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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES -

REEMPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives C Lima, Hull, Phillips, Fenton-Fung, Noret, McNamara,
Corvese, and Serpa

     Date Introduced: March 02, 2022

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 45-21-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-21 entitled "Retirement

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of Municipal Employees" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     45-21-54. Reemployment of retired members.

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     Any retired member of the system is permitted to reenter the service of the system for not

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more than seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year without interruption of pension

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benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. This seventy-

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five (75) day rule shall not apply to police officers, as defined in ยง 28-9.2-3, for the purposes of

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their working private details, paid for by a nongovernmental entity. If the retired member continues

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in service beyond the seventy-five (75) day period (with his annuity temporarily suspended) the

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member is not eligible for pension credit for the additional service, nor is the member required to

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make pension contributions for this service; provided, that any retired member of the system is

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permitted to serve as an elected city or town council member or school committee member and

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continues to be eligible for and receive the retirement allowance for service other than that as a

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council member or school committee member.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES -

REEMPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS

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     This act would exempt retired police officers from the seventy-five (75) day rule which

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restricts employment for retirement purposes, when they work private details for a

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nongovernmental entity.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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