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RI Gen L § 36-10-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-19 - Persons eligible for optional benefits - Time of election - Modification or revocation - Effective date.

§ 36-10-19. Persons eligible for optional benefits — Time of election — Modification or revocation — Effective date.The optional provisions of § 36-10-18 shall be applicable only to a member applying for a service retirement allowance, an accidental disability retirement allowance, and an ordinary disability retirement allowance or any inactive member applying for retirement under vested rights. The election under option 1 or 2 of § 36-10-18(a) shall be made at the time of retirement of the member as part of his or her application for a retirement allowance. The election shall be based upon the amount of retirement allowances that may accrue at the date of death of the member and may be revoked or modified by the member at any time after retirement on a form prescribed by the retirement board, provided that, during this time, the named beneficiary has not been divorced from the member. The option, in the case of death of a retired member, shall become effective on the next day following the death of the member and payment of benefits thereunder shall be made in accordance with the provisions hereof, subject to the limitations prescribed in § 36-10-18. This section shall not apply to any one who elects the social security supplemental option as provided by § 36-10-10.3.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 8; P.L. 1949, ch. 2377, § 3; P.L. 1951, ch. 2747, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2830, § 4; P.L. 1953, ch. 3180, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3370, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3610, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-21; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 1960, ch. 132, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 186, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 112, art. 5, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 346, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 542, § 3; P.L. 1987, ch. 35, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 511, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-10-19.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-19.1 - Optional annuity protection - In service.

§ 36-10-19.1. Optional annuity protection — In service.(a) Upon the death of a member having: (1) At least ten (10) years of membership service on or before June 30, 2012; or (2) For active contributing members on or after July 1, 2012, at least five (5) years of membership service, the spouse or domestic partner of the member shall have the option to elect to receive option one as provided in § 36-10-18(a) in lieu of a return of contributions, provided the spouse or domestic partner is the designated beneficiary of the member's retirement account. The election shall be based upon the amount of retirement allowance or actuarial equivalent that may accrue at the date of death of the member.(b) The election under option one of § 36-10-18(a) for a person other than the spouse or domestic partner of the member may be made by the member, while in service, provided the member has (1) At least ten (10) years of membership service on or before June 30, 2012, and before retirement; or (2) For active contributing members on or after July 1, 2012, at least five (5) years of membership service and before retirement, on a form prescribed by the retirement board. The election shall be based upon the amount of retirement allowances or actuarial equivalents that may accrue at the date of death of the member, provided that the election form is executed and filed with the retirement board prior to the date of death. The election may be revoked or modified by the member at any time prior to the date of retirement on a form prescribed by the retirement board.(c) Upon the death of a member, the option shall become effective thirty (30) days after the first day of the calendar month next following the date of death of the member if death occurs while in an employee status. Should death occur while in an inactive member status, the option under this section shall become payable on the first of the month next succeeding that in which the designated beneficiary attains the age of sixty (60) years.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 511, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 547, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 11; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7.
RI Gen L § 36-10-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-20 - Accidental death benefits.

§ 36-10-20. Accidental death benefits.Upon the accidental death of a member while in service before retirement, provided that evidence shall be 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 his or her part, his or her accumulated contributions, including interest on all contributions to the date of death of the member, shall be paid to the person having an insurable interest in his or her life as the member shall have 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 shall have died, then to the estate of the deceased member, 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) of the rate of annual compensation of the member at date of death:(1) To the member's widow or widower or domestic partner for life unless he or she remarries or enters into a domestic partnership;(2) If there be 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 shall have attained the age of eighteen (18) years, then to the member's child or children under the age of eighteen (18) years, divided in such manner as the retirement board in its discretion shall determine, to continue as a joint and survivor annuity equal to one-half (½) of the member's rate of annual compensation at the date of death until every child dies or attains the age of eighteen (18) years; or(3) If there be no widow or 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 shall have nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement board; or, if there be no nomination, then to his or her dependent father or to his or her dependent mother as the retirement board in its discretion shall direct, to continue for life.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 7; P.L. 1949, ch. 2377, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-20; P.L. 1984, ch. 426, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 11.
RI Gen L § 36-10-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-21 - Ordinary death benefit.

§ 36-10-21. Ordinary death benefit.Upon the death of a member before retirement from any cause other than one compensable under § 36-10-20, a payment shall be made of the contributions of the member without interest. If the death of a member occurred while in an employee status, or while on an official leave of absence for illness from his or her position which had not extended at the date of death for a continuous period in excess of one year, a death benefit shall be paid which shall be equal to 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).History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 8; P.L. 1949, ch. 2377, § 3; P.L. 1951, ch. 2747, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2830, § 4; P.L. 1953, ch. 3180, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3370, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3610, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-21; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 1960, ch. 132, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 186, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 112, art. 5, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 395, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-10-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-22 - Retention of death benefit coverage by general assembly member not reelected.

§ 36-10-22. Retention of death benefit coverage by general assembly member not reelected.If any present or former member of the general assembly who is a member of the system, who is not reelected, desires to retain his or her ordinary death benefit insurance coverage, he or she shall be allowed to do so providing that he or she pays an annual contribution of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per year for each year the insurance is carried by the member or former member of the general assembly.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1951, ch. 2747, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3180, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3370, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-22.
RI Gen L § 36-10-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-23 - Benefit payable on death after retirement.

§ 36-10-23. Benefit payable on death after retirement.(a) Upon the death of a member after retirement, unless the member shall have selected any of the options provided in § 36-10-18, a benefit shall be payable consisting of the excess, if any, of the total contributions of the member at date of retirement, without interest, over the aggregate amount of all retirement allowance payments received by the member prior to his or her death.(b) In addition, a benefit shall be payable upon the death of any retired member, regardless of 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 also that in each succeeding year thereafter this amount shall be 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, however, that the amount shall not be 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, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 395, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-10-23.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-23.1 - Benefit payable on death of retired legislator.

§ 36-10-23.1. Benefit payable on death of retired legislator.In addition to any service retirement allowance paid to any person who shall have served as a member of the senate or of the house of representatives pursuant to § 36-10-10, there shall be payable, in lieu of the benefit payable on death after retirement as provided by § 36-10-23, the ordinary death benefit provided in § 36-10-21, P.L. 1960, ch. 132, to be paid upon the death of a member occurring while in an employee status before retirement, notwithstanding the death of the former member of the general assembly in fact occurs after retirement, provided the former member of the general assembly had retained his or her ordinary death benefit insurance coverage by paying the annual contribution provided in § 36-10-22.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 152, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-10-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-24 - Person to whom death benefit payable.

§ 36-10-24. Person to whom death benefit payable.The payment of contributions of the member and the death benefit to a member or retired member under the provisions of §§ 36-10-21 — 36-10-23 shall be made to such person as the member shall have 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. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 8; P.L. 1949, ch. 2377, § 3; P.L. 1951, ch. 2747, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2830, § 4; P.L. 1953, ch. 3180, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3370, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3558, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-24.
RI Gen L § 36-10-25 - 36-10-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-25 - 36-10-30 - Repealed.

§ 36-10-25 — 36-10-30. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 669, § 1; P.L. 1940, ch. 925, §§ 1— 4; P.L. 1941, ch. 1045, § 2; P.L. 1946, ch. 1762, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 3017, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 36-10-25 — 36-10-30; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 170, § 2 and P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 1, § 6.
RI Gen L § 36-10-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-31 - Deduction of amounts received from workers' compensation or as damages.

§ 36-10-31. Deduction of amounts received from workers' compensation or as damages.Any amount paid or payable under the provisions of any workers' compensation law exclusive of Medicare set-aside allocations, specific compensation benefits or any benefits authorized by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or as the result of any action for damages for personal injuries against the state of Rhode Island on account of the death or disability of a member shall be offset against and payable in lieu of any benefits payable out of funds provided by the state 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 present value on an actuarial basis of the benefits otherwise payable under this chapter, the value of the commuted payments shall be deducted from the present value of the benefits and the balance thereof shall be payable under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 11; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-31; P.L. 2014, ch. 231, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 289, § 5.
RI Gen L § 36-10-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-32 - Tax exemption.

§ 36-10-32. Tax exemption.The right of a member or beneficiary to a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, any benefit, or right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of chapters 8 — 10 of this title, and the money in the various funds created hereunder, are hereby made exempt from any municipal tax or state tax except for the personal income tax imposed under the provisions of chapter 30 of title 44.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-32; P.L. 1985, ch. 496, art. 3, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-10-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-33 - Penalty for fraudulent claim or statement.

§ 36-10-33. Penalty for fraudulent claim or statement.Every person who knowingly or willfully makes, presents, or in anyway procures the making or presentation of any false or fraudulent affidavit or affirmation concerning any claim for pension or payment thereof, shall, in every case, forfeit a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in addition to the repayment of any and all money received from the retirement system because of a false or fraudulent claim or statement, with interest, at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, to be sued and recovered by and in the name of the retirement board of the retirement system, and when recovered, paid over to and thereupon become a part of the funds of the retirement system.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-33; P.L. 1980, ch. 106, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7.
RI Gen L § 36-10-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-34 - Exemption of benefits and contributions from attachment.

§ 36-10-34. Exemption of benefits and contributions from attachment.Any and all retirement benefits and contributions in the state employees' and municipal employees' retirement systems shall be exempt from lien, attachment, or garnishment and shall not be transferable or assignable; provided, however, that any governmental agency which may have a claim on money due from one of its employees related to his or her employment in the agency shall have the right to the payment at the time any refund of contributions is made to the member.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 168, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-10-35.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-35.1 - One time adjustment to original retirement allowances.

§ 36-10-35.1. One time adjustment to original retirement allowances.(a) All state employees and the beneficiaries of state employees who retired during calendar year 1979 shall receive an additional eight percent (8%) to their original retirement allowances.(b) All state employees and the beneficiaries of state employees who retired during calendar year 1979 shall receive an additional two percent (2%) added to the base eight percent (8%) paid to the 1979 retirees. Provided, further, that an additional two percent (2%) of the retirement allowance shall be paid for each year to a maximum of twenty percent (20%) to those retirees and beneficiaries who retired in calendar year 1973, and prior to 1973, as indicated in the following schedule:  Year of Retirement Additional Percentage   1979 8%   1978 10%   1977 12%   1976 14%   1975 16%   1974 18%   1973 20%    Years prior to 1973 20%  (c) The additional percentage shall be incorporated into the recipient's monthly benefit starting with the payment due on or after July 31, 1986. Provided further, that the new 1986 pro rated payment shall be the base for any subsequent cost of living adjustment payments.(d) The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10 shall not apply to this section.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 482, § 4.
RI Gen L § 36-10-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-37 - Retirement benefits for certain general state officers.

§ 36-10-37. Retirement benefits for certain general state officers.Any person who has served as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, or general treasurer for a period of twenty (20) consecutive years shall be entitled, upon his or her resignation or retirement, to receive annually during his or her life a sum equal to three quarters (¾) of the salary he or she was receiving at the time of his or her resignation or retirement. This section shall not apply to any person initially elected as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, or general treasurer on or after July 1, 2012.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 142, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7.
RI Gen L § 36-10-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-38 - Combined service credits of general state officers.

§ 36-10-38. Combined service credits of general state officers.When a person has combined and transferred service credits, earned as a member of the Rhode Island municipal retirement system, to the state retirement system, and the service amounts to not less than twenty (20) years in the aggregate as a general state officer and/or as an elected officer of a town or city, as defined in § 45-21-2, the service credits of the person may be deemed to be consecutive service to the state as provided by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 142, § 6.
RI Gen L § 36-10-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System - Contributions and Benefits|Section 36-10-39 - Fiscal impact of proposed legislation impacting the retirement system.

§ 36-10-39. Fiscal impact of proposed legislation impacting the retirement system.Proposed legislation which directly impacts the retirement system can potentially affect the benefits of all plan participants and beneficiaries. Since it is in the best interests of plan participants and beneficiaries to determine the financial consequences of any proposed legislation which would directly impact the state's liability to the retirement system, such legislation shall not be approved by the general assembly unless an explanatory statement or note, prepared and paid for by the employees' retirement system of the state of Rhode Island is appended to the proposed legislation which actuarially calculates, based upon approved retirement board assumptions, the projected twenty (20) year cost of the proposed legislation. These statements or notes shall be known as "pension impact notes," and they shall accompany each such bill or resolution prior to consideration of the house in which the bill or resolution originated. The reasonable cost of preparing pension impact notes shall be charged as an administrative expense and paid from the retirement system's restricted receipts account established pursuant to § 36-8-10.1. Only the chair of the senate committee on finance with the approval of the president of the senate can request a pension impact note on proposed legislation that originates in the senate. Only the chair of the house committee on finance with the approval of the speaker of the house can request a pension impact note on proposed legislation that originates in the house. The governor can request a pension impact note on proposed legislation recommended in the appropriation acts required by §§ 35-3-7 or 35-3-8. This section shall be in addition to the requirements of chapter 12 of title 22.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 139, § 8; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 23, § 2.