CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5220

Chapter 72, Laws of 1997

55th Legislature

1997 Regular Session

WASHINGTON STATE PATROL RETIREMENT SYSTEM--MINIMUM BENEFITS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/97

Passed by the Senate March 5, 1997

YEAS 46 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 9, 1997

YEAS 98 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5220 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MIKE O'CONNELL

Secretary

Approved April 19, 1997

FILED

April 19, 1997 - 10:43 a.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5220

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Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session

By Senators Long, Fraser, Winsley, Bauer, Franklin and Patterson; by request of Joint Committee on Pension Policy

Read first time 01/20/97. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to minimum benefits in the Washington state patrol retirement system; adding a new section to chapter 43.43 RCW; and decodifying RCW 43.43.275 and 43.43.277.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.43 RCW to read as follows:

Effective July 1, 1997, the retirement allowance under RCW 43.43.260 and 43.43.270(2) shall not be less than twenty dollars per month for each year of service. If the member has elected to receive a reduced retirement allowance under RCW 43.43.280(2), the minimum retirement allowance under this section shall be reduced accordingly.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. RCW 43.43.275 and 43.43.277 are decodified.