Rhode Island § 8-3-12 § 8-3-12. Retirement of judges with general assembly or office service.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 8-3-12 — § 8-3-12. Retirement of judges with general assembly or office service.

Rhode Island § 8-3-12

Title 8Courts and Civil Procedure–Courts

Ch. 8-3Justices of Supreme, Superior, and Family Courts

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-3-12 (2026).

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§ 8-3-12. Retirement of judges with general assembly or office service.
Any person, who has served as a member of the general assembly, as a general officer,
            and as a justice of the supreme court, the superior court, the family court, or the
            district court, whose combined service as a member of the general assembly, a justice,
            and a general officer is twenty (20) years or more and who has retired, resigned,
            and completed such service prior to January 1, 2014, shall, upon reaching the age
            of sixty-two (62) years, receive during life a sum equal to three-fourths (Â¾) of the
            highest annual salary that the person was receiving during such service.
     

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§ 8-3-12. Retirement of judges with general assembly or office service.

Any person, who has served as a member of the general assembly, as a general officer, and as a justice of the supreme court, the superior court, the family court, or the district court, whose combined service as a member of the general assembly, a justice, and a general officer is twenty (20) years or more and who has retired, resigned, and completed such service prior to January 1, 2014, shall, upon reaching the age of sixty-two (62) years, receive during life a sum equal to three-fourths (Â¾) of the highest annual salary that the person was receiving during such service.

Legislative History

P.L. 1974, ch. 272, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 19, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 407, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 408, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 76, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 38, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 41, § 1.