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H. B. 2709


(By Delegates Sobonya, Sumner, Rowan, C. Miller
Stephens, Reynolds and Duke)

[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the
Committee on Pensions and Retirement then Finance.]



A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-7A-26v, relating to providing a cost-of-living provision for certain persons retired under the Teachers Retirement System.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-7A-26v, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7A. STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

§18-7A-26v. Cost-of-living provision for annuitants at least sixty years of age and retired at least five years.

Beginning July 1, 2009, all annuitants at least sixty years of age and who have been receiving an annuity from this system for at least five years shall receive a cost-of-living adjustment in his or her monthly annuity in an amount equal to the annual increase in the consumer price index as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.




NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a cost-of-living increase, based on the annual increase in the consumer price index, for persons under the Teachers Retirement System
that are at least sixty years of age and that have received retirement payments for at least five years.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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