2.10.230 - Cessation of benefits upon appointment or election to court.

Cessation of benefits upon appointment or election to court.

Any person receiving retirement benefits from this system who is appointed or elected to a court under chapter 2.04, 2.06, or 2.08 RCW shall upon the first day of entering such office become a member of this system and his or her retirement benefits shall cease. Pro tempore service as a judge of a court of record shall not constitute appointment as that term is used in this section. Upon leaving such office, a person shall have his or her benefits recomputed or restored, as determined in this chapter: PROVIDED, That no such person shall receive a benefit less than that which was being paid at the time his or her benefit ceased.

[1988 c 109 § 4.]

Notes: Effective date -- 1988 c 109: See note following RCW 2.10.030.