§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 36-10-10. Amount of service retirement allowance. (a)(1)(i) For employees eligible to retire on or before September 30, 2009, upon retirement for service under § 36-10-9, a member whose membership commenced before July 1, 2005, and who has completed at least ten (10) years of contributory service on or before July 1, 2005, shall receive […]
§ 36-10-10.1. Amount of service retirement allowance — Legislators. (a) Every person who shall have served as a member of the senate or of the house of representatives as provided in § 36-10-9.1 shall be entitled to receive, upon retirement from service as a member of the general assembly and not otherwise regularly employed by […]
§ 36-10-10.2. Amount of service retirement allowance — Correctional officers. (a) Upon retirement for service under § 36-10-9.2, a member with twenty-five (25) or more years of service as of June 30, 2012, shall receive a retirement allowance of an amount determined under (1) below. All other members shall receive a retirement allowance of an […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 36-10-18. Optional benefits. (a) A beneficiary, or, if the beneficiary be an incompetent, then the beneficiary’s spouse or domestic partner or if there is no spouse or domestic partner, a guardian of the beneficiary’s estate, may elect to receive the benefit in a retirement allowance, payable throughout life, or the beneficiary may then elect […]
§ 36-10-19. Persons eligible for optional benefits — Time of election — Modification or revocation — Effective date. The optional provisions of § 36-10-18 shall be applicable only to a member applying for a service retirement allowance, an accidental disability retirement allowance, and an ordinary disability retirement allowance or any inactive member applying for retirement […]
§ 36-10-19.1. Optional annuity protection — In service. (a) Upon the death of a member having: (1) At least ten (10) years of membership service on or before June 30, 2012; or (2) For active contributing members on or after July 1, 2012, at least five (5) years of membership service, the spouse or domestic […]
§ 36-10-2. State contributions. (a) The State of Rhode Island shall make its contribution for the maintenance of the system, including the proper and timely payment of benefits in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and chapters 8, 16, 28, 31 and 42 of this title, by annually appropriating an amount equal to a […]
§ 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 […]
§ 36-10-20. Accidental death benefits. Upon the accidental death of a member while in service before retirement, provided that evidence shall be submitted to the retirement board proving that the death of the member was the natural and proximate result of an accident while in the performance of duty at some definite time and place, […]
