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                                  HOUSE BILL 2078

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives Jones, Heavey, Mielke, Cole, Wood, Vance, Phillips, R. Johnson, Edmondson, Orr, Jacobsen, Bray, Nelson, Rayburn, R. Meyers, Holland, Grant, Sheldon, Ludwig, Brumsickle, Winsley, Bowman, Morton, Wynne, Moyer, Mitchell and Anderson.

Read first time February 21, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.Extending military service credit to public employees' retirement system II.

     AN ACT Relating to military service credit; amending RCW 41.40.710; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.40.005.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     Sec. 1.  RCW 41.40.005 and 1989 c 273 s 20 and 1989 c 272 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

     (1) "Public employees' retirement system plan I" or "plan I" means the benefits and funding provisions covering persons who first became members of the public employees' retirement system prior to October 1, 1977.  The provisions of the following sections of this chapter shall apply only to members of plan I:  RCW 41.40.150, 41.40.160, ((41.40.170,)) 41.40.180, 41.40.185, 41.40.190, 41.40.193, 41.40.195, 41.40.200, 41.40.210, 41.40.220, 41.40.230, 41.40.235, 41.40.250, 41.40.260, 41.40.270, 41.40.280, 41.40.300, 41.40.310, 41.40.320, 41.40.325, and 41.40.330.

     (2) "Public employees' retirement system plan II" or "plan II" means the benefits and funding provisions covering persons who first became members of the public employees' retirement system on or after October 1, 1977.  The provisions of RCW 41.40.600 through 41.40.740 apply only to members of plan II.

     Sec. 2.  RCW 41.40.710 and 1977 ex.s. c 295 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

     A member who is on a paid leave of absence authorized by a member's employer shall continue to receive service credit as provided for under the provisions of RCW 41.40.610 through 41.40.740.

     A member shall be eligible to receive a maximum of two years service credit during a member's entire working career for those periods when a member is on an unpaid leave of absence authorized by an employer.  Such credit may be obtained only if the member makes both the employer and member contributions plus interest as determined by the department for the period of the authorized leave of absence within five years of resumption of service or prior to retirement whichever comes sooner:  PROVIDED, That for the purpose of this ((subsection [section])) section the contribution shall not include the contribution for the unfunded supplemental present value as required by RCW 41.40.650.  The contributions required shall be based on the average of the member's compensation earnable at both the time the authorized leave of absence was granted and the time the member resumed employment.

     ((A member who is inducted into the armed forces of the United States shall be deemed to be on an unpaid, authorized leave of absence.))