Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 35.58.390 (2026)

Prior employees pension rights preserved

✓ current as of May 2026

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Where a metropolitan municipal corporation employs a person employed immediately prior thereto by a component city or county, or by a special district, such employee shall be deemed to remain an employee of such city, county, or special district for the purposes of any pension plan of such city, county, or special district, and shall continue to be entitled to all rights and benefits thereunder as if he or she had remained as an employee of the city, county, or special district, until the metropolitan municipal corporation has provided a pension plan and such employee has elected, in writing, to participate therein.

Until such election, the metropolitan municipal corporation shall deduct from the remuneration of such employee the amount which such employee is or may be required to pay in accordance with the provisions of the plan of such city, county, or special district and the metropolitan municipal corporation shall pay to the city, county, or special district any amounts required to be paid under the provisions of such plan by employer or employee.

[ 2009 c 549 s 2108; 1965 c 7 s 35.58.390. Prior: 1957 c 213 s 39.]

Notes:

Preservation of pension rights upon acquisition of transportation system: RCW 35.58.265.

Public employment, civil service and pensions: Title 41 RCW.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: Geiger v. Dep't of Ret. Sys., 715 P.2d 523 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986).

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Geiger v. Dep't of Ret. Sys., 715 P.2d 523 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “He signed the following statement: I, Alfred Geiger, now employed by the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle and entitled under RCW 35.58.390 to be deemed to remain an employee of the City for the purposes of the City of Seattle Employees' Retirement System under Ordinance…”

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