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Chapter 2: Membership

Overview

Summary

This chapter provides information about membership in one of the Washington State retirement systems. Refer to this chapter for:

1. General information about membership
2. Eligibility rules
• The Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS)
• The Public Safety Employees' Retirement System (PSERS)
• the School Employees' Retirement System (SERS)
• the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
• the Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire and Fighters' Retirement System (LEOFF)
• the Washington State Patrol Retirement System   (WSPRS)
• the Judicial Retirement System (JRS)
3. Cross references to relevant statutes (RCW) and rules (WAC)

The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) may be available to you through your legal advisor. A copy of the first fifty pages of a specific RCW or WAC can be ordered directly from the Office of the Code Reviser at no cost. For RCWs or WACs, call (360) 786-6777. The RCWs may be found at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/. The WAC's may be found at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/.

Refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on how to calculate and transmit employee and employer contributions.

Refer to Chapters 7 and 8 for information on how to report eligible employees.

See the employer forms section "New Employee" to obtain forms for enrolling new members.