HB2026 SFAT Weld #2 3-9

Parsley  7816

Senator Weld moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2026—A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §8-22A-33a; and to amend and reenact §23-4-1 of said code, all relating to benefits for municipal police officers or firefighters; providing for transfer of assets pertaining to municipal police officers or firefighters; requiring certain computations to be made by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board; requiring certain payments; terminating liability of the Public Employees Retirement System; to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation; establishing rebuttable presumption of injury arising out of and in the course of employment for certain covered firefighters that develop bladder cancer, mesothelioma, and testicular cancer; providing for conditions of the presumption; and providing that the rebuttable presumption expires on July 1, 2027, unless extended by the Legislature.

Adopted

Rejected