Revised Code of Washington
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Chapter 41.16 RCW
FIREFIGHTERS' RELIEF AND PENSIONS1947 ACT
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41.16.010Definitions.
41.16.020Pension board createdMembersTermsVacanciesOfficersQuorum.
41.16.030Meetings.
41.16.040Powers and duties.
41.16.050Firefighters' pension fundHow constituted.
41.16.060Tax levy for fund.
41.16.070Contributions by firefighters.
41.16.080Retirement for service.
41.16.090Limit of pension.
41.16.100Payment on death of retired firefighter.
41.16.110Payment on death of eligible pensioner before retirement.
41.16.120Payment on death in line of duty.
41.16.130Payment upon disablement in line of duty.
41.16.140Payment upon disablement not in line of duty.
41.16.145Annual increase in benefits payable on retirement for service, death in line of duty, and disabilityAppeals.
41.16.150Payment on separation from service.
41.16.160Payment on death not in line of duty.
41.16.170Payment on death of firefighter with no dependents.
41.16.180Funeral expense.
41.16.190Waiting periodDisability retirement.
41.16.200Examination of disability pensionersRestoration to duty.
41.16.210Transfer of assets to new fundAssumption of obligations.
41.16.220Credit for military service.
41.16.230Repeal does not affect accrued rights.
41.16.240Application of chapter to fire protection districts.
41.16.250Retirement and job security rights preserved upon annexation, etc., of district.
41.16.260Transfer of credit from city employees' retirement system to firefighters' pension system.
41.16.920Construction1959 c 5Benefits retroactively authorized.
41.16.921Construction1975 1st ex.s. c 178, RCW 41.16.145.
41.16.922ConstructionChapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships2009 c 521.
NOTES:
Prior acts relating to firefighters' relief and pensions: 1935 c 39; 1929 c 86; 1919 c 196; 1909 c 50 were repealed by 1947 c 91 s 12 (codified herein as RCW 41.16.230).
Firefighters' relief and pensions1955 act: Chapter 41.18 RCW.
Rights of firefighter injured outside corporate limits of municipality: RCW 35.84.050.
Volunteer firefighters' relief and pensions: Chapter 41.24 RCW.