Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 2 Courts Of Record - Chapter 2.14 Retirement Of Judges -- Supplemental Retirement

  • 2.14.010 Purpose
    (1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a supplemental retirement benefit to judges who are elected or appointed under chapter 2.04, 2.06, or ...
  • 2.14.020 Definitions
    The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Plan" means the judicial retirement account plan. (2) "Principal account" means the judicial retirement principal ...
  • 2.14.030 Judicial retirement account plan established
    The judicial retirement account plan is established for judges appointed or elected under chapter 2.04, 2.06, or 2.08 RCW and who are members of the ...
  • 2.14.040 Administration of plan
    The administrator for the courts, under the direction of the board for judicial administration, shall administer the plan. The administrator shall: (1) Deposit or invest ...
  • 2.14.050 Administrator -- Discharge of duties
    The administrator for the courts shall be deemed to stand in a fiduciary relationship to the members participating in the plan and shall discharge his ...
  • 2.14.060 Judicial retirement principal account -- Creation -- Transfer of deficiencies -- Contributions -- Use
    The judicial retirement principal account is created in the state treasury. Any deficiency in the judicial retirement administrative account caused by an excess of administrative ...
  • 2.14.070 Judicial retirement administrative account -- Creation -- Use -- Excess balance -- Deficiencies
    The judicial retirement administrative account is created in the state treasury. All expenses of the administrator for the courts under this chapter, including staffing and ...
  • 2.14.080 Duties of administrator -- Investments and earnings
    (1) The administrator for the courts shall: (a) Deposit or invest the contributions under RCW 2.14.090 in a credit union, savings and loan association, bank, ...
  • 2.14.090 Funding of plan -- Contributions
    The plan shall be funded as provided in this section. (1) Two and one-half percent shall be deducted from each member's salary. (2) The state, ...
  • 2.14.100 Contributions -- Distribution upon member's separation -- Exemption from taxation and judicial process -- Assignability -- Exceptions
    (1) A member who separates from judicial service for any reason is entitled to receive a lump sum distribution of the member's accumulated contributions. The ...
  • 2.14.110 Payment of contributions upon member's death
    If a member dies, the amount of the accumulated contributions standing to the member's credit at the time of the member's death, subject to the ...
  • 2.14.115 Discontinuing plan contributions -- One-time irrevocable election
    Beginning January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007, any member of the public employees' retirement system eligible to participate in the judicial retirement account plan ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009