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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4172

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Bauer and Patterson

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

AN ACT Relating to the teachers' retirement system; amending section 30, chapter 80, Laws of 1947 as last amended by section 5, chapter 14, Laws of 1963 ex. sess. and RCW 41.32.300; amending section 31, chapter 80, Laws of 1947 as last amended by section 1, chapter 193, Laws of 1974 ex. sess. and RCW 41.32.310; and amending section 32, chapter 80, Laws of 1947 as last amended by section 6, chapter 14, Laws of 1963 ex. sess. and RCW 41.32.320.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 30, chapter 80, Laws of 1947 as last amended by section 5, chapter 14, Laws of 1963 ex. sess. and RCW 41.32.300 are each amended to read as follows:

          Henceforth a total of not more than four years of service outside of the state shall be credited to a member who establishes or reestablishes credit for out-of-state public school employment in this state subsequent to July 1, 1961.  Foreign public school teaching service shall be creditable as out-of-state service((: PROVIDED, That no out-of-state service credit shall be established or reestablished subsequent to July 1, 1964, except that a member who has been granted official leave of absence by his employer may, upon his return to public school service in this state, establish out-of-state membership service credit, within the limitations of this section, for public school service rendered in another state or in another country)).  No member who establishes out-of-state service credit after July 1, 1947, shall at retirement for pension payment purposes be allowed credit for out-of-state service in excess of the number of years credit which he shall have earned in the public schools of the state of Washington.

        Sec. 2.  Section 31, chapter 80, Laws of 1947 as last amended by section 1, chapter 193, Laws of 1974 ex. sess. and RCW 41.32.310 are each amended to read as follows:

          Any member desiring to establish credit for services previously rendered((,)) must present proof and make the necessary payments.  For services previously rendered in this state, the payments shall be made on or before June 30 of the fifth school year of his membership.  For credit for out-of-state service, the payments shall consist of the employee contributions which would have been made had the person been rendering the service in this state at the time the service was rendered, plus interest from the date of the service.  Payments covering all types of membership service credit must be made in a lump sum when due, or in annual installments.  The first annual installment ((of)) shall be at least twenty percent of the amount due ((must be paid before the above deadline date)), and the final payment must be made by June 30th of the fourth school year following that in which the first installment was made.  The amount of payment and the interest thereon, whether lump sum or installments, shall be made by a method and in an amount established by the board of trustees:  PROVIDED, That a member who had the opportunity under chapter 41.32 RCW prior to July 1, 1969, to establish credit for active United States military service or credit for professional preparation and failed to do so shall be permitted to establish such additional credit within the provisions of RCW 41.32.260 and 41.32.330:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That a member who was not permitted to establish credit pursuant to section 2, chapter 32, Laws of 1973 2nd ex. sess., for Washington teaching service previously rendered, must present proof and make the necessary payment to establish such credit as membership service credit.  Payment for such credit must be made in a lump sum on or before June 30, 1974.  Any member desiring to establish credit under the provisions of this 1969 amendment must present proof and make the necessary payment before June 30, 1974; or, if not employed on the effective date of this amendment, before June 30th of the fifth school year upon returning to public school employment in this state.

        Sec. 3.  Section 32, chapter 80, Laws of 1947 as last amended by section 6, chapter 14, Laws of 1963 ex. sess. and RCW 41.32.320 are each amended to read as follows:

          Any teacher who leaves the state after becoming a member, upon becoming reemployed in the public schools of the state, may be credited with membership service in an amount, which when added to the out-of-state credits for prior service shall not exceed the allowable total, conditioned upon satisfactory proof and upon contributions to the annuity fund((:  PROVIDED, That out-of-state service credit established or reestablished after July 1, 1964 may be granted only for out-of-state service rendered while a member was on official leave of absence granted by his employer)).