WSR 17-20-072

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed October 2, 2017, 4:40 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Eligibility for membership in the public employees' retirement system (PERS), teachers' retirement system (TRS), school employees' retirement system (SERS), and public safety employees' retirement system (PSERS).

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 clarify that eligibility for early retirement does not make a member ineligible to establish membership in another state retirement system. Other revisions may be included if opportunities for further clarification are identified during this review.

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, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, phone 360-664-7291, TTY 711, email Rules@drs.wa.gov, web site www.drs.wa.gov/rules.

October 2, 2017

Jilene Siegel

Rules Coordinator