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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 176

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Basich, Allen, P. King, Hankins, Vekich, Madsen, R. King, Fisch, Jacobsen, Todd, Rasmussen, Bumgarner and Fuhrman

Read first time 1/20/87 and referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to the teachers' retirement system; and adding a new section to chapter 41.32 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 41.32 RCW to read as follows:

          Any member who has served as an active member of the United States military, naval, or air service or who has been employed as a teacher overseas by the department of defense or who has been employed in the public school system of another state may count the years of such service towards eligibility for retirement.  The individual shall have a total of thirty years of service including service in the public schools of this state for the provisions of this section to apply.  However, calculations of benefits shall be based upon the number of years of service credit within the retirement system.