{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-21.2-12","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21.2-12","heading":"Ordinary death benefit.","body":"Upon death of a member occurring while in service and prior to retirement from any cause other than accidental death arising directly out of and in the course of employment, a payment shall be made consisting of:\n(1) The sum of eight hundred dollars ($800) for each year of service subject to a minimum payment of four thousand dollars ($4,000) and a maximum payment of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000); and\n(2) An annuity to his or her widow or widower or domestic partner to continue for life unless he or she remarries or enters into a domestic partnership equal to thirty percent (30%) of the rate of compensation plus an allowance of ten percent (10%) of the compensation on account of each child of the member under age eighteen (18), subject to a total family benefit of fifty percent (50%) of final compensation; or if there is no widow or widower or domestic partner, or if the widow or widower or domestic partner dies or remarries or enters into a domestic partnership before any child of the deceased member has attained the age of eighteen (18) years, then an annuity with respect to each child of fifteen percent (15%) of the member’s final compensation subject to a maximum family benefit of fifty percent (50%) of final compensation.\n(3) The benefit under subsection (2) of this section is not payable if the member elected the provisions of § 45-21.2-21.","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 21.2 Optional Retirement for Members of Police Force and Firefighters"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-21.2/45-21.2-12.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:46Z","sha256":"9f2fdc192bac44e823ec0f61db4ff9700a05e881c4fc42031981663e46d0a111","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-21.2-11","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-21.2-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}