CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2028

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 24, 1993   Yeas 94   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 24, 1993   Yeas 45   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2028 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                      HOUSE BILL 2028

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                                                           AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Orr and Wolfe

Read first time 02/22/93.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Requiring notice to retirement system members who are eligible to restore contributions.

          AN ACT Relating to notification to employees of ability to restore withdrawn retirement system contributions; adding a new section to chapter 41.50 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.40 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 41.50 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) The director shall notify a member of any of the retirement systems listed in RCW 41.50.030 who is eligible to restore withdrawn contributions of the member's ability to restore the contributions, by sending to the member's employer a statement of the potential service credit to be restored, the amount of funds required for restoration, the date by when the restoration must be accomplished, and the options for repayment.  The employer shall provide the statement to the member and place a copy of the statement in the member's personnel file.

          (2) Neither this section nor any other provision in this chapter or chapter 41.26, 41.32, 41.40, 41.54, or 43.43 RCW authorize the extension of statutory restore deadlines for members who do not receive notice of their eligibility to restore withdrawn contributions.  This subsection applies retroactively to restoration periods which expired prior to the effective date of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 41.40 RCW, under the subchapter heading "plan I," to read as follows:

          Any active member or separated member who was not eligible to restore contributions under section 3, chapter 317, Laws of 1986, solely because he or she was an elected official, other than an elected official under Articles II or III of the Constitution of the state of Washington, shall be permitted to restore withdrawn contributions for periods of nonelected service no later than June 30, 1994, with interest as determined by the director.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill number, is not provided by June 30, 1993, in the biennial appropriations act, this act shall be null and void.

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