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HOUSE BILL 2749
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representative Springer
Read first time 01/21/94. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to cities and towns annexed by fire protection districts; and amending RCW 41.16.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 41.16.050 and 1986 c 296 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
There is
hereby created and established in the treasury of each municipality a fund
which shall be known and designated as the firemen's pension fund, which shall
consist of: (1) All bequests, fees, gifts, emoluments, or donations
given or paid thereto; (2) forty-five percent of all moneys received by the
state from taxes on fire insurance premiums; (3) taxes paid pursuant to the
provisions of RCW 41.16.060; (4) interest on the investments of the fund; and
(5) contributions by ((firemen)) fire fighters as provided for
herein. The moneys received from the tax on fire insurance premiums under the
provisions of this chapter shall be distributed in the proportion that the
number of paid ((firemen)) fire fighters in the city, town,
or fire protection district bears to the total number of paid ((firemen))
fire fighters throughout the state to be ascertained in the following
manner: The secretary of the firemen's pension board of each city, town,
and fire protection district now or hereafter coming under the provisions of
this chapter shall within thirty days after June 7, 1961, and on or before the
fifteenth day of January thereafter, certify to the state treasurer the number
of paid ((firemen)) fire fighters in the fire department in such
city, town, or fire protection district. For any city or town
annexed by a fire protection district at any time before, on, or after the
effective date of this act, the city or town shall continue to certify to the
state treasurer the number of paid fire fighters in the city or town fire
department immediately before annexation until all obligations against the
firemen's pension fund in the city or town have been satisfied. For the
purposes of the calculation in this section, the state treasurer shall subtract
the number certified by the annexed city or town from the number of paid fire
fighters certified by an annexing fire protection district. The state
treasurer shall on or before the first day of June of each year deliver to the
treasurer of each city, town, and fire protection district coming under
the provisions of this chapter his or her warrant, payable to each city,
town, or fire protection district for the amount due such city, town,
or fire protection district ascertained as herein provided and the treasurer of
each such city, town, or fire protection district shall place the amount
thereof to the credit of the firemen's pension fund of such city, town,
or fire protection district.
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