Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-5. Procedure for withdrawal of municipality
A municipality may withdraw from the retirement system established by this chapter or may withdraw any of its departments or agencies by the same procedure provided in § 45-21-4 for acceptance of the chapter; provided, that the withdrawal does not relieve the municipality from the liabilities arising from retirement allowances, annuities, or other benefits already granted or determined, or rights and expectatives relative thereto that have become vested in employees of that municipality or in the survivors of those employees, which are discharged by the payment by the retirement system to the employees or beneficiaries concerned, computed according to the actuarial tables in use by the system; and provided, further, that the withdrawal is conditioned upon the written approval of a majority of the employees in the department or agency.
History of Section.
P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-5; P.L. 1973, ch. 13, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-5
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Municipality: means any town or city in the state of Rhode Island, any city or town housing authority, fire, water, sewer district, regional school district, public building authority as established by chapter 14 of Title 37, or any other municipal financed agency to which the retirement board has approved admission in the retirement system. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-2
- Retirement system: means the "municipal employees' retirement system of the state of Rhode Island" as defined in §?45-21-32. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-2