Title 36, Title 36 Officers and Employees

Except as herein provided, no member of the OPEB Board and no employee of the OPEB Board shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the gains or profits of any investment made by the OPEB Board, nor as such directly or indirectly receive any pay or emolument for his or her s…

All OPEB Benefits shall be paid from the Rhode Island OPEB System Trust, subject to the oversight and approval of the OPEB Board.

The auditor general shall conduct upon the request of the OPEB Board a separate annual performance audit of the OPEB System which shall include a report on the actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the OPEB System. The auditor general may examine all records, files…

(a) Intent. It is intended that the OPEB System and the Rhode Island OPEB System Trust satisfy the requirements of § 115 or § 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended from time to time, 26 U.S.C. §§ 115, 501(c)(9) -, (hereinafter referred to as the “Code”), in fo…

(a) If any provision of this chapter 36-12.1 of this title, any rule, or regulation made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction the remainder of this chapter, rules, or regulations and the applicat…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the provisions of Chapter 36-12.1 entitled “Retiree Health Care Trust Fund” shall be implemented by July 1, 2010.

The general assembly finds that the State faces a significant unfunded liability associated with its retiree health care benefits programs. To date, the State has been funding retiree health care benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis. Recently established governmental accounting stan…

The following words and phrases as used in the act, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings: (1) “Actuary” means the actuary retained by the OPEB Board pursuant to § 36-12.1-15 hereof. (2) “Alternate retirement plans” shall…

An OPEB System is hereby established and placed under the management of the OPEB Board for the purpose of providing and administering OPEB Benefits for Retired Employees of the State of Rhode Island and their dependants under the provisions of chapter 36-12, entitled “Insurance B…

The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation of the OPEB System and for making effective the provisions of chapter 36-12 of this title are hereby vested in an OPEB Board. The OPEB Board shall, from time to time, establish rules and regulations for th…

The OPEB Board shall consist of the State Controller, the State Budget Officer, the State Personnel Administrator and the General Treasurer, or their designees.

Meetings shall be held at such place as may be designated in the call of the meeting, provided at no cost to the state, at the call of the chairperson.

The OPEB Board shall be responsible for the administration and operation of the OPEB System, determination of the amount of annual contributions, and oversight of OPEB Benefit payments to Retired Employees and their dependents. The OPEB Board shall have the power to collect contr…

As a condition of receiving or continuing to receive access to post-employment benefits offered by the state, anyone entitled to this benefit shall enroll in Medicare as soon as he or she is eligible, notwithstanding the provisions of any other general law or public law to the co…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Business entity” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, holding company, joint stock company, receivership, trust, or any other entity recognized in law through which business for profit is conducted. (2) “Procurement official” …

(a) No state vendor shall provide goods or services for less than fair market value for the personal use of a procurement official of a state agency if the vendor has sold goods and services during the preceding twenty-four (24) months to the state agency or if the vendor knows o…

Every state vendor and every procurement official that knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) per offense.

(a) The Rhode Island ethics commission is hereby empowered to investigate and adjudicate allegations of violations of this chapter in accordance with the provisions of § 36-14-13 (a) — (f). Upon a finding of violation of this chapter, the adjudicatory panel of the ethics commissi…

No agreement or contract with a private employer to provide personnel to the state or the Rhode Island public transit authority to perform services at a state owned or operated facility, or a facility owned or operated by the Rhode Island public transit authority which at the tim…

Any agreement or contract which is made contrary to or in violation of the provisions of § 36-16.1-1 shall be null and void, shall have no force and effect, and no payment thereunder shall be made by the state or the Rhode Island public transit authority.

The provisions of §§ 36-16.1-1 and 36-16.1-2 shall not apply to the use of inmate labor which is provided to any state department and is performed at a state owned or operated facility.

(a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for employees of the quasi-public corporations; provided, however, for employees with longevity prov…