| Passed by the Senate February 16, 2010 YEAS 47 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 3, 2010 YEAS 97 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6453 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved March 12, 2010, 2:51 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 12, 2010 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2010 Regular Session |
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.