Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5194 Compare Versions

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9	9	S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
16	16	Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, Vella-Wilkinson, Azzinaro, Fellela, and
17	17	Solomon
18	18	Date Introduced: January 19, 2023
19	19	Referred To: House Finance
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22	22	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
23	23	SECTION 1. Section 16-59-7.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-59 entitled "Council on 1
24	24	Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" 2
25	25	is hereby amended to read as follows: 3
26	26	16-59-7.2. Longevity payments — Nonclassified employees. 4
27	27	(a) The non-classified employees of the board of governors for higher education, except 5
28	28	for faculty employees and except for non-classified employees already receiving longevity 6
29	29	increases, shall be entitled to a longevity payment in the amount of five percent (5%) of base salary 7
30	30	after ten (10) years of service and increasing to a total of ten percent (10%) of base salary after 8
31	31	twenty (20) years of service. The provisions of this section will apply only to employees under the 9
32	32	grade of nineteen (19). The longevity payments shall not be included in base salary. 10
33	33	(b) The board of governors is authorized to promulgate regulations implementing the 11
34	34	provisions of this section. 12
35	35	(c) Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the 13
36	36	public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for 14
37	37	employees of the board of governors; provided, however, for employees with longevity provisions 15
38	38	pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, longevity increases shall 16
39	39	cease beginning on July 1, 2011 or beginning upon the expiration of the applicable collective 17
40	40	bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. To the extent an employee has previously accrued 18
41	41	longevity payments, the amount of the longevity payment earned by the employee for the last pay 19
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45	45	period in June, 2011 shall be added to the employee’s base salary as of June 30, 2011, or in the 1
46	46	case of an employee with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in 2
47	47	effect on June 1, 2011, the amount of the longevity payment earned by the employee for the latter 3
48	48	of the last pay period in June or the last pay period prior to the expiration of the applicable collective 4
49	49	bargaining agreement shall be added to the employee’s base salary as of June 30, 2011 or upon the 5
50	50	expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. 6
51	51	Beginning on July 1, 2023, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the pubic 7
52	52	laws or general laws to the contrary, state employees shall be entitled to a longevity payment of 8
53	53	five percent (5%) of base salary after ten (10) years of service and increasing in total of ten percent 9
54	54	(10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service. 10
55	55	SECTION 2. Section 16-60-7.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-60 entitled "Council on 11
56	56	Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of 12
57	57	Education Act]" is hereby amended to read as follows: 13
58	58	16-60-7.2. Longevity payments — Nonclassified employees. 14
59	59	(a) The non-classified employees of the board of regents for elementary and secondary 15
60	60	education, except for non-classified employees already receiving longevity increases, shall be 16
61	61	entitled to a longevity payment in the amount of five percent (5%) of base salary after ten (10) 17
62	62	years of service and increasing to a total of ten percent (10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years 18
63	63	of service. The provisions of this section shall apply only to employees under the grade of nineteen 19
64	64	(19). The longevity payments shall not be included in base salary. 20
65	65	(b) The board of regents is authorized to promulgate regulations implementing the 21
66	66	provisions of this section. 22
67	67	(c) Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the 23
68	68	public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for 24
69	69	employees of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education; provided, however, for 25
70	70	employees with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on 26
71	71	June 1, 2011, longevity increases shall cease beginning on July 1, 2011 or beginning upon the 27
72	72	expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. To the extent 28
73	73	an employee has previously accrued longevity payments, the amount of the longevity payment 29
74	74	earned by the employee for the last pay period in June, 2011 shall be added to the employee’s base 30
75	75	salary as of June 30, 2011, or in the case of an employee with longevity provisions pursuant to a 31
76	76	collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, the amount of the longevity payment 32
77	77	earned by the employee for the latter of the last pay period in June or the last pay period prior to 33
78	78	the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement shall be added to the employee’s 34
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82	82	base salary as of June 30, 2011 or upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining 1
83	83	agreement, whichever occurs later. 2
84	84	Beginning on July 1, 2023, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the pubic 3
85	85	laws or general laws to the contrary, state employees shall be entitled to a longevity payment of 4
86	86	five percent (5%) of base salary after ten (10) years of service and increasing in total of ten percent 5
87	87	(10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service. 6
88	88	SECTION 3. Sections 36-4-17.1 and 36-4-17.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-4 7
89	89	entitled "Merit System" are hereby amended to read as follows: 8
90	90	36-4-17.1. Longevity payments. 9
91	91	A state employee in the classified or unclassified service who terminates employment and 10
92	92	is subsequently reemployed by the state, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the 11
93	93	general laws to the contrary, shall be eligible to receive an aggregate longevity increase for the 12
94	94	period of initial employment. The provisions of this section shall be applied retroactively to those 13
95	95	persons reemployed prior to June 1, 1980, and thereafter. 14
96	96	36-4-17.2. Future longevity payments. 15
97	97	Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the public 16
98	98	laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for state 17
99	99	employees; provided, however, for employees with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective 18
100	100	bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, longevity increases shall cease beginning on July 19
101	101	1, 2011 or beginning upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, 20
102	102	whichever occurs later. To the extent an employee has previously accrued longevity payments, the 21
103	103	employee shall continue to receive the same longevity percentage in effect on June 30, 2011, or in 22
104	104	the case of an employee with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in 23
105	105	effect on June 1, 2011, the same longevity percentage in effect on June 30, 2011 or upon the 24
106	106	expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. 25
107	107	Beginning on July 1, 2023, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the pubic 26
108	108	laws or general laws to the contrary, state employees shall be entitled to a longevity payment of 27
109	109	five percent (5%) of base salary after ten (10) years of service and increasing in total of ten percent 28
110	110	(10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service. 29
111	111	SECTION 4. Section 36-6-22 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-6 entitled "Salaries and 30
112	112	Traveling Expenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: 31
113	113	36-6-22. Longevity payments. 32
114	114	Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the public 33
115	115	laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for officers, 34
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119	119	secretaries, and employees of the legislative branch, the judicial branch, the office of the governor, 1
120	120	the office of the lieutenant governor, the department of state, the department of the attorney general, 2
121	121	and the treasury department; provided, however, for employees with longevity provisions pursuant 3
122	122	to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, longevity increases shall cease 4
123	123	beginning on July 1, 2011 or beginning upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining 5
124	124	agreement, whichever occurs later. To the extent an employee has previously accrued longevity 6
125	125	payments, the employee shall continue to receive the same longevity percentage in effect on June 7
126	126	30, 2011, or in the case of an employee with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining 8
127	127	agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, the same longevity percentage in effect on June 30, 2011 or 9
128	128	upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. 10
129	129	Beginning on July 1, 2023, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the pubic 11
130	130	laws or general laws to the contrary, state employees shall be entitled to a longevity payment of 12
131	131	five percent (5%) of base salary after ten (10) years of service and increasing in total of ten percent 13
132	132	(10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service. 14
133	133	SECTION 5. Section 36-16.2-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-16.2 entitled "Quasi 15
134	134	Public Corporations — Longevity" is hereby amended to read as follows: 16
135	135	36-16.2-1. Longevity payments — Quasi public employees. 17
136	136	(a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the 18
137	137	public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for 19
138	138	employees of the quasi-public corporations; provided, however, for employees with longevity 20
139	139	provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, longevity 21
140	140	increases shall cease beginning on July 1, 2011, or beginning upon the expiration of the applicable 22
141	141	collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. To the extent an employee has previously 23
142	142	accrued longevity payments, the amount of the longevity payment earned by the employee for the 24
143	143	last pay period in June, 2011 shall be added to the employee’s base salary as of June 30, 2011, or 25
144	144	in the case of an employee with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement 26
145	145	in effect on June 1, 2011, the amount of the longevity payment earned by the employee for the 27
146	146	latter of the last pay period in June or the last pay period prior to the expiration of the applicable 28
147	147	collective bargaining agreement shall be added to the employee’s base salary as of June 30, 2011 29
148	148	or upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. 30
149	149	(b) For purposes of this section “quasi-public corporation” means a body corporate and 31
150	150	politic acting as a public corporation, which has been organized pursuant to law and granted certain 32
151	151	powers, rights and privileges by the general laws, while exhibiting a distinct legal existence from 33
152	152	the state, and not constituting a department of the state government, in order to perform a 34
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156	156	governmental function. 1
157	157	Beginning on July 1, 2023, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the pubic 2
158	158	laws or general laws to the contrary, state employees shall be entitled to a longevity payment of 3
159	159	five percent (5%) of base salary after ten (10) years of service and increasing in total of ten percent 4
160	160	(10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service. 5
161	161	SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon passage. 6
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168	168	EXPLANATION
169	169	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
170	170	OF
171	171	A N A C T
172	172	RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
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174	174	This act would restore longevity payments of five percent (5%) of base salary for 1
175	175	employees after ten (10) years of service and increase to ten percent (10%) of base salary after 2
176	176	twenty (20) years of service, beginning July 1, 2023. 3
177	177	This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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