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                         SENATE BILL 5220

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators Long, Fraser, Winsley, Bauer, Franklin and Patterson; by request of Joint Committee on Pension Policy

Read first time 01/20/97.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Establishing minimum benefits on the Washington state patrol retirement system.

    AN ACT Relating to minimum benefits in the Washington state patrol retirement system; adding a new section to chapter 43.43 RCW; decodifying RCW 43.43.275 and 43.43.277; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.43 RCW to read as follows:

    Effective July 1, 1997, the retirement allowance under RCW 43.43.260 and 43.43.270(2) shall not be less than twenty dollars per month for each year of service.  If the member has elected to receive a reduced retirement allowance under RCW 43.43.280(2), the minimum retirement allowance under this section shall be reduced accordingly.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  RCW 43.43.275 and 43.43.277 are decodified.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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