The legislative purpose of this enactment is to enable this state, its agencies and political subdivisions, and political subdivisions of counties and municipalities to pick-up and pay the contributions which their employees are by law required to make to the respective retirement system in which the public employee is a member.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 5-10C-1

  • Employee: means any person, whether appointed, elected or under contract, providing services for a public employer for which compensation is paid and who is a member of the applicable retirement system. See West Virginia Code 5-10C-3
  • Member: means any person who has accumulated contributions standing to his or her credit in a retirement system. See West Virginia Code 5-10C-3
  • Retirement system: means , as appropriate: The West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System created in §. See West Virginia Code 5-10C-3
  • 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