RCW 41.16.010 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, unless clearly indicated by the context, words and phrases shall have the following meaning: (1) “Beneficiary” shall mean any person or persons designated by a firefighter in a writing filed with the board, and who shall be entitled to receive any benefits of a deceased firefighter […]
RCW 41.16.020 Pension board created—Members—Terms—Vacancies—Officers—Quorum. (1) There is hereby created in each city and town a municipal firefighters’ pension board to consist of the following five members, ex officio, the mayor, or in a city of the first class, the mayor or a designated representative who shall be an elected official of the city, who […]
RCW 41.16.030 Meetings. The board shall meet at least once quarterly, the date to be fixed by regulation of the board, at such other regular times as may be fixed by a regulation of the board; and at any time upon call of the chairperson, of which due advance notice shall be given the other […]
RCW 41.16.040 Powers and duties. The board shall have such general powers as are vested in it by the provisions of this chapter, and in addition thereto, the power to: (1) Generally supervise and control the administration of this chapter and the firefighters’ pension fund created hereby. (2) Pass upon and allow or disallow all […]
RCW 41.16.050 Firefighters’ pension fund—How constituted. There is hereby created and established in the treasury of each municipality a fund which shall be known and designated as the firefighters’ pension fund, which shall consist of: (1) All bequests, fees, gifts, emoluments, or donations given or paid thereto; (2) twenty-five percent of all moneys received by […]
RCW 41.16.060 Tax levy for fund. (1) It is the duty of the legislative authority of each municipality, each year as a part of its annual tax levy, to levy and place in the fund a tax of twenty-two and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value against all the taxable property of such […]
RCW 41.16.070 Contributions by firefighters. (1) Every firefighter employed on and after January 1, 1947, shall contribute to the fund and there shall be deducted from his or her pay and placed in the fund an amount in accordance with the following table: Firefighter whose age at last birthday Contributions and at […]
RCW 41.16.080 Retirement for service. Any firefighter employed in a fire department on and before the first day of January, 1947, hereinafter in this section and RCW 41.16.090 to 41.16.190 inclusive, referred to as “firefighter,” and who shall have served twenty-five or more years and having attained the age of fifty-five years, as a member […]
RCW 41.16.090 Limit of pension. All pensioners receiving a pension under the provisions of this chapter as provided for in section 12, chapter 91, Laws of 1947 and RCW 41.16.230, shall from and after April 25, 1973 receive a minimum pension of three hundred dollars per month. [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 181 § 1; […]
RCW 41.16.100 Payment on death of retired firefighter. The widow or widower, child, children or beneficiary of any firefighter retired under this chapter shall receive an amount equal to his or her accumulated contributions to the fund, plus earned interest thereon compounded semiannually: PROVIDED, That there shall be deducted from said sum the amount paid […]
RCW 41.16.110 Payment on death of eligible pensioner before retirement. Whenever any firefighter shall die while eligible to retirement on account of years of service, and shall not have been retired, benefits shall be paid in accordance with RCW 41.16.100. [ 2007 c 218 § 26; 1959 c 5 § 5; 1957 c 82 § […]
RCW 41.16.120 Payment on death in line of duty. Whenever any active firefighter or firefighter retired for disability shall die as the result of an accident or other fortuitous event occurring while in the performance of his or her duty, his widow or her widower may elect to accept a monthly pension equal to one-half […]
RCW 41.16.130 Payment upon disablement in line of duty. (1) Any firefighter who shall become disabled as a result of the performance of his or her duty or duties as defined in this chapter, may be retired at the expiration of six months from the date of his or her disability, upon his or her […]
RCW 41.16.140 Payment upon disablement not in line of duty. Any firefighter who has served more than fifteen years and sustains a disability not in the performance of his or her duty which renders him or her unable to continue his or her service, shall within sixty days exercise his or her choice either to […]
RCW 41.16.145 Annual increase in benefits payable on retirement for service, death in line of duty, and disability—Appeals. The amount of all benefits payable under the provisions of RCW 41.16.080, 41.16.120, 41.16.130, 41.16.140 and 41.16.230 shall be increased annually as hereafter in this section provided. The local pension board shall meet subsequent to March 31st […]
RCW 41.16.150 Payment on separation from service. (1) Any firefighter who has served twenty years or more and who shall resign or be dismissed, shall have the option of receiving all his or her contributions plus earned interest compounded semiannually, or a monthly pension in the amount of his or her average monthly salary times […]
RCW 41.16.160 Payment on death not in line of duty. Whenever any firefighter, after four years of service, shall die from natural causes, or from an injury not sustained in the performance of his or her duty and for which no pension is provided in this chapter, and who has not been retired on account […]
RCW 41.16.170 Payment on death of firefighter with no dependents. Whenever a firefighter dies leaving no widow or widower or children, the amount of his or her accumulated contributions, plus accrued compounded interest only, shall be paid his or her beneficiary. [ 2007 c 218 § 33; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 67; 1959 […]
RCW 41.16.180 Funeral expense. Upon the death of any active firefighter, firefighter who is disabled, or retired firefighter, the board shall pay from the fund the sum of two hundred dollars to assist in defraying the funeral expenses of such firefighter. [ 2007 c 218 § 34; 1959 c 5 § 12; 1957 c 82 […]
RCW 41.16.190 Waiting period—Disability retirement. No firefighter disabled in the performance of duty shall receive a pension until six months has elapsed after such disability was sustained. Therefore, whenever the retirement board, pursuant to examination by the board’s physician and such other evidence as it may require, shall find a firefighter has been disabled while […]
