Chapter 41.16 RCW
FIREFIGHTERS' RELIEF AND PENSIONS -- 1947 ACT

RCW SECTIONS

41.16.010Terms defined.
41.16.020Pension board created -- Members -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Officers -- Quorum.
41.16.030Meetings.
41.16.040Powers and duties.
41.16.050Firefighters' pension fund -- How constituted.
41.16.060Tax levy for fund.
41.16.070Contributions by firefighters.
41.16.080Retirement for service.
41.16.090Limit of pension.
41.16.100Payment on death of retired firefighter.
41.16.110Payment on death of eligible pensioner before retirement.
41.16.120Payment on death in line of duty.
41.16.130Payment upon disablement in line of duty.
41.16.140Payment upon disablement not in line of duty.
41.16.145Annual increase in benefits payable on retirement for service, death in line of duty, and disability -- Appeals.
41.16.150Payment on separation from service.
41.16.160Payment on death not in line of duty.
41.16.170Payment on death of firefighter with no dependents.
41.16.180Funeral expense.
41.16.190Waiting period -- Disability retirement.
41.16.200Examination of disability pensioners -- Restoration to duty.
41.16.210Transfer of assets to new fund -- Assumption of obligations.
41.16.220Credit for military service.
41.16.230Repeal does not affect accrued rights.
41.16.240Application of chapter to fire protection districts.
41.16.250Retirement and job security rights preserved upon annexation, etc., of district.
41.16.260Transfer of credit from city employees' retirement system to firefighters' pension system.
41.16.900Severability -- 1947 c 91.
41.16.910Severability -- 1959 c 5.
41.16.911Severability -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 178.
41.16.920Construction -- 1959 c 5 -- Benefits retroactively authorized.
41.16.921Construction -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 178, RCW 41.16.145.

NOTES:

     Prior acts relating to firefighters' relief and pensions: 1935 c 39; 1929 c 86; 1919 c 196; 1909 c 50 were repealed by 1947 c 91 § 12 (codified herein as RCW 41.16.230).

Firefighters' relief and pensions -- 1955 act: Chapter 41.18 RCW.

Rights of firefighter injured outside corporate limits of municipality: RCW 35.84.050.

Volunteer firefighters' relief and pensions: Chapter 41.24 RCW.