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WA Rev Code § 41.37.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.005 - Intent.

RCW 41.37.005 Intent.It is the intent of the legislature to establish a separate public safety employees' retirement system for certain public employees whose jobs contain a high degree of physical risk to their own personal safety and who provide public protection of lives and property, but who are not eligible for membership in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.[ 2006 c 309 § 1; 2004 c 242 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2006 c 309: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [March 29, 2006]." [ 2006 c 309 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.015 - System created—Administration.

RCW 41.37.015 System created—Administration.A retirement system is hereby created for public safety employees of the Washington state department of corrections, the Washington state parks and recreation commission, the Washington state gambling commission, the Washington state patrol, the Washington *state liquor control board, county corrections departments, and city corrections departments not covered under chapter 41.28 RCW. 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 necessary therefor are hereby vested in the department. All rules shall be governed by chapter 34.05 RCW. This retirement system shall be known as the Washington public safety employees' retirement system.[ 2004 c 242 § 3.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state liquor and cannabis board" by 2015 c 70 § 3.
WA Rev Code § 41.37.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.030 - Nonelective position—Eligible position, when.

RCW 41.37.030 Nonelective position—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 period of employment.[ 2004 c 242 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.050 - Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by a plan under RCW 28B.10.400—Reinstatement of membership.

RCW 41.37.050 Reduction of retirement allowance upon reemployment or if covered by a plan under RCW 28B.10.400—Reinstatement of membership.(1)(a) If a retiree enters employment in an eligible position with an employer as defined in this chapter 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 month. This reduction will be applied each month until the retiree remains absent from employment with an employer for one full calendar month.(b) If a retiree enters employment in an eligible position with an employer as defined in chapter 41.32, 41.35, or 41.40 RCW 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 month. This reduction will be applied each month until the retiree remains absent from employment with an employer for one full calendar month.(c) The benefit reduction provided in (a) and (b) of this subsection will accrue for a maximum of one hundred sixty hours per month. Any benefit reduction over one hundred percent will be applied to the benefit the retiree is eligible to receive in subsequent months.(2) A retiree who has satisfied the break in employment requirement of subsection (1) of this section may work up to eight hundred sixty-seven hours per calendar year in an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.32.010, 41.35.010, or 41.40.010, or as a law enforcement officer or firefighter as defined in RCW 41.26.030, or in a position covered by annuity and retirement income plans offered by institutions of higher education pursuant to RCW 28B.10.400, without suspension of his or her benefit.(3) If the retiree opts to reestablish membership under this chapter, he or she terminates his or her retirement status and becomes a member. Retirement benefits shall not accrue during the period of membership and the individual shall make contributions and receive membership credit. Such a member shall have the right to again retire if eligible in accordance with this chapter. However, if the right to retire is exercised to become effective before the member has rendered two uninterrupted years of service, the retirement formula and survivor options the member had at the time of the member's previous retirement shall be reinstated.(4) The department shall collect and provide the state actuary with information relevant to the use of this section for the select committee on pension policy.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 47 § 17; 2005 c 327 § 6; 2004 c 242 § 8.]NOTES:Intent—Effective dates—2011 1st sp.s. c 47: See notes following RCW 28B.10.400.Effective date—2005 c 327 §§ 4-7: See note following RCW 41.37.010.
WA Rev Code § 41.37.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.060 - Duty disability retirement recipients—Continued service credit.

RCW 41.37.060 Duty disability retirement recipients—Continued service credit.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 § 4; 2004 c 242 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.070 - Members agree to deductions.

RCW 41.37.070 Members agree to deductions.The deductions from the compensation of members, provided for in RCW 41.37.220, 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 provided for in this chapter and receipt in full for his or her salary or compensation, and payment, less the deductions, shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by the person during the period covered by the payment, except as to benefits provided for under this chapter.[ 2004 c 242 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.080 - Employer's contribution—Computation—Billing.

RCW 41.37.080 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 July 1, 2006, 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 total compensation earnable of employer's members as shown on the current payrolls of the employer. Each employer shall compute at the end of each month the amount due for that month and the same shall be paid as are its other obligations.(3) In the event of failure, for any reason, of an employer other than a political subdivision of the state to have remitted amounts due for membership service of any of the employer's members rendered during a prior biennium, the director shall bill that employer for the employer's contribution together with the charges the director deems appropriate in accordance with RCW 41.50.120. This billing shall be paid by the employer as, and the same shall be, a proper charge against any moneys available or appropriated to the employer for payment of current biennial payrolls.[ 2004 c 242 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.090 - Exemption from taxation and judicial process—Exemptions—Assignability—Deductions authorized.

RCW 41.37.090 Exemption from taxation and judicial process—Exemptions—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 this chapter, the various funds created by this chapter, and all moneys and investments and income thereof, are hereby exempt from any state, county, municipal, or other local tax, and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or other process of law whatsoever, whether the same be in actual possession of the person or be deposited or loaned and shall be unassignable.(2) This section does not prohibit a beneficiary of a retirement allowance from authorizing deductions therefrom for payment of premiums due on any group insurance policy or plan issued for the benefit of a group comprised of public employees of the state of Washington or its political subdivisions and which has been approved for deduction in accordance with rules that may be adopted by the state health care authority and/or the department. This section also does not prohibit a beneficiary of a retirement allowance from authorizing deductions therefrom for payment of dues and other membership fees to any retirement association or organization the membership of which is composed of retired public employees, if a total of three hundred or more retired employees have authorized the deduction for payment to the same retirement association or organization.(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not prohibit the department from complying with (a) a wage assignment order for child support issued pursuant to chapter 26.18 RCW, (b) an order to withhold and deliver issued pursuant to chapter 74.20A RCW, (c) a notice of payroll deduction issued pursuant to *RCW 26.23.060, (d) a mandatory benefits assignment order issued by the department, (e) a court order directing the department to pay benefits directly to an obligee under a dissolution order as defined in RCW 41.50.500(3) which fully complies with RCW 41.50.670 and 41.50.700, or (f) any administrative or court order expressly authorized by federal law.[ 2012 c 159 § 25; 2004 c 242 § 12.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 26.23.060 was amended by 2021 c 35 § 15, changing "notice of payroll deduction" to "income withholding order."
WA Rev Code § 41.37.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.100 - Disability retirement—Criminal conduct.

RCW 41.37.100 Disability retirement—Criminal conduct.A member shall not receive a disability retirement benefit under RCW 41.37.230 if the disability is the result of criminal conduct by the member committed after July 1, 2006.[ 2004 c 242 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.110 - Death benefit—Course of employment—Occupational disease or infection.

RCW 41.37.110 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 the person or persons, trust, or organization the member has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the department. If the designated person or persons are not 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 § 5; 2004 c 242 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.120 - False statements—Penalty.

RCW 41.37.120 False statements—Penalty.Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud the retirement system as a result of such an act, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2004 c 242 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.130 - Hearing prior to appeal required—Notice.

RCW 41.37.130 Hearing prior to appeal required—Notice.Any person aggrieved by any decision of the department affecting his or her legal rights, duties, or privileges must, before he or she appeals to the courts, file with the director by mail or personally within sixty days from the day the decision was communicated to the person, a notice for a hearing before the director's designee. The notice of hearing shall set forth in full detail the grounds upon which the person considers the decision unjust or unlawful and shall include every issue to be considered by the department, and it must contain a detailed statement of facts upon which the person relies in support of the appeal. These persons shall be deemed to have waived all objections or irregularities concerning the matter on which the appeal is taken, other than those specifically set forth in the notice of hearing or appearing in the records of the retirement system.[ 2004 c 242 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.135 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.135 - Hearing prior to appeal required—Conduct of hearing.

RCW 41.37.135 Hearing prior to appeal required—Conduct of hearing.Following its receipt of a notice for hearing in accordance with RCW 41.37.130, a hearing shall be held by the director or an authorized representative, in the county of the residence of the claimant at a time and place designated by the director. This hearing shall be conducted and governed in all respects by chapter 34.05 RCW.[ 2004 c 242 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.140 - Judicial review of final decision.

RCW 41.37.140 Judicial review of final decision.Judicial review of any final decision and order by the director is governed by chapter 34.05 RCW.[ 2004 c 242 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.145 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.145 - Appeal—No bond required.

RCW 41.37.145 Appeal—No bond required.A bond of any kind shall not be required of a claimant appealing to the superior court, the court of appeals, or the supreme court from a finding of the department affecting the claimant's right to retirement or disability benefits.[ 2004 c 242 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.150 - Effect of certain accumulated vacation leave on retirement benefits.

RCW 41.37.150 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.[ 2004 c 242 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.155 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.155 - Benefit calculation—Limitation.

RCW 41.37.155 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.[ 2004 c 242 § 21.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.160 - Postretirement cost-of-living.

RCW 41.37.160 Postretirement cost-of-living.Beginning July 1, 2006, and every year thereafter, the department shall determine the following information for each retired member or beneficiary whose retirement allowance has been in effect for at least one year:(1) The original dollar amount of the retirement allowance;(2) The index for the calendar year prior to the effective date of the retirement allowance, to be known as "index A";(3) The index for the calendar year prior to the date of determination, to be known as "index B"; and(4) The ratio obtained when index B is divided by index A.The value of the ratio obtained shall be the annual adjustment to the original retirement allowance and shall be applied beginning with the July payment. In no event, however, shall the annual adjustment:(a) Produce a retirement allowance which is lower than the original retirement allowance;(b) Exceed three percent in the initial annual adjustment; or(c) Differ from the previous year's annual adjustment by more than three percent.For the purposes of this section, "index" means, for any calendar year, that year's average consumer price index, Seattle, Washington area, for urban wage earners and clerical workers, all items, compiled by the bureau of labor statistics, United States department of labor.[ 2004 c 242 § 22.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.180 - Suspension of retirement allowance upon reemployment—Exceptions—Reinstatement.

RCW 41.37.180 Suspension of retirement allowance upon reemployment—Exceptions—Reinstatement.(1) Except as provided in RCW 41.37.050, a retiree shall not be eligible to receive the retiree's monthly retirement allowance if he or she is employed in an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.37.010, or RCW 41.35.010, 41.40.010, or 41.32.010, or as a law enforcement officer or firefighter as defined in RCW 41.26.030, except that a retiree who ends his or her membership in the retirement system pursuant to RCW 41.37.020(2)(b) is not subject to this section if the retiree's only employment is as an elective official.(2) If a retiree's benefits have been suspended under this section, his or her benefits shall be reinstated when the retiree terminates the employment that caused his or her benefits to be suspended. Upon reinstatement, the retiree's benefits shall be actuarially recomputed pursuant to the rules adopted by the department.(3) The department shall adopt rules implementing this section.[ 2004 c 242 § 24.]
WA Rev Code § 41.37.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.37 - Washington Public Safety Employees' Retirement System.|41.37.190 - Computation of retirement allowance.

RCW 41.37.190 Computation of retirement allowance.A member of the retirement system shall receive a retirement allowance equal to two percent of such member's average final compensation for each service credit year of service.[ 2004 c 242 § 25.]