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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - PROBATION AND PAROLE

OFFICERS RETIREMENT

     

     

     Introduced By: Representative John G. Edwards

     Date Introduced: April 04, 2012

     Referred To: House Finance

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 36-10 of the General Laws entitled "Retirement System-

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Contributions and Benefits" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:

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     36-10-9.8. Retirement on service allowance - Probation and parole officers. -- (a)

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This section shall apply to the retirement of members employed as clerk secretary, data control

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clerk, field investigator, fiscal clerk, implementation aide, principal clerk steno, principal clerk

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typist, probation and parole aide, senior clerk steno, senior clerk typist, senior word processing

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typist, system support technician, parole coordinator, probation and parole officer, case aide

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technician, internship/volunteer coordinator, juvenile probation and parole services technician,

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deputy compact administrator, probation and parole supervisor, executive secretary of the parole

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board and senior research technician within the departments of corrections and children, youth

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and families.

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     (b) Any member who has attained the age of fifty-five (55) years may be retired

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subsequent to the proper execution and filing of a written application; provided, however, that the

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member shall have completed twenty-five (25) years of total service within the department of

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corrections and/or the department of children, youth and families.

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     36-10-10.5. Amount of service retirement allowance - Probation and parole officers.

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(a) Upon retirement for service under section 36-10-9.8, a member shall receive a retirement

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allowance of an amount equal to two percent (2%) of his or her average compensation multiplied

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by his or her first thirty (30) years of total service within the department of corrections and/or

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department of children, youth and families; any and all years of remaining service shall be issued

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to the member at a retirement allowance of an amount equal to his or her average compensation

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multiplied by the percentage allowance determined in accordance with Schedule A below:

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     Schedule A

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     Years of Service Percentage Allowance

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     1 through 30 inclusive 2%

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     31st 6%

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     32nd 5%

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     33rd 4%

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     34th 3%

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     35th 2%

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     (b) In no case shall a retirement percentage allowance exceed eighty percent (80%).

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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 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - PROBATION AND PAROLE

OFFICERS RETIREMENT

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     This act would create a special retirement service allowance for state probation and

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parole officers that have worked for the departments of corrections and children, youth and

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families.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

     

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