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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-37. - Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence — Prohibited.

§ 36-9-37. Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence — Prohibited.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the retirement law or rulings of the retirement board in accordance with the powers vested to the board, no member of the retirement system shall be allowed to purchase service credits for time while incarcerated in prison, including, but not limited to, work release programs or home confinement programs.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 1, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-38. - Purchase of credits for continuous state service.

§ 36-9-38. Purchase of credits for continuous state service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the retirement laws of this state, any active member of the employees’ retirement system who was 60 years of age or greater when his or her employment commenced, and commenced employment before June 22, 1989, and was ineligible by state law from joining the retirement system shall be allowed to purchase service credits for actual past employment. The number of years for which credits may be purchased shall be limited to the difference between the date upon which they commenced employment at 60 years of age or greater and June 22, 1989, when they were required by law to join the retirement system. Purchase of the past service credits shall be at the rate that contributions would have been calculated at the time of past service, plus interest.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 231, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-40. - Rhode Island airport corporation — Transferred employees — Bumping rights.

§ 36-9-40. Rhode Island airport corporation — Transferred employees — Bumping rights.
In the event of an adverse employer initiated action by the Rhode Island airport corporation, transferred employees shall be entitled to exercise their bumping rights within the corporation to bump within other bargaining units within Council 94. An adverse employer initiated action is defined as a layoff, job abolishment, privatization, or subcontract of functions within the airport system.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 95, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-41. - Rhode Island airport corporation — Uninterrupted state service.

§ 36-9-41. Rhode Island airport corporation — Uninterrupted state service.
Transferred employees who return to employment with the state of Rhode Island directly from uninterrupted employment with the Rhode Island airport corporation shall have their length of service at the Rhode Island airport corporation deemed to be uninterrupted active state service for purposes of service credits in the state retirement system.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 95, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-43. - Rhode Island economic development corporation — Uninterrupted state service.

§ 36-9-43. Rhode Island economic development corporation — Uninterrupted state service.
Transferred employees, as defined in § 36-9-42, who return to employment with the state of Rhode Island directly from uninterrupted employment with the Rhode Island economic development corporation shall have their length of service at the Rhode Island economic development corporation deemed to be uninterrupted active state service for purposes of service credits in the retirement system.
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 12, § 25.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-45. - Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission — Uninterrupted state service.

§ 36-9-45. Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission — Uninterrupted state service.
Transferred employees, as defined in § 36-9-44, who return to employment with the state of Rhode Island directly from uninterrupted employment with the commission shall have their length of service at the commission deemed to be uninterrupted active state service for purposes of service credits in the retirement system, and for the benefits provided for in §§ 36-4-59, 36-5-7 and 36-5-8.
History of Section.
P.L. 1999, ch. 225, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-46. - Transfer of state employees to Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission — Union employees.

§ 36-9-46. Transfer of state employees to Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission — Union employees.
The transfer of state employees to commission employees shall not alter existing bargaining units, any provision of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
History of Section.
P.L. 1999, ch. 225, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-47. - Purchase of service credits payable by installment.

§ 36-9-47. Purchase of service credits payable by installment.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or of any other public or general law to the contrary, the retirement board shall permit individuals who purchase service credit to do so in installments. The retirement board shall create, by rule and regulation, provisions allowing that individuals purchasing service credit may do so on an installment plan by payroll deduction not to exceed five (5) years, provided that all purchases must be made prior to retirement. The retirement board shall charge interest at the actuarial assumed rate of return adopted by the board for purchases made on an installment plan.
History of Section.
P.L. 2001, ch. 193, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 269, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits › Section 36-9-48. - Underground storage tank financial review board — Transferred employees.

§ 36-9-48. Underground storage tank financial review board — Transferred employees.
(a) Definitions.
For the purposes of this section:
(1)
“UST Board” means the Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Review Board, a governmental agency and a public instrumentality of the state of Rhode Island.
(2)
“Transfer date” means July 1, 2006.
(3)
“Transferred employee” means any individual who was an employee of the UST Board of the state of Rhode Island on the date immediately preceding the transfer date, and who became an employee of the state of Rhode Island, department of environmental management on the transfer date.
(b)
Transferred employees who return to employment with the state of Rhode Island directly from uninterrupted employment with the Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Review Board shall have their length of service at the UST Board deemed to be uninterrupted active state service for the purposes of service credits in the state retirement system.
(c)
The period of service of any transferred employee from December 29, 2002, to the date of transfer shall be treated as service as an employee of the state of Rhode Island for the purposes of chapters 8, 9 and 10 of this title.
(d)
The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply unless within ninety (90) days following the date of enactment of this section [July 1, 2006], the UST Board transfers, or causes to have transferred from a trustee or other custodian, to the retirement system, an amount equal to the sum of the employees contribution accumulation and the employer contribution accumulation. The amount of transfer shall be determined by the retirement board at full actuarial cost as defined by § 36-8-1(10) for the period of service December 29, 2002, to the transfer date. This will be reduced by the transfer to the retirement board of any and all contributions made to the UST Board’s Simple IRA by and on behalf of the transferred employees.
(e)
Transferred employees who return to service with the state of Rhode Island directly from uninterrupted employment with the Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Review Board, henceforth referred to as “UST Board” shall have their length of service at the UST Board deemed to be uninterrupted active state service for purposes of service credits in the state retirement system.
History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 27, § 4; P.L. 2012, ch. 415, § 6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9.1 - Restricting Membership in Retirement System to Teachers and State Employees › Section 36-9.1-1. - Findings.

§ 36-9.1-1. Findings.
The general assembly hereby finds the following: The grant of the opportunity to an individual to purchase, pursuant to P.L. 1987, ch. 613 as codified in § 36-9-33 (repealed by P.L. 88-486), (hereinafter “§ 36-9-33, repealed“), credit in, and/or to become a member of the retirement systems established under chapter 16 of title 16, chapter 21 of title 45, and/or chapters 8 — 10 of this title (”retirement systems”) bears no rational relationship to any legitimate governmental purpose. The continued accrual of benefits by the beneficiaries of § 36-9-33 (repealed) and the continued payment of money under § 36-9-33 (repealed) will cause an invasion of the corpus of the retirement systems funds in abrogation of those sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended from time to time which apply to governmental plans (including but not limited to 401(a) and 401(f)) and does not further the purposes behind the retirement systems.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 413, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-9.1 - Restricting Membership in Retirement System to Teachers and State Employees › Section 36-9.1-2. - Status of non-employee and non-teacher members.

§ 36-9.1-2. Status of non-employee and non-teacher members.
(a)
Any individual who became a member of the retirement systems based solely on § 36-9-33 (repealed) or who purchased credit in the retirement systems based upon § 36-9-33 (repealed) shall no longer be entitled to membership and/or credit(s) and shall no longer receive any benefits of any type from the retirement systems which were based upon § 36-9-33 (repealed). By January 1, 1995, the retirement system shall return any contributions or purchases made pursuant to § 36-9-33 (repealed) by the individual and/or the individual’s employer with interest at the actuarially assumed rate earned by the retirement systems on its pension funds during the applicable time period since the contributions and/or purchase was made.
(b)
The return of contributions or purchases shall be offset by any benefits already received by the individual from the retirement system.
(c)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting any individual from later becoming a member of the retirement systems or purchasing credits in accordance with applicable law.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 413, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-1. - Member contributions — Deduction from compensation.

§ 36-10-1. Member contributions — Deduction from compensation.
(a)
Prior to July 1, 2012, each member of the retirement system shall contribute an amount equal to eight and three-quarters percent (8.75%) of his or her compensation as his or her share of the cost of annuities, benefits, and allowances. Effective July 1, 2012, each member of the retirement system shall contribute an amount equal to three and three quarters percent (3.75%) of his or her compensation, except for correctional officers as defined in § 36-10-9.2 who shall contribute an amount equal to eight and three quarters percent (8.75%) of his or her compensation. Effective July 1, 2015, each member of the retirement system, except for correctional officers as defined in § 36-10-9.2, with twenty (20) or more years of total service as of June 30, 2012 shall contribute an amount equal to eleven percent (11%) of compensation. The contributions shall be made in the form of deductions from compensation.
(b)
The deductions provided for herein shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided by law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein and receipt of his or her full compensation and payment of compensation, less the deductions, shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by the person during the period covered by the payment except as to the benefit provided under this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 5; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1950, ch. 2614, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-1; P.L. 1960, ch. 20, § 1; P.L. 1964, ch. 240, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 152, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 112, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 289, § 3; P.L. 1978, ch. 168, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 332, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 331, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 509, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 227, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 360, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 15, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 21, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-1.1. - Department payment of member contributions.

§ 36-10-1.1. Department payment of member contributions.
(a)
Each department, pursuant to the provisions of § 414(h)(2) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 414(h)(2), shall pick up and pay the contributions that would be payable by the employees as members under §§ 36-10-1, 8-3-16, 8-8-10.1, 8-8.2-7, 28-30-18.1, and 42-28-22.1. The contributions so picked up shall be treated as employer contributions in determining tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code; and shall not be included as gross income of the employee until such time as they are distributed. Employee contributions that are picked up pursuant to this section shall be treated and identified as member contributions for all purposes of the retirement system except as specifically provided to the contrary in this section.
(b)
Member contributions picked up by a department shall be paid from the same source of funds used for the payment of compensation to a member. A deduction shall be made from a member’s compensation equal to the amount of his or her contributions picked up by his or her departmental employer. This deduction, however, shall not reduce his or her compensation for purposes of computing benefits under the applicable retirement system. Picked up contributions shall be transmitted to the retirement system in accordance with the provisions of § 36-10-1, on the date contributions are withheld but no later than three (3) business days following the pay period ending in which contributions were withheld.
(c)
The state is required to deduct and withhold member contributions and to transmit same to the retirement system and is hereby made liable for the contribution. In addition, any amount of employee contributions actually deducted and withheld shall be deemed to be a special fund in trust for the benefit of the member and shall be transmitted to the retirement system as set forth herein.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 137, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 494, § 12; P.L. 2019, ch. 205, § 6; P.L. 2019, ch. 271, § 6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-2.1. - Actuarial cost method.

§ 36-10-2.1. Actuarial cost method.
(a)
To determine the employer contribution rate for the State of Rhode Island for fiscal year 2002 and for all fiscal years subsequent, the actuary shall compute the costs under chapter 10 of title 36 using the entry age normal cost method.
(b)
The determination of the employer contribution rate for fiscal year 2013 shall include a reamortization of the current Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability (UAAL) over a closed twenty-five (25) year period. After an initial period of five (5) years, future actuarial gains and losses occurring within a plan year will be amortized over individual new twenty (20) year closed periods.
(c)
The determination of the employer contribution rate commencing with fiscal year 2017 shall include a re-amortization of the current unfunded actuarial accrued liability (UAAL) attributable to the sixty percent (60%) of contribution responsibility not partitioned to the state in § 16-16-22 over a closed twenty-five (25) year period. This will be accomplished by dividing the UAAL as of June 30, 2014 into two (2) separate amortization periods. Future actuarial gains and losses occurring within a plan year will be amortized over individual new twenty (20) year closed periods and allocated in the forty percent (40%) state / sixty percent (60%) municipal proportion set forth in § 16-16-22.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 201, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 28, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 18, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 21, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-3. - Credits to individuals in annuity savings account.

§ 36-10-3. Credits to individuals in annuity savings account.
All contributions made by members and interest thereon to July 1, 1947, shall be credited to the individual members’ accounts in the annuity savings account. Effective July 1, 1947, the amount of accumulated contributions in the accounts of the members of the system which have been credited to the annuity savings fund shall be transferred to the annuity savings account and maintained in that account to the credit of the individual members. Effective July 1, 1965, the accumulated contributions of any inactive member who has been separated from service for five (5) years or more whose total service is less than ten (10) years shall be transferred from the annuity savings account to the contingent reserve for state employees or teacher members as the case may be. These funds will be held in escrow and should any member reenter service and again become a member, his or her previous contributions shall be revived and reinstated to his or her account for all purposes of this system. A member will still be eligible for a refund of these contributions upon application by him or her or his or her heirs at any time. Member contributions made pursuant to § 36-10-1.1 or 16-16-22.1 pursuant to a plan for the employer pick up of employee contributions shall be credited to a separate fund within an individual member’s account in the annuity savings account so that the amounts contributed prior to the effective date for the pick up of employee contributions may be distinguished from the amounts contributed on or after the date of which the governmental employer begins to pick up the employee contributions required by law.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 5; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 3; P.L. 1949, ch. 2377, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-3; P.L. 1965, ch. 110, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 137, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-4. - Credits and charges to contingent reserve account.

§ 36-10-4. Credits and charges to contingent reserve account.
The amounts credited by the system to the annuity reserve fund and pension accumulation fund prior to July 1, 1947, shall be transferred on that date to a contingent reserve account. All appropriations by the state and all other income of the system except member contributions shall be credited to the contingent reserve account. The annuity savings account of any member of the system who shall be granted an annuity, benefit, or retirement allowance under the provisions of this chapter shall be transferred to the contingent reserve account, and all payments on account of any annuity, benefit, or retirement allowance shall be charged thereto. Any excess remaining in the contingent reserve account at the end of any fiscal year after payments for the year shall have been charged to the account shall be considered as a contingent reserve to meet the future liabilities of the system.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 5; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-5. - Repealed.

§ 36-10-5. Repealed.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 5; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 3; P.L. 1949, ch. 2377, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-5; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 170, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-6. - Agreements for federal contributions.

§ 36-10-6. Agreements for federal contributions.
The retirement board shall have the authority to enter into agreements with the federal government or appropriate agencies thereof respecting grants, contributions, or reimbursements to be made by the federal government as an equitable share in the cost of providing the annuities, benefits, and retirement allowances for those members of the system whose compensation is paid, in whole or in part, by the federal government or for whose compensation the state receives reimbursement, in whole or in part, from the federal government.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 5; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-7. - Guaranty by state — Annual appropriations.

§ 36-10-7. Guaranty by state — Annual appropriations.
The general assembly of the state of Rhode Island hereby declares that it is the intention of the state to make payment of the annuities, benefits, and retirement allowances provided for under the provisions of this chapter and to that end that it is the intention of the state to make the appropriations required by the state to meet its obligations to the extent provided in this chapter. The general assembly shall make annual appropriations which shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the annuities, benefits, and retirement allowances required of the state under this chapter. The amounts to be appropriated shall be included in the annual appropriation bill and shall be paid by the general treasurer into the retirement system.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 6; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-8. - Refund of contributions — Repayment and restoration of credits.

§ 36-10-8. Refund of contributions — Repayment and restoration of credits.
A member who withdraws from service or ceases to be a member for any reason other than death or retirement shall be paid on demand a refund consisting of the accumulated contributions standing to his or her credit in his or her individual account, without interest. Any member receiving a refund shall thereby forfeit and relinquish all accrued rights as a member of the system together with credits for total service previously granted to the member; provided, however, that if any member who has received a refund shall subsequently reenter the service and again become a member of the system, he or she shall have the privilege of restoring all money previously received or disbursed to his or her credit as a refund of contributions, plus regular interest for the period from the date of refund to the date of the restoration. Upon the repayment of such refund including accrued interest as herein provided, the member shall again receive credit for the amount of total service which he or she had previously forfeited by the acceptance of the refund. The restoration of that credit shall be permitted only after the member shall have rendered at least one year of continuous service following his or her latest reentry into service for which he or she shall have made contributions to this system.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, §§ 9, 10; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-8; P.L. 1976, ch. 315, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 163, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 356, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-9.3. - Retirement on service allowance — Registered nurses.

§ 36-10-9.3. Retirement on service allowance — Registered nurses.
(a)
This section shall apply to the retirement of members employed as registered nurses within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.
(b)
Any member who has attained the age of fifty (50) years may be retired subsequent to the proper execution and filing of written application; provided, however, that the member shall have completed twenty-five (25) years of total service within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals and who retires before October 1, 2009, or is eligible to retire as of September 30, 2009.
(c)
For members who become eligible to retire on or after October 1, 2009, benefits are available to members who have attained the age of fifty-five (55) and have completed at least twenty-five (25) years of total service within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. For members in service as of October 1, 2009, who were not eligible to retire as of September 30, 2009, but who are eligible to retire on or prior to June 30, 2012, the minimum retirement age of fifty-five (55), the retirement age will be adjusted downward in proportion to the amount of service the member has earned as of September 30, 2009. The proportional formula shall work as follows:
(1)
The formula shall determine the first age of retirement eligibility under the laws in effect on September 30, 2009, which shall then be subtracted from the minimum retirement age of fifty-five (55).
(2)
The formula shall then take the member’s total service credit as of September 30, 2009, as the numerator and the years of service credit determined under (1) as the denominator.
(3)
The fraction determined in (2) shall then be multiplied by the age difference determined in (1) to apply a reduction in years from age fifty-five (55).
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 211, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 7, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 30; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-9.4. - Post-retirement service as legislator.

§ 36-10-9.4. Post-retirement service as legislator.
Any contrary provisions of the general laws notwithstanding, any retired state employee, teacher, or member of the state police who is a member of the retirement system and who is a member of the general assembly shall continue to be eligible for and receive his or her retirement allowance.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 384, § 2; P.L. 1983, ch. 211, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-9.5. - Repealed.

§ 36-10-9.5. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 192, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 211, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 1, § 6, effective January 1, 1993.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-9.6. - Aeronautics inspectors — Retirement.

§ 36-10-9.6. Aeronautics inspectors — Retirement.
(a)
This section shall only apply to the retirement of members employed as aeronautics inspectors.
(b)
In determining the creditable service of any aeronautics inspector employed by the state of Rhode Island for the purpose of retirement of a service retirement allowance, not including a deferred retirement allowance, there may be added to, and included in, total service as defined in this chapter, not more than four (4) years of applied work experience, the experience to be defined as a pilot or aeronautics inspector. The service shall not be counted as credible service unless the member shall pay into the retirement system the contribution equal to ten percent (10%) of the member’s first year earnings as an aeronautics inspector for the first year purchased, ten percent (10%) of the member’s second year earnings as an aeronautics inspector for the second year purchased, ten percent (10%) of the member’s third year earnings as an aeronautics inspector for the third year purchased, and ten percent (10%) of the member’s fourth year earnings as an aeronautics inspector for the fourth year purchased. Application to purchase credit and payment for each year of the year for which he or she claims credit shall be made on or before December 31, 1987. Thereafter, a member applying for credits shall pay full actuarial costs.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 353, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-9.7. - Electronic funds transfer.

§ 36-10-9.7. Electronic funds transfer.
All members of the employees retirement system retiring under the provisions of titles 42, 8, 36 or 16 of the Rhode Island general laws on or after July 1, 1998, shall be required to participate in electronic funds transfer and to supply the employees retirement system with a bank routing number to effectuate a monthly transfer of benefits.
History of Section.
P.L. 1998, ch. 81, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-10.3. - Social security supplemental option.

§ 36-10-10.3. Social security supplemental option.
(a)
In lieu of the lifetime service retirement allowance, a vested member who has completed at least ten (10) years of contributory service on or before July 1, 2005 who retires in accordance with §§ 16-16-12, 36-10-9 and 36-10-9.2 may choose an optional form of retirement benefit known as the social security supplemental option.
(b)
This option provides for the payment of a larger benefit before the attainment of age sixty-two (62) and a reduced amount thereafter. The reduced amount shall be equal to the benefit before age sixty-two (62), including cost of living increases, minus the member’s estimated social security benefit payable at age sixty-two (62). Under this option the benefits payable before and after the attainment of age sixty-two (62) will be actuarially determined to be equivalent to the lifetime service retirement allowance as determined in § 36-10-10.
(c)
Election of this supplemental option shall be applicable only to those who elect the service retirement allowance determined in accordance with Schedule A as provided by § 36-10-10.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 542, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 535, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 7, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-10.4. - Effect of deferral and/or reduction of salary.

§ 36-10-10.4. Effect of deferral and/or reduction of salary.
(a)
If subsequent to January 1, 1991, a member sustains a loss of salary due to a deferral of salary or a reduction in salary in order to avoid shutdowns, layoffs, or because of a retrenchment of state or local finances, then in calculating the service retirement allowance of the member, the amount of salary deferred and/or the amount of the reduction of salary shall not reduce the amount of annual compensation of the member for the purpose of establishing his or her highest three (3) consecutive years of compensation for members eligible to retire on or before September 30, 2009, or his or her highest five (5) consecutive years of compensation for members who are not eligible to retire on or before September 30, 2009. This provision is subject to subsection (c) of this section.
(b)(1)
For purposes of subsection (a), reduction of salary shall mean:
(i)
The actual dollar amount which represents the difference between the employee’s salary prior to the voluntary reduction of salary and the employee’s salary after the voluntary reduction of salary; or
(ii)
The actual dollar amount which represents the difference between the employee’s salary prior to the renegotiation and/or alteration of an existing collective bargaining agreement and the employee’s salary after the renegotiation and/or alteration of an existing collective bargaining agreement.
(2)
Reduction of salary also means the voluntary or negotiated reduction in the number of hours that an employee works in a pay period and for which he or she is paid.
(c)
An employee who has sustained a reduction in salary in accordance with subsection (a) shall pay, prior to retirement, to the retirement board an amount equal to the difference between the amount of contribution the employee would have paid on his or her salary prior to the reduction in salary and the amount that the employee actually contributed plus interest.
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 174, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 139, § 11; P.L. 2008, ch. 9, art. 8, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-11. - Service allowance to member withdrawing from service before retirement age.

§ 36-10-11. Service allowance to member withdrawing from service before retirement age.
The right of a service retirement allowance under the provisions of this chapter shall vest in a member who shall withdraw from service prior to his or her attainment of the minimum age of retirement specified in §§ 36-10-9 — 36-10-9.3 who shall not have received a refund, provided the member shall have completed at least ten (10) years of contributory service on or before June 30, 2012, for members terminating service or retiring on or before June 30, 2012, or at least five (5) years of contributory service for members terminating service or retiring on or after July 1, 2012. The member shall become entitled to a service retirement allowance upon his or her attainment of the age established in § 36-10-9 or at his or her option at any date subsequent thereto. The rate of service retirement allowance payable in the case of any member shall be that provided in § 36-10-10, for the period of total service earned and accrued at the date of withdrawal from service of the member.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-11; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 7, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 7, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-12. - Retirement for ordinary disability.

§ 36-10-12. Retirement for ordinary disability.
(a)
Application for ordinary disability may be made by a member, his or her department head, or a person acting in the member’s behalf, while in active service or on leave of absence for illness, provided that the member has had five (5) or more years of total service of which at least three (3) consecutive years shall have been as an employee of the state or as a teacher as defined in chapter 16 of title 16 and the member is not entitled to a regular service retirement allowance. A statement from a physician shall accompany the application stating that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and that he or she should be retired.
(b)
A medical examination of the member shall be made by three (3) physicians engaged by the retirement board for this purpose, and should the medical examination show that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and ought to be retired, the physicians shall so report and certify to the retirement board, and the retirement board may retire the member for ordinary disability.
(c)
The retirement board shall establish uniform eligibility requirement standards and criteria for ordinary disability which shall apply to all members who make application for retirement for ordinary disability.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-12; P.L. 1966, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 28, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 192, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 1, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-13. - Amount of ordinary disability benefit.

§ 36-10-13. Amount of ordinary disability benefit.
Upon retirement for ordinary disability under § 36-10-12, a member shall receive a benefit equal to the rate prescribed for service retirement under § 36-10-10, subject to the provisions of § 36-10-31; provided, however, that no member retiring with less than ten (10) years of total service shall receive a benefit less than he or she would have received if he or she had ten (10) years of total service.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-13; P.L. 1962, ch. 142, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 360, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-14. - Retirement for accidental disability.

§ 36-10-14. Retirement for accidental disability.
(a)
Medical examination of an active member for accidental disability and investigation of all statements and certificates by him or her or in his or her behalf in connection therewith shall be made upon the application of the head of the department in which the member is employed or upon application of the member, or of a person acting in his or her behalf, stating that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of service as a natural and proximate result of an accident while in the performance of duty, and certify the definite time, place, and conditions of the duty performed by the member resulting in the alleged disability, and that the alleged disability is not the result of willful negligence or misconduct on the part of the member, and is not the result of age or length of service, and that the member should, therefore, be retired.
(b)
The application shall be made within five (5) years of the alleged accident from which the injury has resulted in the members present disability and shall be accompanied by an accident report and a physicians report certifying to the disability; provided that if the member was able to return to his or her employment and subsequently reinjures or aggravates the same injury, the application shall be made within the later of five (5) years of the alleged accident or three (3) years of the reinjury or aggravation. The application may also state the member is permanently and totally disabled from any employment.
(c)
If a medical examination conducted by three (3) physicians engaged by the retirement board and such investigation as the retirement board may desire to make shall show that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of service as a natural and proximate result of an accident, while in the performance of duty, and that the disability is not the result of willful negligence or misconduct on the part of the member, and is not the result of age or length of service, and that the member has not attained the age of sixty-five (65), and that the member should be retired, the physicians who conducted the examination shall so certify to the retirement board stating the time, place, and conditions of service performed by the member resulting in the disability and the retirement board may grant the member an accidental disability benefit.
(d)
The retirement board shall establish uniform eligibility requirements, standards, and criteria for accidental disability which shall apply to all members who make application for accidental disability benefits.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-14; P.L. 1966, ch. 110, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 499, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 521, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art. 1, § 7; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 7, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-15. - Amount of accidental disability benefit.

§ 36-10-15. Amount of accidental disability benefit.
(a)
For disability applications submitted on or before September 30, 2009, upon retirement for accidental disability under § 36-10-14, a member shall receive a benefit which shall be equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of his or her annual compensation at the time of his or her retirement, subject to the provisions of § 36-10-31.
(b)
Upon any application for accidental disability submitted on or after October 1, 2009, if the member has been found to be permanently and totally disabled from service but has not been found by the board to be permanently and totally disabled from any employment as a result of his/her accidental disability, a member shall receive a retirement allowance equal to fifty percent (50%) of the rate of the member’s compensation at the date of the member’s retirement, subject to the provisions of § 36-10-31. The retiree shall, as a condition of continued receipt of a disability retirement allowance, on or before a date fixed by the retirement board, annually under penalties of perjury provide the board with such affidavits and accurate evidence of earnings, employment and gainful activity as the board may require, including, but not limited, joint and/or individual tax returns. Payment of the disability retirement allowance shall continue as long as the individual remains disabled, and regardless of service or age.
(c)
Upon retirement for accidental disability that has been found by the board to be permanently and totally disabling from any employment, a member shall receive a retirement allowance equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of the rate of the member’s compensation at the date of the member’s retirement subject to the provisions of § 36-10-31. The retirement board shall apply the terms of subsection 28-33-17(b) in determining total disability.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-15; P.L. 1980, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 7, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 30.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-16. - Disability benefits pending final decision on application.

§ 36-10-16. Disability benefits pending final decision on application.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of chapters 3 and 4 of this title, and/or any existing regulations of the director of administration or the state retirement board, the state retirement board shall accord to a civil service employee, so entitled under present existing regulations, the minimum retirement benefits pending a decision upon any disability retirement of the civil service employee; provided, however, that the granting of the minimum retirement shall not estop the employee claiming disability from any disability retirement consideration by the board.
History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2613, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 2, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-16.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits › Section 36-10-17. - Reexamination of disability beneficiaries — Reduction of benefit — Reinstatement to active service.

§ 36-10-17. Reexamination of disability beneficiaries — Reduction of benefit — Reinstatement to active service.
Once each year the retirement board may, and upon his or her application shall, require any disability beneficiary under the minimum age of service retirement to undergo a medical examination. The examination to be made at the place of residence of the beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon by a physician or physicians engaged by the retirement board. If the examination indicates that the beneficiary is able to engage in a gainful occupation, his or her name shall be placed on such appropriate lists of candidates as are prepared for appointment to positions in his or her department or agency for which he or she is stated to be qualified and for a salary grade not exceeding that from which he or she was last retired. Should the beneficiary be engaged in a gainful occupation or should he or she be offered service as a result of the placing of his or her name on a list of candidates, the retirement board shall adjust and from time to time readjust, the amount of his or her disability benefit to an amount which shall not exceed the rate of benefit upon which he or she was originally retired, and which, when added to the amount then earnable by him or her, shall not exceed his or her rate of annual compensation currently for the classification that the disability annuitant held prior to retirement. Should any disability beneficiary under the minimum age of service retirement refuse to submit to one medical examination in any year by a physician or physicians designated by the retirement board, his or her benefit shall be discontinued until his or her withdrawal of the refusal and should his or her refusal continue for one year, all his or her rights in and to disability benefit shall be revoked by the retirement board. A disability beneficiary, reinstated to active service, shall be reinstated as a member and participate in the rights of the retirement system to the same extent as any other member.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1971, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 36-10-17; P.L. 1989, ch. 403, § 2.