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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42 - Office of Regulatory Assistance. › 43.42.050 - Project scoping—Factors.

RCW 43.42.050
Project scoping—Factors.
(1) Upon request of a project proponent, the office must determine the level of project scoping needed by the project proponent, taking into consideration the complexity of the project and the experience of those expected to be involved in the project application and review process. The director may require the attendance at a scoping meeting of any state or local agency.
(2) Project scoping must consider the complexity, size, and needs for assistance of the project and must address as appropriate:
(a) The permits that are required for the project;
(b) The permit application forms and other application requirements of the participating permit agencies;
(c) The specific information needs and issues of concern of each participant and their significance;
(d) Any statutory or regulatory conflicts that might arise from the differing authorities and roles of the permit agencies;
(e) Any natural resources, including federal or state listed species, that might be adversely affected by the project and might cause an alteration of the project or require mitigation; and
(f) The anticipated time required for permit decisions by each participating permit agency, including the estimated time required to determine if the permit application is complete, to conduct environmental review, and to review and process the application. In determining the estimated time required, full consideration must be given to achieving the greatest possible efficiencies through any concurrent studies and any consolidated applications, hearings, and comment periods.
(3) The outcome of the project scoping must be documented in writing, furnished to the project proponent, and be made available to the public.
(4) The project scoping must be completed prior to the passage of sixty days of the project proponent's request for a project scoping unless the director finds that better results can be obtained by delaying the project scoping meeting or meetings to ensure full participation.
(5) Upon completion of the project scoping, the participating permit agencies must proceed under their respective authorities. The agencies may remain in communication with the office as needed.
(6) This section does not create an independent cause of action, affect any existing cause of action, or establish time limits for purposes of RCW 64.40.020.
[ 2012 c 196 § 2; 2009 c 97 § 5; 2007 c 94 § 6; 2003 c 54 § 4; 2002 c 153 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42 - Office of Regulatory Assistance. › 43.42.080 - Participating permit agencies—Timelines.

RCW 43.42.080
Participating permit agencies—Timelines.
With the agreement of all participating permitting agencies and the permit applicant or project proponent, state permitting agencies may establish timelines to make permit decisions, including the time periods required to determine that the permit applications are complete, to review the applications, and to process the permits. Established timelines shall not be shorter than those otherwise required for each permit under other applicable provisions of law, but may extend and coordinate such timelines. The goal of the established timelines is to achieve the maximum efficiencies possible through concurrent studies and consolidation of applications, permit review, hearings, and comment periods. A timeline established under this subsection with the agreement of each permitting agency shall commit each permitting agency to act within the established timeline.
[ 2007 c 94 § 9; 2004 c 32 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42 - Office of Regulatory Assistance. › 43.42.090 - Multiagency permitting teams—Findings—Intent—Purpose.

RCW 43.42.090
Multiagency permitting teams—Findings—Intent—Purpose.
(1) The legislature finds that the state of Washington has implemented a number of successful measures to streamline, coordinate, and consolidate the multiparty, multijurisdictional permitting and regulatory decision-making process. The office of regulatory assistance was developed and implemented at a time when the state faced a crisis in its economic competitiveness. The multiagency permitting team for transportation was developed and implemented at a time when the state's transportation system faced a crisis in public confidence concerning transportation project delivery. The legislature further finds that the state of Washington is now facing an economic and financial crisis that requires immediate action to spur economic development and the creation of jobs without sacrificing the quality of the state's environment.
(2) The legislature intends to:
(a) Draw from and extend the benefits of proven permit streamlining solutions to future project proponents and aid the state's recovery by authorizing optional multiagency permitting teams modeled after the multiagency permitting team developed and implemented for state transportation projects. It is the purpose of chapter 162, Laws of 2010 to provide willing permit applicants and project proponents with permit coordination and integrated regulatory decision-making services on a cost-reimbursed basis; and
(b) Phase-in a revenue-neutral permit streamlining approach to expedite permit and regulatory decision making while ensuring a high level of environmental protection.
[ 2010 c 162 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2010 c 162: "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 22, 2010]." [ 2010 c 162 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42 - Office of Regulatory Assistance. › 43.42.095 - Multiagency permitting team account.

RCW 43.42.095
Multiagency permitting team account.
The multiagency permitting team account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from cost-reimbursement agreements authorized in RCW 43.42.070 and solicitations authorized in RCW 43.42.092 must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for covering staffing, consultant, technology, and other administrative costs of multiagency permitting teams and other costs associated with multiagency project review and management that may arise. Only the director of the office of regulatory assistance or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2012 c 196 § 5; 2010 c 162 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2010 c 162: See note following RCW 43.42.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42 - Office of Regulatory Assistance. › 43.42.100 - Streamlined process certification.

RCW 43.42.100
Streamlined process certification.
Within available funds, the office of regulatory assistance may certify permit processes at the local level as streamlined processes. In developing the certification program, the director must work with local jurisdictions to establish the criteria and the process for certification. Jurisdictions with permit processes certified as streamlined may receive priority in receipt of state funds for infrastructure projects.
[ 2012 c 196 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42 - Office of Regulatory Assistance. › 43.42.900 - Jurisdiction of energy facility site evaluation council not affected.

RCW 43.42.900
Jurisdiction of energy facility site evaluation council not affected.
Nothing in this chapter affects the jurisdiction of the energy facility site evaluation council under chapter 80.50 RCW.
[ 2002 c 153 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42 - Office of Regulatory Assistance. › 43.42.901 - Authority of permit agencies not affected.

RCW 43.42.901
Authority of permit agencies not affected.
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or diminish the functions, powers, or duties granted to any permit agency by law.
(2) Nothing in this chapter grants the office authority to decide if a permit shall be issued. The authority for determining if a permit shall be issued shall remain with the permit agency.
[ 2002 c 153 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42 - Office of Regulatory Assistance. › 43.42.902 - Authority of participating permit agency retained.

RCW 43.42.902
Authority of participating permit agency retained.
This chapter shall not be construed to limit or abridge the powers and duties granted to a participating permit agency under the law that authorizes or requires the agency to issue a permit for a project. Each participating permit agency shall retain its authority to make all decisions on all nonprocedural matters with regard to the respective component permit that is within its scope of its responsibility including, but not limited to, the determination of permit application completeness, permit approval or approval with conditions, or permit denial. The office may not substitute its judgment for that of a participating permit agency on any such nonprocedural matters.
[ 2009 c 97 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42A - State Agency Business Permit Management Systems. › 43.42A.005 - Intent—Finding.

RCW 43.42A.005
Intent—Finding.
On December 30, 2013, the Washington state auditor's office issued a performance audit report, finding that state agencies could shorten the time it takes to submit, review, and make decisions on business permit applications through simple improvements. In response to the performance audit findings, the legislature intends to improve the predictability and efficiency of permit decisions by making information about permitting assistance and timelines more readily available to the public. The legislature finds that providing citizens and businesses with better information about permit decisions will assist their planning and decision making, promoting economic development. Making permit performance data readily accessible to citizens helps them hold government accountable to a high level of customer service and timeliness. Finally, requiring agencies to track the time it takes to issue permits equips agency leaders with key information that can assist them in improving overall project schedules, better allocating resources, and identifying additional opportunities to better serve the public.
[ 2014 c 68 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42A - State Agency Business Permit Management Systems. › 43.42A.010 - Definitions.

RCW 43.42A.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Agency" means the following executive branch agencies and offices of statewide elected officials:
(a) Department of agriculture;
(b) Department of archaeology and historic preservation;
(c) Department of ecology;
(d) Department of fish and wildlife;
(e) Gambling commission;
(f) Department of health;
(g) Department of labor and industries;
(h) Department of licensing;
(i) *Liquor control board;
(j) Department of natural resources;
(k) Parks and recreation commission;
(l) Department of revenue;
(m) Department of transportation; and
(n) Utilities and transportation commission.
(2) "Office" means the office of regulatory assistance.
[ 2014 c 68 § 2.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state liquor and cannabis board" by 2015 c 70 § 3.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42A - State Agency Business Permit Management Systems. › 43.42A.020 - Inventory of business permits—Information to be tracked and recorded—Performance data—Reports.

RCW 43.42A.020
Inventory of business permits—Information to be tracked and recorded—Performance data—Reports.
(1) By June 30, 2014, each agency shall prepare and submit to the office an inventory of all the business permits indicated in the December 30, 2013, performance audit report by the state auditor.
(2)(a) Each agency shall track and record the time it takes to make permitting decisions.
(b) Agencies are encouraged to track all relevant information that can assist Washington businesses in determining how long a permit process will take so that the businesses may successfully plan their activities and make sound investment choices, reduce permitting costs to the taxpayers in the form of unnecessary or duplicate staff work, and avoid permitting decision delays that can result in higher costs and lost revenue.
(c) At a minimum, each agency shall track and record the following information for each permit application it receives or decision it issues:
(i) The application completion time, which is the time elapsed from the initial submission of an application by an entity seeking a permit to the time at which the agency has determined that the application is complete; and
(ii) The permit decision time, which is the time elapsed from receipt of a complete application to the agency's issuance of a decision approving or denying the permit.
(3) Each agency shall calculate, for each permit it has identified in its inventory, the following performance data:
(a) The average application completion and permit decision times for each permit, as measured by the times tracked for ninety percent of applications or permit decisions, excluding the five percent that took the shortest and the five percent that took the longest;
(b) The maximum application completion time, excluding applications that were withdrawn or never completed; and
(c) The maximum permit decision time.
(4) Each agency shall report to the office, as provided in this subsection (4).
(a) By March 1, 2016, each agency shall report the times calculated under subsection (3) of this section for the period from January 1, 2015, to January 1, 2016.
(b) By March 1, 2018, and March 1, 2020, each agency shall report based on the times tracked and calculated since the previous reporting period.
(c) In each of the reports required under this section, each agency shall submit an updated inventory of permits. Each agency shall identify any permits listed in its inventory for which the agency has not yet posted permit processing times and other information as required under RCW 43.42A.030 and an estimated date for such posting prior to June 30, 2015.
(5) The office shall make available to the legislature, upon request, the individual agency reports submitted under subsection (4) of this section.
[ 2014 c 68 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.42A - State Agency Business Permit Management Systems. › 43.42A.040 - Comprehensive progress report—Identification of permits with processing and decision times that are most improved and those most in need of improvement.

RCW 43.42A.040
Comprehensive progress report—Identification of permits with processing and decision times that are most improved and those most in need of improvement.
(1) By September 30th of 2016 and each even-numbered year thereafter up to and including 2020, the office shall publish a comprehensive progress report to the economic development committees of the house of representatives and the senate and to the governor on the performance of agencies in tracking permit timelines and other efforts to improve clarity and predictability of regulatory permitting. The report must include at a minimum for each agency a summary of the data reported by the agency to the office under RCW 43.42A.020(4).
(2) The office shall post the comprehensive progress report on its website. The report must be easily accessible and designed in a customer-friendly format.
(3) Beginning with the 2016 report, the office must identify permits with processing and decision times that are most improved and processing and decision times that are most in need of improvement, as indicated by the performance data collected under RCW 43.42A.020. Each agency may include a statement describing any process improvements the agency has identified for implementation in order to improve processing and decision times.
[ 2014 c 68 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.005 - Comprehensive outreach and marketing strategic plan.

RCW 43.43.005
Comprehensive outreach and marketing strategic plan.
To ensure that it is adequately and thoroughly reaching potential recruits, the Washington state patrol must develop a comprehensive outreach and marketing strategic plan that expands on the success of current strategies and looks for ways to tap into groups or individuals that do not currently show an interest in the state patrol or law enforcement as a career. The plan must include, but is not limited to, expanding marketing and outreach efforts online and through other media outlets and expanding recruitment relationships in respective communities. The plan must also include polling applicants about their application. Results from the polling must be tracked to determine the success of each outreach method.
[ 2016 c 28 § 7.]
NOTES:
Intent—2016 c 28: See note following RCW 43.43.380.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.010 - Patrol created.

RCW 43.43.010
Patrol created.
There shall be a department of state government known as the "Washington state patrol." The chief thereof shall be known as the chief of the Washington state patrol, and members thereof shall be known as Washington state patrol officers.
[ 1965 c 8 § 43.43.010. Prior: 1933 c 25 § 1; RRS § 6362-59.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.012 - Chief for a day program.

RCW 43.43.012
Chief for a day program.
(1) To promote positive relationships between law enforcement and the citizens of the state of Washington, the Washington state patrol may participate in the chief for a day program. The chief of the Washington state patrol may designate staff who may participate in organizing the event. The Washington state patrol may accept grants of funds and gifts to be utilized in furtherance of this purpose, and may use their public facilities for such purpose. At all times, the participation of the Washington state patrol must comply with chapter 42.52 RCW.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "chief for a day program" means a program in which the Washington state patrol partners with other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and the community to provide a day of special attention to chronically ill children. Each child is selected and sponsored by a law enforcement agency. The event, chief for a day, may occur on the grounds and in the facilities of the Washington state patrol. The program may include any appropriate honoring of the child as a chief, such as a certificate swearing them in as a chief, a badge, a uniform, and donated gifts. The gifts may include, but are not limited to, games, puzzles, and art supplies.
[ 2010 c 10 § 2.]
NOTES:
Finding—2010 c 10: "The legislature finds that the Washington state patrol's participation in charitable work, such as the chief for a day program that provides special attention to chronically ill children through recognition by various law enforcement agencies within the state, advances the overall purposes of the department by promoting positive relationships between law enforcement and the citizens of the state of Washington." [ 2010 c 10 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.013 - Donations, gifts, conveyances, devises, and grants.

RCW 43.43.013
Donations, gifts, conveyances, devises, and grants.
The Washington state patrol may accept any and all donations, bequests, gifts, conveyances, devices [devises], and grants conditional or otherwise; or money, property, service, or other things of value which may be received from the United States or any agency thereof, any governmental agency, institution, person, firm, or corporation, public and private, to be held, used, or applied for the purpose of fulfilling its mission.
[ 2009 c 108 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.015 - Affirmative action.

RCW 43.43.015
Affirmative action.
For the purposes of this chapter, "affirmative action" means a procedure by which racial minorities, women, persons in the protected age category, persons with disabilities, Vietnam-era veterans, and disabled veterans are provided with increased employment opportunities. It shall not mean any sort of quota system.
[ 1985 c 365 § 4; (2019 c 160 § 4, Referendum Measure No. 88 failed to become law).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.020 - Appointment of personnel.

RCW 43.43.020
Appointment of personnel.
The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the chief of the Washington state patrol, determine his compensation, and may remove him at will.
The chief shall appoint a sufficient number of competent persons to act as Washington state patrol officers, may remove them for cause, as provided in this chapter, and shall make promotional appointments, determine their compensation, and define their rank and duties, as hereinafter provided. Before a person may be appointed to act as a Washington state patrol officer, the person shall meet the minimum standards for employment with the Washington state patrol, including successful completion of a psychological examination and polygraph examination or similar assessment procedure administered by the chief or his or her designee in accordance with the requirements of RCW 43.101.095(2).
The chief may appoint employees of the Washington state patrol to serve as special deputies, with such restricted police authority as the chief shall designate as being necessary and consistent with their assignment to duty. Such appointment and conferral of authority shall not qualify said employees for membership in the Washington state patrol retirement system, nor shall it grant tenure of office as a regular officer of the Washington state patrol.
The chief may personally appoint, with the consent of the state treasurer, employees of the office of the state treasurer who are qualified under the standards of the criminal justice training commission, or who have comparable training and experience, to serve as special deputies. The law enforcement powers of any special deputies appointed in the office of the state treasurer shall be designated by the chief and shall be restricted to those powers necessary to provide for statewide security of the holdings or property of or under the custody of the office of the state treasurer. These appointments may be revoked by the chief at any time and shall be revoked upon the written request of the state treasurer or by operation of law upon termination of the special deputy's employment with the office of the state treasurer or thirty days after the chief who made the appointment leaves office. The chief shall be civilly immune for the acts of such special deputies. Such appointment and conferral of authority shall not qualify such employees for membership in the Washington state patrol retirement system, nor shall it grant tenure of office as a regular officer of the Washington state patrol.
[ 2005 c 434 § 4; 1983 c 144 § 1; 1981 c 338 § 4; 1973 1st ex.s. c 80 § 1; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.020. Prior: 1949 c 192 § 1; 1933 c 25 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6362-61.]
NOTES:
Civil service exemptions: RCW 41.06.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.030 - Powers and duties—Peace officers.

RCW 43.43.030
Powers and duties—Peace officers.
The chief and other officers of the Washington state patrol shall have and exercise, throughout the state, such police powers and duties as are vested in sheriffs and peace officers generally, and such other powers and duties as are prescribed by law.
[ 1965 c 8 § 43.43.030. Prior: 1933 c 25 § 2; RRS § 6362-60.]
NOTES:
General authority law enforcement agency: RCW 10.93.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.035 - Governor, lieutenant governor, and governor-elect—Security and protection—Duty to provide.

RCW 43.43.035
Governor, lieutenant governor, and governor-elect—Security and protection—Duty to provide.
The chief of the Washington state patrol is directed to provide security and protection for the governor, the governor's family, and the lieutenant governor to the extent and in the manner the governor and the chief of the Washington state patrol deem adequate and appropriate.
In the same manner the chief of the Washington state patrol is directed to provide security and protection for the governor-elect from the time of the November election.
[ 1991 c 63 § 1; 1965 ex.s. c 96 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.037 - Legislature—Security and protection—Duty to provide.

RCW 43.43.037
Legislature—Security and protection—Duty to provide.
The chief of the Washington state patrol is directed to provide such security and protection for both houses of the legislative building while in session as in the opinion of the speaker of the house and the president of the senate may be necessary therefor upon the advice of the respective sergeant-at-arms of each legislative body.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 96 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.050 - Tenure of patrol officers.

RCW 43.43.050
Tenure of patrol officers.
Washington state patrol officers shall be entitled to retain their ranks and positions until death or resignation, or until suspended, demoted, or discharged in the manner hereinafter provided.
[ 1965 c 8 § 43.43.050. Prior: 1943 c 205 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6362-66.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.060 - Suspension or demotion of probationary officers.

RCW 43.43.060
Suspension or demotion of probationary officers.
The chief of the Washington state patrol may suspend or demote any officer with probationary status, without preferring charges against the officer, and without a hearing.
[ 1984 c 141 § 1; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.060. Prior: 1943 c 205 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6362-67.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.070 - Discharge of probationary officers—Discharge, demotion, or suspension of nonprobationary officers—Complaint—Hearing.

RCW 43.43.070
Discharge of probationary officers—Discharge, demotion, or suspension of nonprobationary officers—Complaint—Hearing.
Discharge of any officer with probationary status and discharge, demotion, or suspension of any officer with nonprobationary status shall be only for cause, which shall be clearly stated in a written complaint, sworn to by the person preferring the charges, and served upon the officer complained of.
Upon being so served, any such officer shall be entitled to a public hearing before a trial board consisting of two Washington state patrol officers of the rank of captain, and one officer of equal rank with the officer complained of, who shall be selected by the chief of the Washington state patrol by lot from the roster of the patrol. In the case of complaint by an officer, such officer shall not be a member of the trial board.
[ 1984 c 141 § 2; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.070. Prior: 1943 c 205 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6362-68.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.080 - Criminal complaint—Authority to suspend officer—Hearing.

RCW 43.43.080
Criminal complaint—Authority to suspend officer—Hearing.
When the complaint served upon an officer is of a criminal nature calling for the discharge of the officer, the chief of the patrol may immediately suspend the officer without pay pending a trial board hearing. The board shall be convened no later than forty-five days from the date of suspension. However, this does not preclude the granting of a mutually agreed upon extension; in such cases the officer shall remain on suspension without pay.
An officer complained of may waive a hearing and accept the proposed discipline by written notice to the chief of the patrol.
[ 1989 c 28 § 1; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.080. Prior: 1943 c 205 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6362-69.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.090 - Procedure at hearing.

RCW 43.43.090
Procedure at hearing.
At the hearing, an administrative law judge appointed under chapter 34.12 RCW shall be the presiding officer, and shall make all necessary rulings in the course of the hearing, but shall not be entitled to vote.
The complainant and the officer complained of may submit evidence, and be represented by counsel, and a full and complete record of the proceedings, and all testimony, shall be taken down by a stenographer.
After hearing, the findings of the trial board shall be submitted to the chief. Such findings shall be final if the charges are not sustained. In the event the charges are sustained the chief may determine the proper disciplinary action and declare it by written order served upon the officer complained of.
[ 1989 c 28 § 2; 1984 c 141 § 3; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.090. Prior: 1943 c 205 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6362-70.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.100 - Review of order.

RCW 43.43.100
Review of order.
Any officer subjected to disciplinary action may, within ten days after the service of the order upon the officer, apply to the superior court of Thurston county for a writ of review to have the reasonableness and lawfulness of the order inquired into and determined.
The superior court shall review the determination of the chief of the Washington state patrol in a summary manner, based upon the record of the hearing before the trial board, and shall render its decision within ninety days, either affirming or reversing the order of the chief, or remanding the matter to the chief for further action. A transcript of the trial board hearing shall be provided to the court by the state patrol after being paid for by the officer subjected to disciplinary action. However, if the officer prevails before the court, the state patrol shall reimburse the officer for the cost of the transcript.
[ 1984 c 141 § 4; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.100. Prior: 1943 c 205 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6362-71.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.110 - Reinstatement on acquittal.

RCW 43.43.110
Reinstatement on acquittal.
If as a result of any trial board hearing, or review proceeding, an officer complained of is found not guilty of the charges against him or her, he or she shall be immediately reinstated to his or her former position, and be reimbursed for any loss of salary suffered by reason of the previous disciplinary action.
[ 2009 c 549 § 5123; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.110. Prior: 1943 c 205 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6362-72.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.112 - Private law enforcement off-duty employment—Guidelines.

RCW 43.43.112
Private law enforcement off-duty employment—Guidelines.
Washington state patrol officers may engage in private law enforcement off-duty employment, in uniform or in plainclothes for private benefit, subject to guidelines adopted by the chief of the Washington state patrol. These guidelines must ensure that the integrity and professionalism of the Washington state patrol is preserved. Use of Washington state patrol officer's uniforms shall be considered de minimis use of state property.
[ 2005 c 124 § 1; 1997 c 375 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.115 - Real property—Sale or disposal of surplus—Distribution of proceeds.

RCW 43.43.115
Real property—Sale or disposal of surplus—Distribution of proceeds.
Whenever real property owned by the state of Washington and under the jurisdiction of the Washington state patrol is no longer required, it may be sold at fair market value, or otherwise disposed as permitted under RCW 39.33.015. Any such sale or disposal must be in accordance with RCW 43.17.400. All proceeds received from the sale of real property, less any real estate broker commissions up to four percent of the sale price, shall be deposited into the state patrol highway account: PROVIDED, That if accounts or funds other than the state patrol highway account have contributed to the purchase or improvement of the real property, the office of financial management shall determine the proportional equity of each account or fund in the property and improvements, and shall direct the proceeds to be deposited proportionally therein.
[ 2018 c 217 § 6; 1993 c 438 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.135 - Membership in more than one retirement system.

RCW 43.43.135
Membership in more than one retirement system.
In any case where the Washington state patrol retirement system has in existence an agreement with another retirement system in connection with exchange of service credit or an agreement whereby members can retain service credit in more than one system, an employee holding membership in, or receiving pension benefits under, any retirement plan operated wholly or in part by an agency of the state or political subdivision thereof, or who is by reason of his or her current employment contributing to or otherwise establishing the right to receive benefits from any such retirement plan, shall be allowed membership rights should the agreement so provide.
[ 2009 c 549 § 5126; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.135. Prior: 1951 c 140 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.137 - Reestablishment of service credit by former members who are members of the public employees' retirement system—Conditions.

RCW 43.43.137
Reestablishment of service credit by former members who are members of the public employees' retirement system—Conditions.
Former members of the retirement system established under this chapter who are currently members of the retirement system governed by chapter 41.40 RCW are permitted to reestablish service credit with the system subject to the following:
(1) The former member must have separated and withdrawn contributions from the system prior to January 1, 1966, and not returned to membership since that date;
(2) The former member must have been employed by the department of licensing, or its predecessor agency, in a capacity related to drivers' license examining within thirty days after leaving commissioned status with the state patrol; and
(3) The former member must make payment to the system of the contributions withdrawn with interest at the rate set by the director from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment. Such payment must be made no later than June 30, 1986.
[ 1986 c 154 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.138 - Establishing, restoring service credit.

RCW 43.43.138
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 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.139 - Membership while serving as state legislator—Conditions.

RCW 43.43.139
Membership while serving as state legislator—Conditions.
Any member of the retirement system who, on or after January 1, 1995, is on leave of absence for the purpose of serving as a state legislator, may elect to continue to be a member of this retirement system. The member shall continue to receive service credit subject to the following:
(1) The member will not receive more than one month's service credit in a calendar month;
(2) Employer contributions shall be paid by the legislature;
(3) Contributions shall be based on the regular compensation which the member would have received had such a member not served in the legislature;
(4) The service and compensation credit under this section shall be granted only for periods during which the legislature is in session; and
(5) No service credit for service as a legislator will be allowed after a member separates from employment with the Washington state patrol.
[ 1997 c 123 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.142 - Retirement board abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.

RCW 43.43.142
Retirement board abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
The retirement board established by this chapter is abolished. All powers, duties, and functions of the board are transferred to the director of retirement systems.
[ 1982 c 163 § 18.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—1982 c 163: See notes following RCW 2.10.052.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.165 - Board may receive contributions from any source.

RCW 43.43.165
Board may receive contributions from any source.
Contributions may be received by the Washington state patrol retirement board from any public or private source for deposit into the Washington state patrol retirement fund, and said contributions shall be dealt with in the same manner as other state patrol retirement funds and subject to the terms of the contribution.
[ 1965 c 8 § 43.43.165. Prior: 1955 c 244 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.220 - Retirement fund—Expenses.

RCW 43.43.220
Retirement fund—Expenses.
The Washington state patrol retirement fund shall be the fund from which shall be paid all retirement allowances or benefits in lieu thereof which are payable as provided herein. The expenses of operating the retirement system shall be paid from appropriations made for the operation of the Washington state patrol.
[ 1989 c 273 § 25; 1973 1st ex.s. c 180 § 2; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.220. Prior: 1961 c 93 § 1; 1957 c 162 § 2; 1951 c 140 § 3; 1947 c 250 § 11; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6362-91.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.230 - Total service credit.

RCW 43.43.230
Total service credit.
Subject to the provisions of RCW 43.43.260, at retirement, the total service credited to a member shall consist of all the member's current service and accredited prior service.
[ 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 25; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.230. Prior: 1953 c 262 § 3; 1947 c 250 § 12; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6362-92.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1982 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 2.10.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.233 - Purchase of additional service credit—Costs—Rules.

RCW 43.43.233
Purchase of additional service credit—Costs—Rules.
(1) A member eligible to retire under RCW 43.43.250 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 § 6.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2006 c 214: See note following RCW 41.40.034.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.235 - Service credit for paid leave of absence.

RCW 43.43.235
Service credit for paid leave of absence.
(1) A member who is on a paid leave of absence authorized by a member's employer shall continue to receive service credit as provided under the provisions of RCW 43.43.120 through 43.43.310.
(2) A member who receives compensation from an employer while on an authorized leave of absence to serve as an elected official of a labor organization, and whose employer is reimbursed by the labor organization for the compensation paid to the member during the period of absence, may also be considered to be on a paid leave of absence. This subsection shall only apply if the member's leave of absence is authorized by a collective bargaining agreement that provides that the member retains seniority rights with the employer during the period of leave. The basic salary reported for a member who establishes service credit under this subsection may not be greater than the salary paid to the highest paid job class covered by the collective bargaining agreement.
[ 2000 c 78 § 1.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application—2000 c 78 § 1: "Section 1 of this act applies on a retroactive basis to members for whom compensation and hours were reported under the circumstances described in section 1 of this act. Section 1 of this act may also be applied on a retroactive basis to November 23, 1987, to members for whom compensation and hours would have been reported except for explicit instructions from the department of retirement systems." [ 2000 c 78 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.240 - Legal adviser.

RCW 43.43.240
Legal adviser.
The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the retirement board.
[ 1965 c 8 § 43.43.240. Prior: 1947 c 250 § 13; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6362-93.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.250 - Retirement of members.

RCW 43.43.250
Retirement of members.
(1)(a) Until July 1, 2007, any member who has attained the age of sixty years shall be retired on the first day of the calendar month next succeeding that in which the member has attained the age of sixty. However, the requirement to retire at age sixty does not apply to a member serving as chief of the Washington state patrol.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2007, any active member who has obtained the age of sixty-five years shall be retired on the first day of the calendar month next succeeding that in which the member has attained the age of sixty-five. However, the requirement to retire at age sixty-five does not apply to a member serving as chief of the Washington state patrol.
(2) Any member who has completed twenty-five years of credited service or has attained the age of fifty-five may apply to retire as provided in RCW 43.43.260, by completing and submitting an application form to the department, setting forth at what time the member desires to be retired.
[ 2007 c 87 § 1; 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 § 26; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 116 § 1; 1969 c 12 § 3; 1965 c 8 § 43.43.250. Prior: 1963 c 175 § 1; 1957 c 162 § 3; 1951 c 140 § 4; 1947 c 250 § 14; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6362-94.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1982 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 2.10.180.
Construction—1969 c 12: See note following RCW 43.43.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.263 - Effect of certain accumulated vacation leave on retirement benefits.

RCW 43.43.263
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 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.264 - Benefit calculation—Limitation.

RCW 43.43.264
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 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.274 - Minimum retirement allowance—Annual adjustment.

RCW 43.43.274
Minimum retirement allowance—Annual adjustment.
Effective January 1, 2003, the minimum retirement allowance under RCW 43.43.260 and 43.43.270(2) in effect on January 1, 2002, shall be increased by three percent. Each January 1st thereafter, the minimum retirement allowance of the preceding year shall be increased by three percent.
[ 2001 c 329 § 8; 1999 c 74 § 3; 1997 c 72 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2001 c 329: See note following RCW 43.43.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.43 - Washington State Patrol. › 43.43.278 - Retirement option.

RCW 43.43.278
Retirement option.
By July 1, 2000, the department of retirement systems shall adopt rules that allow a member to select an actuarially equivalent retirement option that pays the member a reduced retirement allowance and upon death shall be continued throughout the life of a lawful surviving spouse or lawful domestic partner. The continuing allowance to the lawful surviving spouse or lawful domestic partner shall be subject to the yearly increase provided by RCW 43.43.260(5). The allowance to the lawful surviving spouse or lawful domestic partner under this section, and the allowance for an eligible child or children under RCW 43.43.270, shall not be subject to the limit for combined benefits under RCW 43.43.270.
[ 2009 c 522 § 5; 2001 c 329 § 9; 2000 c 186 § 9; 1999 c 74 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2001 c 329: See note following RCW 43.43.120.