HB2717 H P&R AMT 2-7 #1
The Committee on Pensions and Retirement moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
H. B. 2717 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §5-10A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §5- 10D-1 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-5V-1, §16-5V-2, §16-5V-3, §16-5V-4, §16-5V-5, §16-5V-6, §16-5V-7, §16-5V-8, §16-5V-9, §16-5V-10, §16-5V-11, §16-5V-12, §16-5V-13, §16-5V-14, §16-5V-14a, §16-5V-15, §16-5V-16, §16-5V-17, §16-5V-18, §16-5V-19, §16-5V-20, §16-5V-21, §16-5V-22, §16-5V-23, §16-5V-24, §16-5V-25, §16-5V-26, §16-5V-27, §16-5V-28, §16-5V-29, §16-5V-30, §16-5V-31, §16-5V-32, §16-5V-33 and §16-5V-34, all relating to the Consolidated Public Retirement Board; providing that the board administer the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System; establishing the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System; setting forth definitions including application of honorable service condition to plan participants; providing effective dates and voting requirement; establishing federal qualification requirements; providing for liberal construction; providing that plan is not a substitute for social security; providing for and setting membership standards; setting forth required contributions from members and employers; creating fund and providing for investments; providing for transfer from Public Employees Retirement System; setting time limits; setting forth notice requirements; commencement of benefits; federal law maximum benefit limitations and minimum required distributions; direct rollovers; providing for retirement credited through member's use of accrued annual or sick leave; providing for retirement benefits; setting forth annuity options; providing for refunds in certain circumstances; deferred retirement; forfeitures; awards and benefits for duty-related disability and for other causes; physical examinations; termination of disability; prior disability; awards and benefits to surviving spouse; additional death benefits and scholarships for dependent children; burial benefit; prohibiting double death benefits; exemption from taxation, garnishment and other process; insurance deductions; qualified domestic relation orders; fraud; criminal penalties; repayment; treatment of prior military service; effective date; providing voluntary employer participation; starting date for benefits; limitation of county liability; and providing for no forfeiture of benefits if system terminates."