The Legislature finds and declares that every retirement plan instituted and created under the laws of this state has from the inception thereof contemplated and each now contemplates that the service rendered by any participating public officer or employee shall at all times be honorable. The Legislature further finds and declares that honorable service is a condition to receiving any pension, annuity, disability payment or any other benefit under a retirement plan.
W. Va. Code § 5-10A-1
Findings and declarations
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In The Matter of: Judge William M. Watkins, III (2013)
Most recently applied in 234 W. Va. 196 - The Board of Education of Webster County v. Dawn J. Hanna (October 2014)
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