CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5313



60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 12, 2007
  YEAS 49   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 4, 2007
  YEAS 95   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5313 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5313
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Schoesler, Kilmer, Hatfield, Shin and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/17/2007.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.



     AN ACT Relating to establishing the retirement age for members of the Washington state patrol retirement system; amending RCW 43.43.250; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 43.43.250 and 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 s 26 are each amended to read as follows:
     (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 ((said)) the member ((shall have)) has attained the age of sixty((: PROVIDED, That)). However, the requirement to retire at age sixty ((shall)) 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.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   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.

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