West Virginia · statute · W. Va. Code ch. 5H · 3 active provisions
(a) This article is known as the "West Virginia Emergency Responders Survivor Benefit Act. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the payment of survivor benefits to the surviving spouse, designated beneficiary, children, or parents of firefighters, EMS personnel, law-enforcement agency personnel, and D…
(a) Terms. — For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Emergency responder" means a paid or volunteer firefighter, EMS personnel, law-enforcement agency personnel, or Division of Forestry personnel. (2) "Emergency response duties" means: (A) For a firefighter, EMS provider,…
(a) The effective date for this act is January 1, 2007. The operation of the amendments to this article enacted during the year 2012 shall be effective retroactively to January 1, 2012. (b) The operation of the amendments to this article enacted during the 2018 First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature shall be ef…