WSR 22-17-065

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed August 15, 2022, 11:34 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Law enforcement officers' and firefighters' (LEOFF) Plans 1 and 2 benefit enhancements.

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 provisions of 2022 legislation that offers new retirement benefits for LEOFF Plans 1 and 2.

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 Rubi Reaume, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, phone 360-664-7311, TTY 711, email drs.rules@drs.wa.gov, website www.drs.wa.gov/sitemap/rules/.

August 15, 2022

Rubi Reaume

Rules Coordinator