(a)  The benefits payable to teachers under this chapter shall be those benefits provided in chapter 10 of Title 36 and as provided in this chapter with and subject, however, to the conditions and modifications set forth in § 16-16-12 through § 16-16-14, and also the benefits provided in subsection (b) of this section.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-11

  • Member: means any person included in the membership of the retirement system under the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-1
  • system: means the employees' retirement system of the state of Rhode Island created by chapter 8 of Title 36, and "retirement board" means the board established under that chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-1
  • Teacher: means a person required to hold a certificate of qualification issued by or under the authority of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education and who is engaged in teaching as his or her principal occupation and is regularly employed as a teacher in the public schools of any city or town in the state, or any formalized, commissioner approved, cooperative service arrangement. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-16-1

(b)  If the teacher member of the retirement system dies, either prior to or after his or her effective date of retirement, any amounts credited to him or her in the teachers’ survivors benefit fund, as provided in this chapter, with regular accumulated interest on the amount, shall be applied toward the financing of those benefits for dependents and survivors of the member as defined in this chapter, and in amounts provided in this chapter.

History of Section.
P.L. 1948, ch. 2101, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 16-16-11; P.L. 1962, ch. 212, § 1.