Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan.

Summary

The bill changes state law so that port district employees who are already covered by the federal railroad retirement system or a union‑sponsored defined‑benefit (Taft‑Hartley) pension are barred from membership in the public employees’ retirement system for any period they receive contributions to those other plans. It also clarifies that Washington does not want an employee covered by two public retirement plans at the same time and resolves uncertainty about port district contributions to private pensions.

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