West Virginia HB5684: Relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners

What the bill says

An act to amend and reenact §5-10-48, §49-1-207, and §51-9-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §49-4-118, relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners; specifying retirement benefits applicable to certain retired public employees employed as child protection commissioners; defining child protection commissioner; requesting Supreme Court of Appeals to create program of child protection commissioners; providing for appointment, removal, and oversight; providing qualifications.

From the enrolled text, March 14, 2026:

AN ACT to amend and reenact §5-10-48, §49-1-207, and §51-9-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §49-4-118, relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners; specifying retirement benefits applicable to certain retired public employees employed as child protection commissioners; defining child protection commissioner; requesting Supreme Court of Appeals to create program of child protection commissioners; providing for appointment, removal, and oversight; providing qualifications; authorizing multi-circuit child protection commissioner regions; setting forth powers and duties; creating annual reporting requirement; providing for compensation and employment terms; and authorizing senior judges and justices to serve as child protection commissioners. ARTICLE 10. WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ACT. §5-10-48. Reemployment after retirement; options for holder of elected public office. (a) The Legislature finds that a compelling state interest exists in maintaining an actuarially sound retirement system and that this interest necessitates that certain limitations be placed upon an individual's ability to retire from the system and to then later return to state employment as an employee with a participating public employer while contemporaneously drawing an annuity from the system. The Legislature hereby further finds and declares that the interests of the public are served when persons having retired from public employment are permitted, within certain …

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