Title 41 — Title 41 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, CIVIL SERVICE, AND PENSIONS
37 chapters · 1,408 sections in this title.
RCW 41.28.005 Establishment of retirement and pension systems authorized.
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Any city attaining the status of a first-class city after July 1, 1939, is empowered by this chapter to establish retirement and pension systems for superannuated or totally and permanently disabled officers and employees of cities of the first class.[ 1939 c 207 s 1; RRS s 9592-…
RCW 41.28.010 Definitions.
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Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as hereinafter used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:(1) "Accumulated additional contributions" shall mean the sum of all the additional contributions, deducted from th…
RCW 41.28.020 Retirement system created—Adoption by cities.
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A retirement system is hereby created and established in each city of the first class in each county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more to be known as the "employees' retirement system". This chapter shall become effective as to any such city when by or…
RCW 41.28.030 Employees within or excluded from system.
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(1) With the exception of those employees who are excluded from membership as herein provided, all employees shall become members of the retirement system as follows:(a) Every employee in city service as defined in this chapter, on July 1, 1939, shall become a member of the retir…
RCW 41.28.040 Rates of contribution—Deduction and payment into fund.
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(1) The normal rate of contribution of members shall be those adopted by the board of administration, subject to the approval of the city council or city commission, and for the first five-year period such rates shall be based on sex and on age of entry into the retirement system…
RCW 41.28.050 Allowance of service credit.
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(1) Subject to the following and all other provisions of this chapter, including such rules and regulations as the board shall adopt in pursuance thereof, the board, subject to the approval of the city council or city commission, shall determine and may modify allowance for servi…
RCW 41.28.060 Board of administration to administer system—Powers and duties—Actuarial investigations and valuations—Reports, records, and accounts.
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The administration of the retirement system is hereby vested in the board of administration created in RCW 41.28.080. The board shall exercise the powers and duties conferred upon it by said section, and in addition thereto:(1) The board shall keep in convenient form such data as…
RCW 41.28.070 Employees' retirement fund created—Composition.
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A fund is hereby created and established in all cities of the first class as under this chapter provided to be known as the "employees' retirement fund" and shall consist of all the moneys paid into it in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, whether such moneys shall t…
RCW 41.28.080 Board of administration—Members—Duties—Fiscal affairs.
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(1) There is hereby created and established a board of administration in each city coming under this chapter, which shall, under the provisions of this chapter and the direction of the city council or city commission, administer the retirement system and the retirement fund creat…
RCW 41.28.085 Legislative intent—Investments.
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In order that the intent of the legislature may be made clear with respect to investments, but without restricting the necessary flexibility that must exist for successful investing of the retirement and pension funds, the legislature makes this declaration of its desire that the…
RCW 41.28.090 Contributions by city.
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(1) There shall be paid into the retirement fund by contributions of the city, the amounts necessary to pay all pensions and all other benefits allowable under this chapter to members on account of prior service, and minimum allowances provided for in RCW 41.28.130. Until the amo…
RCW 41.28.100 City obligated to contribute.
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The payments of the city due the retirement fund as provided for in this chapter are hereby made obligations of the city as defined in this chapter. The board shall annually, on or before the tenth day of July each year, prepare and submit to the city council or city commission a…
RCW 41.28.110 Payments on discontinuance of service—Reemployment—Redeposit.
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(1) Should the service of a member be discontinued, except by death or retirement, he or she shall be paid not later than six months after the day of discontinuance such part of his or her accumulated contributions as he or she shall demand: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That a member may a…
RCW 41.28.120 Retirement for service.
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Retirement of member for service shall be made by the board of administration as follows:(1) Each member in the city service on June 8, 1967, who, on or before such effective date, has attained the age of sixty-five years or over, shall be forthwith retired on the first day of th…
RCW 41.28.130 Service retirement allowances.
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(1) A member, upon retirement from service, shall receive a retirement allowance subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this section, which shall consist of:(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated contributions at the time of his or…
RCW 41.28.140 Retirement for disability.
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Any member while in city service may be retired by the board of administration for permanent and total disability, either ordinary or accidental, upon examination, as follows:(1) Any member who has not attained the age of sixty-five years and who has at least ten years of city se…
RCW 41.28.150 Disability retirement allowances—Grounds for denial.
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(1) Upon retirement for disability, as hereinabove provided: PROVIDED, The disability is not due to intemperance, willful misconduct or violation of law, of which the board shall be the judge, a member shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of:(a) An annuity whi…
RCW 41.28.160 Medical examination of disability beneficiaries—Reentry.
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(1) The board of administration may at its pleasure require any disability beneficiary under age sixty-two years to undergo medical examination to be made by a physician or surgeon appointed by the board, at a place to be designated by the board. Upon the basis of such examinatio…
RCW 41.28.170 Optional allowances.
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A member may elect to receive, in lieu of the retirement allowance provided for in RCW 41.28.130, its actuarial equivalent in the form of a lesser retirement allowance, payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of one of the options set forth below in this section. Elec…
RCW 41.28.180 Payments on death of unretired members.
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Upon the death of any person who has not been retired, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, there shall be paid to his or her estate, or to such persons having an insurable interest in his or her life as he or she shall have nominated by written designation duly executed a…
RCW 41.28.190 Payments to be made monthly.
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A pension annuity or a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be payable in monthly installments, and each installment shall cover for the current calendar month.[ 1939 c 207 s 20; RRS s 9592-120.]
RCW 41.28.200 Exemption from process—Rights not assignable.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6346-S.SL) ***The right of a person to a pension, an annuity or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under t…
RCW 41.28.205 Benefits payable in accordance with court decree or order of dissolution or legal separation.
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Benefits under this chapter shall be payable to a spouse or ex-spouse to the extent expressly provided for in any court decree of dissolution or legal separation or in any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of dissolution or l…
RCW 41.28.207 Payments to spouse or ex spouse pursuant to court order.
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(1) If the board of administration makes payments to a spouse or ex spouse to the extent expressly provided for in any court decree of dissolution or legal separation or in any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to a court decree of dissolution o…
RCW 41.28.210 Estimates of service, compensation, or age.
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If it shall be impracticable for the board of administration to determine from the records the length of service, the compensation, or the age of any member, the said board may estimate for the purpose of this chapter, such length of service, compensation or age.[ 1939 c 207 s 22…
RCW 41.28.220 Suspension of allowances during other public aid.
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The payment of any retirement allowance to a member who has been retired from service shall be suspended during the time that the beneficiary is in receipt of other pension or of other compensation for state or public service paid from direct or indirect state or municipal taxes …
RCW 41.28.230 Administrative expense.
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The city council or city commission shall appropriate annually from the retirement fund the amount it deems necessary for the purpose of paying the expenses of administering the retirement system. The board of administration shall annually submit to the city council or city commi…
RCW 41.28.240 Existing systems preserved.
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Nothing in this chapter shall repeal, supersede, alter, amend or be regarded as a substitute for any existing retirement or pension system, duly established by city ordinance.[ 1939 c 207 s 28; RRS s 9592-128.]
RCW 41.28.910 Repeal.
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All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.[ 1939 c 207 s 26.]
RCW 41.28.920 Effective date—1939 c 207.
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The retirement system shall become effective on July 1, 1939, as provided in RCW 41.28.020.[ 1939 c 207 s 27.]
RCW 41.28.930 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …