H. B. 2299
(By Delegates Beach, Kominar, Fragale,
Williams, Heck and Dempsey)
[Introduced January 14, 1998
; referred to the
Committee on Pensions and Retirement then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article ten-d, chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section six,
relating to authorizing the deduction from the monthly
benefits of retirees for the payment of dues to retiree
associations and providing a procedure for authorizing and
revoking authority for such dues deductions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article ten-d, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section six,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10D. CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC RETIREMENT BOARD.
§5-10D-6. Voluntary deductions by the consolidated public retirement board from monthly benefits to retirees
to pay association dues.
Any recipient of monthly retirement benefits from any public
retirement plan in this state may authorize that a deduction from his or her monthly benefits be made for the payment of membership
dues or fees to a retiree association. The deductions shall be
authorized on a form provided by the consolidated public
retirement board and shall include: (a) The identity and social
security number of the retiree; (b) the amount and frequency of
the deduction; (c) the identity and address of the association to
which the dues or fees shall be paid; and (d) the signature of
the retiree. Upon execution of the authorization and its receipt
by the consolidated public retirement board, the deduction shall
be made in the manner specified on the form and remitted to the
designated association on the tenth day of each month: Provided,
That the deduction may not be made more frequently than monthly.
Deduction authorizations may be revoked at any time at least
thirty days prior to the date on which the deduction is regularly
made and on a form to be provided by the consolidated public
retirement board.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow public retirees to
authorize monthly deduction from their benefits to pay retiree
association dues.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.