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RI Gen L § 45-19-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-10 - Rate and duration of disability benefits.

§ 45-19-10. Rate and duration of disability benefits.(a) All call fire fighters, volunteers, and all others eligible for the benefits of the fund who are injured in the line of fire duty or who suffer illness directly attributed to fire duty, are entitled to benefits as follows: At the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day during which he or she is unable to attend to his or her ordinary duties by reason of the injuries or illness; provided, the benefits do not continue for longer than ninety (90) days from the date of the injury or illness; and further provided, that the board may extend the benefits if it deems it advisable so to do.(b) The board shall furnish the forms to be sent in as proof of the disability or illness and shall make rules that are necessary for the proper functioning of the board.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 351, § 10; P.L. 1948, ch. 2012, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-10; P.L. 1966, ch. 167, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 531, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 27, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-11 - Filing of lists of fire fighters.

§ 45-19-11. Filing of lists of fire fighters.The secretary of all incorporated protective departments cooperating with fire departments, incorporated volunteer fire companies, and all fire fighters in a town having no organized fire department entitled to the benefits under this chapter, shall file, on the first Monday in July of each year with the secretary of the fire fighter's relief fund of Rhode Island, an alphabetical list of all its members.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 351, § 9; P.L. 1943, ch. 1375, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-11.
RI Gen L § 45-19-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-12.1 - Tuition to children of deceased or disabled fire fighters.

§ 45-19-12.1. Tuition to children of deceased or disabled fire fighters.(a) If an active member of the fire force of a city or town or crash rescue crew persons of the state of Rhode Island is killed or dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty as a member, or dies of a performance-related heart condition, or dies of performance-related respiratory ailments, or dies of any conditions derived from performance-related hypertension or dies as a victim of homicide while still a member while not in the performance of his or her duty as a member, there shall be paid, out of the general fund of the state of Rhode Island, the charges for the tuition of children of the deceased or totally and permanently disabled fire fighters. The benefits shall be extended to the children who are attending, or may attend, the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, or any other college or university operated by the state; provided, that the child has entered the institution while between the ages of sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21); and provided, further, that the aid granted in this section is available to the child for a period of time that equals the normal time for completing the courses regularly offered by the institution, but in no case more than four (4) years.(b) For the purposes of this section, the words "members of fire force" mean and include any member of a fire force or crash rescue crew persons of any city or town regularly employed at a fixed salary or wage; this includes auxiliary and volunteer fire fighters and crash rescue crew persons of any city, town, or state fire fighting department.(c) In the instance of a member who dies as a victim of homicide while still a member while not in the performance of his or her duty as a member, each and every benefit of this section shall be available to the children commencing from the date of the homicide.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 267, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 202, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 277, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 519, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-12.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-12.3 - Tuition to disabled fire fighters.

§ 45-19-12.3. Tuition to disabled fire fighters.(a) If an active member of the fire force of a city or town or crash rescue crew persons of the state of Rhode Island becomes totally and permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty as a member, or if any member of the fire force of a city or town or crash rescue crew persons of the state of Rhode Island becomes totally and permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty, there shall be paid, out of the general fund of the state of Rhode Island, the charges for the tuition of totally and permanently disabled fire fighters. The benefits are extended to members who are attending or may attend the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, or any other college or university operated by the state; provided, that the aid granted in this section is available for a period of time that equals the normal time for completing the courses regularly offered by the institution, but in no case more than four (4) years.(b) For the purposes of this section, the words "members of fire force" mean and include any member of a fire force or crash rescue crew persons of any city or town regularly employed at a fixed salary or wage; this includes auxiliary and volunteer fire fighters and crash rescue crew persons of any city, town or state fire fighting department.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 465, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-13 - Appropriations taking place of funds.

§ 45-19-13. Appropriations taking place of funds.Wherever in §§ 45-19-3 — 45-19-14 reference is made to the police officer's relief fund or to the fire fighter's relief fund, in either instance, the word "fund" is construed to mean the appropriations made by the general assembly in accordance with §§ 45-19-3 and 45-19-7.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1376, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-13; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 48.
RI Gen L § 45-19-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-14 - Appropriations by towns to dependents of deceased police officers and fire fighters.

§ 45-19-14. Appropriations by towns to dependents of deceased police officers and fire fighters.The several cities and towns are authorized and empowered to make a special appropriation to surviving widows or widowers or domestic partners, or other surviving dependents, of a deceased fire fighter or police officer who has been in the service of a city or town for a period of at least two (2) years and has lost his or her life, or received injuries resulting in permanent disability, or incurred illness resulting in death, while in the line of duty as a fire fighter or police officer. This appropriation may be in addition to any service pension granted to the widows or widowers or domestic partners of any fire fighters or police officers under the provisions of any law or any ordinance of any city or town; provided, that the appropriation does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any one person.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 47, § 9½; P.L. 1933, ch. 2039, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 351, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-14; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 15.
RI Gen L § 45-19-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-15 - Extension of provisions to widows or widowers or domestic partners of other deceased police officers and fire fighters.

§ 45-19-15. Extension of provisions to widows or widowers or domestic partners of other deceased police officers and fire fighters.The legislative body of any city or town may, by ordinance, provide that the provisions of §§ 45-19-4 and 45-19-12 apply in the case of any unremarried widow or widower or domestic partner, of any police officer or fire fighter which police officer or fire fighter died while in service or was retired from the police or fire force of a city or town on pensions prior to his or her death. The annuities shall be paid to the widow or widower or domestic partner by the proper authority of the city or town in which the police officer or fire fighter was employed at the time of his or her retirement.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3767, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-15; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 15.
RI Gen L § 45-19-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-16 - Presumption of disability in the line of fire fighting duty.

§ 45-19-16. Presumption of disability in the line of fire fighting duty.Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or to any state or municipal retirement system, any city or town may, by ordinance, provide that every condition of impairment of health caused by smoke inhalation of the lungs or respiratory tract, resulting in total disability or death to a uniformed member of a paid fire department, is presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty as a result of the inhalation of noxious fumes or poisonous gases, unless the contrary is shown by competent evidence; provided, that the person benefiting by the presumption passes a physical examination upon entry into service or subsequent to entry an examination failed to reveal any evidence of the condition.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 202, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-17 - Operation of emergency vehicles - Accidents.

§ 45-19-17. Operation of emergency vehicles — Accidents.Whenever the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in § 31-1-3, or the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle for a nonprofit volunteer organization who is operating the vehicle in compliance with § 31-12-1 et seq., is involved in an accident while responding to an order from his or her department to render emergency assistance, or returning from an emergency or en route to or from official business his or her right to operate a motor vehicle shall not be affected by reason of any civil negligence attendant upon the operation of the emergency vehicle, in the scope of their duties nor shall the rate, chargeable to the operator for liability insurance coverage for the occurrence, be increased or the coverage cancelled because of the negligence.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 143, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 406, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-18 - Pensions for certain police officers and fire fighters.

§ 45-19-18. Pensions for certain police officers and fire fighters.Every police officer and fire fighter of any city or town who served the city or town for at least twenty-five (25) years, or is now or hereafter receiving a retirement allowance from a city or town retirement system after at least twenty-five (25) years' membership in a system prior to retirement, or who was retired by a city or town retirement system because of a disability incurred as the result of an accident while in the performance of duty, may receive from the city or town an additional sum of money, assuring to the employee the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per month.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 97, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19 - Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers|Section 45-19-19 - City and town ordinances providing for retirement of sick or injured police officers or fire fighters.

§ 45-19-19. City and town ordinances providing for retirement of sick or injured police officers or fire fighters.The city or town councils of the various cities and towns may provide, by ordinance or through collective bargaining, for the retirement of the personnel of their police and fire departments who have been on leave of absence from their employment due to sickness contracted or injuries sustained in the performance of their duties; provided, that no ordinance is contrary to any pension cost of living increase or escalator clause in a collective bargaining agreement, and provided, further, that no ordinance provides for a disability retirement allowance of less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of a retiree's annual salary at the time of retirement nor more than one hundred percent (100%) of a retiree's annual salary.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 245, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19.1 - Cancer Benefits For Fire Fighters|Section 45-19.1-1 - Legislative findings.

§ 45-19.1-1. Legislative findings.(a) The general assembly finds and declares that by reason of their employment:(1) Fire fighters are required to work in the midst of, and are subject to, smoke, fumes, or carcinogenic, poisonous, toxic, or chemical substances;(2) Fire fighters are continually exposed to a vast and expanding field of hazardous substances through hazardous waste sites and the transportation of those substances;(3) Fire fighters are constantly entering uncontrolled environments to save lives and reduce property damage and are frequently not aware of potential toxic and carcinogenic substances that they may be exposed to;(4) Fire fighters, unlike other workers, are often exposed simultaneously to multiple carcinogens, and the rise in occupational cancer among fire fighters can be related to the rapid proliferation of thousands of toxic substances in our every day environment; and(5) The onset of cancers in fire fighters can develop very slowly, usually manifesting themselves from five (5) years to forty (40) years after exposure to the cancer-causing agent.(b) The general assembly further finds and declares that all of the previously stated conditions exist and arise out of or in the course of that employment.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 68, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19.1 - Cancer Benefits For Fire Fighters|Section 45-19.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 45-19.1-2. Definitions.The following terms when used in this chapter have the following meanings:(a) "Disability" means a condition of physical incapacity to perform any assigned duty or duties in the fire department.(b) "Fire department" means service groups (paid or volunteer) that are organized and trained for the prevention and control of loss of life and property from any fire or disaster.(c) "Fire fighter" means an individual, paid or volunteer, who is assigned to a fire department and is required to respond to alarms and performs emergency action.(d) "Occupational cancer" means a cancer arising out of his or her employment as a fire fighter, due to injury from exposures to smoke, fumes, or carcinogenic, poisonous, toxic, or chemical substances while in the performance of active duty in the fire department.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 68, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19.1 - Cancer Benefits For Fire Fighters|Section 45-19.1-3 - Occupational cancer disability for fire fighters.

§ 45-19.1-3. Occupational cancer disability for fire fighters.(a) Any fire fighter, including one employed by the state, or a municipal fire fighter employed by a municipality that participates in the optional retirement for police officers and fire fighters, as provided in chapter 21.2 of this title, who is unable to perform his or her duties in the fire department by reason of a disabling occupational cancer which develops or manifests itself during a period while the fire fighter is in the service of the department, and any retired member of the fire department of any city or town who develops occupational cancer, is entitled to receive an occupational cancer disability, and he or she is entitled to all of the benefits provided for in chapters 19, 21 and 21.2 of this title and chapter 10 of title 36 if the fire fighter is employed by the state.(b) The provisions of this section apply retroactively in the case of any retired member of the fire department of any city or town.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 68, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 154, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 252, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-19.1 - Cancer Benefits For Fire Fighters|Section 45-19.1-4 - Conclusive presumption.

§ 45-19.1-4. Conclusive presumption.(a) Any type of cancer found in a firefighter is conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer as that term is defined in § 45-19.1-2.(b) This conclusive presumption shall not apply to firefighters hired after July 22, 2020, in the following situations:(1) If a physical examination was conducted at the time the firefighter was hired and the examination revealed that person had cancer; or(2) If the firefighter has completed less than two (2) years of employment with his or her fire department; or(3) If the firefighter has regularly or habitually used tobacco products during the five (5) years prior to any diagnosis of cancer.(c) The provisions of this section shall apply retroactively to all cancer-related illnesses, injuries, and disability claims pending on or after July 22, 2020.History of Section.P.L. 2020, ch. 62, § 1; P.L. 2020, ch. 69, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-20-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-20 - Appeals from Police and Fire Departments|Section 45-20-1 - Petition for judicial review of removal of fire fighter.

§ 45-20-1. Petition for judicial review of removal of firefighter.(a) Any firefighter or firefighters, jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the bureau of police and fire or any similar department, board or bureau of a city or town having control of the fire department of the city or town, which decision orders the removal of the person from membership in the fire department based on criminal charges, may present, to the superior court of the state of Rhode Island for the county in which the city or town is located, a verified petition stating that the decision is illegal in whole or in part and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition shall be presented to the court within thirty (30) days after the decision of the department, board, or bureau.(b) Upon the presentation of the petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the department, board, or bureau to review its decision, and shall prescribe in the unit the time authorized which a return to the unit must be made, which shall be not less than twenty (20) days and may be extended by the court.(c) The allowance of the writ does not stay the effect of the decision.History of Section.P.L. 1948, ch. 2083, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-20-1; P.L. 1968, ch. 242, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 400, § 27, effective July 13, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 401, § 27, effective July 13, 2021.
RI Gen L § 45-20-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-20 - Appeals from Police and Fire Departments|Section 45-20-1.1 - Petition for judicial review of disciplinary action against police officers.

§ 45-20-1.1. Petition for judicial review of disciplinary action against police officers.(a) Any police officer or police officers, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any decision of the bureau of police and fire, or any similar department, board, or bureau of a city or town having control of the police department, or any other duly constituted authority within the police department of the city or town, which decision orders the dismissal, reduction in rank, suspension, fine, performance of extra hours of duty, loss of seniority rights, transfer with or without a reduction in pay, or reprimand, and the decision is based on charges involving violation of departmental regulations, may appeal the decision to the superior court of the state of Rhode Island for the county in which the city or town is located; provided, that no appeal is allowed unless all administrative remedies available under the municipal charter have been exhausted; and, provided, further, that an appeal does not stay the operation of the decision. Upon appeal, the police officer or police officers are entitled to a trial de novo before a justice of the superior court without a jury.(b) The superior court may uphold the decision, reverse the decision, restore the police officer to the officer's former rank, revoke the suspension, reduce the penalty, negate the transfer, or allow a transfer without loss of pay. If the decision is reversed or modified by the superior court, the police officer or police officers shall, to the extent that the decision is reversed or modified, be reimbursed monetarily or by compensatory time off for all loss of pay and/or extra duty hours performed.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 242, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 400, § 27, effective July 13, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 401, § 27, effective July 13, 2021.
RI Gen L § 45-20-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-20 - Appeals from Police and Fire Departments|Section 45-20-2 - Papers returned by department - Contents of writ - Decision.

§ 45-20-2. Papers returned by department — Contents of writ — Decision.(a) The department, board, or bureau are not required to return the original papers acted upon by it, but it is sufficient to return verified or sworn copies of the papers or of the portions called for by the writ.(b) The writs shall concisely state any other facts that may be pertinent and material to show the grounds of the decision and shall be verified.(c) The court must either refuse or affirm wholly the decision brought up for review.History of Section.P.L. 1948, ch. 2083, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-20-2.
RI Gen L § 45-20-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-20 - Appeals from Police and Fire Departments|Section 45-20-3 - Other remedies unaffected.

§ 45-20-3. Other remedies unaffected.The remedy for review provided in this chapter is not exclusive of any other remedy or procedure otherwise available.History of Section.P.L. 1948, ch. 2083, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-20-3; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 47.
RI Gen L § 45-21-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-1 - Purpose of chapter.

§ 45-21-1. Purpose of chapter.It is the express intention of the legislature by the passage of this chapter to provide an actuarially financed retirement system for municipal employees, properly integrated with the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., to the end that adequate benefits may be established for the employees of any municipality who become superannuated or otherwise incapacitated while in service, and whereby the employees may be assisted in accumulating reserves for themselves and their dependents to satisfactorily meet the conditions incident to old age, death, disability, and termination of the employees, in the interest of maintaining and promoting efficiency and economy in the administration of government.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-1.