§ 45-21.2-1 Purpose
§ 45-21.2-2 Definitions
§ 45-21.2-3 Optional retirement for police and firefighters
§ 45-21.2-4 Mode of administration
§ 45-21.2-5 Retirement on service allowance
§ 45-21.2-5.1 Retirement credits for layoffs
§ 45-21.2-6 Service retirement allowance
§ 45-21.2-6.1 South Kingstown police department – Retirement allowance
§ 45-21.2-6.2 Johnston police department retirement allowance
§ 45-21.2-6.3 Richmond police department – Retirement allowance
§ 45-21.2-7 Retirement for ordinary disability
§ 45-21.2-8 Ordinary disability allowance
§ 45-21.2-9 Retirement for accidental disability
§ 45-21.2-10 Accidental disability allowance
§ 45-21.2-11 Accidental death benefits
§ 45-21.2-12 Ordinary death benefit
§ 45-21.2-13 Benefit on death of retired member
§ 45-21.2-14 Contributions
§ 45-21.2-15 Tax exemption – Fraudulent claims – Amendment
§ 45-21.2-16 Call system credit – North Providence fire department
§ 45-21.2-17 Woonsocket police department
§ 45-21.2-17.1 Woonsocket fire department
§ 45-21.2-17.2 Cranston Fire Department
§ 45-21.2-17.3 Cranston Police Department
§ 45-21.2-18 Call system credit – North Kingstown fire department
§ 45-21.2-19 Volunteer time and call system credit – East Greenwich fire district
§ 45-21.2-20 Persons eligible for optional benefits – Time of election – Modification or revocation – Effective date
§ 45-21.2-21 Optional annuity protection – Death while employee or inactive member status
§ 45-21.2-22 Optional twenty year retirement on service allowance
§ 45-21.2-22.1 Burrillville police – Optional twenty-year retirement on service allowance
§ 45-21.2-23 North Smithfield volunteer fire department
§ 45-21.2-24 Actuarial studies of retirement allowances
§ 45-21.2-25 Severability
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 45-21.2 - Optional Retirement for Members of Police Force and Firefighters

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • employee: means any regular and permanent police official or officer and any regular and permanent fire fighter. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21.2-2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • final compensation: means for members who retire on or prior to June 30, 2012, the average annual compensation, pay or salary of a member for services rendered during the period of three (3) consecutive years within the total service of the member when that average was highest. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21.2-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Pretrial conference: A meeting of the judge and lawyers to discuss which matters should be presented to the jury, to review evidence and witnesses, to set a timetable, and to discuss the settlement of the case.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • town council: include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.