Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-5. Employer contributions
(1) An employer shall contribute to each regular member‘s individual account the following amounts on the date contributions are withheld but no later than three (3) business days following the pay period ending in which contributions were withheld:
(i) For members with fewer than ten (10) years of total service as of June 30, 2012, an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the member’s compensation at the end of each payroll period from July 1 to the following June 30;
(ii) For members with ten (10) or more, but fewer than fifteen (15) years of total service as of June 30, 2012, an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the member’s compensation at the end of each payroll period from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015, and effective July 1, 2015, an amount equal to one and one-quarter percent (1.25%) of the member’s compensation at the end of each payroll period; and
(iii) For members with fifteen (15) or more, but fewer than twenty (20) years of total service as of June 30, 2012, an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the member’s compensation at the end of each payroll period from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015, and effective July 1, 2015, an amount equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the member’s compensation at the end of each payroll period from July 1 to the following June 30.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-5
- Compensation: means compensation as defined in § 36-8-1(8). See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
- Employer: means the State of Rhode Island or the local municipality which employs a member of the Employees Retirement System under chapters 8 through 10 of title 36 or chapter 16 of Title 16 (ERS) or the Municipal Employees Retirement System under chapters 21 and 21. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
- public safety member: shall mean a member of MERS who is a municipal fire fighter or a municipal policeman or policewoman as defined in Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
- Regular member: means :
(i) An employee who is a member of ERS other than correctional officers as defined in Rhode Island General Laws 36-10.3-1
(2) An employer shall contribute to the individual account of each public safety member, not participating in Social Security under the Federal Old Age, Survivors and Disability Income program, an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the member’s compensation from July 1 to the following June 30.
(3) Contributions by supplemental employers shall be governed by § 36-10.3-6.
History of Section.
P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 9; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 9; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 21, § 9; P.L. 2019, ch. 205, § 7; P.L. 2019, ch. 271, § 7.