| Chapter 437 |
| 2025 -- S 0957 Enacted 07/03/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT CLERKS' INCENTIVE PAY |
Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, DiPalma, Bissaillon, Dimitri, LaMountain, McKenney, and Burke |
| Date Introduced: April 04, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Sections 8-4.1-1, 8-4.1-2 and 8-4.1-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-4.1 |
| entitled "Court Clerks’ Incentive Pay" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 8-4.1-1. Incentive pay plan. |
| There is hereby established an incentive pay program in accordance with the provisions of |
| this chapter offering financial compensation to clerks of the supreme, superior, family, and district, |
| courts and administrators of the workers’ compensation court, and the traffic tribunal for furthering |
| their education in the field of court administration or law enforcement. This incentive program shall |
| apply to all clerks who hold this position on July 5, 1994, and shall not apply to any person hired |
| as a clerk after July 5, 1994 meet the eligibility requirements set forth in §8-4.1-2. |
| 8-4.1-2. Eligibility for plan. |
| (a) Any full time clerk of the supreme, superior, family, or district court or administrators |
| of the workers’ compensation court, and the traffic tribunal covered by a collective bargaining |
| agreement in existence on July 5, 1994, and providing for the incentive pay plan under this chapter |
| shall be eligible for the plan established by this chapter provided he or she: the person acquires |
| (1) Has, on or before July 5, 1994, acquired the requisite degree as set forth in § 8-4.1-3; |
| or. |
| (2) Has, on or before July 5, 1994, accumulated at least fifty percent (50%) of the credits |
| necessary to receive either degree as set forth in § 8-4.1-3 and thereafter receives that degree; or |
| (3) Is, on July 5, 1994, enrolled in a degree program, completion of which will entitle him |
| or her to either degree as set forth in § 8-4.1-3, and thereafter receives that degree. |
| (b) The clerk, within thirty (30) days after July 5, 1994, must submit to the court |
| administrator a certified copy of a transcript from a college or university as evidence of such credits. |
| Provided, however, notwithstanding any general or public law to the contrary, incentive payments |
| shall not be continued to any person in the future when the person no longer holds a clerk position |
| as set forth in this section. Additionally, no clerk hired after July 5, 1994, shall be eligible to receive |
| incentive payments under the provisions of this chapter. |
| 8-4.1-7. Effective date. |
| Sections 8-4.1-1 — 8-4.1-3 Section 8-4.1-1 shall not take effect for any existing court |
| clerks or administrators presently receiving an incentive pay under this chapter until the expiration |
| of any collective bargaining agreement in existence on July 5, 1994 upon passage. However, upon |
| the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement which is in effect at the time of July 5, 1994, |
| §§ 8-4.1-1 — 8-4.1-3 shall apply to all existing clerks receiving an incentive under this chapter. |
| SECTION 2. Section 8-4.1-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-4.1 entitled "Court Clerks’ |
| Incentive Pay" is hereby repealed. |
| 8-4.1-6. Additional credit for masters degree. |
| Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, every full time clerk |
| of the supreme, superior, family, or district court who earns the degree of master in public |
| administration shall be paid, in addition to basic salary and any other credit to which he or she is |
| entitled hereunder, the additional sum of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) each year. |
| SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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