Rhode Island General Laws
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees

Section 36-1-7. - Removal of officers appointed with advice and consent of senate. - § 36-1-7. Removal of officers appointed with advice and consent...

Section 36-1-8. - Tenure of officers elected by general assembly. - § 36-1-8. Tenure of officers elected by general assembly. All...

Section 36-1-9. - Vacancies in general state offices. - § 36-1-9. Vacancies in general state offices. In case of...

Section 36-1-10. - Vacancies in offices filled by governor or grand committee. - § 36-1-10. Vacancies in offices filled by governor or grand...

Section 36-1-11. - Power of senate to act on nominations. - § 36-1-11. Power of senate to act on nominations. Whenever...

Section 36-1-12. - Time allowed for senate action on nominations — Disapproval — Withdrawal. - § 36-1-12. Time allowed for senate action on nominations —...

Section 36-1-13. - Member of general assembly elected or appointed to office — Time for qualification. - § 36-1-13. Member of general assembly elected or appointed to...

Chapter 36-2 - Power of Officers to Administer Oaths

Section 36-2-1. - Officers with statewide power. - § 36-2-1. Officers with statewide power. The following persons may...

Section 36-2-2. - Officers with power in county or town. - § 36-2-2. Officers with power in county or town. The...

Section 36-2-3. - Power in connection with duties of office. - § 36-2-3. Power in connection with duties of office. The...

Section 36-2-4. - Fees for acknowledgments and engagements. - § 36-2-4. Fees for acknowledgments and engagements. To all officers...

Chapter 36-3 - Division of Personnel Administration

Section 36-3-1. - Short title. - § 36-3-1. Short title. Chapters 3 and 4 of this...

Section 36-3-2. - Purpose of chapters 3 and 4 of this title. - § 36-3-2. Purpose of chapters 3 and 4 of this...

Section 36-3-3. - Definitions. - § 36-3-3. Definitions. The following terms, when used in this...

Section 36-3-4. - Division established — Administrator. - § 36-3-4. Division established — Administrator. There is hereby established...

Section 36-3-5. - Powers and duties of the administrator. - § 36-3-5. Powers and duties of the administrator. In addition...

Section 36-3-6. - Personnel appeal board — Appointment and terms of members. - § 36-3-6. Personnel appeal board — Appointment and terms of...

Section 36-3-7. - Appointment of minority members of board. - § 36-3-7. Appointment of minority members of board. The governor...

Section 36-3-8. - Organization and meetings of board — Compensation of members. - § 36-3-8. Organization and meetings of board — Compensation of...

Section 36-3-9. - Removal of board members. - § 36-3-9. Removal of board members. A member of the...

Section 36-3-10. - Appeals to appeal board. - § 36-3-10. Appeals to appeal board. (a) The personnel appeal...

Section 36-3-10.1. - Powers of subpoena. - § 36-3-10.1. Powers of subpoena. The appeal board is hereby...

Section 36-3-11. - Statutory references to previous agencies and officials. - § 36-3-11. Statutory references to previous agencies and officials. (a)...

Section 36-3-12. - Services to cities and towns. - § 36-3-12. Services to cities and towns. The services and...

Section 36-3-13. - Cooperation with agencies of other jurisdictions. - § 36-3-13. Cooperation with agencies of other jurisdictions. The personnel...

Section 36-3-14. - Facilities for division. - § 36-3-14. Facilities for division. The division shall be provided...

Section 36-3-15. - Legal assistance to division. - § 36-3-15. Legal assistance to division. The attorney general shall...

Section 36-3-16. - Authority to conduct state and national background checks for applicants and employees in state positions with access to federal tax information. - § 36-3-16. Authority to conduct state and national background checks...

Chapter 36-3.1 - Alternative Work Schedules

Section 36-3.1-1. - Short title. - § 36-3.1-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 36-3.1-2. - Legislative findings. - § 36-3.1-2. Legislative findings. The general assembly finds: that new...

Section 36-3.1-3. - Definitions. - § 36-3.1-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Alternative...

Section 36-3.1-4. - Policy. - § 36-3.1-4. Policy. It is the policy of the state...

Section 36-3.1-5. - Schedule. - § 36-3.1-5. Schedule. Not later than January 1, 1988, each...

Section 36-3.1-6. - Deadline. - § 36-3.1-6. Deadline. Not later than January 1, 1989, all...

Section 36-3.1-7. - Exceptions. - § 36-3.1-7. Exceptions. Any state department, board, commission, or independent...

Section 36-3.1-8. - Conditions and restrictions. - § 36-3.1-8. Conditions and restrictions. (a) The request for an...

Chapter 36-4 - Merit System

Section 36-4-1. - Divisions of state service. - § 36-4-1. Divisions of state service. The state service shall...

Section 36-4-2. - Positions in unclassified service. - § 36-4-2. Positions in unclassified service. (a) The classified service...

Section 36-4-2.1. - Exemptions from merit system. - § 36-4-2.1. Exemptions from merit system. The appointment, promotion, salaries,...

Section 36-4-3. - Branches of classified service. - § 36-4-3. Branches of classified service. The classified service shall...

Section 36-4-4. - Positions classed as noncompetitive. - § 36-4-4. Positions classed as noncompetitive. The noncompetitive branch shall...

Section 36-4-5. - Assignment of positions to noncompetitive branch — Transfer to competitive branch. - § 36-4-5. Assignment of positions to noncompetitive branch — Transfer...

Section 36-4-6. - Appointments to noncompetitive branch. - § 36-4-6. Appointments to noncompetitive branch. Appointments to positions in...

Section 36-4-7. - Probationary period in noncompetitive branch — Acquisition of full status. - § 36-4-7. Probationary period in noncompetitive branch — Acquisition of...

Section 36-4-8. - Rules — Amendments. - § 36-4-8. Rules — Amendments. (a) The personnel administrator shall...

Section 36-4-9. - Adoption of classification plan. - § 36-4-9. Adoption of classification plan. The personnel administrator shall,...

Section 36-4-10. - Changes in plan — Notice of establishment of new positions. - § 36-4-10. Changes in plan — Notice of establishment of...

Section 36-4-11. - Allocation of positions to classes within plan. - § 36-4-11. Allocation of positions to classes within plan. After...

Section 36-4-12. - Repealed. - § 36-4-12. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, §...

Section 36-4-13. - Submission of proposed pay plan for classified service. - § 36-4-13. Submission of proposed pay plan for classified service....

Section 36-4-14. - Adoption of pay plan. - § 36-4-14. Adoption of pay plan. (a) After reasonable opportunity...

Section 36-4-14.1. - Ineligibility for other incentive payments. - § 36-4-14.1. Ineligibility for other incentive payments. Any person receiving...

Section 36-4-15. - Changes in pay plan for classified service — New classes. - § 36-4-15. Changes in pay plan for classified service —...

Section 36-4-16. - Unclassified pay plan board — Abolishment — Transfer of functions. - § 36-4-16. Unclassified pay plan board — Abolishment — Transfer...

Section 36-4-16.1. - Repealed. - § 36-4-16.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 205, art....

Section 36-4-16.2. - Duties and responsibilities of the department of administration. - § 36-4-16.2. Duties and responsibilities of the department of administration....

Section 36-4-16.3. - Repealed. - § 36-4-16.3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 205, art....

Section 36-4-16.4. - Salaries of directors. - § 36-4-16.4. Salaries of directors. (a) In the month of...

Section 36-4-16.5. - Certain unclassified positions excluded. - § 36-4-16.5. Certain unclassified positions excluded. Sections 36-4-16.2 and 36-4-16.4...

Section 36-4-17. - Preparation of employment lists. - § 36-4-17. Preparation of employment lists. The personnel administrator shall,...

Section 36-4-17.1. - Longevity payments. - § 36-4-17.1. Longevity payments. A state employee in the classified...

Section 36-4-17.2. - Future longevity payments. - § 36-4-17.2. Future longevity payments. Beginning on July 1, 2011,...

Section 36-4-18. - Competitive tests. - § 36-4-18. Competitive tests. The competitive tests shall be designed...

Section 36-4-19. - Placement of names on employment lists — Listing of veterans. - § 36-4-19. Placement of names on employment lists — Listing...

Section 36-4-20. - Duration of employment lists. - § 36-4-20. Duration of employment lists. Each employment list shall...

Section 36-4-21. - Open continuous competitive tests. - § 36-4-21. Open continuous competitive tests. The personnel administrator may...

Section 36-4-22. - Promotion examinations and lists. - § 36-4-22. Promotion examinations and lists. (a)(1) Promotional examinations shall...

Section 36-4-23. - Preferred reemployment list. - § 36-4-23. Preferred reemployment list. Any person in the classified...

Section 36-4-23.1. - Reemployment lists. - § 36-4-23.1. Reemployment lists. Any person who holds full status...

Section 36-4-24. - Removal of disqualified names from lists. - § 36-4-24. Removal of disqualified names from lists. The personnel...

Section 36-4-25. - Designation of appropriate list for filling of vacancies. - § 36-4-25. Designation of appropriate list for filling of vacancies....

Section 36-4-26. - Certification and appointment to positions in classified service. - § 36-4-26. Certification and appointment to positions in classified service....

Section 36-4-26.1. - Supplemental certification in the civil service — Expanded certification for equal opportunity and affirmative action. - § 36-4-26.1. Supplemental certification in the civil service — Expanded...

Section 36-4-27. - Unlawful procurement of waiver or withdrawal. - § 36-4-27. Unlawful procurement of waiver or withdrawal. An appointing...

Section 36-4-28. - Probationary period. - § 36-4-28. Probationary period. All original appointments and promotional appointments...

Section 36-4-29. - Restoration to former position of promotional appointees dismissed during probation. - § 36-4-29. Restoration to former position of promotional appointees dismissed...

Section 36-4-30. - Repealed. - § 36-4-30. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, §...

Section 36-4-31. - Temporary appointment when no list available. - § 36-4-31. Temporary appointment when no list available. (a)(1) Whenever...

Section 36-4-32. - Emergency appointments. - § 36-4-32. Emergency appointments. In case of emergency, an appointing...

Section 36-4-33. - War duration appointments. - § 36-4-33. War duration appointments. Whenever in time of war...

Section 36-4-34. - Transfers within classified service. - § 36-4-34. Transfers within classified service. An appointing authority may...

Section 36-4-34.1. - Transfer of state employees. - § 36-4-34.1. Transfer of state employees. (a) The director of...

Section 36-4-35. - Demotions. - § 36-4-35. Demotions. An appointing authority may demote a classified...

Section 36-4-36. - Disciplinary suspensions. - § 36-4-36. Disciplinary suspensions. An appointing authority may, for disciplinary...

Section 36-4-37. - Layoffs — Preference for retention or reemployment. - § 36-4-37. Layoffs — Preference for retention or reemployment. An...

Section 36-4-38. - Dismissal. - § 36-4-38. Dismissal. A classified employee with temporary status may...

Section 36-4-39. - Retirement or transfer to light duty. - § 36-4-39. Retirement or transfer to light duty. When an...

Section 36-4-40. - Appeal from administrator to administrator of adjudication. - § 36-4-40. Appeal from administrator to administrator of adjudication. Any...

Section 36-4-40.1. - Administrator of adjudication — Duties. - § 36-4-40.1. Administrator of adjudication — Duties. The administrator of...

Section 36-4-40.2. - Hearings — Appeals. - § 36-4-40.2. Hearings — Appeals. (a) Immediately upon receipt of...

Section 36-4-41. - Appeal from administrator of adjudication to appeal board. - § 36-4-41. Appeal from administrator of adjudication to appeal board....

Section 36-4-42. - Appeal from appointing authority to appeal board. - § 36-4-42. Appeal from appointing authority to appeal board. Any...

Section 36-4-43. - Conditions of service. - § 36-4-43. Conditions of service. Conditions of service such as...

Section 36-4-44. - Training programs. - § 36-4-44. Training programs. The personnel administrator shall cooperate with...

Section 36-4-45. - Repealed. - § 36-4-45. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, §...

Section 36-4-46. - Reports of changes in status of employees. - § 36-4-46. Reports of changes in status of employees. Every...

Section 36-4-47. - Personnel roster and records — Tabulation and analysis of data. - § 36-4-47. Personnel roster and records — Tabulation and analysis...

Section 36-4-48. - Certification of payrolls and accounts. - § 36-4-48. Certification of payrolls and accounts. All payrolls for...

Section 36-4-49. - Recovery of unlawful payments. - § 36-4-49. Recovery of unlawful payments. Any payment violating the...

Section 36-4-50. - Merit as basis — Discrimination prohibited. - § 36-4-50. Merit as basis — Discrimination prohibited. Except as...

Section 36-4-50.1. - Certification of select positions. - § 36-4-50.1. Certification of select positions. The personnel administrator in...

Section 36-4-51. - Running for elective office by classified employee. [Effective until January 1, 2023.] - § 36-4-51. Running for elective office by classified employee. [Effective...

Section 36-4-52. - Restrictions on political activities of classified employees. - § 36-4-52. Restrictions on political activities of classified employees. No...

Section 36-4-53. - Solicitation of political contributions. - § 36-4-53. Solicitation of political contributions. No classified employee or...

Section 36-4-54. - Promise of influence to obtain favors in classified service. - § 36-4-54. Promise of influence to obtain favors in classified...

Section 36-4-55 - — 36-4-55.2. Repealed. - § 36-4-55 — 36-4-55.2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch....

Section 36-4-56. - Penalties for violations. - § 36-4-56. Penalties for violations. Any person violating any of...

Section 36-4-57. - Compliance with federal standards. - § 36-4-57. Compliance with federal standards. The provisions of this...

Section 36-4-58. - Severability. - § 36-4-58. Severability. The provisions of this chapter and chapter...

Section 36-4-59. - Tenure in state service. - § 36-4-59. Tenure in state service. (a)(1) Every person who...

Section 36-4-60. - Delegation by appointing authority. - § 36-4-60. Delegation by appointing authority. Whenever under the provisions...

Section 36-4-61. - Persons with disabilities — Special list of eligibles. - § 36-4-61. Persons with disabilities — Special list of eligibles....

Section 36-4-62. - Pay incentive program. - § 36-4-62. Pay incentive program. There is hereby established a...

Section 36-4-63. - Sick leave and other leave — Effect of discharging upon overtime work and overtime compensation. - § 36-4-63. Sick leave and other leave — Effect of...

Section 36-4-64. - Sick leave — Workers’ compensation. - § 36-4-64. Sick leave — Workers’ compensation. (a) Whenever an...

Section 36-4-65. - Longevity benefits — Department of elementary and secondary education — Legislature. - § 36-4-65. Longevity benefits — Department of elementary and secondary...

Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans

Section 36-5-1. - Separation pay of unclassified employees entering service. - § 36-5-1. Separation pay of unclassified employees entering service. Every...

Section 36-5-2. - Rights of employees entering service after both classified and unclassified service. - § 36-5-2. Rights of employees entering service after both classified...

Section 36-5-2.1. - Rights of employees entering service to maintain health care benefits. - § 36-5-2.1. Rights of employees entering service to maintain health...

Section 36-5-3. - Retirement or pension credit for period in military service. - § 36-5-3. Retirement or pension credit for period in military...

Section 36-5-4. - Retirement credit provision supplementary. - § 36-5-4. Retirement credit provision supplementary. Section 36-5-3 shall be...

Section 36-5-5. - Examinations for veterans’ employment representatives. - § 36-5-5. Examinations for veterans’ employment representatives. Whenever examinations are...

Section 36-5-6. - Veterans’ point credits. - § 36-5-6. Veterans’ point credits. (a) While the examinations shall...

Section 36-5-7. - State employees — Veterans. - § 36-5-7. State employees — Veterans. (a) Any person who...

Section 36-5-8. - State employment tenure for disabled veterans. - § 36-5-8. State employment tenure for disabled veterans. (a) Any...

Chapter 36-6 - Salaries and Traveling Expenses

Section 36-6-1. - Salary of governor. - § 36-6-1. Salary of governor. Until December 31, 1998, the...

Section 36-6-2. - Salaries of other general state officers. - § 36-6-2. Salaries of other general state officers. (a) Until...

Section 36-6-3. - Salaries of directors of state departments. - § 36-6-3. Salaries of directors of state departments. The general...

Section 36-6-4. - Subordinates in state agencies. - § 36-6-4. Subordinates in state agencies. The director of a...

Section 36-6-5. - Manner of compensation prescribed by appropriation law. - § 36-6-5. Manner of compensation prescribed by appropriation law. All...

Section 36-6-6. - Salaries in lieu of fees. - § 36-6-6. Salaries in lieu of fees. The salary received...

Section 36-6-7. - Fees turned over to general treasurer. - § 36-6-7. Fees turned over to general treasurer. It shall...

Section 36-6-8. - Arraignment fees in district court. - § 36-6-8. Arraignment fees in district court. No judge of...

Section 36-6-9. - Travel expenses of superior court and family court justices, clerks, and attorney general and assistants. - § 36-6-9. Travel expenses of superior court and family court...

Section 36-6-10. - Biweekly payment of salaries. - § 36-6-10. Biweekly payment of salaries. All salaries of state...

Section 36-6-11. - Withholding tax deductions. - § 36-6-11. Withholding tax deductions. The state controller is hereby...

Section 36-6-12. - Deductions for hospitalization or medical service payments. - § 36-6-12. Deductions for hospitalization or medical service payments. The...

Section 36-6-13. - Medical deductions voluntary — Termination. - § 36-6-13. Medical deductions voluntary — Termination. Medical deductions shall...

Section 36-6-14. - Repealed. - § 36-6-14. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1599, §...

Section 36-6-15. - Medical deductions by cities and towns. - § 36-6-15. Medical deductions by cities and towns. Any city...

Section 36-6-16. - Credit union deductions. - § 36-6-16. Credit union deductions. The controller shall adopt a...

Section 36-6-17. - Deductions for union dues. - § 36-6-17. Deductions for union dues. (a) Upon written authorization...

Section 36-6-18. - Additional vacation time for career state employees. - § 36-6-18. Additional vacation time for career state employees. (a)...

Section 36-6-19. - Hospital care, hospital surgical-medical, and dental services benefits for general assembly members. - § 36-6-19. Hospital care, hospital surgical-medical, and dental services benefits...

Section 36-6-20. - Hospital care and hospital surgical-medical service benefits for retired general assembly members. - § 36-6-20. Hospital care and hospital surgical-medical service benefits for...

Section 36-6-21. - Mass transportation and fringe benefit program deductions. - § 36-6-21. Mass transportation and fringe benefit program deductions. The...

Section 36-6-21.1. - State employee transportation guide plan. - § 36-6-21.1. State employee transportation guide plan. (a) Findings: Rhode...

Section 36-6-22. - Longevity payments. - § 36-6-22. Longevity payments. Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding...

Chapter 36-7 - Federal Old-Age and Survivors’ Insurance

Section 36-7-1. - Purpose of provisions. - § 36-7-1. Purpose of provisions. It is the intention of...

Section 36-7-2. - Definitions. - § 36-7-2. Definitions. For the purposes of §§ 36-7-1 —...

Section 36-7-3. - Agreement with federal government. - § 36-7-3. Agreement with federal government. The general treasurer of...

Section 36-7-4. - Application to state employees. - § 36-7-4. Application to state employees. The provisions of this...

Section 36-7-5. - Civilian employees of national guard. - § 36-7-5. Civilian employees of national guard. The benefits of...

Section 36-7-6. - Subscription to agreement by city, town, or state agency. - § 36-7-6. Subscription to agreement by city, town, or state...

Section 36-7-7. - Filing of resolution, ordinance, or vote — Contributions — Effective date. - § 36-7-7. Filing of resolution, ordinance, or vote — Contributions...

Section 36-7-8. - Termination of participation for failure of city, town, or agency to meet requirements. - § 36-7-8. Termination of participation for failure of city, town,...

Section 36-7-9. - Denial of participation to city, town, or agency. - § 36-7-9. Denial of participation to city, town, or agency....

Section 36-7-10. - Retirement system defined. - § 36-7-10. Retirement system defined. (a) A retirement system for...

Section 36-7-11. - Request for referendum of state retirement system members. - § 36-7-11. Request for referendum of state retirement system members....

Section 36-7-12. - Request for referendum of city, town, or agency retirement system members. - § 36-7-12. Request for referendum of city, town, or agency...

Section 36-7-13. - Commission to conduct referendum. - § 36-7-13. Commission to conduct referendum. (a) When request shall...

Section 36-7-14. - Authorization of referendum. - § 36-7-14. Authorization of referendum. The referendum shall be authorized...

Section 36-7-15. - Notice of referendum — Benefits equal to retirement system. - § 36-7-15. Notice of referendum — Benefits equal to retirement...

Section 36-7-16. - Eligibility to vote in referendum. - § 36-7-16. Eligibility to vote in referendum. Only eligible employees...

Section 36-7-17. - Majority required for inclusion of retirement system members under social security. - § 36-7-17. Majority required for inclusion of retirement system members...

Section 36-7-18. - Interval between referenda. - § 36-7-18. Interval between referenda. Should a referendum fail to...

Section 36-7-19. - Certification of results of referendum. - § 36-7-19. Certification of results of referendum. Upon receipt of...

Section 36-7-20. - Expense of referendum. - § 36-7-20. Expense of referendum. The expense incident to the...

Section 36-7-21. - Intent to preserve retirement system protection. - § 36-7-21. Intent to preserve retirement system protection. It is...

Section 36-7-22. - Contributions imposed on city, town, and agency employees. - § 36-7-22. Contributions imposed on city, town, and agency employees....

Section 36-7-23. - Deductions by cities, towns, and agencies. - § 36-7-23. Deductions by cities, towns, and agencies. Contributions under...

Section 36-7-24. - State contributions. - § 36-7-24. State contributions. The state shall make the contributions...

Section 36-7-25. - Payments by cities, towns, and agencies — Interest on delinquent payments. - § 36-7-25. Payments by cities, towns, and agencies — Interest...

Section 36-7-26. - Revolving fund — Payments to federal government. - § 36-7-26. Revolving fund — Payments to federal government. (a)...

Section 36-7-27. - Duties of general treasurer. - § 36-7-27. Duties of general treasurer. The general treasurer of...

Section 36-7-28. - Forwarding of contributions and reports by cities, towns, and agencies. - § 36-7-28. Forwarding of contributions and reports by cities, towns,...

Section 36-7-29. - Repealed. - § 36-7-29. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2675, §...

Section 36-7-30. - Assurance of payment of amounts due from state agencies. - § 36-7-30. Assurance of payment of amounts due from state...

Section 36-7-31. - Appropriations. - § 36-7-31. Appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such...

Section 36-7-32. - Validation of ordinances and resolutions. - § 36-7-32. Validation of ordinances and resolutions. All ordinances, resolutions,...

Section 36-7-33. - Coverage of employees ineligible for retirement. - § 36-7-33. Coverage of employees ineligible for retirement. The state...

Section 36-7-33.1. - FICA Alternative Retirement Income Security Program. - § 36-7-33.1. FICA Alternative Retirement Income Security Program. (a) For...

Section 36-7-34. - Positions covered by more than one system. - § 36-7-34. Positions covered by more than one system. No...

Section 36-7-35. - Exclusion of sick pay from wages. - § 36-7-35. Exclusion of sick pay from wages. (a) The...

Chapter 36-8 - Retirement System — Administration

Section 36-8-1. - Definition of terms. - § 36-8-1. Definition of terms. The following words and phrases...

Section 36-8-2. - Establishment of system. - § 36-8-2. Establishment of system. A retirement system is hereby...

Section 36-8-3. - Responsibility for administration — Rules and regulations. - § 36-8-3. Responsibility for administration — Rules and regulations. The...

Section 36-8-3.1. - Immunity of board members. - § 36-8-3.1. Immunity of board members. The members of the...

Section 36-8-4. - Composition of retirement board. - § 36-8-4. Composition of retirement board. (a) There is hereby...

Section 36-8-4.1. - Fiduciary and continuing education requirements. - § 36-8-4.1. Fiduciary and continuing education requirements. (a) A member...

Section 36-8-5. - Vacancies on board. - § 36-8-5. Vacancies on board. If, for any reason whatsoever,...

Section 36-8-6. - Votes of board — Record of proceedings. - § 36-8-6. Votes of board — Record of proceedings. Each...

Section 36-8-7. - Reimbursement of board members. - § 36-8-7. Reimbursement of board members. Members of the board...

Section 36-8-8. - Annual report and statement. - § 36-8-8. Annual report and statement. The retirement board shall...

Section 36-8-8.1. - Repealed. - § 36-8-8.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 306, art....

Section 36-8-8.2. - Special pension benefits. - § 36-8-8.2. Special pension benefits. (a) No law shall be...

Section 36-8-9. - Legal adviser — Treasurer — Executive officers and secretary. - § 36-8-9. Legal adviser — Treasurer — Executive officers and...

Section 36-8-10. - Accounts and statistical records — Clerical and professional assistance — Disbursements. - § 36-8-10. Accounts and statistical records — Clerical and professional...

Section 36-8-10.1. - Payment of administrative expense of the retirement board and maintaining the retirement system — Restricted receipts account. - § 36-8-10.1. Payment of administrative expense of the retirement board...

Section 36-8-11. - Collection of actuarial and experience data. - § 36-8-11. Collection of actuarial and experience data. The retirement...

Section 36-8-12. - Actuarial investigations authorized by board. - § 36-8-12. Actuarial investigations authorized by board. Immediately after his...

Section 36-8-13. - Periodic actuarial investigations and valuations — Adoption of tables and rates. - § 36-8-13. Periodic actuarial investigations and valuations — Adoption of...

Section 36-8-14. - Annual valuation of assets and liabilities. - § 36-8-14. Annual valuation of assets and liabilities. On the...

Section 36-8-15. - Custody and investment of funds. - § 36-8-15. Custody and investment of funds. (a) All money...

Section 36-8-16. - Disposition of investment earnings. - § 36-8-16. Disposition of investment earnings. The retirement board shall...

Section 36-8-17. - Improper interest in investments of board. - § 36-8-17. Improper interest in investments of board. Except as...

Section 36-8-18. - Severability. - § 36-8-18. Severability. (a) If any provision of chapters 8...

Section 36-8-19. - Annual audits. - § 36-8-19. Annual audits. The auditor general shall conduct upon...

Section 36-8-20. - Internal Revenue Code qualification. - § 36-8-20. Internal Revenue Code qualification. (a) Intent. It is...

Section 36-8-21. - Repealed. - § 36-8-21. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art....

Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System — Membership and Service Credits

Section 36-9-1. - Earliest date of commencement of membership. - § 36-9-1. Earliest date of commencement of membership. Membership in...

Section 36-9-2. - Membership of persons employed after establishment of system. - § 36-9-2. Membership of persons employed after establishment of system....

Section 36-9-2.1. - Membership in other retirement systems. - § 36-9-2.1. Membership in other retirement systems. (a) An employee...

Section 36-9-3. - Retired members of the state police — Eligibility. - § 36-9-3. Retired members of the state police — Eligibility....

Section 36-9-4. - Repealed. - § 36-9-4. Repealed. History of Section.This section and former §...

Section 36-9-5. - Officers and employees exempt — Former court judges and clerks. - § 36-9-5. Officers and employees exempt — Former court judges...

Section 36-9-6. - Election by elected officers or legislative employees to become members. - § 36-9-6. Election by elected officers or legislative employees to...

Section 36-9-7 - — 36-9-9. Repealed. - § 36-9-7 — 36-9-9. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch....

Section 36-9-10. - Repealed. - § 36-9-10. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3812, §...

Section 36-9-11. - Retroactive membership of elected legislator. - § 36-9-11. Retroactive membership of elected legislator. Any duly elected...

Section 36-9-12 - — 36-9-19. Repealed. - § 36-9-12 — 36-9-19. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch....

Section 36-9-20. - Credit for service as a teacher, municipal employee, or legislator. - § 36-9-20. Credit for service as a teacher, municipal employee,...

Section 36-9-20.1 - — 36-9-20.4. Repealed. - § 36-9-20.1 — 36-9-20.4. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch....

Section 36-9-20.5. - Purchase of service credit — Inactive status. - § 36-9-20.5. Purchase of service credit — Inactive status. Notwithstanding...

Section 36-9-21. - Service information submitted by department heads. - § 36-9-21. Service information submitted by department heads. It shall...

Section 36-9-22. - Cessation of membership. - § 36-9-22. Cessation of membership. If any member becomes a...

Section 36-9-23. - Inactive membership. - § 36-9-23. Inactive membership. If a member leaves the service...

Section 36-9-24. - Part-time school lunch employees. - § 36-9-24. Part-time school lunch employees. (a) Whenever any state...

Section 36-9-25. - Standard for year’s service credits. - § 36-9-25. Standard for year’s service credits. (a) The retirement...

Section 36-9-25.1. - Leave service credits. - § 36-9-25.1. Leave service credits. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions...

Section 36-9-26. - Credits for layoffs. - § 36-9-26. Credits for layoffs. (a) Members who are laid...

Section 36-9-27. - Repealed. - § 36-9-27. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2334, §...

Section 36-9-28. - Service creditable on retirement. - § 36-9-28. Service creditable on retirement. At retirement, the total...

Section 36-9-29, 36-9-30. - Repealed. - § 36-9-29, 36-9-30. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1956, §§ 36-9-29,...

Section 36-9-31. - Armed service credit. - § 36-9-31. Armed service credit. (a) Any active member of...

Section 36-9-31.1. - Peace corps, teacher corps, and volunteers in service to America. - § 36-9-31.1. Peace corps, teacher corps, and volunteers in service...

Section 36-9-31.2 - — 36-9-35. Repealed. - § 36-9-31.2 — 36-9-35. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch....

Section 36-9-36. - Narragansett Bay water quality management commission — Merger — New employees. - § 36-9-36. Narragansett Bay water quality management commission — Merger...

Section 36-9-37. - Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence — Prohibited. - § 36-9-37. Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence...

Section 36-9-38. - Purchase of credits for continuous state service. - § 36-9-38. Purchase of credits for continuous state service. Notwithstanding...

Section 36-9-39. - Rhode Island airport corporation — Transferred employees. - § 36-9-39. Rhode Island airport corporation — Transferred employees. (a)...

Section 36-9-40. - Rhode Island airport corporation — Transferred employees — Bumping rights. - § 36-9-40. Rhode Island airport corporation — Transferred employees —...

Section 36-9-41. - Rhode Island airport corporation — Uninterrupted state service. - § 36-9-41. Rhode Island airport corporation — Uninterrupted state service....

Section 36-9-42. - Rhode Island economic development corporation — Transferred employees. - § 36-9-42. Rhode Island economic development corporation — Transferred employees....

Section 36-9-43. - Rhode Island economic development corporation — Uninterrupted state service. - § 36-9-43. Rhode Island economic development corporation — Uninterrupted state...

Section 36-9-44. - Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission — Transferred employees. - § 36-9-44. Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission —...

Section 36-9-45. - Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission — Uninterrupted state service. - § 36-9-45. Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission —...

Section 36-9-46. - Transfer of state employees to Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission — Union employees. - § 36-9-46. Transfer of state employees to Narragansett Bay water...

Section 36-9-47. - Purchase of service credits payable by installment. - § 36-9-47. Purchase of service credits payable by installment. Notwithstanding...

Section 36-9-48. - Underground storage tank financial review board — Transferred employees. - § 36-9-48. Underground storage tank financial review board — Transferred...

Chapter 36-9.1 - Restricting Membership in Retirement System to Teachers and State Employees

Section 36-9.1-1. - Findings. - § 36-9.1-1. Findings. The general assembly hereby finds the following:...

Section 36-9.1-2. - Status of non-employee and non-teacher members. - § 36-9.1-2. Status of non-employee and non-teacher members. (a) Any...

Chapter 36-10 - Retirement System — Contributions and Benefits

Section 36-10-1. - Member contributions — Deduction from compensation. - § 36-10-1. Member contributions — Deduction from compensation. (a) Prior...

Section 36-10-1.1. - Department payment of member contributions. - § 36-10-1.1. Department payment of member contributions. (a) Each department,...

Section 36-10-2. - State contributions. - § 36-10-2. State contributions. (a) The State of Rhode Island...

Section 36-10-2.1. - Actuarial cost method. - § 36-10-2.1. Actuarial cost method. (a) To determine the employer...

Section 36-10-3. - Credits to individuals in annuity savings account. - § 36-10-3. Credits to individuals in annuity savings account. All...

Section 36-10-4. - Credits and charges to contingent reserve account. - § 36-10-4. Credits and charges to contingent reserve account. The...

Section 36-10-5. - Repealed. - § 36-10-5. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 18, §...

Section 36-10-6. - Agreements for federal contributions. - § 36-10-6. Agreements for federal contributions. The retirement board shall...

Section 36-10-7. - Guaranty by state — Annual appropriations. - § 36-10-7. Guaranty by state — Annual appropriations. The general...

Section 36-10-8. - Refund of contributions — Repayment and restoration of credits. - § 36-10-8. Refund of contributions — Repayment and restoration of...

Section 36-10-9. - Retirement on service allowance — In general. - § 36-10-9. Retirement on service allowance — In general. Retirement...

Section 36-10-9.1. - Retirement on service allowance — Legislators. - § 36-10-9.1. Retirement on service allowance — Legislators. (a) Every...

Section 36-10-9.2. - Retirement on service allowance — Correctional officers. - § 36-10-9.2. Retirement on service allowance — Correctional officers. (a)...

Section 36-10-9.3. - Retirement on service allowance — Registered nurses. - § 36-10-9.3. Retirement on service allowance — Registered nurses. (a)...

Section 36-10-9.4. - Post-retirement service as legislator. - § 36-10-9.4. Post-retirement service as legislator. Any contrary provisions of...

Section 36-10-9.5. - Repealed. - § 36-10-9.5. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 180, §...

Section 36-10-9.6. - Aeronautics inspectors — Retirement. - § 36-10-9.6. Aeronautics inspectors — Retirement. (a) This section shall...

Section 36-10-9.7. - Electronic funds transfer. - § 36-10-9.7. Electronic funds transfer. All members of the employees...

Section 36-10-10. - Amount of service retirement allowance. - § 36-10-10. Amount of service retirement allowance. (a)(1)(i) For employees...

Section 36-10-10.1. - Amount of service retirement allowance — Legislators. - § 36-10-10.1. Amount of service retirement allowance — Legislators. (a)...

Section 36-10-10.2. - Amount of service retirement allowance — Correctional officers. - § 36-10-10.2. Amount of service retirement allowance — Correctional officers....

Section 36-10-10.3. - Social security supplemental option. - § 36-10-10.3. Social security supplemental option. (a) In lieu of...

Section 36-10-10.4. - Effect of deferral and/or reduction of salary. - § 36-10-10.4. Effect of deferral and/or reduction of salary. (a)...

Section 36-10-11. - Service allowance to member withdrawing from service before retirement age. - § 36-10-11. Service allowance to member withdrawing from service before...

Section 36-10-12. - Retirement for ordinary disability. - § 36-10-12. Retirement for ordinary disability. (a) Application for ordinary...

Section 36-10-13. - Amount of ordinary disability benefit. - § 36-10-13. Amount of ordinary disability benefit. Upon retirement for...

Section 36-10-14. - Retirement for accidental disability. - § 36-10-14. Retirement for accidental disability. (a) Medical examination of...

Section 36-10-15. - Amount of accidental disability benefit. - § 36-10-15. Amount of accidental disability benefit. (a) For disability...

Section 36-10-16. - Disability benefits pending final decision on application. - § 36-10-16. Disability benefits pending final decision on application. Notwithstanding...

Section 36-10-17. - Reexamination of disability beneficiaries — Reduction of benefit — Reinstatement to active service. - § 36-10-17. Reexamination of disability beneficiaries — Reduction of benefit...

Section 36-10-18. - Optional benefits. - § 36-10-18. Optional benefits. (a) A beneficiary, or, if the...

Section 36-10-19. - Persons eligible for optional benefits — Time of election — Modification or revocation — Effective date. - § 36-10-19. Persons eligible for optional benefits — Time of...

Section 36-10-19.1. - Optional annuity protection — In service. - § 36-10-19.1. Optional annuity protection — In service. (a) Upon...

Section 36-10-20. - Accidental death benefits. - § 36-10-20. Accidental death benefits. Upon the accidental death of...

Section 36-10-21. - Ordinary death benefit. - § 36-10-21. Ordinary death benefit. Upon the death of a...

Section 36-10-22. - Retention of death benefit coverage by general assembly member not reelected. - § 36-10-22. Retention of death benefit coverage by general assembly...

Section 36-10-23. - Benefit payable on death after retirement. - § 36-10-23. Benefit payable on death after retirement. (a) Upon...

Section 36-10-23.1. - Benefit payable on death of retired legislator. - § 36-10-23.1. Benefit payable on death of retired legislator. In...

Section 36-10-24. - Person to whom death benefit payable. - § 36-10-24. Person to whom death benefit payable. The payment...

Section 36-10-25 - — 36-10-30. Repealed. - § 36-10-25 — 36-10-30. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch....

Section 36-10-31. - Deduction of amounts received from workers’ compensation or as damages. - § 36-10-31. Deduction of amounts received from workers’ compensation or...

Section 36-10-32. - Tax exemption. - § 36-10-32. Tax exemption. The right of a member or...

Section 36-10-33. - Penalty for fraudulent claim or statement. - § 36-10-33. Penalty for fraudulent claim or statement. Every person...

Section 36-10-34. - Exemption of benefits and contributions from attachment. - § 36-10-34. Exemption of benefits and contributions from attachment. Any...

Section 36-10-35. - Additional benefits payable to retired employees. - § 36-10-35. Additional benefits payable to retired employees. (a) All...

Section 36-10-35.1. - One time adjustment to original retirement allowances. - § 36-10-35.1. One time adjustment to original retirement allowances. (a)...

Section 36-10-36. - Post-retirement employment. - § 36-10-36. Post-retirement employment. (a) On and after July 7,...

Section 36-10-36.1. - Post-retirement employment related to COVID-19. - § 36-10-36.1. Post-retirement employment related to COVID-19. (a) Notwithstanding any...

Section 36-10-37. - Retirement benefits for certain general state officers. - § 36-10-37. Retirement benefits for certain general state officers. Any...

Section 36-10-38. - Combined service credits of general state officers. - § 36-10-38. Combined service credits of general state officers. When...

Section 36-10-39. - Fiscal impact of proposed legislation impacting the retirement system. - § 36-10-39. Fiscal impact of proposed legislation impacting the retirement...

Section 36-10-40. - Domestic partner — Definition. - § 36-10-40. Domestic partner — Definition. For purposes of this...

Chapter 36-10.1 - Rhode Island Public Employee Pension Revocation and Reduction Act

Section 36-10.1-1. - Short title. - § 36-10.1-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 36-10.1-2. - Definitions. - § 36-10.1-2. Definitions. (a) “Crime related to public office or...

Section 36-10.1-3. - Revocation and reduction of benefits. - § 36-10.1-3. Revocation and reduction of benefits. (a) Notwithstanding any...

Section 36-10.1-4. - Return of contribution. - § 36-10.1-4. Return of contribution. (a) Any public official or...

Section 36-10.1-5. - Municipal employee pension revocation and reduction. - § 36-10.1-5. Municipal employee pension revocation and reduction. The superior...

Chapter 36-10.2 - Pension Protection Act

Section 36-10.2-1. - Short title. - § 36-10.2-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 36-10.2-2. - Purpose. - § 36-10.2-2. Purpose. The purpose of the Rhode Island Pension...

Section 36-10.2-3. - Definitions. - § 36-10.2-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following...

Section 36-10.2-4. - Actuarial valuation methodology. - § 36-10.2-4. Actuarial valuation methodology. Actuarial accounting methods used by...

Section 36-10.2-5. - Determination of endangered status. - § 36-10.2-5. Determination of endangered status. A plan is in...

Section 36-10.2-6. - Annual certification and notice requirements. - § 36-10.2-6. Annual certification and notice requirements. (1) Not later...

Section 36-10.2-7. - Funding improvement strategy procedure. - § 36-10.2-7. Funding improvement strategy procedure. (1) In any case...

Section 36-10.2-8. - Funding improvement period. - § 36-10.2-8. Funding improvement period. (1) The funding improvement period...

Section 36-10.2-9. - Transition period. - § 36-10.2-9. Transition period. Effective for plan years beginning July...

Section 36-10.2-10. - Severability. - § 36-10.2-10. Severability. The holding of any section or sections...

Chapter 36-10.3 - Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

Section 36-10.3-1. - Definitions. - § 36-10.3-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following...

Section 36-10.3-2. - Establishment. - § 36-10.3-2. Establishment. (1) A defined contribution retirement plan is...

Section 36-10.3-3. - Supplemental participation for local public employers. - § 36-10.3-3. Supplemental participation for local public employers. Employers that...

Section 36-10.3-4. - Member contributions. - § 36-10.3-4. Member contributions. (1) Each regular member shall contribute...

Section 36-10.3-5. - Employer contributions. - § 36-10.3-5. Employer contributions. (1) An employer shall contribute to...

Section 36-10.3-6. - Supplemental employer and member contributions. - § 36-10.3-6. Supplemental employer and member contributions. (a) A supplemental...

Section 36-10.3-7. - Vesting of contributions. - § 36-10.3-7. Vesting of contributions. (1) The total amount contributed...

Section 36-10.3-8. - Investments. - § 36-10.3-8. Investments. The state investment commission shall determine from...

Section 36-10.3-9. - Distributions. - § 36-10.3-9. Distributions. The plan documents shall specify the distribution...

Section 36-10.3-10. - Rollover contributions and distributions. - § 36-10.3-10. Rollover contributions and distributions. (1) An employee entering...

Section 36-10.3-11. - Annual report and statement. - § 36-10.3-11. Annual report and statement. The retirement board shall...

Section 36-10.3-12. - Severability. - § 36-10.3-12. Severability. The holding of any section or sections...

Section 36-10.3-13. - Waiver of administrative fees. - § 36-10.3-13. Waiver of administrative fees. Any plan administration fees...

Chapter 36-11 - Organization of State Employees

Section 36-11-1. - Right to organize — Bargaining representatives. - § 36-11-1. Right to organize — Bargaining representatives. (a) State...

Section 36-11-1.1. - Definitions. - § 36-11-1.1. Definitions. The following terms as used in this...

Section 36-11-2. - Discrimination because of membership in employee organization prohibited. - § 36-11-2. Discrimination because of membership in employee organization prohibited....

Section 36-11-3. - Action on grievances. - § 36-11-3. Action on grievances. It shall be the responsibility...

Section 36-11-4. - Applicability. - § 36-11-4. Applicability. The provisions of this chapter and the...

Section 36-11-5. - Repealed. - § 36-11-5. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch. 178, §...

Section 36-11-6. - Powers of representative organizations. - § 36-11-6. Powers of representative organizations. Organizations representing state employees,...

Section 36-11-7. - Obligation to bargain. - § 36-11-7. Obligation to bargain. It shall be the obligation...

Section 36-11-7.1. - Unresolved issues submitted to mediation. - § 36-11-7.1. Unresolved issues submitted to mediation. (a) In the...

Section 36-11-8. - Unresolved issues — Conciliation or fact finding. - § 36-11-8. Unresolved issues — Conciliation or fact finding. In...

Section 36-11-9. - Binding arbitration — Procedure. - § 36-11-9. Binding arbitration — Procedure. (a) All issues remaining...

Section 36-11-10. - Factors to be considered by the arbitrator. - § 36-11-10. Factors to be considered by the arbitrator. The...

Section 36-11-11. - Fees and expenses of arbitrator. - § 36-11-11. Fees and expenses of arbitrator. Fees and necessary...

Section 36-11-12. - Retirement system matters excluded from collective bargaining. - § 36-11-12. Retirement system matters excluded from collective bargaining. Any...

Section 36-11-13. - Affirmative action provisions. - § 36-11-13. Affirmative action provisions. (a) The director of the...

Chapter 36-12 - Insurance Benefits

Section 36-12-1. - Definitions. - § 36-12-1. Definitions. The following words, as used in §§...

Section 36-12-2. - Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits. - § 36-12-2. Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits. (a) Employees...

Section 36-12-2.1. - Health insurance benefits — Coverage for abortions excluded. - § 36-12-2.1. Health insurance benefits — Coverage for abortions excluded....

Section 36-12-2.2. - Disabled retired employees — Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits. - § 36-12-2.2. Disabled retired employees — Hospital care and surgical-medical...

Section 36-12-2.3. - Health insurance benefits — Administrative services fees for continued coverage requirements of group health plans. - § 36-12-2.3. Health insurance benefits — Administrative services fees for...

Section 36-12-2.4. - Health insurance benefits — COBRA. - § 36-12-2.4. Health insurance benefits — COBRA. For purposes of...

Section 36-12-2.5. - Health insurance benefits — Coverage of former spouse. - § 36-12-2.5. Health insurance benefits — Coverage of former spouse....

Section 36-12-3. - Deductions from pay. - § 36-12-3. Deductions from pay. Payments for hospital care and...

Section 36-12-4. - Coverage of Non-Medicare-eligible retired employees. - § 36-12-4. Coverage of Non-Medicare-eligible retired employees. (a) Non-Medicare-eligible retired...

Section 36-12-4.1. - Coverage of Medicare-eligible retired employees. - § 36-12-4.1. Coverage of Medicare-eligible retired employees. (a) The director...

Section 36-12-5. - Annual appropriations. - § 36-12-5. Annual appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate...

Section 36-12-6. - Authority to purchase group life, accidental death, long term health care, and other insurance benefits. - § 36-12-6. Authority to purchase group life, accidental death, long...

Section 36-12-7. - Eligibility for benefits. - § 36-12-7. Eligibility for benefits. (a) All persons in the...

Section 36-12-8. - Provisions of insurance contract. - § 36-12-8. Provisions of insurance contract. (a) The director is...

Section 36-12-9. - Beneficiaries — Payment of benefits. - § 36-12-9. Beneficiaries — Payment of benefits. (a) The policy...

Section 36-12-10. - Participation by employees. - § 36-12-10. Participation by employees. Any policy of insurance purchased...

Section 36-12-11. - Deductions from salary — Payments by employers. - § 36-12-11. Deductions from salary — Payments by employers. (a)...

Section 36-12-12. - Termination of insurance. - § 36-12-12. Termination of insurance. Each contract of insurance purchased...

Section 36-12-13. - Regulations and effective date of insurance. - § 36-12-13. Regulations and effective date of insurance. Subject to...

Section 36-12-14. - Severability. - § 36-12-14. Severability. The provisions of §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14...

Section 36-12-15. - Repealed. - § 36-12-15. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 157, §...

Chapter 36-12.1 - Retiree Health Care Trust Fund

Section 36-12.1-1. - Name of act. - § 36-12.1-1. Name of act. This act shall be known...

Section 36-12.1-2. - Statement of purpose. - § 36-12.1-2. Statement of purpose. The purpose of the Health...

Section 36-12.1-3. - Background. - § 36-12.1-3. Background. The general assembly finds that the State...

Section 36-12.1-4. - Definitions. - § 36-12.1-4. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used...

Section 36-12.1-5. - Establishment of OPEB system. - § 36-12.1-5. Establishment of OPEB system. An OPEB System is...

Section 36-12.1-6. - Responsibility for administration — rules and regulations. - § 36-12.1-6. Responsibility for administration — rules and regulations. The...

Section 36-12.1-7. - Composition of the OPEB board. - § 36-12.1-7. Composition of the OPEB board. The OPEB Board...

Section 36-12.1-8. - Meetings of the OPEB board. - § 36-12.1-8. Meetings of the OPEB board. Meetings shall be...

Section 36-12.1-9. - Duties of the OPEB board. - § 36-12.1-9. Duties of the OPEB board. The OPEB Board...

Section 36-12.1-10. - Votes of board — Record of proceedings. - § 36-12.1-10. Votes of board — Record of proceedings. Each...

Section 36-12.1-11. - Reimbursement of board members. - § 36-12.1-11. Reimbursement of board members. Members of the board...

Section 36-12.1-12. - Annual report and statement. - § 36-12.1-12. Annual report and statement. The OPEB Board shall...

Section 36-12.1-13. - Executive officers and secretary. - § 36-12.1-13. Executive officers and secretary. (a) The Board shall...

Section 36-12.1-14. - Accounts and statistical records — Clerical and professional assistance — Disbursements. - § 36-12.1-14. Accounts and statistical records — Clerical and professional...

Section 36-12.1-15. - Payment of administrative expenses of the OPEB board and maintaining the OPEB system — Restricted receipts account. - § 36-12.1-15. Payment of administrative expenses of the OPEB board...

Section 36-12.1-16. - Collection of actuarial and experience data. - § 36-12.1-16. Collection of actuarial and experience data. The General...

Section 36-12.1-17. - Actuarial investigations authorized by board. - § 36-12.1-17. Actuarial investigations authorized by board. Immediately after his...

Section 36-12.1-18. - Periodic actuarial investigations and valuations. - § 36-12.1-18. Periodic actuarial investigations and valuations. (a) Every two...

Section 36-12.1-19. - State contributions. - § 36-12.1-19. State contributions. (a) The State of Rhode Island...

Section 36-12.1-20. - Establishment of OPEB trust funds. - § 36-12.1-20. Establishment of OPEB trust funds. The OPEB Board...

Section 36-12.1-21. - Custody and investment of funds. - § 36-12.1-21. Custody and investment of funds. (a) All money...

Section 36-12.1-22. - Disposition of investment earnings. - § 36-12.1-22. Disposition of investment earnings. The OPEB Board shall...

Section 36-12.1-23. - Improper interest in investments of board. - § 36-12.1-23. Improper interest in investments of board. Except as...

Section 36-12.1-24. - Payment of OPEB benefits. - § 36-12.1-24. Payment of OPEB benefits. All OPEB Benefits shall...

Section 36-12.1-25. - Annual audits. - § 36-12.1-25. Annual audits. The auditor general shall conduct upon...

Section 36-12.1-26. - Internal revenue code qualification. - § 36-12.1-26. Internal revenue code qualification. (a) Intent. It is...

Section 36-12.1-27. - Severability. - § 36-12.1-27. Severability. (a) If any provision of this chapter...

Section 36-12.1-28. - Implementation. - § 36-12.1-28. Implementation. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the...

Chapter 36-12.2 - Medicare Enrollment

Section 36-12.2-1. - Medicare enrollment. - § 36-12.2-1. Medicare enrollment. As a condition of receiving or...

Chapter 36-13 - Deferred Compensation Plans

Section 36-13-1. - Deferred compensation plans authorized. - § 36-13-1. Deferred compensation plans authorized. (a) The state or...

Section 36-13-1.1. - State investment commission. - § 36-13-1.1. State investment commission. The state investment commission shall,...

Section 36-13-2. - Entering into agreements. - § 36-13-2. Entering into agreements. The chief administrative officer of...

Section 36-13-3. - Administration of program. - § 36-13-3. Administration of program. The administration of the deferred...

Section 36-13-4. - “Employee” defined. - § 36-13-4. “Employee” defined. For the purposes of this chapter,...

Section 36-13-5. - Annuity and insurance contracts. - § 36-13-5. Annuity and insurance contracts. Notwithstanding any other provision...

Section 36-13-6. - Other benefits unaffected. - § 36-13-6. Other benefits unaffected. The deferred compensation program established...

Section 36-13-7. - Financial liability limitations. - § 36-13-7. Financial liability limitations. The financial liability of the...

Section 36-13-8. - Severability. - § 36-13-8. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 36-14 - Code of Ethics

Section 36-14-1. - Declaration of policy. - § 36-14-1. Declaration of policy. It is the policy of...

Section 36-14-2. - Definitions. - § 36-14-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Any...

Section 36-14-3. - Code of ethics. - § 36-14-3. Code of ethics. Sections 36-14-4 — 36-14-7 shall...

Section 36-14-4. - Persons subject to the code of ethics. - § 36-14-4. Persons subject to the code of ethics. The...

Section 36-14-5. - Prohibited activities. - § 36-14-5. Prohibited activities. (a) No person subject to this...

Section 36-14-6. - Statement of conflict of interest. - § 36-14-6. Statement of conflict of interest. Any person subject...

Section 36-14-7. - Interest in conflict with discharge of duties. - § 36-14-7. Interest in conflict with discharge of duties. (a)...

Section 36-14-8. - Rhode Island ethics commission — Establishment — Members — Vacancies — Quorum — Compensation and quarters. - § 36-14-8. Rhode Island ethics commission — Establishment — Members...

Section 36-14-9. - Administrative powers of the commission. - § 36-14-9. Administrative powers of the commission. (a) The commission...

Section 36-14-10. - Educational powers of the commission. - § 36-14-10. Educational powers of the commission. (a) The commission...

Section 36-14-10.1. - Continuing ethics education. - § 36-14-10.1. Continuing ethics education. The commission shall periodically provide...

Section 36-14-11. - Advisory powers of the commission. - § 36-14-11. Advisory powers of the commission. (a) The commission...

Section 36-14-12. - Investigative powers of the commission. - § 36-14-12. Investigative powers of the commission. (a) The commission...

Section 36-14-13. - Adjudicative powers of the commission. - § 36-14-13. Adjudicative powers of the commission. (a) The commission...

Section 36-14-14. - Removal powers of the commission. - § 36-14-14. Removal powers of the commission. (a) The commission...

Section 36-14-15. - Judicial review. - § 36-14-15. Judicial review. Any action by the commission made...

Section 36-14-16. - Financial statement to be filed. - § 36-14-16. Financial statement to be filed. (a) On or...

Section 36-14-17. - Content of financial statement. - § 36-14-17. Content of financial statement. (a) The financial statement...

Section 36-14-18. - Disclosure of regulated business interests. - § 36-14-18. Disclosure of regulated business interests. (a) Every person...

Section 36-14-19. - Penalties. - § 36-14-19. Penalties. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates...

Section 36-14-20. - Construction. - § 36-14-20. Construction. The provisions of this chapter shall be...

Section 36-14-21. - Severability. - § 36-14-21. Severability. If any provision of this chapter, or...

Chapter 36-14.1 - State Vendors Providing Goods or Services to Public Officials

Section 36-14.1-1. - Definitions. - § 36-14.1-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Business...

Section 36-14.1-2. - Prohibited conduct — Exceptions. - § 36-14.1-2. Prohibited conduct — Exceptions. (a) No state vendor...

Section 36-14.1-3. - Civil penalty. - § 36-14.1-3. Civil penalty. Every state vendor and every procurement...

Section 36-14.1-4. - Enforcement. - § 36-14.1-4. Enforcement. (a) The Rhode Island ethics commission is...

Chapter 36-15 - Rhode Island Whistleblower Act [Repealed.]

Section 36-15-1 - — 36-15-10. Repealed. - § 36-15-1 — 36-15-10. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch....

Chapter 36-16 - Termination of Employment Contracts

Section 36-16-1. - State employment contracts — Prohibitions. - § 36-16-1. State employment contracts — Prohibitions. (a) No state...

Section 36-16-2. - Void contracts. - § 36-16-2. Void contracts. Any contract or other agreement which...

Chapter 36-16.1 - State Contractors with Private Employers Providing Service Personnel

Section 36-16.1-1. - State employment contracts with private employers — Prohibitions. - § 36-16.1-1. State employment contracts with private employers — Prohibitions....

Section 36-16.1-2. - Void contracts. - § 36-16.1-2. Void contracts. Any agreement or contract which is...

Section 36-16.1-3. - Prison labor. - § 36-16.1-3. Prison labor. The provisions of §§ 36-16.1-1 and...

Chapter 36-16.2 - Quasi Public Corporations — Longevity

Section 36-16.2-1. - Longevity payments — Quasi public employees. - § 36-16.2-1. Longevity payments — Quasi public employees. (a) Beginning...

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Rhode Island General Laws Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees

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