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RI Gen L § 45-21-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-19 - Retirement for ordinary disability.

§ 45-21-19. Retirement for ordinary disability.(a) Any member who has had five (5) or more years of total service, may, upon the member's own application or upon application of the employer, or some person acting in the member's behalf, while in active service or on leave of absence for illness, apply for ordinary disability retirement; provided, that the member is not entitled to a regular service retirement allowance and; provided, that the member has at least three (3) consecutive years of service as an employee of a participating municipality within the five (5) years needed to be eligible under this section.(b) A statement from a physician shall accompany the application stating that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and that the member ought to be retired.(c) A medical examination of the member shall be made by three (3) physicians engaged by the retirement board for this purpose, and should the medical examination show that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and ought to be retired, the physicians shall so report and certify to the retirement board and the retirement board may retire the member for ordinary disability.(d) The retirement board shall establish uniform eligibility requirement standards and criteria for ordinary disability which apply to all members who make application for retirement for ordinary disability.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-19; P.L. 1967, ch. 201, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 29, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 28, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 192, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 3, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-21-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-20 - Ordinary disability allowance.

§ 45-21-20. Ordinary disability allowance.Upon retirement for ordinary disability, a member receives a retirement allowance equal to the rate prescribed for service retirement subject to the provisions of § 45-21-31; provided that no member retiring with less than ten (10) years of total service receives a benefit less than the member would have received if the member had ten (10) years of total service.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-20; P.L. 1959, ch. 23, § 2; P.L. 1964, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 66, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 29, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 360, § 3.
RI Gen L § 45-21-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-21 - Retirement for accidental disability.

§ 45-21-21. Retirement for accidental disability.(a) Any member in active service, regardless of length of service, is entitled to an accidental disability retirement allowance. Application for the allowance shall be made by the member or on the member's behalf, stating that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for further service as the result of an injury sustained while in the performance of duty and certifying the time, place, and conditions of the duty performed by the member which resulted in the alleged disability, and that the alleged disability was not the result of the willful negligence or misconduct on the part of the member, and was not the result of age or length of service, and that the member has not attained the age of sixty-five (65). The application shall be made within five (5) years of the alleged accident from which the injury has resulted in the member's present disability and shall be accompanied by an accident report and a physician's report certifying the disability. If a medical examination made by three (3) physicians engaged by the retirement board, and other investigations as the board may make, confirm the statements made by the member, the board may grant the member an accidental disability retirement allowance.(b) The retirement board shall establish uniform eligibility requirements, standards and criteria for accidental disability which apply to all members who make application for accidental disability benefits.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-21; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 135, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 594, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 3, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-21-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-22 - Accidental disability allowance.

§ 45-21-22. Accidental disability allowance.Upon retirement for accidental disability, a member receives a retirement allowance equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of the rate of the member's compensation at the date of the member's retirement subject to the provisions of § 45-21-31.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-22; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 135, § 2; P.L. 1959, ch. 23, § 3; P.L. 1980, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-21-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-23 - Periodical examination of disability annuitants - Placement on employment lists.

§ 45-21-23. Periodical examination of disability annuitants — Placement on employment lists.(a) At least once each year the retirement board may, and upon application shall, require any disability annuitant under the minimum age for service retirement, whether in receipt of an ordinary disability retirement allowance or an accidental disability retirement allowance, to undergo a medical examination, the examination to be made at the place of residence of the annuitant, or other place mutually agreed upon, by a physician or physicians engaged by the retirement board.(b) If the examination indicates that the annuitant is able to engage in a gainful occupation, the annuitant's name shall be placed on appropriate lists of candidates that are prepared for appointment to positions in the annuitant's department for which the annuitant is stated to be qualified, of a salary grade not less than that from which the annuitant was last retired.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-23.
RI Gen L § 45-21-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-24 - Adjustment of disability allowances on return to work - Discontinuance for refusal to submit to examination.

§ 45-21-24. Adjustment of disability allowances on return to work — Discontinuance for refusal to submit to examination.(a) Should the beneficiary be engaged in a gainful occupation or should the beneficiary be offered service as a result of the placing of his or her name on a list of candidates, the retirement board shall adjust, and from time to time readjust, the amount of his or her disability allowance to an amount which, when added to the amount of compensation then earnable by the beneficiary, shall not exceed the rate of earnable compensation currently in force for the classification that the disability annuitant held prior to retirement.(b) Should any disability annuitant under the minimum age of retirement refuse to submit to a medical examination in any year by a physician or physicians designated by the retirement board, the annuitant's retirement allowance may be discontinued until the annuitant's withdrawal of the refusal, and should the annuitant's refusal continue for one year after a request has been made, all the annuitant's rights in and to the retirement allowance may be revoked by the retirement board. A disability annuitant, reinstated to active service, shall be reinstated as a member and participate in the benefits of the retirement system to the same extent as any other member.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-24; P.L. 1989, ch. 403, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-21-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-25 - Accidental death benefits.

§ 45-21-25. Accidental death benefits.Upon the accidental death of a member before retirement; provided, that evidence is submitted to the retirement board proving that the death of the member was the natural and proximate result of an accident while in the performance of duty at some definite time and place, and that the death was not the result of willful negligence on the member's part, the member's accumulated contributions shall be paid to the member's estate, or to the person having an insurable interest in the member's life that the member has nominated by written designation, duly executed and filed with the retirement board, and, upon application by or on behalf of the dependents of the deceased member, the retirement board shall grant a benefit equal to one-half (½) the rate of compensation of the member in effect at the date of death:(1) To his or her widow or widower or domestic partner, to continue for life unless he or she remarries or enters into a domestic partnership; or(2) If there is no widow or widower or domestic partner, or if the widow or widower or domestic partner dies or remarries or enters into a domestic partnership before any child of the deceased member has attained the age of eighteen (18) years, then to his or her child or children under that age, divided in any manner that the retirement board in its discretion determines, to continue as a joint and survivor annuity of one-half (½) of that compensation until every child dies or attains that age; or(3) If there is no widow, widower, or domestic partner or child under the age of eighteen (18) years surviving the deceased member, then to his or her dependent father or mother, as the deceased member has nominated by written designation, duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement board; or if there is no nomination, then to his or her dependent father or to his or her dependent mother, as the retirement board in its discretion directs, to continue for life.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-25; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 135, § 2; P.L. 1959, ch. 23, § 4; P.L. 1984, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 16.
RI Gen L § 45-21-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-26 - Ordinary death benefits.

§ 45-21-26. Ordinary death benefits.Upon the death of a member while in service, prior to retirement, from any cause other than accidental death arising directly out of and in the course of employment, a payment is made of the contributions of the member without interest. In addition, if the death of the member occurred while in an employee status, or while on an official leave of absence for illness from his or her position, which was not extended at the date of death for a continuous period in excess of one year, a death benefit is paid which equals eight hundred dollars ($800) for each completed year of total service, subject to a minimum payment of four thousand dollars ($4,000) and a maximum payment of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000). The payment of the accumulated contributions of the member and the death benefit shall be made to the person that the member has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the retirement board or, if the member has filed no nomination, or if the person so nominated has died, then to the estate of the deceased member.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-26; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 135, § 2; P.L. 1963, ch. 212, § 2; P.L. 1969, ch. 186, § 2; P.L. 1971, ch. 125, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 594, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 475, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-21-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-27 - Benefit on death of retired employee.

§ 45-21-27. Benefit on death of retired employee.(a) Upon the death of a member after retirement, unless the member has selected any of the options provided in § 45-21-30, a benefit is payable consisting of the excess, if any, of the total contributions of the member at the date of retirement, without interest, over the aggregate amount of all retirement allowance payments received by the member prior to the member's death.(b) In addition, a benefit is payable upon the death of any retired member, regardless of the date of retirement, consisting of the continuation of the ordinary death benefit provisions of the retirement act into retirement in the full amount, accrued at the date of retirement, for the first year subsequent to the date of retirement; provided, that in each succeeding year, this amount is reduced on each retirement anniversary date by twenty-five percent (25%) until twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount accumulated as of the date of retirement has been reached; provided, that the amount is not reduced to less than four thousand dollars ($4,000). This sum shall be continued thereafter as the sum payable on death after retirement.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 109, § 4; P.L. 1982, ch. 193, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 594, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-21-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-28 - Refund of contributions on cessation of membership.

§ 45-21-28. Refund of contributions on cessation of membership.Any member who withdraws from service or who ceases to be a member for any reason other than death or retirement, shall be paid on demand the contributions which were standing to the member's credit in the member's individual account in the members' contribution reserve, without interest. Any member who is not eligible for the receipt of a service retirement allowance or any other benefit is entitled to a refund. The acceptance of a refund by a member effects a forfeiture by the member of all rights in the system and all accrued service credits. No member shall be deemed to have forfeited any of the member's accrued service credits or other rights in the system because of a change in employment from one participating municipality to another unless the member accepts a refund of the member's contributions.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-28; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 135, § 2; P.L. 1959, ch. 23, § 5; P.L. 1966, ch. 101, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-21-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-29 - Repayment of refunded contributions - Reinstatement of service credit.

§ 45-21-29. Repayment of refunded contributions — Reinstatement of service credit.(a) Any member who has received a refund upon withdrawal from service has the privilege of making a repayment to the system of the amount that the member received as a refund, including regular interest from the date of receipt of the refund to the date of repayment of the refund to the system.(b) The privilege of repayment of any refund under the provisions of this section is not operative until a member has rendered at least one year of service following the member's latest reentry into the service of the municipality occurring subsequent to the date of the receipt of the refund.(c) Upon the restoration of the refund, the service credits previously forfeited by the receipt of the refund are reinstated to the account of the member.(d) The privilege of repayment extends and applies to all refunds received by a member prior to the filing of an application under the provisions of this section and not to any individual amount, and all refunds are repayable at the same time and in a single sum.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-29; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 135, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 192, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-21-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-30 - Optional benefits on service retirement.

§ 45-21-30. Optional benefits on service retirement.(a) A beneficiary, or, if the beneficiary is an incompetent, then his or her spouse or domestic partner, or if he or she has no spouse or domestic partner, a guardian of the beneficiary's estate, may elect to receive a benefit in a retirement allowance, payable throughout life, or the beneficiary may then elect to receive the actuarial equivalent, at that time, of the beneficiary's retirement allowance in a lesser retirement allowance as determined by actuarial calculation, which shall be payable throughout life with the provision that:(1) Option 1. A reduced retirement allowance payable during the beneficiary's life, with the provisions that after the beneficiary's death, it shall continue during the life of and be paid to the person that the beneficiary has nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement board at the time of retirement; or(2) Option 2. A reduced retirement allowance payable during the beneficiary's life, with the provision that after the beneficiary's death an allowance equal to one-half (½) of the beneficiary's reduced allowance shall continue during the life of and be paid to the person that the beneficiary has nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board at the time of retirement.(b) This section does not apply to any person who elects the social security supplemental option related in § 45-21-17.2.(c) This section is exempt from the provisions of §§ 45-13-6 — 45-13-10.(d) If prior to July 1, 2012, a member elected an optional form of benefit other than a life annuity in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) or (2) above, the member may elect to change his or her form of benefit to a life annuity by filing an election with the retirement board on or before June 30, 2013, provided that the member's beneficiary is still alive at the time the election is filed.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-30; P.L. 1980, ch. 55, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 594, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 16; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 11; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 11.
RI Gen L § 45-21-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-31 - Offset of workers' compensation or personal injury recovery.

§ 45-21-31. Offset of workers' compensation or personal injury recovery.Any amounts paid or payable under the provisions of any workers' compensation law, exclusive of Medicare set aside allocation, specific compensation benefits or any benefits due pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or as the result of any action for damages for personal injuries against the municipality by which the member was employed, on account of death or disability of a member occurring while in the performance of duty, are offset against and payable in lieu of any benefits payable out of funds provided by the municipality under the provisions of this chapter on account of the death or disability of the member. If the value of the total commuted benefits under any workers' compensation law or action is less than the actuarial reserve on the benefits otherwise payable from funds provided by the municipality under this chapter, the value of the commuted payments is deducted from the actuarial reserve, and the benefits that may be provided by the actuarial reserve so reduced are payable under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-31; P.L. 2010, ch. 95, § 6; P.L. 2010, ch. 121, § 6.
RI Gen L § 45-21-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-32 - Retirement system established as corporation - Management.

§ 45-21-32. Retirement system established as corporation — Management.A retirement system is hereby established and placed under the management of the retirement board created by chapter 8 of title 36, for the purpose of providing retirement allowances for employees of participating municipalities of the state of Rhode Island under the provisions of this chapter and benefits to the survivors of those employees. It has the powers and privileges of a corporation, and is known as the "municipal employees' retirement system of the state of Rhode Island," and by that name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and other property held. The administration of the retirement system established by this chapter is entrusted to the retirement board, which has power to make reasonable rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this chapter including the time at, and manner in which, the participating municipalities make the several payments required by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-32; P.L. 1959, ch. 23, § 6; P.L. 1981, ch. 11, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-21-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-33 - Information furnished by municipalities.

§ 45-21-33. Information furnished by municipalities.It is the duty of each participating municipality to furnish at the times and in the manner that the retirement board may direct, information concerning the names, ages, length of service, and pay of members employed by a municipality and any other data which the retirement board finds necessary for the proper execution of this chapter, and to give prompt notice of all appointments, removals, deaths, resignations, leaves of absence, and changes in pay of members.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-33.
RI Gen L § 45-21-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-34 - Annual report and statement.

§ 45-21-34. Annual report and statement.The retirement board shall submit to the governor for transmittal to the general assembly, 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 next preceding that date. The report shall contain among other things, a financial balance sheet as of the end of that year, 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 any other statistical data that are deemed necessary for a proper interpretation of the condition of the system and the results of its operations. The report shall also embody any other data that may be of use in the advancement of knowledge concerning employee pensions of the participating municipalities, and any recommendations of the board for changes in the laws pertaining to the system.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-34; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 135, § 3.
RI Gen L § 45-21-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-21 - Retirement of Municipal Employees|Section 45-21-35 - Legal adviser - General treasurer - Executive director - Assistant director.

§ 45-21-35. Legal adviser — General treasurer — Executive director — Assistant director.There shall be a legal counsel to the board appointed by the general treasurer. The general treasurer is the ex-officio chairperson of the retirement board and the treasurer of the retirement board and he or she shall be responsible for appointing the custodian. There shall be an executive director appointed by the retirement board in charge of the administration of the retirement system and who shall serve as secretary to the retirement board. In addition, the retirement board shall appoint an assistant director to serve as director and/or secretary in the absence of the director.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-35; P.L. 1981, ch. 11, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 354, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 11; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 11.