their new plan members to provide coverage in an amount equal to disability coverage otherwise provided in […]
§8-22A-10. Federal Law Maximum Benefit Limitations
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or state law, the board shall administer the retirement system in compliance with the limitations of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations under that section to the extent applicable to governmental plans (hereafter sometimes referred to as the "415 limitation(s)" or "415 dollar limitation(s)"), so […]
§8-22A-11. Federal Law Minimum Required Distributions
The requirements of this section apply to any distribution of a members or beneficiarys interest and take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of this plan. This section applies to plan years beginning after December 31, 1986. Notwithstanding anything in the plan to the contrary, the payment of benefits under this article shall be determined and […]
§8-22A-3. Meaning of Terms
Any term used in this article has the same meaning as when used in a comparable context in the laws of the United States, unless a different meaning is clearly required. Any reference in this article to the Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
§8-22A-4. Creation and Administration of West Virginia Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System; Specification of Actuarial Assumptions
There is hereby created the West Virginia Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System. The purpose of this system is to provide for the orderly retirement of certain police officers and firefighters who become superannuated because of age or permanent disability and to provide certain survivor death benefits. Substantially all of the members of the […]