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RI Gen L § 45-19-1.1 (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 45-19-1.1 - Liability of third person for damages.

§ 45-19-1.1. Liability of third person for damages.Where the injury or sickness for which compensation is payable under § 45-19-1, was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the employer to pay damages in respect of the injury or sickness, the employee may take proceedings, against that person to recover damages, and the employee is be entitled to receive both damages and compensation; provided, that the employee, in recovering damages either by judgment or settlement from the person liable to pay damages, shall reimburse the city, town, or the state of Rhode Island by whom the compensation was paid to the extent of the compensation paid as of the date of the judgment or settlement, and the receipt of those damages by the employee does not bar future compensation. If the employee has been paid compensation under that chapter, the city, town, or state of Rhode Island, by whom the compensation was paid, is entitled to indemnity from the person liable to pay damages as previously stated, and to the extent of the indemnity, is subrogated to the rights of the employee to recover damages; provided, that when money has been recovered, either by judgment or by settlement, by the employee from the person liable to pay damages as previously stated, by suit or settlement, and the employee is required to reimburse the city, town, or state of Rhode Island by whom the compensation was paid, the employee or the employee's attorney is entitled to withhold, from the amount to be reimbursed, that proportion of the costs, witness expenses, and other out-of-pocket expenses and attorney fees, which is the amount which the employee is required to reimburse the city, town, or state of Rhode Island by whom compensation was paid, bears to the amount recovered from the third party.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 196, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-1.2 (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 45-19-1.2 - Lien of state or municipality.

§ 45-19-1.2. Lien of state or municipality.Any employer paying compensation under the provisions of § 45-19-1 shall, if the employee recovers damages from a third person on account of the injuries or sickness for which compensation is payable, have a lien upon that part going to the employee, of any recovery or sum had or collected or to be collected by the employee, or by the employee's heirs or personal representatives in the case of the employee's death, whether by judgment or by settlement or compromise, up to the amount of compensation paid; provided, that the lien set forth in this section is not applied or considered valid against anyone coming under the workers' compensation act in this state; and, provided, further, that nothing enacted in this section is so construed as to give the lien created in this section precedence over the lien of an attorney.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 196, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-1.3 (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 45-19-1.3 - Notice of lien.

§ 45-19-1.3. Notice of lien.No lien is effective, unless a written notice containing the name and address of the employee, the date that the employee became wholly or partially incapacitated, the name and location of the employer, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, alleged to be liable to the employee for the injuries received or sickness contracted, is filed in the office of the city or town clerk, if the employer is a municipality, or the office of the department of administration, if the employer is the state of Rhode Island prior to the payment of any moneys to the employee, or the employee's attorneys or legal representatives as compensation for the injuries or sickness. The employer shall mail a copy of the notice to any insurance carrier which has insured the person, firm, or corporation against the liability.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 196, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-1.4 (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 45-19-1.4 - Liability for payments to an employee without honoring employer's lien.

§ 45-19-1.4. Liability for payments to an employee without honoring employer's lien.Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, making any payment to the employee or to the employee's attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the injury sustained, or sickness contracted after the filing and mailing of the notice, without paying to the employer the amount of its lien or so much of the lien as can be satisfied out of the moneys due under any final judgment or compromise or settlement agreement after paying the amount of any prior liens, shall, for a period of one year from the date of payment to the employee or the employee's heirs, attorneys, or legal representatives, as previously stated, be and remain liable to the employer for the amount which the employer was entitled to receive as previously stated. Any association, corporation, or other institution maintaining the employer may, within the period, enforce its lien by a suit at law against the employer of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, making the payment.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 196, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-1.5 (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 45-19-1.5 - Examination of records.

§ 45-19-1.5. Examination of records.Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, legally liable for a lien or against whom a claim is asserted for compensation for injuries, is permitted to examine the records of any employer paying compensation pursuant to the provisions of § 45-19-1.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 196, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-1.6 (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 45-19-1.6 - Lien docket.

§ 45-19-1.6. Lien docket.Every city or town clerk, and the director of administration of the state of Rhode Island, shall provide a suitable well-bound book to be called the "lien docket" in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under the provisions of §§ 45-19-1.2 — 45-19-1.5 he or she shall enter the name of the employee, the name of the person, firm, or corporation alleged to be liable for the injuries sustained or sickness contracted, the name of an insurance carrier where the name is known at the time of filing of the notice, and the date that the injury was sustained or the sickness contracted, and the clerk or director of administration shall index the lien docket in the name of the employee and in the name of the insurance carrier where the name of the employee or insurance carrier is known at the time of filing the notice.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 196, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-2 (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 45-19-2 - Board of police officer's relief.

§ 45-19-2. Board of police officer's relief.Within the department of labor and training there is a board of police officer's relief consisting of seven (7) members which administers the fund for the relief of police officers as provided by law. Five (5) members of the board appointed by the director of labor and training; provided, that four (4) of the five (5) members must be actually occupied and working as full-time police officers in the police force of some municipality in this state. These four (4) full-time police are selected, two (2) each, from a list of six (6) candidates submitted by the Rhode Island State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers. The sixth member is appointed by the Rhode Island Police Chiefs' Association as a representative of the conference on the board. The seventh member is appointed by the Providence Retired Police and Fire Association, and must be a retired Providence police officer; provided, further, that all financial powers and duties concerning the board of police officer's relief are administered by the general treasurer.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 153; P.L. 1953, ch. 3068, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 209, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 339, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 387, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-3 (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 45-19-3 - Appropriations for dependents of police officers killed in line of duty.

§ 45-19-3. Appropriations for dependents of police officers killed in line of duty.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it deems necessary for the payments of annuities to the dependents of any member of the police force killed or dying as the result of injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty; and the controller, upon the receipt by the controller of proper vouchers approved by the director of labor and training or the director's authorized agent, is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum or sums that may be required from time to time.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2326, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 351, § 1; P.L. 1943, ch. 1376, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-3; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-4.1 (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 45-19-4.1 - Tuition to children of police officers dying or disabled as a result of service.

§ 45-19-4.1. Tuition to children of police officers dying or disabled as a result of service.(a) If an active member of the police force of a city or town is killed, 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 heart condition or any condition derived from hypertension while still 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 police officer and/or the spouse of a police officer killed in the line of duty. The benefits are extended to the children and/or spouse 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 is available to the child and/or spouse for the period of time that may equal the normal time for completing the courses regularly offered by the institution, but in no case more than four (4) years.(b) For the purpose of this section, the words "police officer" mean and include any member of the state police, any correctional officer within the department of corrections, or the police of any city or town regularly employed at a fixed salary or wage. Furthermore, this excludes auxiliary and volunteer police officers of city, town, or state police. For the purpose of this section, the words "totally and permanently disabled" mean any impairment of mind or body making it impossible for one to follow continuously a gainful occupation.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 267, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 277, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 622, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 112, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 140, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-4.2 (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 45-19-4.2 - Tuition to police officers disabled as a result of service.

§ 45-19-4.2. Tuition to police officers disabled as a result of service.(a) If an active member of the police force of a city or town 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 police force of a city or town 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 the totally and permanently disabled police officer. 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 the period of time that may equal the normal time for completing the courses regularly offered by the institution, but in no case more than four (4) years.(b) For the purpose of this section the words "police officer" mean and include any member of the state police or the police of any city or town regularly employed at a fixed salary or wage. Furthermore, this excludes auxiliary and volunteer police officers of city, town, or state police.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 465, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-19-4.3 (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 45-19-4.3 - One time death benefit - Death benefits to family of deceased police officers, correctional officers, and firefighters.

§ 45-19-4.3. One time death benefit — Death benefits to family of deceased police officers, correctional officers, and firefighters.(a) If an active or retired police officer, capitol police officer, correctional officer, firefighter, crash rescue crew person, fire marshal, or deputy fire marshal of any city, town, fire district, or the state of Rhode Island or deputy sheriff or a correctional officer or member of a volunteer auxiliary fire force or volunteer crash rescue or ambulance corps is killed or dies from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duties, there shall be paid a killed-in-line-of-duty benefit to be administered by the board of police officer's and firefighter's relief. The benefit shall be in the sum of forty percent (40%) of the federal death benefits for law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. The benefit shall be paid as follows:(1) If there is no surviving child of such officer, to the surviving spouse or domestic partner of such officer;(2) If there is a surviving child or children and a surviving spouse or domestic partner, one-half (½) to the surviving child or children of such officer in equal shares and one-half (½) to the surviving spouse or domestic partner;(3) If there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner, to the child or children of said officer in equal shares;(4) If there is no surviving spouse, domestic partner, or surviving child, to the individual designated by such officer as beneficiary under such officer's most recently executed life insurance policy; provided, that such individual survived such officer; or(5) If none of the above, to the parent or parents of such officer in equal shares.(b) Domestic partners shall certify by affidavit to the board of police officer's and firefighter's relief that the: (1) partners are at least eighteen (18) years of age and mentally competent to contract; (2) partners are not married to anyone; (3) partners are not related by blood to a degree which would prohibit marriage in the state of Rhode Island; (4) partners reside together and have resided together for at least one year; (5) partners are financially interdependent as evidenced by at least two (2) of the following: (i) domestic partnership agreement or relationship contract; (ii) joint mortgage or joint ownership of primary residence; (iii) two (2) of: (A) joint ownership of motor vehicle; (B) joint checking account; (C) joint credit account; (D) joint lease; and/or (iv) the domestic partner has been designated as a beneficiary for the deceased's will, retirement contract or life insurance.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 194, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 186, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 190, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 644, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 645, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 6.
RI Gen L § 45-19-5 (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 45-19-5 - Board of fire fighter's relief.

§ 45-19-5. Board of fire fighter's relief.(a) Within the department of labor and training there is a board of fire fighter's relief, consisting of three (3) members, which administer the fund for the relief of fire fighters, as provided in this chapter. One member of the board is appointed by the director of labor and training, one member is appointed by the Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO-CLC, and the third member an active member of a Volunteer Fire Department who is appointed by the Rhode Island State Firemen's League to represent volunteer fire fighters on the board; provided, that all financial powers and duties concerning the board of fire fighter's relief is administered by the general treasurer.(b) A volunteer fire fighter shall be appointed by the Rhode Island State Firemen's League for a term of three (3) years and shall continue to hold office until a successor has been appointed. A member may be reappointed to succeed himself or herself.(c) Members shall be appointed to fill vacancies for unexpired terms due to death, resignation, or cause. A member appointed for less than a full term (to fill a vacancy) may serve three (3) full years in addition to that part of a full term.(d) The appointing authority may remove a member for cause.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 152; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-5; P.L. 1980, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 415, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 340, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 46.
RI Gen L § 45-19-6 (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 45-19-6 - Compensation of fund members.

§ 45-19-6. Compensation of fund members.Members of the board shall not be compensated for their service on the board.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 351, § 7; P.L. 1943, ch. 1375, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-6; P.L. 1962, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 369, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 21, § 37; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 48; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 9.
RI Gen L § 45-19-7 (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 45-19-7 - Appropriations for relief of fire fighters and dependents.

§ 45-19-7. Appropriations for relief of fire fighters and dependents.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it deems necessary for the relief of any fire fighter and for the relief of the widow or widower or domestic partner and children of any fire fighter killed in the performance of his or her duty. The controller, upon the receipt of proper vouchers approved by the director of labor and training or the director's authorized agent, is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum or sums that may be required from time to time.History of Section.P.L. 1904, ch. 1161, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 363, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 416, § 19; P.L. 1929, ch. 1374, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 351, § 3; P.L. 1943, ch. 1375, § 1; P.L. 1943, ch. 1376, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-7; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 15.
RI Gen L § 45-19-8 (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 45-19-8 - Administration of fire fighter's relief.

§ 45-19-8. Administration of fire fighter's relief.The fund shall be used for the relief of fire fighters, injured in the performance of their duty at a fire or in going to or returning from the fire, and for the relief of the widows, widowers, or domestic partners and children of fire fighters killed in the performance of their duty, in the manner and to the amount determined by the board of fire fighter's relief in the department of labor and training, which board shall administer the fund for the relief of fire fighters as provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1904, ch. 1161, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 363, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 416, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 351, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 152; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-8; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 15.
RI Gen L § 45-19-9 (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 45-19-9 - Fire fighters protected - Relief to volunteer fire fighters injured in line of duty - Physician's written report.

§ 45-19-9. Fire fighters protected — Relief to volunteer fire fighters injured in line of duty — Physician's written report.Officers and members in active service in all incorporated protective departments cooperating with fire departments, and any person performing the duties of a fire fighter in a town or city having no organized or permanent fire department, are entitled to the benefits of that service; provided, that whenever any member of any volunteer fire company or call fire company, whether the company is incorporated or not, becomes either wholly or partially incapacitated from earning a livelihood by reasons of injuries received in the performance of his or her duties, the bureau may, in its discretion, make a regular monthly payment of relief to the member from the fund of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for any one month, and may continue the monthly payments so long as the bureau deems the relief fitting and necessary in each particular case; and provided, further, that any member, receiving benefits under this section, shall file with the secretary of the fire fighter's relief fund of Rhode Island, sixty (60) days after his or her discharge by the member's attending physician, a written report signed by the physician giving the date, duration, and nature of injuries and other details pertaining to the injuries.History of Section.P.L. 1904, ch. 1161, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 363, § 26; P.L. 1912, ch. 855, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 416, § 22; P.L. 1931, ch. 1748, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 351, § 5; P.L. 1943, ch. 1375, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2750, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-19-9; P.L. 1984, ch. 333, § 1.