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H. B. 4003


(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)

[By Request of the Executive]

[Introduced January 14, 2004; referred to the

Committee on Pensions and Retirement then Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact § 15-2A-6, § 15-2A-9 and § 15-2A-10 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the rights of members of the West Virginia state police retirement system; and lowering the normal retirement age.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That
§ 15-2A-6, § 15-2A-9 and § 15-2A-10 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
§15-2A-6. Retirement; commencement of benefits.

A member may retire with full benefits upon attaining the age of fifty-five fifty and completing twenty or more years of service, by lodging with the consolidated public retirement board his or her voluntary petition in writing for retirement. A member who is less than age fifty-five fifty may retire upon completing twenty years or more of service: Provided, That he or she will receive a reduced benefit that is of equal actuarial value to the benefit the member would have received if the member deferred commencement of his or her accrued retirement benefit to the age of fifty-five fifty.
When the retirement board retires a member with full benefits under the provisions of this section, the board, by order in writing, shall make a determination that the member is entitled to receive on annuity equal to two and three-fourths percent of his or her final average salary multiplied by the number of years, and fraction of a year, of his or her service in the division at the time of retirement.
In no event may the provision of section thirteen, article sixteen, chapter five be applied in determining eligibility to retire with either a deferred or immediate commencement of benefit.
§15-2A-9. Awards and benefits for disability - Incurred in performance of duty.

Any member of the division who has been or shall become physically or mentally permanently disabled by injury, illness or disease resulting from any occupational risk or hazard inherent in or peculiar to the services required of members of the division and incurred pursuant to or while the member was or shall be engaged in the performance of his or her duties as a member of the division shall, if, in the opinion of the retirement board, he or she is by reason of such cause unable to perform adequately the duties required of him or her as a member of the division, but is able to engage in other gainful employment be retired from active service by the board. The member shall thereafter be entitled to receive annually and there shall be paid to the member from the fund in equal monthly installments during the lifetime of the member, or until the member attains the age of fifty-five fifty or until such disability shall sooner terminate, one or the other of two amounts, whichever is greater:
(1) An amount equal to six tenths of the base salary received in the preceding twelve-month employment period: Provided, That if the member had not been employed with the division for twelve months prior to the disability, the amount of monthly salary shall be annualized for the purpose of determining the benefit; or
(2) The sum of six thousand dollars.
Upon attaining age fifty-five fifty, the member shall receive the benefit provided for in section six of this article as it would apply to his or her final average salary based on earnings from the division through the day immediately preceding his or her disability. The recalculation of benefit upon a member attaining age fifty-five fifty shall be deemed to be a retirement under the provisions of section six of this article, for purposes of determining the amount of annual annuity adjustment and for all other purposes of this article.
If any member shall become permanently physically or mentally disabled by injury, illness or disease resulting from any occupational risk or hazard inherent in or peculiar to the services required of members of the division and incurred pursuant to or while such member was or shall be engaged in the performance of his or her duties as a member of the division to the extent that the member is or shall be incapacitated ever to engage in any gainful employment, the member shall be entitled to receive annually, and there shall be paid to such member from the fund in equal monthly installments during the lifetime of the member or until such disability shall sooner terminate, an amount equal to the amount of the base salary received by the member in the preceding twelve-month employment period.
The superintendent of the division is authorized to expend moneys from funds appropriated for the division in payment of medical, surgical, laboratory, X ray, hospital, ambulance and dental expenses and fees, and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the purchase of artificial limbs and other approved appliances which may be reasonably necessary for any member of the division who has or shall become temporarily, permanently or totally disabled by injury, peculiar to the service required of members of the division and incurred pursuant to or while the member was or shall be engaged in the performance of duties as a member of the division. Whenever the superintendent shall determine that any disabled member is ineligible to receive any of the aforesaid benefits at public expense, the superintendent shall, at the request of the disabled member, refer such matter to the board for hearing and final decision.
§15-2A-10. Same - Due to other causes.
If any member while in active service of the division has or shall, in the opinion of the board, become permanently disabled to the extent that he or she cannot adequately perform the duties required of a member of the division for any cause other than those set forth in the preceding section and not due to vicious habits, intemperance or willful misconduct on his or her part, the member shall be retired by the board. There shall be paid to the member from the fund in equal monthly installments, commencing on the date the member shall be retired and continuing during the lifetime of the member, or until the member attains the age of fifty-five fifty; while in status of retirement an amount equal to one-half the base salary received by the member in the preceding twelve-month period: Provided, That if the member had not been employed with the division for twelve months prior to the disability, the amount of the monthly salary shall be annualized for the purpose of determining the benefit.
Upon attaining age fifty-five fifty, the member shall receive the benefit provided for in section six of this article as it would apply to his or her final average salary based on earnings from the division through the day immediately preceding his or her disability. The recalculation of benefit upon a member attaining age fifty-five fifty shall be deemed to be a retirement under the provisions of section six of this article, for purposes of determining the amount of annual annuity adjustment and for all other purposes of this article.

The Committee on Pensions and Retirement moves to amend the bill by striking everything following the enacting section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

§15-2A-6. Retirement; commencement of benefits.


A member may retire with full benefits upon attaining the age of fifty-five fifty-two and completing twenty or more years of service, by lodging with the consolidated public retirement board his or her voluntary petition in writing for retirement. A member who is less than age fifty-five fifty-two may retire upon completing twenty years or more of service: Provided, That he or she will receive a reduced benefit that is of equal actuarial value to the benefit the member would have received if the member deferred commencement of his or her accrued retirement benefit to the age of fifty-five fifty-two.

When the retirement board retires a member with full benefits under the provisions of this section, the board, by order in writing, shall make a determination that the member is entitled to receive on annuity equal to two and three-fourths percent of his or her final average salary multiplied by the number of years, and fraction of a year, of his or her service in the division at the time of retirement.

In no event may the provision of section thirteen, article sixteen, chapter five be applied in determining eligibility to retire with either a deferred or immediate commencement of benefit.

§15-2A-9. Awards and benefits for disability - Incurred in performance of duty.


Any member of the division who has been or shall become physically or mentally permanently disabled by injury, illness or disease resulting from any occupational risk or hazard inherent in or peculiar to the services required of members of the division and incurred pursuant to or while the member was or shall be engaged in the performance of his or her duties as a member of the division shall, if, in the opinion of the retirement board, he or she is by reason of such cause unable to perform adequately the duties required of him or her as a member of the division, but is able to engage in other gainful employment be retired from active service by the board. The member shall thereafter be entitled to receive annually and there shall be paid to the member from the fund in equal monthly installments during the lifetime of the member, or until the member attains the age of fifty-five fifty-two or until such disability shall sooner terminate, one or the other of two amounts, whichever is greater:

(1) An amount equal to six tenths of the base salary received in the preceding twelve-month employment period: Provided, That if the member had not been employed with the division for twelve months prior to the disability, the amount of monthly salary shall be annualized for the purpose of determining the benefit; or

(2) The sum of six thousand dollars.

Upon attaining age fifty-five fifty-two, the member shall receive the benefit provided for in section six of this article as it would apply to his or her final average salary based on earnings from the division through the day immediately preceding his or her disability. The recalculation of benefit upon a member attaining age fifty-five fifty-two shall be deemed to be a retirement under the provisions of section six of this article, for purposes of determining the amount of annual annuity adjustment and for all other purposes of this article.

If any member shall become permanently physically or mentally disabled by injury, illness or disease resulting from any occupational risk or hazard inherent in or peculiar to the services required of members of the division and incurred pursuant to or while such member was or shall be engaged in the performance of his or her duties as a member of the division to the extent that the member is or shall be incapacitated ever to engage in any gainful employment, the member shall be entitled to receive annually, and there shall be paid to such member from the fund in equal monthly installments during the lifetime of the member or until such disability shall sooner terminate, an amount equal to the amount of the base salary received by the member in the preceding twelve-month employment period.

The superintendent of the division is authorized to expend moneys from funds appropriated for the division in payment of medical, surgical, laboratory, X ray, hospital, ambulance and dental expenses and fees, and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the purchase of artificial limbs and other approved appliances which may be reasonably necessary for any member of the division who has or shall become temporarily, permanently or totally disabled by injury, peculiar to the service required of members of the division and incurred pursuant to or while the member was or shall be engaged in the performance of duties as a member of the division. Whenever the superintendent shall determine that any disabled member is ineligible to receive any of the aforesaid benefits at public expense, the superintendent shall, at the request of the disabled member, refer such matter to the board for hearing and final decision.
§15-2A-10. Same - Due to other causes.

If any member while in active service of the division has or shall, in the opinion of the board, become permanently disabled to the extent that he or she cannot adequately perform the duties required of a member of the division for any cause other than those set forth in the preceding section and not due to vicious habits, intemperance or willful misconduct on his or her part, the member shall be retired by the board. There shall be paid to the member from the fund in equal monthly installments, commencing on the date the member shall be retired and continuing during the lifetime of the member, or until the member attains the age of fifty-five fifty-two; while in status of retirement an amount equal to one-half the base salary received by the member in the preceding twelve-month period: Provided, That if the member had not been employed with the division for twelve months prior to the disability, the amount of the monthly salary shall be annualized for the purpose of determining the benefit.

Upon attaining age fifty-five fifty-two, the member shall receive the benefit provided for in section six of this article as it would apply to his or her final average salary based on earnings from the division through the day immediately preceding his or her disability. The recalculation of benefit upon a member attaining age fifty-five fifty-two shall be deemed to be a retirement under the provisions of section six of this article, for purposes of determining the amount of annual annuity adjustment and for all other purposes of this article.
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