2024 -- H 7915 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- | |
CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS | |
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Introduced By: Representative Thomas E. Noret | |
Date Introduced: March 04, 2024 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 36-10-40 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-10 entitled "Retirement |
2 | System — Contributions and Benefits" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 36-10-40. Domestic partner — Definition. |
4 | For purposes of this chapter, “domestic partner” shall be defined as a person who, prior to |
5 | the decedent’s death, was in an exclusive, intimate and committed relationship with the decedent, |
6 | and who certifies by affidavit that their relationship met the following qualifications: |
7 | (1) Both partners were at least eighteen (18) years of age and were mentally competent to |
8 | contract; |
9 | (2) Neither partner was married to anyone else; |
10 | (3) Partners were not related by blood to a degree which would prohibit marriage in the |
11 | state of Rhode Island; |
12 | (4) Partners resided together and had resided together for at least one year at the time of |
13 | death; and |
14 | (5) Partners were financially interdependent as evidenced by at least two (2) of the |
15 | following: |
16 | (i) Domestic partnership agreement or relationship contract; |
17 | (ii) Joint mortgage or joint ownership of primary residence; |
18 | (iii) Two (2) of: (A) joint ownership of motor vehicle; (B) joint checking or savings |
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1 | account; (C) joint credit account; (D) any lease that includes both partners including, but not limited |
2 | to any joint lease; and/or |
3 | (iv) The domestic partner had been designated as a beneficiary for the decedent’s will, |
4 | retirement contract, city or town beneficiary designation form or life insurance. |
5 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and have retroactive application. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- | |
CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS | |
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1 | This act would amend the definition of "domestic partner" for purposes of the retirement |
2 | system -- contributions and benefits chapter. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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