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Section 45-21-1. - Purpose of chapter. - § 45-21-1. Purpose of chapter. It is the express intention...
Section 45-21-2. - Definitions. - § 45-21-2. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used...
Section 45-21-3. - Effective date of operations. - § 45-21-3. Effective date of operations. The retirement system created...
Section 45-21-4. - Acceptance by municipalities — Effective date. - § 45-21-4. Acceptance by municipalities — Effective date. (a) Any...
Section 45-21-5. - Procedure for withdrawal of municipality. - § 45-21-5. Procedure for withdrawal of municipality. A municipality may...
Section 45-21-6. - Settlement on withdrawal from system. - § 45-21-6. Settlement on withdrawal from system. (a) Upon withdrawal...
Section 45-21-7. - Liability of municipalities — Enforcement. - § 45-21-7. Liability of municipalities — Enforcement. (a) Each participating...
Section 45-21-8. - Membership in system. - § 45-21-8. Membership in system. Membership in the retirement system...
Section 45-21-8.1. - Exclusion of elected city, town council or other elected members. - § 45-21-8.1. Exclusion of elected city, town council or other...
Section 45-21-9. - Prior service credit of members joining by election — Purchase of credit for prior service. - § 45-21-9. Prior service credit of members joining by election...
Section 45-21-10. - Information furnished as to members — Classification. - § 45-21-10. Information furnished as to members — Classification. It...
Section 45-21-11. - Cessation of membership. - § 45-21-11. Cessation of membership. Should the service of any...
Section 45-21-12. - Statements as to prior service. - § 45-21-12. Statements as to prior service. Under the rules...
Section 45-21-12.1. - Credit for service as a teacher or state employee. - § 45-21-12.1. Credit for service as a teacher or state...
Section 45-21-13. - Verification of prior service. - § 45-21-13. Verification of prior service. Subject to the previously...
Section 45-21-14. - Computation of years of service. - § 45-21-14. Computation of years of service. (a) The retirement...
Section 45-21-14.1. - Repealed. - § 45-21-14.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 111, §...
Section 45-21-14.2. - Leave of absence credits. - § 45-21-14.2. Leave of absence credits. (a) Members with at...
Section 45-21-15. - Prior service certificate. - § 45-21-15. Prior service certificate. (a) Upon verification of the...
Section 45-21-16. - Retirement on service allowance. - § 45-21-16. Retirement on service allowance. Retirement of a member...
Section 45-21-16.1. - Repealed. - § 45-21-16.1. Repealed.
Section 45-21-16.2. - Electronic funds transfer. - § 45-21-16.2. Electronic funds transfer. All members of the municipal...
Section 45-21-17. - Service retirement allowance. - § 45-21-17. Service retirement allowance. (a) Upon retirement from service...
Section 45-21-17.1. - Optional service retirement benefits — Applicability to members of city or town legislative bodies. - § 45-21-17.1. Optional service retirement benefits — Applicability to members...
Section 45-21-17.2. - Social security supplemental option. - § 45-21-17.2. Social security supplemental option. (a) In lieu of...
Section 45-21-18. - Deferred allowance on service retirement before minimum age. - § 45-21-18. Deferred allowance on service retirement before minimum age....
Section 45-21-19. - Retirement for ordinary disability. - § 45-21-19. Retirement for ordinary disability. (a) Any member who...
Section 45-21-20. - Ordinary disability allowance. - § 45-21-20. Ordinary disability allowance. Upon retirement for ordinary disability,...
Section 45-21-21. - Retirement for accidental disability. - § 45-21-21. Retirement for accidental disability. (a) Any member in...
Section 45-21-22. - Accidental disability allowance. - § 45-21-22. Accidental disability allowance. Upon retirement for accidental disability,...
Section 45-21-23. - Periodical examination of disability annuitants — Placement on employment lists. - § 45-21-23. Periodical examination of disability annuitants — Placement on...
Section 45-21-24. - Adjustment of disability allowances on return to work — Discontinuance for refusal to submit to examination. - § 45-21-24. Adjustment of disability allowances on return to work...
Section 45-21-25. - Accidental death benefits. - § 45-21-25. Accidental death benefits. Upon the accidental death of...
Section 45-21-26. - Ordinary death benefits. - § 45-21-26. Ordinary death benefits. Upon the death of a...
Section 45-21-27. - Benefit on death of retired employee. - § 45-21-27. Benefit on death of retired employee. (a) Upon...
Section 45-21-28. - Refund of contributions on cessation of membership. - § 45-21-28. Refund of contributions on cessation of membership. Any...
Section 45-21-29. - Repayment of refunded contributions — Reinstatement of service credit. - § 45-21-29. Repayment of refunded contributions — Reinstatement of service...
Section 45-21-30. - Optional benefits on service retirement. - § 45-21-30. Optional benefits on service retirement. (a) A beneficiary,...
Section 45-21-31. - Offset of workers’ compensation or personal injury recovery. - § 45-21-31. Offset of workers’ compensation or personal injury recovery....
Section 45-21-32. - Retirement system established as corporation — Management. - § 45-21-32. Retirement system established as corporation — Management. A...
Section 45-21-33. - Information furnished by municipalities. - § 45-21-33. Information furnished by municipalities. It is the duty...
Section 45-21-34. - Annual report and statement. - § 45-21-34. Annual report and statement. The retirement board shall...
Section 45-21-35. - Legal adviser — General treasurer — Executive director — Assistant director. - § 45-21-35. Legal adviser — General treasurer — Executive director...
Section 45-21-36. - Clerical and professional assistance — Appropriations and disbursements. - § 45-21-36. Clerical and professional assistance — Appropriations and disbursements....
Section 45-21-37. - Vouchers for payment of benefits. - § 45-21-37. Vouchers for payment of benefits. All benefits, allowances...
Section 45-21-38. - Receipt of contributions — Investment of funds. - § 45-21-38. Receipt of contributions — Investment of funds. All...
Section 45-21-39. - Credit of interest. - § 45-21-39. Credit of interest. The retirement board shall annually...
Section 45-21-40. - Improper interest in investments of board. - § 45-21-40. Improper interest in investments of board. Except as...
Section 45-21-41. - Members’ contributions — Payroll deductions — Certification to board. - § 45-21-41. Members’ contributions — Payroll deductions — Certification to...
Section 45-21-41.1. - Municipality payment of member contributions. - § 45-21-41.1. Municipality payment of member contributions. (a) Each municipality,...
Section 45-21-42. - Contributions by municipalities. - § 45-21-42. Contributions by municipalities. (a) Each municipality shall make...
Section 45-21-42.1. - Payment of administrative expenses of the retirement board and maintaining the retirement system — Restricted receipt account. - § 45-21-42.1. Payment of administrative expenses of the retirement board...
Section 45-21-42.2. - Fiscal impact of proposed legislation impacting the retirement system. - § 45-21-42.2. Fiscal impact of proposed legislation impacting the retirement...
Section 45-21-43. - Accounts and records — Reserve accounts. - § 45-21-43. Accounts and records — Reserve accounts. (a) An...
Section 45-21-43.1. - Actuarial cost method. - § 45-21-43.1. Actuarial cost method. (a) To determine the employer...
Section 45-21-44. - Guaranties by municipalities — Adjustment of contribution rates. - § 45-21-44. Guaranties by municipalities — Adjustment of contribution rates....
Section 45-21-45. - Tax exemption. - § 45-21-45. Tax exemption. The right of a member or...
Section 45-21-46. - Forfeiture for fraudulent claims. - § 45-21-46. Forfeiture for fraudulent claims. Every person who knowingly...
Section 45-21-47. - Reserved power to amend or repeal — Vested rights. - § 45-21-47. Reserved power to amend or repeal — Vested...
Section 45-21-48 - — 45-21-50. Repealed. - § 45-21-48 — 45-21-50. Repealed.
Section 45-21-51. - Persons eligible for optional benefits — Time of election — Modification or revocation — Effective date. - § 45-21-51. Persons eligible for optional benefits — Time of...
Section 45-21-51.1. - Optional annuity protection — Election of option by member. - § 45-21-51.1. Optional annuity protection — Election of option by...
Section 45-21-52. - Automatic increase in service retirement allowance. - § 45-21-52. Automatic increase in service retirement allowance. (a) The...
Section 45-21-53. - Armed service credit. - § 45-21-53. Armed service credit. (a) Any active municipal employee...
Section 45-21-54. - Reemployment of retired members. - § 45-21-54. Reemployment of retired members. Any retired member of...
Section 45-21-54.1. - Reemployment of retired members related to COVID-19. [Expires after 2021-2022 school year.] - § 45-21-54.1. Reemployment of retired members related to COVID-19. [Expires...
Section 45-21-55. - Retired members of the town of Warren. - § 45-21-55. Retired members of the town of Warren. Every...
Section 45-21-56. - Credit for other municipal service. - § 45-21-56. Credit for other municipal service. (a) Any member...
Section 45-21-57. - Life insurance benefits. - § 45-21-57. Life insurance benefits. Notwithstanding any other provision of...
Section 45-21-58. - Credits for layoffs. - § 45-21-58. Credits for layoffs. (a) Members who are laid...
Section 45-21-59. - Effect of deferral and/or reduction of salary. - § 45-21-59. Effect of deferral and/or reduction of salary. (a)...
Section 45-21-60. - Pensioners and beneficiaries of Plan No. 3023 — Town of North Kingstown. - § 45-21-60. Pensioners and beneficiaries of Plan No. 3023 —...
Section 45-21-61. - Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence — Prohibited. - § 45-21-61. Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence...
Section 45-21-62. - Purchase of credits for continuous municipal service. - § 45-21-62. Purchase of credits for continuous municipal service. Notwithstanding...
Section 45-21-63. - Health insurance coverage of retired municipal employees. - § 45-21-63. Health insurance coverage of retired municipal employees. Any...
Section 45-21-64. - Purchase of service credits payable by installment. - § 45-21-64. Purchase of service credits payable by installment. Notwithstanding...
Section 45-21-65. - Other post-employment benefits — OPEB trusts. - § 45-21-65. Other post-employment benefits — OPEB trusts. (a) Notwithstanding...
Section 45-21-66. - Severability. - § 45-21-66. Severability. The holding of any section or sections...
Section 45-21-67. - Central Falls retirees — Settlement agreement. - § 45-21-67. Central Falls retirees — Settlement agreement. (a) Definitions....