(1) A substitute employee who works five or
more months of seventy or more hours for which earnable
compensation is paid in a school year may apply to the department
to establish membership after the end of the school year during
which the work was performed. The application must:
(a) Include a list of the employers the substitute employee
has worked for;
(b) Include proof of hours worked and compensation earned;
and
(c) Be made prior to retirement.
(2) Substitute employees who are members may apply to the
department to receive service after the end of the last day of
instruction of the school year during which the service was
performed. The application must:
(a) Include a list of the employers the substitute employee
has worked for;
(b) Include proof of hours worked and compensation earned;
and
(c) Be made prior to retirement.
(3) If the department accepts the substitute employee's
application for service credit, the substitute employee may
obtain service credit by paying the required contribution to the
retirement system. The employer must pay the required employer
contribution upon notice from the department that the substitute
employee has made contributions under this section.
(4) The department shall charge interest prospectively on
employee contributions that are submitted under this section more
than six months after the end of the school year, as defined in
RCW 28A.150.040, for which the substitute employee is seeking
service credit. The interest rate charged to the employee shall
take into account interest lost on employer contributions delayed
for more than six months after the end of the school year.
(5) Each employer shall quarterly notify each substitute
employee it has employed during the school year of the number of
hours worked by, and the compensation paid to, the substitute
employee.
(6) If a substitute employee, as defined in RCW 41.35.010(38), applies to the department under this section for
credit for earnable compensation earned from an employer, the
substitute employee must make contributions for all periods of
service for that employer.
(7) The department shall adopt rules implementing this
section.
[2003 c 157 § 3.]