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WA Rev Code § 41.32.032 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.032 - Membership in system—Service credit of educational staff associates.

RCW 41.32.032 Membership in system—Service credit of educational staff associates.(1) Any teacher, as defined under RCW 41.32.010, who is first employed by a public school on or after June 7, 1984, shall become a member of the retirement system if otherwise eligible.(2) Any person who before June 7, 1984, has established service credit under chapter 41.40 RCW while employed in an educational staff associate position and who is employed in such a position on or after June 7, 1984, has the following options:(a) To remain a member of the public employees' retirement system notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 41.32.240 or 41.32.780; or(b) To irrevocably elect to join the retirement system under this chapter and to receive service credit for previous periods of employment in any position included under RCW 41.32.010. This service credit and corresponding employee contribution shall be computed as though the person had then been a member of the retirement system under this chapter. All employee contributions credited to a member under chapter 41.40 RCW for service now to be credited to the retirement system under this chapter shall be transferred to the system and the member shall not receive any credit nor enjoy any rights under chapter 41.40 RCW for those periods of service. The member shall pay any difference between the employee contributions made under chapter 41.40 RCW and transferred under this subsection and what would have been required under this chapter, including interest as set by the director. The member shall be given until July 1, 1989, to make the irrevocable election permitted under this section. The election shall be made by submitting written notification as required by the department requesting credit under this section and by remitting any necessary proof of service or payments within the time set by the department.Any person, not employed as an educational staff associate on June 7, 1984, may, before June 30 of the fifth school year after that person's return to employment as a teacher, request and establish membership and credit under this subsection.[ 1995 c 239 § 103; 1992 c 212 § 17; 1991 c 35 § 39; 1984 c 256 § 2. Formerly RCW 41.32.242.]NOTES:Intent—Purpose—1995 c 239: See note following RCW 41.32.831.Effective date—Part and subchapter headings not law—1995 c 239: See notes following RCW 41.32.005.Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.Benefits not contractual right until date specified: RCW 41.34.100.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.033 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.033 - Membership in system—Charter school employers and employees.

RCW 41.32.033 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 the status of these retirement systems as governmental plans under the federal employees' retirement income security act and the internal revenue code.[ 2016 c 241 § 133. Prior: 2013 c 2 § 303 (Initiative Measure No. 1240, approved November 6, 2012).]NOTES:Effective date—2016 c 241: See RCW 28A.710.901.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.035 - Employer contribution rates—Computation and payment.

RCW 41.32.035 Employer contribution rates—Computation and payment.The amount paid by each employer shall be computed by applying the rates established under chapter 41.45 RCW to the total earnable compensation of the employer's members as shown on the current payrolls of the employer. The employer's contribution shall be paid at the end of each month in the amount due for that month, except as provided in RCW 41.32.013.[ 1990 c 274 § 8; 1989 c 273 § 18; 1984 c 236 § 3. Formerly RCW 41.32.403.]NOTES:Findings—Effective date—Construction—1990 c 274: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.Effective date—1984 c 236: "This act shall take effect September 1, 1985. However, rules necessary for the implementation of this act may be promulgated by appropriate state agencies prior to the effective date." [ 1984 c 236 § 6.]Severability—1984 c 236: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1984 c 236 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.042 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.042 - Validity of deductions—Interest.

RCW 41.32.042 Validity of deductions—Interest.The deductions from salaries of members of the retirement system for their contributions to the system are not considered diminution of pay and every member is conclusively presumed to consent thereto as a condition of employment. All contributions to the member reserve shall be credited to the individual for whose account the deductions from salary were made. Regular interest shall be credited to each member's account at least annually.[ 1992 c 212 § 9; 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 13; 1947 c 80 § 46; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-65. Prior: 1941 c 97 § 5, part; 1939 c 86 § 5, part; 1937 c 221 § 6, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4995-6, part. Formerly RCW 41.32.460.]NOTES:Effective dates—1982 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 2.10.180.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.044 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.044 - Retired teacher may reenter system—Benefit limitations.

RCW 41.32.044 Retired teacher may reenter system—Benefit limitations.A retired teacher upon returning to service in the public schools of Washington may elect to again become a member of the retirement system: PROVIDED, That if such a retired teacher elects to be restored to membership he or she must establish two full years of service credit before he or she will be eligible to retire under the provision of a formula other than the one in effect at the time of his or her previous retirement: PROVIDED FURTHER, That where any such right to again retire is exercised to become effective before a member has established two full years of service credit he or she may elect to retire only under the provisions of the formula in effect at the time of his or her previous retirement: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That this section shall not apply to any individual who has returned to service and is presently in service on *the effective date of this 1973 amendatory act.[ 2012 c 117 § 56; 1973 2nd ex.s. c 32 § 5; 1947 c 80 § 58; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-77. Formerly RCW 41.32.580.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: "the effective date of this 1973 amendatory act," because of the emergency clause footnoted to RCW 41.32.310, is September 27, 1973, the date of approval by the governor.Emergency—Severability—1973 2nd ex.s. c 32: See notes following RCW 41.32.310.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.053 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.053 - Death benefit—Course of employment—Occupational disease or infection.

RCW 41.32.053 Death benefit—Course of employment—Occupational disease or infection.(1) A one hundred fifty thousand dollar death benefit shall be paid to the member's estate, or such person or persons, trust or organization as the member has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the department. If no such designated person or persons are still living at the time of the member's death, the member's death benefit shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse as if in fact the spouse had been nominated by written designation, or if there is no surviving spouse, then to the member's legal representatives.(2) The benefit under this section shall be paid only where death occurs as a result of (a) injuries sustained in the course of employment; or (b) an occupational disease or infection that arises naturally and proximately out of employment covered under this chapter. The determination of eligibility for the benefit shall be made consistent with Title 51 RCW by the department of labor and industries. The department of labor and industries shall notify the department of retirement systems by order under RCW 51.52.050.[ 2007 c 487 § 3; 2003 c 402 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.054 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.054 - Disability retirement—Criminal conduct.

RCW 41.32.054 Disability retirement—Criminal conduct.A member shall not receive a disability retirement benefit under RCW 41.32.540, 41.32.550, 41.32.790, or 41.32.880 if the disability is the result of criminal conduct by the member committed after April 21, 1997.[ 1997 c 103 § 2.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—1997 c 103: See notes following RCW 41.26.061.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.055 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.055 - Falsification—Penalty.

RCW 41.32.055 Falsification—Penalty.(1) Any person who shall knowingly make false statements or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the retirement system, except under subsection (2) of this section, in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act, is guilty of a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.(2) Any person who shall knowingly make false statements or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the retirement systems related to a member's separation from service and qualification for a retirement allowance under RCW 41.32.480 in any attempt to defraud that system as a result of such an act, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2007 c 50 § 2; 2003 c 53 § 218; 1947 c 80 § 67; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-86. Prior: 1937 c 221 § 10. Formerly RCW 41.32.670.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.062 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.062 - Effect of certain accumulated vacation leave on retirement benefits.

RCW 41.32.062 Effect of certain accumulated vacation leave on retirement benefits.RCW 43.01.044 shall not result in any increase in retirement benefits. The rights extended to state officers and employees under RCW 43.01.044 are not intended to and shall not have any effect on retirement benefits under this chapter.[ 1983 c 283 § 3. Formerly RCW 41.32.850.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.063 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.063 - Benefit calculation—Limitation.

RCW 41.32.063 Benefit calculation—Limitation.(1) The annual compensation taken into account in calculating retiree benefits under this system shall not exceed the limits imposed by section 401(a)(17) of the federal internal revenue code for qualified trusts.(2) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.[ 1995 c 145 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.064 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.064 - Establishing, restoring service credit.

RCW 41.32.064 Establishing, restoring service credit.Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, persons who fail to:(1) Establish allowable membership service not previously credited;(2) Restore all or a part of that previously credited membership service represented by withdrawn contributions; or(3) Restore service credit represented by a lump sum payment in lieu of benefits, before the deadline established by statute, may do so under the conditions set forth in RCW 41.50.165.[ 1998 c 17 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.0641 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.0641 - Disabled in the line of duty—Continuation of service credit—Conditions.

RCW 41.32.0641 Disabled in the line of duty—Continuation of service credit—Conditions.Those members subject to this chapter who became disabled in the line of duty 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 to the following:(1) No member may receive more than one month's service credit in a calendar month.(2) No service credit under this section may be allowed after a member separates or is separated without leave of absence.(3) Employer contributions shall be paid by the employer at the rate in effect for the period of the service credited.(4) Employee contributions shall be collected by the employer and paid to the department at the rate in effect for the period of service credited.(5) Contributions shall be based on the regular compensation which the member would have received had the disability not occurred. If contribution payments are made retroactively, interest shall be charged at the rate set by the director on both employee and employer contributions. Service credit shall not be granted until the employee contribution has been paid.(6) The service and compensation credit shall not be granted for a period to exceed twenty-four consecutive months.(7) Should the legislature revoke the service credit authorized under this section or repeal this section, no affected employee is entitled to receive the credit as a matter of contractual right.[ 2007 c 49 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.065 - Election to use out-of-state service credit to calculate time at which the member may retire.

RCW 41.32.065 Election to use out-of-state service credit to calculate time at which the member may retire.A member who has not purchased service credit under the provisions of RCW 41.32.813 or 41.32.868 may elect under this section to apply service credit earned in an out-of-state retirement system that covers teachers in public schools solely for the purpose of determining the time at which the member may retire. The benefit shall be actuarially reduced to recognize the difference between the age a member would have first been able to retire based on service in the state of Washington and the member's retirement age.[ 2006 c 257 § 3; 1991 c 278 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2006 c 257: See note following RCW 41.32.813.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.066 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.066 - Purchase of additional service credit—Costs—Rules.

RCW 41.32.066 Purchase of additional service credit—Costs—Rules.(1) A member eligible to retire under RCW 41.32.480, 41.32.765, or 41.32.875 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 service credit under this section, a member shall pay the actuarial equivalent value of the resulting increase in the member's benefit.(3) Subject to rules adopted by the department, a member purchasing additional service credit under this section may pay all or part of the cost with a lump sum payment, eligible rollover, direct rollover, or trustee-to-trustee transfer from an eligible retirement plan. The department shall adopt rules to ensure that all lump sum payments, rollovers, and transfers comply with the requirements of the internal revenue code and regulations adopted by the internal revenue service. The rules adopted by the department may condition the acceptance of a rollover or transfer from another plan on the receipt of information necessary to enable the department to determine the eligibility of any transferred funds for tax-free rollover treatment or other treatment under federal income tax law.(4) Additional service credit purchased under this section is not membership service and shall be used exclusively to provide the member with a monthly annuity that is paid in addition to the member's retirement allowance.[ 2006 c 214 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—2006 c 214: See note following RCW 41.40.034.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.067 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.067 - Purchase of additional benefits—Conditions.

RCW 41.32.067 Purchase of additional benefits—Conditions.A member may purchase additional benefits subject to the following:(1) The member shall pay all reasonable administrative and clerical costs; and(2) The member shall make a member reserve contribution to be actuarially converted to a monthly benefit at the time of retirement.[ 1992 c 212 § 13; 1991 c 278 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.068 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.068 - Postretirement employment options.

RCW 41.32.068 Postretirement employment options.In addition to the postretirement employment options available in RCW 41.32.802 or 41.32.862, a teacher in plan 2 or plan 3 who has retired under the alternate early retirement provisions of RCW 41.32.765(3)(b) or 41.32.875(3)(b) may be employed with an employer for up to eight hundred sixty-seven hours per calendar year without suspension of his or her benefit, provided that: (1) The retired teacher reenters employment more than one calendar month after his or her accrual date and after June 9, 2016; (2) the retired teacher is employed in a nonadministrative capacity.[ 2019 c 295 § 307; 2016 c 233 § 7.]NOTES:Effective date—Findings—Intent—2019 c 295: See notes following RCW 28A.310.235.Findings—Intent—2019 c 295: See notes following RCW 28B.10.033.Intent—2019 c 295: See note following RCW 28B.102.030.Findings—Intent—2019 c 295: See note following RCW 28A.415.265.Findings—Intent—2019 c 295: See note following RCW 28A.410.287.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.215 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.215 - Provisions applicable to plan 1.

RCW 41.32.215 Provisions applicable to plan 1.RCW 41.32.240 through * 41.32.575 shall apply only to members of plan 1.[ 1992 c 72 § 5; 1991 c 35 § 103.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 41.32.575 was repealed by 1995 c 345 § 11.Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.240 - Membership in system.

RCW 41.32.240 Membership in system.(1) All teachers employed full time in the public schools shall be members of the system except alien teachers who have been granted a temporary permit to teach as exchange teachers.(2) A minimum of ninety days or the equivalent of ninety days of employment during a fiscal year shall be required to establish membership. A teacher shall be considered as employed full time if serving regularly for four-fifths or more of a school day or if assigned to duties which are the equivalent of four-fifths or more of a full time assignment. A teacher who is employed for less than full time service may become a member by filing an application with the retirement system, submitting satisfactory proof of teaching service and making the necessary payment before June 30 of the school year immediately following the one during which the service was rendered.(3) After June 30th of the school year immediately following the one during which the less than full-time service was rendered, the necessary payment may be made under RCW 41.50.165(2).[ 1994 c 197 § 14; 1991 c 35 § 38; 1979 ex.s. c 45 § 3; 1965 ex.s. c 81 § 3; 1963 ex.s. c 14 § 4; 1961 c 132 § 1; 1955 c 274 § 7; 1947 c 80 § 24; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-43. Prior: 1941 c 97 § 3, part; 1939 c 86 § 2, part; 1937 c 221 § 4, part; 1931 c 115 § 3, part; 1923 c 187 § 10, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4995-4, part.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective date—1994 c 197: See notes following RCW 41.50.165.Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.Effective date—1979 ex.s. c 45: See note following RCW 41.26.040.Severability—Effective date—1965 ex.s. c 81: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.Savings—Severability—Effective date—1963 ex.s. c 14: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.Effective date—1961 c 132: "The provisions of this act shall be effective July 1, 1961." [ 1961 c 132 § 8.]Eligibility for retirement allowance: RCW 41.32.470.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.263 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.263 - State legislators and state officials eligible for retirement benefits.

RCW 41.32.263 State legislators and state officials eligible for retirement benefits.A member of the retirement system who is a member of the state legislature or a state official eligible for the combined pension and annuity provided by RCW 41.32.497, or 41.32.498, as now or hereafter amended shall have deductions taken from his or her salary in the amount of seven and one-half percent of earnable compensation and that service credit shall be established with the retirement system while such deductions are reported to the retirement system, unless he or she has by reason of his or her employment become a contributing member of another public retirement system in the state of Washington. Such elected official who has retired or otherwise terminated his or her public school service may then elect to terminate his or her membership in the retirement system and receive retirement benefits while continuing to serve as an elected official. A member of the retirement system who had previous service as an elected or appointed official, for which he or she did not contribute to the retirement system, may receive credit for such legislative service unless he or she has received credit for that service in another state retirement system, upon making contributions in such amounts as shall be determined by the board of trustees.[ 1991 c 35 § 41.]NOTES:Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.