(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:

Terms Used In Washington Code 41.28.030

  • Accumulated contributions: shall mean accumulated normal contributions plus accumulated additional contributions. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Board: shall mean "board of administration" as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • City: shall mean any city of the first class as described in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • City service: shall mean service rendered to city for compensation, and for the purpose of this chapter, a member shall be considered as being in city service only while he or she is receiving compensation from the city for such service. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Continuous service: shall mean uninterrupted employment by that city, except that discontinuance of city service of a member caused by layoff, leave of absence, suspension, or dismissal, followed by reentrance into city service within one year, shall not count as a break in the continuity of service: PROVIDED, That for the purpose of establishing membership in the retirement system continuous service shall mean six months' service in any one year. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Employee: shall mean any regularly appointed officer or regularly appointed employee of a first-class city as described in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Member: shall mean any person included in the membership of the retirement system as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Pension: shall mean payments derived from contributions made by the city as provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Retirement system: shall mean "employees' retirement system" provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
(a) Every employee in city service as defined in this chapter, on July 1, 1939, shall become a member of the retirement system on that date.
(b) Every employee who enters or reenters city service after July 1, 1939, shall become a member of the retirement system upon the completion of six months of continuous service.
(2) The following shall be specifically exempted from the provisions of this chapter:
(a) Members of the police departments who are entitled to the benefits of the police relief and pension fund as established by state law.
(b) Members of the fire departments who are entitled to the benefits of the firefighters’ relief and pension fund as established by state law.
(3) It shall be the duty of the head of each office or department to give immediate notice in writing to the board of administration of the change in status of any member of his or her office or department, resulting from transfer, promotion, leave of absence, resignation, reinstatement, dismissal or death. The head of each office or department shall furnish such other information concerning any member as the board may require.
(4) Each member shall be subject to all the provisions of this chapter and to all the rules and regulations adopted by the board of administration. Should the service of any member, in any period of ten consecutive years, amount to less than five years, or should he or she withdraw more than one quarter of his or her accumulated contributions, or should he or she die or be retired, he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member.
[ 2012 c 117 § 44; 1939 c 207 § 4; RRS § 9592-104.]
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