Adopted by House 3-7-08
SB650 HFIN AMT
Com. Sub. for S. B. 650 -- "A BILL to amend and reenact §16-5V-2, §16-5V-6, §16-5V-8, §16-5V-9, §16-5V-14, §16-5V-18, §16-5V-19, §16-5V-25 and §16-5V-32 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System; adding and modifying definitions; specifying that members hired after the effective date of this plan are members of the plan as a condition of employment; clarifying language relating to the participation of public employers in this plan; clarifying language relating to the transfer of Public Employees Retirement System service credit and reinstatement of service as an emergency medical services officer; specifying the date on which contributions are due the fund and providing for delinquency fees for late payments; clarifying language relating to purchase of prior service and providing for delinquency fees for late payments; eliminating minimum required eligible direct rollover distributions paid directly to an eligible retirement plan; allowing distributions totaling less than two hundred dollars within the definition of eligible rollover distribution; clarifying the language relating to the benefit awarded for a duty disability; adding provisions for the payment of additional death benefits; clarifying language relating to the effective date for receipt of a duty disability benefit; and making a correction to the time period for which the Joint Committee on Government and Finance shall conduct an interim study on the potential effects of the implementation of this plan."