FINAL BILL REPORT

SHB 424

                                  C 136 L 87

BYHouse Committee on Ways & Means/Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Jacobsen, Appelwick, Allen, Cole, P. King, Ebersole, Valle, Hine, Belcher and Rayburn)

Providing for service credit for school district employees under the public employees' retirement system.

House Committe on Ways & Means/Appropriations

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Classified employees of school districts (i.e., bus drivers, cafeteria staff, etc.) are members of the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).  Members of PERS, Plan I must generally work 70 or more hours in a month to earn service credit for that month; members of PERS, Plan II must work 90 or more hours.

In 1973 PERS was amended to allow a member, who is employed by a school district on a continuing nine month basis and who earns nine months of credit in a fiscal year, to receive twelve months of credit for that year.  The change applies to both PERS I and PERS II, but it was not made effective for years of employment prior to 1973.  Members of the Teachers' Retirement System, Plans I and II, have received a full year of service credit for nine months employment since 1947.

SUMMARY:

Persons who retire after the effective date of this act will receive twelve months credit for nine months service for all prior years of service with a school district.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 90   1

      Senate    49     0

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987