# W. Va. Code § 20-18-4: Creation and administration of West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System; specification of actuarial assumptions

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## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 20-18-4
- **Heading:** Creation and administration of West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System; specification of actuarial assumptions
- **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 20 / Article 18 / Section 4

## Text

There is hereby created the West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System. The purpose of this system is to provide for the orderly retirement of Natural Resources Police Officers who become superannuated because of age or permanent disability and to provide certain survivor death benefits, and it is contemplated that substantially all of the members of the retirement system shall be qualified public safety employees as defined in §20-18-2 of this code. The retirement system shall come into effect January 1, 2021: Provided , That if the number of members in the system are fewer than 100 on July 1, 2022, then all of the provisions of this article are void and of no force and effect, and memberships in the plan will be merged into the Public Employees Retirement System created in §5-10-1 et seq. of this code. The retirement system constitutes a body corporate. All business of the system shall be transacted in the name of the West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System. The board shall specify and adopt all actuarial assumptions for the plan at its first meeting of every calendar year or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, which assumptions shall become part of the plan.

## Nearby sections

- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-1 §20-18-1. Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S1.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-2 §20-18-2. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S2.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-3 §20-18-3. Meaning of terms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S3.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-4 §20-18-4. Creation and administration of West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System; specification of actuarial assumptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S4.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-5 §20-18-5. Article to be liberally construed; supplements federal social security; federal qualification requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S5.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-6 §20-18-6. Members.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S6.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-7 §20-18-7. Creation of fund; investments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S7.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-8 §20-18-8. Members' contributions; employer contributions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S8.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-9 §20-18-9. Correction of errors; underpayments; overpayments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S9.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-10 §20-18-10. Transfer from Public Employees Retirement System.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S10.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-11 §20-18-11. Notice requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S11.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-12 §20-18-12. Retirement; commencement of benefits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S12.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-13 §20-18-13. Federal law maximum benefit limitations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S13.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 20-18-14 §20-18-14. Federal law minimum required distributions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A18_S14.md)

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