Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

(a) The local legislative bodies of the cities and towns may extend to their respective employees automatic adjustment increases in their service retirement allowances, by a resolution accepting any of the plans described in this section: (1) Plan A. All employees and beneficiari…

(a) Any active municipal employee who served on active duty in the armed service of the United States or in the merchant marine service of the United States as defined in § 2 of chapter 1721 of the public laws, 1946, may purchase credit for that service up to a maximum of four (4…

Any retired member of the system is permitted to reenter the service of the system for not more than seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. This seventy-fiv…

Every person, who was an employee of the town of Warren receiving retirement benefits prior to July 1, 1974, shall be paid benefits at a rate equivalent to that in effect for retirees on and after July 1, 1974; provided, that the town of Warren shall annually contribute to the sy…

(a) Any member who was employed by a municipality, as defined in § 45-21-2, which did not elect to accept this chapter, as provided in § 45-21-4, shall be given credit for that service for the various purposes of this system; provided, that the member pays to the retirement syste…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any member who, at the time of retirement from service, has in effect life insurance provided for as a benefit of his or her employment, shall, after retirement, be entitled to keep the policy of life insurance in effect…

(a) Members who are laid off for any reason and are not on leave without pay may purchase up to one year’s credit for retirement purposes; provided, that the member did not withdraw his or her retirement contributions while on layoff, and returns to active membership; provided, f…

(a) If subsequent to January 1, 1991, a member sustains a loss of salary due to a deferral of salary or a reduction of salary in order to avoid shutdowns or layoffs, or because of a retrenchment of state or local finances, then in calculating the service retirement allowance of t…

(a) Upon withdrawal from the system, the retirement board retains in the system from contributions made by the members from the municipality and by the municipality the following amounts: (1) An amount equal to the actuarial value, determined in accordance with the actuarial tabl…

(a) All municipal retirees of the town of North Kingstown and the beneficiaries of municipal retirees of the town of North Kingstown are given a one-time percentage increase to their original retirement benefit in multiples of two percent (2%) as follows up to a maximum of twenty…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the retirement law or rulings of the retirement board in accordance with the powers vested in this chapter, no member is allowed to purchase service credits for time while incarcerated in prison, including but not limited to work release pr…

Notwithstanding any other provision of the retirement laws of this state, any active member of the municipal employees’ retirement system who was sixty (60) years of age or greater when their employment commenced, and commenced employment before June 22, 1989, and was ineligible …

Any retired member of the municipal employees retirement system with a pension sufficient to pay premiums is entitled to purchase individual health insurance benefits out of the retiree’s pension payroll, as long as the health insurance is from a company either subject to chapter…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or of any other public or general law to the contrary, the retirement board shall permit individuals who purchase service credit to do so in installments. The retirement board shall create, by rule and regulation, provisions al…

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, or the provisions of any municipality’s home rule charter, to the contrary, for purposes of funding any unfunded liability for other post-employment benefits including, but not limited to, health care and dental ca…

The holding of any section or sections or parts of this chapter to be void, ineffective, or unconstitutional for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part hereof.

(a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Base pension benefit” is the amount listed on Appendix A, Appendix D-A, and Appendix E-A, attached to the settlement agreement, under the column labeled “amount prior to reduction,” which is the amount each Central Falls retiree was …

(a) Each participating municipality is liable to the retirement system for the cost of funding a retirement system for its employees who are members of the system, including all contributions collected from employees, including any contributions pursuant to chapter 10.3 of title …

Membership in the retirement system does not begin before the effective date of participation in the system as provided in § 45-21-4, § 45-21.4-2, or § 45-21.4-3 and consists of the following: (a) Any employee of a participating municipality as defined in this chapter, who become…

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, no city or town council member, school committee members or other local elected officials, other than elected officials who are compensated for devoting thirty-five (35) …

(a) No employee of a participating municipality whose membership in the retirement system is contingent on his or her own election to join under § 45-21-8(c), shall receive prior service credit unless the employee makes application for membership within one year from the effectiv…