R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-113-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-113 / Section 42-113-2
§ 42-113-2. Policy, findings and purpose.
Status: in_force

(a) The dual goals of creating and sustaining low and moderate income housing for Rhode Islanders, and conserving and protecting Rhode Islands important natural areas, recreational lands, and agricultural land are of importance to the economic vitality and quality of life of the state.

(b) In the best interest of all of its citizens and in order to improve the quality of life for Rhode Islanders and to maintain for the benefit of future generations the essential characteristics of the Rhode Island countryside, Rhode Island should encourage and assist in creating low and moderate income housing and in preserving the states important natural areas, recreational lands, historic properties, and agricultural land.

(c) It is the purpose of this chapter to create the Rhode Island housing and conservation trust fund to be administered by the Rhode Island housing and conservation board to further the policies established by subsections (a) and (b).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-28-11.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-28 / Section 42-28-11.1
§ 42-28-11.1. Local police officers assigned to state police.
Status: in_force

Local police officers assigned to the state police for the purposes of assignment on a statewide task force shall exercise the same powers of arrest exercised by a sworn member of the state police only when working on an investigation authorized under the authority of the superintendent of the state police and only when said arrest power is exercised in the local police officers capacity as a member of the statewide task force. If a local police officer is assigned to a statewide task force for the purpose of investigation into criminal matters, generally, the officer shall exercise the same powers of arrest exercised by a sworn member of the state police only when working on an investigation authorized under the authority of the superintendent of the state police. The authorization for such local police officers acting under the authority of this statute shall be on file with the Rhode Island state police, and the police officers local department. A local police officers power of arrest obtained pursuant to this section shall be authorized only for as long as the officer is under the direct supervision of the superintendent of the state police. The officers assignment shall be for the duration of the statewide task force or unless the superintendent of the state police terminates the statewide task force prior to one year. The superintendent of the state police shall have the authority to reappoint a local police officer to an additional one-year term.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-136-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-136 / Section 42-136-2
§ 42-136-2. Findings.
Status: in_force

The general assembly finds that fully shielded lighting units considerably reduce light pollution. The general assembly further finds that the replacement of unshielded lighting units with fully shielded lighting units can result in substantial lowering in the wattage of the lamp needed to maintain an equivalent level of lighting on the ground, thereby realizing a considerable energy savings to the state. Therefore, it is in the public interest to require the use of fully shielded lighting units to the maximum extent possible.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-6-13 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-6 / Section 42-6-13
§ 42-6-13. Assignment and performance of powers, duties, and functions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 42-6-5  42-6-8, shall apply to the department of health and to the director of health.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-98-8 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-98 / Section 42-98-8
§ 42-98-8. Applications  Contents  Acceptance for filing.
Status: in_force

(a) The rules and regulations promulgated by the board pursuant to §42-98-7(c) shall prescribe the form and contents of applications under this chapter. The applications shall contain at least the following, where applicable:

(1) Identification of the proposed owner(s) of the facility, including identification of all affiliates of the proposed owners, as the term is defined in §39-3-27.

(2) Detailed description of the proposed facility, including its function and operating characteristics, and complete plans as to all structures, including underground construction and transmission facilities, underground or aerial, associated with the proposed facility.

The complete plans shall be the basis for determining jurisdiction under the energy facility siting act and shall be the plans submitted to all agencies whose permit is required under the law.

(3) A detailed description and analysis of the impact of the proposed facility on its physical and social environment together with a detailed description of all environmental characteristics of the proposed site, and a summary of all studies prepared and relied upon in connection therewith.

Where applicable these descriptions and analysis shall include a review of current independent, scientific research pertaining to electric and magnetic fields (EMF). The review shall provide data assessing potential health risks associated with EMF exposure. For the purposes of this chapter prudent avoidance shall refer to measures to be implemented in order to protect the public from EMF exposure.

(4) All studies and forecasts, complete with the information, data, methodology, and assumptions on which they are based, on which the applicant intends to rely in showing the need for the proposed facility under the statewide master construction plan submitted annually.

(5) Complete detail as to the estimated construction cost of the proposed facility, the projected maintenance and operation costs, estimated costs to the community such as safety and public health issues, storm damage and power outages, estimated costs to businesses and homeowners due to power outages, the estimated unit cost of energy to be produced by the proposed facility, and expected methods of financing the facility.

(6) A complete life-cycle management plan for the proposed facility, including measures for protecting the public health and safety and the environment during the facilitys operations, including plans for the handling and disposal of wastes from the facility, and plans for the decommissioning of the facility at the end of its useful life.

(7) A study of alternatives to the proposed facility, including alternatives as to energy sources, methods of energy production, and sites for the facility, together with reasons for the applicants rejection of these alternatives. The study shall include estimates of facility cost and unit energy costs of alternatives considered.

(b) Within thirty (30) days of the filing of an applicant under this chapter, the board shall notify the applicant whether the application is in the form and addresses the matters that are required by this section and the rules and regulations as are promulgated pursuant to §42-98-7. An application meeting these requirements shall then be docketed. Any application deemed to be deficient shall be returned to the applicant, together with a concise and explicit statement of the applications deficiencies. Within fifteen (15) days of the resubmission of an application following a rejection for deficiency, the board shall docket the application together with specification of continuing deficiencies noted by the board, if any.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-18 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-18
§ 42-56-18. Inmate furloughs.
Status: in_force

(a) The classification board of the department of corrections provided for by § 42-56-30 by a vote of at least three (3) of the five (5) members and upon the approval of the director, or the directors designee, may allow a person committed to the adult correctional institutions to leave that place on furlough within or without the state of Rhode Island; provided that, during the period of the furlough the person furloughed shall be deemed to remain committed to confinement to the adult correctional institutions. Whether or not the person is to be accompanied on furlough shall be determined by the director, or the directors designee. The department of corrections may make an appropriate charge for the necessary expenses of accompanying a person on furlough. Those furloughs may be granted for a period of time not to exceed fourteen (14) days in any six-month (6) period for any of the following purposes:

(1) To visit a spouse, child, including a stepchild or adopted child, parent, including a stepparent or foster parent, grandparent, including a stepgrandparent, grandchild, or brother or sister, or half-brother or half-sister who is seriously ill or to attend the funeral or wake of any of these persons as determined by the department of corrections; or

(2) To obtain medical, psychiatric, or psychological services when adequate services are not otherwise available; or

(3) To make contracts for employment, for educational and/or vocational training activities not available at the adult correctional institutions; or

(4) To secure a residence upon release on parole or discharge; or

(5) To visit the persons family, or other person(s) who has developed a regular pattern of visitation with the inmate as shall be determined suitable by the director, or the directors designee; or

(6) To obtain a marriage license or other permits required by law to marry.

(b) It is further provided that the director, or in the directors absence, the directors designee, may permit emergency furloughs in categories (a)(1) and (a)(2) only, without the prior approval of the classification board when the director determines that an emergency exists; provided that, any emergency furlough shall terminate unless further extended by the requisite vote of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the classification board.

(c) It is further provided that eligibility for furloughs provided in categories (a)(3), (a)(4), and (a)(5) shall be limited to the following categories of committed persons:

(1) Those eligible for work, training, or education programs in accordance with the provisions of § 42-56-21.

(2) In the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment for life after having served not less than eight (8) years of the persons sentence, and where there exists reasonable cause to believe that the person is trustworthy.

(d) The director shall annually, on or before the first Monday in February, submit a written report to the general assembly relative to the number of persons furloughed or to engage in work release under the provisions of § 42-56-21 during the preceding year, and shall include in the report a list of all criminal charges and convictions incurred by persons committed to the adult correctional institutions while in furlough or work release status.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-4
§ 42-56-4. Organization of department.
Status: in_force

All of the functions, services, and duties of the department of corrections shall be organized by the director with the approval of the governor according to the following divisions:

(1) Institutions/operations shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the administration generally and specifically of the states correctional institutions, and other similar or appropriate functions as determined by the director with the approval of the governor.

(2) Administration shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the administration generally and specifically of all central management, financial, personnel, and budgetary functions, the provisions of central technical services and other services concerned with the business and servicing operations of the department, planning and research, management information systems, human resources, training, and labor relations, and those other similar or appropriate functions that are determined by the director with the approval of the governor.

(3) Rehabilitative services shall include industries, health services, intermediary sanctions (including, but not limited to, half-way houses, day reporting centers, home confinement, probation, parole, restitution, and community service) and work release, and any other programs of intermediate punishments established pursuant to the provisions of § 12-19-23.2.

(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all of the functions, services, and duties of the department of corrections may be, from time to time, reorganized by the director with the approval of the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-66-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-66 / Section 42-66-7
§ 42-66-7. Advisory commission on aging.
Status: in_force

(a) Within the office of healthy aging there shall be an advisory commission on aging consisting of twenty-five (25) members, four (4) of whom shall be from the general assembly as hereinafter provided, and twenty-one (21) of whom shall be appointed by the governor, thirteen (13) of whom shall be elderly consumers representative of that segment of the population. In the case of members of the commission appointed by the governor, they shall be chosen and shall hold office for three (3) years, except that in the original appointments, seven (7) members shall be designated to serve for one year, seven (7) members shall be designated to serve for two (2) years and seven (7) members shall be designated to serve for three (3) years, respectively, and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. In the month of February in each year the governor shall appoint successors to the members of the commission whose terms shall expire in such year to hold office until the first day of March in the third year after their appointment and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.

(b) The four (4) members from the general assembly shall be appointed, two (2) from the house of representatives by the speaker, one from each of the two (2) major political parties, and two (2) from the senate by the president of the senate, one each from the two (2) major political parties, each to serve until the thirty-first day of December in the second year of the term to which the member has been elected. Any vacancy, which may occur in the commission, shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment, for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(c) The members of the commission at the first meeting shall elect a chairperson and such other officers as they may deem necessary. The commission shall meet at the call of the governor or the chairperson and shall make suggestions to and advise the governor or the director concerning the policies and problems confronting the aged and aging of the state. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be compensated for their necessary and actual traveling expenses in the performance of their official duties.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-115-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-115 / Section 42-115-2
§ 42-115-2. Purpose and duties.
Status: in_force

The purpose and duties of the commission established by this chapter are to provide technical and supportive services to neighborhood organizations, to develop a comprehensive strategy for assisting neighborhood organizations, and to disseminate information on the availability of services, grants, state programs, federal programs, and any other programs that would render service to the community.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-41 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-41
§ 42-116-41. Loan portfolio valuation.
Status: in_force

(a) On or before the winter meeting of the performance review committee, the corporation shall submit to the committee an assessment of the current market value of the remaining loans and real estate owned. This assessment shall contain a profile of the portfolio in sufficient detail to permit an informal valuation by an investor. The assessment shall report the known transactions involving similar portfolios, which have been reported in the publications that report the results of auctions or sales of similar portfolios and provide an analysis to the potential market reception of a theoretical decision by the corporation to invite bids to sell the portfolio.

(b) The portfolio profile will include a stratification of loans by performance status and collateral type. Data will include the number of loans in each classification, the aggregate principal balance, the Legal Balance, the dollar weighted average rate of interest, dollar weighted average delinquencies, and the dollar weighted average maturity. The profile is to be consistent with those of similar portfolios, which are offered by lenders to investors in the institutional investment market.

(c) Should comparable information provided be inconclusive as to the current market value of the portfolio, the committee may recommend to the Rhode Island depositors economic protection corporations board of directors that the corporation seek an informal review of the potential value of the portfolio by an investor within one hundred twenty (120) days of the committees winter meeting.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-99-14 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-99 / Section 42-99-14
§ 42-99-14. Notes and bonds as legal investments.
Status: in_force

The notes and bonds of the corporation shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of this state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking institutions including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of the municipality or state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The notes and bonds are also made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state or municipality is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-117-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-117 / Section 42-117-2
§ 42-117-2. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(a) It is found and declared that there exists in our state a condition of substantial and persistent unemployment and underemployment which causes hardship to many individuals and families, wastes vital human resources, increases the public assistance burdens of the state, impairs the security of family life, prevents many of our youths from continuing their education, impedes the economic and physical development of municipalities, and adversely affects the welfare and prosperity of our state.

(b) It is declared to be the policy of the state to promote a vigorous and growing economy, to prevent economic stagnation, and to encourage the creation of new job opportunities in order to ameliorate the hazards of unemployment and underemployment, reduce the level of public assistance, increase revenues to the state and its municipalities, and to achieve a stable diversified economy.

(c) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a mechanism for business and industry to secure any necessary licenses or permits, without waiving the lawful conditions of the license or permits, in an expeditious manner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-21-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-21 / Section 42-21-6
§ 42-21-6. Continuation of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Rules and regulations prepared by any department, division, board, commission, or other agency existing on February 7, 1939, that are not in conflict with this title or with any general law or public law, shall continue to be in force until such time as the director or head of the appropriate department created by chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939 shall issue or promulgate new rules and regulations governing such activity; provided, however, that the governor in the governor's judgment may suspend any existing rules or regulations which in the governor's opinion are inadvisable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-10-12 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-10 / Section 42-10-12
§ 42-10-12. Bond accounts  Bond capital fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The general treasurer shall keep an account with each issue of the state bonds, in which account the state shall be charged with the amount of the bonds contained in that issue and in which the numbers of the bonds shall be set forth; and the state shall be credited with the payments made on account of those bonds, indicating by their numbers in the account the particular bonds on account of which the payments shall be made.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any law relative to the issuance of specific bonds to the contrary, all separate bond funds in existence on May 10, 1977, shall be consolidated into one fund which shall be designated the bond capital fund. The general treasurer shall keep account of the amount of the funds in the bond capital fund attributable to the sale of all past and future bond issues.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-62-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-62 / Section 42-62-4
§ 42-62-4. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) Benefit or health benefit means a health service financed for a person by a third party such as an insurer or the state.

(2) Employee means any person who has entered into the employment of or works under contract of service or apprenticeship with any employer. It shall not include a person who has been employed for less than thirty (30) days by the person's employer, nor shall it include a person who works less than an average of thirty (30) hours per week. For the purposes of this chapter, the term employee shall mean a person employed by an employer as defined in subsection (3). Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the terms employee and employer are to be defined according to the rules and regulations of the department of labor and training.

(3) Employer means any person, partnership, association, trust, estate, corporation, whether foreign or domestic, or the legal representative, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver or trustee, thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, including the state and each city and town therein, which has in its employ one or more individuals during any calendar year after January 1, 1975. For the purposes of this section, the term employer shall refer only to an employer with persons employed within the state.

(4) Health benefits plan means any plan by which health benefits are paid by an insurer, the state, or the United States.

(5) Health maintenance organization means an organized system of health care that accepts the responsibility to provide, or otherwise assure the delivery of, an agreed upon set of comprehensive health maintenance and treatment services, for a voluntarily enrolled group of persons in a geographic area and is reimbursed through a pre-negotiated and fixed periodic payment made by or on behalf of each person or family unit enrolled in the plan.

(6) Health services means those medical, professional, and paraprofessional services provided to a person to prevent disease, to maintain health, to detect disease and disability in its early stages, to diagnose and treat illness, and to rehabilitate a person to the person's fullest capacities.

(7) Insurer includes all persons, firms, or corporations offering and/or insuring health services on a prepaid basis, including, but not limited to, policies of accident and sickness insurance, as defined by chapter 18 of title 27, nonprofit hospital or medical service plans, as defined by chapters 19 and 20 of title 27, or any other entity whose primary function is to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive services to a defined population on the basis of a periodic premium. It includes all persons, firms, or corporations providing health benefits coverage for employees on a self-insurance basis without the intervention of other entities.

(8) Maternity benefits means benefits rendered for normal obstetrical care. It includes benefits for the completion of obstetrics, prenatal care, care of the newborn infant, labor, delivery, and puerperium care. The term includes benefits for normal deliveries or for any complications of pregnancy that do not result in delivery of a viable fetus.

(9) Physician means any person duly licensed to practice surgery or medicine pursuant to the provisions of chapters 29, 31.1, and 37 of title 5 (except dental hygienists), and comparable laws of other countries.

(10) Qualified program means those health benefits plans that provide for the payment of health services by insurers through plans that have been certified as qualified by the director of the department of business regulation pursuant to this chapter.

(11) State means the state of Rhode Island.

(12) United States means the government of the United States of America or any of its instrumentalities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-31.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-31.1
§ 42-64-31.1. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

When issuing rules and regulations or any amendments to rules and regulations or when adopting bylaws or amendments to bylaws, the corporation shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 35 of this title (Administrative Procedures).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-87-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-87 / Section 42-87-2
§ 42-87-2. Discrimination prohibited.
Status: repealed

(a) No otherwise qualified person with a disability shall, solely by reason of the persons disability, be subject to discrimination by any person or entity doing business in the state; nor shall any otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of any program, activity, or service of, or, by any person or entity regulated, by the state or having received financial assistance from the state or under any program or activity conducted by the state, its agents, or any entity doing business with the state.

(b) Provided, if any provision or provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, prohibiting discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs or activities, codified at 29 U.S.C. § 794, and any implementing regulations relating to prohibiting this discrimination, are determined by the Rhode Island commission for human rights and the governors commission on disabilities, to have been repealed or to have been declared invalid or nullified by the final judgment of a federal court applicable to the state or by executive or administrative action, which shall be deemed to include an action of the federal executive or judicial branch that nullifies the effectiveness of 29 U.S.C. § 794 in prohibiting discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs or activities, then the following shall apply:

(1) Discrimination prohibited under this chapter shall continue to include those acts prohibited on the basis of disability by 29 U.S.C. § 794, and any implementing regulations, as those regulations were in effect as of the date immediately prior to date of the repeal, revocation, or nullification.

(2) The provisions of this section shall be interpreted broadly and to the fullest extent possible under state and federal law, in order to continue the protections afforded persons with disabilities under this chapter and throughout the general laws of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-46 / Section 42-46-4
§ 42-46-4. Closed meetings.
Status: in_force

(a) By open call, a public body may hold a meeting closed to the public upon an affirmative vote of the majority of its members. A meeting closed to the public shall be limited to matters allowed to be exempted from discussion at open meetings by § 42-46-5. The vote of each member on the question of holding a meeting closed to the public and the reason for holding a closed meeting, by a citation to a subdivision of § 42-46-5(a), and a statement specifying the nature of the business to be discussed, shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the meeting. No public body shall discuss in closed session any public matter that does not fall within the citations to § 42-46-5(a) referred to by the public body in voting to close the meeting, even if these discussions could otherwise be closed to the public under this chapter.

(b) All votes taken in closed sessions shall be disclosed once the session is reopened; provided, however, a vote taken in a closed session need not be disclosed for the period of time during which its disclosure would jeopardize any strategy, negotiation, or investigation undertaken pursuant to discussions conducted under § 42-46-5(a).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-115-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-115 / Section 42-115-1
§ 42-115-1. Community resource assistance commission created.
Status: in_force

There is created a commission to be known as the community resource assistance commission. The commission shall consist of thirteen (13) members, four (4) of whom shall be from the house of representatives, not more than three (3) from the same political party, to be appointed by the speaker; two (2) of whom shall be from the senate, not more than one from the same political party, to be appointed by the president of the senate; one of whom shall be the director of human services, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the department of health, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of elderly affairs, or designee; one of whom shall be the attorney general, or designee; and three (3) shall be members of the general public, to be appointed by the speaker and to serve for terms of two (2) years. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-115-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-115 / Section 42-115-4
§ 42-115-4. Annual report.
Status: in_force

The commission shall file a report with the general assembly annually, on or before April 1.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-34-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-34 / Section 42-34-1
§ 42-34-1. Creation of authority.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Rhode Island industrial-recreational building authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-2
§ 42-56-2. Establishment of department  Director.
Status: in_force

There is established within the executive branch of state government a department of corrections. The department shall be headed by a director of corrections, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 42-6-3.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-165-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-165 / Section 42-165-3
§ 42-165-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) The Ecosystem is the executive office of health and human services integrated data system.

(2) Participating agency means the Rhode Island department of education, the office of the postsecondary commissioner, the Rhode Island department of labor and training, executive office of health and human services, and any agency that has executed a memorandum of understanding for recurring participation in the Rhode Island longitudinal data system.

(3) Rhode Island integrated data system or RIIDS means the state individual-, family-, or unit-level data system that links and integrates records from state datasets from all major education, economic, health, human service, labor, and public safety programs including the RILDS, the Ecosystem, and any other data repositories accepted by the RIIDS governing board.

(4) Rhode Island Longitudinal Data System (RILDS) formerly known as the RI DataHUB operated by DataSpark, is the current statewide longitudinal data system located for budgetary purposes in the office of the postsecondary commissioner.

(5) State and federal privacy laws means all applicable state and federal privacy laws and accompanying regulations, including but not limited to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and its accompanying regulations (FERPA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-42-38, 20 C.F.R. § 603.1 et seq., and any other privacy measures that apply to the personally identifiable information that is used by the center and/or becomes part of the RILDS, the Ecosystem or RIIDS hereunder.

(6) Statewide longitudinal data system or longitudinal data system or SLDS means an individual- or unit-level data system that links and integrates records from state datasets including but not limited to early childhood and prekindergarten, through elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, and into the workforce from participating agencies and entities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-27-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-27 / Section 42-27-1
§ 42-27-1. Commission created  Appointment of members.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created a special commission affiliated with the board of governors for higher education to be known as the Rhode Island atomic energy commission, consisting of five (5) members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be designated by the governor as chairperson.

(b) During the month of March in each year, the governor shall appoint a member to succeed the member whose term will then next expire to serve for a term of five (5) years and until his or her successor shall be appointed and qualified, except that a member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term. Any member shall be eligible to succeed him or herself.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-5.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-5.1
§ 42-72-5.1. Adoption of children placed under foster care.
Status: in_force

(a) The foster parent(s) of a child, committed to the department of children, youth and families by the family court, who has had the physical custody of the child for a period of two (2) years or more may petition the family court for the adoption of the child.

(b) The court shall give notice of the petition to the natural parent(s) and, after a hearing thereon, the court may grant the petition, if it finds:

(1) That the department of children, youth and families has made every effort to involve the natural parent(s) in planning for the child;

(2) That the natural parent(s) did not exercise reasonable visitation rights with the child; and

(3) That termination of the rights of the natural parent(s) and adoption by the foster parent(s) is in the best interests of the child.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-12-1.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-12 / Section 42-12-1.1
§ 42-12-1.1. Transfer of functions from the department of education.
Status: in_force

There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of human services:

(1) Those functions formerly administered by the department of education with respect to vocational rehabilitation;

(2) All functions of vocational rehabilitation formerly of the department of education and of all other officers, employees, agencies and advisory councils, committees or commissions of vocational rehabilitation;

(3) So much of other functions, or parts of functions, of the department of education as is incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subsections (1) and (2).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-46 / Section 42-46-1
§ 42-46-1. Public policy.
Status: in_force

It is essential to the maintenance of a democratic society that public business be performed in an open and public manner and that the citizens be advised of and aware of the performance of public officials and the deliberations and decisions that go into the making of public policy.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-128-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-128 / Section 42-128-3
§ 42-128-3. Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation.
Status: in_force

The Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation established by chapter 55 of this title shall remain an independent corporation and shall serve as the housing finance and development entity for the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-7.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-61 / Section 42-61-7.1
§ 42-61-7.1. Payment of prizes in excess of six hundred dollars ($600)  Setoff for child support debts and benefit of overpayments.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-61-7 relating to assignment of prizes, the following setoff provisions shall apply to the payment of any prizes or winning ticket in excess of six hundred dollars ($600).

(1) With respect to a person entitled to receive the prize or winning ticket who has an unpaid child support order(s) arrearage(s) in excess of five hundred ($500), as provided by the department pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, or owes any sum in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for benefit overpayments and interest to the department of labor and training determined to be recoverable under the provisions of chapters 39  44 of title 28, the lottery director:

(i) Shall set off against the amount due to that person after state and federal tax withholding an amount up to the balance of the child support arrearage(s), and benefit overpayments and interest owed to the department of labor and training, and the director shall make payment of this amount directly to the Rhode Island family court in the case of child support arrearage(s) which shall deposit the amount set off into the registry of the family court for a period of forty-five (45) days, or if an application for review has been filed pursuant to § 27-57-1(d), until final disposition of the application until further order of the court and in the case of benefit overpayments and interest owed the director shall transfer the amounts owed to the department of labor and training; and

(ii) Shall pay to this person the remaining balance of the prize or winning ticket amount, if any, after reduction of the amount set off above for child support and benefit overpayments and interest owed. If any instance, the lottery director has received notice from more than one claimant agency, the claim for child support arrearage(s) by the department of human services shall receive first priority and the claim for benefit overpayments and interest owed by the department of labor and training the second priority.

(2) The director shall be discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize or winning ticket pursuant to this section.

(3) The department of human services shall periodically within each year furnish the director with a list or compilation of names of individuals, together with any other identifying information and in a form that the director shall require, who as of the date of the list or compilation, have an unpaid child support order arrearage in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) as shown on the Rhode Island family court degrees department of human services child support enforcement computer system (CSE system). For the purposes of this section, the terms used in this section shall be given the meaning and definitions specified in § 15-16-2.

(4) Any party aggrieved by any action taken under this section may within thirty (30) days of the withholding of the payment by the lottery director seek judicial review in the family court, in the case of withholding for child support or in the district court in the case of benefit overpayments and interest owed, which may, in its discretion, issue a temporary order prohibiting the disbursement of funds under this section, pending final adjudication.

(5) The department of labor and training shall periodically within each year furnish the director with a list or compilation of names of individuals, together with any identifying information and in any form that the director requires, who as to the date of the list or compilation, have unpaid benefit overpayments and interest in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) determined to be recoverable under the provisions of chapters 39  44 of title 28.

[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-160-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-160 / Section 42-160-2
§ 42-160-2. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The general assembly hereby finds and declares as follows:

(1) Pay-for-success contracts are executed detailing the outcomes, associated repayment, and evaluation process to be conducted by a third party. The proceeds are disbursed to a nonprofit organization(s) that will execute the intervention delivering services and other resources, such as housing, to the target population. An independent evaluator monitors the outcomes of the intervention to determine if success was met. If the intervention improves financial and social outcomes in accordance with established metrics, the government, as outcome payor, pays back the investors with interest using a portion of the savings accrued from the successful outcomes. If the evaluator determines that success was not met, meaning there is no improvement in financial or social outcomes, the investors lose money.

(2) In 2016 the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded funding to the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness to pursue a pay for success social impact bond in Rhode Island focusing on housing and supportive services for persons experiencing homelessness who are high utilizers of the healthcare and justice systems. The pilot program will leverage eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($875,000) in outcome payment funding from the HUD/DOJ grant as well as the intervention and independent evaluation process described in the grant agreement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-128-13 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-128 / Section 42-128-13
§ 42-128-13. Open meetings law.
Status: in_force

The advisory council on housing and homelessness and any committee, council, or advisory body created by the council shall conform to the provisions of chapter 46 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-69-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-69 / Section 42-69-1
§ 42-69-1. Commission established  Membership.
Status: in_force

There is established a permanent state commission to be known as the schooner Ernestina/Morrissey commission, consisting of nine (9) members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be the director of the Rhode Island economic development corporation, or that directors designee, one of whom shall be the director of the department of environmental management, or that directors designee, one of whom shall be the mayor of the city of Providence, or the mayors designee, one of whom shall be a member of the heritage commission, one of whom shall be from the University of Rhode Islands division of marine resources, and four (4) of whom shall be from the public sector.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-73-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-73 / Section 42-73-10
§ 42-73-10. Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

All records of the child advocate pertaining to the care and treatment of a child shall be confidential. Information contained in those records may not be disclosed publicly in any manner that would identify individuals, but records shall be available to persons approved, upon application for good cause, by the family court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-31 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-31
§ 42-56-31. Determination of classification and rehabilitation programs of prisoners.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the classification board to review all studies made of each prisoner during the period of his or her reception and from time to time thereafter as shall be necessary to further the purposes of this chapter; and to recommend to the director the security classification and rehabilitation program for the person. The director, or the directors designee, shall review the recommendation and, if he or she shall approve it, he or she shall cause the recommendation to be put into effect. In the event that he or she shall disapprove the recommendation, he or she shall request the board to make further study and review. In the event that the director, or the directors designee, shall disapprove further recommendation, the decision shall be final.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-28-3.3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-28 / Section 42-28-3.3
§ 42-28-3.3. Senior citizen alert.
Status: in_force

(a) The general assembly hereby finds that, in the case of a missing senior citizen, the first few hours are critical in finding such senior citizen, and that the implementation of a Missing Senior Citizen Alert program is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.

(b) The division of state police, in consultation with other appropriate agencies, including without limitation, the Rhode Island department of health, shall develop a voluntary partnership among law enforcement agencies, media outlets, and other appropriate entities to send out emergency alerts entitled the Missing Senior Citizen Alert Program.

(c) For purposes of this section and § 42-28-3.4, a Missing Senior Citizen means a person:

(1) Whose whereabouts are unknown;

(2) Whose domicile at the time the person is reported missing is Rhode Island;

(3) Whose age at the time the person is reported missing is sixty (60) years of age or older, or is a person with a diagnosis of dementia;

(4) Who has an impaired mental condition; and

(5) Whose disappearance poses a credible threat to the safety and health of such person, as determined by the state police or other law enforcement agency.

(d) The impaired mental condition shall be demonstrated by the appropriate documentation presented by the missing senior citizens family, legal guardian, long-term care ombudsman, or long-term care facility where such person resides.

(e) The missing senior citizen alert program shall provide a proactive emergency public alert plan as part of the response to the disappearance of a missing senior citizen that may be expediently triggered by law enforcement personnel in accordance with protocols and procedures established by the division of state police in consultation with appropriate law enforcement authorities, the Rhode Island emergency management agency, the Rhode Island department of health, state and local officials, and cooperating members of the broadcast media (Missing Senior Citizen Alert).

(f) Once a law enforcement agency has confirmed the disappearance of a missing senior citizen, the law enforcement agency will obtain descriptive information for the missing senior citizen alert, contact the state police to provide the descriptive information to the state police and identify a point of contact within its agency.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-125-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-125 / Section 42-125-6
§ 42-125-6. Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The council has the following powers:

(1) To be entitled to ask for and receive from any commission, board, officer, or agency of the state any information, cooperation, assistance, and advice as shall be reasonable and proper in view of the nature of the councils functions;

(2) To assess and evaluate the current programs and policies of the state as they relate to the creation and maintenance of systems of greenways throughout the state and to make recommendations regarding the coordination of activities within state government to create and maintain systems of greenways as part of the states twenty-first century infrastructure;

(3) To make any recommendations that may be necessary to the state planning council to maintain a greenways element of the state guide plan as described in § 42-11-10;

(4) To make recommendations to the chief executive officer of the Rhode Island commerce corporation regarding the inclusion of greenways in programs to promote tourism and encourage the location and development of recreational facilities;

(5) To make recommendations to the director of the department of environmental management regarding the inclusion of greenways in (1) the departments cooperation with the Rhode Island commerce corporation in planning and promotional functions relating to recreation as provided for in § 42-17.1-2(6), and (2) the departments general functions relating to parks and recreation, preservation of wetlands and habitat, and planning and development as provided for in § 42-17.1-4;

(6) To make recommendations to the director of the department of transportation regarding the inclusion of greenways in plans and implementation programs for transportation as provided for in § 42-13-1;

(7) To provide advice and assistance to political subdivisions, businesses, citizen groups, and nonprofit organizations regarding the creation and maintenance of greenways;

(8) To foster public involvement in greenways planning and development;

(9) To apply for, contract for, and expend federal and other grants or assistance, appropriate to the purposes of this chapter, and

(10) To approve and submit an annual report within ninety (90) days after the end of the fiscal year to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the secretary of state of its activities during that fiscal year. The report shall provide: an operating statement summarizing meetings or hearings held, including meeting minutes, subjects addressed, decisions rendered, studies conducted, policies developed, and programs administered or initiated; a consolidated financial statement of all funds received and expended including the source of the funds, a listing of any staff supported by these funds, and a summary of any clerical, administrative or technical support received; a summary of performance during the previous fiscal year including accomplishments, shortcomings and remedies; a synopsis of any legal matters related to the authority of the council; a summary of any training courses held pursuant to subsection (11) of this section, a briefing on anticipated activities in the upcoming fiscal year; and findings and recommendations for improvements. The report shall be posted as prescribed in § 42-20-8.2. The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for the enforcement of this provision;

(11) To conduct a training course for newly appointed and qualified members and new designees of ex officio members within six (6) months of their qualification or designation. The course shall be developed by the chair of the council, approved by the council, and conducted by the chair of the council. The council may approve the use of any council or staff members of other individuals to assist with training. The course shall include instruction in the following areas: the provisions of this chapter; § 42-11-10; § 42-17.1-2(6), and (2); § 42-17.1-4; § 42-13-1; chapter 46 of this title; chapter 14 of title 36; chapter 2 of title 38; and the councils operating procedures. The director of the department of administration shall, within ninety (90) days of May 3, 2006, prepare and disseminate training materials relating to the provisions of chapter 46 of this title, chapter 14 of title 36, and chapter 2 of title 38.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-6.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-14 / Section 42-14-6.1
§ 42-14-6.1. Application for or acceptance of loan by bank examiner.
Status: in_force

Every examiner or assistant examiner authorized by law to report the condition of a financial institution incorporated under the laws of this state  including, but not limited to, banks, savings banks, bank associations, trust companies, loan and investment companies, savings and loan companies, building loan associations, credit unions, deposit insurance companies, and any other depository required by law to file reports with the director of business regulation  who applies for or accepts or is granted a loan of any kind, whether in his or her name or in the name of a member of his or her immediate family, or in the name of a business or partnership in which he or she has a substantial interest, from any financial institution examined by him or her at any time, shall be required to report the same in writing to the director of business regulation within five (5) business days. A violation of this section may be a ground for disqualification or suspension of license.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-98-9.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-98 / Section 42-98-9.1
§ 42-98-9.1. Public notice and hearings on construction projects in cities and towns affected.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receiving a utility company application, the board shall immediately notify, in writing, the councils of the towns and cities affected by the construction.

(b) The board shall have at least one public hearing in each town or city affected prior to holding its own hearings and prior to taking final action on the application. All details of acceptance for filing in § 42-98-8(a)(1)  (a)(6) shall be presented at town or city hearings for public comment. When the subject of the application is a facility for the generation of electricity, or new facilities for the transmission of electricity, the town or city where the proposed facility would be located may request funding from the applicant to perform studies of the local environmental effects of the proposed facility. The expense of those studies shall not exceed the lesser of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or one-tenth percent (.1%) of the estimated capital cost of the proposed facility located in such city or town. If the applicant contests the relevance of the requested study, or believes it to be redundant with studies already performed, the applicant may request a ruling from the board whether the study is necessary and reasonably expected to produce relevant information. The boards ruling shall be conclusive and final, and shall not be the basis for an interlocutory appeal, injunction or otherwise delay the boards processing of the application.

(c) The applicant shall notify the citizens in towns and cities affected thirty (30) days prior to public meetings through local papers.

(d) The applicant shall notify abutting land owners individually, in writing, thirty (30) days prior to the hearings, by certified mail, postage prepaid.

(e) Public input shall be a part of the decision-making process.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-129-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-129 / Section 42-129-3
§ 42-129-3. Duties.
Status: in_force

(a) The Persian Gulf War information and relief commission shall advise the department of human services on: (1) medical, administrative, and social assistance needed for veterans who were or may have been exposed to any Gulf War-related risk substance, and (2) information that should be provided to veterans concerning epidemiological or other studies relating to exposure to any Gulf War-related risk substance, and any illness suffered by veterans of military service in the Persian Gulf War or any hostilities occurring in Southwest Asia subsequent to September 11, 2001, as a result of such veterans exposure to any Gulf War-related risk substance, which are being conducted by the federal government.

(b) The commission shall not disclose information received pursuant to this chapter so as to divulge the identities of the persons to whom it relates except as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(c) The commission shall submit a preliminary report to the governor and the general assembly on or before April 1, 1999, on its findings, recommendations, and conclusions. The commission shall submit annual reports thereafter on or before February 15 of each year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-157-13 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-157 / Section 42-157-13
§ 42-157-13. Outreach to Rhode Island residents and individuals assessed a shared responsibility payment penalty.
Status: in_force

Outreach. The exchange, in consultation with the office of the health insurance commissioner and the division of taxation, is authorized to engage in coordinated outreach efforts to educate Rhode Island residents about the importance of health insurance coverage; their responsibilities to maintain minimum essential coverage as defined in § 44-30-101; the penalties for failure to maintain coverage; and information on the services available through the exchange.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-27-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-27 / Section 42-27-4
§ 42-27-4. Appropriations and disbursements.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much thereof as may be required from time to time, upon the receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-133-16 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-133 / Section 42-133-16
§ 42-133-16. Annual report and audit.
Status: in_force

Within four (4) months after the end of each fiscal year, the board shall approve and submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the secretary of state of its activities during that fiscal year. The report shall provide: an operating statement summarizing meetings or hearings held, subjects addressed, decisions rendered, rules or regulations promulgated, studies conducted, policies and plans developed, approved, or modified, and programs administered or initiated; a consolidated financial statement of all funds received and expended including the source of the funds, a listing of any staff supported by these funds, and a summary of any clerical, administrative or technical support received; a summary of performance during the previous fiscal year including accomplishments, shortcomings and remedies; a synopsis of hearings, complaints, suspensions, or other legal matters related to the authority of the commission; a summary of any training courses held pursuant to § 42-133-6(a)(3); a briefing on anticipated activities in the upcoming fiscal year; and findings and recommendations for improvements. The report shall be posted electronically on the general assembly and the secretary of states websites as prescribed in § 42-20-8.2. The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for the enforcement of this provision. The corporation shall cause an independent audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each fiscal year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall commence on each July 1.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-10-13 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-10 / Section 42-10-13
§ 42-10-13. Payments from treasury.
Status: in_force

The general treasurer shall pay from the state treasury on orders of the state controller such sums of money as may from time to time be required for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonded debt, for lawful orders of the governor, and for appropriations made by the general assembly, but no money shall be paid from the treasury, except for principal and interest due on the bonded debt, unless it shall have been appropriated to the purposes for which it is to be paid and upon orders of the state controller.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-98-13 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-98 / Section 42-98-13
§ 42-98-13. Access to premises.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the siting board, or agents of the board, while engaged in the performance of their duties, may at all reasonable times enter any premises, buildings, or other places belonging to, or controlled by, an applicant for a license under this chapter, and inspect the premises or any part of the premises. Reasonable notice of the inspection shall be given to the owner of the facility and a representative of the owner shall accompany the members of the board or its agent at all times during any inspection.

(b) Any person obstructing, hindering, or in any way, causing to be obstructed or hindered, any board member or agent of the board, in the performance of his or her duties, or who shall refuse to permit any board member or agent of the board entrance into any premises, buildings, or other places belonging to, or controlled by an applicant, in the performance of his or her duties, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-2
§ 42-72-2. Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

The state finds and declares:

(1) That parents have the primary responsibility for meeting the needs of their children, and the state has an obligation to help them discharge this responsibility or to assume this responsibility when parents are unable to do so;

(2) That the state has a basic obligation to promote, safeguard and protect the social well-being and development of the children of the state through a comprehensive program providing for:

(i) Social services and facilities for children who require guidance, care, control, protection, treatment, or rehabilitation;

(ii) A permanent home and safe environment for children; services to children and their families to prevent the unnecessary removal of children from their homes; foster care and services to children with special needs who must be removed from their families to meet their particular needs;

(iii) The strengthening of the family unit and making the home safe for children by enhancing the parental capacity for good child care;

(iv) The setting of standards for social services and facilities for children;

(v) The preventing and controlling of juvenile delinquency; and

(vi) The promoting and developing of specialized comprehensive mental health services for the care and treatment of children;

(3) That the upgrading and maintenance of services, resources, and programs pertaining to children deserves priority consideration as a means of preventing ineffective responses to their social well-being and development;

(4) That the establishment of a department of state government to provide for social well-being and development of children is the most effective way to insure that the state meets its basic obligation to children;

(5) That the state department of children, youth and families be designated as the single authority to establish and provide a diversified and comprehensive program of services for the social well-being and development of children and their families; and

(6) In furtherance of its purpose, the department of children, youth and families will cooperate with the family court, other public and private agencies, and the federal government in the development of comprehensive programs to prevent problems in children and their families. It shall take the initiative in all matters concerning children and their families and stimulate community planning in the coordination and development of a broad public policy of services to children and their families. It shall establish professional standards of services, develop and provide in-service training programs pertinent thereto, and stimulate research to improve the quality of service programs for children and their families. It shall coordinate its services with other services in the state and local community.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-160-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-160 / Section 42-160-3
§ 42-160-3. Annual reporting.
Status: in_force

The executive office, in collaboration with the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness, shall provide yearly progress reports to the general assembly beginning no later than January 30, 2022, and annually thereafter until January 30, 2027. These reports will include recommendations on a proposed structure for entering into pay for success contracts, for administering the program, and for any and all matters related thereto that the executive office deems necessary to administer future pay for success projects at the conclusion of the pilot program in 2026. As a condition of this project, HUD requires that a third party conduct a transparent and rigorous evaluation of the intervention to determine whether the outcomes have indeed achieved success. The evaluation results will be reported yearly to the governor and general assembly.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-60-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-60 / Section 42-60-10
§ 42-60-10. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Every person shall obey, observe, and comply with the provisions of this chapter and with every effective order, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter. Violations of any provision of this chapter or of any order, rule, or regulation promulgated under this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days. Every violation shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of continuing violation, every days continuance of that violation shall be a separate and distinct offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-158-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-158 / Section 42-158-5
§ 42-158-5. Training and policies.
Status: in_force

Each covered facility shall:

(1) Develop policies and procedures that establish monitoring, documentation, reporting, and internal review of the use of restraint in accordance with this chapter.

(2) Require training of all service providers in the reduction/elimination of restraint and seclusion. The training shall be approved by the director of the state agency that has supervisory control over the covered facility. The training shall include, but not be limited to:

(i) Leadership towards organization change;

(ii) Use of data to inform practice;

(iii) Workforce development;

(iv) Use of prevention tools, including positive behavior interventions and de-escalation;

(v) Inclusion of individuals, families, and advocates; and

(vi) Debriefing techniques and outcomes.

(3) Make the policies and procedures required under subsection (1) available to the director of the state agency that has jurisdiction or supervisory control over the covered facility.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-117-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-117 / Section 42-117-1
§ 42-117-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Expedited Permit Process Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-7.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-55 / Section 42-55-7.1
§ 42-55-7.1. Powers relative to acquisition and operation of housing projects.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the following powers in addition to others granted in this chapter:

(1) To acquire on either a temporary or long-term basis, in its own name, from any person, joint venture, partnership, trust, association, firm, corporation, municipality, municipal agency or entity, governmental agency, housing sponsor, or other legal entity or combination thereof by grant, purchase, transfer, foreclosure, or otherwise, housing projects or any interest or any option in housing projects, and to sell, assign, exchange, transfer, mortgage, or encumber housing projects or any interest in housing projects and to accomplish any of the foregoing by public or private sale, with or without public bidding, notwithstanding the provisions of other laws;

(2) To own, hold, clear, and improve, in its own name, housing projects or any interest in housing projects;

(3) To construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, alter, repair, or provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any housing project;

(4) To operate, manage, and control housing projects, in its own name, and to do all things necessary and incidental to the ownership of housing projects, including making rules and regulations;

(5) To lease, with or without an option to purchase, all or any part of a housing project to any person, firm, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, municipal or state entity, or corporation. The lease may provide for the assumption by the lessee of the management and control of the housing project, as well as the right of the lessee to collect all revenues;

(6) To finance the acquisition and operation of housing projects in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that prior to the corporation issuing any obligations, it makes the findings as provided in subsections (1), (2), and (4) of § 42-55-12;

(7) To enter into all agreements and contracts with third parties, including owners, residents, housing sponsors, and tenants of housing projects, necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section, including the power to enter into leases, joint ventures, reverse annuity agreements, sales agreements, equity participation agreements, and mortgage agreements; and

(8) To enter into partnership agreements as a general or limited partner with any housing sponsor as a general or limited partner; these partnerships may exercise any and all of the powers granted to partnerships under the laws of this state, as well as exercise all of the rights, duties, and privileges of a housing sponsor under the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-12 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-14 / Section 42-14-12
§ 42-14-12. Sales of businesses.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation acting as a broker for the sale of an existing business or the transfer of all or a substantial part of the materials, supplies, merchandise, or other inventory of an existing business or for the making of a bulk transfer under chapter 6 of title 6A for a fee, charge, or commission shall be required to post a bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) with the department of business regulation with surety or sureties approved by the director of the department. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to attorneys, any person licensed as a real estate broker, or real estate salesman pursuant to the provisions of chapter 20.5 of title 5, except that no person, firm, or corporation shall act or hold himself or herself out as a business broker unless he or she holds a real estate brokers license issued by the department of business regulation that has not been revoked.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-9 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-9
§ 42-56-9. Authority of department broadly construed.
Status: in_force

The omission in this chapter of a citation of any general law or public law now in force that makes it mandatory upon or permissive for any department, division, or other agency of the state to perform certain functions that by this act are assigned or transferred to the department of corrections shall not (unless otherwise clearly intended) suspend or annul the right of the department of corrections to carry out those functions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-21-9 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-21 / Section 42-21-9
§ 42-21-9. Existing rights and remedies.
Status: in_force

The passage of chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939 shall not affect any acts done, or any right accruing or accrued, or acquired or established, or any remedy for any injury thereto or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil or criminal case before the time when chapter 660 took effect, but the proceedings in every such case shall be made to conform, whenever the text of this title requires, to the provisions of chapter 660.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-28-17 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-28 / Section 42-28-17
§ 42-28-17. Vehicles, equipment, and supplies.
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall provide the Rhode Island state police with necessary motor vehicles, and other suitable equipment, uniforms, and supplies, all of which shall be and remain the property of the state. When any equipment shall become unfit for use, the superintendent shall have power to sell that equipment and shall pay all moneys received therefor to the general treasurer for the use of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-113-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-113 / Section 42-113-3
§ 42-113-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) Agricultural land means any land which is actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use including, but not limited to, a commercial enterprise or community garden enterprise which has as its primary purpose horticulture, viticulture, viniculture, floriculture, forestry, composting, stabling of horses, dairy farming, or aquaculture, or the raising of livestock, fur-bearing animals, poultry, or bees.

(2) Board means the Rhode Island housing and conservation board established by this chapter.

(3) Eligible activity means any activity that will carry out either or both of the dual purposes of creating and sustaining low- and moderate-income housing and conserving and protecting important Rhode Island lands, including activities that will encourage or assist:

(i) The preservation, rehabilitation, or development of residential dwelling units which are affordable to low- or moderate-income Rhode Island households;

(ii) The protection of important wildlife habitat and important natural areas;

(iii) The preservation of historic properties or resources;

(iv) The protection of areas suited for outdoor public recreational activity;

(v) The retention of agricultural land for agricultural use; and

(vi) The development of capacity on the part of an eligible applicant to engage in an eligible activity.

(4) Eligible applicant means any municipality or department of state government of the state, nonprofit organization qualifying under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) or limited equity cooperative housing corporation, a company that is licensed to do business in the State of Rhode Island where the proposed application creates or preserves housing that serves or intends to serve low- and moderate-income households; or any municipality or department of state government of this state, nonprofit organization qualifying under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) that conserves or protects important natural areas, wildlife habitat, open lands, or agricultural lands.

(5) Fund means the Rhode Island housing and conservation trust fund established by this chapter.

(6) Historic property or resource means any building, structure, object, district, area, or site that is significant in the history, architecture, archeology, or culture of this state, its communities, or the nation.

(7) Important natural area means any area containing one or more state or federal endangered or threatened species as defined in the general laws or any area essential to maintaining the ecological diversity or natural heritage of the state.

(8) Low- or moderate-income households means households that meet the definition of low- and moderate-income under § 45-53-3.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-2.2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-35 / Section 42-35-2.2
§ 42-35-2.2. Publication  Agency duties.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the record is exempt from disclosure under law of this state other than this chapter, an agency shall publish and make available for public inspection, and on request and for a reasonable charge, make available through regular or electronic mail:

(1) Each notice of a proposed rulemaking under § 42-35-2.7;

(2) Each rule filed under this chapter;

(3) Each summary of regulatory analysis required by § 42-35-2.9;

(4) Each declaratory order issued under § 42-35-8;

(5) The index of declaratory orders prepared under § 42-35-8;

(6) Each guidance document issued under § 42-35-2.12;

(7) The index of currently effective guidance documents prepared under § 42-35-2.12;

(8) Each final order in a contested case issued under § 42-35-12.

(b) All documents in this section must be published on the agency website by December 31, 2018, and maintained on the website thereafter.

(c) An agency shall file with the secretary of state, in a format acceptable to the secretary of state:

(1) Notice of a proposed rulemaking;

(2) A summary of the regulatory analysis required by § 42-35-2.9 for each proposed rule;

(3) Each final rule;

(4) An index of currently effective guidance documents under § 42-35-2.12; and

(5) Any other notice or matter that an agency is required to publish under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-164-12 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-164 / Section 42-164-12
§ 42-164-12. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-87-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-87 / Section 42-87-5
§ 42-87-5. Enforcement of anti-discrimination provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as specifically set forth in subsections (b) and (c), the Rhode Island commission for human rights is empowered and directed to prevent any person from violating any of the provisions of §§ 42-87-1  42-87-4, provided that before instituting a formal hearing it shall attempt by informal methods of conference, persuasion, and conciliation, to induce compliance with those sections. Upon the commissions own initiative or whenever an aggrieved individual or an organization chartered for the purpose of combating discrimination or of safeguarding civil liberties or rights of persons with disabilities, the individual or organization being hereinafter referred to as the complainant, makes a charge to the commission that any person, agency, bureau, corporation, or association, hereinafter referred to as the respondent, has violated or is violating any of the provisions of §§ 42-87-1  42-87-4, the commission may proceed in the same manner and with the same powers as provided in §§ 28-5-16  28-5-26, and the provisions of §§ 28-5-13 and 28-5-16  28-5-36, as to the powers, duties, and rights of the commission, its members, hearing examiners, the complainant, respondent, interviewer, and the court shall apply in any proceedings under this section.

(b)(1) The governors commission on disabilities is empowered and directed to investigate and hear all complaints relating to alleged violations of this chapter relating to the physical inaccessibility of buildings and structures.

(2) The governors commission on disabilities shall have the power and duties to adopt, promulgate, amend, and rescind rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section.

(i) Prior to instituting a formal hearing, the governors commission on disabilities shall attempt by informal methods of conference, persuasion, and conciliation, to induce compliance with this chapter. If the complaint or any portion of the complaint cannot be resolved by these informal methods, the governors commission on disabilities shall conduct a hearing as provided by this section.

(ii) If the governors commission on disabilities shall upon all the evidence find that the respondent has not engaged in violations of the civil rights of individuals with disabilities caused by the physical inaccessibility of buildings and structures, the commission shall state its findings of fact and shall issue and cause to be served on the complainant an order dismissing the complaint as to the respondent.

(iii) If upon all the testimony taken, the commission shall determine that the respondent has engaged in violations of the civil rights of individuals with disabilities caused by the physical inaccessibility of buildings and structures, then the commission shall state its findings of fact and shall issue and cause to be served upon the respondent an order requiring the respondent to cease and desist from such practices, and to take any further action that will effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(iv) Any complainant or respondent claiming to be aggrieved by a final order of the commission may obtain judicial review of the final order; any party may obtain an order of court for enforcement of a final order of the commission. These proceedings shall be brought in the superior court within any county where the unlawful practices, which are the subject of the commissions order, were committed or where any respondent, required in the order to cease and desist from unlawful practices or to take other affirmative action resides or transacts business.

(c) The Rhode Island department of elementary and secondary education is empowered and directed to hear all complaints relating to violations of this chapter in the area of elementary and secondary education. Those complaints shall be heard in accordance with the process set forth in chapter 39 of title 16.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-125-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-125 / Section 42-125-3
§ 42-125-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meaning unless the context indicates another or different meaning:

(1) Council means the state greenways council.

(2) Greenway means a corridor of protected open space managed for conservation, recreation, or transportation purposes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-81-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-81 / Section 42-81-3
§ 42-81-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter:

(1) Liquid fossil fuel means heating oils, light and heavy diesel oil, motor gasoline, propane, butane, residual fuel oils, kerosene, and aviation fuels.

(2) Prime supplier means any individual, trustee, agency, partnership, association, corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision, or other legal entity, that makes the first sale of any liquid fossil fuel into the state distribution system for consumption within the state.

(3) Set-aside means that amount of liquid fossil fuel not exceeding five percent (5%) of the prime suppliers monthly volume that shall be held for use by the state under the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-66-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-66 / Section 42-66-2
§ 42-66-2. Establishment of department  Director.
Status: in_force

There is established within the executive branch of state government a department of elderly affairs. The director of the department shall be the director of elderly affairs, appointed by and reporting directly to the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-27-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-27 / Section 42-27-3
§ 42-27-3. Commission expenses and clerical assistance.
Status: in_force

The members of the Rhode Island atomic energy commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed all necessary and travel expenses and may employ clerical assistance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-34-17 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-34 / Section 42-34-17
§ 42-34-17. Severability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-8-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-8 / Section 42-8-1
§ 42-8-1. Head of department  Duties.
Status: in_force

There shall be a department of state. The head of the department of state shall be the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall perform the duties required by this chapter and by chapter 2 of title 6; chapters 1 to 4, inclusive, of title 7; chapters 16, 19, and 20 of title 17; chapters 3 and 10 of title 22; chapters 1 to 3 and 4, of title 29; chapter 1 of title 36; chapter 7 of title 37; chapter 30 of this title; chapters 1 and 2 of title 43; chapter 6 of title 44; and any and all other provisions of the general laws and public laws insofar as such powers and duties relate to the secretary of state and the department of state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-160-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-160 / Section 42-160-5
§ 42-160-5. Pilot program established.
Status: in_force

There is established a five-year (5) pay-for-success pilot program to be administered by the Rhode Island executive office of health and human services. The pilot will follow the proposal outlined in the 2016 pay-for-success grant proposal to HUD and 2017 feasibility study. The pay-for-success project will provide a housing and supportive services intervention (PSH) for one hundred twenty-five (125) persons in Rhode Island experiencing homelessness who are high utilizers of the healthcare and justice systems. The pilot program will leverage eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($875,000) of HUD/DOJ grant funds. Contract agreements with the executive office of health and human services pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) per fiscal year or six million dollars ($6,000,000) in the aggregate over the five (5) years of the pilot program, as determined by the department; provided, no agreements shall be entered by the department after July 1, 2026, without further authorization by the general assembly.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-37 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-37
§ 42-116-37. Use of funds.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, from and after March 1, 1992, payment of funds of the corporation to any depositor of the Central Credit Union, the Marquette Credit Union, the Banner Loan and Investment Corporation, the Rhode Island Central Credit Union, the East Providence Credit Union, the Providence Teachers Credit Union, the Columbian Credit Union, the Greater Providence Deposit Corporation, Greater Providence Trust Company and Community-Loan and Investment Bank, the Davisville Credit Union or the Chariho-Exeter Credit Union in respect of deposit liabilities (whether by the corporation or the receiver of the eligible institution) shall be made only pursuant to the provisions of § 42-116-12 and/or in connection with transactions authorized by § 42-116-6(10) which result in the acquisition of federal deposit insurance with respect to any deposit liabilities (or any deposit obligations issued in full or partial satisfaction thereof), of the aforementioned eligible institutions, whether from the National Credit Union Administration or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-73-2.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-73 / Section 42-73-2.1
§ 42-73-2.1. Advisory committee established.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established an advisory committee to the office of the child advocate established under § 42-73-1. The advisory committee shall consist of nine (9) members, one attorney appointed by the Rhode Island Bar Association; one judge or magistrate of the family court appointed by the chief judge of the family court; one pediatrician with expertise in child and adolescent treatment or child abuse and neglect appointed by the Rhode Island Medical Society; one psychologist with expertise in child and adolescent treatment appointed by the Rhode Island Psychological Association; one licensed independent clinical social worker appointed by the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers; one psychiatrist with expertise in child and adolescent treatment appointed by the Rhode Island Medical Society; and three (3) members, one of whom is a youth or parent (foster or birth) formerly involved in the state child welfare system, familiar with duties established under § 42-73-7, appointed by the child advocate. No one shall be eligible for appointment unless the person is a resident of this state. No member of the advisory committee shall be a person who is a volunteer for, a board member of, or is employed by or contractor of, any entity or agency subject to the review of, or evaluation or monitoring by the child advocate pursuant to this chapter, or who lobbies on behalf of any entity or agency subject to the review of, or evaluation or monitoring by, the child advocate pursuant to this chapter. Each member of the advisory committee shall serve a term of five (5) years and may be reappointed at the conclusion of such term. All initial appointments to the advisory committee shall be made no later than October 1, 2014. Any vacancy in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired portion of the term. The committee shall elect from among the members a chair and a vice-chair.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-137-8 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-137 / Section 42-137-8
§ 42-137-8. Report.
Status: in_force

The select commission may make any interim reports it deems necessary to address problems in police policies, practices, procedures or community relations. The select commission shall also prepare and submit a report of its activities to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate on or before January 15 of each calendar year. The annual report shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations for revisions, amendments, additions, or the consolidation of laws relating to police policies, practices, procedures or police-community relations. The annual report, and other relevant material shall be the basis for determining whether to continue the select commission, modify the select commission, or abolish the select commission.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-151-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-151 / Section 42-151-1
§ 42-151-1. Commission established.
Status: in_force

There shall be a Liberian cultural exchange commission to consist of nine (9) members, all of whom shall be American citizens descended from Liberian ancestry and residents of the state: three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the senate president; and three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the governor. The commission shall establish, maintain, and develop cultural ties between Liberia and Liberian-Americans and shall foster a special interest in the historical and cultural background of both groups, as well as in the economic, political, social, and artistic life of the countries involved; and shall help establish and/or promote the Liberian culture in Rhode Islands schools.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-8-13.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-8 / Section 42-8-13.1
§ 42-8-13.1. Secretary of state preservation/conservation account.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established within the general treasury of the state a restricted receipt account to be known as the secretary of state preservation/conservation account. There shall be deposited into such account all funds generated pursuant to §§ 42-8-13 and 29-1-6.

(b) Funds collected within the account shall be appropriated by the general assembly for the specific purpose of document preservation and conservation at the state library and state archives.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-28-3.8 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-28 / Section 42-28-3.8
§ 42-28-3.8. PURPLE alert procedures for protocol and implementation.
Status: in_force

(a) The division of state police in consultation with the Rhode Island emergency management agency (RIEMA) shall establish protocols, procedures, and rules to implement a PURPLE alert. The protocols, procedures, and rules shall be updated as may be necessary in consultation with the entities and agencies involved in the PURPLE alert process to provide effective and efficient procedures to assist law enforcement agencies, broadcast media, and other cooperating agencies or entities in providing an emergency alert to the public in response to a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disability or condition.

(b) The Rhode Island emergency management agency (RIEMA) shall, no later than January 1, 2026, and annually, thereafter, review the policies and procedures implemented and conducted in accordance with the provisions of this section. The review shall involve all agencies that participate in IPAWS.

(c) RIEMA shall conduct and keep records for annual training to be provided for all participating agencies utilizing the IPAWS system. Training pursuant to this subsection shall be mandatory for all personnel employed and involved in conducting IPAWS Purple Alert operations.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-10-18 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-10 / Section 42-10-18
§ 42-10-18. Contents of annual report.
Status: in_force

The report required by § 42-10-17 shall show the payments from each appropriation, whether from an annual or special appropriation and on account of what department, office, board, division, or commission, or for what purpose the payments were made. The statement of payments shall also be arranged so that the report will readily indicate the amounts expended respectively for education, courts, legislature, health, agriculture, highways and bridges, military affairs, penal and charitable, care and repair of public property, sinking fund, interest, and general administration.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-82-8 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-82 / Section 42-82-8
§ 42-82-8. Agricultural lands preservation fund.
Status: in_force

The general treasurer is directed to deposit the proceeds of the sale of the bonds including any premium or premiums and any accrued interest which may be received from the sale of the bonds, in one or more of the depositories in which the funds of the state may be lawfully kept, in the amount to be known as agricultural lands preservation fund to be used as follows:

(1) For the purposes of § 42-82-5;

(2) As prescribed in § 42-82-12 in the case of premiums or accrued interest; and

(3) In the event that the amount received from the sale of the bonds exceeds the amount necessary for the planning for or purchase of development rights to farmland, the surplus shall be used to the extent possible to retire the bonds as they may become due.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-17.2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-17.2
§ 42-72-17.2. Limits to population at the youth development center and the youth assessment center.
Status: in_force

(a) The Rhode Island training school shall consist of a youth development center, a youth assessment center, and a female correctional treatment facility. The youth development center and the youth assessment center shall not exceed a maximum daily capacity of one hundred forty-eight (148) detained and/or adjudicated males. The female correctional treatment facility shall not exceed a maximum daily capacity of twelve (12) detained and/or adjudicated females.

(b) The director of the department of children, youth and families shall notify the chief judge of the family court whenever the census of the detained and/or adjudicated male youth or of the detained and/or adjudicated female youth approaches ninety-five percent (95%) of maximum population capacity. The training school superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall thereupon refer to the family court, for consideration for release from the training school, those youth who do not pose a credible risk of harm to self or others or for whom there is no substantial risk that the youth may leave the jurisdiction of the state.

(c) Following a hearing, the family court shall authorize the release of such youth from the training school, unless the court finds that the child:

(1) Poses a substantial risk of harm to self; or

(2) Poses a substantial risk of harm to others; or

(3) Has demonstrated that he or she may leave the jurisdiction of the court.

Provided, however, any child who has been certified and adjudicated pursuant to §§14-1-7.2 and 14-1-7.3, may not be released prior to the end of his or her sentence, except as authorized under §14-1-42.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-12-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-12 / Section 42-12-5
§ 42-12-5. Assistance on veterans claims.
Status: in_force

The department of human services shall also prepare and present before the Veterans Administration of the United States all legal claims of veterans for compensation, disability allowance, insurance and pensions of veterans of World War I, and all other veterans to whom benefits have been extended pursuant to the provisions of chapter 22 of title 30 entitled Extension of Veterans Benefits who had a legal residence in this state at the time of entrance into the service or who have been qualified electors in this state for two (2) years next preceding the application for aid, and their personal representatives or dependents, or both, and shall render to such persons reasonable assistance in the preparation and presentation of any of those claims and shall perform such other duties as may be by law required. The department shall render such assistance without charge to the claimant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-91-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-91 / Section 42-91-1
§ 42-91-1. Creation of council.
Status: in_force

There is created and established a small business advocacy council, hereinafter referred to as the council.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-142-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-142 / Section 42-142-4
§ 42-142-4. Division of property valuation and municipal finance.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established within the department of revenue a division of property valuation and municipal finance. The head of the office shall be the chief of property valuation and municipal finance.

(b) The division of property valuation and municipal finance shall have the following duties:

(1) Provide assistance and guidance to municipalities in complying with state law;

(2) Encourage cooperation between municipalities and the state in calculating, evaluating, and distributing state aid;

(3) Encourage the exchange of information between the division and other governmental entities in an effort to increase shared services by making available, through the use of web-based applications or other mediums, municipal vendor contracts and/or any other data the division deems appropriate;

(4) Maintain and compute financial and equalized property value information for the benefit of municipalities and public policy decision-makers;

(5) Encourage and assure compliance with state laws and policies relating to municipalities, especially in the areas of public disclosure, tax levies, financial reporting, and property tax issues;

(6) Encourage cooperation between municipalities and the state by distributing information and by providing technical assistance to municipalities;

(7) Give guidance to public decision-makers on the equitable distribution of state aid to municipalities; and

(8) Provide technical assistance for property tax administration.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-10
§ 42-72-10. Development of service plan.
Status: in_force

(a) A written service plan for care and treatment shall be prepared for each child under the departments supervision. The service plan shall include, but not be limited to, a statement of the needs of each child together with the proposed treatment and placement. The service plan for treatment and placement of each child shall be reviewed at least every six (6) months to evaluate whether the service plan is in the best interest of the child and is also cost-effective.

(b) The childs health and safety shall be the paramount concern in making reasonable efforts toward reunification with parent(s).

(c) If the plan is one for adoption or placement in another permanent home, the plan shall include documentation of the steps the department is taking to find an adoptive family or other permanent placement, to place the child in such a family or placement, and to finalize permanency. The plan must specify the type of recruitment efforts, such as the use of state, regional, and national adoption exchanges, including electronic adoption exchanges.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-6-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-6 / Section 42-6-5
§ 42-6-5. Executive assignment of duties and functions.
Status: in_force

Whenever the governor shall deem it to be desirable, the governor may designate and define within the limits of any department the agency or the official thereof which shall perform any specific or special function designated by law to be performed within a particular department, and any administrative function of government established by law that may not be specifically enumerated in this title shall be performed by such appropriate department as the governor may designate. Nothing herein shall authorize the governor to transfer any duties or administrative function of government designated by law to be performed within a particular department to any other department.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-26-8 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-26 / Section 42-26-8
§ 42-26-8. Policy board  Meetings  Quorum.
Status: in_force

(a) The criminal justice policy board shall meet at the call of the chairperson or upon petition of a majority of the members, but not less than four (4) times per year.

(b) A quorum at meetings of the policy board shall consist of a majority of the current membership, and all subsequent voting shall be representative of the full policy board.

(c) A policy board member has the right to send, in the member's place, a designated representative to a meeting and/or meetings. If the designation is made in writing, the representative shall have full voting privileges.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-2-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-2 / Section 42-2-6
§ 42-2-6. Payment for condemned lands.
Status: in_force

The money paid into the general treasury pursuant to § 42-2-5 shall remain there until it is ordered to be paid out to the person who is entitled to receive it, by the order of the superior court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-82-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-82 / Section 42-82-6
§ 42-82-6. Use of eminent domain against designated land.
Status: in_force

Any state or local agency must demonstrate extreme need and the lack of any viable alternative before exercising a right of eminent domain over any farmland to which the development rights have been purchased by the commission on behalf of the state, or which has been designated as agricultural land in the agricultural land preservation program by the commission. The agency will file a separate report with the commission showing the necessity of condemning this land. The report must be endorsed by the governor after public hearings. If the commission feels that cause has not been adequately demonstrated, it shall have recourse to the superior court for a decision on the matter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-8.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-8.1
§ 42-64-8.1. Appropriation and expenses.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by the controller of proper vouchers authenticated.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-31-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-31 / Section 42-31-1
§ 42-31-1. Appointment of commissioners.
Status: in_force

The governor may appoint, in any foreign country, and in any state of the United States, and in any territory of the United States and in the District of Columbia, one or more commissioners, under the seal of the state, to continue in office for the period of five (5) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-7.2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-61 / Section 42-61-7.2
§ 42-61-7.2. Payment of prizes in excess of six hundred dollars ($600)  Setoff for unpaid taxes.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-61-7 and § 42-61-7.1 relating to assignment of prizes and setoff for child support debts and benefit overpayments, the following setoff provisions shall apply to the payment of any prizes or winning ticket in excess of six hundred dollars ($600).

(1) With respect to a person entitled to receive the prize or winning ticket who has unpaid taxes owed to the tax administrator in excess of six hundred dollars ($600), as evidenced by the tax administrator pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the lottery director:

(i) Shall setoff against the amount due to that person after state and federal tax withholding an amount up to the balance of the unpaid taxes owed as evidenced by the tax administrator pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, and the director shall make payment of this amount directly to the tax administrator; and

(ii) Shall pay to that person the remaining balance of the prize or winning ticket amount, if any, after reduction of the amount setoff above for taxes owed. If in any instance, the lottery director has received notice from more than one claimant agency, the claim for child support arrearage(s) owed to the department of human services shall receive first (1st) priority, the claim for benefit overpayments and interest owed to the department of labor and training the second (2nd) priority, and the claim for taxes owed to the tax administrator the third (3rd) priority.

(2) The director shall be discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize or winning ticket pursuant to this section.

(3) The tax administrator shall periodically within each year furnish the director with a list or compilation of names of individuals, together with any other identifying information and in a form that the director shall require, who as of the date of the list or compilation, have unpaid taxes in excess of six hundred dollars ($600).

(4) Any party aggrieved by any action taken under this section may, within thirty (30) days of the withholding of the payment by the lottery director, seek a review with the tax administrator, who may, in the tax administrators discretion, issue a temporary order prohibiting the disbursement of funds under this section, pending final decision.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-8-12 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-8 / Section 42-8-12
§ 42-8-12. Distribution of state publications to libraries.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state is hereby authorized and empowered to distribute to public and reference libraries within the state copies of any books published by state aid that are in the secretarys custody and that in the secretarys judgment are available for distribution. The secretary may also distribute in like manner to libraries outside of the state that have deposited in the state library publications of a similar character.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-2-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-2 / Section 42-2-5
§ 42-2-5. Eminent domain by United States.
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be made to appear to the superior court, upon the application of any authorized agent of the United States, that the United States is desirous of purchasing any tract of land, and the right of way thereto, within the limits of this state, for the erection of a lighthouse, beacon light, range light, lifesaving station, or light keepers dwelling, or for the location, construction, or prosecution of forts, fortifications, coast defenses, and appurtenances thereto, and that the owner of the land is unknown, nonresident, or a minor, or from any other cause is incapable of making a perfect title to the lands, or in case the owners, being residents and capable of conveying, shall, from disagreement in price, or from any other cause, refuse to convey the lands to the United States, the superior court shall order notice upon the application to be published in the newspaper published nearest the place where the land lies, also in a newspaper published in Newport, and in a newspaper published in Providence, once in each week for the space of four (4) months, which notice shall contain an accurate description of the lands, together with the names of the owners, or supposed owners, and shall require all persons interested in the lands to appear on a day and at a place to be specified in the notice, and to make their objections, if any they have, to having the lands condemned to the United States for the above stated use. Whereupon, the superior court shall proceed to empanel a jury, as in other cases, to appraise the value of the lands, at their fair market value, and all damages sustained by the owners thereof by the appropriation thereof by the United States for the above stated purpose; which award, when so assessed, with the entire costs of the proceedings, shall be paid into the general treasury of the state, and thereupon the sheriff of the county in which the land lies, upon the production of the certificate of the general treasurer that the amount has been paid, shall execute to the United States, and deliver to their authorized agent, a deed of the lands, reciting the proceedings in the cause, which deed shall convey to the United States a good and absolute title to the lands for the purposes aforesaid, against all persons whatsoever.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-98-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-98 / Section 42-98-1
§ 42-98-1. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(a) The general assembly recognizes that reasonably priced, reliable sources of energy are vital to the well-being and prosperity of the people of this state; that there are major issues of public health and safety and impact upon the environment related to the technologies and energy sources used in some facilities; that some energy facilities require a major commitment of funds and resources and require many years to build that the decision to permit or deny their construction will have long term impact on the economy of the state; that these decisions will affect the availability and cost of the energy; and that the evaluation of proposals must recognize and consider the need for these facilities in relation to the overall impact of the facilities upon public health and safety, the environment and the economy of the state;

(b) The general assembly further finds that the authority to regulate many aspects of the issues involved in the siting of major energy facilities currently exists in a variety of agencies within the government of the state and the political subdivisions of the state; that there is overlapping jurisdiction among several state agencies in the siting of energy facilities; and that there is the potential for conflicting decisions being issued by the various agencies having authority over the different aspects of the siting of a major energy facility;

(c) The jurisdiction of each state agency should be defined, and the role of each agency in energy siting should be delineated, to eliminate overlap and duplication and to insure that expeditious decisions are made within a time frame to be determined by law; and that in addition to the existing regulation, statewide and regional planning for energy resources and the assessment of our states need for energy should be on-going activities within Rhode Island;

(d) There is need for a coordinated decision on any major energy facility; the technical expertise for this evaluation is available within existing agencies involved with the siting process; and

(e) There is a need for coordinating and expediting the review of each state agency and that the authority and responsibility to perform that function should be established.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-13-6.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-13 / Section 42-13-6.1
§ 42-13-6.1. Price readjustments  Certain public works contracts.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, the department of transportation may adjust for changes in the unit prices for steel required in order to complete performance of highway and bridge construction contracts awarded on or before July 1, 2004.

(b) Price adjustments authorized by this section shall be computed to compensate the contractor only for the difference between:

(1) The cost of steel at the date the bids were opened; and

(2) The cost of steel at the date of purchase with no allowance for overhead or profit on the construction contract.

(c) In arriving at the adjusted unit price, the determination of the state department of transportation shall be final as to:

(1) Cost of steel at the date the bids were opened;

(2) The cost of steel at the date of purchase;

(3) The quantity to be adjusted; and

(4) The price adjustment due the contractor. The methodology for calculating the price adjustment will be determined by the department of transportation.

(d) Upon request by the department of transportation, the contractor shall make the contractors records available for audit by the state or municipality to verify the increased costs.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-5.2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-5.2
§ 42-72-5.2. Development of a continuum of childrens behavioral health programs.
Status: in_force

The departments of children, youth and families (DCYF) and human services (DHS) shall cooperate to develop a design of a continuum of care for childrens behavioral health services that encourages the use of alternative psychiatric and other services to hospitalization and reviews the utilization of each service in order to better match services and programs to the needs of the children and families as well as continuously improve the quality of and access to services. The departments of children, youth and families and human services shall present a report to the governor and the general assembly no later than February 1, 2006 that fully describes this continuum of services and outlines a detailed plan for its implementation, including resource requirements, responsibilities, milestones, and time frames, as well as a set of indicators and program metrics that will be employed to evaluate its clinical and fiscal effectiveness over time. The report shall also describe any and all changes proposed in program oversight or budgetary responsibility for specific services. An important step towards the development of such continuum of care is to assure the appropriate management of psychiatric hospitalizations. To that end the state shall:

(1) Amend contractual agreements with RIte Care health plans to reflect complete responsibility for the management of psychiatric hospitalizations, specifically the development of hospital diversion and post discharge services; and the utilization of crisis intervention services as a requirement for authorization of a psychiatric admission for all children enrolled in RIte Care; and

(2) Issue a request for proposals to identify a contracted entity to reflect complete responsibility for the management of psychiatric hospitalizations, specifically the development of hospital diversion and post discharge services for crisis intervention services as a requirement for authorization of a psychiatric admission for all Medicaid-eligible children not enrolled in RIte Care. The request for proposals shall include a dispute resolution process.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-2.11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-35 / Section 42-35-2.11
§ 42-35-2.11. Direct final rule.
Status: in_force

If an agency proposes to promulgate a rule that is expected to be noncontroversial, it may use direct final rulemaking authorized by this section and must comply with §§ 42-35-2.6 and 42-35-2.7. The proposed rule must be published in the state register and on the agencys website with a statement by the agency that it does not expect the proposed rule to be controversial and that the proposed rule takes effect thirty (30) days after publication if no objection is received. If no objection is received, the rule becomes final. If an objection to the rule is received from any person not later than thirty (30) days after publication of the notice of the proposed rule, the proposed rule does not become final. The agency shall publish on its agency website and file notice of the objection with the secretary of state for publication in the state register and may proceed with rulemaking.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-60-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-60 / Section 42-60-1
§ 42-60-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the State Energy Crisis Management Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-12-16 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-12 / Section 42-12-16
§ 42-12-16. Acceptance of amendments to federal act  Custody of funds.
Status: in_force

The state of Rhode Island hereby accepts the provisions of chapter 190, Public Law 113, 78th Congress, which amends the act entitled An Act to Provide for The Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons Disabled in Industry or Otherwise and Their Return to Civil Employment, approved June 2, 1920, as amended, and for other purposes, and designates the state department of human services as a state agency for administering in Rhode Island the provisions of that act. The general treasurer is hereby designated as custodian of federal funds paid to the state of Rhode Island under the provisions of chapter 190, Public Law 113, and shall make payments from those funds upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers or orders approved by the executive officer of the state department of human services and the state controller.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-13-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-13 / Section 42-13-10
§ 42-13-10. Electronic permitting.
Status: in_force

(a) On or before October 1, 2026, the department of transportation shall adopt and implement an electronic permitting platform pursuant to § 23-27.3-108.2 to utilize for all applications filed under this chapter. For purposes of this section, electronic permitting means use of computer-based tools and services that automate and streamline the application process to include, but not be limited to, task-specific tools for: applications; submission of plans; documents; reports; plan review; permitting; scheduling; supplemental submissions; project tracking; staff and committee comments; fee calculation and collection.

(b) The state building commissioner, with the assistance of the office of regulatory reform and the division of statewide planning, pursuant to the provisions of § 23-27.3-108.2 may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.

(c) The department of transportation shall charge each applicant an additional one-tenth percent (.1%) of the total application fee for each application submitted. This additional amount shall be transmitted monthly to the state building office and shall be used to staff and support the purchase or lease and operation of one web-accessible service and/or system to be utilized for the uniform, statewide electronic submission, review, and processing of applications for permits and approvals.

(d) On or before October 1, 2026, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, all acts, requirements, filings, and documents necessary to comply with the application process shall be conducted by means of electronic permitting.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-140-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-140 / Section 42-140-1
§ 42-140-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Rhode Island Energy Resources Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-28-8 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-28 / Section 42-28-8
§ 42-28-8. Clerk of division.
Status: in_force

The superintendent may employ a clerk who shall be a competent stenographer, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for the payment of the salary of the clerk. The clerk shall be numbered among the personnel of the division within the meaning of §§ 42-28-21 and 42-28-22. Any clerk hired on or after July 1, 2012, shall be considered a civilian employee in accordance with the provisions of § 42-28-22(g).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-27 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-27
§ 42-64-27. Assistance by state officers, departments, boards and commission.
Status: in_force

(a) All state agencies may render any services to the Rhode Island commerce corporation within their respective functions as may be requested by the corporation.

(b) Upon request of the corporation, any state agency is authorized and empowered to transfer to the corporation any officers and employees as it may deem necessary from time to time to assist the corporation in carrying out its functions and duties under this chapter. Officers and employees so transferred shall not lose their civil service status or rights.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-18-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-18 / Section 42-18-1
§ 42-18-1. Department established  Powers.
Status: repealed

There shall be a department of health. The head of the department shall be the director of health, who shall carry out, except as otherwise provided by this title, the provisions of chapters 10, 19 [repealed], 27 [repealed], 29  31, inclusive, and 33  37, inclusive, of title 5; chapters 1, 11, 14, 17, 22, 23, 27, 28, and 30 of title 21; chapters 1, 3, 5, 6, 8  11, inclusive, 13, 17, and 20  22, inclusive, of title 23; and chapter 13 of title 46 and of all other general laws and public laws heretofore carried out by the former director of public health and department of public health.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-5.2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-55 / Section 42-55-5.2
§ 42-55-5.2. Consistency with plans.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall exercise its powers under this chapter in a manner that is consistent on a programmatic basis with the state guide plan, adopted pursuant to § 42-11-10 and with local comprehensive plans, prepared and adopted pursuant to chapter 22.2 of title 45, that have been approved as consistent with the state guide plan.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-9-18 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-9 / Section 42-9-18
§ 42-9-18. Reports, use of experts, and costs.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 23-17.14-13, the department of attorney general, may in effectuating the purpose of:

(1) The Hospital Conversion Act pursuant to chapter 17.14 of title 23; or

(2) Any nonprofit hospital service corporation conversion; or

(3) Nonprofit medical service corporation conversion; or

(4) Any healthcare conversion; engage experts or consultants including but not limited to, actuaries, investment bankers, accountants, attorneys, or industry analysts.

(b) All copies of reports prepared by experts and consultants, and costs associated with those reports, shall be made available to the transacting parties and to the public.

(c) All costs incurred under the provisions of this section are the responsibility of the one or more transacting parties in an amount to be determined by the attorney general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-95-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-95 / Section 42-95-4
§ 42-95-4. Advances from general fund.
Status: in_force

The general treasurer is authorized from time to time, with the approval of the governor and the director of administration, in anticipation of the receipts of monies enumerated in §§ 42-95-1 and 42-95-3 to advance sums to the fund, for the purposes specified in §§ 42-95-2 and 42-95-3, any funds of the state not specifically held for any particular purpose; provided, however, that all advances made to the fund shall be returned to the general fund upon the receipt by the fund of proceeds resulting from the receipt of monies to the extent of the advances. At no time shall the total of all advances exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-39 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-39
§ 42-116-39. Payment of commission costs.
Status: in_force

(a) From time to time, after submission to the corporation by the commission of properly authenticated invoices for commission costs, together with other documentation substantiating and describing in detail as the corporation may reasonably request and after review by the auditor general, the corporation shall pay or cause to be paid the approved commission costs, but in no event shall the corporation pay or be liable for commission costs and expenses in the aggregate of no more than three million eight hundred thousand dollars ($3,800,000). The corporation is entitled to obtain, have access to, and use in its absolute discretion all materials, documents, instruments, investigations, data, information, and knowledge obtained, provided for or produced in connection with the work of the commission and has the right to employ for its own purposes the services of any of the accountants, consultants, or investigators employed by the commission at its own expense.

(b) The corporation is subrogated to all rights, claims, and causes of action which the commission may have against any person who performs services or supplies goods to the commission. Nothing in this section, however, shall be deemed to grant to the corporation any right to direct or control the activities of the commission.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-23 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-55 / Section 42-55-23
§ 42-55-23. Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.
Status: in_force

The corporation is authorized to accept any moneys appropriated from time to time by the general assembly for effectuating its corporate purposes including, without limitation, the payment of the initial expenses of administration and operation and the establishment of reserves or contingency funds to be available for the payment of the principal of and the interest on any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the corporation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-21.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-21.1
§ 42-56-21.1. Notification upon work release.
Status: in_force

(a) The classification board shall, immediately prior to the release of any prisoner on work release, notify the victim of the crime committed by the prisoner, or in homicide cases, a member of the immediate family of the victim, if any is identified, and shall further notify the police department in the community where the crime for which the prisoner was sentenced was committed, and the police department in the community where the prisoner was residing at the time of the commission of the offense, and the police department in the community where the prisoner will be working.

(b) Prior to making a final determination on whether to place a prisoner imprisoned for any crime for which a life sentence has been imposed in the work release program, the director shall notify, in writing, the victim of the crime or a member of the immediate family of the victim if the crime is a homicide, if any is identified, and the police department of the city or town where the inmate lived prior to incarceration and the police department where the crime was committed and the police department where the inmate is to be working that the prisoner is under consideration for work release. No final decision regarding the placement of the prisoner in the work release program shall be made until the victim or the family of the victim and the police departments so notified have been afforded at least ten (10) days in which to comment, in writing, to the director on the proposed release. The director shall consider the comments of the victim or the victims family and the police prior to making a final determination.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-99-16 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-99 / Section 42-99-16
§ 42-99-16. Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

(a) Any bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the corporation under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof), shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state, excepting estate taxes.

(b) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions and will constitute the performance of an essential governmental function, and the corporation shall not be required to pay any real and personal property taxes or assessments upon or in respect of the convention center, civic center, and public garage portion of the project, levied by the municipality or any other political subdivision of the state; provided, that the corporation shall make payments in lieu of real and personal property taxes and assessments to the municipality and any other political subdivisions with respect to the hotel, and office building portion of the project owned by the corporation and located in the municipality and any other political subdivisions during the times that the corporation derives revenue from the lease or operation of the hotel, and office building portion of the project. Those payments in lieu of taxes shall be in amounts agreed upon by the corporation and the municipality and any other political subdivisions. Failing that agreement, the amounts of those payments in lieu of taxes shall be determined by the corporation using a formula that shall reasonably ensure that those amounts approximate the average amount of real and personal property taxes due throughout the municipality or political subdivision with respect to facilities of a similar nature and size. In addition, the corporation shall not be required to pay any payments to the municipality and any other political subdivisions in the manner of a public safety payment for such services rendered to the corporation by the municipality and such subdivisions to the civic center; provided, nothing herein shall preclude the municipality and any other political subdivision from charging for contracted public safety services for events at the civic center.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-9-11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-9 / Section 42-9-11
§ 42-9-11. Employees of office  Payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

The attorney general is hereby authorized and empowered to employ in the attorney generals office such clerical assistance as he or she may require in the discharge of his or her duties as attorney general, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums, and make other provisions in the annual budget, as may be necessary for the payment of clerical assistance, for general expenses and supplies, and for the employment of special counsel and investigators in the attorney generals department, and for the employment of all employees who shall not be in the classified service of the state nor be subject in any manner or control by the personnel administrator or by any person other than the attorney general. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that clerical assistance, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the attorney general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-29 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-29
§ 42-64-29. Inventory of development sites.
Status: in_force

(a) The Rhode Island commerce corporation, in coordination with the statewide planning program, shall maintain an inventory of potential sites for development and act as a clearinghouse for investors and businesses that want to expand or locate in Rhode Island.

(b) Further, the corporation, in coordination with Rhode Island municipalities and local or regional development agencies, shall promote the re-use of abandoned and distressed industrial properties in the State, specifically those designated as brownfields and certified mill buildings.

(c) The corporation shall create a program of marketing for underutilized or abandoned sites as identified by the department of environmental management in § 23-19.14-5(d).

(d) The corporation shall, in cooperation with the department of environmental management, assist prospective Brownfield redevelopment developers in identifying and securing public and private funding sources for Brownfield redevelopment projects.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-167-8 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-167 / Section 42-167-8
§ 42-167-8. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter; which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-7.11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-7.11
§ 42-64-7.11. Venture capital forum program.
Status: in_force

The Rhode Island commerce corporation shall establish a Rhode Island Venture Capital Forum Program. To establish the program, the corporation shall organize a statewide system for facilitating venture capital investing. Such system may include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(1) Identifying and providing information to investors about investment opportunities in new and high-growth business enterprises;

(2) Identifying and providing information to entrepreneurs and high-growth business enterprises about investors seeking investment opportunities;

(3) Providing statewide and regional meetings, forums, internet-based information systems, venture capital fairs, and other opportunities for venture capital investors and new and high-growth business enterprises to meet and discuss potential mutual opportunities;

(4) Cooperating with other service entities in facilitating effectiveness of the program including, but not limited to, financial institutions, attorneys, accountants, investment banking firms, established venture capital funds, institutions of higher education, local and regional development organizations, business development centers, business incubators, and utilities;

(5) Serving as a clearinghouse and access point for information about venture capital investment opportunities in Rhode Island;

(6) Serving as the central organization and means of delivering appropriate education and training programs for potential investors and new or high-growth business enterprises;

(7) Facilitating the formation of private venture capital funds;

(8) Reviewing annually the current status of venture capital in Rhode Island in conjunction with the full capital continuum needs of businesses in Rhode Island and make such report to the legislature as to the availability of capital for businesses in Rhode Island. The report shall analyze the needs of small and larger businesses in Rhode Island. The corporation shall work in conjunction with any organization formed to provide economic analysis for the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-7.10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-7.10
§ 42-64-7.10. Preservation and support of the fishing industry and other current uses at Newport and Galilee.
Status: in_force

With respect to the ports of Newport and Galilee, the department of environmental management shall maintain, manage, and operate these ports in a manner that is consistent with their current use, for not less than ninety-nine (99) years, so that the commercial fishing industry is guaranteed the use of not less than the current portion of these ports as is currently being employed to support the commercial fishing industry and to guarantee the commercial fishing industry not less than the current amount of dockage being occupied on July 7, 1999.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-166-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-166 / Section 42-166-2
§ 42-166-2. Use of appropriated funds.
Status: in_force

Any appropriated funds shall be used to provide grants to three (3) or four (4) grantee partnerships, consisting of multiple private sector health and human services employer organizations and education grantee partnerships (with at least one focused on behavioral health and one focused on nursing). Employers will be required to contribute a twenty-five percent (25%) in-kind match and a ten percent (10%) cash match.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-24 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-24
§ 42-116-24. Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued by the corporation in accordance with this chapter, the principal and the income from these bonds, including any profit made on the sale of these bonds, are, at all times, exempt from taxation by and within the state.

(b) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter are in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions and constitute the performance of an essential governmental function and the corporation, its assets, its properties, and its moneys, and the income derived from these are exempt from all state, municipal, and local taxes, excises and assessments; provided, however, that the corporation makes payments of real property taxes to municipalities and political subdivisions with respect to the real property of the corporation (other than real property owned by the corporation and used for the conduct of its operations) located in the municipalities and political subdivisions.

(c) With respect to any transfer of real estate or an interest in real estate to or from the corporation, neither the corporation nor the entity or person making or receiving the transfer are required to pay any real estate conveyance or transfer tax or recording fees of any kind on account of instruments or documents recorded by or on behalf of the corporation or any entity or person in connection with the transfer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-148-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-148 / Section 42-148-4
§ 42-148-4. Cost comparison.
Status: in_force

The director of administration shall analyze all vendor bids as compared to current delivery of service costs or an in-house bid, whichever is lower, according to the following:

(1) Any cost comparison must include an analysis of:

(i) Comparative benefits for employees to meet the requirements of the statement of work and performance standards;

(ii) All transition costs as defined in § 42-148-2(7);

(iii) Any conversion costs as defined in § 42-148-2(1); and

(iv) Areas where the bidders costs appear artificially low, thereby putting the state at risk for further cost overruns.

(2) In the event that the state will incur new program costs related to the statement of work and performance standards, such costs shall be included in the cost comparison.

(3) All cost comparisons must include an analysis of whether the cost savings will result in meeting the performance and qualitative measures set out in the statement of work and performance standards.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-164-11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-164 / Section 42-164-11
§ 42-164-11. Good faith handling of mail  Protection from civil liability.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state or any member of the department of state who reasonably and in good faith handles any process or mail on behalf of a participant in accordance with this chapter shall be immune from any civil liability that might otherwise result by reason of such actions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-157-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-157 / Section 42-157-5
§ 42-157-5. Regional purchasing, efficiencies, and innovation.
Status: in_force

To take advantage of economies of scale and to lower costs, the exchange is hereby authorized to pursue opportunities to jointly negotiate, procure, or otherwise purchase exchange services with or partner with another state or multiple states and to pursue a Federal Affordable Care Act 1332 Waiver.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-11-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-11 / Section 42-11-3
§ 42-11-3. Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose, which purpose is the coordination of all service functions within one department and the allocation of these functions to the department of administration established by this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-167-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-167 / Section 42-167-2
§ 42-167-2. Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of the executive office of housing shall be:

(1) To develop and promulgate state policies, and plans, for housing and housing production and performance measures for housing programs established pursuant to state law;

(2) To coordinate activities among state agencies and political subdivisions pertaining to housing;

(3) To promote the stability of and quality of life in communities and neighborhoods;

(4) To provide opportunities for safe, sanitary, decent, adequate, and affordable housing in Rhode Island;

(5) To encourage public-private partnerships that foster the production, rehabilitation, development, maintenance, and improvement of housing and housing conditions, especially for low- and moderate-income people;

(6) To foster and support nonprofit organizations, including community development corporations, and their associations and intermediaries, that are engaged in providing housing-related services;

(7) To encourage and support partnerships between institutions of higher education and neighborhoods to develop and retain quality, healthy housing and sustainable communities;

(8) To facilitate private for-profit production and rehabilitation of housing for diverse populations and income groups; and

(9) To provide, facilitate, and/or support the provisions of technical assistance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-12-28 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-12 / Section 42-12-28
§ 42-12-28. Child support enforcement functions.
Status: in_force

(a) The department of human services is authorized and directed to operate a statewide child support enforcement program. The department shall be responsible for activities assigned to it by law, including, but not limited to, establishing paternity, establishing, enforcing, modifying child support and medical orders, and the collection and distribution of payments of child and medical support, pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., titles 15 and 40 of the Rhode Island general laws, and other applicable state and federal child support laws and regulations.

(b) The department is authorized to provide by rule for the payment of child support and/or medical support received from any in-state, or interstate employers, making income withholdings, and from collections received from other state collection and disbursement units and foreign jurisdictions, by electronic funds transfer (EFT) when the child support and/or medical support is required to be paid in connection with a court or administrative order for support to the states central collection and disbursement unit. The department may promulgate any regulations necessary to implement this section including regulations that specify the form, frequency, and content of electronic funds transfer messages and electronic data information in order to insure the proper receipt, and crediting of the child support and/or medical support payments. The department and the tax administrator, division of taxation, department of administration, are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate and coordinate the electronic funds transfer, receipt, and crediting of child support and/or medical support payments, in furtherance of their respective duties and functions under this section and § 44-1-31.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-157-14 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-157 / Section 42-157-14
§ 42-157-14. Regulatory authority.
Status: in_force

The exchange may promulgate regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-155-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-155 / Section 42-155-6
§ 42-155-6. Transparency requirements established.
Status: in_force

The following shall be public, and available to the public upon request and posted directly, or via direct link, on the website of each quasi-public corporation:

(1) Job descriptions of the executive director and management;

(2) Compensation comparability studies of the executive;

(3) Quarterly financial statements;

(4) Capital improvement plans;

(5) Operating budgets;

(6) Strategic plan;

(7) Agendas and minutes of the open meetings of the board;

(8) Quarterly contracting reports required by § 42-90-1;

(9) Regulations adopted by the quasi-public corporation;

(10) Enabling legislation;

(11) Mission statement;

(12) Board members;

(13) Organizational chart;

(14) Bylaws of the quasi-public corporation;

(15) All reports and audits required by this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-2-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-2 / Section 42-2-3
§ 42-2-3. Migratory bird reservations.
Status: in_force

Consent of the state of Rhode Island is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise, or lease of those areas of land or water, or of land and water, in Rhode Island, which the United States may deem necessary for the establishment of migratory bird reservations in accordance with the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 715  715s, reserving, however, to the state of Rhode Island full and complete jurisdiction and authority over all those areas not incompatible with the administration, maintenance, protection, and control thereof by the United States under the terms of that act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-13-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-13 / Section 42-13-3
§ 42-13-3. Relations with other governmental agencies.
Status: in_force

The department of transportation is hereby authorized to cooperate with the appropriate agencies of the federal government, this state, or other states, and regional agencies in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation facilities and programs. The department is authorized to apply for and accept funds from federal and regional agencies to carry out any of its functions, and to contract with the federal government and regional agencies concerning the use and disposition of those funds.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-61 / Section 42-61-7
§ 42-61-7. Assignment of prizes.
Status: in_force

No right of any person to a prize drawn shall be assignable, except that payment of any prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner, and except that any person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order may be paid the prize to which the winner is entitled. The director shall be discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-20.3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-20.3
§ 42-56-20.3. Community correctional program for women offenders.
Status: in_force

(a) Program established . In addition to the provisions of § 42-56-20.2, there shall be established within the department of corrections a community correctional program for women offenders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the department of corrections may contract with private agencies to carry out the provisions of this section. The civil liability of these agencies and their employees, acting within the scope of their employment, and carrying out the provisions of this section, shall be limited in the same manner and dollar amount as if they were agencies or employees of the state.

(b) Persons subject to this section. Every person who is either sentenced to imprisonment in the womens division of the adult correctional institutions for a term of two (2) years or less or awaiting trial at the womens division of the adult correctional institutions shall be eligible to serve in the community confinement program for women offenders under the provisions of this section.

(c) Terms of community correctional program.

(1) The director, or the directors designee, shall refer persons eligible to serve in the community correctional program to the program director of the community correctional program. The program director shall be responsible for developing with each person an individualized plan, which shall be designed toward providing her an opportunity for rehabilitation and restitution. Each plan shall assess the need for, and provide for, employment, vocational or academic education, housing, restitution, community service, or any other social service or counseling need appropriate to the particular woman. Each plan shall be submitted to the director of the department of corrections, or the directors designee, for approval.

(2) Upon approval by the director, or the directors designee, of the plan, the plan shall be submitted to the sentencing judge for the sentencing judges approval. Upon the courts approval, the person shall be released from the adult correctional institutions for participation in the community correctional program. The supervision of persons so released shall be conducted by the director, or the directors designee. The director, or the directors designee, shall have the full power and authority set forth in § 42-56-20.2.

(d) Violations. Any person serving in the community correctional program who is found to be a violator of any of the terms and conditions imposed upon her according to her plan, this section, or any rules, regulations, or restrictions issued pursuant hereto shall serve the balance of her sentence in a classification deemed appropriate by the director.

(e) [Deleted by P.L. 2025, ch. 173, § 1 and P.L. 2025, ch. 174, § 1.]
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-119-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-119 / Section 42-119-5
§ 42-119-5. Survival of lawful activities.
Status: in_force

Action taken, rules, regulations, or standards adopted by the permanent advisory commission on women prior to July 1, 1992, in accordance with authority under resolution No. 84 of the 1970 acts and resolves and subsequent executive order and general assembly action, shall automatically continue with the same force and effect as if the action or adoption had taken place after July 1, 1992.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-4-19 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-4 / Section 42-4-19
§ 42-4-19. State appetizer.
Status: in_force

Calamari is hereby designated as the official state appetizer for the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-4.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-35 / Section 42-35-4.1
§ 42-35-4.1. Refiling of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) Each agency shall, on or before January 2, 2002, according to a schedule specified by the secretary of state, file with the secretary of state an electronic list of all its lawfully adopted rules that are in force on the date of the filing.

(b) Each agency shall give notice thirty (30) days prior to refiling any rule or regulation in order to comply with this section. Each agency shall also give notice, thirty (30) days prior to that agencys due date for refiling, of which rules and regulations it shall not be refiling. The notices shall include a statement of the intended action and a description of the subjects and issues involved. The public notice of the refile shall be provided to all persons who have made timely request of the agency for advance notice of its rulemaking proceedings, and published in a newspaper, or newspapers, having aggregate general circulation throughout the state.

(c) Agency compliance with this section shall be coordinated in accordance with a schedule established by the secretary of state for agency refiling of rules.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-133-12 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-133 / Section 42-133-12
§ 42-133-12. Limited power to incur debt.
Status: in_force

The corporation and the board have no power to incur debt or obligations or in any way to encumber their assets except by the issuance of bonds, including the making of covenants in relation to the issuing of bonds and the incurring of expenses and obligations in connection with such issuance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-11-2.6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-11 / Section 42-11-2.6
§ 42-11-2.6. Office of Digital Excellence established.
Status: in_force

(a) Within the department, division of enterprise technology strategy and services, there shall be established the Office of Digital Excellence. The purposes of the office shall be to move Rhode Island state government into the 21st century through the incorporation of innovation and modern digital capabilities throughout state government and to leverage technology to expand and improve the quality of services provided to Rhode Island citizens; to promote greater access to government and the internet throughout cities and towns; and to position Rhode Island as a national leader in e-government.

(b) Within the office, there shall be a chief digital officer who shall be appointed by the director of administration with the approval of the governor and who shall be in the unclassified service. The chief digital officer shall report to the director of administration and be required to:

(1) Manage the implementation of all new and mission-critical technology infrastructure projects and upgrades for state agencies. The division of enterprise technology strategy and services, established pursuant to § 42-11-2.8, shall continue to manage and support all day-to-day operations of the states technology infrastructure, telecommunications, and associated applications;

(2) Increase the number of government services that can be provided online in order to allow residents and businesses to complete transactions in a more efficient and transparent manner;

(3) Improve the states websites to provide timely information to online users and as many government services as possible online; and

(4) Establish, improve, and enhance the states use of social media and mobile technological applications.

(c) The office shall coordinate its efforts with the division of enterprise technology strategy and services in order to plan, allocate, and implement projects supported by the information technology restricted receipt account (ITRR account) established pursuant to § 42-11-2.5(a) and the large systems initiatives fund (LSI fund) established pursuant to § 42-11-2.5(b).

(d) All intellectual property created as a result of work undertaken by employees of the office shall remain the property of the state of Rhode Island. Any patents applied for shall be in the name of the state.

(e) The director of administration may promulgate rules and regulations recommended by the chief digital officer in order to effectuate the purposes and requirements of this act.

(f) The chief digital officer shall report no later than January 31, 2013, and every January 31 thereafter, to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the senate president regarding the implementation status of all technology infrastructure projects; website improvements; number of e-government transactions and revenues generated; projects supported by the information technology restricted receipt account; and all other activities undertaken by the office. The report shall also include planned use for projects related to public safety communications and emergency services, recommendations on the development of and opportunities for shared implementation and delivery of these services among municipalities, and strategies for such shared services. The annual report shall be posted on the offices website.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-30-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-30 / Section 42-30-4
§ 42-30-4. Certificate of engagement  Term of engagement.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, each justice of the peace shall, at the time of receiving the justice's commission, file with the secretary of state a certificate that the justice of the peace has been duly engaged thereon, signed by the person before whom the engagement shall have been taken, and the secretary of state shall, at the request of the justice of the peace and upon payment of the actual cost thereof, issue a wallet-size identification card to the person.

(b) The term of engagement for each justice of the peace shall be for a period of four (4) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-8-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-8 / Section 42-8-4
§ 42-8-4. Affixing seal  Authenticated copies of papers.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall affix the seal of this state to acts, commissions, certificates and other papers in the secretarys office, in all cases required by law; and shall give copies duly authenticated, of any official paper, whenever required and paid therefor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-32 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-32
§ 42-116-32. Corporations right to subrogation.
Status: in_force

(a) Any depositor who receives payments under this chapter is deemed to have assigned to the corporation all rights, claims, and causes of action which he or she may have (1) against any eligible institution, (2) against any officers, directors, employees, or agents of the institution, and (3) against any person who performs or who has performed any financial audit or examination of the institution or who performs or who has performed other professional services for the institution, to the extent and in the full amount of those payments. The corporation may require the execution of a document evidencing and setting forth the terms of the aforesaid assignment, as a condition precedent to his or her receipt of payments under this chapter.

(b) The subrogation rights of the corporation under this section shall have the same priority against the assets of the eligible institution or any of the other persons listed in subsection (a) as that possessed by the depositor entitled to receive payments under this chapter.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed:

(1) To extinguish, diminish, abrogate or assign any rights, claims or causes of action which a depositor may have against (i) any eligible institution, (ii) any officers, directors, employees, or agents of the institution, or (iii) any person who performs or who has performed any financial audit or examination of the institution or who performs or who has performed other professional services for the institution, for any losses, of any nature whatsoever, in excess of the amount of the payments received by the depositor from the corporation under this chapter; or

(2) To extinguish, diminish, change, or affect the civil liability or the criminal culpability of (i) any eligible institution, (ii) any officers, directors, employees or agents of any eligible institution, or (iii) any person who performs or who has performed any financial audit or examination of an institution or who performs or who has performed other professional services for an institution.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-1-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-1 / Section 42-1-1
§ 42-1-1. Extension of boundaries into sea.
Status: in_force

(a) The general assembly finds that the people of the state of Rhode Island have a fundamental interest in the establishment of the full jurisdiction of this state over that area which Congress has determined to be subject to this states jurisdiction in the Submerged Lands Act of 1953, 43 U.S.C. § 1301 et seq., and to extend jurisdiction as fully as is permitted under the Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone of 1958 and applicable precedents of the United States Supreme Court.

(b) The boundary between this state and the state of New York is established by agreement between the two states and ratified by the Congress in chapter 362 of Public Law 399, approved July 1, 1944.

(c) The territorial waters of this state and the submerged lands thereunder enuring to this state extend seaward three (3) geographical miles (5,556 meters) from the shoreline at the mean low water mark or from any base line farther out permitted by law, without prejudice to existing state jurisdiction up to the mean high water mark.

(d) The waters of Narragansett Bay are bounded on the south by a base line or closing line extending from the mean low water mark at the southernmost point at Point Judith to the mean low water mark at the southernmost point on the southernmost island in the West Island group, south of Sakonnet Point. This closing line is equivalent to the shoreline.

(e) Whenever the United States or a court of competent jurisdiction shall extend the breadth of the territorial seas of this state to any greater distance, the above territorial boundaries shall be deemed to extend to such distance.

(f) The boundary of counties bordering on the sea extends to the uttermost limit of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-23 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-23
§ 42-116-23. Certain agreements.
Status: in_force

No agreement which tends to diminish or defeat the interest of the corporation in any asset acquired by it under this chapter is valid against the corporation unless the agreement:

(1) Is in writing;

(2) Was executed by the eligible institution and any person claiming an adverse interest thereunder, including the obligor, contemporaneously with the acquisition of the asset by the eligible institution;

(3) Was approved by the board of directors of the eligible institution or its loan committee; which approval is reflected in the minutes of the board or committee; and

(4) Has been, continuously, from the time of its execution, an official record of the eligible institution.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-57-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-57 / Section 42-57-4
§ 42-57-4. Powers.
Status: in_force

(a) The foundation is authorized and empowered:

(1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(2) To adopt an official seal and alter the seal at pleasure;

(3) To maintain an office at any place or places within the state as it may designate;

(4) To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded. Service of process in any action shall be made by service upon the chairperson of the foundation;

(5) To employ assistants, agents, and other employees that may be necessary or desirable for its purposes; to contract for and engage consultants, and to utilize the service of other governmental agencies;

(6) To accept from a federal agency, loans or grants for use in carrying out its purposes, and to enter into agreements with that agency respecting those loans or grants;

(7) To acquire, purchase, manage, and operate and hold and dispose of real and personal property, to take assignments of rentals and leases, and make and enter into all contracts, leases, and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties;

(8) To receive any gifts, grants, or donations made for any of the purposes of its program, and to disburse and administer them in accordance with the terms thereof; and

(9) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.

(b) These powers do not remove from the department of environmental management any responsibilities for maintaining, operating, and developing the Fort Adams State Park complex as an integral part of the system.

(1) The department of environmental management assumes tort liability for the purpose of public access and use of a tour program at the Fort Adams complex, which shall be operated by the foundation with oversight by the department. The department in its oversight capacity shall be engaged in a governmental function, and in any tort action against the state, the damages recovered shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) as identified in § 9-31-2.

(2) In addition to any other requirements mandated by the department of environmental management, any contractor hired shall be required to carry liability insurance in an amount to be determined by the director.

(3) The director may, through regulation or memorandum of agreement, create and establish an advisory committee for the Fort Adams State Park.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-164-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-164 / Section 42-164-7
§ 42-164-7. Nondisclosure of address in criminal and civil proceedings.
Status: in_force

No person shall be compelled to disclose a program participants actual address during the discovery phase of or during a proceeding before a court of competent jurisdiction or administrative tribunal unless the court or administrative tribunal finds, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that the disclosure is required in the interests of justice. A court or administrative tribunal may seal that portion of any record that contains a program participants actual address. Nothing in this section shall prevent the state, in its discretion, from using a program participants actual address in any document or record filed with a court or administrative tribunal if, at the time of filing, the document or record is not a public record.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-34 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-34
§ 42-64-34. Appointment of small business advocate.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of the Rhode Island commerce corporation shall appoint a staff person to serve as the small business advocate.

(b) The small business advocate shall:

(1) Identify and convey specific concerns raised by small business in providing notice to the state agency proposing the regulation;

(2) Inform businesses regarding proposed regulation that may have a significant adverse economic impact; and

(3) Formulate policies and procedures in accordance with chapter 35 of this title.

(c) The small business advocate may request from any government agency, and the agency is authorized and directed to provide, any cooperation and assistance, services, and data as will enable the small business advocate to properly perform or exercise any of the small business advocates functions, duties, and powers under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-49-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-49 / Section 42-49-5
§ 42-49-5. Departmental cooperation.
Status: in_force

Each department of the state government shall assign one or more persons to act as liaison to the little state house staff. All departments and agencies of state government shall furnish advice, service, and information, documentary and otherwise, and cooperate fully and speedily with requests from the little state house staff.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-30 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-30
§ 42-116-30. Liability of the corporation.
Status: in_force

The corporation is, subject to the period of limitations set forth in § 9-1-25, liable in actions of tort only to the extent that those actions do not arise from the performance of any functions found or deemed to be essential or discretionary governmental functions. Any recovery in an action or any recovery by any person in one or more of any actions against the corporation, its directors, employees, or agents shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per plaintiff in the absence of fraud or willful misconduct. In the absence of fraud or willful misconduct, the directors are not personally liable to any party on account of any action (whether tort or otherwise) arising from or related to the manner or terms of the disposition of the corporations assets, nor shall the manner or terms of the disposition constitute a defense to any obligation owed to the corporation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-32 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-29 / Section 42-29-32
§ 42-29-32. Restraint of prisoners and detainees.
Status: in_force

(a) No handcuffs, shackles, or other restraints shall be used on a prisoner or detainee known to be in her third trimester of pregnancy during transport to or from a court proceeding, except in accordance with the provisions of § 42-56.3-3(b). If restraints are used, the type of restraint applied and the application of the restraint shall be done in the least restrictive manner necessary.

(b) If restraints are used on a prisoner or detainee pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the sheriff shall submit to the director of the department of public safety within five (5) days a report articulating the grounds that dictated the use of restraints. The department shall submit to the general assembly in January of each year a report disclosing the number of prisoners or detainees who were subjected to restraints pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and the grounds for their use. No individually identifying information of any prisoner or detainee shall be included in the report.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-149-3.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-149 / Section 42-149-3.1
§ 42-149-3.1. Assessment on state expenditures for non-state employee services.
Status: in_force

Whenever a department, commission, board, council, agency, or public corporation incurs expenditures through contracts or agreements by which a nongovernmental person or entity agrees to provide services that are substantially similar to and in lieu of services heretofore provided, in whole or in part, by regular employees of the department, commission, board, council, agency, or public corporation covered by chapter 8 of title 36, those expenditures shall be subject to an assessment equal to five and one-half percent (5.5%) of the cost of the service. That assessment shall be paid to the retirement system on a quarterly basis in accordance with § 36-10-2(e).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-71-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-71 / Section 42-71-3
§ 42-71-3. Authority to accept grants.
Status: in_force

In addition to any of its other powers and responsibilities, the commission is authorized and empowered to accept any grants made available by the United States government or any agency of the United States government and the commission, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and empowered to perform any acts and enter into all necessary contracts and agreements with the United States of America or any agency of the United States government as may be necessary in any manner and degree as shall be deemed to be in the best interest of the state. The proceeds of grants received shall be paid to the general treasurer of the state and by the treasurer deposited in a separate fund and shall be utilized for the purposes of the grants.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-140-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-140 / Section 42-140-3
§ 42-140-3. Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of the office shall be to:

(1) Develop and put into effect plans and programs to promote, encourage, and assist the provision of energy resources for Rhode Island in a manner that enhances economic well-being, social equity, and environmental quality;

(2) Monitor, forecast, and report on energy use, energy prices, and energy demand and supply forecasts, and make findings and recommendations with regard to energy supply diversity, reliability, and procurement, including least-cost procurement;

(3) Develop and to put into effect plans and programs to promote, encourage, and assist the efficient and productive use of energy resources in Rhode Island, and to coordinate energy programs for natural gas, electricity, and heating oil to maximize the aggregate benefits of conservation and efficiency of investments;

(4) Monitor and report technological developments that may result in new and/or improved sources of energy supply, increased energy efficiency, and reduced environmental impacts from energy supply, transmission, and distribution;

(5) Administer the programs, duties, and responsibilities heretofore exercised by the state energy office, except as these may be assigned by executive order or the general laws to other departments and agencies of state government;

(6) Develop, recommend, and, as appropriate, implement integrated and/or comprehensive strategies, including at regional and federal levels, to secure Rhode Islands interest in energy resources, their supply and efficient use, and as necessary to interact with persons, private sector, nonprofit, regional, federal entities and departments and agencies of other states to effectuate this purpose;

(7) Cooperate with agencies, departments, corporations, and entities of the state and of political subdivisions of the state in achieving its purposes;

(8) Cooperate with and assist the state planning council and the division of state planning in developing, maintaining, and implementing state guide plan elements pertaining to energy and renewable energy;

(9) Coordinate the energy efficiency, least-cost procurement, and systems reliability plans and programs with the energy efficiency and resources management council;

(10) Participate in, monitor implementation of, and provide technical assistance for the low-income home energy assistance program enhancement plan established pursuant to § 39-1-27.12;

(11) Participate in and monitor the distributed generation standard contracts program pursuant to chapter 26.2 of title 39;

(12) Coordinate opportunities with and enter into contracts and/or agreements with the commerce corporation associated with the energy efficiency, least-cost procurement, system reliability, and renewable energy fund programs;

(13) Provide support and information to the division of planning and the state planning council in the development of a ten-year (10) Rhode Island Energy Guide Plan, which shall be reviewed and amended if necessary every five (5) years;

(14) Advise and provide technical assistance to state and federally funded energy programs to support:

(i) The federal low-income home energy assistance program which provides heating assistance to eligible low-income persons and any state funded or privately funded heating assistance program of a similar nature assigned to it for administration;

(ii) The weatherization assistance program which offers home weatherization grants and heating system upgrades to eligible persons of low-income;

(iii) The emergency fuel program which provides oil deliveries to families experiencing a heating emergency;

(iv) The energy conservation program, which offers service and programs to all sectors;

(v) [Deleted by P.L. 2008, ch. 228, § 2, and P.L. 2008, ch. 422, § 2.]

(15) Advise the commerce corporation in the development of standards and rules for the solicitation and award of renewable energy program investment funds in accordance with § 42-64-13.2;

(16) Develop, recommend, and evaluate energy programs for state facilities and operations in order to achieve and demonstrate the benefits of energy-efficiency, diversification of energy supplies, energy conservation, and demand management; and

(17) Advise the governor and the general assembly with regard to energy resources and all matters relevant to achieving the purposes of the office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-19 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-19
§ 42-56-19. Educational and vocational training unit.
Status: in_force

To most effectively assist the vocational and educational rehabilitation of each person imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions or any juvenile placed in the custody of the department, there shall be within the department of corrections an educational and vocational training unit whose duties it shall be to determine the needs and the aptitude of that person and to furnish the means that shall be best designed to effect the rehabilitation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-42 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-42
§ 42-56-42. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-133-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-133 / Section 42-133-4
§ 42-133-4. Creation  Powers  Construction of chapter  Termination.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby authorized, created and established, a public corporation of the state having a legal existence distinct from the state and not constituting a department of state government, to be known as the tobacco settlement financing corporation, with such powers as are set forth in this chapter.

(b) It is the intent of the general assembly by the passage of this chapter to vest in the corporation all powers, authority, rights, privileges, and titles which may be necessary to enable it to accomplish the purposes set forth in this chapter. This chapter and the powers granted hereby shall be liberally construed in conformity with these purposes.

(c) The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law or until the corporation shall cease entirely and continuously to conduct or be involved in any business whatsoever in furtherance of its purposes; provided, that no termination shall take effect prior to the date which is one year and one day after the date on which the corporation no longer has any bonds outstanding. Upon termination of the existence of the corporation, all its rights and properties shall pass to and best vested in the state. At no other time shall the assets or other property of the corporation inure to the benefit of any other person.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-14 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-14
§ 42-56-14. Buildings and grounds comprising institutions.
Status: in_force

The buildings comprising the state prison, mens reformatory, reformatory for women, the county jail in the county of Providence, all of which are located in Cranston, and the grounds surrounding those buildings and any other buildings and grounds, wherever located, that shall be maintained for those purposes, are declared to be the adult correctional institutions of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-75-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-75 / Section 42-75-6
§ 42-75-6. Administration of the commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The chairperson may employ and, with the approval of the majority of the council on the arts, remove an executive director who shall employ any staff as required adequately to administer the programs of the council, upon approval of the council and within the limits of funds available for those purposes.

(b) Office space for the commission shall be provided by the department of administration, and the chairperson shall annually request an appropriation of those funds that the chairperson deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-19 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-19
§ 42-116-19. Investment securities.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds issued hereunder, all such bonds are deemed to be investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code, title 6A of the general laws.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-29 / Section 42-29-10
§ 42-29-10. Removal of deputies by court.
Status: in_force

Any deputy sheriff may be removed for misdemeanor in office by the Rhode Island supreme court or by the superior court sitting for the county to which the officer belongs, upon complaint made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-164-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-164 / Section 42-164-6
§ 42-164-6. Disclosure of address prohibited  Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may not make a program participants address, other than substitute address, available for inspection or copying, except under the following circumstances:

(1) If requested by a law enforcement agency for a law enforcement purpose with an accompanying warrant; or

(2) If directed by a court order, to a person identified in the order.

(b) The secretary of state shall provide immediate notification of disclosure to a program participant when disclosure takes place under this section, unless specific language in a warrant or court order prohibits it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-20-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-20 / Section 42-20-6
§ 42-20-6. Construction of laws fixing salaries and providing for expenses.
Status: in_force

Whenever in any general law or public law or resolution of the general assembly prior to February 7, 1939, there shall have been stated a fixed amount for a salary, wage, compensation, or for personal services, or for clerical assistance, or a fixed amount for office expense, printing and binding, advertising, traveling expense, repairs and replacements, or other specified charges, it shall be hereafter construed that the designation of a specified amount is eliminated from that law and the phrase The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for such purpose shall be substituted therefor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-9-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-9 / Section 42-9-2
§ 42-9-2. Powers and duties of department  Division of juvenile prosecution established.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general, the assistant attorneys general, and those special assistant attorneys general who have been designated by the attorney general, shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed in and shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and of §§ 12-1-4  12-1-12, and in all other provisions of the general laws and public laws insofar as they relate to the powers and duties of the attorney general. The attorney general shall file notice with the secretary of state and the clerk of the superior court.

(b) There shall be established within the department of attorney general a division of juvenile prosecution which shall prosecute all delinquency petitions based on the commission of any offense which if committed by an adult would constitute a capital offense, all delinquency petitions based on the commission of an offense which if committed by an adult would constitute the offense of assault with intent to commit a capital offense, all delinquency petitions based upon the commission of an offense which if committed by an adult would constitute the offense of manslaughter, and all assault offenses which if committed by an adult would constitute a felony. The division of juvenile prosecution shall also have jurisdiction to file petitions pursuant to §§ 14-1-7 and 14-1-7.1.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-26 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-26
§ 42-72-26. Assumption of duties.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the director, assuming any duties formerly imposed upon any other department, division, board, commission, or other agency, shall perform those duties, notwithstanding that they were formerly performed by a board, commission, or single officer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-2-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-2 / Section 42-2-2
§ 42-2-2. Exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

The lots, parcels, or tracts of land selected pursuant to § 42-2-1, together with the tenements and appurtenances for the purposes mentioned in § 42-2-1, shall be held exempt from taxation by the state of Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-92-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-92 / Section 42-92-6
§ 42-92-6. Payment of award.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general or public laws, fees and other expenses awarded under this chapter shall be paid by the agency from any sums available to the agency. No amounts shall be appropriated to the agency specifically for the purpose of paying fees and other expenses awarded under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-18-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-18 / Section 42-18-3
§ 42-18-3. Additional transfer of functions from former department of social welfare.
Status: in_force

There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of health:

(1) Those functions of the former department of social welfare that were administered through or with respect to the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons (title 40);

(2) All functions relating to the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons formerly in the department of social welfare and of all other officers, employees, agencies and advisory councils, committees, or commissions involved in the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons;

(3) So much of other functions or parts of functions of the former director of the department of social welfare as is incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subsections (1) and (2).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-40-3.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-40 / Section 42-40-3.1
§ 42-40-3.1. Attorney general  Interchange of employees with federal government.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-40-3, the attorney general of the state of Rhode Island is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, and/or instrumentalities of the federal government. The period of individual assignment or interchange may be for more than one year. Details relating to the interchange may be subject to a written agreement between the sending and receiving agencies and will be subject to the employees voluntary consent. The attorney general will submit to the director of administration a report of all employee interchanges authorized by this law. The report will also be transmitted to the general assembly in January of each year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-7-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-7 / Section 42-7-4
§ 42-7-4. Flag and pennant of governor.
Status: in_force

The flag and pennant of the governor shall be white, bearing on each side the following: A gold anchor on a shield with a blue field and gold border; above the shield, a gold scroll bearing the words in blue letters State of Rhode Island; below the shield, a gold scroll bearing in blue letters the word Hope; the shield and scrolls to be surrounded by four (4) blue stars; both the flag and pennant to be edged with yellow fringe.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-71-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-71 / Section 42-71-1
§ 42-71-1. Commission established.
Status: in_force

There shall be an American and Italian cultural exchange commission to consist of nine (9) members, all of whom shall be American citizens descended from Italian ancestry and residents of the state; three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate; and three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the governor. The commission shall establish, maintain, and develop cultural ties between Italians and Italian-Americans; foster a special interest in the historical and cultural background of both groups, as well as in the economic, political, social, and artistic life of the countries involved; and shall help establish or promote Italian language programs in the schools of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-1
§ 42-72-1. Establishment of department  Director.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established within the executive branch of state government a department of children, youth and families.

(b) The head of the department shall be the director of children, youth and families, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office, in accordance with §42-72-4.

(c) The director shall be in the unclassified service, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years and shall continue to hold office until the director's successor is appointed and qualified. The director shall receive a salary as provided by law.

The director is further authorized and directed to provide to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate, no later than October 1, 1991, a comprehensive and detailed plan to restructure the department of children, youth and families. The plan will be developed in close cooperation with the special legislative task force to investigate the department of children, youth and families.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-73-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-73 / Section 42-73-1
§ 42-73-1. Establishment.
Status: in_force

There is created the child advocate office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-9.4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-9.4
§ 42-64-9.4. Procedures for enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) The Rhode Island commerce corporation shall have authority to seek legal or equitable relief in the federal court or in the superior court of Providence county to enforce the requirements of sections 307(b) and (c); 402(b)(8), and other applicable sections of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.] and any regulations implementing those sections or authorized by this chapter. Whenever, on the basis of any information available to the corporation, the corporation has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has violated any provision of this chapter or of any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter, the corporation may institute administrative, civil or criminal proceedings in the name of the Rhode Island commerce corporation. The corporation shall not be required to enter into any recognizance or give surety for costs prior to instituting this proceeding. The corporation has the authority to order any person who violates any provision of this chapter or of any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter to cease and desist the violation or to remedy the violation and to impose administrative penalties. The corporation may impose administrative penalties only in accordance with the notice and hearing provisions of chapter 35 of this title, this chapter, and as set forth in the corporations rules and regulations.

(b) The superior court for Providence county shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rule, regulation, permit, or administrative order issued pursuant to this chapter. Proceedings for enforcement may be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the corporation. In any proceeding on which injunctive relief is sought, it shall not be necessary for the corporation to establish that without the relief the injury, which will result will be irreparable or that the remedy at law is inadequate. Proceedings provided in this section shall be in addition to, and may be utilized in lieu of, other administrative or judicial proceedings authorized by this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-22 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-29 / Section 42-29-22
§ 42-29-22. Execution of writs and precepts.
Status: in_force

A deputy sheriff shall serve and execute all writs and as directed wherever the deputy sheriff may be authorized by law, or by special order of the court issuing the writ or precept.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-163-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-163 / Section 42-163-7
§ 42-163-7. Meetings and reporting.
Status: in_force

The council shall meet at least quarterly and shall report at least annually on or before December 31 of each year to the general assembly on its findings and recommendations to include, but not limited to, recommendations for proposed legislation to further the purposes of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-16 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-14 / Section 42-14-16
§ 42-14-16. Insurance  Administrative penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the director, or the director's designee, shall have cause to believe that a violation of title 27 and/or chapter 14, 14.5, 62, or 128.1 of this title or the regulations promulgated thereunder has occurred by a licensee, or any person or entity conducting any activities requiring licensure under title 27, the director or the director's designee may, in accordance with the requirements of the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of this title:

(1) Revoke or suspend a license;

(2) Levy an administrative penalty in an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);

(3) Order the violator to cease such actions;

(4) Require the licensee or person or entity conducting any activities requiring licensure under title 27 to take such actions as are necessary to comply with title 27 and/or chapter 14, 14.5, 62, or 128.1 of this title, or the regulations thereunder; or

(5) Any combination of the above penalties.

(b) Any monetary penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be deposited as general revenues.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-147-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-147 / Section 42-147-2
§ 42-147-2. Terms of office  Chairperson.
Status: in_force

The members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years except that of the three (3) members originally appointed by each of the appointing authorities; one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, and one for a term of three (3) years. The members shall annually elect one of them as chairperson of the commission.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-60-12 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-60 / Section 42-60-12
§ 42-60-12. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-11-13 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-11 / Section 42-11-13
§ 42-11-13. Rhode Island organ transplant fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created the Rhode Island organ transplant fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund. The general treasurer shall invest and reinvest the same in accordance with § 35-10-2. The department of human services shall administer the organ transplant program. Disbursement of funds from the fund shall be made by the general treasurer upon receipt by the general treasurer of properly authenticated vouchers from the department of human services.

(b) The fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to § 44-30-2.5 and gifts, grants, and donations from public and private sources. All revenues credited to the fund shall not be subject to expenditure except for the purposes hereinafter stated.

(c) The fund shall be used to help defray any expenses of human organ transplants incurred by Rhode Island residents and their families. For purposes of the fund, family shall be limited to the parents or spouse or guardian or next-of-kin of the recipient of the organ transplant. Expenses shall be limited to non-reimbursed costs associated with organ transplants including hospital and medical care, all drugs prescribed that relate to organ transplant maintenance (disbursement from fund for maintenance drugs shall be limited to fifty percent (50%) of average wholesale price or fifty percent (50%) of non-reimbursed costs whichever is less), and out-of-state living expenses of the family for a period of not more than sixty (60) days at the time of the organ transplant operation. (The disbursement from the fund for out-of-state living expenses shall not exceed the per diem rate allowed state employees for accommodations and sustenance.) Disbursement from the fund shall not be made until the principal of the fund equals fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). The general treasurer shall publicly announce when the principal of the fund equals fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Application for the disbursement from the fund shall not be made or accepted until the principal of the fund equals fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). In addition to the foregoing allowable disbursements, disbursement for organ transplant recipients may be made from the organ transplant fund to meet the recipients spend-down requirement for the Rhode Island medical assistance program (Medicaid), provided that the recipients income does not exceed twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per year, and the funds are repaid by the recipient and deposited in the organ transplant fund over the six-month (6) Medicaid spend-down period in six (6) equal monthly payments.

(d) Disbursements from the fund and the fund itself are not entitlement programs. The fund shall not incur a deficit.

(e) The director of the department of human services shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, § 42-35-1 et seq., to implement the operation of the fund. The director of the department of human services or the directors designee shall confer with the general treasurer prior to promulgating rules and regulations.

(f) This fund shall operate prospectively provided, however, a Rhode Island resident on maintenance drugs as set forth in subsection (c) of this section may apply for disbursement after the principal of the fund equals fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).