§ 41.28.005 Establishment of retirement and pension systems authorized
§ 41.28.010 Definitions
§ 41.28.020 Retirement system created — Adoption by cities
§ 41.28.030 Employees within or excluded from system
§ 41.28.040 Rates of contribution — Deduction and payment into fund
§ 41.28.050 Allowance of service credit
§ 41.28.060 Board of administration to administer system — Powers and duties — Actuarial investigations and valuations — Reports, records, and accounts
§ 41.28.070 Employees’ retirement fund created — Composition
§ 41.28.080 Board of administration — Members — Duties — Fiscal affairs
§ 41.28.085 Legislative intent — Investments
§ 41.28.090 Contributions by city
§ 41.28.100 City obligated to contribute
§ 41.28.110 Payments on discontinuance of service — Reemployment — Redeposit
§ 41.28.120 Retirement for service
§ 41.28.130 Service retirement allowances
§ 41.28.140 Retirement for disability
§ 41.28.150 Disability retirement allowances — Grounds for denial
§ 41.28.160 Medical examination of disability beneficiaries — Reentry
§ 41.28.170 Optional allowances
§ 41.28.180 Payments on death of unretired members
§ 41.28.190 Payments to be made monthly
§ 41.28.200 Exemption from process — Rights not assignable
§ 41.28.205 Benefits payable in accordance with court decree or order of dissolution or legal separation
§ 41.28.207 Payments to spouse or ex spouse pursuant to court order
§ 41.28.210 Estimates of service, compensation, or age
§ 41.28.220 Suspension of allowances during other public aid
§ 41.28.230 Administrative expense
§ 41.28.240 Existing systems preserved
§ 41.28.910 Repeal
§ 41.28.920 Effective date — 1939 c 207
§ 41.28.930 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 41.28 - Retirement of personnel in certain first-class cities

  • Accumulated additional contributions: shall mean the sum of all the additional contributions, deducted from the compensation of a member, standing to the credit of his or her individual account, together with regular interest thereon. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Accumulated contributions: shall mean accumulated normal contributions plus accumulated additional contributions. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Additional contributions: shall mean the contributions provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Annuity: shall mean payments derived from contributions made by a member as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Beneficiary: shall mean any person in receipt of a pension, annuity, retirement allowance, disability allowance, or any other benefit provided in this chapter. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • 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
  • Compensation: shall mean the compensation payable in cash, plus the monetary value, as determined by the board of administration, of any allowance in lieu thereof. 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
  • Creditable service: shall mean such service as is evidenced by the record of normal contributions received from the employee plus prior service if credit for same is still intact or not lost through withdrawal of accumulated normal contributions as provided in RCW 41. 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
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Final compensation: means the annual average of the greatest compensation earnable by a member during any consecutive five-year period of service for which service credit is allowed. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Member: shall mean any person included in the membership of the retirement system as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Normal contributions: shall mean contributions at the rate provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Pension: shall mean payments derived from contributions made by the city as provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Prior service: shall mean the service of a member for compensation rendered to the city prior to July 1, 1939, and shall also include military or naval service of a member to the extent specified in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Retirement allowance: shall mean the pension plus the annuity. See Washington Code 41.28.010
  • Retirement fund: shall mean "employees' retirement fund" as created and established 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
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.