HB2229 SHOTT AMT

Reese 3382

Delegate Shott moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

            “A BILL to amend and reenact §5-10A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to disqualification for public service retirement plan benefits, modifying the definition of less than honorable service, removing the exception of a misdemeanor from that aspect of less than honorable service involving impeachment and conviction, removing the requirement that the participant or former participant plead guilty or nolo contendere to felony criminal conduct to constitute less than honorable service;  and providing that conviction of specified misdemeanor conduct related to the participant’s term in office or participant’s term of employment in public service constitutes less than honorable service.”