§ 45-21-7 - Liability of municipalities – Enforcement. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 45-21-7

   § 45-21-7  Liability of municipalities– Enforcement. – (a) Each participating municipality is liable to the retirement system for thecost of funding a retirement system for its employees who are members of thesystem, including all contributions collected from employees.

   (b) The liability of a municipality, including the liabilityunder any formalized, commissioner approved, cooperative service arrangementunder this chapter is enforceable by the retirement board against themunicipality through appropriate action in the superior court.

   (c) The state is further empowered to withhold from anymunicipality that amount of the municipality's portion of any shared taxeswhich is sufficient to satisfy the liability.