Senate Bill No. 389

(By Senators Wagner, Ross, Withers and Dalton)

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[Introduced March 17, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Pensions; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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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 twenty-six-m, relating to the state teachers retirement system; and providing supplemental benefits to persons who retired prior to the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-three.

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 twenty-six-m, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7A. STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

§18-7A-26m. Supplemental benefits for certain teachers who retired prior to July 1, 1983.

As an additional supplement to other retirement allowances provided, each annuitant whose annuity was approved by theretirement board prior to the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-three, shall receive a monthly amount equal to two dollars multiplied by his or her total service credit.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide supplemental benefits to teachers who retired prior to July 1, 1983, in a monthly amount equal to $2.00 multiplied by the teacher's total service credit.

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