Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 22 > Part 6 - Notice of Proceeding for Adoption

• Active military duty: means full-time active duty with any branch of the armed forces of the United States, including service with the National Guard or reserve military forces when the member has been called to active full-time duty and has received no compensation during the period of that duty from any board or employer other than the armed forces. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Board: means the Consolidated Public Retirement Board created pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Fund: means the West Virginia Deputy Sheriff Retirement Fund created pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• 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
• 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: means a state of the United States, or the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See West Virginia Code 48-14-601