(a)  Upon verification of the statement of service submitted, the retirement board shall issue to the member a prior service certificate certifying to the aggregate length of prior service as an employee. So long as membership continues, a prior service certificate is final and conclusive for retirement purposes as to that service, unless modified by the retirement board upon application made by the member within one year after date of issuance or modification of the prior service certificate or upon discovery by the retirement board of an error or fraud.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-15

  • board: means the state retirement board created by chapter 8 of Title 36. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-2
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Employee: means any regular and permanent employee or officer of any municipality, whose business time at a minimum of twenty (20) hours a week is devoted to the service of the municipality, including elective officials and officials and employees of city and town housing authorities. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-2
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Member: means any person included in the membership of the retirement system as provided in §?45-21-8. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-2
  • Prior service: means service as a member rendered before the effective date of participation as defined in this section, certified on his or her prior service certificate, and allowable as provided in §?45-21-15. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-2
  • Service: means service as an employee of a municipality of the state of Rhode Island as defined in subdivision (7). See Rhode Island General Laws 45-21-2

(b)  When membership ceases, the certificate is void.

(c)  Should membership be resumed by the employee, the employee will enter the system as an employee not entitled to prior service credit.

History of Section.
P.L. 1951, ch. 2784, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 45-21-15.