RCW 2.10.030
Definitions. (Effective unless E2SSB 5688 is
approved at the November 2009 election under Referendum Measure
71.) (Effective until January 1, 2014.)
(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 court of record as provided in chapters 2.04, 2.06, and 2.08 RCW. "Judge" does not include a person serving as a
judge pro tempore except for a judge pro tempore appointed under
RCW 2.04.240(2) or 2.06.150(2).
(3) "Retirement board" means the "Washington judicial
retirement board" established herein.
(4) "Surviving spouse" means the surviving widow or widower
of a judge. "Surviving spouse" does not include the divorced
spouse of a judge.
(5) "Retirement fund" means the "Washington judicial
retirement fund" established herein.
(6) "Beneficiary" means any person in receipt of a
retirement allowance, disability allowance or any other benefit
described herein.
(7) "Monthly salary" means the monthly salary of the
position held by the judge.
(8) "Service" means all periods of time served as a judge,
as herein defined. Any calendar month at the beginning or end of
a term in which ten or more days are served shall be counted as a
full month of service: PROVIDED, That no more than one month's
service may be granted for any one calendar month. Only months
of service will be counted in the computation of any retirement
allowance or other benefit provided for in this chapter. Years
of service shall be determined by dividing the total months of
service by twelve. Any fraction of a year of service as so
determined shall be taken into account in the computation of such
retirement allowance or benefit.
(9) "Final average salary" means (a) for a judge in service
in the same court for a minimum of twelve consecutive months
preceding the date of retirement, the salary attached to the
position held by the judge immediately prior to retirement; (b)
for any other judge, the average monthly salary paid over the
highest twenty-four month period in the last ten years of
service.
(10) "Retirement allowance" for the purpose of applying cost
of living increases or decreases includes retirement allowances,
disability allowances and survivorship benefit.
(11) "Index" means for any calendar year, that year's annual
average consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical
workers, all items (1957-1959 equal one hundred) -- compiled by
the bureau of labor statistics, United States department of
labor.
(12) "Accumulated contributions" means the total amount
deducted from the judge's monthly salary pursuant to RCW 2.10.090, together with the regular interest thereon from July 1,
1988, as determined by the director of the department of
retirement systems.
[1997 c 88 § 5; 1988 c 109 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 267 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date -- 1988 c 109: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1988." [1988 c 109 § 27.]
RCW 2.10.030
Definitions. (Effective if E2SSB 5688 is
approved at the November 2009 election under Referendum Measure
71.) (Effective January 1, 2014.)
(1) "Accumulated
contributions" means the total amount deducted from the judge's
monthly salary pursuant to RCW 2.10.090, together with the
regular interest thereon from July 1, 1988, as determined by the
director of the department of retirement systems.
(2) "Beneficiary" means any person in receipt of a
retirement allowance, disability allowance or any other benefit
described herein.
(3) "Final average salary" means (a) for a judge in service
in the same court for a minimum of twelve consecutive months
preceding the date of retirement, the salary attached to the
position held by the judge immediately prior to retirement; (b)
for any other judge, the average monthly salary paid over the
highest twenty-four month period in the last ten years of
service.
(4) "Index" means for any calendar year, that year's annual
average consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical
workers, all items (1957-1959 equal one hundred) -- compiled by
the bureau of labor statistics, United States department of
labor.
(5) "Judge" means a person elected or appointed to serve as
judge of a court of record as provided in chapters 2.04, 2.06, and 2.08 RCW. "Judge" does not include a person serving as a
judge pro tempore except for a judge pro tempore appointed under
RCW 2.04.240(2) or 2.06.150(2).
(6) "Monthly salary" means the monthly salary of the
position held by the judge.
(7) "Retirement allowance" for the purpose of applying cost
of living increases or decreases includes retirement allowances,
disability allowances and survivorship benefit.
(8) "Retirement board" means the "Washington judicial
retirement board" established herein.
(9) "Retirement fund" means the "Washington judicial
retirement fund" established herein.
(10) "Retirement system" means the "Washington judicial
retirement system" provided herein.
(11) "Service" means all periods of time served as a judge,
as herein defined. Any calendar month at the beginning or end of
a term in which ten or more days are served shall be counted as a
full month of service: PROVIDED, That no more than one month's
service may be granted for any one calendar month. Only months
of service will be counted in the computation of any retirement
allowance or other benefit provided for in this chapter. Years
of service shall be determined by dividing the total months of
service by twelve. Any fraction of a year of service as so
determined shall be taken into account in the computation of such
retirement allowance or benefit.
(12) "Surviving spouse" means the surviving widow or widower
or surviving state registered domestic partner of a judge.
"Surviving spouse" does not include the divorced spouse of a
judge or an individual whose state registered domestic
partnership with the judge has been terminated, dissolved, or
invalidated.
[2009 c 521 § 6; 1997 c 88 § 5; 1988 c 109 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 267 § 3.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Effective dates -- 2009 c 521 §§ 5-8, 79, 87-103, 107, 151, 165, 166, 173-175, and 190-192: See note following RCW 2.10.900.
Effective date -- 1988 c 109: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1988." [1988 c 109 § 27.]