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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - CENTRAL FALLS RETIREE PENSION BENEFITS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives McLaughlin, Hull, Casey, Lombardi, and Corvese

     Date Introduced: May 25, 2018

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 45-21 of the General Laws entitled "Retirement of Municipal

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Employees" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     45-21-67.1. Gradual increase of pension benefits for Central Falls retirees.

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     (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 45-21-67:

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     (1) Effective September 1, 2018, each Central Falls retiree covered by the terms of the

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settlement agreement enacted pursuant to § 45-21-67 shall receive seventy-five and one-half

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percent (75.5%) of their base pension benefit (as such term is defined in § 45-21-67(a)), after

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taking into account all applicable cost-of-living adjustments for their lifetime, and to the extent

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applicable, after taking into account all applicable cost-of-living adjustments to their beneficiaries

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for their lifetime;

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     (2) Effective September 1, 2019, each Central Falls retiree covered by the terms of the

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settlement agreement enacted pursuant to § 45-21-67 shall receive seventy-six percent (76%) of

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their base pension benefit (as such term is defined in § 45-21-67(a)), after taking into account all

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applicable cost-of-living adjustments for their lifetime, and to the extent applicable, after taking

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into account all applicable cost-of-living adjustments to their beneficiaries for their lifetime;

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     (3) Effective September 1, 2020, each Central Falls retiree covered by the terms of the

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settlement agreement enacted pursuant to § 45-21-67 shall receive seventy-six and one-half

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percent (76.5%) of their base pension benefit (as such term is defined in § 45-21-67(a)), after

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taking into account all applicable cost-of-living adjustments for their lifetime, and to the extent

 

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applicable, after taking into account all applicable cost-of-living adjustments to their beneficiaries

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for their lifetime;

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     (4) Effective September 1, 2021, each Central Falls retiree covered by the terms of the

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settlement agreement enacted pursuant to § 45-21-67 shall receive seventy-seven percent (77%)

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of their base pension benefit (as such term is defined in § 45-21-67(a)), after taking into account

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all applicable cost-of-living adjustments for their lifetime, and to the extent applicable, after

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taking into account all applicable cost-of-living adjustments to their beneficiaries for their

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lifetime; and

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     (5) Effective September 1, 2022 and continuing each year thereafter, each Central Falls

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retiree covered by the terms of the settlement agreement enacted pursuant to § 45-21-67 shall

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receive seventy-seven and one-half percent (77.5%) of their base pension benefit (as such term is

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defined in § 45-21-67(a)), after taking into account all applicable cost-of-living adjustments for

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their lifetime, and to the extent applicable, after taking into account all applicable cost-of-living

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adjustments to their beneficiaries for their lifetime.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - CENTRAL FALLS RETIREE PENSION BENEFITS

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     This act would provide that, effective September 1, 2018, all Central Falls retirees

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covered by the Central Falls retirees' settlement agreement would have their pension benefits

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gradually increased during a five (5) year period from the current base of seventy-five percent

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(75%) to seventy-seven and one-half percent (77.5%) of their base pension benefit amount as of

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July 31, 2011, after taking into account all applicable cost-of-living adjustments for their

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lifetimes, and to the extent applicable, for the lives of their beneficiaries.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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