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                                  HOUSE BILL 2911

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Basich, Jones, Hargrove, Sheldon, Riley and Paris

 

Read first time 01/31/92.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.Allowing certain law enforcement officers and fire fighters pension credit for past service.


     AN ACT Relating to pension systems for law enforcement officers and fire fighters; and adding a new section to chapter 41.26 RCW.

 

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

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 41.26 RCW to read as follows:

     If a member of either plan I or plan II served as a law enforcement officer or fire fighter under a prior pension system and that service is not creditable to plan I or plan II because the member withdrew his or her contributions plus accrued interest from the prior pension system while still a law enforcement officer or fire fighter, the member's prior service is credited to plan I or plan II if the member pays to his or her respective pension plan by June 30, 1993, an amount equal to that which the member withdrew from the prior pension system together with interest as determined by the director.