Concerning membership in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2 for firefighters employed by the department of corrections or the department of social and health services and serving at a prison or civil commitment center located on an island.
Summary
Adds the Department of Social and Health Services and the Department of Corrections to the definition of "employer" for the Law Enforcement Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement System (LEOFF) when employing firefighters serving at a prison or civil commitment center on an island.
Makes new employees in covered positions become members of the LEOFF Plan 2 upon entering eligible employment.
Provides employees newly eligible for the LEOFF Plan 2 or Plan 3 the opportunity to transfer to the LEOFF for future service, and to transfer eligible past service in the Public Employees' Retirement System Plan 2 or Plan 3 into the LEOFF Plan 2 by paying additional employee contributions.
From the Substitute House Bill Report (SHB 2786), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
AN ACT Relating to membership in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2 for firefighters employed by the department of corrections or the department of social and health services and serving at a prison or civil commitment center located on an island;