§ 36-10-21. Ordinary death benefit. Upon the death of a member before retirement from any cause other than one compensable under § 36-10-20, a payment shall be made of the contributions of the member without interest. If the death of a member occurred while in an employee status, or while on an official leave of […]
§ 36-10-22. Retention of death benefit coverage by general assembly member not reelected. If any present or former member of the general assembly who is a member of the system, who is not reelected, desires to retain his or her ordinary death benefit insurance coverage, he or she shall be allowed to do so providing […]
§ 36-10-23. Benefit payable on death after retirement. (a) Upon the death of a member after retirement, unless the member shall have selected any of the options provided in § 36-10-18, a benefit shall be payable consisting of the excess, if any, of the total contributions of the member at date of retirement, without interest, […]
§ 36-10-23.1. Benefit payable on death of retired legislator. In addition to any service retirement allowance paid to any person who shall have served as a member of the senate or of the house of representatives pursuant to § 36-10-10, there shall be payable, in lieu of the benefit payable on death after retirement as […]
§ 36-10-24. Person to whom death benefit payable. The payment of contributions of the member and the death benefit to a member or retired member under the provisions of §§ 36-10-21 — 36-10-23 shall be made to such person as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the retirement […]
§ 36-10-25 — 36-10-30. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 669, § 1; P.L. 1940, ch. 925, §§ 1— 4; P.L. 1941, ch. 1045, § 2; P.L. 1946, ch. 1762, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 3017, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 36-10-25 — 36-10-30; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 170, § 2 and P.L. 1992, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 36-10-31. Deduction of amounts received from workers’ compensation or as damages. Any amount paid or payable under the provisions of any workers’ compensation law exclusive of Medicare set-aside allocations, specific compensation benefits or any benefits authorized by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or as the result of any action for damages for […]
§ 36-10-32. Tax exemption. The right of a member or beneficiary to a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, any benefit, or right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of chapters 8 — 10 of this title, and the money in the various funds created hereunder, are […]
§ 36-10-33. Penalty for fraudulent claim or statement. Every person who knowingly or willfully makes, presents, or in anyway procures the making or presentation of any false or fraudulent affidavit or affirmation concerning any claim for pension or payment thereof, shall, in every case, forfeit a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in addition […]
§ 36-10-34. Exemption of benefits and contributions from attachment. Any and all retirement benefits and contributions in the state employees’ and municipal employees’ retirement systems shall be exempt from lien, attachment, or garnishment and shall not be transferable or assignable; provided, however, that any governmental agency which may have a claim on money due from […]
§ 36-10-35. Additional benefits payable to retired employees. (a) All state employees and all beneficiaries of state employees receiving any service retirement or ordinary or accidental disability retirement allowance pursuant to the provisions of this title on or before December 31, 1967, shall receive a cost of living retirement adjustment equal to one and one-half […]
§ 36-10-35.1. One time adjustment to original retirement allowances. (a) All state employees and the beneficiaries of state employees who retired during calendar year 1979 shall receive an additional eight percent (8%) to their original retirement allowances. (b) All state employees and the beneficiaries of state employees who retired during calendar year 1979 shall receive […]
§ 36-10-36. Post-retirement employment. (a) On and after July 7, 1994, no member who has retired under the provisions of title 16, 36, or 45 may be employed or reemployed by any state agency or department unless any and all retirement benefits to which he or she may be entitled by virtue of the provisions […]
§ 36-10-36.1. Post-retirement employment related to COVID-19. (a) Notwithstanding any public or general law, or rule or regulation to the contrary, any teacher, administrator, or staff member who has retired under the provisions of title 16, 36, or 45 may, as part of the public health crisis caused by COVID-19, exceed the seventy-five-day (75) cap […]
§ 36-10-37. Retirement benefits for certain general state officers. Any person who has served as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, or general treasurer for a period of twenty (20) consecutive years shall be entitled, upon his or her resignation or retirement, to receive annually during his or her life a sum equal […]
§ 36-10-38. Combined service credits of general state officers. When a person has combined and transferred service credits, earned as a member of the Rhode Island municipal retirement system, to the state retirement system, and the service amounts to not less than twenty (20) years in the aggregate as a general state officer and/or as […]
§ 36-10-39. Fiscal impact of proposed legislation impacting the retirement system. Proposed legislation which directly impacts the retirement system can potentially affect the benefits of all plan participants and beneficiaries. Since it is in the best interests of plan participants and beneficiaries to determine the financial consequences of any proposed legislation which would directly impact […]
§ 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 […]
§ 36-10-40. Domestic partner — Definition. For purposes of this chapter, “domestic partner” shall be defined as a person who, prior to the decedent’s death, was in an exclusive, intimate and committed relationship with the decedent, and who certifies by affidavit that their relationship met the following qualifications: (1) Both partners were at least eighteen […]
