All definitions in
RCW
41.26.030 and WAC
415-02-030 apply to terms used in
this chapter. Other terms relevant to the administration of chapter 41.26 RCW
are defined in this chapter.
(1)
Commissioned means that an employee is employed as an officer of a
general authority Washington law enforcement agency and is empowered by that
employer to enforce the criminal laws of the state of Washington.
(2)
Director of public safety
means a person who is employed on or after January 1, 1993, by a city or town
on a full-time, fully compensated basis to administer the programs and
personnel of a public safety department.
This definition applies only to cities or towns in which the
population did not exceed 10,000 at the time the person became employed as a
director of public safety.
(3)
Elective employer means the
employer of the LEOFF Plan 1 elected official during the member's leave of
absence from the LEOFF employer for the purpose of serving in elective
office.
(4)
Full-time
employee means an employee who is normally expected to earn basic salary
from an employer for a minimum of 160 hours in a calendar month.
(5)
Fully compensated employee for
firefighters means an employee who is normally expected to earn a basic
monthly salary no less than 160 times the state minimum hourly wage. Nominal
sums including, but not limited to, stipends or ancillary benefits such as
insurance or leave accrual, provided to volunteer firefighters are not
compensation for the purpose of determining whether a firefighter is fully
compensated.
(6)
Fully
compensated employee for law enforcement officers means the employee
earns basic salary from an employer at a rate of pay comparable to the rate of
pay received by full-time employees.
(7)
Left the employ of an
employer as used in
RCW
41.26.470,
41.26.510, and
41.26.520 means any break in
employment, whether formally separated or not formally separated, due to
service in the uniformed services, national guard, military reserves, federal
emergency management agency, or national disaster medical system of the United
States Department of Health and Human Services.
(8)
LEOFF means the law
enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system established by
chapter 41.26 RCW.
(9)
LEOFF
employer means the employer, as defined in
RCW
41.26.030, who employs the member as a law
enforcement officer or firefighter.
(10)
LEOFF Plan 1 elected
official means a LEOFF Plan 1 member who is a civil service employee on
leave of absence because he or she has been elected or appointed to an elective
public office and who chooses to preserve retirement rights as an active LEOFF
member under the procedure described in this chapter.
(11)
Performing service as used
in RCW
41.26.470,
41.26.510, and
41.26.520 means engaging in
activities in response to a disaster, major emergency, special event, federal
exercise, or official training after having left the employ of an employer as
described in subsection (7) of this section.
(12)
Plan 1 and Plan 2.
(a) "Plan 1" means the law enforcement
officers' and firefighters' retirement system providing the benefits and
funding provisions covering persons who first became members of the system
prior to October 1, 1977.
(b) "Plan
2" means the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system
providing the benefits and funding provisions covering persons who first became
members of the system on and after October 1, 1977.
(13)
Public safety officer means
a person who is employed on or after January 1, 1993, on a full-time, fully
compensated basis by a city or town to perform both law enforcement and
firefighter duties.
This definition applies only to cities or towns in which the
population did not exceed 10,000 at the time the person became employed as a
public safety officer.
(14)
Uniformed firefighter position means a position which may only be
filled by uniformed personnel as that term is defined in
RCW
41.56.030 (7)(e) as in
effect on July 1, 1995. A position only qualifies as a uniformed firefighter
position if the employer has identified it as such for all purposes. An
employer may designate a position as uniformed regardless of whether the
employer is covered by public employees' collective bargaining under chapter
41.56 RCW.
