S2773

	2014 -- S 2773
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS - RETIREMENT OF
	MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

	Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Jabour, Pichardo, and Miller
	Date Introduced: March 18, 2014
	Referred To: Senate Finance
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 45-21 of the General Laws entitled "Retirement of Municipal
2	Employees" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	45-21-61.1. Payment of pension during incarceration - Prohibited. – Notwithstanding
4	any other provision of law, no retired municipal member of the employees' retirement system of
5	Rhode Island, any locally administered plan, or any plan established by a municipality for its
6	employees, who is convicted of any offense punishable by life in prison, shall be entitled to a
7	public pension or annuity during the member's period of incarceration.
8	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 - GENERAL POWERS - RETIREMENT OF
	MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
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1	This act would prevent any retired municipal employee convicted of any offense
2	punishable by life in prison from collecting a public pension during his or her period of
3	incarceration.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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