Section 45-21-64. – Purchase of service credits payable by installment.
§ 45-21-64. 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 […]
Section 45-21-65. – Other post-employment benefits — OPEB trusts.
§ 45-21-65. Other post-employment benefits — OPEB trusts. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, or the provisions of any municipality’s home rule charter, to the contrary, for purposes of funding any unfunded liability for other post-employment benefits including, but not limited to, health care and dental care benefits hereinafter referred to […]
Section 45-21-66. – Severability.
§ 45-21-66. Severability. The holding of any section or sections or parts of this chapter to be void, ineffective, or unconstitutional for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part hereof. History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 11; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 11.
Section 45-21-67. – Central Falls retirees — Settlement agreement.
§ 45-21-67. Central Falls retirees — Settlement agreement. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Base pension benefit” is the amount listed on Appendix A, Appendix D-A, and Appendix E-A, attached to the settlement agreement, under the column labeled “amount prior to reduction,” which is the amount each Central Falls retiree was receiving as […]
Section 45-21-60. – Pensioners and beneficiaries of Plan No. 3023 — Town of North Kingstown.
§ 45-21-60. Pensioners and beneficiaries of Plan No. 3023 — Town of North Kingstown. (a) All municipal retirees of the town of North Kingstown and the beneficiaries of municipal retirees of the town of North Kingstown are given a one-time percentage increase to their original retirement benefit in multiples of two percent (2%) as follows […]
Section 45-21-61. – Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence — Prohibited.
§ 45-21-61. 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 in this chapter, no member is allowed to purchase service credits for time while incarcerated in prison, including but not limited to work […]
Section 45-21-62. – Purchase of credits for continuous municipal service.
§ 45-21-62. Purchase of credits for continuous municipal service. Notwithstanding any other provision of the retirement laws of this state, any active member of the municipal employees’ retirement system who was sixty (60) years of age or greater when their employment commenced, and commenced employment before June 22, 1989, and was ineligible by state law […]
Section 45-21-63. – Health insurance coverage of retired municipal employees.
§ 45-21-63. Health insurance coverage of retired municipal employees. Any retired member of the municipal employees retirement system with a pension sufficient to pay premiums is entitled to purchase individual health insurance benefits out of the retiree’s pension payroll, as long as the health insurance is from a company either subject to chapters 19 and […]
Section 45-21-51.1. – Optional annuity protection — Election of option by member.
§ 45-21-51.1. Optional annuity protection — Election of option by member. (a) Upon 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 […]
Section 45-21-52. – Automatic increase in service retirement allowance.
§ 45-21-52. Automatic increase in service retirement allowance. (a) The local legislative bodies of the cities and towns may extend to their respective employees automatic adjustment increases in their service retirement allowances, by a resolution accepting any of the plans described in this section: (1) Plan A. All employees and beneficiaries of those employees receiving […]