§ 8-3-12. Retirement of judges with general assembly or office service.
Any person, who has served as a member of the general assembly, as a general officer, and as a justice of the supreme court, the superior court, the family court, or the district court, whose combined service as a member of the general assembly, a justice, and a general officer is twenty (20) years or more and who has retired, resigned, and completed such service prior to January 1, 2014, shall, upon reaching the age of sixty-two (62) years, receive during life a sum equal to three-fourths (¾) of the highest annual salary that the person was receiving during such service.
History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 272, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 19, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 407, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 408, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 76, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 38, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 41, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts
Chapter 8-3 - Justices of Supreme, Superior, and Family Courts
Section 8-3-1. - Engagement of office — Restriction on practice of law.
Section 8-3-2. - Precedence of associate justices.
Section 8-3-3. - Vacancy in office or inability of chief justice of supreme court.
Section 8-3-4. - Vacancy in office, inability, or absence of presiding justice of superior court.
Section 8-3-6. - Justices as conservators of peace — Powers in criminal cases.
Section 8-3-7. - Retirement of justices on reduced pay — Assignment as associate justices.
Section 8-3-8. - Retirement of justices on full pay — Assignment as associate justices.
Section 8-3-9. - Computation of service time as to former courts.
Section 8-3-10. - Service after retirement.
Section 8-3-12. - Retirement of judges with general assembly or office service.
Section 8-3-14. - Applicability of §§ 8-3-12 — 8-3-14.
Section 8-3-15. - Cost-of-living allowance.
Section 8-3-16. - Retirement contribution.
Section 8-3-17. - State contributions.
Section 8-3-18. - Calculation of retirement benefits.