CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5313

Chapter 87, Laws of 2007

(partial veto)

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



STATE PATROL--RETIREMENT AGE



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the Senate March 12, 2007
  YEAS 49   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 4, 2007
  YEAS 95   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5313 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 18, 2007, 9:57 a.m., with the exception of section 2, which is vetoed.







CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
April 18, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5313
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Schoesler, Kilmer, Hatfield, Shin and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/17/2007.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.



     AN ACT Relating to establishing the retirement age for members of the Washington state patrol retirement system; amending RCW 43.43.250; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.43.250 and 1982 1st ex.s. c 52 s 26 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1)(a) Until July 1, 2007, any member who has attained the age of sixty years shall be retired on the first day of the calendar month next succeeding that in which ((said)) the member ((shall have)) has attained the age of sixty((: PROVIDED, That)). However, the requirement to retire at age sixty ((shall)) does not apply to a member serving as chief of the Washington state patrol.
     (b) Beginning July 1, 2007, any active member who has obtained the age of sixty-five years shall be retired on the first day of the calendar month next succeeding that in which the member has attained the age of sixty-five. However, the requirement to retire at age sixty-five does not apply to a member serving as chief of the Washington state patrol.
     (2) Any member who has completed twenty-five years of credited service or has attained the age of fifty-five may apply to retire as provided in RCW 43.43.260, by completing and submitting an application form to the department, setting forth at what time the member desires to be retired.

     *NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   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.
     *Sec. 2 was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.


         Passed by the Senate March 12, 2007.
         Passed by the House April 4, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor April 18, 2007, with the exception of certain items that were vetoed.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 18, 2007.

     Note: Governor's explanation of partial veto is as follows:

"I am returning, without my approval as to Section 2, Senate Bill No. 5313 entitled:

     "AN ACT Relating to establishing the retirement age for members of the Washington state patrol retirement system."

This bill will help the Washington State Patrol retain its experienced troopers. When the bill was moving through the legislature, they were concerned that a trooper may turn 60 years old between July 1, 2007 the first day this bill could be effective, and the standard effective date, which is 90 days after a bill is signed into law. The Washington State Patrol has since determined that no troopers will turn 60 years old during this period of time, and that no trooper will face the mandatory retirement age prior to the effective date of this bill. The emergency clause is therefore unnecessary.

For these reasons, I have vetoed Section 2 of Senate Bill No. 5313.

With the exception of Sections 2, Senate Bill No. 5313 is approved."