AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the 75 working days in a calendar year and not have an interruption in their benefits.)

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

Introduced By:
Senators Rogers, Patalano, E Morgan, de la Cruz, Ciccone, Tikoian, and
McKenney

Date Introduced:
January 16, 2026

Referred To:
Senate Labor & Gaming
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 45-21-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-21 entitled "Retirement
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of Municipal Employees" is hereby amended to read as follows:
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45-21-54. Reemployment of retired members.
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Any retired member of the system is permitted to reenter the service of the system for not
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more than seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year without interruption of pension
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benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. This seventy-
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five-day (75) rule shall not apply to police officers, as defined in § 28-9.2-3,
or any peace officer
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as defined in § 12-7-21, working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time school resource
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officer,
for the purposes of their working private details, paid for by a nongovernmental entity. If
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the retired member continues in service beyond the seventy-five-day (75) period (with his or her
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annuity temporarily suspended) the member is not eligible for pension credit for the additional
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service, nor is the member required to make pension contributions for this service; provided, that
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any retired member of the system is permitted to serve as an elected city or town council member
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or school committee member and continues to be eligible for and receive the retirement allowance
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for service other than that as a council member or school committee member.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
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This act would allow any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school, as a full or part-
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time resource officer, to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year
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and not have an interruption in their receipt of pension benefits.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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