RCW 41.44.010 Title of chapter. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Statewide City Employees’ Retirement System Law”. [ 1947 c 71 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9592-130.] NOTES: Severability—1947 c 71: “If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, […]
RCW 41.44.020 Purpose of chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for an actuarially sound system for the payment of annuities and other benefits to officers and employees and to beneficiaries of officers and employees of cities and towns thereby enabling such employees to provide for themselves and their dependents in case of […]
RCW 41.44.030 Terms defined. As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: (1) “Accumulated additional contributions” means the sum of all “additional contributions” made by a member standing to the credit of the individual account, together with regular interest thereon. (2) “Accumulated normal contributions” means the sum of […]
RCW 41.44.040 System created—Operative date. A retirement system is hereby authorized for employees of cities, same to become operative after the requisite city or cities or combination thereof, have signified their intention to participate in the retirement system and the board has been appointed and qualified as herein provided. The board may begin to function, […]
RCW 41.44.050 Election to participate. Any city or town may elect to participate in the retirement system established by this chapter: PROVIDED, That a first-class city may establish or maintain any other retirement system authorized by any other law or its charter. The manner of election to participate in a retirement system under this chapter […]
RCW 41.44.060 Persons excluded. Police officers in first-class cities and all city firefighters shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter, except those employees of the fire department who are not eligible to the benefits of any firefighters’ pension system established by or pursuant to state law, and who shall be included in the […]
RCW 41.44.070 Board of trustees. (1) The board of trustees shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be the state insurance commissioner, ex officio; three elective city officials eligible to the benefits of the system who shall be appointed by the governor from a list of six city officials submitted by the executive […]
RCW 41.44.080 Powers and duties of board—Compensation—Liability. The administration of the system is hereby vested in the board of trustees created in RCW 41.44.070 of this chapter and the board shall: (1) Keep in convenient form such data as shall be deemed necessary for actuarial valuation purposes; (2) From time to time, through its actuary, […]
RCW 41.44.090 Contributions by cities—Withdrawal from system. (1) There shall be paid into the retirement fund by contributions of each city the amounts necessary to pay the following: (a) Contributions equal to those deposited by employees; (b) Prior service credits at such rate as may be selected; (c) That part of a retirement allowance necessary […]
RCW 41.44.100 Retirement fund—Deposit—Investment—Cost. (1) A fund is hereby created and established to be known as the “statewide city employees retirement fund,” and shall consist of all moneys paid into it in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, whether such moneys shall take the form of cash, securities, or other assets: PROVIDED, That such […]
RCW 41.44.105 Supplemental benefits fund. (1) The board of trustees shall establish, in addition to the several benefits provided for, an additional and separate fund to be known as the “supplemental benefits fund” to provide for the payment of supplemental benefits, as hereinafter provided for employees of municipalities electing to participate in said fund. (2) […]
RCW 41.44.110 Membership. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, membership of this retirement system shall be composed of the following groups of employees in any participating city or cities: (a) Miscellaneous personnel as defined in this chapter; (b) Uniformed personnel as defined in this chapter; (c) Elective officials, who shall have the right […]
RCW 41.44.120 Prior service credit. (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) of this section the following members shall be entitled to prior service credit: (a) Each member in service on the effective date. (b) Each member entering after the effective date if such entry is within one year after rendering service prior to the […]
RCW 41.44.130 Contributions by employees. (1) The normal rates of contribution of members shall be based on sex and age at time of entry into the system, which age shall be the age at the birthday nearest the date of such entry. (2) The normal rates of contribution for miscellaneous personnel shall be so fixed […]
RCW 41.44.140 Retirement for service. Retirement of a member for service shall be made by the board as follows: (1) Each member included in the miscellaneous personnel in service on the effective date, who, on or before such effective date, has attained the age of sixty-five years or over shall be compulsorily retired forthwith: PROVIDED, […]
RCW 41.44.150 Allowance on retirement for service. (1) A member upon retirement for service, shall receive a retirement allowance subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, which shall consist of: (a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated normal contributions at the time of his or […]
RCW 41.44.160 Retirement for disability. Any member who has at least ten years of creditable service within the fifteen years immediately preceding retirement and has not attained the age of sixty-five years, or who attains or has attained the age of sixty-five years prior to two years after the effective date, may be retired by […]
RCW 41.44.170 Allowance on retirement for disability. On retirement for permanent and total disability not incurred in line of duty a member shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated normal contributions; and (2) A pension provided by the contributions […]
RCW 41.44.180 Examination of disability beneficiary—Reentry. (1) The board may, at its pleasure, require any disability beneficiary under age sixty-two in the miscellaneous personnel and under age fifty-five in the uniformed personnel to undergo medical examination by medical authority designated by the board. Upon the basis of such examination the board shall determine whether such […]
RCW 41.44.190 Withdrawal from system—Reentry—Payment on death of member. (1) Should service of a member of the miscellaneous personnel be discontinued except by death or retirement, he or she shall be paid six months after the day of discontinuance such part of his or her accumulated contributions as he or she shall demand. Six months […]
