AN
ACT Relating to restrictions on the restoration of service credit; adding a new
section to chapter 41.26 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.32 RCW; adding
new sections to chapter 41.40 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.43
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 under the subchapter heading
"provisions applicable to plan I and plan II" to read as follows:
Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary, persons who fail to:
(1)
Establish allowable membership service not previously credited;
(2)
Restore all or a part of that previously credited membership service
represented by withdrawn contributions; or
(3)
Restore service credit represented by a lump sum payment in lieu of benefits,
before the deadline established by statute, may do so under the conditions set
forth in RCW 41.50.165.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 41.32 RCW under the subchapter heading
"provisions applicable to plan I, plan II, and plan III" to read as
follows:
Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary, persons who fail to:
(1)
Establish allowable membership service not previously credited;
(2)
Restore all or a part of that previously credited membership service
represented by withdrawn contributions; or
(3)
Restore service credit represented by a lump sum payment in lieu of benefits,
before the deadline established by statute, may do so under the conditions set
forth in RCW 41.50.165.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. A
new section is added to chapter 41.40 RCW under the subchapter heading
"provisions applicable to plan I and plan II" to read as follows:
Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary, persons who fail to:
(1)
Establish allowable membership service not previously credited;
(2)
Restore all or a part of that previously credited membership service
represented by withdrawn contributions; or
(3)
Restore service credit represented by a lump sum payment in lieu of benefits,
before the deadline established by statute, may do so under the conditions set
forth in RCW 41.50.165.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 4. A
new section is added to chapter 41.40 RCW under the subchapter heading
"provisions applicable to plan I" to read as follows:
Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary, employees of Washington State University who
first established membership in the public employees' retirement system plan I
under RCW 41.40.500 through 41.40.507, as existing on July 28, 1991, and RCW
41.40.508, as existing on June 7, 1990, may purchase, as set forth under RCW
41.50.165, plan I service credit for the period of service at Washington State
University prior to his or her contributory membership in the Washington State
University retirement system.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 5. A
new section is added to chapter 43.43 RCW to read as follows:
Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary, persons who fail to:
(1)
Establish allowable membership service not previously credited;
(2)
Restore all or a part of that previously credited membership service
represented by withdrawn contributions; or
(3)
Restore service credit represented by a lump sum payment in lieu of benefits,
before the deadline established by statute, may do so under the conditions set
forth in RCW 41.50.165.
