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RI Gen L § 36-8-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-8 - Annual report and statement.

§ 36-8-8. Annual report and statement.The retirement board shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the secretary of state, on or before the first day of December in each year, an annual report showing the financial transactions of the system for the fiscal year of the state next preceding said date. The report shall contain, among other things, a financial balance sheet, a statement of income and expenditures, a valuation balance sheet as prepared by the actuary, a detailed statement of investments acquired and disposed of during the year, and such other statistical data as are deemed necessary for a proper interpretation of the condition of the system and the results of its operations. The report shall also provide: an operating statement summarizing meetings or hearings held, meeting minutes if requested, subjects addressed, decisions rendered, rules or regulations promulgated, studies conducted, policies and plans developed, approved, or modified, and programs administered or initiated; a consolidated financial statement of all the funds received and expended including the source of funds, a listing of any staff supported by these funds, and a summary of any clerical, administrative or technical support received; a summary of performance during the previous fiscal year including accomplishments, shortcomings and remedies; a synopsis of hearings, complaints, suspensions, or other legal matters related to the authority of the board; a summary of any training courses held pursuant to § 36-8-4; a briefing on anticipated activities in the upcoming fiscal year; and findings and recommendations for improvements. The report shall be posted electronically on the general assembly and the secretary of state's website as prescribed in § 42-20-8.2 of the Rhode Island general laws. The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for the enforcement of this provision. The report shall also embody such other data as may be of use in the advancement of knowledge concerning state employee pensions and any recommendations of the board for changes in the laws pertaining to the system. The retirement board shall cause to be published for distribution among the members of the system a financial statement summarizing the results of operations for the fiscal year.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-8; P.L. 2006, ch. 319, § 4; P.L. 2006, ch. 444, § 4.
RI Gen L § 36-8-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-8.1 - Repealed.

§ 36-8-8.1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 1, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 4; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 4, effective November 18, 2011.
RI Gen L § 36-8-8.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-8.2 - Special pension benefits.

§ 36-8-8.2. Special pension benefits.(a) No law shall be enacted conferring special pension benefits upon any individual or group of individuals unless this section is specifically repealed.(b) The retirement board shall take no administrative action conferring special benefits upon any individual or group of individuals.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 139, § 9.
RI Gen L § 36-8-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-9 - Legal adviser - Treasurer - Executive officers and secretary.

§ 36-8-9. Legal adviser — Treasurer — Executive officers and secretary.(a) There shall be a legal counsel to the board who shall be appointed by the general treasurer. The general treasurer shall be ex-officio chairperson and treasurer of the retirement board and he or she shall be responsible for appointing the custodian of the funds. There shall also be an executive director who shall be appointed by the retirement board. The executive director shall be in charge of administration of the retirement system and shall serve as secretary to the retirement board. In addition, the retirement board shall appoint an assistant director who shall serve as director and/or secretary in the absence of the director.(b) Any negotiated agreement entered into after June 1, 1992, between any state or municipal agency or department and an employee or employees, whose conditions are contrary to the general laws or the rules, regulations, and policies as adopted and promulgated by the retirement board shall be null and void unless and until approved by formal action of the retirement board for good cause shown.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-9; P.L. 1964, ch. 242, art. 8A, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 38, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 5; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 5.
RI Gen L § 36-8-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-10 - Accounts and statistical records - Clerical and professional assistance - Disbursements.

§ 36-8-10. Accounts and statistical records — Clerical and professional assistance — Disbursements.The general treasurer, under the direction and supervision of the retirement board, shall be charged with the establishment and maintenance of such accounts and statistical records as the retirement board may require and he or she shall employ such clerical assistance as shall be necessary to carry out properly the provisions of chapters 8 — 10 of this title. The retirement board shall secure the services of an actuary who shall be the actuarial advisor of the board and who shall make the actuarial computations and valuations required by chapters 8 — 10. The retirement board shall secure the services of such physicians as shall be necessary to make the medical examinations required by those chapters. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sum or sums as may from time to time be necessary, upon receipt by him or her of vouchers prepared and duly authenticated by the chief of the retirement system.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 3; P.L. 1937, ch. 2513, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-10.
RI Gen L § 36-8-10.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-10.1 - Payment of administrative expense of the retirement board and maintaining the retirement system - Restricted receipts account.

§ 36-8-10.1. Payment of administrative expense of the retirement board and maintaining the retirement system — Restricted receipts account.(a) There is hereby created a restricted receipt account, under the control of the general treasurer, the proceeds of which shall be used solely to pay the expenses of the retirement board, the cost of maintaining the retirement system, and the costs of administering the retirement system.(b) There shall be transferred to this restricted receipt account seventeen and one-half (17.5) basis points (0.175%), where one hundred (100.0) basis points equals one percent (1.0%), of the average total investments before lending activities as reported in the annual report of the auditor general for the next preceding five fiscal years. Any nonencumbered funds on June 30 of any fiscal year shall be credited to the employees' retirement system of the state of Rhode Island and to the municipal employees' retirement system of the state of Rhode Island in the same proportion as their contributions to the restricted receipt account established by this section during the fiscal year.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 7, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 10, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 60, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 25, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-8-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-11 - Collection of actuarial and experience data.

§ 36-8-11. Collection of actuarial and experience data.The retirement board shall collect and keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for the preparation of the mortality and service tables and for the compilation of such other information as shall be required for the actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement system.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-11.
RI Gen L § 36-8-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-12 - Actuarial investigations authorized by board.

§ 36-8-12. Actuarial investigations authorized by board.Immediately after his or her selection, the actuary shall make such investigation of the mortality, service, and compensation experience of the members as the retirement board shall authorize for the purpose of determining the proper tables to be prepared and submitted to the retirement board for adoption.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-12.
RI Gen L § 36-8-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-13 - Periodic actuarial investigations and valuations - Adoption of tables and rates.

§ 36-8-13. Periodic actuarial investigations and valuations — Adoption of tables and rates.Every year beginning with the year 1976, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system, and shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system, and, taking into account the result of the investigation and valuation, the retirement board shall:(1) Adopt for the retirement system such mortality, service, and other tables as shall be deemed necessary; and(2) Certify the rates of contribution payable by the state of Rhode Island to carry out the provisions of chapters 8 — 10 of this title in accordance with the provisions of § 36-10-2.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-13; P.L. 1976, ch. 289, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-8-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-14 - Annual valuation of assets and liabilities.

§ 36-8-14. Annual valuation of assets and liabilities.On the basis of such tables as the retirement board shall adopt, the actuary shall make an annual valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds of the system created by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-14.
RI Gen L § 36-8-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-15 - Custody and investment of funds.

§ 36-8-15. Custody and investment of funds.(a) All money immediately required for the payment of retirement allowances or other benefits shall be deemed to be held in a trust under the laws of the state of Rhode Island with respect to which the general treasurer is designated the trustee in accordance with § 36-8-20(b). The trustee shall only invest these funds in accordance with the written objectives and guidelines established by the state investment commission pursuant to the provisions of chapter 10 of title 35 and other applicable law.(b) All money not immediately required for the payment of retirement allowances or other benefits shall be invested in accordance with the provisions of chapter 10 of title 35 and other applicable law and shall be held in a custodial or trust account in accordance with § 36-8-20(b).(c) By December 31, 1994, the trust and custodial account established under this section shall be maintained pursuant to written documents which expressly provide that it shall be impossible at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to employees and their beneficiaries for any part of the corpus or income to be used for or diverted to purposes other than the payment of retirement allowances and other pension benefits to employees and their beneficiaries (except as otherwise permitted by § 36-8-20(b)).History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 43, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 87, § 3.
RI Gen L § 36-8-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-16 - Disposition of investment earnings.

§ 36-8-16. Disposition of investment earnings.The retirement board shall credit all earned investment income from interest and dividends on investments and bank deposits during any fiscal year to the contingency reserve account.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-16; P.L. 1980, ch. 57, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-8-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-17 - Improper interest in investments of board.

§ 36-8-17. Improper interest in investments of board.Except as herein provided, no member of the board and no employee of the board shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the gains or profits of any investment made by the retirement board, nor as such directly or indirectly receive any pay or emolument for his or her services. No member of the board or employee of the board shall, directly or indirectly, for himself or herself or as an agent, in any manner use the gains or profits, except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the retirement board; nor shall any member or employee of the board become an endorser or surety or become in any manner an obligor for money loaned or borrowed from the retirement board.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-17.
RI Gen L § 36-8-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-18 - Severability.

§ 36-8-18. Severability.(a) If any provision of chapters 8 — 10 of this title, any rule, or regulation made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction the remainder of those chapters, rules, or regulations and the application of those provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.(b) The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of those chapters shall not affect the validity of the remainder of those chapters.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 36-8-18.
RI Gen L § 36-8-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-19 - Annual audits.

§ 36-8-19. Annual audits.The auditor general shall conduct upon the request of the retirement board a separate annual performance audit of the retirement system which shall include a report on the actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement system. The auditor general may examine all records, files, and other documents, and evaluate all policies and procedures for purposes of conducting the audit. The aforementioned performance audit shall be in addition to the annual audit conducted by the auditor general of the financial statements of the retirement system. A copy of the report shall be given to the governor, the state retirement board, and the joint committee on legislative services.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 75, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 1, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-8-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System - Administration|Section 36-8-21 - Repealed.

§ 36-8-21. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 15, § 3; P.L. 1996, ch. 179, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 28, effective July 13, 2011.
RI Gen L § 36-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System - Membership and Service Credits|Section 36-9-1 - Earliest date of commencement of membership.

§ 36-9-1. Earliest date of commencement of membership.Membership in the retirement system shall begin not earlier than the first day of July, 1936, and shall consist of the persons described in §§ 36-9-2 and 36-9-3.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 7; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2286, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-9-1.
RI Gen L § 36-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System - Membership and Service Credits|Section 36-9-2 - Membership of persons employed after establishment of system.

§ 36-9-2. Membership of persons employed after establishment of system.All employees as defined in chapter 8 of this title who became employees on or after July 1, 1936, shall, under contract of their employment become members of the retirement system and shall receive no pension or retirement allowance from any other pension or retirement system supported wholly or in part by the state of Rhode Island, except as provided in chapter 10.3 of title 36 and § 36-9-3, nor shall they be required to make contributions under any other pension or retirement system of the state except as provided in chapter 10.3 of title 36, anything to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to those employees who may be required or elect to participate in a retirement program existing by virtue of chapter 17.1 of title 16 or § 36-10-9.1.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 7; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2286, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-9-2; P.L. 1967, ch. 152, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 329, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 54, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 6; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 6.
RI Gen L § 36-9-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System - Membership and Service Credits|Section 36-9-2.1 - Membership in other retirement systems.

§ 36-9-2.1. Membership in other retirement systems.(a) An employee who is a member of the retirement system may be a member of the retirement system of any union provided the union retirement plan is covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) [29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.] and is tax qualified pursuant to the internal revenue service, and remain eligible to participate and receive benefits as provided in chapters 8 through 10 of this title.(b) Participants in a union retirement system shall not receive a greater wage or benefit increase then that granted other state employees covered by a collective bargaining clause.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 199, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System - Membership and Service Credits|Section 36-9-3 - Retired members of the state police - Eligibility.

§ 36-9-3. Retired members of the state police — Eligibility.Whenever any retired member of the Rhode Island state police shall be an employee of the state or any of its agencies, commissions, or bureaus in any capacity, other than as a member of the state police, as defined in chapter 8 of this title, that employee shall be eligible to participate and receive benefits as provided in chapters 8 — 10 of this title; provided, however, that in no event shall any retired member collect a state police pension while in the employ of the state as provided herein, nor shall any years of service for which the member is eligible for a state police pension be included in or added to the members' credits for eligibility or for benefits under chapters 8 to 10 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 101, § 2.
RI Gen L § 36-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System - Membership and Service Credits|Section 36-9-4 - Repealed.

§ 36-9-4. Repealed.History of Section.This section and former § 36-9-3 (P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 7; P.L. 1941, ch. 1045, § 1; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2286, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 36-9-3, 36-9-4; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 170, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System - Membership and Service Credits|Section 36-9-5 - Officers and employees exempt - Former court judges and clerks.

§ 36-9-5. Officers and employees exempt — Former court judges and clerks.(a) The members of the general assembly and the general officers of the state, except to the extent herein provided, the judges of the supreme, superior, family, district courts, the traffic tribunal, judges of the workers' compensation court except to the extent herein provided, school teachers as defined by § 16-16-1 except to the extent provided by chapter 17 of title 16, and members of the Rhode Island state police shall be exempt from the provisions of chapters 8 — 10 of this title; provided, however, that any justice or associate justice or judge of the supreme court, superior court, family court, district court, or traffic tribunal, chairperson of the workers' compensation court, or judge of the workers' compensation court who was a member of the retirement system prior to becoming a justice or associate justice or judge, shall, upon his or her filing with the retirement board a written waiver of all benefits under the provisions of §§ 8-3-7 — 8-3-11 or 28-30-15 — 28-30-18 be permitted to elect to remain a member of the retirement system by paying into the retirement system such sums as provided in § 36-10-1 computed on his or her salary as a justice, associate justice, or judge and shall be eligible for all benefits under this title.(b) Any justice, associate justice, or judge who shall have retired in accordance with the provisions of this section and who shall be recalled to service shall be recalled in accordance with the provisions of § 8-3-7(c), § 28-30-15(b), or § 28-30-16, or § 28-30-16.1.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 14; P.L. 1941, ch. 1048, § 1; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 10; impl. am. P.L. 1948, ch. 2102, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-9-5; P.L. 1973, ch. 192, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 458, § 3; P.L. 1988, ch. 616, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 334, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 402, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 6; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 6.