West Virginia House Bill 3047 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-12 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to provide that moneys in the West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Retirement Fund are exempt from any state or municipal tax, are not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever with the exception that the benefits or contributions under the system shall be subject to “qualified domestic relations orders,” and are generally unassignable. The bill puts EMS members on equal retirement fund footing as firefighters, deputy sheriffs and other first responders personnel.

Providing that moneys in the West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Retirement Fund are exempt from taxation, garnishment and other process

Del. Zachery Maynard [R]	Del. Ray Hollen [R]	Del. Jeffrey Pack [R]	Del. Michael Angelucci [D]
Del. Daniel Linville [R]	Del. Chad Lovejoy [D]	Del. Rodney Miller [D]	Del. Anthony Paynter [R]
Del. Joe Jeffries [R]	Del. Roland Jennings [R]	Sen. Bennett Queen [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-12	House	To House Judiciary
2019-02-12	House	Introduced in House
2019-02-12	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2019-02-12	House	Filed for introduction

SB288 (Similar To) 2019-01-14 - To Pensions

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	5V	36	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3047&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3047%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3047