Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 20 > Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions

• Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all amounts deducted from the compensation of a member, or paid on his or her behalf pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Active member: means a member who is active and contributing to the plan. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Board: means the Consolidated Public Retirement Board created pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County commission: has the meaning ascribed to it in §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Covered employment: means either: (1) Employment as a deputy sheriff and the active performance of the duties required of a deputy sheriff. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Credited service: means the sum of a member's years of service, active military duty, disability service, unused annual leave service, and unused sick leave service. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Deputy sheriff: means an individual employed as a county law-enforcement deputy sheriff in this state and as defined by §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Effective date: means July 1, 1998. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Fund: means the West Virginia Deputy Sheriff Retirement Fund created pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Member: means a person first hired as a deputy sheriff after the effective date of this article, as defined in subdivision (u) of this section, or a deputy sheriff first hired prior to the effective date and who elects to become a member pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Plan: means the West Virginia Deputy Sheriff Death, Disability, and Retirement Plan established by this article. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Public Employees Retirement System: means the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System created by §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• retirement: means a member's withdrawal from the employ of a participating public employer and the commencement of an annuity by the plan. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10