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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 | |
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Introduced By: Senators Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Ciccone, and Lombardo | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 45-21-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-21 entitled "Retirement |
2 | of Municipal Employees" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 45-21-54. Reemployment of retired members. |
4 | Any retired member of the system is permitted to reenter the service of the system for not |
5 | more than seventy-five (75) ninety (90) working days in a calendar year without interruption of |
6 | pension benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. If the |
7 | retired member continues in service beyond the seventy-five (75) ninety (90) day period (with his |
8 | annuity temporarily suspended) the member is not eligible for pension credit for the additional |
9 | service, nor is the member required to make pension contributions for this service; provided, that |
10 | any retired member of the system is permitted to serve as an elected city or town council member |
11 | or school committee member and continues to be eligible for and receive the retirement allowance |
12 | for service other than that as a council member or school committee member. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES | |
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1 | This act would increase the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a |
2 | calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety days. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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