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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-44. - Training programs.

§ 36-4-44. Training programs.
The personnel administrator shall cooperate with appointing authorities and other supervising officials in the conduct of employee training programs to the end that the quality of service rendered by persons in the classified service may be continually improved.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 18; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-44.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-45. - Repealed.

§ 36-4-45. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 18; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-45; Repealed by P.L. 1984, ch. 208, § 2, effective May 8, 1984.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-46. - Reports of changes in status of employees.

§ 36-4-46. Reports of changes in status of employees.
Every appointment, transfer, promotion, dismissal, vacancy, change of salary rate, leave of absence, absence from duty, and other temporary or permanent change in status of employees in both the unclassified service and the classified service shall be reported to the personnel administrator at such time, in such form, and together with such supporting or pertinent information as the personnel rules shall prescribe.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 19; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-46.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-47. - Personnel roster and records — Tabulation and analysis of data.

§ 36-4-47. Personnel roster and records — Tabulation and analysis of data.
The personnel administrator shall maintain a perpetual roster of all officers and employees in the unclassified and classified services and all persons from other departments or agencies of the state which receive funds from the state showing for each person the title of the position held, the position number, his or her departmental or other agency assignment, his or her salary rate, date of appointment, complete employment history, and other such data as the personnel administrator deems pertinent. The personnel administrator shall also maintain other such personnel records as he or she considers desirable, and shall make available to the governor, the legislature, the director, department and institution executives, and other persons having a proper interest therein, tabulations and analyses of such personnel data as he or she has available. A similar perpetual roster shall also be maintained showing for each person named the title of the position held, the position number, his or her departmental or other agency assignment, his or her salary rate and date of employment which shall be made available for public inspection at the request of any person.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 19; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-47; P.L. 1972, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 335, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 107, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-48. - Certification of payrolls and accounts.

§ 36-4-48. Certification of payrolls and accounts.
All payrolls for the payment of a salary or other compensation for personal services shall contain the names of every person to be paid and shall be certified to the state controller by the appointing authority or his or her duly authorized agent to the effect that the persons named on the payroll or account have been appointed or employed or otherwise established in their positions according to the provisions of law and that the payroll is in conformity with the merit system act and existing state personnel rules.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 20; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-48; P.L. 1964, ch. 99, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-49. - Recovery of unlawful payments.

§ 36-4-49. Recovery of unlawful payments.
Any payment violating the provisions of the pay plan or the rules pertaining thereto, made to a person appointed or established in his or her position in a manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter, may be recovered from the appointing authority, or any officer or person making the payment, whoever is culpable, or from the sureties on the official bond of that officer or person. Action for the recovery may be maintained by the director, any officer, or employee of the state service, or any citizen of the state. All money recovered under this section shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 20; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-49.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-50. - Merit as basis — Discrimination prohibited.

§ 36-4-50. Merit as basis — Discrimination prohibited.
Except as provided in § 36-4-50.1, the determinations of eligibility for appointments, promotions, and demotions in and dismissals from the classified service shall be based solely upon merit, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, country of origin, or ancestral origin, consistent with collective bargaining agreements, and consistent with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 21; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-50; P.L. 1975, ch. 185, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 149, § 5; P.L. 1991, ch. 280, § 3; P.L. 1991, ch. 323, § 5; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-50.1. - Certification of select positions.

§ 36-4-50.1. Certification of select positions.
The personnel administrator in consultation with the equal employment opportunity administrator within the department of administration shall identify classes of positions within state government in which there exists a need for a particular linguistic background or skill. Service oriented departments of state, including, but not limited to, Rhode Island state police, labor and training, corrections, children, youth, and families, courts, human services, and transportation shall identify those positions that will best serve persons utilizing the services of the departments and notify the personnel administrator of those positions. Based on recognition by the aforementioned administrators that a need for employees with a specific linguistic background or skill exists in order to serve the client population, the personnel administrator is authorized during the initial hiring process to certify names from other than the top six names on a certified list as required by § 36-4-26. The personnel administrator shall promulgate rules and regulations under the administrative procedures act to carry out the provisions of this section; furthermore, it is the legislative intent of the general assembly that the rules and regulations shall be promulgated with due regard to the linguistic background of the population to be served, to the specific requirements of this section, to other relevant provisions of this chapter, and to the terms of existing collective bargaining agreements.
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 280, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-51. - Running for elective office by classified employee.

§ 36-4-51. Running for elective office by classified employee.
(a)
No member of the personnel appeal board shall seek the nomination of or be a candidate for any elective state office.
(b)
A classified employee, whose position is not fully funded through federal loans and/or grants, may seek the nomination of or be a candidate for elective state office in the state of Rhode Island. Provided, however, if the classified employee is elected to state office, the employee must resign or terminate his or her classified employee position prior to assuming or holding any state elective office in the state of Rhode Island.
(c)
A state elective officer may be appointed a classified employee or a member of the personnel appeal board, but only after resigning the officer’s elective office.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 21; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-51; P.L. 1980, ch. 365, § 1; P.L. 2022, ch. 172, § 1, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 173, § 1, effective January 1, 2023.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-52. - Restrictions on political activities of classified employees.

§ 36-4-52. Restrictions on political activities of classified employees.
No classified employee shall during working hours engage to any extent in any form of partisan politics except that he or she may attend and vote at any party caucus, primary, or election held during working hours. Outside of working hours a classified employee may attend any partisan political rally, club, or gathering and privately express his or her partisan political views but any further partisan political activity on his or her part shall be engaged in only in accordance with the personnel rules. A classified employee violating the provisions of §§ 36-4-50 — 36-4-54, or of the personnel rules shall for a first offense be either demoted or dismissed and for a second offense dismissed. All charges of these violations shall be publicly heard by the personnel appeal board.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 21; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-52.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-53. - Solicitation of political contributions.

§ 36-4-53. Solicitation of political contributions.
No classified employee or member of the personnel appeal board shall solicit contributions for nor shall he or she be solicited to contribute to any political party or campaign. Every officer, agent, clerk, or employee under the government of the state who may have charge or control in any building, office, or room occupied for any purpose of the state government is hereby authorized to prohibit the entry of any person, and he or she shall not permit any person to enter the building, office, or room, for the purpose of therein making, collecting, receiving, or giving notice of any political assessment, subscription, or contribution, and no person shall enter or remain in that building, office, or room, or send or direct any letter or other notice thereto, for the purpose of giving notice of, demanding, or collecting a political assessment, subscription, or contribution, nor shall any person therein give notice of, demand, collect, receive, or pay the assessment, subscription, or contribution contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 21; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-53.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-54. - Promise of influence to obtain favors in classified service.

§ 36-4-54. Promise of influence to obtain favors in classified service.
No person who is a candidate for nomination or for election for any elective office shall seek to influence the vote of any person by promising to use political influence in obtaining for that person an appointment or promotion in the classified service.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 21; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-54.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-4 - Merit System › Section 36-4-55 - — 36-4-55.2. Repealed.

§ 36-4-55 — 36-4-55.2. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 22; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-55; P.L. 1984, ch. 285, §§ 1, 2; Repealed by P.L. 1987, ch. 195, § 2, effective June 25, 1987. For present provisions of law, see chapter 14 of this title.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-2. - Salaries of other general state officers.

§ 36-6-2. Salaries of other general state officers.
(a)
Until December 31, 1998, the salary of the lieutenant governor shall be fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) per annum; the salary of the secretary of state shall be fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) per annum; and the salary of the attorney general shall be fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) per annum; the salary of the general treasurer shall be fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) per annum. After December 31, 1998, the salary of the lieutenant governor shall be eighty thousand dollars ($80,000); the salary of the secretary of state shall be eighty thousand dollars ($80,000); the salary of the attorney general shall be eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000); and the salary of the general treasurer shall be eighty thousand dollars ($80,000); and they shall thereafter be adjusted as set forth in § 36-6-1.
(b)
The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this section; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much thereof as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
History of Section.
P.L. 1951, ch. 2769, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-2; P.L. 1962, ch. 147, § 2; P.L. 1967, ch. 219, § 1; P.L. 1973, ch. 166, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 145, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 360, § 1; P.L 1986, ch. 287, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 282, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-3. - Salaries of directors of state departments.

§ 36-6-3. Salaries of directors of state departments.
The general officers of the state shall receive such annual salaries as the general assembly may by law determine. Directors shall receive such annual salaries as may be from time to time established by the unclassified pay plan board which shall consist of seven (7) members as provided in § 36-4-16. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums, or so much thereof, as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 9; P.L. 1951, ch. 2821, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3535, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3852, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-3; P.L. 1960, ch. 137, § 2; P.L. 1963, ch. 101, § 2; P.L. 1964, ch. 238, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1973, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 208, § 4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-4. - Subordinates in state agencies.

§ 36-6-4. Subordinates in state agencies.
The director of a department or the head of any other agency of the state shall appoint such assistants and other subordinates as he or she may deem necessary within the amounts appropriated therefor and shall fix their respective salaries.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 232; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-5. - Manner of compensation prescribed by appropriation law.

§ 36-6-5. Manner of compensation prescribed by appropriation law.
All officials and employees shall be compensated in the manner provided by the annual appropriation act or as may hereafter otherwise be prescribed by law. This section shall not apply to the directors of the several departments of the state of Rhode Island or to the general officers of the state of Rhode Island whose salaries shall be fixed by the general assembly.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 230; P.L. 1942, ch. 1214, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2737, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-6. - Salaries in lieu of fees.

§ 36-6-6. Salaries in lieu of fees.
The salary received from the state by any deputy sheriff, clerk of any court, or other officer by whom fees are received as a part of his or her official duties shall be in full compensation for all services rendered by him or her personally to the state. That salary shall be in lieu of all fees which he or she or his or her deputies, assistants, or subordinates are now or were formerly authorized to receive for those services.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 230; P.L. 1942, ch. 1214, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2737, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-6; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 71.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-7. - Fees turned over to general treasurer.

§ 36-6-7. Fees turned over to general treasurer.
It shall be the duty of any deputy sheriff to turn over to the general treasurer at least once each month all fees received by him or her in his or her official capacity as deputy sheriff. It shall be the duty of the clerks of all district courts and the clerks of all superior courts to turn over to the general treasurer at least once each month all fees actually collected by them under the laws of the state in their official capacities as clerks of the several courts, excepting however, all naturalization fees received by any clerk. In the event that any state official or employee fails for a period of more than one month to turn over all fees collected by him or her during the previous month, it shall be the duty of the general treasurer to notify the attorney general who, if he or she is of the opinion that there has been a dereliction of duty, shall immediately proceed in any proper action of law to recover the sum due the state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 230; P.L. 1942, ch. 1214, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2737, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-7; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 71.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-8. - Arraignment fees in district court.

§ 36-6-8. Arraignment fees in district court.
No judge of the district court shall charge or receive any fee for the arraignment before him or her of any person in any criminal case, except such as may legally be taxed as a part of the costs in the case, and all of which shall be paid over to the general treasurer as hereinbefore provided.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660; P.L. 1942, ch. 1214, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2737, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-8; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 41.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-9. - Travel expenses of superior court and family court justices, clerks, and attorney general and assistants.

§ 36-6-9. Travel expenses of superior court and family court justices, clerks, and attorney general and assistants.
The justices of the superior court, the chief judge and associate justices of the family court, and the stenographic clerks of those courts, when sitting or in attendance at any session of those courts held in any county other than Providence County shall be allowed and paid, in addition to their salaries, their actual traveling expenses for travel within the state of Rhode Island in connection with their attendance at those courts. The attorney general and the assistant attorneys general shall also be allowed and paid their actual traveling expenses for travel within the state of Rhode Island when performing official duties outside of Providence County. The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sum sufficient for the payment of those expenses and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much thereof as may from time to time be required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers duly authenticated.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 294, § 13; P.L. 1898, ch. 524, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1197; G.L. 1909, ch. 363, § 14; P.L. 1922, ch. 2159, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 416, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 632, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; P.L. 1939, ch. 703, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-9; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 12; P.L. 1994, ch. 222, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-10. - Biweekly payment of salaries.

§ 36-6-10. Biweekly payment of salaries.
All salaries of state employees and officials shall be payable biweekly and the biweekly rate shall be one twenty-sixth (1/26) of the annual rate. The biweekly rate shall be considered to be complete payment of the annual rate.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 294, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 363, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 416, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2287, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 632, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 2874, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-11. - Withholding tax deductions.

§ 36-6-11. Withholding tax deductions.
The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to make appropriate salary deductions from the salary or wages of each employee of the state, or of any agency thereof, in compliance with the withholding provisions of the internal revenue code of the United States of America, and all amendments thereto, and to make all necessary and appropriate reports and payments required thereby. The action of the state controller in making those deductions, reports, and payments, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1944, ch. 1491, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-12. - Deductions for hospitalization or medical service payments.

§ 36-6-12. Deductions for hospitalization or medical service payments.
The general treasurer and the director of administration shall adopt procedures for and apply the provisions of state payroll deduction for state officers and employees for payments to any nonprofit hospital service corporation organized pursuant to chapter 19 of title 27, or to any other charitable organization authorized to do business in this state under the laws of this state or of the United States under any plan for hospitalization or medical service, and those payments shall be deducted from the payroll by the general treasurer and the director of administration and remitted by them from time to time to the corporation or other organization, as the case may be; provided, however, that neither the general treasurer, the director of administration, nor the state shall incur any liability to the corporation, other charitable organization, or to any officer or employee of this state by reason hereof or by reason of any failure to make the deduction or remittance.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1599, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-13. - Medical deductions voluntary — Termination.

§ 36-6-13. Medical deductions voluntary — Termination.
Medical deductions shall be made from payrolls only at the written request of the state officer or employee and the continuing deduction may be terminated at any time upon the written request of the state officer or employee.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1599, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-13.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-14. - Repealed.

§ 36-6-14. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1599, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-14; Repealed by P.L. 1981, ch. 276, § 2. For present provisions of law, see § 36-6-19.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses › Section 36-6-15. - Medical deductions by cities and towns.

§ 36-6-15. Medical deductions by cities and towns.
Any city or town in the state through its legislative body may enact ordinances providing for the deduction from the compensation of city or town officers and employees for payments under the hospitalization or medical service plan of the nonprofit hospital service corporation or other charitable organization providing that service.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1599, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-15.