West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB5457: To allow partial credits for times of disability service in the CPRB for Troopers.
Status: Signed into law, April 1, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §15-2A-2 and §15-2A-6 of the Code of West Virginia, as amended, relating to disability service credit for certain law-enforcement officers employed by the West Virginia State Police; defining disability service; providing one-half service credit for periods of disability service for calculating years of service for retirement purposes. article 2A. west virginia state police retirement system. §15-2A-2. Definitions as used in this article, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts deducted fr.
From the enrolled text, March 10, 2026:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §15-2A-2 and §15-2A-6 of the Code of West Virginia, as amended, relating to disability service credit for certain law-enforcement officers employed by the West Virginia State Police; defining disability service; providing one-half service credit for periods of disability service for calculating years of service for retirement purposes. article 2A. west virginia state police retirement system. §15-2A-2. Definitions as used in this article, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts deducted from base salary, together with four percent interest compounded annually. (2) "Active military duty" means full-time active duty with the armed forces of the United States, namely, the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Space Force, or Navy; and service with the National Guard or reserve military forces of any of the armed forces when the employee has been called to active full-time duty. (3) "Actuarially equivalent" or "of equal actuarial value" means a benefit of equal value computed upon the basis of the mortality table and interest rates as set and adopted by the retirement board in accordance with the provisions of this article: Provided, That when used in the context of compliance with the federal maximum benefit requirements of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code, "actuarially equivalent" shall be …