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WA Rev Code § 41.28.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.120 - Retirement for service.

RCW 41.28.120 Retirement for service.Retirement of member for service shall be made by the board of administration as follows:(1) Each member in the city service on June 8, 1967, who, on or before such effective date, has attained the age of sixty-five years or over, shall be forthwith retired on the first day of the calendar month next succeeding the month in which the employee shall have attained the age of sixty-five: PROVIDED, That none of such members shall be subject to compulsory retirement for a period of five years following said effective date, but during such period any member having attained the age of sixty-five may voluntarily retire after attaining such age. Members attaining the age of sixty-five after June 8, 1967 shall be retired on the first day of the calendar month next succeeding the month in which the member shall have attained the age of sixty-five, but none of such members shall be subject to compulsory retirement until five years after said effective date: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That any member attaining the age of seventy years during said five year period shall be forthwith retired on the first day of the calendar month next succeeding the month in which the employee shall have attained the age of seventy years, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The board shall extend the time of retirement for any member hired prior to June 8, 1967 so as to enable said member to qualify for retirement benefits under this chapter, but in no event should such extension extend beyond the age of seventy years.(2) Any member in the city service may retire by filing with the board a written application, stating when he or she desires to be retired, such application to be made at least thirty days prior to date of retirement: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That said member, at the time specified for his or her retirement, shall have completed ten years of city service as defined in this chapter, and shall have attained the age of fifty-seven years, or shall have completed thirty years of city service as defined in this chapter. Permanent discontinuance of city service after age of fifty-seven shall entitle the member to his or her retirement allowance: PROVIDED, That such employee has had at least ten years of city service to his or her credit: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That permanent discontinuance of city service after the completion of thirty years of city service shall entitle the member to his or her retirement allowance.[ 2012 c 117 § 49; 1967 c 185 § 3; 1939 c 207 § 13; RRS § 9592-113.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.140 - Retirement for disability.

RCW 41.28.140 Retirement for disability.Any member while in city service may be retired by the board of administration for permanent and total disability, either ordinary or accidental, upon examination, as follows:(1) Any member who has not attained the age of sixty-five years and who has at least ten years of city service as defined in this chapter, to his or her credit: PROVIDED, That the required ten years of city service shall have been credited to the member over a period of not to exceed fifteen years immediately preceding retirement, within three months after the discontinuance of city service, or while physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty, if such incapacity has been continuous from discontinuance of city service, shall be examined by a physician or surgeon, appointed by the board of administration upon the application of the head of the office or department in which said member is employed, or upon application of said member, or a person acting in his or her behalf, stating that said member is permanently and totally incapacitated, either physically or mentally, for the performance of duty and ought to be retired. If such medical examination shows, to the satisfaction of the board, that the said member is permanently and totally incapacitated either physically or mentally for the performance of duty and ought to be retired, the board shall retire the said member for disability forthwith.(2) The board shall secure such medical services and advice as it may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this section and of RCW 41.28.160, and shall pay for such medical services and advice such compensation as the board shall deem reasonable.[ 2012 c 117 § 51; 1939 c 207 § 15; RRS § 9592-115.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.150 - Disability retirement allowances—Grounds for denial.

RCW 41.28.150 Disability retirement allowances—Grounds for denial.(1) Upon retirement for disability, as hereinabove provided: PROVIDED, The disability is not due to intemperance, willful misconduct or violation of law, of which the board shall be the judge, a member shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of:(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated contributions at the time of his or her retirement.(b) A pension purchased by the contributions of the city, which, together with his or her annuity provided by his or her accumulated normal contributions, shall make the retirement allowance, exclusive of the annuity provided by his or her additional contributions equal to (i) one and one-fourth percent of his or her final compensation multiplied by the number of years of service which would be creditable to him or her were his or her services to continue until attainment by him or her of age sixty-two. The minimum disability retirement allowance shall be nine hundred sixty dollars per year.(2) If disability is due to intemperance, willful misconduct or violation of law on the part of the member, the board of administration in its discretion may pay to said member in one lump sum, his or her accumulated contributions, in lieu of a retirement allowance, and such payment shall constitute full satisfaction of all obligations of the city to such member, and upon receipt of such payment he or she shall cease to be a member of the retirement system.(3) Upon the death of a member while in receipt of a disability retirement allowance, his or her accumulated contributions, as they were at the date of his or her retirement, less any annuity payments made to him or her, shall be paid to his or her estate, or to such persons having an insurable interest in his or her life as he or she shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board.[ 2012 c 117 § 52; 1963 c 91 § 2; 1961 c 260 § 2; 1939 c 207 § 16; RRS § 9592-116.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.180 - Payments on death of unretired members.

RCW 41.28.180 Payments on death of unretired members.Upon the death of any person who has not been retired, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, there shall be paid to his or her estate, or to such persons having an insurable interest in his or her life as he or she shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board, his or her accumulated contributions less any payments therefrom already made to him or her, if any.[ 2012 c 117 § 55; 1939 c 207 § 19; RRS § 9592-119.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.190 - Payments to be made monthly.

RCW 41.28.190 Payments to be made monthly.A pension annuity or a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be payable in monthly installments, and each installment shall cover for the current calendar month.[ 1939 c 207 § 20; RRS § 9592-120.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.200 - Exemption from process—Rights not assignable.

RCW 41.28.200 Exemption from process—Rights not assignable.The right of a person to a pension, an annuity or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the moneys in the fund created under this chapter shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, whether the same be in actual possession of the person or be deposited or loaned and shall be unassignable except as in this chapter specifically provided.[ 2012 c 159 § 22; 1939 c 207 § 21; RRS § 9592-121.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.205 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.205 - Benefits payable in accordance with court decree or order of dissolution or legal separation.

RCW 41.28.205 Benefits payable in accordance with court decree or order of dissolution or legal separation.Benefits under this chapter shall be payable to a spouse or ex-spouse to the extent expressly provided for in any court decree of dissolution or legal separation or in any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of dissolution or legal separation.[ 1979 ex.s. c 205 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.207 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.207 - Payments to spouse or ex spouse pursuant to court order.

RCW 41.28.207 Payments to spouse or ex spouse pursuant to court order.(1) If the board of administration makes payments to a spouse or ex spouse to the extent expressly provided for in any court decree of dissolution or legal separation or in any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to a court decree of dissolution or legal separation, it shall be a sufficient answer to any claim of a beneficiary against the board of administration or the retirement system for the board of administration to show that the payments were made pursuant to a court decree.(2) All payments made to a nonmember spouse or ex spouse pursuant to RCW 41.28.205 shall cease upon the death of such a nonmember spouse or ex spouse. Upon such a death, the board of administration shall pay to the member his or her full monthly entitlement of benefits.(3) The provisions of RCW 41.28.205 and this section shall apply to all court decrees of dissolution or legal separation and court-approved property settlement agreements, regardless of when entered, but shall apply only to those persons who have actually retired or who have requested withdrawal of any or all of their accumulated contributions: PROVIDED, That the board of administration shall not be responsible for making court-ordered divisions of withdrawals unless the order is filed with the board at least thirty days before the withdrawal payment date.[ 1987 c 326 § 20.]NOTES:Effective date—1987 c 326: See RCW 41.50.901.Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits to spouse or ex spouse: RCW 41.50.500 through 41.50.660.
WA Rev Code § 41.28.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.210 - Estimates of service, compensation, or age.

RCW 41.28.210 Estimates of service, compensation, or age.If it shall be impracticable for the board of administration to determine from the records the length of service, the compensation, or the age of any member, the said board may estimate for the purpose of this chapter, such length of service, compensation or age.[ 1939 c 207 § 22; RRS § 9592-122.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.220 - Suspension of allowances during other public aid.

RCW 41.28.220 Suspension of allowances during other public aid.The payment of any retirement allowance to a member who has been retired from service shall be suspended during the time that the beneficiary is in receipt of other pension or of other compensation for state or public service paid from direct or indirect state or municipal taxes or revenues of publicly owned utilities, except as to the amount by which such retirement allowance may exceed such compensation for the same period.[ 1939 c 207 § 23; RRS § 9592-123.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.230 - Administrative expense.

RCW 41.28.230 Administrative expense.The city council or city commission shall appropriate annually from the retirement fund the amount it deems necessary for the purpose of paying the expenses of administering the retirement system. The board of administration shall annually submit to the city council or city commission its estimate of the amount necessary to pay such expenses. The preliminary cost of establishment of said retirement system, such as clerical help and actuarial survey costs, etc., shall be paid by the department or departments affected.[ 1939 c 207 § 24; RRS § 9592-124.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.240 - Existing systems preserved.

RCW 41.28.240 Existing systems preserved.Nothing in this chapter shall repeal, supersede, alter, amend or be regarded as a substitute for any existing retirement or pension system, duly established by city ordinance.[ 1939 c 207 § 28; RRS § 9592-128.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.910 - Repeal.

RCW 41.28.910 Repeal.All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.[ 1939 c 207 § 26.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.920 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.920 - Effective date—1939 c 207.

RCW 41.28.920 Effective date—1939 c 207.The retirement system shall become effective on July 1, 1939, as provided in RCW 41.28.020.[ 1939 c 207 § 27.]
WA Rev Code § 41.28.930 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of Personnel in Certain First-Class Cities.|41.28.930 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 41.28.930 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 and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 94.]NOTES:Effective dates—2009 c 521 §§ 5-8, 79, 87-103, 107, 151, 165, 166, 173-175, and 190-192: See note following RCW 2.10.900.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.005 - Provisions applicable to "plan 1," "plan 2," and "plan 3."

RCW 41.32.005 Provisions applicable to "plan 1," "plan 2," and "plan 3."RCW 41.32.010 through 41.32.067 shall apply to members of plan 1, plan 2, and plan 3.[ 1995 c 239 § 101; 1992 c 72 § 4; 1991 c 35 § 30; 1990 c 274 § 16. Prior: 1989 c 273 § 15; 1989 c 272 § 4; 1977 ex.s. c 293 § 19.]NOTES:Effective date—1995 c 239: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1996, except that sections 301 and 302 of this act shall take effect immediately [March 13, 1996]." [ 1996 c 39 § 23; 1995 c 239 § 327.]Part and subchapter headings not law—1995 c 239: "Part headings and subchapter headings as used in this act constitute no part of the law." [ 1995 c 239 § 328.]Intent—Purpose—1995 c 239: See note following RCW 41.32.831.Intent—1991 c 35: See note following RCW 41.26.005.Findings—Construction—1990 c 274: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.Purpose—1989 c 272: "The legislature recognizes that inflation erodes the purchasing power of retirement benefits. Although the benefit provided to state retirees from social security is fully protected, the benefits provided by the public employees' retirement system, plan 1, and the teachers' retirement system, plan 1 provide an automatic cost-of-living adjustment only for persons who receive the minimum benefit.The purpose of this act is to add provisions to the teachers' retirement system and the public employees' retirement system which will help mitigate the impact of inflation on retirees of those systems. These additional provisions are intended to reflect and implement the following policies:(1) The minimum benefit is increased in order to provide a more adequate basic standard of living to persons who retired long ago under lower salaries and less generous retirement benefit formulas; and(2) Retirees whose benefits have lost forty percent of their purchasing power are made eligible for automatic adjustments which are provided in a manner that is consistent with the retirement age and benefit provisions of plan 2 of the teachers' retirement system and the public employees' retirement system." [ 1989 c 272 § 1.]Effective date—Severability—1977 ex.s. c 293: See notes following RCW 41.32.755.Benefits not contractual right until date specified: RCW 41.34.100.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.012 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.012 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 41.32.012 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 and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 95. Formerly RCW 41.32.950.]NOTES:Effective dates—2009 c 521 §§ 5-8, 79, 87-103, 107, 151, 165, 166, 173-175, and 190-192: See note following RCW 2.10.900.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.013 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.013 - Substitute teachers—Application for service credit—Procedures.

RCW 41.32.013 Substitute teachers—Application for service credit—Procedures.Substitute teachers may apply to the department to receive service credit or credit for earnable compensation or both after the end of the last day of instruction of the school year during which the service was performed.(1) The application must:(a) Include a list of the employers the substitute teacher has worked for;(b) Include proof of hours worked and compensation earned; and(c) Be made prior to retirement.(2) If the department accepts the substitute teacher's application for service credit, the substitute teacher may obtain service credit by paying the required contribution to the retirement system. The employer must pay the required employer contribution upon notice from the department that the substitute teacher has made contributions under this section.(3) The department shall charge interest prospectively on employee contributions that are submitted under this section more than six months after the end of the school year, as defined in *RCW 28A.150.040, for which the substitute teacher is seeking service credit. The interest rate charged to the employee shall take into account interest lost on employer contributions delayed for more than six months after the end of the school year.(4) Each employer shall quarterly notify each substitute teacher it has employed during the school year of the number of hours worked by, and the compensation paid to, the substitute teacher.(5) The department shall adopt rules implementing this section.(6) If a substitute teacher as defined in **RCW 41.32.010(36)(b)(ii) applies to the department under this section for credit for earnable compensation earned from an employer the substitute teacher must make contributions for all periods of service for that employer.[ 1992 c 212 § 16; 1991 c 343 § 4; 1990 c 274 § 5.]NOTES:Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 28A.150.040 was repealed by 2009 c 548 § 710, effective September 1, 2011.**(2) RCW 41.32.010 was alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsection (36)(b)(ii) to subsection (48)(b)(ii).Findings—Effective dates—1991 c 343: See notes following RCW 41.50.005.Findings—Effective date—Construction—1990 c 274: See notes following RCW 41.32.010.
WA Rev Code § 41.32.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.020 - Name of system.

RCW 41.32.020 Name of system.The name of the retirement system provided for in this chapter shall be the "Washington State Teachers' Retirement System" and by this name all of its business shall be transacted and all of its funds invested and all of its cash, securities and other property held.[ 1947 c 80 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-21. Prior: 1937 c 221 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4995-2.]
WA Rev Code § 41.32.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.32 - Teachers' Retirement.|41.32.025 - Department's power to determine eligibility.

RCW 41.32.025 Department's power to determine eligibility.The department is empowered within the limits of this chapter and, with regard to restoration of service credit under RCW 41.50.165(2), to decide on all questions of eligibility covering membership, service credit, and benefits.[ 1994 c 197 § 13; 1991 c 35 § 35; 1955 c 274 § 3; 1947 c 80 § 16; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 4995-35. Prior: 1941 c 97 § 2, part; 1937 c 221 § 3, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4995-3, part. Formerly RCW 41.32.160.]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.