Rhode Island § 35-23-15 - Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program Act
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§ 35-23-15. Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 35-23-15
§ 35-23-15. Penalties.
(a) The office of the general treasurer shall have the power and duties necessary to administer the enforcement of employer compliance with this chapter, including the ability to impose penalties.
(b)(1) The office of the general treasurer shall issue a notice of noncompliance to each employer that fails to allow its eligible employees to participate in the Rhode Island secure choice savings retirement program pursuant to this title.
(2) Each eligible employer that, without good cause, fails to allow its eligible employees to participate in the program within thirty (30) days from the date the notice of penalty was issued, shall be subject to a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per eligible employee. Proceeds of such penalties, after deducting enforcement expenses, shall be deposited for the benefit of the program.
(c) The department of labor and training shall assist the office of the general treasurer in its enforcement of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2024, ch. 350, § 1, effective June 26, 2024; P.L. 2024, ch. 351, § 1, effective
June 26, 2024.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 35-23-15 ("Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program Act") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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