Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 2 Courts Of Record - Chapter 2.10 Judicial Retirement System

2.10.010 Short title
This chapter shall be known and cited as the Washington Judicial Retirement System Act.[1971 ex.s. c 267 § 1.] ...

2.10.020 Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to effect a system of retirement from active service.[1971 ex.s. c 267 § 2.] ...

2.10.030 Definitions
(1) "Retirement system" means the "Washington judicial retirement system" provided herein. (2) "Judge" means a person elected or appointed to serve as judge of a ...

2.10.040 System created -- Coverage -- Exclusions
The Washington judicial retirement system is hereby created for judges appointed or elected under the provisions of chapters 2.04, 2.06, and 2.08 RCW. All judges ...

2.10.052 Retirement board abolished -- Transfer of powers, duties, and functions
The Washington judicial retirement board established by this chapter is abolished. All powers, duties, and functions of the board are transferred to the director of ...

2.10.070 Retirement board -- Duties
The retirement board shall perform the following duties: (1) Keep in convenient form such data as shall be deemed necessary for actuarial evaluation purposes; (2) ...

2.10.080 Funds and securities
(1) The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds and securities of the retirement system. Disbursements from this fund shall be made by ...

2.10.090 Funding
The total liability, as determined by the actuary, of this system shall be funded as follows: (1) Every judge shall have deducted from his monthly ...

2.10.100 Retirement for service or age
Retirement of a member for service shall be made by the retirement board as follows: (1) Any judge who, on August 9, 1971 or within ...

2.10.110 Service retirement allowance
A member upon retirement for service shall receive a monthly retirement allowance computed according to his completed years of service, as follows: Ten years, but ...

2.10.120 Retirement for disability -- Procedure
(1) Any judge who has served as a judge for a period of ten or more years, and who shall believe he has become physically ...

2.10.130 Retirement for disability allowance
Upon a judge being retired for disability as provided in RCW 2.10.120, he shall receive from the fund an amount equal to one-half of his ...

2.10.140 Survivor's benefits
(1) A surviving spouse of any judge holding such office, or if he dies after having retired and who, at the time of his death, ...

2.10.144 Payment of accumulated contributions or retirement allowance upon death -- Election
(1) If a judge dies before the date of retirement, the amount of the accumulated contributions standing to the judge's credit at the time of ...

2.10.146 Election of option for payment of retirement or disability allowance -- Retirement allowance adjustment
(1) Upon making application for a service retirement allowance under RCW 2.10.100 or a disability allowance under RCW 2.10.120, a judge who is eligible therefor ...

2.10.155 Suspension of retirement allowance upon employment -- Exceptions -- Reinstatement -- Pro tempore service
(1) No judge shall be eligible to receive the judge's monthly service or disability retirement allowance if the retired judge is employed: (a) For more ...

2.10.165 Refund of certain contributions
If a judge who was a member of this system left the system before July 1, 1988, and neither the judge nor the judge's surviving ...

2.10.170 Cost of living adjustment
Effective July 1, 1972, and of each succeeding year, every retirement allowance which has been in effect for one year or more shall be adjusted ...

2.10.180 Benefits exempt from taxation and judicial process -- Exceptions -- Deductions for group insurance premiums
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, the right of a person to a retirement allowance, disability allowance, or ...

2.10.190 Hearing prior to judicial review -- Required -- Notice
Any person aggrieved by any final decision of the retirement board must, before petitioning for judicial review, file with the director of the retirement system ...

2.10.200 Hearing prior to judicial review -- Conduct
A hearing shall be held by the department of retirement systems, or an authorized representative, in the county of the residence of the claimant at ...

2.10.210 Hearing prior to judicial review -- No bond required
No bond of any kind shall be required of a claimant appealing to the superior court, the court of appeals, or the supreme court from ...

2.10.220 Transfer to system -- Prior service credit
(1) Any member of the Washington public employees' retirement system who is eligible to participate in the judicial retirement system may, by written request filed ...

2.10.230 Cessation of benefits upon appointment or election to court
Any person receiving retirement benefits from this system who is appointed or elected to a court under chapter 2.04, 2.06, or 2.08 RCW shall upon ...