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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- | |
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CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS | |
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Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty, Archambault, Doyle, and Lombardo | |
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Date Introduced: February 12, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 36-10-36 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-10 entitled |
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"Retirement System-Contributions and Benefits" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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36-10-36. Post retirement employment. -- (a) On and after July 7, 1994, no member |
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who has retired under the provisions of titles 16, 36, or 45 may be employed or reemployed by |
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any state agency or department unless any and all retirement benefits to which he or she may be |
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entitled by virtue of the provisions of titles 16, 36 or 45 are suspended for the duration of any |
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employment or reemployment. No additional service credits shall be granted for any post- |
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retirement employment or reemployment and no deductions shall be taken from an individual's |
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salary for retirement contribution. Notice of any such post-retirement employment or |
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reemployment shall be sent monthly to the retirement board by the employing agency or |
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department and by the retired member. |
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(b) Any member who has retired under the provisions of titles 16, 36, or 45 may be |
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employed or reemployed by any municipality within the state, which municipality has accepted |
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the provisions of chapter 21 of title 45 and which participates in the municipal employees' |
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retirement system for a period of not more than seventy-five (75) working days or one hundred |
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fifty (150) half days with half day pay in any one calendar year without any forfeiture of or |
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reduction of any retirement benefits and allowances the member is receiving or may receive as a |
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retired member. Pension payments shall be suspended whenever this period is exceeded. No |
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additional contributions shall be taken and no additional service credits shall be granted for this |
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service. Notice of this employment or re-employment shall be sent monthly to the retirement |
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board by the employer and by the retired member. |
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(c) Any member who has retired under the provisions of title 16, 36, or 45 may be |
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employed or re-employed by any municipality within the state which has not accepted the |
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provisions of chapter 21 of title 45 and which does not participate in the municipal employees' |
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retirement system. |
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(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section: |
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(1) Any retired member of the system shall be permitted to serve as an elected mayor, |
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the town administrator, the city administrator, the town manager, the city manager, the chief |
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administrative officer or the chief executive officer of any city or town, city or town council |
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member, school committee member, or unpaid member of any part-time state board or |
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commission or member of any part-time municipal board or commission, and shall continue to be |
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eligible for and receive the retirement allowance for service other than that as a mayor, |
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administrator, council member, school committee member, or member of any state board or |
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commission or member of any part-time municipal board or commission; provided, however, that |
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no additional service credits shall be granted for any service under this subsection; |
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(2) Any retired member who retired from service at any state college, university, state |
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school, or who retired from service as a teacher under the provisions of title 16, or who retired |
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from service under title 36 or title 45, may be employed or reemployed, on a part-time basis, by |
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any state college, university or state school for the purpose of providing classroom instruction, |
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academic advising of students and/or coaching. Compensation shall be provided at a level not to |
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exceed the salary provided to other faculty members employed under a collective bargaining |
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agreement at the institution. In no event shall "part-time" mean gross pay of more than fifteen |
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thousand dollars ($15,000) in any one calendar year. Any retired member who provides such |
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instruction or service shall do so without forfeiture or reduction of any retirement benefit or |
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allowance; and provided, however, that no additional service credits shall be granted for any |
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service under this subsection; |
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(3) Any retired member who retired from service as a teacher under the provisions of |
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title 16, or as a state employee who while an active state employee was certified to teach driver |
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education by the department of elementary and secondary education or by the board of governors |
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for higher education, may be employed or reemployed, on a part-time basis, by the department of |
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elementary and secondary education or by the board of governors for higher education for the |
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purpose of providing classroom instruction in driver education courses in accordance with section |
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31-10-19 and/or motorcycle driver education courses in accordance with section 31-10.1-1.1. In |
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no event shall "part-time" mean gross pay of more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in any |
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one calendar year. Any retired teacher who provides that instruction shall do so without forfeiture |
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or reduction of any retirement benefit or allowance the retired teacher is receiving as a retired |
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teacher; provided, however, that no additional service credits shall be granted for any service |
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under this subsection; and |
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(4) Any retired member who retired from service as a registered nurse may be employed |
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or reemployed, on a per diem basis, for the purpose of providing professional nursing care and/or |
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services at a state operated facility in Rhode Island, including employment as faculty of a nursing |
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program of a state-operated college. In no event shall "part-time" mean gross pay of more than |
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year. Any retired nurse who provides such care and/or services shall do so without forfeiture or |
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reduction of any retirement benefit or allowance the retired nurse is receiving as a retired nurse; |
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provided, however, that no additional service credits shall be granted for any service under this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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OF | |
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A N A C T | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- | |
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CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS | |
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This act would allow any retired member who retired from state service as a registered |
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nurse to be employed or reemployed for the purpose of providing professional nursing care and/or |
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services at a state-operated facility in Rhode Island or as faculty of a nursing program of a state- |
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operated college and may earn up to twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000) in any one calendar |
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year. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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