HB2896 HPR TAM D1

    The Committee on Pensions and Retirement moves to amend the title to read as follows:

    H.B.2896 - “A BILL to amend and reenact §8-22-18a, §8-22-19a and §8-22-25 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §8-22-18c; and to amend and reenact §8-22A-4 and §8-22A-9 of said code, all relating to municipal policemen and firemen pensions; providing additional investigatory and legal powers and duties of the West Virginia Municipal Pensions Oversight Board; stating liability for board acts or omissions concerning investigatory or legal actions; requiring certain notice of lawsuit to the West Virginia Municipal Pensions Oversight Board; limiting certain court orders under certain circumstances; clarifying refunds to members; clarifying circumstances in which a member may retire when the member’s service has been interrupted by duty with the armed forces of the United States; extending the cut-off date for the West Virginia Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System plan to 2017;and continuing the municipality’s disability retirement insurance purchase requirement until 2017.”