Kass v. Retirement Board of the Employees' Retirement System

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case is before us on the plaintiff’s appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants by a justice of the Superior Court. The trial justice found that members of the General Assembly may participate in the state retirement system, notwithstanding, any other allowances for legislative stipends and travel expenses contained in article VI, section 3 of the 1986 Rhode Island Constitution. We affirm. The facts insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

In 1936 the General Assembly enacted legislation establishing the Employees’ Re tirement…