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HOUSE BILL NO. 2717
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State of Washington 51st Legislature 1990 Regular Session
By Representative Todd
Read first time 1/19/90 and referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to retirement credit for military service; and amending RCW 41.40.170.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 18, chapter 274, Laws of 1947 as last amended by section 12, chapter 294, Laws of 1981 and RCW 41.40.170 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A member who has served or shall serve on active federal service in the military or naval forces of the United States and who left or shall leave an employer to enter such service shall be deemed to be on military leave of absence if he has resumed or shall resume employment as an employee within one year from termination thereof.
(2) If he has applied or shall apply for reinstatement of employment, within one year from termination of the military service, and is refused employment for reasons beyond his control, he shall, upon resumption of service within ten years have such service credited to him.
(3) ((In
any event, after completing twenty-five years of creditable service, any member
may have his service in the armed forces credited to him as a member whether or
not he left the employ of an employer to enter such armed service: PROVIDED,
That in no instance, described in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this
section, shall military service in excess of five years be credited: AND
PROVIDED FURTHER, That in each instance the member must restore all withdrawn
accumulated contributions, which restoration must be completed within five
years of membership service following his first resumption of employment or
complete twenty-five years of creditable service: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That))
After the effective date of this 1990 act, for every five years of service
credit earned by a member, whether or not the member left the employ of an
employer to enter the armed forces, the member shall receive one year's
additional service credit in the retirement system for each year of honorable
military service to the United States. The person may only receive a maximum
of five years additional service credits under this subsection or under
subsection (1) or (2) of this section. However, this section ((will))
shall not apply to any individual, not a veteran within the meaning of
RCW 41.04.005((, as now or hereafter amended: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That)).
In no instance, described in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section,
shall military service be credited to any member who is receiving full military
retirement benefits pursuant to Title 10 United States Code.