{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-41.40.798","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 41.40.798","heading":"Higher education employees—Option to transfer to plan 3—Limitation on supplemental benefits under RCW 28B.10.400.","body":"(1) All employees who are not qualified under RCW 41.32.836 and who are first employed by an institution of higher education in a position eligible for participation in old age annuities or retirement income plans under RCW 28B.10.400 on or after July 1, 2011, have a period of thirty days to make an irrevocable choice to:\n(a) Become a member of the public employees' retirement system plan 3 under this chapter; or\n(b) Participate in the annuities or retirement income plan provided by the institution.\n(2) At the end of thirty days, if the member has not made a choice to become a member of the public employees' retirement system, he or she becomes a participant in the institution's plan under RCW 28B.10.400, but does not become eligible for any supplemental benefit under RCW 28B.10.400(1)(c).","path":["Title 41","Chapter 41.40"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=41.40.798","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:43:46Z","sha256":"9ccaa548023fb3e3d1322583b7382959d6a9fc199a44b7d14aa7c3ed01279f47","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-41.40.795","next":"us-wa/rcw-41.40.801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}