WSR 15-09-137

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed April 22, 2015, 10:03 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Purchasing additional annuities and service credits.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.50.050.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To define, document and clarify how the agency administers statutes that provide for the purchase of additional annuities and service credits in certain retirement systems.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Jilene Siegel, Rules Coordinator, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, e-mail Rules@drs.wa.gov, phone (360) 664-7291.

Jilene A. Siegel

Rules Coordinator