RCW 41.40.005 Provisions applicable to “plan 1,” “plan 2,” and “plan 3.” RCW 41.40.010 through * 41.40.112 shall apply to members of plan 1, plan 2, and plan 3. [ 2000 c 247 § 101; 1992 c 72 § 8; 1991 c 35 § 69; 1989 c 273 § 20; 1989 c 272 § 7; […]
RCW 41.40.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: (1) “Accumulated contributions” means the sum of all contributions standing to the credit of a member in the member’s individual account, including any amount paid under RCW 41.50.165(2), together with the regular interest thereon. (2) “Actuarial equivalent” […]
RCW 41.40.015 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 […]
RCW 41.40.020 System created—Administration. A state employees’ retirement system is hereby created for the employees of the state of Washington and its political subdivisions. The administration and management of the retirement system, the responsibility for making effective the provisions of this chapter, and the authority to make all rules and regulations necessary therefor are hereby […]
RCW 41.40.023 Membership. Membership in the retirement system shall consist of all regularly compensated employees and appointive and elective officials of employers, as defined in this chapter, with the following exceptions: (1) Persons in ineligible positions; (2) Employees of the legislature except the officers thereof elected by the members of the senate and the house […]
RCW 41.40.025 Membership in system—Charter school employers and employees. This section designates charter schools established under chapter 28A.710 RCW as employers and charter school employees as members, and applies only if the department of retirement systems receives determinations from the internal revenue service and the United States department of labor that participation does not jeopardize […]
RCW 41.40.028 Nonelective position employees employed for at least nine months—Deemed in eligible position, when. Any person who has been employed in a nonelective position for at least nine months and who has made member contributions required under this chapter throughout such period, shall be deemed to have been in an eligible position during such […]
RCW 41.40.034 Purchase of additional service credit—Costs—Rules. (1) A member eligible to retire under RCW 41.40.180, 41.40.630, or 41.40.820 may, at the time of filing a written application for retirement with the department, apply to the department to make a one-time purchase of up to five years of additional service credit. (2) To purchase additional […]
RCW 41.40.035 Service credit prohibited for certain members of committees, boards, and commissions and for certain appointive and elective officials. (1) No person appointed to membership on any committee, board, or commission on or after July 1, 1976, who is compensated for service on such committee, board, or commission for fewer than ten days or […]
RCW 41.40.037 Service by retirees—Break in employment requirement—Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment—Reestablishment of membership. (1)(a) If a retiree enters employment with an employer sooner than one calendar month after his or her accrual date, the retiree’s monthly retirement allowance will be reduced by five and one-half percent for every eight hours worked during that […]
RCW 41.40.038 Duty disability retirement recipients—Continued service credit. Those members subject to this chapter who became disabled in the line of duty on or after March 27, 1984, and who received or are receiving benefits under Title 51 RCW or a similar federal workers’ compensation program shall receive or continue to receive service credit subject […]
RCW 41.40.042 Members agree to deductions. The deductions from the compensation of members, provided for in RCW 41.40.330, 41.45.060, 41.45.061, or 41.45.067, shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided for by law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and […]
RCW 41.40.048 Employer’s contribution—Computation—Billing. (1) The director shall report to each employer the contribution rates required for the ensuing biennium or fiscal year, whichever is applicable. (2) Beginning September 1, 1990, the amount to be collected as the employer’s contribution shall be computed by applying the applicable rates established in chapter 41.45 RCW to the […]
RCW 41.40.052 Exemption from taxation and judicial process—Exceptions—Assignability—Deductions authorized. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or retirement allowance, any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, the various funds created by […]
RCW 41.40.054 Disability retirement—Criminal conduct. A member shall not receive a disability retirement benefit under RCW 41.40.200, 41.40.220, 41.40.230, 41.40.235, 41.40.250, 41.40.670, or 41.40.825 if the disability is the result of criminal conduct by the member committed after April 21, 1997. [ 2000 c 247 § 104; 1997 c 103 § 3.] NOTES: Severability—Effective date—1997 […]
RCW 41.40.055 Penalty for false statements. Any person who shall knowingly make any false statements, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud the retirement system as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. [ 1947 c […]
RCW 41.40.056 Establishment of service credit—Former employees—Employers admitted before July 23, 1995. Except as qualified by RCW 41.40.023, for employers that were admitted into the retirement system before July 23, 1995, membership service may be established for the employer’s former employees who are active members of the system if the member or member’s former employer […]
RCW 41.40.057 Establishment of service credit—Current and former employees—Employers admitted after July 23, 1995. (1) This section applies to the establishment of membership service with employers admitted to the retirement system after July 23, 1995. (2) For current employees, membership service may be established for periods of employment with an employer prior to the employer’s […]
RCW 41.40.058 Transfer of service credit from statewide city employees’ retirement system. (1) Any person who was a member of the statewide city employees’ retirement system governed by chapter 41.44 RCW and who also became a member of this retirement system on or before July 26, 1987, may, in a writing filed with the director, […]
RCW 41.40.059 Credit for service in Seattle’s police relief and pension fund system. Any active member of this retirement system who has previously established ten or more years’ service credit in the city of Seattle’s police relief and pension fund system, who withdrew his or her contributions from Seattle’s police relief and pension fund system […]
