WSR 17-11-133

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 24, 2017, 9:40 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Washington state patrol retirement system (WSPRS) overtime.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.50.050.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Implementing SB 5274 which amends the definition of "salary" to include up to seventy hours of voluntary overtime earned on or after July 1, 2017.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Jilene Siegel, Rules Coordinator, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, email Rules@drs.wa.gov, phone (360) 664-7291.

May 24, 2017

Jilene A. Siegel

Rules Coordinator