WSR 20-08-131

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed April 1, 2020, 8:51 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Definition of salary for the Washington state patrol retirement system.

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 implement chapter 97, Laws of 2020 (SB 6218), modifying the definition of salary for Washington state patrol retirement system Plan 1 members who entered the system on or after July 1, 2001, to include lump sum payments for holiday pay and unused vacation leave for the purpose of calculating pension benefits.

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, website www.drs.wa.gov/rules/.

April 1, 2020

Jilene Siegel

Rules Coordinator