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WV Code § 15-2-30 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-30. Awards and Benefits for Disability Due to Other Causes

(a) If any employee who has served less than twenty years and who remains in the active service of the agency has, in the opinion of the board, become permanently partially or totally disabled to the extent that the employee cannot adequately perform the duties required of an employee of the agency from any cause other than those set forth in the preceding section and not due to vicious habits, intemperance or willful misconduct on his or her part, the employee shall be retired by the board. The employee is entitled to receive annually and shall be paid from the fund in equal monthly installments during a period equal to one-half the time he or she served as an employee of the agency or until the disability eligibility sooner terminates, a sum equal to five and one-half percent of the total salary which would have been earned during twenty-five years of service. At the end of the one-half time period of service, the benefit payable for the remainder of the retirant's life is an annual sum paid in monthly installments equal to one-half the base salary received by the retirant from the agency in the preceding twelve-month period immediately prior to the disability award: Provided, That if the retirant was not employed with the agency for twelve months immediately prior to the disability award, the amount of monthly salary shall be annualized for the purpose of determining the benefit.(b) If the employee, at the time of retirement under the terms of this section, has served twenty years or longer as an employee of the agency, the employee is entitled to receive annually and shall be paid from the fund in equal monthly installments, commencing on the date the employee is retired and continuing during his or her lifetime while in status of retirement or until the disability eligibility sooner terminates, a sum equal to five and one-half percent of the aggregate of salary paid to the retirant through the day immediately preceding his or her disability award, to be determined in the manner provided by subsection (c), section twenty-seven of this article.(c) An employee awarded a disability benefit under the provisions of this section may receive retirement disability annuity payments on the day following the board's approval of his or her disability application. Upon termination of employment and receipt of properly executed forms from the agency and the employee, the board shall process the disability retirement benefit and commence annuity payments as soon as administratively feasible.(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "salary" does not include any compensation paid for overtime service.
WV Code § 15-2-31b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-31b. Annual Report on Disability Retirement Experience

Not later than January 1, 2006, and each January 1 thereafter, the board shall prepare a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of the West Virginia State Police Death, Disability and Retirement Fund. The report shall specify the total number of disability applications submitted, the status of each application as of the last day of the fiscal year, total applications granted or denied, and the percentage of disability benefit recipients to the total number of West Virginia State Police employees who are members of the fund. The report shall be submitted to the Governor and the chairpersons of the standing committees of the Senate and House of Delegates with primary responsibility for retirement legislation.
WV Code § 15-2-32 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-32. Retirant Not to Exercise Police Authority; Retention of Group Insurance

A retirant may not exercise any of the powers conferred upon active employees by section twelve of this article; but is entitled to receive free of cost to the retirant and retain as his or her separate property one complete standard uniform prescribed by section ten of this article: Provided, That the uniform may be worn by a retirant on occasions prescribed by the superintendent. The superintendent shall maintain at public expense for the benefit of all retirants that group life insurance mentioned in section ten of this article. The superintendent, when he or she is of opinion that the public safety shall require, may recall to active duty during any period determined by the superintendent, any retiree who is retired under the provisions of section twenty-seven of this article, provided the consent of the retiree to reassume duties of active membership shall first be obtained. Any retirant who resumes status of active membership is not entitled to receive retirement pay or benefits, but in lieu thereof, is entitled to receive that rate of salary and allowance pertinent to the rank or grade previously held by the retirant. When the former retirant is released from active duty, he or she shall reassume the status of retirement and shall be entitled to receive appropriate benefits as provided by this article: Provided, That the amount of the benefits shall in no event be less than the amount determined by the order of the board previously made in his or her behalf.
WV Code § 15-2-33a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-33a. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Member -- Termination

When any surviving spouse of a member shall die or remarry while receiving or being entitled to receive any benefits under any section except section thirty-three of this article, the surviving spouse may not from the date of his or her remarriage, nor may the deceased member's estate from the date of death of the surviving spouse, be entitled to receive any benefits hereunder whatsoever: Provided, That in any case where under the terms of this article benefits are provided for a child or children surviving the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse, payment of benefits to that child or children shall be calculated for payment from the date the surviving spouse dies or remarries.
WV Code § 15-2-34 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-34. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Employee When the Employee Dies From Nonservice-Connected Causes

(a) If an employee of the agency, before having completed twenty years of service as an employee of the agency, dies from any cause other than those specified in this article and not due to vicious habits, intemperance or willful misconduct on his or her part, there shall be paid annually in equal monthly installments from the fund to the surviving spouse of the employee during his or her lifetime, or until such time as the surviving spouse remarries, a sum equal to two and three-quarters percent of the total salary which would have been earned by the employee during twenty-five years of service with the agency based on his or her average earnings while employed with the agency. If there is no surviving spouse, or the surviving spouse dies or remarries, there shall be paid monthly to each dependent child or children from the fund, a sum equal to twenty-five percent of the surviving spouse's entitlement. If there is no surviving spouse and no dependent child or children, there shall be paid annually in equal monthly installments from the fund to the dependent parents of the deceased employee during their joint lifetimes, a sum equal to the amount which a surviving spouse would have been entitled to receive: Provided, That when there is only one dependent parent surviving, that parent is entitled to receive during his or her lifetime one-half the amount which both parents, if living, would have been entitled to receive.(b) A surviving spouse or dependent meeting the requirements of this section is entitled to receive beneficiary payments on the first day following the date the deceased employee is removed from payroll by the agency. Upon receipt of properly executed forms from the agency and the surviving spouse or dependent, the board shall process the surviving spouse or dependent benefit as soon as administratively feasible.(c) For the purposes of this section, the term "salary" does not include compensation paid for overtime service.
WV Code § 15-2-35 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-35. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Retirant or After an Employee Serves Twenty Years

(a) When any employee of the agency has completed twenty years of service or longer as an employee of the agency and has died or dies from any cause or causes other than those specified in this article before having been retired by the board, and when a retirant has died or dies after having been retired by the board under the provisions of this article, there shall be paid annually in equal monthly installments from the fund to the surviving spouse of the employee or retirant during the lifetime or until remarriage of the surviving spouse, an amount equal to three-fourths the retirement benefits the deceased retirant was receiving or would have been entitled to receive while in status of retirement, or would have been entitled to receive to the same effect as if the employee had been retired under the provisions of this article immediately prior to the time of his or her death and in no event to be less than $5,000, unless otherwise required under this article, and in addition the surviving spouse shall be entitled to receive and shall be paid from the fund the sum of $100 monthly for each dependent child or children. If the surviving spouse dies or remarries or if there is no surviving spouse, there shall be paid monthly from the fund to each dependent child or children of the deceased employee or retirant a sum equal to twenty-five percent of the surviving spouse's entitlement. If there is no surviving spouse or no surviving spouse eligible to receive benefits and no dependent child or children, there shall be paid annually in equal monthly installments from the fund to the dependent parents of the deceased employee or retirant during their joint lifetimes a sum equal to the amount which a surviving spouse without children would have been entitled to receive: Provided, That when there is only one dependent parent surviving, the parent shall be entitled to receive during his or her lifetime one-half the amount which both parents, if living, would have been entitled to receive.(b) A surviving spouse or dependent of an employee meeting the requirements of this section is entitled to receive beneficiary payments on the first day following the date the deceased employee is removed from payroll by the agency. A surviving spouse or dependent of a retirant meeting the requirements of this section is entitled to receive beneficiary payments on the first day of the month following the date of the deceased retirant's death. Upon receipt of properly executed forms from the agency and the surviving spouse or dependent, the board shall process the surviving spouse or dependent benefit as soon as administratively feasible.
WV Code § 15-2-35a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-35a. Authority to Continue Payments to Certain Dependents

The board may continue payments of a surviving spouse's entitlement in full to any dependent children who continue to be dependent by reason of mental or physical incapacity as determined by the board notwithstanding the age of the dependent child or other provisions of this article.
WV Code § 15-2-36 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-36. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Member -- Termination

When any surviving spouse of a member shall die or remarry while receiving or being entitled to receive any benefits under any section except section thirty-three of this article, such surviving spouse shall not from the date of such remarriage, nor shall the estate from the date of death of such surviving spouse be entitled to receive any benefits hereunder whatsoever: Provided, That in any case where under the terms of this article benefits are provided for a child or children surviving the death or remarriage of such surviving spouse, payment of such benefits to such child or children shall be calculated for payment from the date such surviving spouse shall die or remarry.
WV Code § 15-2-38 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-38. Refund to Dependents Upon Death of Member Not Eligible for Benefits

If any member dies and the board is of the opinion after hearing that the dependent or dependents of the member are ineligible under the provisions of this article to receive any of the benefits provided herein, the board shall refund to the spouse, if surviving, but if not surviving, to the children of the member, and if there is no surviving spouse or children, to the dependent parents, a sum equal to the aggregate of the principal amount of all moneys deducted from the salary of the member and paid into the fund. If there is no surviving spouse or children or dependent parent or parents, then a sum equal to the aggregate of the principal amount of all moneys deducted from the salary of the member and paid into the fund will be paid to the member's estate. Whenever a refund is made to the surviving spouse or other dependents of the deceased member, the surviving spouse or other dependents shall not be entitled to any other rights or benefits from the fund.
WV Code § 15-2-39 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-39. Dependent Child or Children

In any case where under the terms of this article benefits are provided for dependent child or children, the benefits shall be paid for so long as they continue to meet the qualifications provided under the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 15-2-39a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-39a. Limitations on Benefit Increases

(a) The state shall not increase any existing benefits or create any new benefits for any retirees or beneficiaries currently receiving monthly benefit payments from the system, other than an increase in benefits or new benefits effected by operation of law in effect on the effective date of this article, in an amount that would exceed more than one percent of the accrued actuarial liability of the system as of the last day of the preceding fiscal year as determined in the annual actuarial valuation for the plan completed for the Consolidated Public Retirement Board as of the first day of the following fiscal year as of the date the improvement is adopted by the Legislature.(b) If any increase of existing benefits or creation of new benefits for any retirees or beneficiaries currently receiving monthly benefit payments under the system, other than an increase in benefits or new benefits effected by operation of law in effect on the effective date of this article, causes any additional unfunded actuarial accrued liability in any of the West Virginia state sponsored pension systems as calculated in the annual actuarial valuation for the plan during any fiscal year, the additional unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the system shall be fully amortized over no more than the six consecutive fiscal years following the date the increase in benefits or new benefits become effective as certified by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board. Following the receipt of the certification of additional actuarial accrued liability, the Governor shall submit the amount of the amortization payment each year for the system as part of the annual budget submission or in an executive message to the Legislature. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the computation of annuities or benefits for active members due to retirement, death or disability as provided for in the system shall not be amended in such a manner as to increase any existing benefits or to provide for new benefits.(d) The provisions of this section terminate effective July 1, 2025: Provided, That if bonds are issued pursuant to article eight, chapter twelve of this code, the provisions of this section shall not terminate while any of the bonds are outstanding.
WV Code § 15-2-40 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-40. Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention Created; Members; Quorum; Meetings

There is hereby created within the department of public safety the commission on drunk driving prevention which shall consist of eight members as follows: The superintendent of the department of public safety; the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles; the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner; the Governor's representative for highway safety; a prosecuting attorney appointed by the Governor from a list of three prosecuting attorneys submitted by the prosecuting attorney's association; a county sheriff appointed by the Governor from a list of three county sheriffs submitted by the county sheriff's association; a municipal police officer appointed by the Governor from a list of three officers submitted by the state fraternal order of police; a lay citizen of the state appointed by the Governor, who has demonstrated an interest in the prevention of drunk driving.The superintendent of the department of public safety shall be the chairman, ex officio, of the commission and shall provide the necessary staff and meeting facilities to the commission. The appointed members shall serve for a term of two years and may be reappointed. Any appointed member who ceases to occupy the position which qualifies him for the appointment shall immediately vacate his membership on the commission. Each member shall serve until the appointment of his successor.No member shall receive any compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chairman or of a majority of its members.
WV Code § 15-2-41 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-41. Powers and Duties of Commission; Rule-Making Authority; Monitoring and Reporting

The commission shall have the following powers and duties:(a) Develop and maintain a comprehensive program to prevent drunk driving and to enhance the enforcement of laws defining drunk driving offenses.(b) Inquire and determine from state and local law- enforcement agencies the availability and need for equipment and additional personnel for the effective enforcement of laws defining drunk driving offenses.(c) Subject to appropriations of the Legislature, administer the drunk driving prevention fund created by the provisions of section sixteen, article fifteen, chapter eleven of this code by providing grants to state and local law- enforcement agencies for the purchase of equipment or hiring of additional personnel for the effective enforcement of laws defining drunk driving offenses and such other items as the commission may define by legislative rule to be reasonable and necessary.(d) Promulgate rules to guide and administer said fund and to establish procedures and criteria for grants to state and local law-enforcement agencies under this section, in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.(e) Monitor, review and evaluate the expenditure, use and effectiveness of the fund and report to the Legislature annually on the exercise of its powers and duties under this section, including an annual accounting of expenditures and of the grants made under this section.
WV Code § 15-2-42 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-42. Drunk Driving Enforcement Program Established; Purpose

The superintendent of the department shall establish and maintain a drunk driving enforcement program for the purpose of enforcing drunk driving laws in the state, especially the investigation and apprehension of persons driving illegally on previously revoked or suspended operators' licenses for drunk driving related offenses. The superintendent shall develop a program in cooperation with local law-enforcement agencies to accomplish this purpose.
WV Code § 15-2-43 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-43. Awarding Service Revolver Upon Retirement and Disposal of Service Weapon When Replaced Due to Routine Wear

(a) Upon the retirement of a member of the West Virginia state police, the superintendent shall award to the retiring member his or her service revolver, without charge, upon determining:(1) That the retiring member is retiring honorably with at least twenty years of service; or(2) Such retiring member is retiring with less than twenty years of service based upon a determination that such member is totally physically disabled as a result of his or her service with the West Virginia state police.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the superintendent may not award his or her service revolver to any member whom the superintendent finds to be mentally incapacitated or who constitutes a danger to any person or the community.(c) The disposal of state police service weapons, when replaced due to routine wear, shall not fall under the jurisdiction of the agency for surplus property, within the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration. The superintendent may offer these surplus weapons for sale to any active or retired member of the State Police, at fair market value, with the proceeds from any sales used to offset the cost of the new weapons.
WV Code § 15-2-47 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-47. Federal Qualification Requirements

This retirement system is intended to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as applicable to governmental plans. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the board shall administer the retirement system to fulfill this intent for the exclusive benefit of the members and their beneficiaries. Any provision of this article referencing or relating to these federal qualification requirements shall be effective as of the date required by federal law. The board may promulgate rules and amend or repeal conflicting rules in accordance with the authority granted to the board pursuant to section one, article ten-d of chapter five to assure compliance with this section.
WV Code § 15-2-48 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-48. Specification of Actuarial Assumptions

The board shall specify and adopt all actuarial assumptions for the fund at its first meeting of every calendar year or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, which assumptions shall become part of the terms of the fund.
WV Code § 15-2-49 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 2. West Virginia State Police|§15-2-49. Benefits Not Forfeited if System Terminates

If the fund is terminated or contributions are completely discontinued, the rights of all members to benefits accrued or contributions made to the date of such termination or discontinuance, to the extent then funded, are not forfeited.