WSR 19-02-052

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed December 27, 2018, 11:29 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Public safety employees' retirement system (PSERS) membership.

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 amend the definitions of a PSERS employer and member, to include changes implemented by chapter 241, Laws of 2018.

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 drs.rules@drs.wa.gov, web site www.drs.wa.gov/rules/.

December 27, 2018

Jilene Siegel

Rules Coordinator