CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2057

 

 

                   Chapter 305, Laws of 1995

 

 

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

 

 

                 JUDGES‑-RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/23/95

Passed by the House March 13, 1995

  Yeas 82   Nays 14

 

 

 

CLYDE BALLARD

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 22, 1995

  Yeas 47   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2057 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

JOEL PRITCHARD

 

President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

 

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved May 9, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

              May 9, 1995 - 4:17 p.m.

 

 

 

    MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                     ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2057

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             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Appelwick and Foreman

 

Read first time 02/28/95.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

 

Changing judicial retirement eligibility.



    AN ACT Relating to retirement eligibility; amending RCW 2.10.100; and creating a new section.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 2.10.100 and 1988 c 109 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    Retirement of a member for service shall be made by the retirement board as follows:

    (1) Any judge who, on August 9, 1971 or within one year thereafter, shall have completed as a judge the years of actual service required under chapter 2.12 RCW and who shall elect to become a member of this system, shall in all respects be deemed qualified to retire under this retirement system upon ((his)) the member's written request.

    (2) Any member who has completed fifteen or more years of service may be retired upon ((his)) the member's written request but shall not be eligible to receive a retirement allowance until the member attains the age of sixty years.

    (3) Any member who attains the age of seventy-five years shall be retired at the end of the calendar year in which ((he)) the member attains such age.

    (4) Any judge who involuntarily leaves service or who is appointed to a position as a federal judge or federal magistrate at any time after having served an aggregate of twelve years shall be eligible to a partial retirement allowance computed according to RCW 2.10.110 and shall receive this allowance upon the attainment of the age of sixty years and fifteen years after the beginning of ((his)) the member's judicial service.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  Section 1 of this act shall apply retroactively to October 1, 1994.


    Passed the House March 13, 1995.

    Passed the Senate April 22, 1995.

Approved by the Governor May 9, 1995.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 9, 1995.