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S2167 2026 -- S 2167 ======== LC003272 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES Introduced By: Senators Rogers, Paolino, de la Cruz, Ciccone, Tikoian, LaMountain, DiPalma, Burke, Pearson, and McKenney Date Introduced: January 16, 2026 Referred To: Senate Labor & Gaming It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 45-21-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-21 entitled Retirement 2 of Municipal Employees is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 45-21-54. Reemployment of retired members. 4 Any retired member of the system is permitted to reenter the service of the system for not 5 more than seventy-five (75) ninety (90) working days in a calendar year without interruption of 6 pension benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. This 7 seventy-five ninety -day (75) (90) rule shall not apply to police officers, as defined in § 28-9.2-3, 8 for the purposes of their working private details, paid for by a nongovernmental entity. If the retired 9 member continues in service beyond the seventy-five ninety -day (75) (90) period (with his or her 10 annuity temporarily suspended) the member is not eligible for pension credit for the additional 11 service, nor is the member required to make pension contributions for this service; provided, that 12 any retired member of the system is permitted to serve as an elected city or town council member 13 or school committee member and continues to be eligible for and receive the retirement allowance 14 for service other than that as a council member or school committee member. 15 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC003272 ======== EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES *** 1 This act would increase the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a 2 calendar year without interruption of their pension benefits from seventy-five (75) to ninety (90) 3 days. 4 This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC003272 ======== LC003272 - Page 2 of 2
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