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RI Gen L § 36-4-56 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-56 - Penalties for violations.

§ 36-4-56. Penalties for violations.Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 3 of this title, or of the rules established in accordance with these chapters, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned for not more than sixty (60) days or both. Any person holding a position in the classified service so convicted shall be dismissed from the service immediately.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 28; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-56; P.L. 1981, ch. 335, § 2.
RI Gen L § 36-4-57 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-57 - Compliance with federal standards.

§ 36-4-57. Compliance with federal standards.The provisions of this chapter, chapter 3 of this title, or of the personnel rules shall not apply in each instance where it is contrary to merit standards established by the federal government or any agency of the state where compliance with the merit standards is a condition precedent to the granting of federal funds to the state or any agency of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-57.
RI Gen L § 36-4-58 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-58 - Severability.

§ 36-4-58. Severability.The provisions of this chapter and chapter 3 of this title shall be severable, and if any of the provisions shall be held to be invalid, the decision of the court respecting the provision or provisions shall not affect the validity of any other provisions which can be given effect without the invalid provisions. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that this chapter and chapter 3 would have been adopted by the general assembly had the invalid provisions not been included in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 29; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-58.
RI Gen L § 36-4-59 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-59 - Tenure in state service.

§ 36-4-59. Tenure in state service.(a) (1) Every person who shall have twenty (20) years, not necessarily consecutive, of service credit, the credits having been earned in either the classified, nonclassified, or unclassified service of the state or a combination of both, shall be deemed to have acquired full status in the position he or she holds at the time of obtaining twenty (20) years of service credit.(2) For any other position he or she may hold subsequent to the time of obtaining twenty (20) years of service credit, the person, subject to a then existing list, is to be deemed to have acquired full status in the subsequent position and shall be protected by the provisions of this chapter, provided, however:(i) That military service not to exceed four (4) years of active service shall constitute service credit within the meaning of this section;(ii) That in case of layoff or the abolition of a position through reorganization or otherwise, any person in that position or subject to layoff, who has full status, otherwise qualified under this section, shall be retained within the state services in a position of similar grade;(iii) That this section shall not apply to employees of the state government whose method of appointment and salary and term of office is specified by statute;(iv) That all employees otherwise qualified under this section shall be subject to all of the provisions of dismissal and appeal as elsewhere described in this chapter.(b) This section shall not apply to those employees whose base entry date is after August 7, 1996.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 202, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 100, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 394, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 483, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 545, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 501, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 366, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 326, § 4.
RI Gen L § 36-4-60 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-60 - Delegation by appointing authority.

§ 36-4-60. Delegation by appointing authority.Whenever under the provisions of this chapter any action is permitted or required to be done by an appointing authority, the appointing authority may delegate the responsibility for the performance of that action to such subordinate officers or employees as he or she may see fit; provided, however, that no authority to discharge or otherwise terminate or suspend an employee shall be delegated to a subordinate officer or employee unless the subordinate officer or employee has previously been delegated the authority to hire or appoint employees of category similar to that employee.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 272, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-61 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-61 - Persons with disabilities - Special list of eligibles.

§ 36-4-61. Persons with disabilities — Special list of eligibles.(a) The personnel administrator is authorized and empowered to prepare without examination special lists of eligible persons who have a severe physical and/or mental impairment and who are certified by the department of human services as being so impaired, capable, and adequately trained to qualify for an entrance level class of positions in the classified service. The administrator, in his or her discretion, may fix the maximum number of persons who may be placed on the special lists of eligibles.(b) In order to qualify for permanent appointment to the classified service under subsection (a) of this section the person with a disability must:(1) Have a severe physical and/or mental impairment or combination of impairments which resulted in an inability to obtain permanent employment under competitive rules;(2) Have successfully demonstrated an ability to do a job under temporary appointment, for a period of five (5) months prior to their appointment to probationary status in the classified service; and(3) Meet minimum qualification standards for the class of positions.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 335, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 212, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 10.
RI Gen L § 36-4-62 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-62 - Pay incentive program.

§ 36-4-62. Pay incentive program.There is hereby established a pay incentive program for all state employees except department heads, administrators, or any supervisors considered by the personnel administrator to be at the management level. Any state employee who submits recommendations or proposals to eliminate inefficiencies, duplication, or waste shall receive five percent (5%) of any savings realized up to a maximum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) which relate directly to the employee's proposed change. The incentive pay shall be computed on the actual savings for a twelve (12) month period, the period to run from the time that the proposed change is instituted. The incentive pay shall be paid to the employee at the end of the twelve (12) month period in a lump sum from the budget account of the department that realized the savings and shall be in addition to the employee's regular salary. Employees who qualify for the incentive pay shall receive the lump sum only for the first year's savings and not for any subsequent years. The personnel administrator shall promulgate such rules as he or she may consider necessary, appropriate, or desirable to carry out the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 150, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-64 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-64 - Sick leave - Workers' compensation.

§ 36-4-64. Sick leave — Workers' compensation.(a) Whenever an employee shall be absent from his or her duties and is awaiting workers' compensation benefits, he or she shall be granted sick leave in an amount not to exceed his or her regular compensation.(b) Whenever an employee shall be absent from his or her duties and is receiving compensation as provided in the workers' compensation laws, he or she shall be granted sick leave so that the total of his or her compensation as provided in the workers' compensation laws and his or her deductions from sick leave shall not exceed eighty three and three tenths percent (83.3%) of his or her regular compensation. Deductions from accumulated credits shall be applied only to that part of his or her salary which is paid as an addition to workers' compensation payments. Annual leave credits may be applied in the same manner. When the absence shall not be covered by sick leave or annual leave it shall be deemed to be leave without pay.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 397, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 9, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-65 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-65 - Longevity benefits - Department of elementary and secondary education - Legislature.

§ 36-4-65. Longevity benefits — Department of elementary and secondary education — Legislature.Any person employed by the department of elementary and secondary education below pay grade 19 in other than faculty positions, on or before February 1, 1974, in the classified, unclassified, or nonclassified service, or who was a member of the body as constituted by § 22-1-1 or 22-2-1, shall be eligible for longevity benefits, as defined in the personnel rules adopted in accordance with § 36-4-8, upon employment in the nonclassified service within the department of elementary and secondary education.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 559, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-5-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-1 - Separation pay of unclassified employees entering service.

§ 36-5-1. Separation pay of unclassified employees entering service.Every employee holding a position in the unclassified service of the state, on or after August 8, 1940, who has left or shall leave that position by reason of entering the armed forces of the United States (whether through membership in the reserve of the United States military, air, or naval forces or in the Rhode Island national guard or naval reserve, or by reason of enlistment, induction, commission, or otherwise) and who has held a position in the state service for one hundred eighty (180) or more calendar days within the twelve (12) months next preceding that entrance into the armed forces, is entitled to and is hereby granted sixty (60) calendar days separation pay commencing with the time of leaving that position for that purpose. Every such employee shall be paid by the state the same amount as he would have received had he or she not been absent from his or her position in the unclassified service.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1320, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-5-1.
RI Gen L § 36-5-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-2 - Rights of employees entering service after both classified and unclassified service.

§ 36-5-2. Rights of employees entering service after both classified and unclassified service.Every employee holding a position in the classified service of the state, on or after August 8, 1940, who has left or shall leave that position by reason of entering the armed forces of the United States (whether through membership in the reserve of the United States military, air, or naval forces or in the Rhode Island national guard or naval reserve, or by reason of enlistment, induction, commission, or otherwise) and who has held a position in the classified service for less than one hundred eighty (180) days, but who has also held a position in the unclassified service, so that the cumulative service, both classified and unclassified, aggregates one hundred eighty (180) or more calendar days within the twelve (12) months next preceding entrance into the armed forces, is entitled to and is hereby granted the same rights of leave, payment of salary, accrual of sick leave and annual leave, and of return to his or her position under the same conditions as an employee whose entire one hundred eighty (180) days or more are or were in the classified service.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1320, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-5-2.
RI Gen L § 36-5-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-2.1 - Rights of employees entering service to maintain health care benefits.

§ 36-5-2.1. Rights of employees entering service to maintain health care benefits.Every employee holding a position in the classified or unclassified service, who has left or shall leave the position by reason of entering the armed forces of the United States (whether through membership in the reserve of the United States Military or Naval Forces or in the Rhode Island National Guard or Naval Reserves, when any of the foregoing units are called to active federal or state duty, or by reason of enlistment, induction commission or otherwise), and who has held a position in the classified or unclassified service for one hundred eighty (180) or more calendar days within the twelve (12) months next preceding entrance into the armed services, and who at the time of entrance into the armed services had family medical benefits, shall continue to be eligible to receive family medical benefits, in the same manner as available prior to entering service, for designated family members, excluding the employee, during the duration of his or her absences required by the continuance of service in the armed services and his or her return to classified or unclassified service. Nothing in this section, however, shall require the employee to continue family medical benefits provided by the state of Rhode Island or prevent the employee from enrolling in or receiving medical benefits from another source of health insurance coverage including the federal medical benefits program for deployed members of the armed services.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 348, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 395, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-5-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-3 - Retirement or pension credit for period in military service.

§ 36-5-3. Retirement or pension credit for period in military service.Whenever any employee of the state, or of any city, town, or political subdivision thereof, has been, is now, or shall be on a leave of absence from that employment because of service in the armed forces of the United States of America during any war in which the United States has been, is now, or shall be engaged, the leave of absence shall be construed as continuous employment for retirement pension and prescribed rights or benefits in any established retirement system or pension fund by whatever name called, as though the employee had not been on a leave of absence. The employee shall be entitled to all the rights, protections and privileges offered under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), Title 38 U.S. Code, §§ 4301 — 4333 (38 U.S.C. 4301 — 4333) as those sections apply to retirement or pension benefits.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1383, § 1; P.L. 1948, ch. 2018, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-5-3; P.L. 1972, ch. 253, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 348, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 293, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 304, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-5-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-4 - Retirement credit provision supplementary.

§ 36-5-4. Retirement credit provision supplementary.Section 36-5-3 shall be deemed to prevail as being in addition to chapters 8 to 10, of this title and any other existing retirement law for any city, town or political subdivision thereof.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1383, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-5-4.
RI Gen L § 36-5-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-5 - Examinations for veterans' employment representatives.

§ 36-5-5. Examinations for veterans' employment representatives.Whenever examinations are held in the state civil service for the classified position of veterans' employment representative, these examinations shall be open only to honorably discharged veterans of all wars.History of Section.P.L. 1948, ch. 2000, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-5-5.
RI Gen L § 36-5-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-6 - Veterans' point credits.

§ 36-5-6. Veterans' point credits.(a) While the examinations shall be limited to honorably discharged veterans of all wars, regulations of the director of administration, as applied to disabled veterans, shall be applicable to this position, that is, disabled veterans will receive ten (10) point credits and nondisabled veterans five (5) point credits.(b) "Veteran" is defined herein as any man or woman who has been engaged heretofore, is now, or may hereafter be engaged in the active service of the armed forces of the United States with a minimum of ninety (90) days of active duty time served during any declared war, undeclared war, Korean campaign, conflict in Vietnam or any war, campaign or conflict which the armed forces of the United States of America actively engages in and for which service a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal was earned.History of Section.P.L. 1948, ch. 2000, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 36-5-6; P.L. 1995, ch. 305, § 2.
RI Gen L § 36-5-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-7 - State employees - Veterans.

§ 36-5-7. State employees — Veterans.(a) Any person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States and who has completed fifteen (15) or more years, not necessarily consecutive of service credit, those credits having been earned in either the classified, nonclassified, or unclassified service of the state or a combination of both, shall be deemed to have acquired full status in the position he or she holds at the time of obtaining fifteen (15) years of service credit. For any other position he or she may hold subsequent to the obtaining fifteen (15) years of service credit, the person, subject to a then existing list, shall be deemed to have acquired full status in the subsequent position and shall be protected by the provisions of this chapter; providing, however:(1) That military service not to exceed four (4) years of active service shall constitute service credit within the meaning of this section;(2) That in case of layoff or the abolition of a position through reorganization or otherwise, any person in that position or subject to layoff, who has full status, otherwise qualified under this section, shall be retained within the state services in a position of similar grade;(3) That this section shall not apply to employees of the state government whose method of appointment, salary, and term of office is specified by statute;(4) That all employees otherwise qualified under this section shall be subject to all of the provisions of dismissal and appeal as elsewhere described in this chapter.(b) This section shall not apply to those employees whose base entry date is after August 7, 1996.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 375, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 326, § 3.
RI Gen L § 36-5-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans|Section 36-5-8 - State employment tenure for disabled veterans.

§ 36-5-8. State employment tenure for disabled veterans.(a) Any person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States of America and is also receiving a disability pension from the United States government for a service connected disability and has completed ten (10) years or more not necessarily consecutive, of service credit, those credits having been earned in either the classified, nonclassified or unclassified service of the state or a combination of both, shall be deemed to have acquired full status in the position he or she holds at the time of obtaining ten (10) years of service credit. For any other position he or she may hold subsequent to the obtaining ten (10) years of service credit, the person, subject to a then existing list, shall be deemed to have acquired full status in the subsequent position and shall be protected by the provisions of this chapter; provided, however:(1) That military service not to exceed four (4) years of active service shall constitute service credit within the meaning of this section;(2) That in case of layoff or the abolition of a position through reorganization or otherwise, any person in that position or subject to layoff, who has full status, otherwise qualified under this section, shall be retained within the state services in a position of similar grade;(3) That this section shall not apply to employees of the state government whose method of appointment, salary, and term of office is specified by statute;(4) That all employees otherwise qualified under this section shall be subject to all of the provisions of dismissal and appeal as elsewhere described in this chapter.(b) "Veteran" is defined herein as any man or woman who has been engaged heretofore, is now or may hereafter be engaged in the active service of the armed forces of the United States with a minimum of ninety (90) days of active duty time served during any declared war, undeclared war, Korean campaign, conflict in Vietnam or any war, campaign, or conflict which the armed forces of the United States of America actively engages in.(c) This section shall not apply to those employees whose base entry date is after August 7, 1996.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 375, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 326, § 3.
RI Gen L § 36-6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses|Section 36-6-1 - Salary of governor.

§ 36-6-1. Salary of governor.Until December 31, 1998, the salary of the governor shall be sixty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars ($69,900) per annum. After December 31, 1998, the salary of the governor shall be ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000) per annum and shall thereafter be adjusted at the beginning of each succeeding term by the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) published by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Northeast Region for the four (4) previous fiscal years, but in any event not to exceed twelve percent (12%).History of Section.P.L. 1948, ch. 2157, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-1; P.L. 1962, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 219, § 1; P.L. 1973, ch. 166, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 360, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 282, § 1.