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Chapter 41.16 RCW

FIREFIGHTERS' RELIEF AND PENSIONS—1947 ACT

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Sections

HTMLPDF 41.16.010Definitions.
HTMLPDF 41.16.020Pension board created—Members—Terms—Vacancies—Officers—Quorum.
HTMLPDF 41.16.030Meetings.
HTMLPDF 41.16.040Powers and duties.
HTMLPDF 41.16.050Firefighters' pension fund—How constituted.
HTMLPDF 41.16.060Tax levy for fund.
HTMLPDF 41.16.070Contributions by firefighters.
HTMLPDF 41.16.080Retirement for service.
HTMLPDF 41.16.090Limit of pension.
HTMLPDF 41.16.100Payment on death of retired firefighter.
HTMLPDF 41.16.110Payment on death of eligible pensioner before retirement.
HTMLPDF 41.16.120Payment on death in line of duty.
HTMLPDF 41.16.130Payment upon disablement in line of duty.
HTMLPDF 41.16.140Payment upon disablement not in line of duty.
HTMLPDF 41.16.145Annual increase in benefits payable on retirement for service, death in line of duty, and disability—Appeals.
HTMLPDF 41.16.150Payment on separation from service.
HTMLPDF 41.16.160Payment on death not in line of duty.
HTMLPDF 41.16.170Payment on death of firefighter with no dependents.
HTMLPDF 41.16.180Funeral expense.
HTMLPDF 41.16.190Waiting period—Disability retirement.
HTMLPDF 41.16.200Examination of disability pensioners—Restoration to duty.
HTMLPDF 41.16.210Transfer of assets to new fund—Assumption of obligations.
HTMLPDF 41.16.220Credit for military service.
HTMLPDF 41.16.230Repeal does not affect accrued rights.
HTMLPDF 41.16.240Application of chapter to fire protection districts.
HTMLPDF 41.16.250Retirement and job security rights preserved upon annexation, etc., of district.
HTMLPDF 41.16.260Transfer of credit from city employees' retirement system to firefighters' pension system.
HTMLPDF 41.16.920Construction—1959 c 5—Benefits retroactively authorized.
HTMLPDF 41.16.921Construction—1975 1st ex.s. c 178, RCW 41.16.145.
HTMLPDF 41.16.922Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

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Prior acts relating to firefighters' relief and pensions: 1935 c 39; 1929 c 86; 1919 c 196; 1909 c 50 were repealed by 1947 c 91 s 12 (codified herein as RCW 41.16.230).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