§ 42-28.4-1. Incentive pay plan. There is hereby established an incentive pay program in accordance with the provisions hereof, offering financial compensation to members of the various city and town fire departments and fire districts and the Cumberland rescue department and emergency service technicians of the town of Lincoln for furthering their education so as […]
§ 42-28.4-2. Eligibility for plan. Any full-time member of any city or town fire department, the Cumberland rescue department, emergency service technicians of the town of Lincoln, any salaried, full-time official, and any salaried, full-time firefighter of any incorporated fire district shall be eligible for the plan established in this chapter provided he or she […]
§ 42-28.4-3. Incentive steps. Advancement to each of the incentive award steps shall be based on a point system as set forth in § 42-28.4-4 and shall be accomplished as follows: Incentive Steps Incentive Award Acquired Points 1 $1,000 30 2 $2,000 Associates Degree 3 $3,000 Baccalaureate Degree History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-28.4-3, as […]
§ 42-28.4-4. Point system. The points needed to be acquired in order to achieve the various incentive steps as set forth in § 42-28.4-3 shall be earned as follows: (1) One hundred forty (140) points for a baccalaureate degree in a university, college, technical institute, or other institution approved by the regional accrediting association of […]
§ 42-28.4-5. Payments. (a) The chiefs of the various fire departments and fire districts and Cumberland rescue department and emergency service technicians of the town of Lincoln shall supply to the chief of classification and training, division of personnel, on or before the first day of September of each year, a list of all members […]
§ 42-28.4-6. Appropriation. The state of Rhode Island shall bear the expense for incentive payments. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; and the controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for […]
§ 42-28.4-7. Eligible education. No credit shall be granted for any degree other than in a major concentration related to fire science, nor for any degree awarded prior to July 5, 1970. History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 296, § 5.
