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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5317 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000550 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, Place, Rea, Nardone, Quattrocchi, Vella- |
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| 17 | 17 | | Wilkinson, McNamara, Biah, Cardillo, and J. Brien |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 01, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 45-21-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-21 entitled "Retirement 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Municipal Employees" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 45-21-54. Reemployment of retired members. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Any retired member of the system is permitted to reenter the service of the system for not 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | more than seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year without interruption of pension 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. This seventy-6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | five-day (75) rule shall not apply to police officers, as defined in § 28-9.2-3, or any peace officer 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | as defined in § 12-7-21, working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time school resource 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | officer, for the purposes of their working private details, paid for by a nongovernmental entity. If 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the retired member continues in service beyond the seventy-five-day (75) period (with his or her 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | annuity temporarily suspended) the member is not eligible for pension credit for the additional 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | service, nor is the member required to make pension contributions for this service; provided, that 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | any retired member of the system is permitted to serve as an elected city or town council member 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or school committee member and continues to be eligible for and receive the retirement allowance 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | for service other than that as a council member or school committee member. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC000550 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 46 | 46 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 47 | 47 | | OF |
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| 48 | 48 | | A N A C T |
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| 49 | 49 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES |
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| 50 | 50 | | *** |
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| 51 | 51 | | This act would allow any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and not have an interruption in their benefits. 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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