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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5880

Chapter 308, Laws of 1995

54th Legislature

1995 Regular Session

RETIREMENT TO CARE FOR DISABLED SPOUSE‑-PUBLIC

EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN I

EFFECTIVE DATE: 5/9/95

Passed by the Senate April 20, 1995

YEAS 47 NAYS 0

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 11, 1995

YEAS 94 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5880 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

Secretary

Approved May 9, 1995

FILED

May 9, 1995 - 4:20 p.m.

MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5880

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Spanel and Winsley)

Read first time 03/06/95.

AN ACT Relating to retirement in order to care for a disabled spouse; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A member of plan I of the public employee's retirement system who has at least twenty years of service and whose spouse has become severely and permanently incapacitated prior to the effective date of this act, may be retired and receive a benefit under RCW 41.40.190 actuarially reduced from the earliest age the member could have retired under RCW 41.40.180, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The member's spouse is mentally or physically incapacitated and the incapacity is likely to be permanent;

(2) The member's spouse needs twenty-four hour, in-home care; and

(3) The member's application for retirement is received prior to July 1, 1995.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.