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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5271 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000812 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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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 Casey, Noret, Craven, O'Brien, Dawson, Read, Corvese, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Solomon, Casimiro, and Lima |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: January 31, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 45-21-24 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 | | 45-21-24. Adjustment of disability allowances on return to work — Discontinuance 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | for refusal to submit to examination. 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) Should the beneficiary be engaged in a gainful occupation or should the beneficiary be 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | offered service as a result of the placing of his or her name on a list of candidates, the retirement 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | board shall adjust, and from time to time readjust, the amount of his or her disability allowance to 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | an amount which, when added to the amount of compensation then earnable by the beneficiary, 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | shall not exceed the rate of earnable compensation currently in force for the classification that the 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | disability annuitant held prior to retirement. Beneficiaries that retire under the provisions of chapter 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21.2 of title 45, shall be entitled to earn an amount that, when added to the amount of compensation 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | then earnable by the beneficiary, shall not exceed five (5) times the rate of earnable compensation 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | currently in force for the classification that the disability annuitant held prior to retirement. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) Should any disability annuitant under the minimum age of retirement refuse to submit 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | to a medical examination in any year by a physician or physicians designated by the retirement 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | board, the annuitant’s retirement allowance may be discontinued until the annuitant’s withdrawal 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of the refusal, and should the annuitant’s refusal continue for one year after a request has been 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | made, all the annuitant’s rights in and to the retirement allowance may be revoked by the retirement 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | board. A disability annuitant, reinstated to active service, shall be reinstated as a member and 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | participate in the benefits of the retirement system to the same extent as any other member. 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 54 | 54 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 55 | 55 | | OF |
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| 56 | 56 | | A N A C T |
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| 57 | 57 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES |
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| 58 | 58 | | *** |
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| 59 | 59 | | This act would authorize retired police officers and firefighters to earn income in addition 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | to their earnable compensation; provided that, the amount would not exceed five (5) times the rate 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | of earnable compensation currently in force. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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