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R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-10.1-5 (2026)

Municipal employee pension revocation and reduction

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The superior court shall have jurisdiction to review any decisions, appeals, or other proceedings initiated pursuant to any municipal ordinance providing for the revocation or reduction of the pension of any municipal employee for circumstances constituting dishonorable service as defined by municipal ordinances.

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Cited in 4 cases, 2015–2019 · leading case: Ret. Bd. of the Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Corrente, 111 A.3d 301 (R.I. 2015).
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Ret. Bd. of the Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Corrente, 111 A.3d 301 (R.I. 2015). · cites it 10× “8 After we issued this order, the General Assembly enacted a new statute, G.L.1956 § 36-10.1-5, effective July 8, 2014, titled “Municipal employee pension revocation and reduction,” which reads as follows: “The superior court shall have jurisdiction to review any decisions,…”
Richard P. Sullivan v. Coventry Mun. Employees' Ret. Plan, 203 A.3d 483 (R.I. 2019). · cites it 2× “There, while the matter was pending before this Court, the General Assembly adopted G.L. 1956 § 36-10.1-5, which granted the Superior Court subject-matter jurisdiction to review dishonorable-service-based pension-revocation cases.”
Ret. Bd. of the Employees' Ret. Sys. of the City of Providence v. Frank E. Corrente & Angel Taveras, in his capacity as the Mayor of the City of Providence (intervenor)& the City of Providence (intervenor), No. 12-110, 12-111, 12-112 (R.I. Mar. 17, 2015). · cites it 10× “-5- enacted a new statute, G.L. 1956 § 36-10.1-5, effective July 8, 2014, titled “Municipal employee pension revocation and reduction,” which reads as follows: “The superior court shall have jurisdiction to review any decisions, appeals or other proceedings initiated pursuant to…”
Ret. Bd. of the Employees' Ret. Sys. of the City of Providence v. Frank E. Corrente & Mayor of the City of Providence, 174 A.3d 1221 (R.I. 2017). · cites it 3× “However, we concluded that the newly-enacted statute, G.L. 1956 § 36-10.1-5, vested the Superior Court with jurisdiction.”
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