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(b) The board of trustees shall grant service credit to any former and present member of the State Teachers Retirement System who has been a contributing member in the Public Employees Retirement System for more than three years, for service previously credited by the State Teachers Retirement System and shall require the transfer of the members accumulated contributions to the system and shall also require a deposit, with reinstatement interest as set forth in the boards Rule, Refund, Reinstatement, Retroactive Service, Loan and Correction of Error Interest Factors, 162 C. S. R. 7, of any withdrawals of contributions any time prior to the members retirement: Provided, That members of the State Teachers Retirement System who first became a member of the State Teachers Retirement System on or after July 1, 2022, may only transfer service credit to the Public Employees Retirement System if they first became a member of the Public Employees Retirement System on or after July 1, 2015. Insurance is complicated enough, therefore, this website is here to help you navigate the transition from active employee to retiree with or without PEIA coverage., *Retiree Premium Payment and Enrollment Information *Retiree FAQs* Termination Form*Retiree Optional and/or Dependent Life Enrollment Form*
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(f) Any individual who is a leased employee is not eligible to participate in the system. If you choose to move directly to Humana, you will need to call PEIA at 1-888-680-7342 and request a transfer form. You may not elect or increase life insurance after this period. 2023 OPERS benefit payment schedule. If his or her reemployment is for a period of one year or longer, his or her annuity shall be recalculated and he or she shall be granted an increased annuity due to the additional employment, the annuity to be computed according to 5-10-22 of this code. Note: This website uses a secure connection.. Plan provides a complement to help you save toward your financial goals in . 729 0 obj
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Once all of your paperwork is turned in, it will be 2-3 months before your retirement check will arrive. Reemployment after retirement; options for holder of elected public office. The State of West Virginia offers an outstanding defined benefit pension plan the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) under the Consolidated Public Retirement Board. West Virginia Legislature's Office of Reference & Information. (c) Court reporters who are acting in an official capacity, although paid by funds other than the county commission or State Auditor, may receive prior service credit for time served in that capacity. On this page, youll find information relating to your pay. (g) (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the seven five consecutive calendar years requirement, and the 13 consecutive seven calendar years requirement, and the service credit requirements set forth in this section shall be applied retroactively to all periods of legislative employment prior to the passage of this section, including any periods of legislative employment occurring before the seven consecutive five and 13 consecutive seven calendar years referenced in this section: Provided, That the employee has not retired prior to the effective date of the amendments made to this section in the 2002 regular session of the Legislature. Where an employee purchases service credit for employment which occurred after 1988, that employee shall pay for the employees share and the employer shall pay its share for the purchase of retroactive service credit: , That no legislative employee and no current or former member of the Legislature may be required to pay any interest or penalty upon the purchase of retroactive service credit in accordance with the provisions of this section where the employee was not eligible to become a member during the years for which he or she is purchasing retroactive credit or had the employee attempted to contribute to the system during the years for which he or she is purchasing retroactive service credit and the contributions would have been refused by the board: , That a current legislative employee purchasing retroactive credit under this section shall do so within 24 months of beginning contributions to the retirement system as a legislative employee or no later than December 31, 2016, whichever occurs later: , That once a legislative employee becomes a member of the retirement system, he or she may purchase retroactive service credit for any time he or she was employed by the Legislature and did not receive service credit. Members. Specific information regarding retirement benefits is available on the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board's site. . (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of 5-10-27b of this code, any publicly elected member of the legislative body of any political subdivision or of the State Legislature, the Clerk of the House of Delegates, and the Clerk of the Senate may elect to commence receiving in-service retirement distributions from this system upon attaining the age of 70 and one-half years: , That the member is eligible to retire under the provisions of 5-10-20 or 5-10-21 of this code: , That the member elects to stop actively contributing to the system while receiving the in-service distributions. (3) Service may be credited to a member who was employed by a political subdivision if his or her employment occurred within a period of 30 years immediately preceding the date the political subdivision became a participating public employer. West Virginia Retirement Plus -Expecting a first retirement check or a refund? Retiree Basic Life and Health Enrollment Form* Summary Plan Description PPB Plans A, B & D* FBMC Retiree Enrollment Forms* FBMC Retiree Benefits Guides*Premium Rate Charts, If you are a Non-Medicare Retiree, your agency participates in PEIA retirement insurance and you want to continue PEIA Health Insurance, you will need visit your Retirement Board and your HR Department. A retirant may accept legislative per diem, temporary full-time, or temporary part-time employment from a participating employer without suspending his or her retirement annuity so long as he or she does not receive annual compensation in excess of. After Feb 15th, 2023 you will be able to request a duplicate 1099-R to be mailed to you. Repayment of withdrawals shall be as directed by the Board of Trustees. Expecting a first retirement check or a refund? (2) For purposes of this section, employees of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance are entitled to the same benefits as employees of the House of Delegates or the Senate: , That for joint committee employees whose terms of employment are otherwise classified as temporary, employment in preparation for regular sessions, certified by the legislative manager as required by the Legislature for its regular sessions, shall be considered the same as employment during regular sessions to meet service credit requirements for sessions served. All annuities shall be paid in equal monthly installments, rounding to the upper cent for any fraction of a cent; (5) "Annuity reserve" means the present value of all payments to be made to a retirant or beneficiary of a retirant on account of any annuity, computed upon the basis of mortality and other tables of experience, and regular interest, adopted by the board of trustees from time to time; (6) "Beneficiary" means any person which shall include an irrevocable special needs trust, as that term is defined in this section, for the benefit of one individual beneficiary and which trust terminates upon the death of such individual with no further annuity benefits being payable, except a retirant, who is entitled to, or will be entitled to, an annuity or other benefit payable by the retirement system; (7) "Board of Trustees" or "board" means the Board of Trustees of the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board; (8) "Compensation" means the remuneration paid a member by a participating public employer for personal services rendered by the member to the participating public employer. 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(B) If the member has less than five years of credited service, the average of the annual rate of compensation received by the member during his or her total years of credited service; and in determining the annual compensation, under either paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, of a member of the Legislature who participates in the retirement system as a member of the Legislature in the year 1971, or in any year thereafter, his or her actual legislative compensation (the total of all compensation paid under 4-2A-2, 4-2A-3, 4-2A-4, and 4-2A-5 of this code), in the year 1971, or in any year thereafter, plus any other compensation he or she receives in any year from any other participating public employer including the State of West Virginia, without any multiple in excess of one times his or her actual legislative compensation and other compensation, shall be used: Provided, That final average salary for any former member of the Legislature or for any member of the Legislature in the year 1971 who, in either event, was a member of the Legislature on November 30, 1968, or November 30, 1969, or November 30, 1970, or on November 30 in any one or more of those three years and who participated in the retirement system as a member of the Legislature in any one or more of those years means: (i) Either, notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision preceding this proviso, $1,500 multiplied by eight, plus the highest other compensation the former member or member received in any one of the three years from any other participating public employer including the State of West Virginia; or (ii) final average salary determined in accordance with paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, whichever computation produces the higher final average salary, and in determining the annual compensation under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the legislative compensation of the former member shall be computed on the basis of $1,500 multiplied by eight, and the legislative compensation of the member shall be computed on the basis set forth in the provisions of this subdivision immediately preceding this paragraph or on the basis of $1,500 multiplied by eight, whichever computation as to the member produces the higher annual compensation; (14) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, codified at Title 26 of the United States Code; (15) "Limited credited service" means service by employees of the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority, in the employment of West Virginia University, during a period when the employee made contributions to another retirement system, as required by West Virginia University, and did not make contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System: Provided, That while limited credited service can be used for the formula set forth in 5-10-21(e) of this code, it may not be used to increase benefits calculated under 5-10-22 of this code; (16) "Member" means any person who has accumulated contributions standing to his or her credit in the members deposit fund; (17) "Participating public employer" means the State of West Virginia, any board, commission, department, institution or spending unit and includes any agency created by rule of the Supreme Court of Appeals having full-time employees, which for the purposes of this article is considered a department of state government; and any political subdivision in the state which has elected to cover its employees, as defined in this article, under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System; (18) "Plan year" means the same as referenced in 5-10-42 of this code; (19) "Political subdivision" means the State of West Virginia, a county, city or town in the state; a school corporation or corporate unit; any separate corporation or instrumentality established by one or more counties, cities or towns, as permitted by law; any corporation or instrumentality supported in most part by counties, cities or towns; and any public corporation charged by law with the performance of a governmental function and whose jurisdiction is coextensive with one or more counties, cities or towns: Provided, That any mental health agency participating in the Public Employees Retirement System before July 1, 1997, is considered a political subdivision solely for the purpose of permitting those employees who are members of the Public Employees Retirement System to remain members and continue to participate in the retirement system at their option after July 1, 1997: Provided, however, That the Regional Community Policing Institute which participated in the Public Employees Retirement System before July 1, 2000, is considered a political subdivision solely for the purpose of permitting those employees who are members of the Public Employees Retirement System to remain members and continue to participate in the Public Employees Retirement System after July 1, 2000; (20) "Prior service" means service rendered prior to July 1, 1961, to the extent credited a member as provided in this article; (21) "Regular interest" means the rate or rates of interest per annum, compounded annually, as the board of trustees adopts from time to time; (22) "Required beginning date" means April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: (A) The calendar year in which the member attains age 70.5 (if born before July 1, 1949) or age 72 (if born after June 30, 1949); or (B) the calendar year in which a member ceases providing service covered under this retirement system to a participating employer; (23) "Retirant" means any member who commences an annuity payable by the retirement system; (24) "Retirement" means a members withdrawal from the employ of a participating public employer and the commencement of an annuity by the retirement system; (25) "Retirement system" or "system" means the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System created and established by this article; (26) "Retroactive service" means: (1) Service between July 1, 1961, and the date an employer decides to become a participating member of the Public Employees Retirement System; (2) service prior to July 1, 1961, for which the employee is not entitled to prior service at no cost in accordance with 162 CSR 5.12; and (3) service of any member of a legislative body or employees of the State Legislature whose term of employment is otherwise classified as temporary for which the employee is eligible, but for which the employee did not elect to participate at that time; (27) "Service" means personal service rendered to a participating public employer by an employee of a participating public employer; (28) "Special needs trust" means a trust established pursuant to 44D-8B-13 of this code for an individual beneficiary with a disability and such special needs trust is or will become irrevocable by the time the retirant names the special needs trust as the beneficiary of retirants annuity benefits in place of the individual beneficiary and terminates upon the death of the individual beneficiary with no further annuity benefits being payable; and. All employees hired afterJuly 1, 2002are paid one pay period in arrears (or one pay period behind). You can visit customer service at PEIA to pick up a retirement packet or you can contact PEIA customer service at 1-888-680-7342 to requestthat a retirement packet be mailed to you. Service credit awarded for legislative employment pursuant to this section shall be used for the purpose of calculating that members retirement annuity, pursuant to 5-10-22 of this code, and determining eligibility as it relates to credited service, notwithstanding any other provision of this section. Public Employees Insurance Agency. (d) Senior judges, justices, and magistrates. WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ACT. , July 3, 2014. (e) (1) Employees of the State Legislature whose terms of employment are otherwise classified as temporary and who are employed to perform services required by the Legislature for its regular sessions or during the interim time between regular sessions shall receive service credit for the time served in that capacity in accordance with the following: For purposes of this section, the term "regular session" means day one through day 60 of a 60-day legislative session or day one through day 30 of a 30-day legislative session. That depends on your retirement date and when your final documents are received and processed by CalPERS. endstream
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Subsequent to your hire are other issues that affect how much of your salary you bring home. A BILL to amend and reenact 5-10-2, 5-10-14, 5-10-17, and 5-10-48 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating generally to legislative employment and retirement; modifying the length of service an employee of the Legislature whose term of employment is otherwise classified as temporary and who is employed to perform services required by the Legislature for its regular sessions must serve to obtain service credit towards retirement; and increasing the maximum annual remuneration a retirant may earn as a temporary legislative employee. If you are aware of cases where a member or an employer is violating the rules -Want to make a difference in your community? (c) Any member of the State Legislature, the Clerk of the House of Delegates, the Clerk of the State Senate, and any employee of the State Legislature whose employment is otherwise classified as temporary and who is employed to perform services required by the Legislature for its regular sessions or during the interim between regular sessions and who has been or is employed during regular sessions or during the interim between sessions in seven consecutive five calendar years, as certified by the Clerk clerk of the House house of the Legislature in which the employee served, or any member of the legislative body of any other political subdivision shall become a member of the retirement system provided he or she notifies the retirement system in writing of his or her intention to be a member of the system and files a membership enrollment form as prescribed by the Board of Trustees, and each person, upon filing his or her written notice to participate in the retirement system, shall by that act authorize the Clerk of the House of Delegates or the Clerk of the State Senate or such person or legislative agency as the legislative body of any other political subdivision shall designate to deduct the members contribution, as provided in 5-10-29(b) of this code, and after the deductions have been made from the members compensation, the deductions shall be forwarded to the retirement system. 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