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Chapter 16
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Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Act.
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16-5V-1
Title.
16-5V-2
Definitions.
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Meaning of terms.
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Creation and administration of West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Retirement System; specification of actuarial assumptions.
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Article to be liberally construed; supplements federal Social Security; federal qualification requirements.
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Members.
16-5V-6a
County Firefighter Members.
16-5V-6b
Transfer of county firefighter member assets from Public Employees Retirement System.
16-5V-6c
911 personnel.
16-5V-6d
Transfer of 911 personnel assets from Public Employees Retirement System.
16-5V-6f
Home confinement officers as members of the system. Transfer of home confinement officers assets from Public Employees Retirement System.
16-5V-7
Creation of Fund; investments; actuarial valuations.
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Members' contributions; employer contributions.
16-5V-8a
Correction of errors; underpayments; overpayments.
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Transfer from Public Employees Retirement System.
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Notice requirements; test case.
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Retirement; commencement of benefits.
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Federal law maximum benefit limitations.
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Federal law minimum required distributions.
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Direct rollovers.
16-5V-14a
Rollovers and transfers to purchase service credit or repay withdrawn contributions.
16-5V-15
Retirement credited service through member's use, as option, of accrued annual or sick leave days.
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Retirement benefits.
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Annuity options.
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Refunds to certain members upon discharge or resignation; deferred retirement; preretirement death; forfeitures.
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Awards and benefits for disability -- Duty related.
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Awards and benefits for disability -- Due to other causes.
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Same -- Physical examinations; termination of disability.
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W. Va. Code § 16-5V-22
Repealed
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Awards and benefits to surviving spouse – When member dies in performance of duty, etc.
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Awards and benefits to surviving spouse – When member dies from nonservice-connected causes.
16-5V-25
Additional death benefits and scholarships -- Dependent children.
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Burial benefit.
16-5V-27
Double death benefits prohibited.
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Right to benefits not subject to execution, etc.;assignments prohibited; deductions for group insurance; setoffs for fraud; exception for certain domestic relations orders; benefits exempt from taxes.
16-5V-29
Fraud; penalties; and repayment.
16-5V-30
Credit toward retirement for member's prior military service; credit toward retirement when member has joined Armed Forces in time of armed conflict; qualified military service.
16-5V-31
How a county commission, political subdivision, or county 911 public safety answering point becomes a participating public employer.
16-5V-32
Effective date; report to Joint Committee on Government and Finance; special starting date for benefits.
16-5V-33
Limitation of county liability.
16-5V-34
Benefits not forfeited if system terminates.
16-5V-35
Return to covered employment by retirant.
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Severability.