Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 41.44 - Statewide City Employees' Retirement.
41.44.040 - System created—Operative date.

RCW 41.44.040
System created—Operative date.

A retirement system is hereby authorized for employees of cities, same to become operative after the requisite city or cities or combination thereof, have signified their intention to participate in the retirement system and the board has been appointed and qualified as herein provided. The board may begin to function, establish an office, employ an actuary and such other personnel as necessary and undertake the work of establishing the retirement system but it shall not be required to undertake such work unless necessary moneys are made available through negotiated loans or advances from cities or otherwise.
Whenever cities have notified the governor of election to join the retirement system to an extent which would place three hundred or more employees under the system, the governor shall appoint board members as provided herein and the system so created and established shall be forthwith constituted. The date when the system shall become operative as to any city shall be fixed by the board.

[ 1947 c 71 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9592-133.]
NOTES:

Reviser's note: Caption for 1947 c 71 § 4 reads as follows: "Sec. 4. AUTHORIZATION AND CREATION."

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions

Chapter 41.44 - Statewide City Employees' Retirement.

41.44.010 - Title of chapter.

41.44.020 - Purpose of chapter.

41.44.030 - Terms defined.

41.44.040 - System created—Operative date.

41.44.050 - Election to participate.

41.44.060 - Persons excluded.

41.44.070 - Board of trustees.

41.44.080 - Powers and duties of board—Compensation—Liability.

41.44.090 - Contributions by cities—Withdrawal from system.

41.44.100 - Retirement fund—Deposit—Investment—Cost.

41.44.105 - Supplemental benefits fund.

41.44.110 - Membership.

41.44.120 - Prior service credit.

41.44.130 - Contributions by employees.

41.44.140 - Retirement for service.

41.44.150 - Allowance on retirement for service.

41.44.160 - Retirement for disability.

41.44.170 - Allowance on retirement for disability.

41.44.180 - Examination of disability beneficiary—Reentry.

41.44.190 - Withdrawal from system—Reentry—Payment on death of member.

41.44.200 - Withdrawal—Procedure as to city's contribution.

41.44.210 - Benefit on death in line of duty.

41.44.220 - Optional allowance on retirement.

41.44.230 - Monthly payments.

41.44.240 - Rights immune from legal process—Exceptions.

41.44.250 - Suspension of retirement allowance.

41.44.260 - Merger of existing or new systems into statewide system—Contract.

41.44.270 - Agreements between board and cities which accept social security act benefits.

41.44.300 - System abolished—Date—Transfer of assets, liabilities, and responsibilities.

41.44.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.