R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-8
§ 30-3-8. Inactive national guard.
Status: in_force

The inactive national guard shall consist of such headquarters, units, officers, and enlisted persons as are authorized and prescribed, administered, and governed pursuant to the laws of the United States and the regulations issued thereunder.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-33-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-33 / Section 30-33-4
§ 30-33-4. Employee benefits protection.
Status: in_force

(a) Any employee who exercises the right to family military leave under this act, upon the expiration of their leave, shall be entitled to restoration, by the employer, to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced or to a position with equivalent seniority status, employee benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment. This section does not apply if the employer proves that the employee was not restored as provided in this section because of conditions unrelated to the employees exercise of rights under this act.

(b) During any family military leave taken under this act, the employer shall make it possible for employees to continue their benefits at the employees expense. The employer and employee may negotiate for the employer to maintain benefits at the employers expense for the duration of the leave.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-32-5.1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-32 / Section 30-32-5.1
§ 30-32-5.1. Defense economy community reinvestment program.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this fund is to assist defense-dependent municipalities to develop and implement alternative economic diversification strategies that repurpose surplus defense facilities and properties. All funds appropriated for the purposes of this program are eligible to be used for matching of federal funds.

(b) The specific allocation of the funds shall be determined by the commerce corporation after consultation with the funds advisory board and within the following program guidelines:

(1) Eligible applicants include defense-dependent municipalities and regions and local economic development organizations located within such communities. The program shall be administered by the commerce corporation and grant awards may be provided to support community-based activities that:

(i) Assist communities in defense-dependent municipalities and regions to plan, analyze, and develop transitional strategies that maximize uses for surplus defense properties;

(ii) Diversify and further commercialize the local economy of a defense-dependent community; and

(iii) Encourage the development of public/private partnerships focused within the high-growth fields of information technology, cyber security, engineering, and advanced manufacturing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-7
§ 30-15-7. Governors general powers.
Status: in_force

The governor shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this chapter and shall be primarily responsible for emergency management in the state. Aside from powers granted to the governor elsewhere, the governor is hereby specifically authorized to:

(1) Issue executive orders, proclamations, and regulations and amend or rescind them. Executive orders, proclamations, and regulations, for the purposes of this chapter, have the force and effect of law;

(2) Cooperate with the federal authorities and with the governors and/or officials of the other states in matters pertaining to the common disaster preparedness of the states and nation, and in exercising the powers under this chapter, the governor shall avoid duplications of, and conflicts with, the efforts of the federal authorities acting within their proper spheres;

(3) Consider on a continuing basis steps that could be taken to prevent or reduce the harmful consequences of disasters. At the governors direction, and pursuant to any other authority they now have, state agencies, including, but not limited to, those that are or may be charged with responsibilities in connection with flood plain management, stream encroachment and flow regulation, weather modification, fire prevention and control, air quality, public works, land use and land-use planning, and construction standards, shall make studies of disaster-prevention-related matters. The governor, from time to time, shall make recommendations to the general assembly, local governments, and other appropriate public and private entities as may facilitate measures for mitigation of the harmful consequences of disasters;

(4) Prepare a comprehensive plan and program for disasters (including response and recovery) in the state, the plan and program to be integrated into, and coordinated with, the response and disaster plans of other states to the fullest possible extent, and coordinate the preparation of plans and programs for disasters by the political subdivisions of the state, such plans to be integrated into, and coordinated with the state disaster plan and program to the fullest possible extent;

(5) In accordance with the plans and programs for disasters in the state, procure supplies and equipment, to institute training programs and public information programs, and to take all other preparatory steps, including the partial or full mobilization of disaster organizations in advance of actual disaster, to ensure the furnishing of adequately trained and equipped forces of disaster personnel in time of need;

(6) Delegate any administrative authority vested in the governor under this chapter and provide for the subsequent delegation of that authority; and

(7) Do all other things necessary to ensure adequate preparation for disasters in the state, not inconsistent with other provisions of law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-7-9 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-7 / Section 30-7-9
§ 30-7-9. Exemption of pay and allowances from process.
Status: in_force

The pay and allowances due, or to become due, to any member of the militia for active service, and any compensation that may be awarded for injuries or death sustained therein, shall be exempt from attachment, execution, or other legal process.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-16-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-16 / Section 30-16-3
§ 30-16-3. Penalty for violations.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation selling, building, or erecting a bomb shelter, so-called, without first having obtained a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter or violating any other provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-32-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-32 / Section 30-32-2
§ 30-32-2. Establishment of fund.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the national security infrastructure support fund. The general assembly may from time to time appropriate monies to the national security infrastructure support fund.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-27-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-27 / Section 30-27-3
§ 30-27-3. Emblems and insignia of Italian American organization.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully wears, sells, or manufactures or attaches to any motor vehicle, the insignia, emblem, or design of the Italian American war veterans of the United States, incorporated; or uses the insignia, emblem, or design, or the name of the organization by falsely representing himself or herself to be a member, officer, or director thereof in good standing, to obtain, or attempt to obtain, aid or assistance within the state; or willfully uses the name of the organization, or the titles of its officers or directors, or uses its insignia, emblems, or designs, or the forms or patterns thereof, or its ritual or ceremonies; unless entitled to use, wear, sell, manufacture, or attach those emblems and insignia under the constitution, bylaws, rules, or regulations of the organization, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-28-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-28 / Section 30-28-8
§ 30-28-8. Local rolls of honor.
Status: in_force

All cities and towns are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to prepare rolls of honor containing the names of persons who are in the service of the United States during the period of any war in which the United States is participating. The town council of each town, and the mayor of each city, shall appoint a committee whose duty it shall be to prepare and post the rolls of honor. The rolls of honor shall be posted in conspicuous places within the limits of the cities and towns, and shall be revised at frequent intervals. This section shall be construed as mandatory and not permissive.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-12-12 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-12 / Section 30-12-12
§ 30-12-12. Penalty  Surety for costs.
Status: in_force

Any person found guilty of a misdemeanor as provided for in chapters 1  14 of this title shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or to confinement for not more than one year, or both. Any person making a complaint for the violation of the provisions of these chapters shall not be required to give surety for costs.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-33-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-33 / Section 30-33-5
§ 30-33-5. Prohibited actions.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise any right provided under this act.

(b) An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against any employee who exercises any right provided under this act.

(c) An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against any employee for opposing any practice made unlawful under this act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-91 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-91
§ 30-13-91. Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, petty officer, or specialist.
Status: in_force

Any warrant officer or enlisted member who:

(1) Strikes or assaults a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, petty officer, or specialist above the grade E-4 while that person is in the execution of his or her office;

(2) Willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, petty officer, or specialist above the grade of E-4;

(3) Treats with contempt or is disrespectful in language or deportment toward a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, petty officer, or specialist above the grade of E-4 while that person is in the execution of his or her office;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-16 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-16
§ 30-3-16. Resignation of officers.
Status: in_force

Resignations of commissioned offices or warrant officers of the national guard shall be in writing and directed to the adjutant general and transmitted through and by all intermediate commanders, who shall indorse the resignations with their approval or disapproval, and shall not be effective until accepted by the governor. No officer shall be permitted to resign his or her commission who shall be under arrest, or against whom charges have been preferred; and no resignation shall be accepted until the officer tendering the resignation shall have furnished to the adjutant general satisfactory evidence that he or she has delivered all moneys in his or her hands as an officer, and all books and other property of the state or of the United States in his or her possession, to his or her next superior or inferior officer, authorized by law to receive them, and that his accounts for money or public property are correct, and that he or she is not indebted to the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-77 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-77
§ 30-13-77. Principals.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who:

(1) Commits an offense punishable by this code, or aids, abets, counsels, commands, or procures its commission; or

(2) Causes an act to be done that if directly performed by that person would be punishable by this code; is a principal.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-35 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-35
§ 30-13-35. Forwarding of charges.
Status: in_force

When a person is held for trial by general court-martial, the commanding officer shall, within eight (8) days after the accused is ordered into arrest or confinement, if practicable, forward the charges, together with the investigation and allied papers, to the governor. If that is not practicable, the commanding officer shall report, in writing, to the governor the reasons for delay.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-128 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-128
§ 30-13-128. Payment of fines and disposition thereof.
Status: in_force

Fines imposed by a military court may be paid to it or to an officer executing its process. The amount of an imposed fine may be noted upon any state roll or account for pay of the delinquent and deducted from any pay or allowance due or thereafter to become due the delinquent, until the fine is liquidated. Any sum so deducted shall be returned to the military court that imposed the fine. Any military court and any officer collecting a fine or penalty imposed by a military court upon an officer or enlisted person shall pay it forthwith to the adjutant general who shall remit the sum within thirty (30) days to the state treasurer for the general purposes and uses of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-21 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-21
§ 30-2-21. Seniority list of officers.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general shall, as part of his or her annual report, annually publish a list showing the seniority of officers, with the dates of their commissions or warrants.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-9-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-9 / Section 30-9-4
§ 30-9-4. Bonds of accountable and responsible officers.
Status: in_force

Any officer of the militia in whose possession or responsibility shall be placed public moneys or public property owned by the state, or for which the state is liable, if required by the governor, shall give bond for the protection of the state, conditioned to faithfully and properly perform the duties of his or her office and to account for all public moneys and public property in his or her possession or for which the officer is responsible. The bonds shall be in an amount, in a form, and with surety satisfactory to the adjutant general. The premium thereon shall be paid by the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-29-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-29 / Section 30-29-3
§ 30-29-3. Duties.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the committee on naval affairs to meet from time to time:

(1) To discuss matters of mutual concern to the naval community and the state and to make recommendations to appropriate agencies as to how best to foster and continue a spirit of harmony and cooperation between the naval community and the state;

(2) To review services provided by the state and other agencies to the naval community; and

(3) To make such studies and initiate such other programs in conjunction with the appropriate state departments as may improve the cooperation and programs offered, available, and of concern to the state and its naval community.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-6
§ 30-2-6. Order of militia into service.
Status: in_force

(a) In case of martial law, war, invasion, rebellion, insurrection, riot, tumult, public calamity or catastrophe, or other emergency, or imminent danger thereof, or resistance to the laws of this state, or the United States, the governor shall order into service all or any part of the militia that he or she may deem necessary, to serve until the exigencies shall have passed. If the occasion be so sudden that the governor cannot be informed and his or her orders received and executed, the adjutant general may order into service all or any part of the militia, with like powers and authority as are herein conferred on the governor.

(b) In the event of a request for assistance from the state of Rhode Island or an agency thereof, the governor may order into service all or part of the militia that he or she may deem necessary, to serve for the purposes of providing assistance and support for official state functions, or other state activities for training.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-74 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-74
§ 30-13-74. Restoration following sentence set aside.
Status: in_force

(a) Under such regulations as the governor may prescribe, all rights, privileges, and property affected by an executed part of a court-martial sentence that has been set aside or disapproved, except an executed dismissal or discharge, shall be restored unless a new trial or rehearing is ordered and the executed part is included in a sentence imposed upon a new trial or rehearing.

(b) If a previously executed sentence of dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge is not imposed on a new trial, the governor shall substitute therefor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issuance unless the accused is to serve out the remainder of his or her enlistment.

(c) If a previously executed sentence of dismissal is not imposed on a new trial, the governor shall substitute therefor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issue and the commissioned officer dismissed by that sentence may be reappointed by the governor alone to such a commissioned grade and with such rank as in the opinion of the governor that former officer would have attained had he or she not been dismissed. The reappointment of such a former officer may be made if a position vacancy is available under applicable tables of organization. All time between the dismissal and reappointment shall be considered as service for all purposes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-33 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-33
§ 30-13-33. Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) No person subject to this code may compel any person to incriminate himself or herself or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate him or her.

(b) No person subject to this code may interrogate, or request any statement from, an accused or a person suspected of an offense without first informing that person of the nature of the accusation and advising that person that he or she does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of which he or she is accused or suspected and that any statement made by that person may be used as evidence against him or her in a trial by court-martial.

(c) No person subject to this code may compel any person to make a statement or produce evidence before any military tribunal if the statement or evidence is not material to the issue and may tend to degrade him or her.

(d) No statement obtained from any person in violation of this section, or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful inducement may be received in evidence against him or her in a trial by court-martial.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-9-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-9 / Section 30-9-8
§ 30-9-8. Responsibility of persons to whom property issued.
Status: in_force

Every officer and enlisted person or other person to whom public funds or public property, belonging to the state or for which the state is responsible, has been, or may hereafter be, issued shall be financially and personally responsible to the state for its good condition, safekeeping, and return when called upon by competent authority. No one shall be relieved from this responsibility, except if it is shown to the satisfaction of the governor that the loss, damage, or destruction of, or the failure to return, the property or funds was unavoidable, and not the fault of the person responsible for them.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-10 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-24 / Section 30-24-10
§ 30-24-10. Admissible to home  Fees.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who has served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, or Air Force of the United States for a period of ninety (90) days or more and that period began or ended during any foreign war in which the United States shall have been engaged or in any expedition or campaign for which the United States government issues a campaign medal, and who was honorably discharged from it, and who shall be deemed to be in need of care provided at the Rhode Island veterans home, may be admitted to that facility subject to such rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the director of human services to govern the admission of applicants to the facility. Any person who has served in the armed forces of the United States designated herein and otherwise qualified, who has served less than the ninety-day (90) period described in this section, and who was honorably discharged from service, and who, as a result of the service, acquired a service-connected disability or disease, may be admitted. No person shall be admitted to the facility unless the person has been accredited to the enlistment or induction quota of the state or has resided in the state for at least two (2) consecutive years next prior to the date of the application for admission to the facility.

(b)(1) The director shall, at the end of each fiscal year, determine the net, per-diem expenses of maintenance of residents in the facility and shall assess against each resident who has net income, as defined in this section, a fee equal to eighty percent (80%) of the residents net income, provided that fee shall not exceed the actual cost of care and maintenance for the resident; and provided that an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the maintenance fee assessed shall be allocated to, and deposited in, the veterans restricted account. For the purposes of this section, net income is defined as gross income minus applicable federal and state taxes and minus:

(i) An amount equal to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month of residency and fifty percent (50%) of any sum received due to wounds incurred under battle conditions for which the resident received the purple heart; and

(ii) The amount paid by a resident for the support and maintenance of the residents spouse, parent(s), minor child(ren), or child(ren) who is/are blind or permanently and totally disabled as defined in Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§1381  1383d, subject to a maximum amount to be determined by rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the director.

(2) The fees shall be paid monthly to the home and any failure to make payment when due shall be cause for dismissal from the facility. Prior to dismissal, the resident shall be afforded administrative due process.

(c) Admissions to the veterans home shall be made without discrimination as to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, assets, or income.

(d) Laundry services shall be provided to the residents of the Rhode Island veterans home at no charge to the residents, with such funds to cover the cost of providing laundry services for residents of the Rhode Island veterans home derived from monies appropriated to the department of human services.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-28 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-28
§ 30-3-28. Transfer of enlisted persons.
Status: in_force

(a) Enlisted persons in the national guard may be transferred to or from units, organizations, departments, corps, and detachments, or otherwise, as provided under the laws and regulations of the United States pertaining to the national guard.

(b) In each case of transfer, the office of the adjutant general must be notified, in writing, by the officer granting the transfer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-124 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-124
§ 30-13-124. Complaints of wrongs.
Status: in_force

Any member of the state military forces who believes himself or herself wronged by his or her commanding officer, and who, upon due application to that commanding officer, is refused redress, may complain to any superior commissioned officer, who shall forward the complaint to the governor or adjutant general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-106 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-106
§ 30-13-106. False official statements.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-90 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-90
§ 30-13-90. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who:

(1) Strikes his or her superior commissioned officer, or draws or lifts up any weapon, or offers any violence against that officer while he or she is in the execution of his or her office; or

(2) Willfully disobeys a lawful command of his or her superior commissioned officer;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-21-13 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-21 / Section 30-21-13
§ 30-21-13. Extension of credits, benefits, and privileges.
Status: in_force

All credits, benefits, and privileges, excepting bonuses, granted and bestowed as of December 7, 1941 by the state upon men or women in the armed forces, shall be extended to include those veterans of the Desert Storm conflict, beginning August 2, 1990, and continuing to the present, honorably discharged from active duty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-20 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-20
§ 30-13-20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to § 30-13-17, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.

(b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if that person objects thereto, unless under § 30-13-15 he or she has been permitted and has elected to refuse punishment under that section. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused who has not been permitted to refuse punishment under § 30-13-15, trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate.

(c) A summary court-martial may, under such limitations as the governor may prescribe, adjudge any of the following punishments:

(1) Confinement with hard labor for not more than twenty-five (25) days;

(2) A fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(3) Forfeiture of pay and allowances of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(4) A reprimand;

(5) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade; or

(6) Any combination of these punishments.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-11-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-11 / Section 30-11-3
§ 30-11-3. Restoration of national guard member to employment.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who is a duly qualified member of the national guard of this state or any other state who, in order to perform any military service he or she may be called upon to perform by proper authority, leaves a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of a Rhode Island employer, who shall give evidence of the satisfactory completion of that training, and who is still qualified to perform the duties of that position, shall be entitled to be restored to his or her previous or a similar position in the same status, pay, and seniority, and this period of absence for military training shall be construed as an absence with leave and without pay.

(b) In addition to the provisions provided in this section, all national guard members on state active duty shall be entitled to the rights, protections, privileges, and immunities offered under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), Title 38 U.S. Code, Chapter 43, Sections 4301-4333, Public Law 103-353 [38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq.].
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-10-12 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-10 / Section 30-10-12
§ 30-10-12. Federal agreements.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to negotiate, cooperate, and enter into agreements on behalf of this state, with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, in order to satisfy the provisions, and conditions pursuant to the provisions, of 10 U.S.C. § 18231 et seq. (Facilities for Reserve Components).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-23-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-23 / Section 30-23-5
§ 30-23-5. Duty of local committees.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of each local veterans retraining and reemployment committee to mobilize and promote all existing community resources for the aid of the veteran in one place, through the establishment and maintenance of a veterans information service center, wherein all veterans in the community shall be provided with full information concerning their rights and privileges under federal and state law; assistance in securing the benefits thereof; and advice and aid in solving the problems arising in the readjustment of their lives from war to peace time activities. It shall be the duty of each local committee to prescribe the duties of its veterans information service center and to take counsel with the state committee and its subcommittees from time to time, to the end that there shall be in every community adequate information, efficient aid, and sound advice for the veteran, and uniformity of procedure in dealing with his or her problems.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-10-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-10 / Section 30-10-3
§ 30-10-3. General use of armories.
Status: in_force

The armories owned, rented, leased, or controlled by the state shall not be used for other than military purposes except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-21-9 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-21 / Section 30-21-9
§ 30-21-9. Custodial service in public buildings.
Status: in_force

(a) All vacancies that may occur in the employment of janitors, elevator operators, caretakers, or any positions in the custodian service in any building owned or maintained by this state or any department of this state shall be filled in the following order of preference:

(1) By war veterans having a service connected disability, whose disability does not in fact handicap them in qualifying for a particular position;

(2) By war veterans having a nonservice connected disability, whose disability does not in fact handicap them in qualifying for a particular position; and

(3) By war veterans with no disability.

(b) This section shall apply to persons who served in the armed forces of the United States during World War I or the Spanish-American War.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-21-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-21 / Section 30-21-4
§ 30-21-4. Waiver of rights.
Status: in_force

Any veteran employee described in § 30-21-2 may waive any or all of the rights granted him or her by §§ 30-21-2  30-21-7. The form of the waiver shall be prescribed by the director of labor and training.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-27-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-27 / Section 30-27-5
§ 30-27-5. Sale of artificial daisies.
Status: in_force

The sale, or offering for sale, of any daisy, in labeled, artificial form, shall be restricted solely to the Italian American war veterans of the United States, incorporated, and its auxiliaries, and the funds derived from any sale shall be devoted exclusively towards the benefit of American war veterans and their families, residing in the state of Rhode Island or otherwise hospitalized therein.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-29-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-29 / Section 30-29-5
§ 30-29-5. Place of meeting  Quorum.
Status: in_force

The committee on naval affairs shall hold its meetings whenever and wherever it will best serve its purposes. A majority of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-29 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-29
§ 30-13-29. Detail of trial counsel and defense counsel.
Status: in_force

(a) For each general and special court-martial, the authority convening the court shall detail trial counsel and defense counsel, and such assistants as he or she considers appropriate. No person who has acted as investigating officer, law officer, or court member in any case may act later as trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, or, unless expressly requested by the accused, defense counsel or assistant defense counsel in the same case. No person who has acted for the prosecution may act later in the same case for the defense, nor may any person who has acted for the defense act later in the same case for the prosecution.

(b) Trial counsel or defense counsel detailed for a general court-martial:

(1) Must be a person who is a member of the bar of the supreme court of the state, or a member of the bar of a federal court; and

(2) Must be certified as competent to perform these duties by the state judge advocate.

(c) In the case of a special court-martial, if the trial counsel is qualified to act as counsel before a general court-martial, or is a member of the bar of the supreme court of the state, the defense counsel detailed by the convening authority must be a person similarly qualified.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-21 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-21
§ 30-15-21. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provisions of this chapter or any rule, order, or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-101 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-101
§ 30-13-101. Improper use of countersign.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who, in time of war, discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it, or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his or her knowledge, he or she was authorized and required to give, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-36 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-36
§ 30-3-36. Retirement or discharge of national guard at maximum age.
Status: in_force

When an enlisted person of the national guard attains age sixty (60), he or she shall be retired from active service or discharged.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-9 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-9
§ 30-2-9. Power of governor over organization within militia.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor may organize, alter, increase, divide, annex, consolidate, reorganize, disband, or decrease any unit, organization, staff corps, and department whenever, in his or her judgment, the efficiency of the state militia will be thereby increased, or to make the state conform to any table of organization or system of training prescribed by the laws of the United States, or the rules or regulations prescribed thereunder for the organization and training of the national guard.

(b) For that purpose, the number of commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men in any unit, organization, staff corps, and department may be increased or diminished and the grades of these commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men may be altered to the extent necessary to conform thereto.

(c) No organization of the national guard shall be disbanded, nor its minimum strength reduced, except in conformity with the laws of the United States.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-51 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-51
§ 30-13-51. Contempt.
Status: in_force

A military court may punish for contempt any person who uses any menacing word, sign, or gesture in its presence, or who disturbs its proceedings by any riot or disorder. The punishment may not exceed confinement for thirty (30) days or a fine of one hundred dollars ($100), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-1-9 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-1 / Section 30-1-9
§ 30-1-9. Federal laws and customs applicable.
Status: in_force

All acts of the Congress of the United States, regulations issued thereunder, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. §§ 801  946), forms, precedents, customs, and usages relating to and governing the army of the United States and the militia shall, insofar as they are applicable and not inconsistent with the constitution of this state, apply to and govern the militia of this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-9-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-9 / Section 30-9-3
§ 30-9-3. Issuance of property  Annual inventory.
Status: in_force

Commanding officers of organizations, or other officers requiring supplies, may draw from the adjutant general, upon requisitions duly signed and approved, such arms, ammunition, uniforms, equipment, or other supplies as may be necessary, to be held and accounted for as public property. The commanding officer or other officers shall be responsible for the proper care of this property, and, on or before the first day of December in each year, shall return a complete inventory of the property to the adjutant general, stating the exact condition of the property, and satisfactory accounting for any shortage.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-82 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-82
§ 30-13-82. Solicitation.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person subject to this code who solicits or advises another or others to desert in violation of § 30-13-85 or mutiny in violation of § 30-13-94 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is attempted or committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed or attempted, that person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b) Any person subject to this code who solicits or advises another or others to commit an act of misbehavior before the enemy in violation of § 30-13-99 of this code or sedition in violation of § 30-13-94 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed, that person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-81 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-81
§ 30-13-81. Conspiracy.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who conspires with any other person to commit an offense under this code shall, if one or more of the conspirators does an act to effect the object of the conspiracy, be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-12 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-12
§ 30-15-12. Local emergency management.
Status: in_force

(a) Each city and town of the state shall establish, through local ordinance, a comparable agency, headed by a director, similar to the statewide disaster agency, with powers and duties within their respective jurisdictions similar to those of the agency. This agency shall be known as the (here insert the name of the city or town) emergency management agency. Local agencies shall cooperate with and assist the agency and shall perform such services as may be requested by it. Local agencies may act jointly with other such agencies.

(b) The chief executive officer of each city or town has powers and duties with respect to emergency management within his or her city or town similar to those of the governor on the state level, not inconsistent with other provisions of law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-63 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-63
§ 30-13-63. Initial action on the record.
Status: in_force

After a trial by court-martial, the record shall be forwarded to the convening authority, as reviewing authority, and action thereon may be taken by the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, a successor in command, or the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-23-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-23 / Section 30-23-6
§ 30-23-6. Functions of information service centers.
Status: in_force

The major function of the veterans information service center shall be to provide information, aid, and counsel to all veterans in the community and their families and to maintain liaison with all existing federal, state, and local agencies. Actual determination of eligibility for benefits or special service must be the function of appropriate agencies. The veterans information service center shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the local committee.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-11-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-11 / Section 30-11-1
§ 30-11-1. Continuance on payroll of municipal employees in federal service.
Status: in_force

Every city and town within this state is hereby authorized to continue on its payroll, either at full or partial pay, all or any of its regular officers and employees who are called into or enlist in the military or naval service of the United States, and to make such provisions as the city or town shall see fit to hold the positions thus vacated for these officers and employees at the expiration of their military or naval service, and to employ temporary assistants to perform the duties of these absent officers and employees.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-16 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-16
§ 30-15-16. No private liability.
Status: in_force

Any person controlling real estate or other premises who voluntarily, and without compensation, grants a license or privilege, or otherwise permits the designation or use of the whole or any part or parts of that real estate or premises for the purpose of sheltering persons during an actual, impending, mock, or practice disaster shall, together with his or her successors in interest, if any, not be civilly liable for negligently causing the death of, or injury to, any person on or about the real estate or premises or for the loss of, or damage to, the property of that person.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-28-12 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-28 / Section 30-28-12
§ 30-28-12. State flags provided to veterans organizations.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that may be necessary out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of providing, without charge, state flags to any state veterans organization as enumerated in § 30-28-2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum or so much of it as may be from time to time required, upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-11-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-11 / Section 30-11-7
§ 30-11-7. Restoration of reservists to employment.
Status: in_force

Any person who is a duly qualified member of any of the reserve forces of the United States who, in order to perform any military service he or she may be called upon to perform by proper authority, leaves a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of an employer, who shall give evidence of the satisfactory completion of that training, and who is still qualified to perform the duties of that position, shall be entitled to be restored to his or her previous or a similar position in the same status, pay, and seniority, and this period of absence for military training shall be construed as an absence with leave and, within the discretion of the employer, the leave may be with or without pay.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-86 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-86
§ 30-13-86. Absence without leave.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who, without authority:

(1) Fails to go to his or her appointed place of duty at the time prescribed;

(2) Goes from that place; or

(3) Absents himself or herself or remains absent from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty at which he or she is required to be at the time prescribed;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-6-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-6 / Section 30-6-1
§ 30-6-1. Method of payment for emergency active duty.
Status: in_force

Payment of the commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons ordered into service under § 30-2-6 and payment of all expenses for transportation, rations, forage, gasoline, oil, shelter, medical care, arms, ammunition, equipment, and supplies incurred and that were rendered necessary in connection with the service ordered under § 30-2-6, shall be paid by the state from appropriations or sources that are separate and distinct from any regular annual appropriation for the support and maintenance of the military establishment in the following manner:

(1) The adjutant general, upon receiving the muster and payrolls, shall at once examine and compare these with the muster rolls in his or her office and if found correct and upon approval by the governor, shall certify these to the controller; and the controller shall draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer in favor of the adjutant general for such sums as may be required and the general treasurer shall pay these sums to the adjutant general. The adjutant general shall, within ten (10) days after receiving this money, pay to the commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons the amount due to each person.

(2) All expenses, enumerated above, shall be paid when supported by proper vouchers, approved by the governor, and the controller shall draw his or her orders on the general treasurer in favor of the adjutant general for such sums as may be required and the general treasurer shall pay these sums to the adjutant general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-14-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-14 / Section 30-14-5
§ 30-14-5. Continuation of prior law.
Status: in_force

The provisions of chapters 1  14 of this title, insofar as they are substantially the same as the statutes existing prior to April 26, 1956, relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations of those statutes and not as new enactments.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-7-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-7 / Section 30-7-5
§ 30-7-5. Exemption from duty on election day.
Status: in_force

No officer or enlisted person shall be compelled to do militia duty on any day on which a general election is held, except in case of war, riot, invasion, or insurrection, or imminent danger thereof, or in cases of public calamity or catastrophe.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-34 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-34
§ 30-3-34. Detail of retired enlisted persons to duty.
Status: in_force

In time of war or other emergency or imminent danger thereof, the governor may detail retired enlisted persons to active duty and, on conclusion of the emergency, return them to the retired list.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-3
§ 30-3-3. Protection of designations.
Status: in_force

During the absence of organizations of the national guard in the service of the United States, their designation shall not be given to, or used by, any other organization.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-31 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-31
§ 30-3-31. Dishonorable discharge of enlisted persons.
Status: in_force

No enlisted person of the national guard shall be dishonorably discharged from the service except by reason of a sentence of a general court-martial or a special court-martial, which sentence is approved by the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-117 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-117
§ 30-13-117. Frauds against government.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code:

(1) Who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent:

(A) Makes any claim against the United States, the state, or any officer thereof; or

(B) Presents to any person in the civil, or military service thereof, for approval or payment any claim against the United States, the state, or any officer thereof;

(2) Who, for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States, the state, or any officer thereof:

(A) Makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false or fraudulent statements;

(B) Makes any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper knowing the oath to be false; or

(C) Forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses that signature knowing it to be forged or counterfeited;

(3) Who, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money, or other property, of the United States or the state, furnished or intended for the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces, knowingly delivers to any person, having authority to receive it, any amount thereof less than that for which he or she receives a certificate or receipt; or

(4) Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States or the state, furnished or intended for the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces, makes or delivers to any person that writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the United States or the state;

shall, upon conviction, be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-118 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-118
§ 30-13-118. Larceny and wrongful appropriation.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person subject to this code who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind:

(1) With intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of that property or to appropriate it to his or her own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property, is guilty of larceny; or

(2) With intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of that property or to appropriate it to his or her own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation.

(b) Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-21-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-21 / Section 30-21-8
§ 30-21-8. Preference in public employment  Notice to community service division.
Status: in_force

In every public department and upon all public works of this state, any honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine who served in the army or navy of the United States during the Spanish-American war, Philippine insurrection, China relief expedition, or world war I, and who, having been disabled in service, and at the time of his or her application for employment, is a qualified elector of this state, shall be preferred for appointment and employment. Age, loss of limb, or other physical impairment, which does not in fact incapacitate, shall not disqualify the veteran, if he or she possesses the other requisite qualifications. Whenever any department, division, bureau, board, or commission in this state shall have a vacant position available, the department, division, bureau, board, or commission, shall notify the assistant director of human services in charge of the community services division that a vacancy exists.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-73 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-73
§ 30-13-73. Remission and suspension of sentence  Substitution of administrative discharge.
Status: in_force

(a) A convening authority may remit or suspend any part or amount of the unexecuted part of any sentence, including all uncollected forfeitures.

(b) The governor may, for good cause, substitute an administrative form of discharge for a discharge or dismissal executed in accordance with the sentence of a court-martial.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-16-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-16 / Section 30-16-1
§ 30-16-1. Written statement as to degree of protection afforded.
Status: in_force

No contract or agreement for the sale or construction of a bomb shelter, so-called, shall be valid unless, before the time of the making of the contract or agreement, the seller, builder, or erector shall have delivered a written statement in the English language to the purchaser in a form approved by the state department of transportation, fully setting forth the degree of protection afforded by that bomb shelter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-56 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-56
§ 30-13-56. Court to announce action.
Status: in_force

A court-martial shall announce its findings and sentence to the parties as soon as determined.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-25-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-25 / Section 30-25-3
§ 30-25-3. Burial at public expense.
Status: in_force

Whenever any person who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Space Force, or Marine Corps of the United States during any period of war, and was honorably discharged therefrom, shall die within this state without leaving means sufficient to defray necessary funeral expenses, the person shall be buried and the expenses thereof paid in the manner provided in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-33-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-33 / Section 30-33-1
§ 30-33-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as The Family Military Leave Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-6-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-6 / Section 30-6-5
§ 30-6-5. Pay differential for state employees on active duty.
Status: in_force

(a) Employees of a state agency, who are eligible as defined within, may qualify for a military pay differential, hereafter also referred to as a differential. Such differential shall consist of the difference between the base pay for state employment that the state employee would have received if not on active military duty and the military pay that the employee on active military duty did receive, for the same time period. The differential does not include the payment of overtime in state employment.

(b) In order to be eligible for a military pay differential, a recipient must be a member of the National Guard or a Reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is currently mobilized in support of a Presidential reserve call-up for active military duty, who at the time of being called for active military duty was an employee of a state department who otherwise qualifies for a military pay differential, as described above.

(c) The state department where the state employee worked when called to active duty shall periodically pay every employee who qualifies for a military pay differential. The first such payment shall be paid to eligible state employees for military pay differentials between July 1 and September 30. Such stipends shall be calculated for each three-month (3) period thereafter, but shall terminate upon the employees return from active duty or after the employee has received the differential for one year, whichever comes first.

(d) The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for developing necessary rules and regulations in order to implement the provisions of this section. These rules shall include a process for determining eligibility and the amount of the differential.

(e) To the extent that compensation for being called to active military duty is not already included in existing collective bargaining agreements, eligible employees of a state agency will qualify for the military pay differential, as defined above. When a collective bargaining agreement provides equal or greater benefits, the terms of the collective bargaining agreement shall control for as long as those benefits under the contract are applicable. Thereafter, those union employees shall be granted the difference in pay as described above.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-4
§ 30-13-4. Court-martial of dismissed officer.
Status: in_force

(a) If any commissioned officer, dismissed by order of the governor, makes a written application for trial by court-martial, setting forth, under oath, that he or she has been wrongfully dismissed, the governor, as soon as practicable, shall convene a general court-martial to try that officer on charges on which the he or she was dismissed. A court-martial so convened has jurisdiction to try the dismissed officer on those charges, and the officer shall be considered to have waived the right to plead any statute of limitations applicable to any offense with which he or she is charged. The court-martial may, as part of its sentence, adjudge the affirmance of the dismissal, but if the court-martial acquits the accused or if the sentence adjudged, as finally approved or affirmed, does not include dismissal, the chief of staff to the governor shall substitute for the dismissal ordered by the governor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issue.

(b) If the governor fails to convene a general court-martial within six (6) months from the presentation of an application for trial under this code, the chief of staff to the governor shall substitute for the dismissal ordered by the governor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issue.

(c) If a discharge is substituted for a dismissal under this code, the governor alone may reappoint the officer to such a commissioned grade and with such rank as, in the opinion of the governor, that former officer would have attained had he or she not been dismissed. The reappointment of a former officer may be made only if a vacancy is available under applicable tables of organization. All time between the dismissal and the reappointment shall be considered as actual service for all purposes.

(d) If an officer is discharged from the organized militia by administrative action or by board proceedings under law, or is dropped from the rolls by order of the governor, he or she has no right to trial under this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-14 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-14
§ 30-2-14. Bond of adjutant general.
Status: in_force

The governor shall require the adjutant general to give bond to the state in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the governor, to faithfully discharge the duties of his or her office as adjutant general. The costs of the bond are to be paid for by state funds.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-30-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-30 / Section 30-30-2
§ 30-30-2. Administration.
Status: in_force

The division of higher education assistance shall be designated as the administering authority for this chapter and shall, no later than August 30, 1987, establish rules, regulations, procedures, and safeguards for the implementation of this chapter. The regulations and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of income guidelines and academic performance criteria. No funds shall be awarded under this chapter until these regulatory and administrative measures are established.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-2
§ 30-13-2. Persons subject to code.
Status: in_force

This code applies to all members of the state military forces who are not in federal service.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-20 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-20
§ 30-2-20. Annual inspection of armories and property.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general shall annually cause to be made an inspection of the armories of the militia, and of the arms, equipments, uniforms, and other property in the possession of the militia.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-8-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-8 / Section 30-8-6
§ 30-8-6. Design of decorations.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general shall approve the quality and design of, and shall provide and procure appropriate emblematic devices for, each decoration, together with suitable ribbons and insignia to be worn therewith or in lieu thereof.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-29-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-29 / Section 30-29-4
§ 30-29-4. Reports and recommendations.
Status: in_force

The committee on naval affairs shall, from time to time and at least annually, report to the general assembly on its findings and the results of its activities and shall make such recommendations to the general assembly, and propose such legislation or initiate such studies, as it shall deem advisable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-24 / Section 30-24-8
§ 30-24-8. Funds remaining at end of year.
Status: in_force

The unexpended balance of such sum or sums of money as are received and appropriated as provided in § 30-24-6 for the veterans home restricted account remaining in the treasury at the close of each fiscal year, shall be continued to, and is hereby annually appropriated for, the same account for the ensuing year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-10 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-10
§ 30-15-10. Financing  Disaster emergency funding board established.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the general assembly and declared to be the policy of the state that funds to meet disaster emergencies shall always be available.

(b) A disaster emergency funding board is hereby established, composed of the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, and the chairpersons of the senate and house finance committees.

(c) It is the legislative intent that the first recourse shall be to funds regularly appropriated to state and local agencies. If the governor finds that the demands placed upon these funds in coping with a particular disaster are unreasonably great, with the concurrence of the disaster emergency funding board, he or she may make funds available by transferring and expending moneys appropriated for other purposes or may borrow for a term not to exceed two (2) years from the United States government or any other private source.

(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit the governors authority to apply for, administer, and expend any grants, gifts, or payments, in aid of disaster prevention, preparedness, response, or recovery.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-5-9 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-5 / Section 30-5-9
§ 30-5-9. Applicability of national guard provisions.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise prescribed in chapters 1  14 of this title and in the rules and regulations to be established by the governor, which rules and regulations shall have the force of law, the provisions of law and the regulations in respect to the national guard, where applicable, shall apply to the unorganized militia when called for active duty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-5
§ 30-13-5. Territorial applicability of code.
Status: in_force

(a) This code applies throughout the state. It also applies to all persons otherwise subject to this code while they are serving outside the state, and while they are going to, and returning from, service outside the state, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if they were serving inside the state.

(b) Courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be convened and held in units of the state military forces while those units are serving outside the state with the same jurisdiction and powers as to persons subject to this code as if the proceedings were held inside the state and offenses committed outside the state may be tried and punished either inside or outside the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-67 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-67
§ 30-13-67. Approval by convening authority.
Status: in_force

In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial, the convening authority may approve only such findings of guilty, and the sentence or such a part or amount of the sentence, as he or she finds correct in law and fact and as he or she in his or her discretion determines should be approved. Unless the convening authority indicates otherwise, approval of the sentence is approval of the findings and sentence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-5-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-5 / Section 30-5-4
§ 30-5-4. False medical certificate.
Status: in_force

Any physician or medical officer who shall grant any person a certificate of inability to perform military duty on account of bodily infirmities, after critical examinations, unless this infirmity or inability is such as to render the applicant unable to perform military duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in the case of medical officers shall in addition be subject to trial by court-martial.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-25-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-25 / Section 30-25-8
§ 30-25-8. Maintenance of north cemetery.
Status: in_force

The director of human services shall be custodian of the Rhode Island soldiers burial lots, and the monument and grave markers thereon, located in the north cemetery in the town of Bristol. He or she shall, from time to time, cause such work to be done as may be necessary in keeping the lots, monuments, and markers in good condition and repair.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-114 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-114
§ 30-13-114. Riot or breach of peace.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-9 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-24 / Section 30-24-9
§ 30-24-9. Property of deceased residents.
Status: in_force

All goods, chattels, property, money, and effects of a deceased resident of the Rhode Island veterans home that have not been disposed of by him or her by a completed inter vivos conveyance or gift, or by a valid will, after payment therefrom of the funeral expenses, which shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and after payment therefrom of the reasonable debts and expenses of the deceased resident to be determined by rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the director, shall upon his or her decease become the property of the state, and shall be applied by the director of human services, or his or her designee, to the uses and purposes of the veterans restricted account; provided, however, that the director may, in his or her discretion, deliver to any surviving relative of the deceased resident any of the property or effects as may serve as a memento of the deceased resident. For purposes of this section, the provisions of chapter 24 of title 33 shall be applicable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-107 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-107
§ 30-13-107. Military property  Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority:

(1) Sells or otherwise disposes of;

(2) Willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or

(3) Willfully or through neglect suffers to be damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of;

any military property of the United States, or of the state, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-7-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-7 / Section 30-7-4
§ 30-7-4. Defense of actions.
Status: in_force

When an action or proceeding of any nature is commenced in any court against any member of the militia for an act done by the member in his or her official capacity in the discharge of his or her duty, or for an alleged omission by the member to do an act that it was his or her duty to perform, or against any officer or enlisted person acting under proper authority or by virtue of a warrant issued to that person pursuant to law, the defendant in that action or proceeding may require the person instituting or prosecuting the action to file security in an amount to be fixed by the court for the payment of costs that may be awarded to the defendant therein. The defendant in all cases may make a general denial and give the special matter in evidence. A defendant in whose favor a nonsuit or a final judgment is rendered in any such action or proceeding shall recover treble costs. The governor shall appoint special counsel, to defend the action or proceeding, at the expense of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-28-10 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-28 / Section 30-28-10
§ 30-28-10. Rhode Island veterans memorial chapel.
Status: in_force

The Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Chapel Building Fund, Inc. is hereby authorized to construct a nonsectarian memorial chapel in the Rhode Island veterans cemetery located in Exeter, Rhode Island; provided, however, that the plans for the memorial chapel shall be approved by the director of administration; provided further that the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Chapel Building Fund, Inc. grant to the state all of its right, title, and interest in the chapel; and provided further that the management and control of the chapel shall be with the director of the department of human services.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-13 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-13
§ 30-13-13. Punishment prohibited before trial.
Status: in_force

Subject to § 30-13-60, no person, while being held for trial or pending the result of trial, may be subjected to punishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon the charges pending against that person, nor shall the arrest or confinement imposed upon him or her be any more rigorous than the circumstances require to insure his or her presence, but he or she may be subjected to minor punishment during that period for infractions of discipline.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-1-11 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-1 / Section 30-1-11
§ 30-1-11. Command exercised by national guard officer.
Status: in_force

Whenever different parts of the militia are ordered out together for any services within the state, or otherwise are on duty together, the senior commissioned officer of the field or line of the national guard shall be in command of all those different parts of the militia.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-40 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-40
§ 30-13-40. Unlawfully influencing action of court.
Status: in_force

No authority convening a general, special, or summary court-martial nor any other commanding officer, or officer serving on the staff thereof, may censure, reprimand, or admonish the court or any member, law officer, or counsel thereof, with respect to the findings or sentence adjudged by the court, or with respect to any other exercise of its, or his or her functions in the conduct of the proceeding. No person subject to this code may attempt to coerce or, by any unauthorized means, influence the action of the court-martial or any other military tribunal, or any member thereof, or an investigating officer, in reaching the findings or sentence in any case, or the action of any convening, approving, or reviewing authority with respect to his or her judicial acts.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-133 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-133
§ 30-13-133. Expenses of courts.
Status: in_force

The expenses incident to, and connected with, the holding of military courts and courts of inquiry shall be paid by the state under orders, rules, and regulations issued by the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-8
§ 30-15-8. Mobile support units.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor, or the governors duly designated representative, is authorized to create and establish any number of mobile support units that may be necessary to reinforce disaster organizations in stricken areas with due consideration of the plans of the federal government and of other states. Mobile support units shall be called to duty upon orders of the governor and shall perform their functions in any part of the state or, upon the conditions specified in this section, in other states.

(b)(1) Personnel of mobile support units while on duty, whether within or without the state, shall:

(i) If they are employees of the state, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities and receive the compensation incidental to their employment;

(ii) If they are employees of a political subdivision of the state, and whether serving within or without the political subdivision, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities and receive the compensation incidental to their employment; and

(iii) If they are not employees of the state or a political subdivision thereof, be entitled to compensation by the state at a rate equivalent to the rate of compensation paid to jurors in state courts, and to the same rights and immunities as are provided by law for the employees of this state.

(2) All personnel of mobile support units shall, while on duty, be subject to the operational control of the authority in charge of disaster activities in the area in which they are serving, and shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses as if they were temporary state employees.

(c) The state shall reimburse a political subdivision for the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence, and maintenance expenses of the employees of a political subdivision while serving as members of a mobile support unit; and for all payments for death, disability, or injury of those employees incurred in the course of such duty; and for all losses of, or damage to, supplies and equipment of such political subdivision resulting from the operation of that mobile support unit.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-5-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-5 / Section 30-5-6
§ 30-5-6. Organization and training when called to duty.
Status: in_force

The portion of the unorganized militia ordered out or accepted into active service shall be immediately mustered into the service of the state for such a period, shall be organized into such units and organizations, with such officers to be appointed as may be necessary therefor, and shall be armed, equipped, disciplined, administered, governed, and trained as shall be prescribed under rules and regulations to be promulgated by the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-25-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-25 / Section 30-25-1
§ 30-25-1. Firing squad for funerals.
Status: in_force

Whenever requested by the family of any honorably discharged, deceased soldier, sailor, airperson, or marine of any of the wars in which the United States has been engaged, or by a veterans organization duly authorized to conduct the funeral of the deceased soldier, sailor, airperson, or marine, the adjutant general of the state shall furnish a firing squad, and wherever possible, complete with a bugler to play Taps, live and not synthesized or pre-recorded. The bugler may be on active duty or an honorably discharged veteran, for the funeral of the deceased soldier, sailor, airperson, or marine; provided, however, that when the national guard of the state shall have been called, ordered, or drafted into the service of the United States for war or an emergency, the adjutant general shall furnish the firing squad from the first regiment, Rhode Island state guard; and wherever possible, complete with a bugler to play Taps, live and not synthesized or pre-recorded. The bugler may be on active duty or an honorably discharged veteran; provided, further, however, that when any member of the armed forces of the United States dies in service and his or her body is brought back to the state for burial, whenever requested by the family of the deceased or by a veterans organization duly authorized to conduct the funeral of the deceased member of the armed forces, and it is not possible to arrange with the federal government for a firing squad for the funeral of the deceased member of the armed forces, the adjutant general of the state is authorized and directed to furnish a firing squad, and wherever possible, complete with a bugler to play Taps, live and not synthesized or pre-recorded, for the funeral of the deceased member of the armed forces.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-10 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-10
§ 30-3-10. Appointment and assignment of officers.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint, commission, and assign commissioned officers and shall appoint, warrant, and assign warrant officers of the national guard, upon the recommendation of the adjutant general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-12-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-12 / Section 30-12-5
§ 30-12-5. Arrest of trespassers and persons interfering with functions of militia.
Status: in_force

The commanding officer, upon any occasion of duty, may place in arrest, during the continuance thereof, any person who shall trespass upon a camp or parade ground, armory, arsenal, rifle range, or any other place devoted to or used for militia purposes; who shall in any way or manner interrupt, molest or disturb the orderly discharge of militia duty; or who shall disturb or prevent the passage of troops going to, or returning from, any duty. That person shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-23 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-23
§ 30-13-23. Confinement in default of payment of fine.
Status: in_force

All courts-martial shall have power to sentence, in the alternative, to confinement in default of payment of a fine imposed by the court. In these cases, the court shall fix a reasonable time within which the fine shall be paid; provided, however, that the sentence of confinement shall not exceed one day for each five dollars ($5.00) of fine imposed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-11 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-11
§ 30-2-11. Order of militia into service for training.
Status: in_force

The governor may order or authorize the militia, or any portion thereof, to perform military duty of every description and to participate, either within or without the state, in drills, instruction, target practice, practice marches, camps of instruction, encampments, maneuvers, assemblages, conferences, schools, or competitions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-6-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-6 / Section 30-6-6
§ 30-6-6. Rights of employees entering service to maintain health care benefits.
Status: in_force

Every employee holding a position in municipal service, who has left or shall leave the position by reason of entering the armed forces of the United States (whether through membership in the reserve of the United States Military or Naval Forces or in the Rhode Island national guard or naval reserves, when any of the foregoing units are called to active federal or state duty, or by reason of enlistment, induction commission, or otherwise), and who, at the time of entrance into the armed services, had family medical benefits, shall continue to be eligible to receive family medical benefits, in the same manner as available prior to entering service, for designated family members, excluding the employee, during the duration of his or her absences required by the continuance of service in the armed services and his or her return to municipal service. Nothing in this section, however, shall require the employee to continue family medical benefits provided by the municipality or prevent the employee from enrolling in or receiving medical benefits from another source of health insurance coverage including the federal medical benefits program for deployed members of the armed services.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-23-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-23 / Section 30-23-2
§ 30-23-2. Establishment of local committees.
Status: in_force

Each city and town may, by ordinance, provide for the creation of a veterans retraining and reemployment committee with authority to establish and maintain a veterans information service center in that municipality and each city and town is hereby authorized to make appropriations therefor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-75 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-75
§ 30-13-75. Finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences.
Status: in_force

The proceedings, findings, and sentences of courts-martial as reviewed and approved, as required by this code, and all dismissals and discharges carried into execution under sentences by courts-martial following review and approval, as required by this code, are final and conclusive. Orders publishing the proceedings of courts-martial and all actions taken pursuant to those proceedings are binding upon all departments, courts, agencies, and officers of the state, subject only to action upon a petition for a new trial as provided in § 30-13-72 of this code.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-9-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-9 / Section 30-9-5
§ 30-9-5. Liability of officer unaffected by change in status.
Status: in_force

Until an officer, or his or her legal representative, shall have received from the adjutant general notice that the property accounts of the officer have been examined and found correct or that shortages have been adjusted, the liability of the officer, or of his or her estate, for public moneys or for public property for which he or she is or may have been responsible, shall be in no way affected by the officers resignation, discharge, change in official position, or death.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-94 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-94
§ 30-13-94. Mutiny or sedition.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person subject to this code who:

(1) With intent to usurp or override lawful military authority refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;

(2) With intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition; or

(3) Fails to do his or her utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in that persons presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his or her superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which that person knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.

(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-76 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-76
§ 30-13-76. Persons to be tried or punished.
Status: in_force

No person may be tried or punished for any offense provided for in §§ 30-13-77  30-13-120, unless it was committed while that person was in a duty status.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-6-3.1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-6 / Section 30-6-3.1
§ 30-6-3.1. Employment as civilian.
Status: in_force

When an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted person of the Rhode Island army or air national guard shall be employed as a civilian for any work or service connected or associated with the Rhode Island army or air national guard, he or she shall receive at least the minimum hourly wage or salary as prescribed by the state pay plan for this work or service.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-12-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-12 / Section 30-12-4
§ 30-12-4. Entry into state by armed forces from outside.
Status: in_force

No military force from another state, territory, district, or country shall be permitted to enter the state for the purpose of doing military duty therein, except as provided in § 30-12-3, without the permission of the governor, unless this force is part of the Department of Defense or is acting under the authority of the United States.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-24 / Section 30-24-3
§ 30-24-3. Administrator  Advisory council.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of veterans services shall appoint an administrator for the Rhode Island veterans home who shall be the most qualified applicant who has been issued a nursing home administrator license pursuant to chapter 45 of title 5. In reviewing the applicants, the director shall consider an applicants military service as a factor in the process of determining the most qualified applicant.

(b) There shall be an advisory council for veterans affairs, consisting of not more than fifteen (15) qualified electors of this state, ten (10) of whom shall be honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the United States; twelve (12) of the members shall be appointed by the governor, consisting of a member designated by each of the various state departments of the active federally chartered veteran organizations, and the remaining member or members at large; provided, however, that each of those departments of veteran organizations shall have, and continue to have, at least one member on the advisory council for veterans affairs; and, provided further, that one member shall be a female veteran, one member shall be a minority veteran; one member of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and one member from the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate. The members of the general assembly who shall serve on the advisory council for veterans affairs shall serve so long as they are members of the general assembly. The final remaining member shall be an active National Guard person to be appointed by the state adjutant general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-7
§ 30-2-7. Call of boards of officers.
Status: in_force

The governor, whenever in his or her opinion it shall be necessary, may call boards of officers for settling military questions or for other purposes relative to good order and discipline.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-12-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-12 / Section 30-12-7
§ 30-12-7. Unauthorized military organizations or parades  Revocation of authority.
Status: in_force

(a) No body of persons, other than the national guard, the independent chartered military organizations, the unorganized militia on active duty, the military and naval forces and air force of the United States, associations wholly composed of soldiers, sailors, marines, or air persons, honorably discharged from the service of the United States, veterans of the national guard or naval militia, the organization of the Order of the Sons of Veterans, and organizations now or hereafter authorized to do so by the express permission of the governor or otherwise by law, shall associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or parade in public with firearms in any city or town of this state.

(b) No city or town shall raise or appropriate any money toward arming or equipping, uniforming, or in any other way supporting, sustaining, or providing drill rooms or armories for any body described in subsection (a). This section shall not be construed to prevent any organization, now authorized to do so by the express permission of the governor or otherwise, by law, from parading with firearms, nor to prevent drills or parades by the national guard of any other state. The governor may at any time revoke the permission granted by himself or herself or any previous governor to any organization or body of persons to associate themselves together as a military company or meet as a military company for drill with arms, or parade in public as a military company with arms. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-123 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-123
§ 30-13-123. Provisions to be explained.
Status: in_force

Sections 30-13-2, 30-13-3, 30-13-7  30-13-15, 30-13-27, 30-13-29, 30-13-40, 30-13-58, 30-13-76  30-13-118, and 30-13-123  30-13-125 shall be carefully explained to every enlisted member at the time of that members enlistment or transfer or induction into, or at the time of his or her order to duty in or with, any of the state military forces or within thirty (30) days thereafter. They shall also be explained annually to each unit of the state military forces. A complete text of this code and of the regulations prescribed by the governor thereunder shall be made available to any member of the state military forces, upon his or her request, for his or her personal examination.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-8-9 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-8 / Section 30-8-9
§ 30-8-9. Rhode Island defense service medal.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the national guard ordered, called, or drafted to active duty under the constitution and laws of the United States during the Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm call-up and all members of the National Guard who were part of the selected Reserve in good standing between August 2, 1990, through November 30, 1995; and from September 11, 2001, to a date to be determined or federal call-ups subsequent thereto, or those serving on full-time national guard training duty during the federal call-up may be awarded the Rhode Island defense service medal. No more than one Rhode Island defense service medal shall be awarded to any person, but for each succeeding service, a bronze oak-leaf cluster shall be awarded in lieu thereof.

(b) The adjutant general shall follow the provisions of §§ 30-8-6 and 30-8-7 with reference to the design and procurement of the medal and the rules, regulations, and orders with reference thereto.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-1-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-1 / Section 30-1-7
§ 30-1-7. Persons exempt.
Status: in_force

The following persons shall be exempt from militia duty:

(1) Persons exempt from militia duty by the laws of the United States;

(2) Persons who have held the office of governor or lieutenant-governor of the state; and

(3) Persons of the following description, so long as they shall remain of the description:

(A) The lieutenant-governor;

(B) The secretary of state;

(C) The attorney general and the assistant attorneys general;

(D) The general treasurer;

(E) Director of administration;

(F) The budget officer and the controller both of the department of administration;

(G) The commissioner of the department of education;

(H) The members of both houses of the general assembly and the officers of those houses;

(I) The justices and clerks of courts of record;

(J) The recorder of deeds;

(K) Deputy sheriffs;

(L) The director of the department of human services;

(M) The assistant director of social and rehabilitative services in charge of the community services division;

(N) Mayors of cities;

(O) Members of the city and town councils;

(P) City and town clerks;

(Q) City and town treasurers;

(R) Ministers of the gospel;

(S) Practicing physicians;

(T) Superintendents, officers and assistants employed in or about any of the state hospitals, state infirmaries, state reformatories, state prisons, jails or houses of correction;

(U) Keepers of lighthouses;

(V) Marine pilots;

(W) Seamen actually employed on board of any vessel; and

(X) Active members of fire companies who are part of the active fire department of the town or city in which they reside, not exceeding twenty (20) persons to any one company, unless otherwise provided by special enactment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-25-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-25 / Section 30-25-5
§ 30-25-5. Place of burial  Disinterment from pauper cemetery.
Status: in_force

Any interment provided for by the provisions of this chapter shall not be made in any cemetery or plot used exclusively for the pauper dead; and if any deceased honorably discharged soldier, sailor, airperson, or marine may have already died and been buried in any place used exclusively for the burial of paupers, he or she shall be removed therefrom as soon as may be after the attention of the town or city council, within whose limits the person may have been buried, shall have been called thereto.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-19 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-19
§ 30-13-19. Jurisdiction of special courts-martial.
Status: in_force

Subject to § 30-13-17, special courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for any offense made punishable by this code and may, under such limitations as the governor may prescribe, adjudge any of the following punishments:

(1) Confinement with hard labor for not more than one hundred (100) days;

(2) A fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100);

(3) Forfeiture of pay and allowances of not more than one hundred dollars ($100);

(4) A reprimand;

(5) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade; or

(6) Any combination of these punishments.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-32-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-32 / Section 30-32-7
§ 30-32-7. Reports.
Status: in_force

The commerce corporation shall provide the general assembly with a biennial report documenting the allocation and uses of money from this fund.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-40.3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-40.3
§ 30-3-40.3. Educational benefits for National Guard members.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who is an active member in good standing of the Rhode Island national guard, and who is eligible to attend at any state college or university in Rhode Island, will be eligible for a tuition assistance educational benefit amounting to five (5) courses per semester at any Rhode Island state college or university. Basic tuition or general fee charges to be waived for said five (5) courses. Each of the state colleges or universities shall receive an equal share of the educational account funding for Rhode Island national guard members, the account to be administered by the office of the adjutant general. The exact amount for each institution shall be determined by the board of governors. The total amount of funds in the education account shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any fiscal year.

(b) In order to be eligible for tuition waivers, a person must remain a member in good standing in the Rhode Island national guard and a student in good standing at any state college or university. A member in good standing is defined as any soldier or airperson of the Rhode Island national guard who is currently satisfactorily participating in all unit training assemblies and annual training periods, as so certified by the adjutant general.

(c) Those guard members wishing to participate in this program must enter into a contractual enlistment commitment that provides for one year of obligated service in the Rhode Island national guard for each twelve (12) course credits or four (4) three-credit (3) courses where the soldiers or airpersons tuition will be waived. Such assistance shall be available for courses creditable to associate, bachelors, or masters degrees. Failure to satisfactorily fulfill the service obligation incurred in return for tuition assistance will require the participant to repay a pro-rata share of said assistance. This obligation shall be considered to be a debt owed to the state and may be satisfied by offset against any state transfer payments or state income tax refunds. The participating member shall reimburse the Rhode Island national guard when any of the following occur: the soldier fails to participate satisfactorily as a member of the Rhode Island national guard; the soldier withdraws from, or fails to complete, a course for personal reasons; the soldier fails to make up an incomplete grade within time limits stipulated by the institution or one hundred twenty (120) days after the completion of the class, whichever occurs first; or the soldier fails to provide the adjutant general a copy of the grade report within thirty (30) days of course completion and may be subject to punishment under the Rhode Island military code.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-46 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-46
§ 30-13-46. Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

(a) A person charged with desertion or absence without leave in time of war, or with aiding the enemy or mutiny, may be tried and punished at any time without limitation.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with desertion in time of peace or with the offense punishable under § 30-13-116 is not liable to be tried by court-martial if the offense was committed more than three (3) years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with any offense is not liable to be tried by court-martial or punished under § 30-13-15 if the offense was committed more than two (2) years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command, or before the imposition of punishment under § 30-13-15.

(d) Periods in which the accused was absent from territory in which the state has the authority to apprehend him or her, or in the custody of civil authorities, or in the hands of the enemy, shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-65 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-65
§ 30-13-65. Reconsideration and revision of record.
Status: in_force

(a) If a specification before a court-martial has been dismissed on motion and the ruling does not amount to a finding of not guilty, the convening authority may return the record to the court for reconsideration of the ruling and any further appropriate action.

(b) Where there is an apparent error or omission in the record or where the record shows improper or inconsistent action by a court-martial with respect to a finding or sentence that can be rectified without material prejudice to the substantial rights of the accused, the convening authority may return the record to the court for appropriate action. In no case, however, may the record be returned:

(1) For reconsideration of a finding of not guilty or a ruling that amounts to a finding of not guilty;

(2) For reconsideration of a finding of not guilty of any charge, unless the record shows a finding of guilty under a specification laid under that charge, which sufficiently alleges a violation of some section of this code; or

(3) For increasing the severity of the sentence unless the sentence prescribed for the offense is mandatory.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-71 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-71
§ 30-13-71. Vacation of suspension.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the vacation of the suspension of a special court-martial sentence that, as approved, includes a bad-conduct discharge, or of any general court-martial sentence, the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction over the probationer shall hold a hearing on the alleged violation of probation. The probationer shall be represented at the hearing by counsel if he or she so desires.

(b) The record of the hearing and the recommendation of the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction shall be sent for action to the governor in cases involving a general court-martial sentence and to the commanding officer of the force of the state military forces of which the probationer is a member in all other cases covered by subsection (a) of this section. If the governor or commanding officer vacates the suspension, any unexecuted part of the sentence, except a dismissal, shall be executed.

(c) The suspension of any other sentence may be vacated by any authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-80 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-80
§ 30-13-80. Attempts.
Status: in_force

(a) An act done with specific intent to commit an offense under this code, amounting to more than mere preparation and tending, even though failing to effect its commission, is an attempt to commit that offense.

(b) Any person subject to this code who attempts to commit any offense punishable by this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, unless otherwise specifically prescribed.

(c) Any person subject to this code may be convicted of an attempt to commit an offense although it appears on the trial that the offense was consummated.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-36 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-36
§ 30-13-36. Advice of state judge advocate and reference for trial.
Status: in_force

(a) Before directing the trial of any charge by general court-martial, the convening authority shall refer it to the state judge advocate for consideration and advice. The convening authority may not refer a charge to a general court-martial for trial unless he or she has found that the charge alleges an offense under this code and is warranted by evidence indicated in the report of the investigation.

(b) If the charges or specifications are not formally correct or do not conform to the substance of the evidence contained in the report of the investigating officer, formal corrections, and such changes in the charges and specifications as are needed to make them conform to the evidence, may be made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-10-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-10 / Section 30-10-8
§ 30-10-8. Use of armories for Veterans Day celebrations.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general may authorize the use of any armory under his or her control, subject to such rules and conditions as he or she may prescribe, by the veterans councils of the various cities and towns, including any district or department groups, organized within the state as a world war veterans organization holding a charter issued by a national organization of the same name, for the annual holding of meetings, exercises, events, or balls in connection with the celebration of Veterans Day, November 11, whether or not admission is charged, without any charge therefor other than the necessary fees for janitor service, heat, and light; provided that the meetings, exercises, events, or balls are held under the direction of the veterans councils, or district or department group, duly authorized, as above.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-21-10 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-21 / Section 30-21-10
§ 30-21-10. Notice of vacancies in custodial service.
Status: in_force

The chief of each division shall notify the assistant director of human services in charge of the community services division of any vacancies to be filled in accordance with the provisions of § 30-21-9. He or she shall, in turn, notify all veterans organizations having a Rhode Island department.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-54 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-54
§ 30-13-54. Voting and rulings by court-martial.
Status: in_force

(a) Voting by members of a general or special court-martial upon questions of challenge, on the findings, and on the sentence shall be by secret written ballot, provided that, upon questions of challenge, the challenged member shall not be entitled to vote. The junior member of the court shall in each case count the votes. The count shall be checked by the president, who shall forthwith announce the result of the ballot to the members of the court.

(b) The law officer of a general court-martial and the president of a special court-martial shall rule upon interlocutory questions, other than challenge, arising during the proceedings. Any ruling made by the law officer of a general court-martial or by the president of a special court-martial upon any interlocutory question other than a motion for a finding of not guilty, or the question of the accuseds sanity, is final and constitutes the ruling of the court. However, the law officer or president may change the ruling at any time during the trial except a ruling on a motion for a finding of not guilty that was granted. Unless the ruling is final, if any member objects thereto, the court shall be cleared and closed and the question decided by a voice vote, as provided in § 30-13-55, beginning with the junior in rank.

(c) Before a vote is taken on the findings, the law officer of a general court-martial and the president of a special court-martial shall, in the presence of the accused and counsel, instruct the court as to the elements of the offense and charge the court:

(1) That the accused must be presumed to be innocent until his or her guilt is established by legal and competent evidence beyond reasonable doubt;

(2) That in the case being considered, if there is a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the accused, the doubt must be resolved in favor of the accused and he or she must be acquitted;

(3) That, if there is a reasonable doubt as to the degree of guilt, the finding must be in a lower degree as to which there is no reasonable doubt; and

(4) That the burden of proof of establishing the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt is upon the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-96 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-96
§ 30-13-96. Releasing prisoner without proper authority.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to that persons charge, or who through neglect or design suffers that prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-119 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-119
§ 30-13-119. Unbecoming conduct.
Status: in_force

Any commissioned officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, or unbecoming an officer and a lady, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-2
§ 30-2-2. Staff of commander-in-chief.
Status: in_force

There shall be a staff of the commander-in-chief. The staff shall consist of:

(1) The adjutant general who shall be chief of staff, commanding general of the Rhode Island army and air national guard, and paymaster general with the rank not to exceed that of major general;

(2) The assistant adjutant general who shall be assistant chief of staff;

(3) One state judge advocate who shall be an officer of the organized militia; and

(4) Eight (8) aides-de-camp who shall be detailed by the commander-in-chief from the commissioned officers of the national guard or naval militia, in active or retired service; provided, however, the commander-in-chief may appoint as five (5) of the eight (8) aides-de-camp honorably discharged commissioned officers, who were in the military or naval services of the United States in time of war; or commissioned officers with the rank of their commissions therein, of the armed forces reserve of the United States or the retired list of officers of the regular armed forces of the United States; and, provided, further, that, when the national guard is absent from the state in the active military service of the United States, the commander-in-chief, in his or her discretion, may detail as aides-de-camp commissioned officers of the state guard, but in no event shall the total number of aides-de-camp on the staff of the commander-in-chief exceed eight (8). Officers detailed from the national guard, the naval militia, or the state guard, shall have the rank of their commissions in the national guard, naval militia, or state guard and shall not be relieved from duty with their organizations during their term of office on the staff of the commander-in-chief. Honorably discharged commissioned officers appointed as aides-de-camp by the commander-in-chief shall have the same rank as they held at the time of their discharge from the military or naval service of the United States or of any higher rank to which they are entitled at the time of their appointment. All aides-de-camp shall hold office during the term of office of the commander-in-chief or at his or her pleasure.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-3
§ 30-2-3. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The governor may make and publish all necessary rules and regulations and issue such orders as may be necessary for the organization, discipline, government, training, and use of the militia of the state and they shall have the force and effect of law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-28-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-28 / Section 30-28-5
§ 30-28-5. Maintenance of Perry monument.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such a sum as it may deem necessary for the purpose of caring for and maintaining the monument erected to the memory of Commodore Oliver H. Perry by this state, situated in the Island cemetery, Newport, and that sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended under the direction of the director of environmental management.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-35 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-35
§ 30-3-35. Oath of enlistment  False statements.
Status: in_force

Any federally recognized commissioned officer of the national guard of Rhode Island may administer the oath of enlistment to enlisted persons of the national guard, either within or without the state. A person making oath to any willfully false statement contained in the enlistment contract shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished as for a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-8-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-8 / Section 30-8-7
§ 30-8-7. Rules, regulations, and orders.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general shall make from time to time, rules, regulations, and orders, not inconsistent herewith, that he or she deems necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter; to establish awards not inconsistent with this chapter; and to establish the eligibility of persons to receive and the method of award of the decorations provided for under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-10-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-10 / Section 30-10-1
§ 30-10-1. Control and maintenance.
Status: in_force

(a) All arsenals, armories, quarters, military storehouses, campgrounds, rifle ranges, and other military facilities owned, leased, or controlled by the state, except those that are by law especially entrusted to the keeping of other officers, that are used for military purposes, shall be under the control of the adjutant general, who shall also have supervisory responsibility for all repairs, maintenance, upkeep, and janitorial services of these properties.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, any individual employed, as of June 26, 1986, in any of these military facilities, shall retain his or her current employee classification and status and no current or future benefits gained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement shall be diminished.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-19-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-19 / Section 30-19-2
§ 30-19-2. Execution of mortgages.
Status: in_force

Without limiting the generality of § 30-19-1, a minor veteran as described in § 30-19-1 may, with like force, effect, and validity, execute, acknowledge, and deliver mortgages of real property containing such powers of sale, conditions, and covenants as are usual in mortgages taken by savings banks in this state, or mortgages in the form authorized by chapter 11 of title 34, or mortgages containing the same, or substantially the same, powers of sale, conditions, and covenants as are set forth in §§ 34-11-19  34-11-22.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-19 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-19
§ 30-3-19. Allowances for staff officers.
Status: in_force

Each member of the staff of the commander-in-chief provided for in § 30-2-2 shall be allowed and paid the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) upon the actual procurement by him or her of the arms, uniform, and equipment prescribed and every staff member who shall, in a twelve-month (12) period immediately preceding the first day of May in each year, have maintained and kept his or her prescribed arms, uniform, and equipment in proper order, shall annually, on the first day of May, be allowed and paid in addition to the sum set forth in § 30-3-18, the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) or a proportionately less sum for any less period of time. The above sum shall be paid out of the appropriation for the support of the national guard upon the approval of the adjutant general and upon his or her certification that these members have complied with the requirements of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-10 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-10
§ 30-2-10. Order of militia into service to meet federal call.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the militia, or any part thereof, is called, ordered, or drafted under the Constitution and laws of the United States, the governor shall order for this service the national guard, the naval militia, if organized, and if the number available is insufficient, he or she shall order out such other part of the militia as may be necessary.

(b) Upon the termination of an emergency, all persons drafted for the emergency as national guard when discharged from federal service shall resume their membership in the national guard. These persons shall continue to serve in the national guard until the dates upon which their enlistment entered into prior to the draft would have expired, if uninterrupted, under regulations to be prescribed by the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-9-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-9 / Section 30-9-6
§ 30-9-6. Unauthorized use.
Status: in_force

No enlisted person of the militia shall wear or use, except when on military duty, or by special permission of his or her commanding officer, any uniform or other article of military property belonging to the state or for which the state is responsible.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-40.1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-40.1
§ 30-3-40.1. Limitations and distribution of educational benefits.
Status: in_force

Educational benefits supported by state funds shall be limited in the aggregate to the amount hereafter appropriated, or as much thereof as the general assembly may annually appropriate, and distribution of funds in support of educational benefits for national guard members shall be made to any college or university in Rhode Island by the adjutant general on behalf of eligible members on the basis of order of dates in which benefit applications are received in the office of the adjutant general. To carry out the provisions of this section and § 30-3-40, the general assembly shall annually appropriate the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) and the state controller is hereby authorized to draw his or her orders upon the state treasurer for the payment of this sum upon the presentation of properly authenticated vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-29-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-29 / Section 30-29-2
§ 30-29-2. Selection of officers  Staff requirements.
Status: in_force

Upon organization of the committee on naval affairs, by majority vote, one of its members shall be chosen as chairperson, another of its members shall be chosen vice chairperson, and another of its members shall be chosen secretary. The director of the commerce corporation shall provide the necessary secretarial and staff assistance as required by the committee.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-7-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-7 / Section 30-7-1
§ 30-7-1. Exemption of national guard from jury duty.
Status: in_force

Every member of the federally recognized national guard shall be exempt from jury duty only while actually on military duty on orders of the United States Department of Defense, or on orders of the governor, or while that member is in receipt of orders to military duty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-24 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-24
§ 30-13-24. Who may convene general courts-martial.
Status: in_force

In the state military forces, general courts-martial may be convened by the governor or the adjutant general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-7-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-7 / Section 30-7-7
§ 30-7-7. Drill by students.
Status: in_force

Students in educational institutions in which military science is a part of the course of instruction may, with the consent of the governor, drill and parade with arms in public under the supervision of their instructor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-8-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-8 / Section 30-8-4
§ 30-8-4. Rhode Island star.
Status: in_force

The Rhode Island star may be awarded, in the name of the governor, to each person who, while a commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted person of the armed forces of the United States, including the reserve components thereof, or of the Rhode Island national guard, while on active state or federal service, distinguishes himself or herself conspicuously by exceptionally meritorious service to the state or federal government in a duty of responsibility. No more than one Rhode Island star shall be awarded to any one person, but for each succeeding service, sufficient to justify the award of a Rhode Island star, a bronze oak leaf cluster shall be awarded in lieu thereof.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-28-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-28 / Section 30-28-7
§ 30-28-7. Soldiers and sailors monument in Providence.
Status: in_force

The soldiers and sailors monument in the city of Providence shall be in the sole custody and charge of the city of Providence, which shall keep the monument in good order and shall at all times provide a suitable location for it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-25-11 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-25 / Section 30-25-11
§ 30-25-11. Consent of custodian of neglected grave.
Status: in_force

When any cemetery or burial place containing a neglected grave is found by the director of human services, or the agents or employees of the division, to be under the custody or control of some private owner or public authority, then the director shall obtain permission, in writing, from the person or persons having custody or control before entering into and upon the cemetery or burial place; provided, that if no person or persons can be found having the custody or control of the cemetery or burial place, the director shall assume the right of entry and shall perform the duties specified in § 30-25-10, without further notice.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-7-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-7 / Section 30-7-3
§ 30-7-3. Immunity from liability for acts in line of duty.
Status: in_force

Members of the militia ordered into the service of the state by competent authority shall not be liable, civilly or criminally, for any acts done by them while under orders of a superior officer engaged in the performance of their duty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-25-13 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-25 / Section 30-25-13
§ 30-25-13. Acceptance and administration of gifts.
Status: in_force

The director of human services may accept in the name of the state, and may administer, any devise, bequest, or gift that is to be expended for the general purposes of this chapter. All sums received by devise, bequest, or gift from any person or corporation shall be deposited with the general treasurer, and by him or her kept in a special fund, to be known as the veterans cemetery fund, and held subject to the order of the director.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-14 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-14
§ 30-3-14. Qualifications of medical officers, judge advocates, and chaplains.
Status: in_force

In the national guard, all commissioned officers of the medical corps must be physicians or surgeons licensed to practice in any state or the District of Columbia in the United States of America; all commissioned officers of the judge advocate generals department must comply with the provisions of Article II, Rule 2(d) of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules; all chaplains must be regularly ordained ministers of the gospel, and any provision as to prior military service shall not apply to these officers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-23-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-23 / Section 30-23-4
§ 30-23-4. Organization of local committees.
Status: in_force

The local committee shall elect a chairperson and such other officers as it may determine and may appoint an executive committee and subcommittees and define the duties of its officers and committees. The local committee may employ an executive secretary and clerical and other assistance within the amounts of appropriations available therefor. The officers and committees of the local committee shall serve at the pleasure of the local committee.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-12-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-12 / Section 30-12-2
§ 30-12-2. Surrender of person arrested in another state.
Status: in_force

Any person described in § 30-12-1 who shall be apprehended or captured in another state by an organization, unit, or detachment of the forces of this state shall, without unnecessary delay, be surrendered to the military or police forces of the state in which the person is taken, or to the United States, but this surrender shall not constitute a waiver by this state of its right to extradite or prosecute this person for any crime committed in this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-34 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-34
§ 30-13-34. Investigation.
Status: in_force

(a) No charge or specification may be referred to a general court-martial for trial until a thorough and impartial investigation of all the matters set forth therein has been made. This investigation shall include inquiry as to the truth of the matter set forth in the charges, consideration of the form of charges, and a recommendation as to the disposition that should be made of the case in the interest of justice and discipline.

(b) The accused shall be advised of the charges against him or her and of his or her right to be represented at that investigation by counsel. Upon the accuseds own request, he or she shall be represented by civilian counsel if provided by him or her; or military counsel of his or her own selection if military counsel is reasonably available; or by counsel detailed by the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the command. At that investigation, full opportunity shall be given to the accused to cross-examine witnesses against him or her if they are available, and to present anything he or she may desire in his or her own behalf, either in defense or mitigation, and the investigating officer shall examine witnesses requested by the accused. If the charges are forwarded after the investigation, they shall be accompanied by a statement of the substance of the testimony taken on both sides and a copy thereof shall be given to the accused.

(c) If an investigation of the subject matter of an offense has been conducted before the accused is charged with the offense, and if the accused was present at the investigation and afforded the opportunities for representation, cross-examinations, and presentation prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, no further investigation of that charge is necessary under this section unless it is demanded by the accused after he or she is informed of the charge. A demand for further investigation entitles the accused to recall witnesses for further cross-examination and to offer any new evidence in his or her own behalf.

(d) The requirements of this section are binding on all persons administering this code, but failure to follow them does not divest a military court of jurisdiction.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-23-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-23 / Section 30-23-1
§ 30-23-1. Purpose of chapter.
Status: in_force

By order of the President of the United States on February 24, 1944, there was established in the Office of War Mobilization a retraining and reemployment administration to have general supervision and direction of activities relating to the retraining and reemployment of persons discharged or released from the armed services and to develop programs for that purpose and for the adequate care of those veterans, including physical and occupational therapy for the wounded and disabled and the resumption of education interrupted by the war. By its order issued May 17, 1944, the retraining and reemployment administration outlined a plan for the establishment and maintenance of veterans information service centers in local communities by which it sought to provide a way to merge the interest of all organizations, federal, state, local, and civic, in the rehabilitation and assistance of veterans. To aid in the carrying out of this plan, the retraining and reemployment administration established in each state a veterans service committee consisting of a representative of the Selective Service System, the War Manpower Commission, and the Veterans Administration with power to enlarge its membership to include representation from local organizations or to represent the federal government on state committees of the same nature. The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the establishment of local veterans retraining and reemployment committees and the establishment and maintenance of veterans information service centers by the several cities and towns in this state to the end that all veterans may be furnished in their own communities with full information with respect to their various rights and privileges under federal and state laws and with adequate advice and assistance in securing the benefits thereof and in solving the problems of readjusting their lives from war to peacetime activities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-18-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-18 / Section 30-18-3
§ 30-18-3. Change in treatment of certain discharges.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, all former members of the armed forces who were separated from the service with a general or other than honorable discharge due solely to their sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, may petition the office of veterans services on forms and conditions prescribed under § 30-18-4, to have his or her discharge recorded as honorable.

(b) Upon a determination by the office of veterans services that the member was separated from the armed forces with a general or other than honorable discharge due solely to their sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, the director of the office of veterans services shall provide a form to be recorded pursuant to §§ 30-18-1 and 30-18-2 certifying that the members discharge is to be treated as honorable.

(c) Persons who have the characterization of their discharge changed under this section shall be afforded the same rights, privileges, and benefits authorized by general or public law to service members who were honorably discharged.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-93 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-93
§ 30-13-93. Cruelty and maltreatment.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreatment of, any person subject to his or her orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-42 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-42
§ 30-13-42. Sessions.
Status: in_force

Whenever a general or special court-martial deliberates or votes, only the members of the court may be present. After a general court-martial has finally voted on the findings, the court may request the law officer and the reporter to appear before the court to put the findings in proper form and those proceedings shall be on the record. All other proceedings, including any other consultation of the court with counsel or the law officer, shall be made a part of the record and shall be in the presence of the accused, the defense counsel, the trial counsel, and, in general court-martial cases, the law officer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-2
§ 30-3-2. Emergency increase.
Status: in_force

The governor shall have power in case of war, insurrection, invasion, riot, public catastrophe or calamity, or imminent danger thereof, to increase the national guard beyond the maximum now established by law and to organize it with the proper officers, as the exigencies of the situation may require, if authorized by the laws of the United States.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-24 / Section 30-24-2
§ 30-24-2. Bylaws and regulations  Supervision by director.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of human services, or his or her designee, shall have the general supervision over, and shall prescribe rules for, the government and management of the Rhode Island veterans home. He or she shall make all needful bylaws and regulations governing the admission, maintenance, and discharge of the residents of the home, which shall not be inconsistent with the spirit and intent of this chapter, and generally may do all things necessary to successfully carry into effect the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The director shall appoint and employ all subordinate officials and persons needed for the proper management of the home.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-113 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-113
§ 30-13-113. Malingering.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service in the state military forces:

(1) Feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement; or

(2) Intentionally inflicts self-injury;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-22-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-22 / Section 30-22-6
§ 30-22-6. Domestic partner defined.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, domestic partner shall be defined as a person who, prior to the decedents death, was in an exclusive, intimate, and committed relationship with the decedent, and who certifies, by affidavit, that their relationship met the following qualifications:

(1) Both partners were at least eighteen (18) years of age and were mentally competent to contract;

(2) Neither partner was married to anyone else;

(3) Partners were not related by blood to a degree that would prohibit marriage in the state of Rhode Island;

(4) Partners resided together and had resided together for at least one year at the time of death; and

(5) Partners were financially interdependent as evidenced by at least two (2) of the following:

(i) Domestic partnership agreement or relationship contract;

(ii) Joint mortgage or joint ownership of primary residence;

(iii) Two (2) of: (A) joint ownership of motor vehicle; (B) joint checking account; (C) joint credit account; (D) joint lease; and/or

(iv) The domestic partner had been designated as a beneficiary for the decedents will, retirement contract, or life insurance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-26 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-26
§ 30-13-26. Who may convene summary courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(a) In the state military forces not in federal service, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops are on duty, or of a regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, detached squadron, or other detachment of not less than battalion or squadron level, may convene a summary court-martial consisting of one commissioned officer of a rank not less than major. The proceedings shall be informal.

(b) When only one commissioned officer is present with a command or detachment, that officer shall be the summary court-martial of that command or detachment and shall hear and determine all summary court-martial cases brought before him or her. Summary courts-martial may, however, be convened in any case by superior competent authority when considered desirable by him or her.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-14-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-14 / Section 30-14-3
§ 30-14-3. Holding of military commission by civil officer.
Status: in_force

Any citizen of this state may hold a commission in the militia of this state, the national guard of the United States, or any active or reserve component of the United States armed forces without thereby vacating any civil office, position, or commission held by that citizen. The holding of any commission shall not constitute such a holding of an office of trust and profit under the government of this state or of the United States as shall be incompatible with the holding of any civil office, position, or commission under the government of this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-15 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-15
§ 30-3-15. Qualifications of warrant officers.
Status: in_force

The governor will be the judge as to the character and professional qualifications of an applicant for appointment as warrant officer. The standards of physical examination will be the same as for officers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-22-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-22 / Section 30-22-3
§ 30-22-3. Veterans of undeclared wars or campaigns.
Status: in_force

The provisions of all of the statutes of this state granting benefits, privileges, or bonuses to veterans of any war in which the United States of America has heretofore been engaged, or to the widow or widower or domestic partner or other surviving kin of deceased veterans of that war, shall hereafter be construed to provide for like benefits, privileges and bonuses for any man or woman of the armed forces who has been engaged heretofore, is now, or may hereafter be engaged in the active conduct of and/or fighting in the Korean Campaign or the conflict in Vietnam or any following campaign or war, declared or undeclared, which the armed forces of the United States of America conduct or in which those forces have a part, and who, having been actively engaged as hereinbefore described, has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, honorably discharged from the armed forces of this nation, and to the widow or widower or domestic partner or other surviving kin of any such deceased veteran of that campaign or war.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-32-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-32 / Section 30-32-6
§ 30-32-6. Priority of funding.
Status: in_force

Priority of funding shall be given to allocations that provide at least a twenty percent (20%) match or supplement funds from other sources.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-64 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-64
§ 30-13-64. Opinion of judge advocate.
Status: in_force

The convening authority shall refer the record of each court-martial to the staff judge advocate or, in the absence of a staff judge advocate on the staff of the convening authority, to the staff judge advocate of the next higher command, who shall submit his or her written opinion thereon to the convening authority. If the final action of the court has resulted in an acquittal of all charges and specifications, the opinion shall be limited to questions of jurisdiction.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-22 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-22
§ 30-13-22. Record of proceedings if dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge, or dismissal adjudged.
Status: in_force

A dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge, or dismissal may not be adjudged by any court-martial unless a complete record of the proceedings and testimony before the court has been made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-20 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-20
§ 30-3-20. Relative rank of officers.
Status: in_force

The date of the appointment of a commissioned officer of the national guard shall be expressed in his or her commission and shall be considered as the date thereof. Commissioned officers shall rank according to the date of their commissions. Between officers of the same grade and date of appointment, where there has been no previous military service, the relative rank shall be determined by age, the elder taking precedence. When two (2) officers of the same grade are commissioned as of the same date, their rank shall be determined first, by the length of previous service as a commissioned officer, second, by age, the elder taking precedence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-10-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-10 / Section 30-10-4
§ 30-10-4. Use of armories for social and athletic purposes.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general may authorize the use of any armory, under his or her control, for the social and athletic purposes of the organizations quartered there.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-19 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-19
§ 30-2-19. Care of military property  Annual inventory  Rental of armories.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general shall attend to the care, preservation, and repairing of the arms, ammunition, equipment, clothing, and all other military property belonging to the state, except insofar as this duty has been reposed in the department of administration. He or she shall annually make an inventory of the military property of the state and present a copy of the inventory to the governor on or before the first day of January, or at such other times as the governor shall direct. The inventory shall show, in detail, the disposition of all arms, ammunition, equipment, clothing, and other military property on hand or issued. The adjutant general is hereby empowered to rent armories in this state for periods not exceeding two (2) weeks rent free or for whatever rental and conditions and for whatever purpose the adjutant general, in his or her sole discretion, shall deem proper.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-28-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-28 / Section 30-28-2
§ 30-28-2. Allocation of building space.
Status: in_force

The governor is authorized and empowered to direct and advise the director of the department of administration to make available such space as may reasonably be allocated in the William F. Powers Building, One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI, or any other substantially equivalent space to be provided by the department of administration to the United Veterans Council for use as headquarters by the following chartered veterans organizations:

(1) The American Legion;

(2) Veterans of Foreign Wars;

(3) Disabled American Veterans;

(4) Military Women Across the Nation Unit 118;

(5) American Veterans (AMVETS);

(6) Jewish War Veterans of Rhode Island;

(7) The Marine Corps League;

(8) The Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;

(9) Korean War Veterans;

(10) Vietnam Veterans of America; and

(11) Any other chartered veterans organization.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-5-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-5 / Section 30-5-7
§ 30-5-7. Command on active duty.
Status: in_force

The unorganized militia on active duty shall be commanded by the officer of the militia designated for that purpose by the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-9-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-9 / Section 30-9-2
§ 30-9-2. Annual allowance for maintenance of organizational property.
Status: in_force

Each organization shall keep the property described in § 30-9-1 intact and in proper repair and in good condition; and the commanding officers of companies, batteries, or similar detachments of the national guard shall each be allowed to expend annually a sum not to exceed three dollars ($3.00) per member in keeping the property of their respective organizations in proper repair and good condition; the sums so allowed shall be based upon the average membership in these units for the year ending June 30th in each year, to be submitted by the adjutant general to each organization commander in July of each year, all of these moneys to be paid upon approval of the adjutant general after his or her receipt of proper vouchers; but the adjutant general shall not allow these sums, or any part thereof, unless the property has been kept in proper repair and in good condition, and unless duties have been properly performed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-12-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-12 / Section 30-12-6
§ 30-12-6. Assault of assembled militia.
Status: in_force

Any person who assaults, fires at, or throws any missile at, against, or upon any uniformed member or body of the militia, or other person lawfully aiding that member or body, when assembling or assembled for the purpose of performing any militia duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-103 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-103
§ 30-13-103. Captured or abandoned property.
Status: in_force

(a) All persons subject to this code shall secure all public property taken from the enemy for the service of the United States, and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority, without delay, all captured or abandoned property in their possession, custody, or control.

(b) Any person subject to this code who:

(1) Fails to carry out the duties prescribed in subsection (a) of this section;

(2) Buys, sells, trades, or in any way deals in or disposes of captured or abandoned property, whereby that person receives or expects any profit, benefit, or advantage to himself or herself or another directly or indirectly connected with himself or herself; or

(3) Engages in looting or pillaging;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-7
§ 30-13-7. Authority to apprehend.
Status: in_force

(a) Apprehension is the taking of a person into custody.

(b) Any person authorized by this code, or by regulations issued under it, to apprehend persons subject to this code, any marshal of a court-martial appointed pursuant to the provisions of this code, and any peace officer authorized to do so by law, may apprehend persons subject to the code upon reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it.

(c) Commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers, and noncommissioned officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays, and disorders among persons subject to this code and to apprehend persons subject to this code who take part therein.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-111 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-111
§ 30-13-111. Drunk on duty  Sleeping on post  Leaving post before relief.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who is found drunk on duty or sleeping upon his or her post, or who leaves his or her post before being regularly relieved, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-49 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-49
§ 30-13-49. Opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence.
Status: in_force

(a) The trial counsel, the defense counsel, and the court-martial shall have equal opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence in accordance with such regulations as the governor may prescribe.

(b) The president of a court-martial or a summary court officer may:

(1) Issue a warrant for the arrest of any accused person who, having been served with a warrant and a copy of the charges, disobeys a written order by the convening authority to appear before the court;

(2) Issue subpoenas duces tecum and other subpoenas;

(3) Enforce, by attachment, the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers; and

(4) Sentence persons for refusal to be sworn or to answer, as provided in actions before civil courts of the state.

(c) Process issued in court-martial cases to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the production of other evidence shall run to any part of the state and shall be executed by civil officers as prescribed by the laws of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-47 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-47
§ 30-13-47. Double jeopardy.
Status: in_force

(a) No person may, without his or her consent, be tried a second time in any military court of the state for the same offense.

(b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense of this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.

(c) A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused is a trial in the sense of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-18-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-18 / Section 30-18-1
§ 30-18-1. Recordation without fee  Sufficiency of certified copy.
Status: in_force

A certificate of the honorable discharge of any soldier, sailor, airperson, or marine from the military, naval, air, or marine service of the United States, and in case of a sailor to include notice of separation from the United States naval service, form 553 and revisions thereto, may be recorded in the office of the town clerk or the city clerk, except in the city of Providence, where the discharge and separation notice shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds. It shall be the duty of the town clerk or the city clerk, or the recorder of deeds in the city of Providence, to record any certificate and separation notice upon presentation thereof without the payment of any fee. For any purpose for which an original honorable discharge and separation notice may be required in this state, a certified copy of the record, or a form issued by the office of veterans services pursuant to § 30-18-4 shall be deemed sufficient and shall be accepted in lieu thereof.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-41 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-41
§ 30-3-41. The Rhode Island Military Family Relief Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created the Rhode Island military family relief fund. The purpose of this fund shall be to aid family members of the Rhode Island National Guard and military force reservists and members of the active duty military with either a home of record or military service point of entry being in the State of Rhode Island.

(b) In addition to funds deposited by the general treasurer in accordance with § 44-30-2.9, the adjutant general is authorized to accept any grant, devise, bequest, donation, gift, services in kind, assignment of money, binds or other valuable securities, or moneys appropriated by the general assembly for deposit in and credit of the fund.

(c) The Rhode Island military family relief fund shall be administered by the adjutant general or the adjutant generals designated representative. The adjutant general shall establish criteria pertaining to eligibility for fund assistance. The funds will be distributed at the discretion of the adjutant general and in accordance with the established criteria to the families of the national guard or military force reservists and members of the active duty military with either a home of record or military service point of entry being in the State of Rhode Island. The criteria for distribution and disbursement shall be established in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42, the administrative procedures act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-12-11 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-12 / Section 30-12-11
§ 30-12-11. Trespass or injury to property.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully trespasses upon any camp or parade ground, armory, arsenal, rifle range, or property lawfully used by, or in connection with, the militia, or any part thereof; or injures any property situated thereon; or willfully violates thereon any regulations established to maintain order, preserve property, or prevent accidents upon that property; or removes, mutilates, or destroys any of that property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-52 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-52
§ 30-13-52. Depositions.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after charges have been signed, as provided in § 30-13-32, any party may take oral or written depositions unless an authority competent to convene a court-martial for the trial of those charges forbids it for good cause. If a deposition is to be taken before charges are referred for trial, the authority may designate commissioned officers to represent the prosecution and the defense and may authorize those officers to take the deposition of any witness.

(b) The party at whose instance a deposition is to be taken shall give to every other party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking the deposition.

(c) Depositions may be taken before, and authenticated by, any military or civil officer authorized by the laws of the state or by the laws of the place where the deposition is taken to administer oaths.

(d) A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice to the other parties, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read in evidence before any court-martial or in any proceeding before a court of inquiry, if it appears:

(1) That the witness resides or is beyond the state in which the court-martial or court of inquiry is ordered to sit, or beyond the distance of one hundred (100) miles from the place of trial or hearing;

(2) That the witness by reason of death, age, sickness, bodily infirmity, imprisonment, military necessity, nonamenability to process, or other reasonable cause, is unable or refuses to appear and testify in person at the place of trial or hearing; or

(3) That the present whereabouts of the witness is unknown.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-8-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-8 / Section 30-8-3
§ 30-8-3. Rhode Island cross.
Status: in_force

The Rhode Island cross may be awarded, in the name of the governor, to each person who, while a commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted person of the armed forces of the United States, including the reserve components thereof, or of the Rhode Island national guard, while on active state or federal service, distinguishes himself or herself conspicuously by extraordinary heroism. No more than one Rhode Island cross shall be awarded to any one person, but for each succeeding deed or act sufficient to justify the award of a Rhode Island cross, a bronze oak leaf cluster shall be awarded in lieu thereof.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-4-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-4 / Section 30-4-5
§ 30-4-5. Naval militia battalion.
Status: in_force

All provisions of this chapter, insofar as they relate to independent chartered military organizations, shall apply to the naval militia battalion manning the sloop U.S.S. Providence in the same manner as they apply to the independent chartered military organizations mentioned in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-9 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-9
§ 30-13-9. Imposition of restraint.
Status: in_force

(a) Arrest is the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing that person to remain within certain specified limits. Confinement is the physical restraint of a person.

(b) An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by any commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or through other persons subject to this code or through any person authorized by this code to apprehend persons. A commanding officer may authorize warrant officers, petty officers, or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of his or her command, or subject to his or her authority, into arrest or confinement.

(c) A commissioned officer, or a warrant officer, may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority he or she is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order these persons apprehended, or into arrest or confinement, may not be delegated.

(d) No person may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement except for probable cause.

(e) This section does not limit the authority of persons authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an alleged offender until proper authority may be notified.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-18 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-18
§ 30-3-18. Allowances for guard officers.
Status: in_force

Every commissioned officer and every warrant officer of the national guard, upon original appointment and upon receipt of federal recognition, may be allowed and paid the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) upon the actual procurement by him or her of the prescribed arms, uniforms, and equipment, and every commissioned officer and every warrant officer of the national guard who shall, in a twelve-month (12) period immediately preceding the first day of May in each year, have maintained and kept his or her prescribed arms, uniforms, and equipment in proper order, may annually, on the first day of May, be allowed and paid the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) or a proportionately less sum for any less period of time. The above sums shall be paid out of the appropriation for the support of the national guard upon the approval of the adjutant general, and upon his or her certification and certification by the intermediate commanders of the organizations that these officers have complied with the requirements of this section; provided, however, that when the national guard is in the active military service of the United States the provisions hereof, where applicable, shall apply to the commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Rhode Island state guard.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-87 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-87
§ 30-13-87. Missing movement.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who, through neglect or design, misses the movement of a ship, aircraft, or unit with which he or she is required in the course of duty to move shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-24 / Section 30-24-5
§ 30-24-5. Functions of advisory council.
Status: in_force

The advisory council for veterans affairs shall exercise and perform all the duties and functions formerly exercised and performed by the advisory council for the Rhode Island veterans home. The advisory council for the Rhode Island veterans home is hereby abolished. The advisory council for veterans affairs shall make suggestions to and shall advise the director of the office of veterans services; provided, however, that the advisory council shall have no administrative power.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-12 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-12
§ 30-13-12. Reports and receiving of prisoners.
Status: in_force

(a) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under § 30-13-11, may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his or her charge, when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by that person, of the offense charged against the prisoner.

(b) Every commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or of any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under § 30-13-11, to whose charge a prisoner is committed, shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after that commitment or as soon as he or she is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against the prisoner, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-14-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-14 / Section 30-14-6
§ 30-14-6. Prior rights and actions.
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding commenced before April 26, 1956, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of chapters 1  14 of this title, but all procedure hereafter taken after April 26, 1956, shall conform to the provisions of those chapters as far as possible.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-41 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-41
§ 30-13-41. Duties of trial counsel and defense counsel.
Status: in_force

(a) The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial shall prosecute in the name of the state, and shall, under the direction of the court, prepare the record of the proceedings.

(b) The accused has the right to be represented in his or her defense before a general or special court-martial by civilian counsel if provided by the accused, or by military counsel of his or her own selection if reasonably available, or by the defense counsel detailed under § 30-13-29. Should the accused have counsel of his or her own selection, the defense counsel, and assistant defense counsel, if any, who were detailed, shall, if the accused so desires, act as his or her associate counsel; otherwise they shall be excused by the president of the court.

(c) In every court-martial proceeding, the defense counsel may, in the event of conviction, forward for attachment to the record of proceedings a brief of those matters counsel feels should be considered in behalf of the accused on review, including any objection to the contents of the record that he or she considers appropriate.

(d) An assistant trial counsel of a general court-martial may, under the direction of the trial counsel or when he or she is qualified to be a trial counsel as required by § 30-13-29, perform any duty imposed by law, regulation, or the custom of the service, upon the trial counsel of the court. An assistant trial counsel of a special court-martial may perform any duty of the trial counsel.

(e) An assistant defense counsel of a general or special court-martial may, under the direction of the defense counsel or when he or she is qualified to be the defense counsel as required by § 30-13-29, perform any duty imposed by law, regulation, or the custom of the service, upon counsel for the accused.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-16 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-16
§ 30-2-16. Assistant adjutants general.
Status: in_force

There shall be two (2) assistant adjutants general with rank not to exceed that of brigadier general, one of whom shall be detailed by the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, from the federally recognized officers, or from the retired officers, of the Rhode Island army national guard, and one of whom shall be detailed by the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, from the federally recognized officers, or from the retired officers, of the Rhode Island air national guard; provided, however, that, when the Rhode Island national guard is in the active military service of the United States, there shall be only one assistant adjutant general, who shall be detailed by the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, from the officers of the Rhode Island state guard. These assistant adjutants general shall hold office at the pleasure of the adjutant general and shall serve as commanding officers for Rhode Island code of military justice purposes. They shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the adjutant general in addition to their other duties in the national guard, if any. In the absence from the state of the adjutant general, the assistant adjutant general detailed from the army national guard shall be authorized to perform all duties provided by law or regulation for the adjutant general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-20-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-20 / Section 30-20-1
§ 30-20-1. Renewal upon discharge from service.
Status: in_force

Any certificate, issued by authority of the laws of this state, authorizing a person to practice a specific profession regulated by the laws of this state or to carry on a special trade or business occupation, which expires while the holder thereof is in the military, naval, or air service of the United States, shall be renewed without further examination, upon payment of the prescribed fee, at any time within four (4) months after the persons discharge from the service.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-7
§ 30-3-7. Appropriation for unit funds.
Status: in_force

A sum to provide for § 30-3-6 is hereby annually appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purpose of § 30-3-6; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of this sum upon his or her receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-21-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-21 / Section 30-21-1
§ 30-21-1. Reinstatement by previous employer required.
Status: in_force

If any employee enters the land, naval, and air forces of the United States of America, upon his or her honorable discharge from service, his or her former employer, if requested within forty (40) days after honorable discharge and if the employee is still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position, shall reinstate the employee to his or her former employment or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay, unless the employers circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so, and nothing in this section shall be construed at any time to prevent the employer, if so requested, from restoring any employee by releasing any other employee of like or different status and pay or from granting employment to other honorably discharged servicemembers in the same manner as though they had entered service as employees of that employer. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty of a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-21 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-21
§ 30-3-21. Efficiency boards.
Status: in_force

The capacity and general fitness for service of any commissioned officer or warrant officer of the national guard, may be investigated by an efficiency board. The board shall be appointed by the governor and shall consist of three (3) commissioned officers of the national guard senior in rank, when possible, to the officer under investigation. If the findings of the board be unfavorable to the officer under investigation and are approved by the governor, he or she shall be discharged from the national guard, subject to the provisions of § 30-3-39.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-120 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-120
§ 30-13-120. General disorders and neglect.
Status: reserved

Though not specifically mentioned in this code, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the state military forces, of which persons subject to this code may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court. However, cognizance may not be taken of, and jurisdiction may not be extended to, the crimes of murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, maiming, sodomy, arson, extortion, assault, burglary, or housebreaking, jurisdiction of which is reserved to civil courts.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-1-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-1 / Section 30-1-8
§ 30-1-8. Conscientious objectors.
Status: in_force

All persons who because of religious belief shall claim exemption from militia service, if the conscientious holding of that belief by the person shall be established under the regulations prescribed by the governor, shall be exempted from militia service in a combatant capacity, but no person so exempted shall be exempt from militia service in any capacity that the governor shall declare to be noncombatant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-24 / Section 30-24-1
§ 30-24-1. Management and control.
Status: in_force

The management and control of the Rhode Island veterans home, established in this state for those who served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, Space Force, or Air Force of the United States in any war or conflict and were honorably discharged therefrom, who shall be in need of such care as is provided at the home, shall be the responsibility of the director of human services, or the directors designee.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-2 / Section 30-2-4
§ 30-2-4. Approval of vouchers.
Status: in_force

The governor shall not be required to sign or approve vouchers provided for in chapters 1  14 of this title; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to payments required to be made for expenses and payment of the militia when ordered into service under the provisions of § 30-2-6; and provided, further, that the governor shall have notified the controller, in writing, of his or her desire to avail himself or herself of the provisions of this section, such notification to be effective until withdrawn.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-31-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-31 / Section 30-31-1
§ 30-31-1. Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds and declares:

(1) Numerous Rhode Island residents have distinguished themselves in the armed services of the United States by gallantry above and beyond the call of duty;

(2) That as a result of that gallantry, these residents have been awarded the medal of honor by the President of the United States;

(3) That the proper method of furthering that goal would be the establishment of a permanent committee.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-39 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-39
§ 30-3-39. Disability retirement.
Status: in_force

Any commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted person, of the national guard, physically disabled in the line of duty, may upon his or her own application to the commander-in-chief, be placed upon the retired list and withdrawn from active service with the highest rank to which he or she has attained.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-85 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-85
§ 30-13-85. Desertion.
Status: in_force

(a) Any member of the state military forces who:

(1) Without authority goes or remains absent from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;

(2) Quits his or her unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or

(3) Without being regularly separated from one of the state military forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the state military forces, or in one of the armed forces of the United States, without fully disclosing the fact that he or she has not been regularly separated;

is guilty of desertion.

(b) Any commissioned officer of the state military forces who, after tender of his or her resignation and before notice of its acceptance, quits his or her post or proper duties without leave and with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.

(c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-5 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-5
§ 30-15-5. Emergency management preparedness agency created  Personnel  Facilities.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created within the executive department, the Rhode Island emergency management agency (hereinafter in this chapter called the agency), to be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the governor and who shall be in the unclassified service.

(b) The director may employ such technical, clerical, stenographic, and other personnel, all of whom shall be in the classified service, and may make such expenditures within the appropriation therefor, or from other funds made available for the purposes of this chapter, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, consistent with other applicable provisions of law.

(c) The agency may provide itself with appropriate office space, furniture, equipment, supplies, stationery, and printing.

(d) The director, subject to the direction and control of the governor, shall be the head of the agency, and shall be responsible to the governor for carrying out the program for disaster preparedness of this state. The director shall coordinate the activities of all organizations for disasters within the state and shall maintain liaison with and cooperate with disaster agencies and organizations of other states and of the federal government. The director shall have such additional authority, duties, and responsibilities authorized by this chapter as may be prescribed by the governor.

(e) Wherever in the general or public laws, or any rule or regulation, any reference to the executive director shall appear, it shall be deemed to mean and shall mean the director.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-18-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-18 / Section 30-18-2
§ 30-18-2. Sufficiency of reference to recorded discharge.
Status: in_force

Any person who has served in the military, naval, or air service of the United States in the Spanish-American war, the insurrection in the Philippines, the China relief expedition, World War I, World War II, or any subsequent war in which the United States may be engaged, who has once filed evidence in a state, city, or town administrative office in this state that he or she has been honorably discharged from service or had the characterization of his or her discharge changed under the provisions of § 30-18-3, either in accordance with the requirements of § 44-3-4, or in accordance with the requirements of any other general or public law of this state, shall not be again required to show his or her discharge paper in making an application for tax exemption, licensing, examination, registration, aid, or relief, or in any other pertinent relationship in connection with any general or public law of this state, where evidence of honorable discharge from military, naval, or air service is required to be filed, but may refer any inquirer for verification of discharge and former filing of evidence to the office of veterans services, or other office or official where or with whom the discharge has been once recorded, which evidence shall stand so long as his or her legal residence remains in Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-21-7 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-21 / Section 30-21-7
§ 30-21-7. Failure to allow proper seniority.
Status: in_force

Anyone knowingly violating any provision of §§ 30-21-2  30-21-6 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-83 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-83
§ 30-13-83. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation.
Status: in_force

Any person who:

(1) Procures his or her own enlistment or appointment in the state military forces by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to his or her qualifications for that enlistment or appointment and receives pay or allowances thereunder; or

(2) Procures his or her own separation from the state military forces by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to his or her eligibility for that separation;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-19-6 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-19 / Section 30-19-6
§ 30-19-6. Supersession of other law  Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be given full effect notwithstanding the provisions of § 33-15-13 or any other provisions of law contrary to the provisions of this chapter. This chapter shall be construed liberally so as to enable eligible veterans who are minors and their spouses and the minor spouses of eligible veterans to possess full legal capacity to obtain housing loans guaranteed under or provided under federal law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-5-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-5 / Section 30-5-1
§ 30-5-1. Times subject to active duty.
Status: in_force

The unorganized militia shall be subject to active duty in case of war or national emergency, or when the governor deems it necessary for the public safety.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-31-4 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-31 / Section 30-31-4
§ 30-31-4. Duties.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the committee to coordinate the activities of veterans organizations and other parties interested in veterans affairs in order to decide upon a suitable monument or monuments to be placed on the site described in § 30-31-1(3). The committee is hereby empowered to determine the type of monument or monuments to be placed on that site and it shall be the exclusive responsibility of the committee to arrange for the placing of a monument or monuments and to maintain the grounds surrounding the monument.

(b) Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, the committee 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, including meeting minutes, 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 summary of any training courses held pursuant to the provisions of this section; 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 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 the provisions of this subsection.

(c) The committee shall conduct a training course for newly appointed and qualified members within six (6) months of their qualification or designation. The course shall be developed by the chair of the committee, approved by the committee, and conducted by the chair of the committee. The committee may approve the use of any committee or staff members or other individuals to assist with training. The training course shall include instruction in the following areas: the provisions of chapters 46 of title 42, 14 of title 36, and 2 of title 38 and the committees rules and regulations. The director of the department of administration shall, within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act [March 29, 2006], prepare and disseminate training materials relating to the provisions of chapters 46 of title 42, 14 of title 36, and 2 of title 38.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-14-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-14 / Section 30-14-2
§ 30-14-2. Federal and state funds.
Status: in_force

(a) No funds received from the United States shall be expended under chapters 1  14 of this title for any purpose not authorized by federal law or regulations and all other expenditures under those chapters shall be made from funds appropriated by the state.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for purposes of this section and § 21-28-5.04 only, the Rhode Island national guard shall be deemed a law enforcement agency eligible to participate in the forfeiture of money and assets seized through federal, state, or municipal counterdrug operations in which members of the guard support said operations; and any money or assets so acquired may be used by the guard in support of its counterdrug program.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-2 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-2
§ 30-15-2. Purposes of provisions.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this chapter are:

(1) To reduce vulnerability of people and communities of this state to damage, injury, and loss of life and property resulting from natural or man-made catastrophes, riots, or hostile military or paramilitary action or acts of bioterrorism;

(2) To prepare for prompt and efficient rescue, care, and treatment of persons victimized or threatened by disaster;

(3) To provide a setting conducive to the rapid and orderly start of restoration and rehabilitation of persons and property affected by disasters;

(4) To clarify and strengthen the roles of the governor, state agencies, and local governments in prevention of, preparation for, and response to and recovery from disasters;

(5) To authorize and provide for cooperation in disaster prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery;

(6) To authorize and provide for coordination of activities relating to disaster prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery by agencies and officers of this state, and similar state-local, interstate, federal-state, and foreign activities in which the state and its political subdivisions may participate;

(7) To provide a disaster management system embodying all four (4) phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

(8) [Deleted by P.L. 2000, ch. 170, § 2];

(9) To prepare for emergency health threats, including those caused by acts of bioterrorism, that require the exercise of extraordinary government functions;

(10) To provide the state with the ability to respond rapidly and effectively to potential or actual public health emergencies or disaster emergencies.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-98 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-98
§ 30-13-98. Noncompliance with procedural rules.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who:

(1) Is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of any case of a person accused of an offense under this code; or

(2) Knowingly and intentionally fails to enforce or comply with any provision of this code regulating the proceedings before, during, or after the trial of an accused;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-31 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-31
§ 30-13-31. Absent and additional court-martial members.
Status: in_force

(a) No member of a general or special court-martial may be absent or excused after the accused has been arraigned except for physical disability or as the result of a challenge or by order of the convening authority for good cause.

(b) Whenever a general court-martial is reduced below five (5) members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority details new members sufficient in number to provide not less than five (5) members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial may proceed as if no evidence had previously been introduced.

(c) Whenever a special court-martial is reduced below three (3) members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority details new members sufficient in number to provide not less than three (3) members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial shall proceed as if no evidence had previously been introduced.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-7-8 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-7 / Section 30-7-8
§ 30-7-8. Bounds of parade and camp grounds.
Status: in_force

Every commanding officer when on duty may ascertain and fix necessary bounds and limits to his or her parade or campground, not including any road on which people travel, so as to obstruct the parade or camp ground or prevent their passing for more than two (2) consecutive hours, within which no person shall have a right to pass or enter without leave from the commanding officer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-15 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-15 / Section 30-15-15
§ 30-15-15. Immunity from liability  Compensation for death or injury of disaster response workers.
Status: in_force

(a) All functions under this chapter, and all other activities relating to disaster response, are hereby declared to be governmental functions. Neither the state, nor any political subdivision thereof, nor other agencies of the state or political subdivision thereof, nor, except in cases of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith, any disaster response worker complying with, or reasonably attempting to comply with this chapter, or any order, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or pursuant to any ordinance relating to precautionary measures enacted by any political subdivision of the state, shall be liable for the death of, or injury to, persons, or for damage to property, as a result of disaster response activity. The provisions of this section shall not affect the right of any person to receive benefits to which he or she would otherwise be entitled under this chapter, nor under the Workers Compensation Act, chapters 29  38 of title 28, nor under any pension law, nor the right of any person to receive any benefits or compensation under any act of Congress.

(b) Any requirement for a license to practice any professional, mechanical, or other skill shall not apply to any authorized disaster response worker who shall, in the course of performing his or her duties as such, practice such professional, mechanical, or other skill during a disaster emergency.

(c) In the absence of any other benefits as provided by law, all disaster response workers who shall be killed or sustain disability or injury while in training for or on disaster response duty shall be construed to be employees of the state, any other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, and shall be compensated in like manner as state employees are compensated under the provisions of chapters 29  38 of title 28.

(d) In the absence of any other benefits as provided by law, any and all authorized disaster response workers who shall, in the course of performing their duties as such, practice professional, architecture, mechanical, engineering or other skill during a disaster emergency shall be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees under the provisions of chapters 29  38 of title 28 and under § 9-31-8.

(e) As used in this section, the term disaster response worker shall include any full- or part-time paid, volunteer, or auxiliary employee of this state, other states, territories, or possessions, the District of Columbia, the federal government, any neighboring country, or any political subdivision thereof, or any agency or organization, or any private person, firm, or corporation performing disaster response services at any place in this state subject to the order or control of, or pursuant to a request of, the state government or any political subdivision thereof.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-61 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-61
§ 30-13-61. Execution of confinement.
Status: in_force

(a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a military court, whether or not the sentence includes discharge or dismissal and whether or not the discharge or dismissal has been executed, may be carried into execution by confinement in any place of confinement under the control of any of the forces of the state military forces or in any jail, penitentiary, or prison designated for that purpose. Persons so confined in a jail, penitentiary, or prison are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons confined or committed to the jail, penitentiary, or prison by the courts of the state or of any political subdivision thereof.

(b) The omission of the words hard labor from any sentence or punishment of a court-martial adjudging confinement does not deprive the authority executing that sentence or punishment of the power to require hard labor as a part of the punishment.

(c) The keepers, officers, and wardens of city or county jails and of other jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by the governor, or by such a person as the governor may authorize to act under § 30-13-11, shall receive persons ordered into confinement before trial and persons committed to confinement by a military court and shall confine them according to law. No keeper, officer, or warden may require payment of any fee or charge for so receiving or confining a person.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-97 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-97
§ 30-13-97. Unlawful detention of another.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who, except as provided by law or regulation, apprehends, arrests, or confines any person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-60 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-60
§ 30-13-60. Effective date of sentences.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a sentence of a court-martial lawfully adjudged and approved includes a forfeiture of pay or allowances in addition to confinement not suspended, the forfeiture may apply to pay or allowances becoming due on or after the date the sentence is approved by the convening authority. No forfeiture may extend to any pay or allowances accrued before that date.

(b) Any period of confinement included in a sentence of a court-martial begins to run from the date the sentence is adjudged by the court-martial, but periods during which the sentence to confinement is suspended shall be excluded in computing the service of the term of confinement. Regulations prescribed by the governor may provide that sentences of confinement may not be executed until approved by designated officers.

(c) All other sentences of courts-martial are effective on the date ordered executed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-3-24 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-3 / Section 30-3-24
§ 30-3-24. Discharge of officers.
Status: in_force

A commissioned officer or warrant officer of the national guard may be discharged and his or her commission or warrant terminated, by reason of death; by acceptance by proper authority of resignation; on account of inefficiency; on account of physical disability; absence without leave for three (3) months; dismissal pursuant to sentence of a general court-martial or special court-martial; removal from the state; and upon disbandment of an organization, withdrawal of federal recognition, and for such other reasons as may be prescribed by the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-48 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-48
§ 30-13-48. Entering of not-guilty plea by court.
Status: in_force

If an accused arraigned before a court-martial makes an irregular pleading; or after a plea of guilty sets up matters inconsistent with the plea; or if it appears that the accused has entered the plea of guilty improvidently or through lack of understanding of its meaning and effect; or if the accused fails or refuses to plead; a plea of not guilty shall be entered in the record, and the court shall proceed as though he or she had pleaded not guilty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-25-14 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-25 / Section 30-25-14
§ 30-25-14. Rhode Island veterans memorial cemetery.
Status: in_force

(a) The Rhode Island veterans memorial cemetery, located on the grounds of the Joseph H. Ladd school in the town of Exeter, shall be under the management and control of the director of the department of human services. The director of the department of human services shall appoint an administrator for the Rhode Island veterans memorial cemetery who shall be an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Armed Forces and shall have the general supervision over, and shall prescribe rules for, the government and management of the cemetery. The administrator shall make all needful rules and regulations governing the operation of the cemetery and generally may do all things necessary to ensure the successful operation thereof. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 2402, to govern the eligibility for burial in the Rhode Island veterans memorial cemetery. In addition to all persons eligible for burial pursuant to rules and regulations established by the director, any person who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Space Force, or Marine Corps of the United States for a period of not less than two (2) years and whose service was terminated honorably, shall be eligible for burial in the Rhode Island veterans memorial cemetery. The director shall appoint and employ all subordinate officials and persons needed for the proper management of the cemetery. National Guard members who are killed in the line of duty or who are honorably discharged after completion of at least six (6) years of service in the Rhode Island National Guard and/or Reserve and their spouse shall be eligible for interment in the Rhode Island veterans memorial cemetery. National Guard members and/or Reservists who are honorably discharged after completion of at least six (6) years of service with another state, and who are a Rhode Island resident for at least two (2) consecutive years immediately prior to death, shall be eligible, along with their spouse, for interment in the Rhode Island veterans memorial cemetery. For the purpose of computing service under this section, honorable service in the active forces or reserves shall be considered toward the six (6) years of National Guard service. The general assembly shall make an annual appropriation to the department of human services to provide for the operation and maintenance for the cemetery. The director may charge and collect a grave liner fee per interment of the eligible spouse and/or eligible dependents of the qualified veteran, National Guard member, and/or Reservist equal to the departments cost for the grave liner. The director may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to fulfill the intent of this chapter.

(b) No domestic animal shall be allowed on the grounds of the Rhode Island veterans memorial cemetery, whether at large or under restraint, except for seeing eye guide dogs, hearing ear signal dogs, or any other service animal, as required by federal law or any personal assistance animal, as required by chapter 9.1 of title 40. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500).

(c) The state of Rhode Island office of veterans services shall bear the cost of all tolls incurred by any motor vehicles that are part of a veterans funeral procession, originating from Aquidneck Island ending at the veterans memorial cemetery, for burial or internment. The executive director of the turnpike and bridge authority shall assist in the administration and coordination of this toll reimbursement program.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-23-3 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-23 / Section 30-23-3
§ 30-23-3. Composition and purpose of local committees.
Status: in_force

Each local veterans retraining and reemployment committee, hereinafter referred to as the local committee, shall be fully representative of all federal, state, and local agencies serving veterans in the community, and of all community groups and institutions therein that are interested in, and can contribute to, the program for providing the veteran with one place in the locality where he or she can go in dignity for full information and adequate counsel and assistance in solving his or her problems.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-68 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-68
§ 30-13-68. Review of records.
Status: in_force

(a) If the convening authority is the governor, his or her action on the review of any record of trial is final.

(b) In all other cases not covered by subsection (a) of this section, if the sentence of a special court-martial as approved in accordance with the provisions of § 30-13-62 includes a bad-conduct discharge, whether or not suspended, the entire record shall be sent to the appropriate staff judge advocate or legal officer of the next higher command not having previously reviewed the record pursuant to § 30-13-62, if any there be, to be reviewed in the same manner as a record of trial by general court-martial. The record and the opinion of the staff judge advocate or legal officer shall then be sent to the state judge advocate for review.

(c) All other special and summary court-martial records shall be sent to the law specialist or legal officer of the appropriate force of the state military forces and shall be acted upon, transmitted, and disposed of as may be prescribed by regulations prescribed by the governor.

(d) The state judge advocate shall review the record of trial in each case sent to him or her for review as provided under subsection (b) of this section. If the final action of the court-martial has resulted in an acquittal of all charges and specifications, the opinion of the state judge advocate is limited to questions of jurisdiction.

(e) The state judge advocate shall take final action in any case reviewable by him or her.

(f) In a case reviewable by the state judge advocate under this section, the state judge advocate may act only with respect to the findings and sentence as approved by the convening authority. The state judge advocate may affirm only such findings of guilty, and the sentence or such a part or amount of the sentence, as he or she finds correct in law and fact and determines, on the basis of the entire record, should be approved. In considering the record, the state judge advocate may weigh the evidence, judge the credibility of witnesses, and determine controverted questions of fact, recognizing that the trial court saw and heard the witnesses. If the state judge advocate sets aside the findings and sentence, he or she may, except where the setting aside is based on lack of sufficient evidence in the record to support the findings, order a rehearing. If the state judge advocate sets aside the findings and sentence and does not order a rehearing, he or she shall order that the charges be dismissed.

(g) In a case reviewable by the state judge advocate under this section, he or she shall instruct the convening authority to act in accordance with his or her decision on the review. If the state judge advocate has ordered a rehearing but the convening authority finds a rehearing impracticable within a reasonable time, he or she shall dismiss the charges.

(h) The state judge advocate may order one or more boards of review each composed of not less than three (3) commissioned officers of the state military forces, each of whom must be a member of the bar of the highest court of the state. Each board of review shall review the record of any trial by special court-martial, including a sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, referred to it by the state judge advocate. Boards of review have the same authority on review as the state judge advocate has under this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-84 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-84
§ 30-13-84. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who effects an enlistment or appointment in, or a separation from, the state military forces of any person, who is known to him or her to be ineligible for that enlistment, appointment, or separation because it is prohibited by law, regulation, or order, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-9-11 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-9 / Section 30-9-11
§ 30-9-11. Search warrant.
Status: in_force

Any court of the state empowered to issue search warrants, on complaint on oath made to it by the adjutant general, by any commissioned officer authorized by the adjutant general, or by any commanding officer of any organization, unit, or separate detachment of the national guard, that any arms, ammunition, uniforms, equipment, supplies, or other military property of the state, or for which the state is responsible, is unlawfully being withheld by any person within the jurisdiction of the court, and where the military property is believed to be in a particular place specified in the complaint, shall issue to any deputy sheriff, town sergeant, member of any municipal or state police, or town constable a warrant in the nature of a search warrant, commanding him or her, in the name of the state, diligently to search the house or place described therein, in the daytime and, upon the finding of the military property, the court issuing the warrant shall order the property to be delivered to the officer making the complaint.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-8-1 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-8 / Section 30-8-1
§ 30-8-1. National guard service medal.
Status: in_force

In recognition of honorable service in the Rhode Island national guard, the Rhode Island national guard service medal will be awarded to every commissioned officer, warrant officer, and enlisted person now, or hereafter, in the Rhode Island national guard, who has rendered seven (7) years continuous honorable service in the Rhode Island national guard; each commissioned officer, warrant officer, and enlisted person who shall have rendered honorable service in the Rhode Island national guard for a period of ten (10) years, at least seven (7) of which shall have been continuous, and for each additional five (5) years of honorable service, whether continuous or not, shall receive appropriate clasps to be worn on the ribbon of the medal; provided, that officers or enlisted persons of the Rhode Island national guard who were in federal service during World War I, World War II, or the Korean Emergency shall be given credit for this service as state service and those who were commissioned, warranted, or enlisted in the Rhode Island national guard upon its reorganization or within six (6) months from the time of discharge from federal service shall be entitled to have the intervening period counted as state service for the purposes of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-10-14 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-10 / Section 30-10-14
§ 30-10-14. Chief Warrant Officer Everett Babcock Building.
Status: in_force

Building T-17, located at Fort Varnum, Narragansett, Rhode Island, shall hereafter be named the Chief Warrant Officer Everett Babcock Building.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-100 — RI Code / Title 30 / Chapter 30-13 / Section 30-13-100
§ 30-13-100. Subordinate compelling surrender.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who compels, or attempts to compel, the commander of any of the state military forces of the state, or of any other state, to give the command up to an enemy or to abandon it, or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.