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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-8 > Chapter-8-8-2 > 8-8-2-7SECTION 8-8.2-7
§ 8-8.2-7 Retirement contribution. –(a) Judges of the administrative adjudication court engaged after December 31,1989 who are reassigned by this chapter to the traffic tribunal shall havededucted from their total salary beginning December 31, 1989, an amount equalto a rate percent of compensation as specified in § 36-10-1 relating tomember contributions to the state retirement system. The receipts collectedunder this provision shall be deposited in a restricted revenue accountentitled "administrative adjudication retirement benefits". Proceeds depositedin this account shall be used to pay judges' retirement costs. The retirementboard shall establish rules and regulations to govern the provisions of thissection. A judge of the administrative adjudication court reassigned by thischapter to the traffic tribunal who withdraws from service or ceases to be amember for any reason other than death or retirement, shall be paid on demand arefund consisting of the accumulated contributions standing to his or hercredit in his or her individual account in the administrative adjudicationretirement benefits account. Any member receiving a refund shall therebyforfeit and relinquish all accrued right as a member of the system togetherwith credits for total service previously granted to the member; provided,however, that if any member who has received a refund shall subsequentlyreenter the service and again become a member of the system, he or she shallhave the privilege of restoring all moneys previously received or disbursed tohis or her credit as a refund of contributions. Upon the repayment of therefund as herein provided, such member shall again receive credit for theamount of total service which he or she had previously forfeited by theacceptance of the refund.
(b) Whenever any judge of the administrative adjudicationcourt dies from any cause before retirement and has no surviving spouse orminor child(ren), a payment shall be made of the accumulated contributionsstanding to his or her credit in his or her individual account in theadministrative adjudication court judges' retirement account. The payment ofthe accumulated contributions of the judge shall be made to such person as thejudge shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed withthe retirement board, or if the judge has no filed nomination, or if the personso nominated has died, then to the estate of the deceased judge.
