RCW 41.54.010 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Base salary” means salaries or wages earned by a member of a system during a payroll period for personal services and includes wages and salaries deferred under provisions of the United States internal revenue code, but […]
RCW 41.54.020 Benefits under prior retirement systems—Restoration of contributions. (1) Those persons who are dual members on or after July 1, 1988, shall not receive a retirement benefit from any prior system while dual members without the loss of all benefits under this chapter. Retroactive retirement in any prior system will cancel membership in any […]
RCW 41.54.030 Calculation of service retirement allowance. (1) A dual member may combine service in all systems for the purpose of: (a) Determining the member’s eligibility to receive a service retirement allowance; and (b) Qualifying for a benefit under RCW 41.26.530(2), 41.32.840(2), 41.35.620, or 41.40.790. (2) A dual member who is eligible to retire under […]
RCW 41.54.032 Calculation of disability retirement allowance. (1) If a dual member becomes disabled, the member’s service in all systems may be combined for the sole purpose of determining the member’s eligibility to receive a disability retirement allowance from the member’s current system. (2) The member’s current system shall use its own criteria to: (a) […]
RCW 41.54.034 Calculation of surviving spouse’s death benefit. (1) If a dual member dies in service in any system, the member’s service in all systems may be combined for the sole purpose of determining the surviving spouse’s eligibility to receive a death benefit from each of the member’s current and prior systems. (2) Each system […]
RCW 41.54.040 Payment of retirement allowance and postretirement adjustments—Death benefit. (1) The allowances calculated under RCW 41.54.030, 41.54.032, and 41.54.034 shall be paid separately by each respective current and prior system. Any deductions from such separate payments shall be according to the provisions of the respective systems. (2) Postretirement adjustments, if any, shall be applied […]
RCW 41.54.070 Benefits under chapter—Minimum and maximum. (1) The benefit granted by this chapter shall not result in a total benefit less than would have been received absent such benefit. (2) The total sum of the retirement allowances received under this chapter shall not exceed the largest amount the dual member would receive if all […]
RCW 41.54.080 Benefits under chapter—Contractual rights not established. The benefits provided under RCW 41.54.010 through 41.54.070 are not provided to employees as a matter of contractual right and the legislature retains the right to alter or abolish these benefits at any time prior to a member’s retirement. [ 1987 c 192 § 8.]
RCW 41.54.090 Benefits under chapter—Lump sum payment. (1) The systems may pay a dual member a lump sum payment in lieu of a monthly benefit if the initial monthly benefit computed in accordance with RCW 41.54.030 would be less than fifty dollars. The lump sum payment shall be the greater of the actuarial equivalent of […]
RCW 41.54.100 Transfer of membership under chapter 341, Laws of 1998—Benefits not diminished. Persons who were members of the public employees’ retirement system plan 2 prior to September 1, 2000, and were transferred or mandated into membership pursuant to chapter 341, Laws of 1998 shall suffer no diminution of benefits guaranteed to public employees’ retirement […]
RCW 41.54.900 Effective dates—1987 c 192. (1) Section 5 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect on July 1, 1987. (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect on July […]
RCW 41.54.901 Effective date—1988 c 195. This act shall take effect July 1, 1988. [ 1988 c 195 § 7.]
RCW 41.54.902 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships […]
