HB 2299 Text

ENROLLED
H. B. 2299

(By Delegates Beach, Kominar, Fragale,
Williams, Heck and Dempsey)

[Passed March 14, 1998; in effect from passage.]

AN ACT 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.

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