Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 41 Public Employment, Civil Service, And Pensions - Chapter 41.16 Firefighters' Relief And Pensions -- 1947 Act

41.16.010 Terms defined
For the purpose of this chapter, unless clearly indicated by the context, words and phrases shall have the following meaning: (1) "Beneficiary" shall mean any ...

41.16.020 Pension board created -- Members -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Officers -- Quorum
There is hereby created in each city and town a municipal firefighters' pension board to consist of the following five members, ex officio, the mayor, ...

41.16.030 Meetings
The board shall meet at least once quarterly, the date to be fixed by regulation of the board, at such other regular times as may ...

41.16.040 Powers and duties
The board shall have such general powers as are vested in it by the provisions of this chapter, and in addition thereto, the power to: ...

41.16.050 Firefighters' pension fund -- How constituted
There is hereby created and established in the treasury of each municipality a fund which shall be known and designated as the firefighters' pension fund, ...

41.16.060 Tax levy for fund
It shall be the duty of the legislative authority of each municipality, each year as a part of its annual tax levy, to levy and ...

41.16.070 Contributions by firefighters
(1) Every firefighter employed on and after January 1, 1947, shall contribute to the fund and there shall be deducted from his or her pay ...

41.16.080 Retirement for service
Any firefighter employed in a fire department on and before the first day of January, 1947, hereinafter in this section and RCW 41.16.090 to41.16.190 inclusive, ...

41.16.090 Limit of pension
All pensioners receiving a pension under the provisions of this chapter as provided for in section 12, chapter 91, Laws of 1947 and RCW 41.16.230, ...

41.16.100 Payment on death of retired firefighter
The widow or widower, child, children or beneficiary of any firefighter retired under this chapter shall receive an amount equal to his or her accumulated ...

41.16.110 Payment on death of eligible pensioner before retirement
Whenever any firefighter shall die while eligible to retirement on account of years of service, and shall not have been retired, benefits shall be paid ...

41.16.120 Payment on death in line of duty
Whenever any active firefighter or firefighter retired for disability shall die as the result of an accident or other fortuitous event occurring while in the ...

41.16.130 Payment upon disablement in line of duty
(1) Any firefighter who shall become disabled as a result of the performance of his or her duty or duties as defined in this chapter, ...

41.16.140 Payment upon disablement not in line of duty
Any firefighter who has served more than fifteen years and sustains a disability not in the performance of his or her duty which renders him ...

41.16.145 Annual increase in benefits payable on retirement for service, death in line of duty, and disability -- Appeals
The amount of all benefits payable under the provisions of RCW 41.16.080, 41.16.120, 41.16.130, 41.16.140 and 41.16.230 shall be increased annually as hereafter in this ...

41.16.150 Payment on separation from service
(1) Any firefighter who has served twenty years or more and who shall resign or be dismissed, shall have the option of receiving all his ...

41.16.160 Payment on death not in line of duty
Whenever any firefighter, after four years of service, shall die from natural causes, or from an injury not sustained in the performance of his or ...

41.16.170 Payment on death of firefighter with no dependents
Whenever a firefighter dies leaving no widow or widower or children, the amount of his or her accumulated contributions, plus accrued compounded interest only, shall ...

41.16.180 Funeral expense
Upon the death of any active firefighter, firefighter who is disabled, or retired firefighter, the board shall pay from the fund the sum of two ...

41.16.190 Waiting period -- Disability retirement
No firefighter disabled in the performance of duty shall receive a pension until six months has elapsed after such disability was sustained. Therefore, whenever the ...

41.16.200 Examination of disability pensioners -- Restoration to duty
The board shall require all firefighters receiving disability pensions to be examined every six months. All such examinations shall be made by physicians duly appointed ...

41.16.210 Transfer of assets to new fund -- Assumption of obligations
(1) Funds or assets on hand in the firefighters' relief and pension fund of any municipality established under the provisions of chapter 50, Laws of ...

41.16.220 Credit for military service
Any person who was a member of the fire department and within the provisions of chapter 50, Laws of 1909, as amended, at the time ...

41.16.230 Repeal does not affect accrued rights
Chapter 50, Laws of 1909; chapter 196, Laws of 1919; chapter 86, Laws of 1929, and chapter 39, Laws of 1935 (secs. 9559 to 9578, ...

41.16.240 Application of chapter to fire protection districts
Any fire protection district having a full paid fire department may by resolution of its board of fire commissioners provide for the participation of its ...

41.16.250 Retirement and job security rights preserved upon annexation, etc., of district
If all or any portion of a fire protection district is annexed to or incorporated into a city or town, or is succeeded by a ...

41.16.260 Transfer of credit from city employees' retirement system to firefighters' pension system
See RCW 41.18.210. ...

41.16.900 Severability -- 1947 c 91
If any clause, part or section of this chapter shall be adjudged in violation of the Constitution, or for any reason invalid, such judgment shall ...

41.16.910 Severability -- 1959 c 5
If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application ...

41.16.911 Severability -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 178
If any provision of this 1975 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or ...

41.16.920 Construction -- 1959 c 5 -- Benefits retroactively authorized
The provisions of chapter 5, Laws of 1959 are intended to be remedial and procedural and any benefits heretofore paid to recipients hereunder pursuant to ...

41.16.921 Construction -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 178, RCW 41.16.145
(1) The provisions of this section are procedural and remedial. (2) The application and effect of chapter 178, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. shall ...