A retirement system to be known as the "state Teachers Retirement System" is hereby established for the purpose of providing retirement allowances for the teachers of West Virginia.
W. Va. Code § 18-7A-1
Establishment of retirement system
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Flanigan v. W. VA. PUB. EMPLOYEES'RET. SYST. (1986)
Most recently applied in 237 W. Va. 702 - Cynthia Ringel-Williams v. West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board (June 2016)
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