§15-2A-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "West Virginia State Police Retirement System Act".
§15-2A-10. Same — Due to Other Causes
(a) If any employee while in active service of the agency becomes partially or totally disabled on a probable permanent basis to the extent that the employee cannot adequately perform the duties required of an employee of the agency from any cause other than those set forth in the preceding section and not due to […]
§15-2A-11. Same — Physical Examinations; Termination
(a) The board may require any disabled retirant to submit to a physical or mental examination or both a physical and mental examination by a physician or physicians selected or approved by the board and the physician or physicians shall submit a report of the findings of the physician or physicians in writing to the […]
§15-2A-11a. Physical Examinations of Prospective Members; Application for Disability Benefit; Determinations
(a) Not later than thirty days after an employee becomes a member of the fund, the employer shall forward to the board a copy of the physician's report of a physical examination which incorporates the standards or procedures described in section seven, article two, chapter fifteen of this code. A copy of the physicians's report […]
§15-2A-11b. Annual Report on Each Employer's Disability Retirement Experience
Not later than January 1, 2006, and each January 1 thereafter, the board shall prepare a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of the West Virginia State Police Retirement Fund. The report shall specify the total number of disability applications submitted, the status of each application as of the last […]
§15-2A-12. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Employees or Retirants – When Employee Dies in Performance of Duty, etc.; Dependent Child Scholarship and Amount
(a) The surviving spouse, the dependent child or children or dependent parent or parents of any employee who has lost or shall lose his or her life by reason of injury, illness or disease resulting from an occupational risk or hazard inherent in or peculiar to the service required of employees while the employee was […]
§15-2A-13. Same — When Member Dies From Nonservice-Connected Causes Before Serving Twenty Years
(a) In any case where an employee while in active service of the agency, before having completed twenty years of service as an employee of the agency, dies from any cause other than those specified in this article and not due to vicious habits, intemperance or willful misconduct on his or her part, there shall […]
§15-2A-14. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Member — When Member Dies After Retirement or After Serving Twenty Years
(a) When any employee of the agency has completed twenty years of service or longer as an employee of the agency and dies from any cause or causes other than those specified in this article before having been retired by the board and when a retirant has died or dies after having been retired by […]
§15-2A-15. Exemption From Taxation, Garnishment and Other Process; Exception for Certain Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
The moneys in the fund and the right of a member or retirant to a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions or to any benefit under the provisions of this article are hereby exempt from any state or municipal tax; are not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever except that […]
§15-2A-16. Fraud; Penalties
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or who falsifies or permits to be falsified any record or records of the retirement system in any attempt to defraud that system is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or confinement in the county jail […]
§15-2A-17. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Member — Termination
When any surviving spouse of a member or retirant dies or remarries while receiving or being entitled to receive any benefits under any section except section twelve of this article, the surviving spouse may not from the date of his or her remarriage, nor may the estate from the date of death of the deceased […]
§15-2A-18. Authority to Continue Payments to Certain Dependents
The board may continue payments of a surviving spouse's entitlement in full to any dependent child who continues to be dependent by reason of mental or physical incapacity as determined by the board, notwithstanding the age of the dependent child or other provisions of this article.
§15-2A-19. Credit Toward Retirement for Member's Prior Military Service; Credit Toward Retirement When Member Has Joined Armed Forces in Time of Armed Conflict; Qualified Military Service
(a) Any member who has previously served on active military duty is entitled to receive additional credited service for the purpose of determining the amount of retirement award under the provisions of this article for a period equal to the active military duty not to exceed five years, subject to the following: (1) That he […]
§15-2A-2. Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) “Accumulated contributions” means the sum of all amounts deducted from base salary, together with four percent interest compounded annually.
§15-2A-20. 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, are not forfeited.
§15-2A-21. Retirement Credited Service Through Member's Use, as Option, of Accrued Annual or Sick Leave Days
Any member accruing annual leave or sick leave days may, after April 9, 2005, elect to use the days at the time of retirement to acquire additional credited service in this retirement system. The days shall be applied on the basis of two workdays' credit granted for each one day of accrued annual or sick […]
§15-2A-22. Limitations on Benefit Increases
(a) The state will not increase any existing benefits or create any new benefits for any retirees or beneficiaries currently receiving monthly benefit payments from the system, other than an increase in benefits or new benefits effected by operation of law in effect on the effective date of this article, in an amount that would […]
§15-2A-23. 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 […]
§15-2A-3. Continuation and Administration of West Virginia State Police Retirement System; Leased Employees; Federal Qualification Requirements
(a) The West Virginia State Police Retirement System is continued. It is contemplated that substantially all of the members of the retirement system shall be qualified public safety employees as defined in section two of this article. Any West Virginia state trooper employed by the agency on or after the effective date of this article […]
§15-2A-4. Participation in System; Continuation of Fund
The West Virginia State Police Retirement Fund is continued for the benefit of the members and retirants of the system created pursuant to this article and the dependents of any deceased or retired member of the system. All moneys paid into and accumulated in the fund, except any amounts designated or set aside by the […]