HB3111 SFAT Barrett #1 4-7

Childs  7949

Senator Barrett 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 3111— A BILL to amend and reenact §51-1-10a, §51-2-13, §51-2A-6, §51-9-4, §51-9-6, §51-9-6a, §51-9-6b, and §51-11-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to repeal §51-9-6c and §51-9-6d of said code, relating to salaries and retirement benefits of judges; increasing annual salary of justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals, circuit court judges, family court judges, and judges of the Intermediate Court of Appeals; suspending contribution of courts into judicial retirement system until certain condition met; providing for retirees under post-2005 retirement system to be treated as pre-2005 retirement system retirees; providing for actuarially reduced pension benefit for judges in certain circumstances; increasing surviving spouse plan benefit for certain judges; eliminating limitation on retirement benefit increases; and eliminating distinction between certain judges for purposes of calculating surviving spouse plan benefits, surviving dependent children plan benefits, and adjusted annual retirement benefit.

Adopted

Rejected