Can I reestablish service credit in a prior system?
(1) You may reestablish service credit terminated by a withdrawal of contributions from a prior system. If you repay contributions you withdrew from a prior dual member system plus interest from the date of withdrawal you will recover the service terminated by the withdrawal. To qualify, you must repay the contributions plus interest within twenty-four consecutive months from the date you became a dual member.
(a) The twenty-four-month restoration period continues to run even if you terminate dual member status.
(b) If you terminate your dual member status but later become a dual member again, you have twenty-four consecutive months from the date you regain dual member status to repay withdrawn contributions.
Example 3: | A person becomes a dual member on January 1, 1994. She has until December 31, 1995, to restore any previously withdrawn contributions for service credit in a prior system regardless of whether she subsequently loses her status as a dual member. |
Example 4: | A person becomes a dual member on January 1, 1994, separates from membership on January 1, 1995, and then reenters membership on January 1, 1996. He has until December 31, 1997, twenty-four consecutive months from the date he regained dual member status, to restore withdrawn contributions in any prior system. |
(c) If you have previous service in LEOFF Plan 2 or a first class city system:
(i) If you were a dual member on July 25, 1993, and you used to be a member of LEOFF Plan 2, you have until July 24, 1995, to repay your withdrawn contributions.
(ii) If you were a dual member on January 1, 1994, and you used to be a member of a first class city retirement system, you have until December 31, 1995, to repay your withdrawn contributions.
Example 5: | A person is a member participant in PERS Plan 2 and has previous service in LEOFF Plan 2. LEOFF Plan 2 was newly admitted to participate under the portability provisions of chapter 41.54 RCW on July 25, 1993. Therefore, the person has until July 24, 1995, to restore her prior LEOFF Plan 2 service. |
(2) You may reestablish TRS Plan 1 membership. If a PERS member restores withdrawn TRS Plan 1 contributions under this section he or she:
(a) Reestablishes membership in TRS Plan 1; and
(b) Will participate prospectively in TRS Plan 1 if employed by a state agency, school district or other TRS employer.
(3) Defined terms used. Definitions for the following terms used in this section may be found in the sections listed.
(c) "First class city retirement system" - WAC
415-113-030.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
41.50.050(5) and chapter
41.54 RCW. WSR 02-18-046, § 415-113-045, filed 8/28/02, effective 9/30/02. Statutory Authority: RCW
41.50.050. WSR 99-22-043, § 415-113-045, filed 10/29/99, effective 11/29/99; WSR 95-03-001, § 415-113-045, filed 1/4/95, effective 2/4/95.]
