TITLE 36
Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 36-9
Retirement SystemMembership and Service Credits
SECTION 36-9-11
§ 36-9-11 Retroactive membership of
elected legislator.
Any duly elected member of the general assembly who has previously rendered
service as a member of the general assembly and who for any reason did not
become a member of the state retirement system at the beginning of his or her
service to the state as a member of the general assembly or who has otherwise
failed to apply for credit for that legislative service may elect to have his
or her period of membership made retroactive to the date when he or she was
sworn in as a member of the general assembly irrespective of his or her age on
that date; provided, that the elected member of the general assembly makes
application to the board, and pays into the retirement system, in such manner
as the board should by regulation provide, the contributions he or she would
have paid into the system had he or she become a member immediately on the date
of his or her being sworn in as a member of the general assembly, plus regular
interest to date of payment.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1938, ch. 18, § 7; P.L. 1951, ch. 2856, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch.
2903, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-9-11; P.L. 1960, ch. 42, § 1; P.L.
1963, ch. 29, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 279, §
1; P.L. 1981, ch. 133, § 1.)
