West Virginia Senate Bill 418 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-03-28 - Recommitted to Finance on 2nd reading
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to modify the definition of "annual compensation" in Article 5V; to add a definition for "contributing service" to Article 5V; to add a definition for the terms "retire" and "retirement" to Article 5V; to renumber subsections (i) through (oo), Section 2; to delete provisions relating to correction of employer errors in Section 8 and to add a new section relating to correction of employer errors to Article 5V; to clarify eligibility requirements for commencement of benefits; to require a member to request a benefit estimate from the board prior to receiving an explanation of benefits and retirement packet; to require that a member have at least ten years of contributing service to qualify for nonduty disability; to specify that the total nonduty disability award be based upon the average monthly compensation received during the twelve month period immediately preceding disability; to provide that all costs associated with disability benefit examinations be paid from the board's expense fund; to cease disability benefits on the first day of the month following termination of disability by the board; to require annual disability recertification for a retirant who is less than sixty years of age; to provide that if a member dies while receiving a nonduty disability benefit the surviving spouse shall receive the average monthly compensation received by the member prior to disability; and to add a new section to Article 5V relating to the annuity calculation for a member who returns to covered employment after retirement. This bill was recommended for introduction and passage during the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board.

Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Act

Sen. Evan Jenkins [D]

Sen. Brooks McCabe [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-28	Senate	Recommitted to Finance on 2nd reading
2013-03-27	Senate	Laid over on 2nd reading 3/27/13
2013-03-26	Senate	Laid over on 2nd reading 3/26/13
2013-03-26	Senate	On 2nd reading
2013-03-25	Senate	Read 1st time
2013-03-25	Senate	On 1st reading
2013-03-22	Senate	Committee substitute reported
2013-03-11	Senate	To Finance
2013-03-11	Senate	Reported do pass, but first to Finance
2013-03-04	Senate	To Pensions
2013-03-04	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2013-03-04	Senate	To Pensions then Finance
2013-03-04	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2802 (Same As) 2013-05-15 - Chapter 92, Acts, 2013

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	5V	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	5V	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	5V	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	5V	21	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	5V	24	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	5V	35	New Code	See Bill Text
16	5V	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	5V	8a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=418&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb418%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=418
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB418%20SUB1.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=418