H. B. 2423
(By Delegates Pino and Laird)
[Introduced March 5, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Pensions and Retirement then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter fifteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty- seven-b, relating to the division of public safety and
increasing the retirement allowance for the benefit of
living and former members who are retired and who have
attained the age of eighty years after the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter fifteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-seven-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-27b. Retirement; enhancement of awards and benefits;
qualifications for increased benefits.
Every living member of the division of public safety who is
retired by the retirement board under the provisions of section twenty-seven [§15-2-27] of this article and who has attained the age of
eighty years on or before the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-seven, is eligible and shall receive an
adjustment in his or her retirement annuity in an adjusted amount
equal to twenty-five percent of his or her retirement award.
This adjustment award may not be retroactive and is intended only
to reward the long and valued service of those former members of
the division of public safety meeting the minimum qualifications
of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase by twenty- five percent the retirement benefits received by any state
trooper retired by the retirement board who has or will attain
the age of eighty years on or before the first day of July, 1997.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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