2016 -- S 2738

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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CREATING ENABLING LEGISLATION TO ALLOW CITY OF CRANSTON EMPLOYEES

WHO ARE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 1363, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE

FIGHTERS, AFL-CIO TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL

EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

     

     Introduced By: Senators Lombardi, Gallo, and Miller

     Date Introduced: March 10, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general law or public law to the contrary, all City of

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Cranston employees who are members of the Local 1363, International Association of Fire

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Fighters, AFL-CIO are hereby exempt from the Rhode Island Municipal Employees' Retirement

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System and therefore the City of Cranston may, by ordinance or resolution, consider all such

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employees for a city-sponsored defined contribution plan.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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CREATING ENABLING LEGISLATION TO ALLOW CITY OF CRANSTON EMPLOYEES

WHO ARE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 1363, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE

FIGHTERS, AFL-CIO TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL

EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

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     This act would provide that certain Cranston fire fighters in Local 1363 would be exempt

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from the municipal employees' retirement system and would allow the city of Cranston to

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consider all such employees for a city-sponsored defined contribution plan.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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