Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.005
Provisions applicable to "plan 1" and "plan 2." (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
"PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PLAN 1 AND PLAN 2" RCW 41.26.010 through 41.26.062 shall apply to members of plan 1 and plan 2.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 41.26 — Law Enforcement Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement System
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 41.26 · 98 active provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.010
Short title. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Washington Law Enforcement Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement System Act." PDFRCW 41.26.010 Short title. (Effective June 30, 2029.) This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Washington Law Enforcement Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement System—Plan 2 Act."
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.020
Purpose of chapter
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for an actuarial reserve system for the payment of death, disability, and retirement benefits to law enforcement officers and firefighters, and to beneficiaries of such employees, thereby enabling such employees to provide for themselves and their dependents in case of disabili…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.030
Definitions. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:(1) "Accumulated contributions" means the employee's contributions made by a member, including any amount paid under RCW 41.50.165(2), plus accrued interest credited thereon.(2) "Actuarial reserve" means a method of financing a pensi…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.035
"Minimum medical and health standards" defined. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
The term "minimum medical and health standards" means minimum medical and health standards adopted by the department under this chapter.
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.040
System created—Membership—Funds. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
The Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system is hereby created for firefighters and law enforcement officers.(1) Notwithstanding *RCW 41.26.030(20), all firefighters and law enforcement officers employed as such on or after March 1, 1970, on a full time fully compensated basis in this st…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.045
Minimum medical and health standards. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law after February 19, 1974 no law enforcement officer or firefighter, may become eligible for coverage in the pension system established by this chapter, until the individual has met and has been certified as having met minimum medical and health standards: PROVIDED, That an…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.046
Minimum medical and health standards—Board to adopt—Publication and distribution—Employer certification procedures. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
By July 31, 1971, the *retirement board shall adopt minimum medical and health standards for membership coverage into the Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system act. In adopting such standards the *retirement board shall consider existing standards recommended by the international asso…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.047
Minimum medical and health standards—Exemptions—Employer may adopt higher standards. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
Nothing in RCW 41.26.035, 41.26.045 and 41.26.046 shall apply to any firefighters or law enforcement officers who are employed as such on or before August 1, 1971, as long as they continue in such employment; nor to promotional appointments after becoming a member in the police or fire department of any employer nor to…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.048
Special death benefit—Death in the course of employment—Death from disease or infection arising from employment—Annual adjustment
(1) A two hundred fourteen thousand dollar death benefit shall be paid to the member's estate, or such person or persons, trust or organization as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the department. If there be no such designated person or persons still living at the time…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.053
Exemption from judicial process, taxes—Exceptions—Deduction for insurance upon request
(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, the right of a person to a retirement allowance, disability allowance, or death benefit, to the return of accumulated contributions, the retirement, disability or death allowance itself, any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.056
No bond required on appeal to court
No bond of any kind shall be required of a claimant appealing to the superior court, the court of appeals, or the supreme court from a decision of the director affecting such claimant's right to retirement or disability benefits.
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.057
Benefit calculation—Limitation
(1) The annual compensation taken into account in calculating retiree benefits under this system shall not exceed the limits imposed by section 401(a)(17) of the federal internal revenue code for qualified trusts.(2) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.059
Establishing, restoring service credit
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, persons who fail to:(1) Establish allowable membership service not previously credited;(2) Restore all or a part of that previously credited membership service represented by withdrawn contributions; or(3) Restore service credit represented by a lump sum payment in lieu of…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.061
Disability retirement—Criminal conduct. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
A member shall not receive a disability retirement benefit under RCW 41.26.120, 41.26.125, 41.26.130, or 41.26.470 if the disability is the result of criminal conduct by the member committed after April 21, 1997.
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.062
Falsification—Penalty
Any employer, member or beneficiary who shall knowingly make false statements or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the retirement system in an attempt to defraud the retirement system, is guilty of a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.075
Provisions applicable to plan 1. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
"PLAN 1" RCW 41.26.080 through 41.26.3903 shall apply only to members of plan 1.
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.080
Funding total liability of plan 1 system. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
(1) Except as set forth under subsection (2) of this section, the total liability of the plan 1 system shall be funded as follows:(a) Every plan 1 member shall have deducted from each payroll a sum equal to six percent of his or her basic salary for each pay period.(b) Every employer shall contribute monthly a sum equa…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.090
Retirement for service. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
Retirement of a member for service shall be made by the department as follows:(1) Any member having five or more service credit years of service and having attained the age of fifty years shall be eligible for a service retirement allowance and shall be retired upon the member's written request effective the first day…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.100
Allowance on retirement for service. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
A member upon retirement for service shall receive a monthly retirement allowance computed according to his or her completed creditable service credit years of service as follows: Five years but under ten years, one-twelfth of one percent of his or her final average salary for each month of service; ten years but under…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.105
Purchase of actuarially equivalent life annuity benefit upon retirement—Purchase by past retirees. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
(1) At the time of retirement, plan 1 members may purchase an optional actuarially equivalent life annuity benefit from the Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 1 retirement fund established in RCW 41.50.075. A minimum payment of twenty-five thousand dollars is required.(2) Subj…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.110
Disability boards authorized—Composition—Terms—Reimbursement for travel expenses—Duties. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
(1) All claims for disability shall be acted upon and either approved or disapproved by either type of disability board authorized to be created in this section.(a) Each city having a population of twenty thousand or more shall establish a disability board having jurisdiction over all members employed by those cities a…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.115
Director of retirement systems to adopt rules governing disability boards—Remand of orders not in accordance with rules. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
(1) The director of retirement systems shall adopt rules, in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, under which each disability board shall execute its disability retirement duties under this chapter. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(a) Standards governing the type and manner of presentation o…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.120
Retirement for disability incurred in the line of duty. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
Any member, regardless of age or years of service may be retired by the disability board, subject to approval by the director as hereinafter provided, for any disability incurred in the line of duty which has been continuous since his or her discontinuance of service and which renders the member unable to continue serv…
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.26.125
Retirement for disability not incurred in the line of duty. (Effective until June 30, 2029.)
Any member, regardless of age or years of service, may be retired by the disability board, subject to approval by the director as provided in this section, for any disability not incurred in the line of duty which has been continuous since discontinuance of service and which renders the member unable to continue servic…
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