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WA Rev Code § 41.32.4992 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.4992 - Monthly benefit increase.

RCW 41.32.4992 Monthly benefit increase.(1) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the teachers' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2017, shall receive, effective July 1, 2018, an increase to their monthly benefit of one and one-half percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(2) Beneficiaries who are receiving a monthly benefit from the teachers' retirement system plan 1 on July 1, 2019, shall receive, effective July 1, 2020, an increase to their monthly benefit of three percent multiplied by the beneficiaries' monthly benefit, not to exceed sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.(3) This section does not apply to those receiving benefits pursuant to RCW 41.32.489 or 41.32.540.[ 2020 c 329 § 2; 2018 c 151 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2020 c 329: "This act takes effect July 1, 2020." [ 2020 c 329 § 3.]Effective date—2018 c 151: "This act takes effect July 1, 2018." [ 2018 c 151 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.500 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.500 - Termination of membership.

RCW 41.32.500 Termination of membership.Membership in the retirement system is terminated when a member retires for service or disability, dies, or withdraws his or her accumulated contributions.The prior service certificate becomes void when a member dies or withdraws the accumulated contributions, and any prior administrative interpretation of the board of trustees, consistent with this section, is hereby ratified, affirmed and approved.[ 1995 c 134 § 13. Prior: 1994 c 197 § 17; 1994 c 177 § 5; 1991 c 35 § 57; 1986 c 317 § 2; 1983 c 233 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 193 § 3; 1969 ex.s. c 150 § 16; 1967 c 50 § 6; 1965 ex.s. c 81 § 5; 1955 c 274 § 23; 1947 c 80 § 50; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-69.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective date—1994 c 197: See notes following RCW 41.50.165.Findings—1994 c 177: See note following RCW 41.50.125.Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.Legislative findings—Intent—Severability—1986 c 317: See notes following RCW 41.40.150.Severability—1983 c 233: "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." [ 1983 c 233 § 4.]Emergency—Severability—1974 ex.s. c 193: See notes following RCW 41.32.310.Effective date—1969 ex.s. c 150: See note following RCW 41.50.200.Effective date—Severability—1967 c 50: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.Effective date—Severability—1965 ex.s. c 81: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.510 - Payment on withdrawal—Reentry.

RCW 41.32.510 Payment on withdrawal—Reentry.(1) Should a member cease to be employed by an employer and request upon a form provided by the department a refund of the member's accumulated contributions with interest, this amount shall be paid to the individual less any withdrawal fee which may be assessed by the director which shall be deposited in the department of retirement systems expense fund. (2) A member who files a request for a refund and subsequently enters into employment with an employer prior to the refund being made shall not be eligible for a refund. For purposes of this section, a written or oral employment agreement shall be considered entering into employment.[ 1994 c 197 § 18; 1994 c 177 § 6; 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 15; 1969 ex.s. c 150 § 17; 1963 ex.s. c 14 § 17; 1955 c 274 § 24; 1947 c 80 § 51; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-70. Prior: 1941 c 97 § 6, part; 1939 c 86 § 6, part; 1937 c 221 § 7, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4995-7, part.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1994 c 177 § 6 and by 1994 c 197 § 18, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section pursuant to RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Intent—Severability—Effective date—1994 c 197: See notes following RCW 41.50.165.Findings—1994 c 177: See note following RCW 41.50.125.Effective dates—1982 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 2.10.180.Effective date—1969 ex.s. c 150: See note following RCW 41.50.200.Savings—Severability—Effective date—1963 ex.s. c 14: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.522 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.522 - Death benefits.

RCW 41.32.522 Death benefits.(1) The department shall pay a death benefit of six hundred dollars to a member's estate or to the persons, trust, or organization the member nominates by written designation duly executed and filed with the department or to the persons as may otherwise qualify as the beneficiary pursuant to RCW 41.32.520 upon receipt of proper proof of death of the member if he or she:(a) Was employed on a full time basis during the fiscal year in which his or her death occurs;(b) Was under contract for full time employment in a Washington public school;(c) Submits an application for a retirement allowance to be approved by the department immediately following termination of his or her full-time Washington public school service and who dies before the first installment of his or her retirement allowance becomes due;(d) Is receiving or is entitled to receive temporary disability payments; or(e) Upon becoming eligible for a disability retirement allowance submits an application for an allowance to be approved by the department immediately following the date of his or her eligibility for a disability retirement allowance and dies before the first installment of such allowance becomes due.(2) In order to receive a death benefit under this section a deceased member:(a) Must have established at least one year of credit with the retirement system for full time Washington membership service;(b) Who was not employed full time in Washington public school service during the fiscal year immediately preceding the year of his or her death must have been employed full time in Washington public school service for at least fifty consecutive days during the fiscal year of his or her death.[ 1995 c 144 § 10; 1992 c 212 § 4; 1991 c 35 § 59; 1974 ex.s. c 193 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 150 § 18; 1967 c 50 § 8; 1963 ex.s. c 14 § 20.]NOTES:Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.Emergency—Severability—1974 ex.s. c 193: See notes following RCW 41.32.310.Effective date—1969 ex.s. c 150: See note following RCW 41.50.200.Effective date—Severability—1967 c 50: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.Savings—Effective date—Severability—1963 ex.s. c 14: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.523 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.523 - Death benefits—Members not qualified for benefits under RCW 41.32.522 and retired former members.

RCW 41.32.523 Death benefits—Members not qualified for benefits under RCW 41.32.522 and retired former members.Upon receipt of proper proof of death of a member who does not qualify for the death benefit of six hundred dollars under RCW 41.32.522, or a former member who was retired for age, service, or disability, a death benefit of four hundred dollars shall be paid to the member's estate or to the persons, trust, or organization as he or she shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the department or to the persons as may otherwise qualify as the beneficiary pursuant to RCW 41.32.520: PROVIDED, That the member or the retired former member had established not less than ten years of credit with the retirement system for full time Washington membership service.[ 1995 c 144 § 11; 1992 c 212 § 5; 1991 c 35 § 60; 1974 ex.s. c 193 § 6; 1969 ex.s. c 150 § 19; 1967 c 50 § 9; 1965 ex.s. c 81 § 7; 1963 ex.s. c 14 § 21.]NOTES:Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.Emergency—Severability—1974 ex.s. c 193: See notes following RCW 41.32.310.Effective date—1969 ex.s. c 150: See note following RCW 41.50.200.Effective date—Severability—1967 c 50: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.Savings—Effective date—Severability—1963 ex.s. c 14: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.540 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.540 - Disability allowance—Temporary.

RCW 41.32.540 Disability allowance—Temporary.Upon application of a member in service or of his or her employer or of his or her legal guardian or of the legal representative of a deceased member who was eligible to apply for a temporary disability allowance based on the final illness a member shall be granted a temporary disability allowance by the department if the medical director, after a medical examination of the member, certifies that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty. Any member receiving a temporary disability allowance on July 1, 1964 or who qualifies for a temporary disability allowance effective on or after July 1, 1964 shall receive a temporary disability allowance of one hundred eighty dollars per month for a period not to exceed two years, but no payments shall be made for a disability period of less than sixty days: PROVIDED, That a member who is not employed full time in Washington public school service for consecutive fiscal years shall have been employed for at least fifty consecutive days during the fiscal year in which he or she returns to full time Washington public school service before he or she may qualify for temporary disability benefits: PROVIDED FURTHER, That no temporary disability benefits shall be paid on the basis of an application received more than four calendar years after a member became eligible to apply for such benefits.[ 1992 c 212 § 3; 1991 c 35 § 61; 1974 ex.s. c 193 § 7; 1963 ex.s. c 14 § 18; 1959 c 37 § 1; 1955 c 274 § 27; 1947 c 80 § 54; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-73. Prior: 1941 c 97 § 7, part; 1939 c 86 § 7, part; 1937 c 221 § 8, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4995-8, part.]NOTES:Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.Emergency—Severability—1974 ex.s. c 193: See notes following RCW 41.32.310.Savings—Effective date—Severability—1963 ex.s. c 14: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.555 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.555 - Persons with annual half-time contracts—Eligibility for benefits under RCW 41.32.550.

RCW 41.32.555 Persons with annual half-time contracts—Eligibility for benefits under RCW 41.32.550.Persons who were under an annual half-time contract with an employer anytime during the period of September 1, 1986, through August 31, 1987, shall be eligible for benefits provided by RCW 41.32.550, as amended by chapter 365, Laws of 1991, effective beginning the month following when they left service due to their disability if during that period they were medically determined to be permanently disabled for the performance of their duty.A member who qualifies for benefits under this section who has not begun receiving benefits prior to June 11, 1992, shall be permitted to select a survivor option pursuant to RCW 41.32.530.[ 1992 c 212 § 19; 1991 c 365 § 34.]NOTES:Severability—1991 c 365: See note following RCW 41.50.500.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.570 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.570 - Postretirement employment—Reduction or suspension of pension payments.

RCW 41.32.570 Postretirement employment—Reduction or suspension of pension payments.(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 seven 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) The benefit reduction provided in (a) of this subsection will accrue for a maximum of one hundred forty hours per month. Any monthly benefit reduction over one hundred percent will be applied to the benefit the retiree is eligible to receive in subsequent months.(2) Any retired teacher or retired administrator who enters service in any public educational institution in Washington state at least one calendar month after his or her accrual date shall cease to receive pension payments while engaged in such service, after the retiree has rendered service for more than eight hundred sixty-seven hours in a school year.(3) 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.(4) The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal this section in the future and no member or beneficiary has a contractual right to be employed for more than five hundred twenty-five hours per year without a reduction of his or her pension.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 47 § 10; 2007 c 50 § 3; 2003 c 295 § 6. Prior: 2001 2nd sp.s. c 10 § 3; (2001 c 317 § 1 repealed by 2003 c 412 § 3); 1999 c 387 § 1; 1997 c 254 § 5; 1995 c 264 § 1; 1994 c 69 § 2; 1989 c 273 § 29; 1986 c 237 § 1; 1967 c 151 § 5; 1959 c 37 § 3; 1955 c 274 § 30; 1947 c 80 § 57; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-76.]NOTES:Intent—Effective dates—2011 1st sp.s. c 47: See notes following RCW 28B.10.400.Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 10: See note following RCW 41.40.037.Intent—Construction—Application—1997 c 254: See notes following RCW 41.26.490.Effective date—1995 c 264: "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 shall take effect immediately [May 5, 1995]." [ 1995 c 264 § 2.]Findings—1994 c 69: "The legislature finds that there is a shortage of certificated substitute teachers in many regions of the state, and that this shortage will likely increase in the coming years. The legislature further finds that one method of reducing this shortage of substitute teachers is to encourage retired teachers to serve as substitutes by increasing the number of days they can work without affecting their retirement payments." [ 1994 c 69 § 1.]Effective date—Severability—1967 c 151: See notes following RCW 41.32.480.Contract rights of retirees hired for postretirement employment: RCW 28A.405.900.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.581 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.581 - End of participation in judicial retirement account plan—Newly elected or appointed judges.

RCW 41.32.581 End of participation in judicial retirement account plan—Newly elected or appointed judges.Beginning January 1, 2007, any newly elected or appointed supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or superior court judge, who is a member of plan 1, shall not participate in the judicial retirement account plan under chapter 2.14 RCW in lieu of prospective contribution and benefit provisions under chapter 189, Laws of 2006.[ 2006 c 189 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2006 c 189: See note following RCW 2.14.115.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.584 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.584 - Additional benefit for justices or judges—One-time irrevocable election.

RCW 41.32.584 Additional benefit for justices or judges—One-time irrevocable election.(1) Between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2007, a member of plan 1 employed as a supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or superior court judge may make a one-time irrevocable election, filed in writing with the member's employer, the department, and the administrative office of the courts, to accrue an additional benefit equal to one and one-half percent of average final compensation for each year of future service credit from the date of the election.(2)(a) A member who chooses to make the election under subsection (1) of this section may apply to the department to increase the member's benefit multiplier by one and one-half percent per year of service for the period in which the member served as a justice or judge prior to the election. The member may purchase, beginning with the most recent judicial service, the higher benefit multiplier for up to seventy percent of that portion of the member's prior judicial service that would ensure that the member has no more than a seventy-five percent of average final compensation benefit accrued by age sixty-four. The member shall pay five percent of the salary earned for each month of service for which the higher benefit multiplier is being purchased, plus interest as determined by the director. The purchase price shall not exceed the actuarially equivalent value of the increase in the member's benefit resulting from the increase in the benefit multiplier. This payment must be made prior to retirement and prior to December 31, 2007. After December 31, 2007, a member may purchase the higher benefit multiplier for any of the member's prior judicial service at the actuarially equivalent value of the increase in the member's benefit resulting from the increase in the benefit multiplier, as determined by the director.(b) Subject to rules adopted by the department, a member applying to increase the member's benefit multiplier 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.[ 2007 c 123 § 5; 2006 c 189 § 7.]NOTES:Effective date—2006 c 189: See note following RCW 2.14.115.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.587 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.587 - Justices or judges retirement allowance—In lieu of RCW 41.32.498.

RCW 41.32.587 Justices or judges retirement allowance—In lieu of RCW 41.32.498.(1) In lieu of the retirement allowance provided under RCW 41.32.498, the retirement allowance payable for service as a supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or superior court judge, for those justices or judges who elected to participate under RCW 41.32.584(1), shall be equal to three and one-half percent of average final compensation for each year of service earned after the date of the election. The total retirement benefit accrued or purchased under chapter 189, Laws of 2006 in combination with benefits accrued during periods served prior to the election shall not exceed seventy-five percent of average final compensation.(2) In lieu of the retirement allowance provided under RCW 41.32.498, the retirement allowance payable for service as a supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or superior court judge, for those justices or judges newly elected or appointed after January 1, 2007, shall be equal to three and one-half percent of average final compensation for each year of service after January 1, 2007. The total retirement benefits accrued under chapter 189, Laws of 2006 in combination with benefits accrued during periods served prior to January 1, 2007, shall not exceed seventy-five percent of average final compensation.[ 2006 c 189 § 11.]NOTES:Effective date—2006 c 189: See note following RCW 2.14.115.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.755 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.755 - Provisions applicable to plan 2.

RCW 41.32.755 Provisions applicable to plan 2.RCW 41.32.760 through 41.32.825 shall apply only to plan 2 members.[ 1992 c 72 § 7; 1977 ex.s. c 293 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 293: "This 1977 amendatory 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 October 1, 1977." [ 1977 ex.s. c 293 § 23.]Severability—1977 ex.s. c 293: "If any provision of this 1977 amendatory 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." [ 1977 ex.s. c 293 § 22.]Legislative direction and placement—1977 ex.s. c 293: "Sections 1 through 17 of this 1977 amendatory act shall be added to chapter 41.32 RCW and shall be codified as consecutive sections of the Revised Code of Washington within such chapter." [ 1977 ex.s. c 293 § 21.]Section headings—1977 ex.s. c 293: "Section headings used in this 1977 amendatory act shall not constitute any part of the law." [ 1977 ex.s. c 293 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.760 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.760 - Computation of the retirement allowance.

RCW 41.32.760 Computation of the 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 year of service.[ 1977 ex.s. c 293 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—Legislative direction and placement—Section headings—1977 ex.s. c 293: See notes following RCW 41.32.755.