Rhode Island § 42-28-5 § 42-28-5. Superintendent — Appointment, tenure, duties, and retirement.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 42-28-5 — § 42-28-5. Superintendent — Appointment, tenure, duties, and retirement.

Rhode Island § 42-28-5

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-28State Police

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-28-5 (2026).

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§ 42-28-5. Superintendent — Appointment, tenure, duties, and retirement.
(a) The governor shall appoint the superintendent of state police, who shall serve at
            the pleasure of the governor and shall perform the duties prescribed by this chapter.
         
(b) Any superintendent who has served for at least ten (10) years and has reached the
            age of sixty (60) years, may resign the superintendent's office, and thereafter shall
            receive annually during his or her life a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the
            salary the superintendent was receiving at the time of the superintendent's resignation,
            or for any superintendent 

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§ 42-28-5. Superintendent — Appointment, tenure, duties, and retirement.

(a) The governor shall appoint the superintendent of state police, who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall perform the duties prescribed by this chapter.

(b) Any superintendent who has served for at least ten (10) years and has reached the age of sixty (60) years, may resign the superintendent's office, and thereafter shall receive annually during his or her life a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the salary the superintendent was receiving at the time of the superintendent's resignation, or for any superintendent hired on or after July 1, 2012, a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the average compensation as defined in § 36-8-1(5)(a) the superintendent was receiving at the time of the superintendent's resignation.

(c) In no event shall the retirement allowance granted to a superintendent in accordance with subsection (b) plus any other retirement allowance received by the superintendent from any state or municipal retirement system exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the average compensation as defined in § 36-8-1(5)(a) the superintendent was receiving at the time of the superintendent's resignation. This subsection (c) shall only apply to superintendents hired on or after July 1, 2012.

Legislative History

P.L. 1925, ch. 588, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 8, § 2; P.L. 1949, ch. 2346, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-28-5; P.L. 1970, ch. 195, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 242, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 13; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 13.