Legal Opinion
Biggs v. Department of Retirement Systems
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 23, 1981No. 4344-IIPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPetrich, J.
John A. Biggs, former Director of the Department of Ecology, appeals the Superior Court's affirmance of the denial by the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) of his request for enhanced retirement benefits pursuant to RCW 41.40.190(5). We affirm.
Biggs was a member of PERS from 1947 until his retirement in 1977. On July 1, 1970, while the legislature was not in session, the Governor appointed him Director of the Department of Ecology pursuant to RCW 43.21A.050. That statute provides that the Director of the Department of Ecology "shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the…
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