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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2541

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representatives Youngsman, Padden, Belcher, Nealey, Kremen and May

Read first time 1/15/90 and referred to Committee on Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to portability of public employment retirement benefits; amending RCW 41.54.010; and providing an effective date.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 192, Laws of 1987 as amended by section 1, chapter 195, Laws of 1988 and RCW 41.54.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

          (1) "Base salary" means salaries or wages earned by a member of a system during a payroll period for personal services and includes wages and salaries deferred under provisions of the United States internal revenue code, but shall exclude overtime payments, nonmoney maintenance compensation, and lump sum payments for deferred annual sick leave, unused accumulated vacation, unused accumulated annual leave, any form of severance pay, any bonus for voluntary retirement, any other form of leave, or any similar lump sum payment.

           (2) "Department" means the department of retirement systems.

          (3) "Director" means the director of the department of retirement systems.

          (4) "Dual member" means a person who (a) is or becomes a member of a system on or after July 1, 1988, (b) has been a member of one or more other systems, and (c) has never been retired for service from a retirement system and is not receiving a disability retirement or disability leave benefit from any retirement system listed in RCW 41.50.030 or subsection (6) of this section.

           (5) "Service" means the same as it may be defined in each respective system.  For the purposes of RCW 41.54.030, military service granted under RCW 41.40.170(3) or 43.43.260 may only be based on service accrued under chapter 41.40 or 43.43 RCW, respectively.

           (6) "System" means the retirement systems established under RCW 41.26.400 through 41.26.550 and under chapters 41.32, 41.40, and 43.43 RCW and the city employee retirement systems for Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane.  The inclusion of an individual first class city system is subject to the procedure set forth in RCW 41.54.060.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     This act shall take effect July 1, 1990.