BILL REQ. #:  Z-1016.1 



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SENATE BILL 6453
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State of Washington61st Legislature2010 Regular Session

By Senators Hobbs, Delvin, Shin, and Roach; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Read first time 01/14/10.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.



     AN ACT Relating to shared leave for members of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system, plan 2; 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:
     (1) A member in receipt of employer-authorized shared leave after the effective date of this section shall receive the same treatment in respect to service credit and final average salary that the member would normally receive if using accrued annual leave or sick leave.
     (2) For purposes of this section shared leave includes, but is not limited to:
     (a) Direct transfers of annual leave, sick leave, or other leave from one employee to another;
     (b) Indirect transfers of annual leave, sick leave, or other leave via leave banks or a similar pool of donated leave; or
     (c) Shift trades or employees working shifts on behalf of a member.
     (3) Shared leave that has been reported to the department prior to the effective date of this section, and for which contributions have been made, remains creditable for service credit and final average salary.

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