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H. B. 4575


(By Delegates H. White, Mezzatesta,

Jenkins, Kominar, Michael and Hubbard)

[Introduced February 17, 2000; referred to the

Committee on Pensions and Retirement then Finance.]




A BILL to amend article seven-a, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section fourteen-b, relating to the state teachers retirement system; and members' option to make additional contributions to the state teachers retirement system for periods of temporary total disability, with the additional contributions to be made after returning to work.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article seven-a, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section fourteen-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7A. STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

§18-7A-14b. Members' option to make contributions for periods of temporary total disability.

An employee who is receiving benefits due to a temporary total disability and who is a member of the teachers retirement system is afforded the right to receive credit towards retirement by making contributions equal to, but not exceeding, the regular employee contributions percentage, pursuant to section fifteen of this article, of the total amount of temporary total disability payments received during a period or periods of absence from work due to sickness or injury. This contribution for periods of total temporary disability would be made after the employee has returned to work and in addition to the regular employee contributions made pursuant to section fifteen of this article.
The employer shall apprise a member upon the member's return to employment from temporary total disability that he or she has the option to have additional salary reductions made, in addition to the contributions provided for in section fourteen of this article, up to an amount equal to the regular employee percentage, pursuant to section fifteen of this article, of all or part of the temporary total disability payments received by the member. Alternatively, the member is afforded the option to make direct contributions from personal funds, up to an amount equal to the regular employee percentage, pursuant to section fifteen of this article, of the total amount of temporary total disability payments received for a period or periods of absence from work due to sickness or injury: Provided, That under no circumstances may a member contribute a greater amount than that which he or she would have contributed had they earned their regular pay during the period in which the member received the payment of temporary total disability payments.
For purposes of this section, the term "temporary total disability payments" refers solely to amounts representing wage replacement which are received by an injured or ill worker for work-related injury or illness.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit an option to make additional contributions to the state teachers retirement system for periods of temporary total disability to be made after the member returns to work.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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