§ 36-9-1 Earliest date of commencement of membership
§ 36-9-2 Membership of persons employed after establishment of system
§ 36-9-2.1 Membership in other retirement systems
§ 36-9-3 Retired members of the state police – Eligibility
§ 36-9-5 Officers and employees exempt – Former court judges and clerks
§ 36-9-6 Election by elected officers or legislative employees to become members
§ 36-9-11 Retroactive membership of elected legislator
§ 36-9-20 Credit for service as a teacher, municipal employee, or legislator
§ 36-9-20.5 Purchase of service credit – Inactive status
§ 36-9-21 Service information submitted by department heads
§ 36-9-22 Cessation of membership
§ 36-9-23 Inactive membership
§ 36-9-24 Part-time school lunch employees
§ 36-9-25 Standard for year’s service credits
§ 36-9-25.1 Leave service credits
§ 36-9-26 Credits for layoffs
§ 36-9-28 Service creditable on retirement
§ 36-9-31 Armed service credit
§ 36-9-31.1 Peace corps, teacher corps, and volunteers in service to America
§ 36-9-36 Narragansett Bay water quality management commission – Merger – New employees
§ 36-9-37 Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence – Prohibited
§ 36-9-38 Purchase of credits for continuous state service
§ 36-9-39 Rhode Island airport corporation – Transferred employees
§ 36-9-40 Rhode Island airport corporation – Transferred employees – Bumping rights
§ 36-9-41 Rhode Island airport corporation – Uninterrupted state service
§ 36-9-42 Rhode Island economic development corporation – Transferred employees
§ 36-9-43 Rhode Island economic development corporation – Uninterrupted state service
§ 36-9-44 Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission – Transferred employees
§ 36-9-45 Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission – Uninterrupted state service
§ 36-9-46 Transfer of state employees to Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission – Union employees
§ 36-9-47 Purchase of service credits payable by installment
§ 36-9-48 Underground storage tank financial review board – Transferred employees
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 36-9 - Retirement System - Membership and Service Credits

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8