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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

     

     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:

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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) ninety (90) working days in a calendar year without interruption of

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pension benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. If the

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retired member continues in service beyond the seventy-five (75) ninety (90) day period (with his

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annuity temporarily suspended) the member is not eligible for pension credit for the additional

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service, nor is the member required to make pension contributions for this service; provided, that

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any retired member of the system is permitted to serve as an elected city or town council member

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or school committee member and continues to be eligible for and receive the retirement allowance

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for service other than that as a 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

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

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     This act would increase the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a

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calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety days.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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