The retirement reserve fund is hereby created. It shall be the fund from which shall be paid all annuities payable as provided in this article. If a disability retirant returns to the employ of a participating public employer, his annuity reserve at that time shall be transferred from the retirement reserve fund to the members deposit fund and the employers accumulation fund in the same proportions as the annuity reserve was originally transferred to the retirement reserve fund. The amount so transferred to the members deposit fund shall be credited to his individual account therein.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 5-10-35

  • Annuity: means an annual amount payable by the retirement system throughout the life of a person. See West Virginia Code 5-10-2
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Participating public employer: means the State of West Virginia, any board, commission, department, institution, or spending unit, and includes any agency created by rule of the Supreme Court of Appeals having full-time employees, which for the purposes of this article is considered a department of state government. See West Virginia Code 5-10-2
  • Retirant: means any member who commences an annuity payable by the retirement system. See West Virginia Code 5-10-2
  • Retirement: means a member's withdrawal from the employ of a participating public employer and the commencement of an annuity by the retirement system. See West Virginia Code 5-10-2