R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-14 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-29 / Section 42-29-14
§ 42-29-14. Copies of bonds as evidence.
Status: in_force

The general treasurer shall deliver an attested copy of the bond of any deputy sheriff to the director of the department of public safety and deliver a copy of the bond of any deputy sheriff, filed in his or her office, to any person applying and paying the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for the same, and the copy shall be received as evidence in any case, but if the execution of the bond shall be disputed, the court may order the original to be brought into court by a proper subpoena for that purpose, to be served on the general treasurer or deputy sheriff.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-20.2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-20.2
§ 42-56-20.2. Community confinement.
Status: in_force

(a) Persons subject to this section. Every person who shall have been adjudged guilty of any crime after trial before a judge, a judge and jury, or before a single judge entertaining the persons plea of nolo contendere or guilty to an offense (adjudged person), and every person sentenced to imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions (sentenced person) including those sentenced or imprisoned for civil contempt, and every person awaiting trial at the adult correctional institutions (detained person) who meets the criteria set forth in this section shall be subject to the terms of this section except:

(1) Any person who is unable to demonstrate that a permanent place of residence (eligible residence) within this state is available to that person; or

(2) Any person who is unable to demonstrate that they will be regularly employed, or enrolled in an educational or vocational training program within this state, and within thirty (30) days following the institution of community confinement; or

(3)(i) Any adjudged person or sentenced person or detained person who has been convicted, within the five (5) years next preceding the date of the offense for which the person is currently so adjudged or sentenced or detained, of a violent felony.

A violent felony as used in this section shall mean any one of the following crimes or an attempt to commit that crime: murder; manslaughter; sexual assault; mayhem; robbery; burglary; assault with a dangerous weapon; assault or battery involving serious bodily injury; arson; breaking and entering into a dwelling; child molestation; kidnapping; DWI resulting in death or serious injury; or driving to endanger resulting in death or serious injury; or

(ii) Any person currently adjudged guilty of or sentenced for or detained on any capital felony; or

(iii) Any person currently adjudged guilty of or sentenced for or detained on a felony offense involving the use of force or violence against a person or persons. These shall include, but are not limited to, those offenses listed in subsection (a)(3)(i) of this section; or

(iv) Any person currently adjudged guilty, sentenced, or detained for the sale, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in violation of § 21-28-4.01(a)(4)(i) or possession of a certain enumerated quantity of a controlled substance in violation of § 21-28-4.01.1 or § 21-28-4.01.2; or

(v) Any person currently adjudged guilty of, or sentenced for, or detained on an offense involving the illegal possession of a firearm.

(b) Findings prior to sentencing to community confinement. In the case of adjudged persons, if the judge intends to impose a sentence of community confinement, the judge shall first make specific findings, based on evidence regarding the nature and circumstances of the offense and the personal history, character, record, and propensities of the defendant that are relevant to the sentencing determination, and these findings shall be placed on the record at the time of sentencing. These findings shall include, but are not limited to:

(1) A finding that the person does not demonstrate a pattern of behavior indicating a propensity for violent behavior;

(2) A finding that the person meets each of the eligibility criteria set forth in subsection (a) of this section;

(3) A finding that simple probation is not an appropriate sentence;

(4) A finding that the interest of justice requires, for specific reasons, a sentence of non-institutional confinement; and

(5) A finding that the person will not pose a risk to public safety if placed in community confinement.

The facts supporting these findings shall be placed on the record and shall be subject to review on appeal.

(c) Community confinement.

(1) There shall be established within the department of corrections, a community confinement program to serve that number of adjudged persons, sentenced persons, and detainees, that the director of the department of corrections (director) shall determine on or before July 1 of each year. Immediately upon that determination, the director shall notify the presiding justice of the superior court of the number of adjudged persons, sentenced persons, and detainees that can be accommodated in the community confinement program for the succeeding twelve (12) months. One-half (Â½) of all persons sentenced to community confinement shall be adjudged persons, and the balance shall be detainees and sentenced persons. The director shall provide to the presiding justice of the superior court and the family court on the first day of each month a report to set forth the number of adjudged persons, sentenced persons, and detainees participating in the community confinement program as of each reporting date. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if on April 1 of any fiscal year less than one-half (Â½) of all persons sentenced to community confinement shall be adjudged persons, then those available positions in the community confinement program may be filled by sentenced persons or detainees in accordance with the procedures set forth in subsection (c)(2) of this section.

(2) In the case of inmates other than those classified to community confinement under subsection (h) of this section, the director may make written application (application) to the sentencing judge for an order (order) directing that a sentenced person or detainee be confined within an eligible residence for a period of time, which in the case of a sentenced person, shall not exceed the term of imprisonment. This application and order shall contain a recommendation for a program of supervision and shall contain the findings set forth in subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), and (b)(5) of this section and facts supporting these findings. The application and order may contain a recommendation for the use of electronic surveillance or monitoring devices. The hearing on this application shall be held within ten (10) business days following the filing of this application. If the sentencing judge is unavailable to hear and consider the application the presiding justice of the superior court shall designate another judge to do so.

(3) In lieu of any sentence that may be otherwise imposed upon any person subject to this section, the sentencing judge may cause an adjudged person to be confined within an eligible residence for a period of time not to exceed the term of imprisonment otherwise authorized by the statute the adjudged person has been adjudged guilty of violating.

(4) With authorization by the sentencing judge, or, in the case of sentenced persons classified to community confinement under subsection (h) of this section by the director of corrections, or in accordance with the order, persons confined under the provisions of this chapter may be permitted to exit the eligible residence in order to travel directly to and from their place of employment or education or training and may be confined in other terms or conditions consistent with the basic needs of that person that justice may demand, including the right to exit the eligible residence to which that person is confined for certain enumerated purposes such as religious observation, medical and dental treatment, participation in an education or vocational training program, and counseling, all as set forth in the order.

(d) Administration.

(1) Community confinement. The supervision of persons confined under the provisions of this chapter shall be conducted by the director, or the directors designee.

(2) Intense surveillance. The application and order shall prescribe a program of intense surveillance and supervision by the department of corrections. Persons confined under the provisions of this section shall be subject to searches of their persons or of their property when deemed necessary by the director, or the directors designee, in order to ensure the safety of the community, supervisory personnel, the safety and welfare of that person, and/or to ensure compliance with the terms of that persons program of community confinement; provided, however, that no surveillance, monitoring or search shall be done at manifestly unreasonable times or places nor in a manner or by means that would be manifestly unreasonable under the circumstances then present.

(3) The use of any electronic surveillance or monitoring device that is affixed to the body of the person subject to supervision is expressly prohibited unless set forth in the application and order or, in the case of sentenced persons classified to community confinement under subsection (h), otherwise authorized by the director of corrections.

(4) Regulatory authority. The director shall have full power and authority to enforce any of the provisions of this section by regulation, subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of this title. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the department of corrections may contract with private agencies to carry out the provisions of this section. The civil liability of those agencies and their employees, acting within the scope of their employment, and carrying out the provisions of this section, shall be limited in the same manner and dollar amount as if they were agencies or employees of the state.

(e) Violations. Any person confined pursuant to the provisions of this section, who is found to be a violator of any of the terms and conditions imposed upon him or her according to the order, or in the case of sentenced persons classified to community confinement under subsection (h), otherwise authorized by the director of corrections, this section, or any rules, regulations, or restrictions issued pursuant hereto shall serve the balance of his or her sentence in a classification deemed appropriate by the director. If that conduct constitutes a violation of § 11-25-2, the person, upon conviction, shall be subject to an additional term of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than twenty (20) years. However, it shall be a defense to any alleged violation that the person was at the time of the violation acting out of a necessary response to an emergency situation. An emergency situation shall be construed to mean the avoidance by the defendant of death or of substantial personal injury, as defined above, to him or herself or to others.

(f) Costs. Each person confined according to this section shall reimburse the state for the costs or a reasonable portion thereof incurred by the state relating to the community confinement of those persons. Costs shall be initially imposed by the sentencing judge or in the order and shall be assessed by the director prior to the expiration of that persons sentence. Once assessed, those costs shall become a lawful debt due and owing to the state by that person. Monies received under this section shall be deposited as general funds.

(g) Severability. Every word, phrase, clause, section, subsection, and any of the provisions of this section are hereby declared to be severable from the whole, and a declaration of unenforceability or unconstitutionality of any portion of this section, by a judicial court of competent jurisdiction, shall not affect the portions remaining.

(h) Sentenced persons approaching release. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth within this section, any sentenced person committed under the direct care, custody, and control of the adult correctional institutions, who is within one (1) year of the projected good time release date, provided that the person shall have completed at least one-half (Â½) of the full term of incarceration, or any person who is sentenced to a term of six (6) months or less of incarceration, provided that the person shall have completed at least one-half (Â½) of the term of incarceration, may in the discretion of the director of corrections be classified to community confinement. This provision shall not apply to any person whose current sentence was imposed upon conviction of murder, first degree sexual assault, or first degree child molestation.

(i) Persons sentenced to life without parole with a serious health condition. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth within this section, any person sentenced to life without parole committed under the direct care, custody, and control of the adult correctional institutions, who has a condition that renders the person confined to a medical facility and who is sufficiently physically, mentally, or otherwise disabled that the presence of correctional officers provides no additional safety to the public or the personnel caring for them in that facility, may, in the discretion of the director of corrections, be classified to community confinement in a medical facility with an electronic surveillance and/or monitoring device. In consultation with medical professionals, such an individual shall be removed from community confinement in a medical facility if their medical condition improves or resolves to a degree that the presence of correctional officers does enhance the safety of the public and/or the personnel caring for them in that facility and be subject to a return to the adult correctional institutions.

(j) Notification to police departments. The director, or the directors designee, shall notify the appropriate police department when a sentenced, adjudged or detained person has been placed into community confinement within that departments jurisdiction. That notice will include the nature of the offense and the express terms and conditions of that persons confinement. That notice shall also be given to the appropriate police department when a person in community confinement within that departments jurisdiction is placed in escape status.

(k) No incarceration credit for persons awaiting trial. No detainee shall be given incarceration credit by the director for time spent in community confinement while awaiting trial.

( l ) No confinement in college or university housing facilities. Notwithstanding any provision of the general laws to the contrary, no person eligible for community confinement shall be placed in any college or university housing facility, including, but not limited to, dormitories, fraternities or sororities. College or university housing facilities shall not be considered an eligible residence for community confinement.

(m) A sentencing judge shall have authority to waive overnight stay or incarceration at the adult correctional institution after the sentencing of community confinement. The waiver shall be binding upon the adult correctional institution and the staff thereof, including, but not limited to the community confinement program.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-12-30 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-12 / Section 42-12-30
§ 42-12-30. Expenditures under the traumatic brain injury program.
Status: in_force

Expenditures of the assessments under the traumatic brain injury program shall be for the following purposes:

(1) As the payor of last resort for individuals who have exhausted all other health or rehabilitation benefit funding services for services covered under this section.

(2) Services including, but not limited to: case management; cognitive rehabilitation; transitional living; structured day programs; assistive technology services; devices and equipment; transportation; housing; neuropsychological evaluations; behavioral health treatment; substance abuse treatment; respite; and other services and/or assistance as deemed appropriate by the commission for individuals with traumatic brain injury to accomplish a successful re-entry and maintenance in the community.

(3) Grants to community-based programs, private providers, and municipal governments for the purpose of expanding or developing services targeted for individuals with brain injuries as well as for system development and maintenance. Such grants shall be awarded only after consultation with the commission and pursuant to the criteria developed jointly by that body, the department of human services, the department of health, and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.

(4) Funding for public information and prevention education and for the continuation of the resource center coordinated by the Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-5
§ 42-72-5. Powers and scope of activities.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall be the principal agency of the state to mobilize the human, physical, and financial resources available to plan, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated statewide program of services designed to ensure the opportunity for children to reach their full potential. The services shall include prevention, early intervention, outreach, placement, care and treatment, and after-care programs; provided, however, that the department shall notify the state police and cooperate with local police departments when it receives and/or investigates a complaint of sexual assault on a minor and concludes that probable cause exists to support the allegation(s). The department also shall serve as an advocate for the needs of children. Additionally, on or before October 1, 2023, the department shall implement the hiring process developed by the director pursuant to subsection (f) of this section.

(b) To accomplish the purposes and duties, as set forth in this chapter, the director is authorized and empowered:

(1) To establish those administrative and operational divisions of the department that the director determines is in the best interests of fulfilling the purposes and duties of this chapter;

(2) To assign different tasks to staff members that the director determines best suit the purposes of this chapter;

(3) To establish plans and facilities for emergency treatment, relocation, and physical custody of abused or neglected children that may include, but are not limited to, homemaker/educator child-case aides, specialized foster-family programs, daycare facilities, crisis teams, emergency parents, group homes for teenage parents, family centers within existing community agencies, and counseling services;

(4) To establish, monitor, and evaluate protective services for children including, but not limited to, purchase of services from private agencies and establishment of a policy and procedure manual to standardize protective services;

(5) To plan and initiate primary- and secondary-treatment programs for abused and neglected children;

(6) To evaluate the services of the department and to conduct periodic, comprehensive-needs assessment;

(7) To license, approve, monitor, and evaluate all residential and nonresidential group homes, foster homes, and programs;

(8) To recruit and coordinate community resources, public and private;

(9) To promulgate rules and regulations concerning the confidentiality, disclosure, and expungement of case records pertaining to matters under the jurisdiction of the department;

(10) To establish a minimum mandatory level of twenty (20) hours of training per year and provide ongoing staff development for all staff;

(11) To establish procedures for reporting suspected child abuse and neglect pursuant to chapter 11 of title 40;

(12) To promulgate all rules and regulations necessary for the execution of departmental powers pursuant to the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of this title;

(13) To provide and act as a clearinghouse for information, data, and other materials relative to children;

(14) To initiate and carry out studies and analysis that will aid in solving local, regional, and statewide problems concerning children;

(15) To represent and act on behalf of the state in connection with federal-grant programs applicable to programs for children in the functional areas described in this chapter;

(16) To seek, accept, and otherwise take advantage of all federal aid available to the department, and to assist other agencies of the state, local agencies, and community groups in taking advantage of all federal grants and subventions available for children;

(17) To review and coordinate those activities of agencies of the state, and of any political subdivision of the state, that affect the full and fair utilization of community resources for programs for children, and initiate programs that will help ensure utilization;

(18) To administer the pilot juvenile-restitution program, including the overseeing and coordinating of all local community-based restitution programs, and the establishment of procedures for the processing of payments to children performing community service;

(19) To adopt rules and regulations that:

(i) For the twelve-month (12) period beginning on October 1, 1983, and for each subsequent twelve-month (12) period, establish specific goals as to the maximum number of children who will remain in foster care for a period in excess of two (2) years; and

(ii) Are reasonably necessary to implement the child-welfare services and foster-care programs;

(20) May establish and conduct seminars for the purpose of educating children regarding sexual abuse;

(21) To establish fee schedules by regulations for the processing of requests from adoption placement agencies for adoption studies, adoption study updates, and supervision related to interstate and international adoptions. The fee shall equal the actual cost of the service(s) rendered, but in no event shall the fee exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000);

(22) To be responsible for the education of all children who are placed, assigned, or otherwise accommodated for residence by the department in a state-operated or -supported community residence licensed by a Rhode Island state agency. In fulfilling this responsibility, the department is authorized to enroll and pay for the education of students in the public schools or, when necessary and appropriate, to itself provide education in accordance with the regulations of the council on elementary and secondary education either directly or through contract;

(23) To develop multidisciplinary service plans, in conjunction with the department of health, at hospitals prior to the discharge of any drug-exposed babies. The plan requires the development of a plan using all healthcare professionals;

(24) To be responsible for the delivery of appropriate mental health services to seriously emotionally disturbed children and children with functional developmental disabilities. Appropriate mental health services may include hospitalization, placement in a residential treatment facility, or treatment in a community-based setting. The department is charged with the responsibility for developing the public policy and programs related to the needs of seriously emotionally disturbed children and children with functional developmental disabilities.

In fulfilling its responsibilities the department shall:

(i) Plan a diversified and comprehensive network of programs and services to meet the needs of seriously emotionally disturbed children and children with functional developmental disabilities;

(ii) Provide the overall management and supervision of the state program for seriously emotionally disturbed children and children with functional developmental disabilities;

(iii) Promote the development of programs for preventing and controlling emotional or behavioral disorders in children;

(iv) Coordinate the efforts of several state departments and agencies to meet the needs of seriously emotionally disturbed children and children with functional developmental disabilities and to work with private agencies serving those children;

(v) Promote the development of new resources for program implementation in providing services to seriously emotionally disturbed children and children with functional developmental disabilities.

The department shall adopt rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary to implement a program of mental health services for seriously emotionally disturbed children.

Each community, as defined in chapter 7 of title 16, shall contribute to the department, at least in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by the department, at least its average per-pupil cost for special education for the year in which placement commences, as its share of the cost of educational services furnished to a seriously emotionally disturbed child pursuant to this section in a residential treatment program that includes the delivery of educational services.

Seriously emotionally disturbed child means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, who began to receive services from the department prior to attaining eighteen (18) years of age and has continuously received those services thereafter; who has been diagnosed as having an emotional, behavioral, or mental disorder under the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and that disability has been ongoing for one year or more or has the potential of being ongoing for one year or more; and the child is in need of multi-agency intervention; and the child is in an out-of-home placement or is at risk of placement because of the disability.

A child with a functional developmental disability means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years or any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years who began to receive services from the department prior to attaining eighteen (18) years of age and has continuously received those services thereafter.

The term functional developmental disability includes autism spectrum disorders and means a severe, chronic disability of a person that:

(A) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental physical impairments;

(B) Is manifested before the person attains age eighteen (18);

(C) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

(D) Results in age-appropriate, substantial, functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas of major life activity:

(I) Self-care;

(II) Receptive and expressive language;

(III) Learning;

(IV) Mobility;

(V) Self direction;

(VI) Capacity for independent living; and

(VII) Economic self-sufficiency; and

(E) Reflects the persons need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are of life-long or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.

Funding for these clients shall include funds that are transferred to the department of human services as part of the managed healthcare program transfer. However, the expenditures relating to these clients shall not be part of the department of human services caseload estimated for the semi-annual, caseload-estimating conference. The expenditures shall be accounted for separately;

(25) To provide access to services to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years who began to receive child welfare services from the department prior to attaining eighteen (18) years of age, has continuously received those services thereafter, and elects to continue to receive such services after attaining the age of eighteen (18) years. The general assembly has included funding in the FY 2008 DCYF budget in the amount of $10.5 million from all sources of funds and $6.0 million from general revenues to provide a managed system to care for children serviced between 18 to 21 years of age. The department shall manage this caseload to this level of funding;

(26) To initiate transition planning in cooperation with the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals and local school departments for any child who receives services through DCYF; is seriously emotionally disturbed or developmentally delayed pursuant to subsection (b)(24)(v); and whose care may or shall be administered by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals after the age of twenty-one (21) years; the transition planning shall commence at least twelve (12) months prior to the persons twenty-first birthday and shall result in a collaborative plan submitted to the family court by both the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals and the department of children, youth and families and shall require the approval of the court prior to the dismissal of the abuse, neglect, dependency, or miscellaneous petition before the childs twenty-first birthday;

(27) To develop and maintain, in collaboration with other state and private agencies, a comprehensive continuum of care in this state for children in the care and custody of the department or at risk of being in state care. This continuum of care should be family centered and community based with the focus of maintaining children safely within their families or, when a child cannot live at home, within as close proximity to home as possible based on the needs of the child and resource availability. The continuum should include community-based prevention, family support, and crisis-intervention services, as well as a full array of foster care and residential services, including residential services designed to meet the needs of children who are seriously emotionally disturbed, children who have a functional developmental disability, and youth who have juvenile justice issues. The director shall make reasonable efforts to provide a comprehensive continuum of care for children in the care and custody of DCYF, taking into account the availability of public and private resources and financial appropriations and the director shall submit an annual report to the general assembly as to the status of the director's efforts in accordance with the provisions of §42-72-4(b)(13);

(28) To administer funds under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence and Educational and Training Voucher (ETV) Programs of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. §677] and the DCYF higher education opportunity grant program as outlined in chapter 72.8 of this title, in accordance with rules and regulations as promulgated by the director of the department; and

(29) To process nationwide criminal record checks on prospective foster parents and any household member age 18 or older, prospective adoptive parents and any household member age 18 and older, operators of childcare facilities, persons seeking to act as volunteer court-appointed special advocates, persons seeking employment in a childcare facility or at the training school for youth or on behalf of any person seeking employment at DCYF, who are required to submit to nationwide criminal background checks as a matter of law.

(c) In order to assist in the discharge of the director's duties, the director may request from any agency of the state information pertinent to the affairs and problems of children.

(d) [Deleted by P.L. 2008, ch. 9, art. 16, §2.]

(e) [Deleted by P.L. 2008, ch. 9, art. 16, §2.]

(f) On or before October 1, 2023, the director shall establish a process for hiring individuals seeking employment at the department as a social caseworker or child protective investigator. The department shall be provided with funding for one full-time employee, or the equivalent, to support the implementation of the hiring process. The process shall be in effect through March 15, 2026.

(1) Generally, the process shall include, but need not be limited to:

(i) Screening and reviewing candidates for eligibility criteria including education and experience;

(ii) Administering the requisite civil service examinations;

(iii) Conducting in-person interviews;

(iv) Determining which applicants will be offered employment; and

(v) Determining the order in which employment offers will be given.

(2) Specifically, the process shall include, but need not be limited to, the following elements:

(i) Eligibility criteria . Candidates must meet the minimum job requirements as defined in the specification with social caseworker IIs and child protective investigators as approved by the department of administration.

(ii) Civil service examinations.

(A) Examinations shall be offered by the department at least three (3) times per month to individuals who meet the eligibility criteria and at times that shall include a weekend, a weekday, and a weeknight option.

(B) The director shall determine the process and administration of the exam. The director is not obligated to schedule an examination if there are no current applicants for the position available by the deadline set by the director pursuant to this subsection.

(C) If an applicant does not pass the examination, the department shall notify the applicant as soon as is practicable. Applicants wishing to re-take the examination are not eligible to do so until sixty (60) days have passed from the date the notification was sent.

(iii) In-person interviews.

(A) Applicants who pass the civil service examination shall be invited to an in-person interview.

(B) The interview shall be conducted by at least two (2) current employees of the department.

(I) One of whom shall have a culturally or racially diverse background; and

(II) One of whom is currently in a supervisory role over social caseworkers or child protective investigators for at least three (3) years.

(III) Satisfying the requirements of subsections (f)(2)(iii)(B)(I) and (f)(2)(iii)(B)(II) of this section does not necessarily require two (2) individuals. One individual may satisfy both requirements.

(C) There shall be a good faith effort to accommodate the availability of the applicant and the individuals on the panel when scheduling the interview.

(iv) Offering employment.

(A) Prior to offering employment, an applicant shall pass both the civil service exam and the in-person interview. Nothing herein is a guarantee of employment to an applicant who meets these criteria.

(B) Determining whether an applicant successfully completes the in-person interview shall be based on criteria established by the director.

(I) The department of administration shall score the civil service exams and provide a pass/fail listing of all candidates to DCYF within five (5) business days of receipt of the exams from DCYF.

(II) The director may create a method of scoring interviews to provide objectivity and uniformity when assessing applicants.

(g) On or before March 15, 2024, the department shall provide an interim report to the senate president and the speaker of the house regarding the hiring process developed and implemented pursuant to subsection (f) of this section. The report shall include, but is not limited to, the following data concerning social caseworkers and child protective investigators at the department:

(1) The number of social caseworkers hired using the process developed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section;

(2) The number of child protective investigators hired using the process developed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section;

(3) The number of terminations or resignations since October 1, 2023;

(4) The number of vacancies that existed on October 1, 2023, and the number of vacancies that exist as of the date of the report; and

(5) Any identified barriers to hiring that exist in spite of, or because of, the process developed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-5
§ 42-116-5. General powers of corporation.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation has all of the powers to do all of the things necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers:

(1) To adopt and amend bylaws for the governance of its affairs, the administration of its assets, and the conduct of its business;

(2) To adopt an official seal;

(3) To maintain an office at a place or places it may determine;

(4) To adopt a fiscal year which coincides with the states fiscal year;

(5) To adopt and enforce procedures, regulations, and rules in connection with the performance of its functions and duties;

(6) To sue in any court of competent jurisdiction, to prosecute and defend actions relating to its property and affairs; provided, however, that the corporation is not authorized to become a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code;

(7) To employ personnel and to engage accounting, management, legal, financial, consulting, and other professional services;

(8) To receive and apply its revenues in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, or the exercise of its powers, and payment of all costs incurred in connection therewith without appropriation or allotment by the state or any political subdivision thereof;

(9) To borrow money, including short term start up borrowing from the state;

(10) To issue bonds and apply the proceeds thereof as provided in this chapter and to pledge or assign or create security interests in assets, revenues, funds, and other property of the corporation and otherwise as provided in this chapter to pay or secure such bonds;

(11) To deposit, invest, and reinvest any funds held in reserves, or any revenues or funds not required for immediate disbursement, in depository institutions and/or investments, obligations and securities, respectively, as may be legal and prudent investments for funds of the state, and pay fees thereof and receive interest thereon;

(12) To obtain insurance including fidelity bonds for employees and to enter into agreements of indemnification necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this chapter;

(13) To apply for, receive, administer, and comply with the conditions and requirements respecting any grant, gift, or appropriation of property, services, or moneys;

(14) To enter into contracts, arrangements, and agreements with other persons, and to modify or consent to the modification of any of the foregoing to which the corporation is a party or in which the corporation has an interest under this chapter, and execute and deliver all instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this chapter;

(15) To authorize a representative to appear on its own behalf before other public bodies in all matters relating to its powers and purposes;

(16) To acquire, own, redeem, lease as tenant, or hold real, personal, intangible, or mixed property or any interest in property and to exercise all of the usual incidents of ownership of property necessary and convenient to the operations of the corporation; and to collect, realize upon, foreclose, settle, release, improve, rehabilitate, sell, compromise, assign, exchange, lease as landlord, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber the property; and

(17) To exercise those powers granted to corporations organized under chapter 1.2 of title 7.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the corporation shall not have the power of a bank or trust company within the jurisdiction or under the control of the department of business regulation of the state, or its director, the comptroller of the currency of the United States or the Treasury Department of the United States.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-148-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-148 / Section 42-148-6
§ 42-148-6. Appeal.
Status: in_force

Before any award is final, state employees or their bargaining representatives shall have a right to protest the award decision within thirty (30) days to the director of administration. The director of administration shall have no more than fifteen (15) days to render a decision. Any state employees or their bargaining representative that files a protest shall have thirty (30) days from the directors decision to file an appeal to the superior court, Providence County. The superior court shall determine within thirty (30) days of filing whether to stay the award or allow the procurement to proceed. Until such time as the superior court makes this determination, no final award by the state may be made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-27 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-27
§ 42-116-27. Inconsistent laws  Supplemental powers.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are deemed to provide an additional, alternative, and complete method for accomplishing the purposes of this chapter, and are deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to, and not in derogation of, powers conferred upon the corporation and the department by any other laws; provided, however, that insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any general or special law, municipal charter, administrative order or regulations, the provisions of this chapter are controlling.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-158-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-158 / Section 42-158-6
§ 42-158-6. Study commission.
Status: in_force

(a) A joint legislative study commission is hereby created to study the restraint reporting requirements and training approaches of each of the covered facilities and make recommendations to ensure that reporting is as uniform as possible and appropriate data is collected to inform practice and policy decisions.

(b) The study commission will be comprised of twenty (20) members: one member of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house; one member of the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate; two (2) of whom shall be individuals restrained by a covered facility or knowledgeable about restraint, one of whom to be appointed by the speaker of the house and one of whom to be appointed by the president of the senate; two (2) of whom shall be family members of individuals restrained by a covered facility or knowledgeable about restraint, one of whom to be appointed by the speaker of the house and one of whom to be appointed by the president of the senate; one of whom shall be the director of the department of children, youth and families, or designee; one of whom shall be the commissioner of the department of elementary and secondary education, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Paul V. Sherlock center on disabilities, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Rhode Island developmental disabilities council, or designee; one of whom shall be the Rhode Island child advocate, or designee; one of whom shall be the Rhode Island mental health advocate, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Disability Law Center, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of Bradley Hospital, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of Butler Hospital, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Groden Center, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Community Provider Network of Rhode Island; and one of whom shall be a director of a provider of mental health services.

In lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a permanent advisory commission, a legislative study commission, or any commission created by an act of the general assembly, the appointing authority may appoint a member of the general public to serve in lieu of a legislator; provided that the majority leader or the minority leader of the political party which is entitled to the appointment consents to the appointment of the member of the general public. Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment.

(c) Upon passage of this act, the members of the commission shall meet at the call of the speaker of the house and president of the senate and organize and shall select, from among the legislators, a chairperson.

(d) The members of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

(e) All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information, documentary, and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this act.

(f) The joint commission on legislative services is hereby authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters for said commission.

(g) The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly no later than February 1, 2017, and said commission shall expire on June 30, 2017.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-6-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-6 / Section 42-6-4
§ 42-6-4. Filling of vacancies.
Status: in_force

(a) In case of a vacancy in any of the offices listed in § 42-6-3 while the senate is in session, the governor shall appoint a director to hold the office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified; provided, however, that no person so appointed shall serve in such position for more than ten (10) days unless that persons name shall have been submitted to the senate for its approval.

(b) In case of a vacancy while the senate is not in session, the governor shall appoint a director to hold the office until the next session thereof; provided, however, that no person should serve in such position for more than three (3) legislative days after the senate convenes unless that persons name shall have been submitted to the senate for its approval.

(c) In no case shall the governor appoint or designate any person to serve as interim or acting director of any department in circumvention of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-96-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-96 / Section 42-96-1
§ 42-96-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-26 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-29 / Section 42-29-26
§ 42-29-26. Failure to serve process.
Status: in_force

Every deputy sheriff who shall neglect or refuse to serve any process issuing from lawful authority, directed to the deputy sheriff to serve and execute (having in all civil causes, paid or tendered unto the deputy sheriff the deputy sheriff's legal fees, if the deputy sheriff demand the same, for serving and executing such process), shall be liable to the party aggrieved for such damages as the party may have sustained by such neglect or refusal.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-99-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-99 / Section 42-99-2
§ 42-99-2. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

It is hereby found that:

(1) There is a serious shortage of suitable facilities for conventions and related exhibition, meeting, banquet, and other facilities customarily incident thereto, in the state;

(2) Private enterprise alone is not able to provide the necessary facilities;

(3) The public welfare and the further economic development and the prosperity of the state requires the establishment of these facilities and the financing thereof, as provided in this chapter; and

(4) The facilities will be managed and operated with the greatest public benefit and at the least public cost if provision is made for leases, concessions, and other contracts with persons, firms, and corporations, as provided in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-51-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-51 / Section 42-51-4
§ 42-51-4. Term of office.
Status: in_force

(a) Of the number of members appointed originally under this chapter, one-third ( ) shall be appointed for a term of one year; one-third ( ) shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years; and one-third ( ) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. Thereafter, vacancies created by the expiration of terms shall be filled with appointments for terms of three (3) years. Members whose terms expire may be reappointed to succeed themselves.

(b) Effective on July 1, 2014, of the number of members appointed between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015, two (2) shall be appointed for a term of one year; two (2) shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years; and six (6) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. Thereafter, vacancies created by the expiration of terms shall be filled with appointments for terms of three (3) years. Members whose terms expire may be reappointed to succeed themselves.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-73-11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-73 / Section 42-73-11
§ 42-73-11. Indemnification from liability.
Status: in_force

The state of Rhode Island shall protect and hold harmless any attorney, director, investigator, social worker, or other person employed by the office of the child advocate and/or any volunteer appointed by the child advocate, from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, or suit for damages resulting from acts or omissions committed in the discharge of his or her duties with the program within the scope of his or her employment or appointment which may constitute negligence but which acts are not wanton, malicious, or grossly negligent as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-3-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-3 / Section 42-3-1
§ 42-3-1. Newport County.
Status: in_force

The city of Newport and the towns of Portsmouth, Jamestown, Middletown, Little Compton, and Tiverton, shall constitute the county of Newport; and Newport shall be the county town.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-106-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-106 / Section 42-106-3
§ 42-106-3. Membership of council.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory council shall consist of twenty-one (21) members; one of whom shall be a representative of an industry that has an environmental impact on Narragansett Bay (hereinafter referred to as the bay) who has been actively involved in bay issues, to be appointed by the governor; one of whom shall be a commercial fisherman, to be appointed by the governor; one of whom shall be a representative of a waste treatment facility that empties into the bay and that serves a population of less than forty thousand (40,000) to be appointed by the governor; two (2) members of environmental groups with at least one hundred (100) members each and which have been in existence for at least five (5) years each, one of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one of whom shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor; one of whom shall be a member of the general public, to be appointed by the lieutenant governor; three (3) of whom shall be state representatives, not more than two (2) of whom shall be from the same political party, and at least two (2) of whom shall be from bay communities, to be appointed by the speaker; a faculty member of an environmental studies department in an institution of higher education in the state, to be appointed by the speaker; two (2) of whom shall be state senators, not more than one from the same political party, and at least one of whom shall be from a bay community, to be appointed by the president of the senate; a representative of a waste treatment facility that serves a population of greater than forty thousand (40,000), but less than one hundred thousand (100,000) to be appointed by the president of the senate; the director of the department of environmental management, ex officio; the director of statewide planning or the directors designee, ex officio; the chairperson of the coastal resources management council or designee, ex officio; the chairperson of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island or designee, ex officio; the director of the Narragansett Bay commission or the directors designee, ex officio; the president of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns or the presidents designee, ex officio; the director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Research Laboratory located in the town of Narragansett, or the directors designee, ex officio; and the director of the Narragansett Bay Project or designee, ex officio.

(b) One each of the members appointed by the governor and the lieutenant governor shall be appointed to serve until the first day of June, 1990, and the others to serve until the first day of June, 1991; one member appointed by the president of the senate shall be appointed to serve until the first day of June, 1990, and the others to serve until the first day of June 1991; one member appointed by the speaker shall be appointed to serve until the first day of June, 1990, and the others to serve until the first day of June, 1991; and all members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. In the month of May in any year in which an appointed members term of office expires, the respective appointing authorities shall appoint successors for the members whose terms shall expire in that year, to hold office commencing on the first day of June in the year of appointment for a term of three (3) years or until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy of an appointed member, which may occur in the advisory council, shall be filled by appointment by the respective appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term. Ex-officio members shall serve until the end of their term of office.

(c) The council shall meet at the call of the director of the department of environmental management.

(d) The membership shall receive no compensation for their services. The advisory council may request, through the department of environmental management and the coastal resources management council and statewide planning, any technical and clerical assistance that it may deem necessary to accomplish its purpose. In addition, the state may appropriate from the general fund or turn over to the advisory council by utilizing the procedure outlined in P.L. 1988, ch. 443, § 10(c) not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in each fiscal year of the proceeds of the aqua fund bonds, which the council may expend for the purpose of engaging any professional and other support staff that it may deem necessary to accomplish its purpose.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-14 / Section 42-14-7
§ 42-14-7. Deputies to superintendents.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of banking and the superintendent of insurance may appoint one or more deputies to assist the superintendent in the performance of the superintendents duties, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the superintendent, and the superintendent in the superintendents official capacity shall be liable for any deputys misconduct or neglect of duty in the performance of the deputys official duties. Service of process upon any deputy, or at the office of the superintendent upon some person there employed, at any time, shall be as effectual as service upon the superintendent.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-6-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-6 / Section 42-6-10
§ 42-6-10. Qualifications of director of health.
Status: in_force

The director of health shall be a physician graduated by an acceptable medical college recognized by one of the medical examining boards of the state and shall have had a minimum of one year of university graduate instruction in public health administration as evidenced by a certificate of graduation or a degree in public health, or board certification in a medical specialty and a minimum of five (5) years full-time experience in health administration.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-17 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-17
§ 42-64-17. Security for bonds or notes.
Status: in_force

(a) The principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued by the Rhode Island commerce corporation may be secured by a pledge of any revenues and receipts of the corporation and may be secured by a mortgage or other instrument covering all or any part of one or more projects, including all or part of any additions, improvements, extensions to, or enlargements of projects thereafter made.

(b) Bonds or notes issued for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, development, or improvement of one or more projects may also be secured by an assignment of leases of, or mortgages on, or contracts of sale or loan agreements with regard to the project or projects and by an assignment of the revenues, receipts, payments, or repayments derived by the corporation from those leases, mortgages, sales agreements, or loan agreements.

(c) The resolution under which the bonds or notes are authorized to be issued and any mortgage, lease, sales agreement, or loan agreement, or other instrument may contain agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the projects covered thereby, the fixing and collection of rents, payments or repayments or other revenues, including moneys received in repayment of loans, and interest on the loans, the creation and maintenance of special funds from rents or other revenues and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, all as the corporation shall deem advisable.

(d) Each pledge, agreement, mortgage, or other instrument made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds or notes of the corporation shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made and shall continue in effect until the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes for the benefit of which the pledge was made has been fully paid, or until provision has been made for the payment in the manner provided in the resolutions under which those bonds or notes were authorized. The revenues, moneys, or property pledged by the corporation shall immediately be subject to the lien of that pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the corporation, irrespective of whether the parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.

(e) The corporation may provide in any proceedings under which bonds or notes may be authorized that any project or part of a project may be constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, or improved by the corporation, or any lessee, vendee, obligor, or any designee of the corporation and may also provide in those proceedings for the time and manner of and requisitions for disbursements to be made for the cost of the construction, and for any certificates and approvals of construction and disbursements that the corporation shall deem necessary and provide for in those proceedings.

(f) Any resolution under which bonds or notes of the corporation are authorized to be issued (and any trust indenture established thereby) may contain provisions for vesting in a trustee or trustees those properties, rights, powers, and duties in trust that the corporation may determine, including any or all of the rights, powers, and duties of the trustee appointed by the holders of any issue of bonds or notes pursuant to § 42-64-25, in which event the provisions of § 42-64-25 authorizing the appointment of a trustee by holders of bonds or notes shall not apply.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-38.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-38.1
§ 42-56-38.1. Prisoner telephone use.
Status: in_force

(a) When an inmate requests and receives a list of parties approved to receive telephone calls, the inmate shall be provided the option of using either a debit or collect call system to place such calls. Under the debit system, either the cost of such service shall be automatically deducted from the account maintained by the inmate for that purpose, or the inmate shall set aside money from his/her account to be placed in a prepaid telephone account.

(b) No telephone service provider shall charge a customer rate for calls made from a prison in excess of rates charged for comparable calls made in non-prison settings. All rates shall reflect the lowest reasonable cost to inmates and call recipients.

(c) No concessions agreements for inmate telephone calling services shall include provisions for a commission payable to the state, nor shall any correctional institution impose a surcharge for telephone usage by inmates in addition to the charges imposed by the telephone service provider.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-1-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-1 / Section 42-1-2
§ 42-1-2. Jurisdiction of state  Lands ceded to United States.
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the state shall extend to, and embrace, all places within the boundaries thereof, except as to those places that have been ceded to the United States, or have been purchased by the United States with the consent of the state. Provided, however, with respect to all land, the jurisdiction over which shall have been ceded to the United States by the state of Rhode Island, the state of Rhode Island shall have and hereby does retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States of and over that land, for the sole and only purpose of serving and executing thereon civil and criminal process issuing by virtue of and under the laws and authority of the state of Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-51-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-51 / Section 42-51-6
§ 42-51-6. Duties.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the commission to work in cooperation with the National Council on Disability and other interested federal, state, and local agencies, organizations, and employers in:

(1) Promoting on behalf of the people with disabilities and assuring, on behalf of the state, that people with disabilities are afforded the opportunities to exercise all of the rights and responsibilities accorded to citizens of this state;

(2) Arousing community interest in the concerns of people with disabilities through the utilization of whatever community and state resources the commission may deem necessary to accomplish the maximum in independent living and human development;

(3) Coordinating compliance with federal and state laws protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities by state agencies;

(4) Providing technical assistance to public and private agencies, businesses, and citizens in complying with federal and state laws protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities; and

(5) From time to time, but not less than once a year, to report to the legislature and the governor, describing the investigations, proceedings, and hearings the commission has conducted and their outcome, the decisions it has rendered, and the other work performed by it, and make recommendations for further legislation concerning abuses and discrimination based on disability that may be desirable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-7
§ 42-116-7. Assumption of liabilities and distribution.
Status: in_force

Distributions from the corporation with respect to deposit liabilities assumed from eligible institutions are made pursuant to and consistent with § 42-116-12 and are subject to subdivisions (1)  (6).

(1) Any distribution to a depositor is subject to any legally available set-off and reduction to the extent permitted by law on account of any debt or liability of a creditor to the corporation at the time of the distribution.

(2) Any deposit liability of a creditor of an eligible institution which has been or shall be assumed by the corporation that is secured by a mortgage, security interest, or lien on property in which the corporation has an interest, is a secured claim to the extent of the value of the creditors interest in the property, or to the extent of the amount the creditor is entitled to setoff, as the case may be, and is an unsecured claim to the extent that the value of the creditors interest or the amount subject to setoff is less than the amount of the claim. Only the unsecured portion of the claim of the secured creditor shall participate in a distribution provided for in § 42-116-12.

(3)(i) Notwithstanding the provision of § 42-116-12, no payment shall be made by the corporation to any officer, director, or employee of any eligible institution or of the Rhode Island share and deposit indemnity corporation or any other person who, with knowledge of the actual or impending insolvency and/or the impending closing of an eligible institution or of the actual or impending insolvency of and/or the actual or impending cessation of business by the Rhode Island share and deposit indemnity corporation, and for the purpose of avoiding the loss of funds and/or access to funds in any depository account in any eligible institution, withdrew from any eligible institution any amount of money within thirty (30) days prior to the closing of that eligible institution by proclamation of the governor dated January 1, 1991.

(ii) Within forty-five (45) days of the passage of this act, the receiver of the institutions as set forth in § 42-116-37 shall forward, in writing, to the director of the department of business regulation, the name of any officer, director, employee, or elected official, who withdrew in the aggregate from one or more of these institutions a sum of money in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) during the period November 15, 1990 to December 31, 1990.

(iii) Within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the names, the director of business regulation shall notify, in writing, each person named.

(iv) The person named, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of notification from the director of business regulation may present documentary evidence to show that the withdrawal was for legitimate purposes. If the director of business regulation is satisfied with the documentary evidence, the director may refrain from making public the name of the person. If the director is not satisfied, the director shall publish the names.

(4) Deposit liabilities and distributions on account thereof made pursuant to this section and § 42-116-12 shall not include any interest accrued from the time that the eligible institution from which those deposit liabilities arose was petitioned into receivership.

(5) The corporation may adopt any rules and regulations it deems necessary or desirable in order to clarify and implement this section and § 42-116-12, to determine deposit liabilities and amounts distributed thereon, to provide administrative procedures to determine disputed claims or matters of fact with respect thereto, to provide for administrative review and judicial appeals with respect to disputed or disallowed depositor claims for distribution and otherwise to accomplish its corporate purposes including without limitation:

(i) The adoption of rules and regulations to provide for the early distribution of funds from escrow and trust accounts where financially feasible, fair, and necessary to the completion of executed or executory transactions; and

(ii) The adoption of rules and regulations for the setoff of assumed deposit liabilities and distributions therefrom against any loan mortgage obligations and other liabilities, and in so doing shall endeavor to maximize value, to limit deposit liability, and to treat depositors with offsetting loans fairly and without favoritism.

(6) The corporation shall require that any depositor entitled to receive any payment under the terms of this chapter shall, in consideration of the corporations making a payment and as a condition precedent to the depositors receiving a payment, and only to the extent of the payment and any tolled or lost interest or consequential damages attributable to the payment, execute a total and complete waiver and release of any and all rights, claims and causes of action, of any nature whatsoever, which that depositor might have against the state or any of its officials or employees in relation to the pro rata portion of any funds or accounts that the depositor may have or may have had on deposit with any eligible institution.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-5.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-35 / Section 42-35-5.1
§ 42-35-5.1. Rulemaking agenda.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency shall maintain a current rulemaking agenda for all pending rulemaking proceedings that are indexed. The agency shall publish on its agency website the current and updated rulemaking agenda. The agency shall provide the secretary of state a copy of each current and updated rulemaking agenda for publication on the secretary of states website.

(b) The agency shall maintain a rulemaking agenda under subsection (a) that must for each pending rulemaking proceeding state or contain:

(1) The subject matter of the proposed rule;

(2) Notices related to the proposed rule;

(3) How comments on the proposed rule may be submitted;

(4) The time within which comments may be submitted;

(5) Where comments may be inspected;

(6) Requests for a public hearing;

(7) Appropriate information concerning a public hearing, if any; and

(8) The timetable for action on the proposed rule.

(c) On request, the agency shall provide, for a reasonable charge, a written, rulemaking docket maintained under subsection (b).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-140-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-140 / Section 42-140-5
§ 42-140-5. Authority to enter into agreements.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have authority to enter into agreements with the trustees of the renewable energy development fund to achieve integrated and effective use of the renewable energy proper resources, § 39-2-1.2(b) and (c), and renewable energy standard resources, § 39-26-7. By mutual agreement with the trustees, the commissioner may serve as program manager for the renewable energy programs.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-3
§ 42-116-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

(1) Board means the board of directors of the corporation.

(2) Bonds means the bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation.

(3) Commission means the select commission to investigate the failure of RISDIC insured financial institutions established pursuant to P.L. 1991, ch. 15.

(4) Commission costs means those costs and expenses in the aggregate not to exceed three million eight hundred thousand dollars ($3,800,000) incurred by the commission for services rendered pursuant to a written contract entered into by the commission in furtherance of its purpose, but only to the extent that those costs and expenses have been designated as commission costs and expenses by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the commission.

(5) Corporation means the Rhode Island depositors economic protection corporation.

(6) Cost means any or all costs incurred by the corporation in connection with its operation and in connection with acquiring, managing, restructuring, refinancing, marketing, selling, and disposing of the assets of eligible institutions and/or the corporation including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, amounts for the following: acquisition, restructuring, refinancing, marketing, sale and disposition of real property, loans and loan participations, including without limitation, commercial loans, real estate construction loans, commercial mortgage loans, consumer installment loans, home equity loans and residential mortgage loans, together with all unpaid interest thereon, including all promissory notes evidencing the loans, all loan agreements, mortgages, security agreements, financing statements, assignments of leases and rents, loan indemnity agreements, guarantees and letters of credit (and any cash proceeds thereof which have not been applied against the obligations under any of the loans) and any other forms of collateral or credit enhancement related to the loans, all cash held by a financial institution as collateral in connection with any loans, all accounts receivable arising from the eligible institutions business, and all letter of credit agreements, fees of trustees and other depositories, legal and auditing fees, premiums and fees for insurance, letters and lines of credit and other credit facilities and, services of engineers, environmental, property management and financial experts and other consultants, and working capital and administrative expenses, legal expenses and other expenses necessary or incidental to the aforesaid.

(7) Department means the department of business regulation.

(8) Deposit liabilities means liabilities of an eligible institution in respect of time, savings, demand or other deposits of the institution, including without limitation certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, escrow and fiduciary accounts, and unpaid cashiers checks issued to depositors or issued to or for depositors in the course of a withdrawal from an account at the institution.

(9) Eligible institution means: (i) any credit union, loan and investment company, bank and trust company or other depository institution; (A) the accounts of which were insured by the Rhode Island share and deposit indemnity corporation as of December 30, 1990, and (B) for which a conservator or receiver had been appointed subsequent to January 1, 1991; and (ii) any conservator or appointed receiver; and (iii) the Rhode Island share and deposit indemnity corporation; and (iv) Heritage Loan and Investment Company.

(10) Person means any natural or corporate person, including bodies politic and corporate, public departments, offices, agencies, authorities and political subdivisions of the state, corporations, societies, associations and partnerships, and subordinate instrumentalities of any one or more political subdivisions of the state.

(11) Revenues means when used with reference to the corporation, any receipts, fees, payments, moneys, revenues or other payments received or to be received by the corporation in the exercise of its corporate powers under this chapter, including without limitation loan repayments, grants, aid, appropriations and other assistance from the state, the United States or any corporation, department or instrumentality of either or of a political subdivision thereof, bond proceeds, investment earnings, insurance proceeds, amounts in reserves and other funds and accounts established by or pursuant to this chapter or in connection with the issuance of bonds, and any other taxes, assessments, fees, charges, awards or other income or amounts received or receivable by the corporation.

(12) Trust agreement means a trust agreement, loan agreement, security agreement, reimbursement agreement, currency or interest rate exchange agreement or other security instrument, and a resolution, loan order or other vote, authorizing, securing, or otherwise providing for the issue of bonds or loans.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-30-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-30 / Section 42-30-10
§ 42-30-10. Removal of justices and commissioners.
Status: in_force

Any justice of the peace or commissioner of deeds, appointed by the governor, may be removed for cause by the governor, in the governor's discretion, within the term for which that officer shall have been appointed, after giving to that officer a copy of the charges against him or her and an opportunity to be heard in his or her defense; provided, however, that any justice of the peace or commissioner of deeds who is convicted of a felony and incarcerated shall have his or her commission revoked. The justice of the peace or commissioner of deeds shall not be eligible to apply for a new commission until his or her voting rights are restored pursuant to R.I. Const., Art. II, Sec. 1.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-26 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-55 / Section 42-55-26
§ 42-55-26. Qualified mortgage bonds.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the provisions of § 103A(g) (26 U.S.C. § 103A(g)) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by § 1102(a) of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-499), the applicable limit of qualified mortgage bonds that may be issued by the corporation in any calendar year shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the state ceiling for that year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-113-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-113 / Section 42-113-6
§ 42-113-6. General powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(a) The board has all of the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including without limitation those general powers provided to a business corporation by and including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power to:

(1) Upon application from an eligible applicant in a form prescribed by the board, provide funding in the form of grants or loans for eligible activities;

(2) Enter into cooperative agreements with private organizations or individuals or with any agency or instrumentality of the United States or of this state to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(3) Issue rules in accordance with the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of this title, for the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter; and

(4) Make rules and regulations governing the appropriate transfer and/or conversion of open space lands, provided that these rules and regulations are in accordance with federal and state guidelines for the conversion of open space lands.

(b) All meetings, records, and other documents or functions of the board shall be open to full public scrutiny.

(c) The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purpose of the authority provided pursuant to subsection (a)(4) of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-165-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-165 / Section 42-165-7
§ 42-165-7. The Rhode Island longitudinal data system center.
Status: in_force

(a) Purpose. The purpose of the center is to manage and operate the RILDS and conduct research and evaluate programs regarding federal, state, and local programs and policies. The center shall be managed by an executive director (hereafter the director) responsible for the daily management and operations of the center. The director will also be responsible for interfacing and collaborating between the board and the data governance committee, as well as external communications and agreements. The director shall be a non-classified employee of the council on postsecondary education under the supervision of and subject to the authority of the commissioner of postsecondary education.

(b) Powers and duties. The duties of the center shall be to:

(1) Act as an authorized representative, research partner, and business associate of the states agencies, including those responsible for education and workforce, under and in accordance with the requirements of applicable federal and state statutes and/or state and federal privacy laws and state security policies;

(2) Enter into memoranda of understanding with state agencies, nonprofits, universities, subnational governments, and other entities for the purposes of data sharing and analysis;

(3) Coordinate with participating agencies and other entities to ensure the integrity and quality of data being collected, including implementing the data quality and metadata policies approved by the board;

(4) Advance research and allow policymakers to explore critical research policy questions and to measure investments in education and workforce development;

(5) In consultation with the board, identify the states critical research and policy questions;

(6) Provide analysis and reports that assist with evaluating programs and measuring investments, subject to the policies approved by the board;

(7) Implement policies and procedures approved by the board that govern the security, privacy, access to, and confidentiality of the data, in accordance with relevant federal and state privacy laws;

(8) Ensure that information contained in and available through the RILDS is kept secure, and that individual privacy is protected, and maintain insurance coverage;

(9) Respond to approved research data requests in accordance with the policies and procedures approved by the board;

(10) Enter into contracts or other agreements with appropriate entities, including but not limited to universities, and federal, state, and local agencies, to the extent necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities only if such contracts or agreements incorporate adequate protections with respect to the privacy and security of any information to be shared, and are approved, in writing, by the applicable agency whose data or information is to be shared, and are allowable under applicable state and federal privacy laws; and

(11) Maintain staff necessary to carry out the above duties as provided for in the state budget. Staff at the center shall be non-classified employees of the council on postsecondary education, under the supervision of and subject to the authority of the commissioner of postsecondary education. The non-SLDS activity of the center shall also be under the supervision and authority of the commissioner of postsecondary education and the council on postsecondary education. The council on postsecondary education, its office of the postsecondary commissioner, and its employees shall be included under the limitation of damages for tort liability for the state set out in § 9-31-1 et seq., for all actions involving the center regarding the RILDS and/or SLDS and for any other activity of the center regarding its receipt, storage, sharing, and transmission of data as part of its non-SLDS operations and activities.

(12) The council on postsecondary education shall be the employer of public record for the Center.

(c) Funding. Appropriations made pursuant to this chapter shall be used exclusively for the development and operation of RILDS, RIIDS or the Ecosystem.

(1) The board and the center may implement a data request fee policy to compensate for excessive use of the data system, to recover costs that would otherwise typically be borne by the requesting data researcher, or both. A data request fee policy implemented pursuant to this section shall be reviewed and approved by the board, revised periodically, and made publicly available and posted in a prominent location on the RIIDSs internet website.

(2) The center may receive funding for its operation of the RILDS from the following sources:

(i) State appropriations;

(ii) Federal grants;

(iii) User fees; and

(iv) Any other grants or contributions from public agencies or other entities.

(3) There is hereby established a restricted receipt account in the general fund of the state and housed in the budget of the office of postsecondary commissioner entitled longitudinal data system  non-federal grants. The express purpose of this account is to record receipts and expenditures of the program herein described and established within this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-55 / Section 42-55-4
§ 42-55-4. Creation of corporation  Composition  Personnel  Compensation.
Status: in_force

(a) There is authorized the creation and establishment of a public corporation of the state, having a distinct legal existence from the state and not constituting a department of the state government, with the politic and corporate powers as are set forth in this chapter to be known as the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The corporation is constituted a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the corporation of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential governmental function of the state. It is the intent of the general assembly by the passage of this chapter to authorize the incorporation of a public corporation and instrumentality and agency of the state for the purpose of carrying on the activities authorized by this chapter, and to vest the corporation with all of the powers, authority, rights, privileges, and titles that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish these purposes. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purpose expressed.

(b) The powers of the corporation shall be vested in seven (7) commissioners consisting of the secretary of housing, who shall serve as chair of the corporation, or the secretarys designee; the director of administration, or the directors designee; the general treasurer, or the general treasurers designee; and four (4) members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate who shall among them be experienced in all aspects of housing design, development, finance, management, and state and municipal finance. On or before July 1, 1973, the governor shall appoint one member to serve until the first day of July, 1974, and until the members successor is appointed and qualified, one member to serve until the first day of July, 1975, and until the members successor is appointed and qualified, one member to serve until the first day of July, 1976, and until the members successor is appointed and qualified, one member to serve until the first day of July, 1977, and until the members successor is appointed and qualified. During the month of June, 1974, and during the month of June annually thereafter, the governor shall appoint a member to succeed the member whose term will then next expire to serve for a term of four (4) years commencing on the first day of July then next following and until the members successor is appointed and qualified. A vacancy in the office of a commissioner, other than by expiration, shall be filled in like manner as an original appointment, but only for the unexpired portion of the term. If a vacancy occurs when the senate is not in session, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy, but only until the senate shall next convene and give its advice and consent to a new appointment. A member shall be eligible to succeed themself. Any member of the corporation may be removed by the governor for misfeasance, malfeasance, or willful neglect of duty.

(c) The commissioners shall elect from among their number a vice-chairperson annually and those other officers as they may determine. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chairperson or whenever two (2) commissioners so request. Four (4) commissioners of the corporation shall constitute a quorum and any action taken by the corporation under the provisions of this chapter may be authorized by resolution approved by a majority but not less than three (3) of the commissioners present at any regular or special meeting. No vacancy in the membership of the corporation shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all of the rights and perform all of the duties of the corporation.

(d) Commissioners shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties, but each commissioner shall be reimbursed for the commissioners reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the commissioners duties under this chapter.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee of the state shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit their office or employment by reason of their acceptance of membership of the corporation or their service to the corporation.

(f) The commissioners shall employ an executive director who shall also be the secretary and who shall administer, manage, and direct the affairs and business of the corporation, subject to the policies, control, and direction of the commissioners. The commissioners may employ technical experts and other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, and fix their qualifications, duties, and compensation. These employed persons shall not be subject to the provisions of the classified service. The commissioners may delegate to one or more of their agents or employees those administrative duties they may deem proper.

(g) The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the corporation and shall be custodian of all books, documents, and papers filed with the corporation and of its minute book and seal. The secretary, or the secretarys designee, or the designee of the board of commissioners, shall have authority to cause to be made copies of all minutes and other records and documents of the corporation and to give certificates under the seal of the corporation to the effect that the copies are true copies and all persons dealing with the corporation may rely upon the certificates.

(h) Before entering into their duties, each commissioner of the corporation shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and the executive director shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or, in lieu of this, the chairperson of the corporation shall execute a blanket bond covering each commissioner, the executive director and the employees or other officers of the corporation, each surety bond to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office or offices covered, to be executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state as surety and to be approved by the attorney general and filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of each bond shall be paid by the corporation.

(i) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, it shall not be or constitute a conflict of interest for a director, officer, or employee of any financial institution, investment banking firm, brokerage firm, commercial bank or trust company, architecture firm, insurance company, or any other firm, person, or corporation to serve as a member of the corporation. If any commissioner, officer, or employee of the corporation shall be interested either directly or indirectly, or shall be a director, officer, or employee of or have an ownership interest in any firm or corporation interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the corporation, including any loan to any housing sponsor or healthcare sponsor, that interest shall be disclosed to the corporation and shall be set forth in the minutes of the corporation and the commissioner, officer, or employee having an interest therein shall not participate on behalf of the corporation in the authorization of this contract.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-9-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-9 / Section 42-9-7
§ 42-9-7. Approval of land titles and conveyances.
Status: in_force

Whenever an appropriation is available for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring land, the officer, board, division, department, or commission authorized to make the purchase or to acquire the land shall not accept any deed nor shall the state controller draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment for the land until the officer, board, division, department, or commission has obtained an acceptable policy of title insurance covering the real estate. No easement or right-of-way shall be construed to be an encumbrance within the meaning of the preceding sentence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-96-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-96 / Section 42-96-4
§ 42-96-4. Payments to organizations for performance of organization activities.
Status: in_force

(a) Each contract entered into with an organization shall provide for payment to that organization for approved activities to be performed by it.

(b) Payment to organizations pursuant to this chapter shall be restricted to sums required for the payment of salaries and wages of employees, and for the purchase of necessary equipment for the execution of approved activities. Nothing contained in this section shall be interpreted to authorize expenditures leading to the possession, utilization, carrying, or dissemination of firearms or other deadly weapons, regardless of whether the appropriate license has been issued for firearms or other deadly weapons. Qualifying equipment expenditures may include, but shall not be limited to, locks and audio warning devices for use by financially needy, victim-prone residents, patrol vehicles, radios, signs, gasoline, support services for crime victims, publicity, and office supplies. Authorized expenditures may not include the salaries of, or fees for, the hiring of private guards.

(c) Payments shall be made by the commission to an organization, not less frequently than quarter-annually, at or prior to the commencement of the time period, to compensate the organization for the organization activities which it shall undertake to perform.

(d) No organization receiving payments pursuant to this chapter shall receive or be eligible to receive any other funds of the state for activities performed by it under the contract. To the extent other state funds are received in violation of this section, payments otherwise due under this chapter shall be accordingly reduced.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-125-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-125 / Section 42-125-4
§ 42-125-4. Establishment of council  Purpose.
Status: in_force

There is authorized, created, and established within the state of Rhode Island department of administration, division of planning, a state greenways council known as the state greenways council, with those powers set forth in this chapter, for the purposes of coordinating activities among state departments and agencies engaged in the creation and maintenance of greenways, cooperating with and providing guidance and assistance to cities and towns, businesses, nonprofit organizations, citizen groups, and individuals in the creation and maintenance of greenways, and providing public information about the location of recreational and cultural resources and greenways in the state. The director of the department of administration shall direct staff to support the council within the constraints of available resources.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-157-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-157 / Section 42-157-10
§ 42-157-10. Severability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any provision hereof shall be held invalid in any circumstances, any invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or circumstances. This chapter shall be construed in all respects so as to meet any constitutional requirements. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all steps shall be taken that are necessary to meet constitutional requirements.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-2.9 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-35 / Section 42-35-2.9
§ 42-35-2.9. Regulatory analysis.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency shall prepare a regulatory analysis for a proposed rule. The analysis must be completed before notice of the proposed rulemaking is published. The summary of the analysis prepared under subsection (c) must be published with the notice of proposed rulemaking.

(b) A regulatory analysis must contain:

(1) An analysis of the benefits and costs of a reasonable range of regulatory alternatives reflecting the scope of discretion provided by the statute authorizing the proposed rule;

(2) Demonstration that there is no alternative approach among the alternatives considered during the rulemaking proceeding which would be as effective and less burdensome to affected private persons as another regulation. This standard requires that an agency proposing to write any new regulation must identify any other state regulation that is overlapped or duplicated by the proposed regulation and justify any overlap or duplication; and

(3) A determination whether:

(i) The benefits of the proposed rule justify the costs of the proposed rule; and

(ii) The proposed rule will achieve the objectives of the authorizing statute in a more cost-effective manner, or with greater net benefits, than other regulatory alternatives.

(c) An agency preparing a regulatory analysis under this section shall prepare a concise summary of the analysis.

(d) If an agency has made a good-faith effort to comply with this section, a rule is not invalid solely if there are errors or paucity of data in the regulatory analysis for the proposed rule.

(e) The regulatory analysis for any amendments to the state fire safety code or the state building code, or the state rehabilitation building and fire code for existing buildings and structures including those amendments which incorporate and adopt by reference all or parts of a nationally recognized model code shall be completed within one hundred fifty (150) days of the recommendation of the passage of such amendments by the state official, agency, or board responsible for hearing and review of such amendments.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-156-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-156 / Section 42-156-5
§ 42-156-5. Sharing of information.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, the Task Force shall facilitate timely information sharing between and among Task Force members, including the establishment of protocols by which participating agencies will advise or refer to other agencies matters of potential interest.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-33 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-33
§ 42-64-33. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of the chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part directly involved in the controversy in which that judgment shall have been rendered.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-159-5 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-159 / Section 42-159-5
§ 42-159-5. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The commission is created and established to identify, evaluate, and provide recommendations to assist nationally and internationally recognized sailing and marine events, both amateur and professional, and to attract and encourage activity in Rhode Island. In addition, the commission shall advise state and local leaders on the suitability and practicality of hosting qualified marine events in the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-35 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-35
§ 42-64-35. Government contract procurement assistance.
Status: in_force

(a) The general assembly recognizes that:

(1) Many Rhode Island companies provide products and services that are routinely procured by a myriad of governmental entities. However, attempting to understand and comply with the numerous certification, registration, opportunity identification, proposal, and contract requirements associated with government procurement often raises significant barriers for those companies with no government contracting experience;

(2) The costs associated with obtaining a government contract for products or services often prevents most small businesses from working in the governmental procurement market;

(3) Currently many of the federal procurement opportunities are contracted to businesses located outside of the state;

(4) The commerce corporation currently administers programs and initiatives that help create and grow companies in Rhode Island and recruit companies to Rhode Island through the use of state employees, public-private partnerships, and contractual services; and

(5) There exists a significant opportunity for Rhode Island companies to secure new business with federal, state, and local governments.

(b) The corporation through its director:

(1) Shall manage and direct the administration of state programs and initiatives whose purpose is to procure federal, state, and local governmental contracts;

(2) May require program accountability measures; and

(3) May receive and distribute legislative appropriations and public and private grants for projects and programs that:

(i) Are focused on growing Rhode Island companies and positively impacting statewide revenues by expanding current services to help these companies secure new business with federal, state, and local governments;

(ii) Provide guidance to Rhode Island companies interested in obtaining new business with federal, state, and local governmental entities;

(iii) Would facilitate marketing, business development, and expansion opportunities for Rhode Island companies in cooperation with other state and local agencies and departments and with public, nonprofit, or private sector partners such as local chambers of commerce, trade associations, or private contractors as determined by the corporations director to successfully match Rhode Island businesses with government procurement opportunities.

Any supplemental appropriation to the corporation is to be utilized on specialized consulting service providers qualified and experienced in helping businesses increase their win rate of federal contracts. These services may include, but are not limited to:

(A) Assistance for the EDC in screening companies (qualified businesses) who have the products, services, basic skills, and resources to effectively compete for and win federal business;

(B) Training and support for the qualified businesses in sales strategies prior to answering formal federal solicitations (RFPs) and/or winning subcontracting business from major prime contractors;

(C) Proposal development support and training to improve the written responses to federal RFPs, and the oral presentations that follow;

(D) Training and support for negotiation; and

(E) Support services and subject matter experts to ensure contract performance and compliance.

(c) A recipient of monies distributed under this section shall provide the office with a set of standard monthly reports, the content of which shall be determined by the office to include at least the following information:

(1) Consultative meetings with Rhode Island companies;

(2) Seminars or training meetings held;

(3) Government contracts awarded to Rhode Island companies;

(4) Jobs created/retained;

(5) Salary ranges of jobs created/retained; and

(6) The return on investment/cost per job.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-16 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-29 / Section 42-29-16
§ 42-29-16. Form of judgment for plaintiff on bond.
Status: repealed

In a suit brought under § 42-29-13 [repealed], if the plaintiff shall recover, judgment shall be rendered in favor of the general treasurer or sheriff, as the case may be, for the use of the person alleged in the writ and declaration to be injured by the breach or breaches assigned, and that person shall be deemed and taken, for all purposes whatsoever, to be the plaintiff in the suit.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-26-19 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-26 / Section 42-26-19
§ 42-26-19. After school alternative program  Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds and declares the following:

(1) There is a greater threat to public safety resulting from gang and drug-related activity in and near Rhode Islands inner cities.

(2) Young people, especially at-risk youth, are more vulnerable to gang and drug-related activity during the potentially unsupervised hours between the end of school and the time their parents or guardians return home from work.

(3) Without local prevention and treatment efforts, hard drugs will continue to threaten and destroy families and communities in and near the inner cities. Drug-related violence may then escalate dramatically in every community, and thereby burden the criminal justice system to the point that it cannot function effectively.

(4) It is the intent of the legislature that a pilot program, the After School Alternative Program (ASAP), be established and implemented within a specified Rhode Island community. This community program would utilize the public schools, businesses, and community facilities to provide supportive programs and activities to young people during the time between the end of school and the return home of their parents or guardians (from approximately 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-55 / Section 42-55-7
§ 42-55-7. Powers relative to purchase of and sale to mortgage lenders of loans  Loans to mortgage lender.
Status: in_force

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

(1) To invest in, purchase or to make commitments to purchase, and take assignments from mortgage lenders, of notes and mortgages evidencing loans for the construction, rehabilitation, installation of energy saving improvements to, purchase, leasing, or refinancing of housing for persons and families of low and moderate income or healthcare facilities in this state upon the terms set forth in § 42-55-10;

(2) To make loans to mortgage lenders under terms and conditions requiring the proceeds to be used by those mortgage lenders for the making of new residential mortgages or healthcare facilities upon the terms set forth in § 42-55-10;

(3) To make commitments to purchase, and to purchase, service and sell federally insured mortgages, and to make loans directly upon the security of a mortgage, provided the underlying mortgage loans shall have been made and shall be continued to be used solely to finance or refinance the construction, rehabilitation, purchase, or leasing of residential housing for persons and families of low and moderate income or healthcare facilities in this state;

(4) To sell, at public or private sale, with or without public bidding, any mortgage or other obligation held by the corporation;

(5) Subject to any agreement with bondholders or note holders, to collect, enforce the collection of, and foreclose on any collateral securing its loans to mortgage lenders and acquire or take possession of the collateral and sell it at public or private sale, with or without public bidding, and otherwise deal with such collateral as may be necessary to protect the interest of the corporation therein;

(6) To make or participate in the making of mortgage loans to persons of low or moderate income and owners of property subject to tax sale for the purpose of extinguishing tax liens, redeeming tax titles or preventing loss of property due to nonpayment of taxes. Any loan made pursuant to this subsection may be secured by a mortgage or otherwise, shall be repaid, shall bear interest and shall be upon any terms and conditions that may be determined by the corporation;

(7) To acquire at tax sales liens on one to four (4) family residential properties, to hold the lien while endeavoring to assist the property owner with retaining ownership, to hold and sell the property where consistent with the purpose of the corporation to encourage home ownership, particularly by low-income persons, productive and beneficial use of property, and other purposes of the corporation, and to adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry this program into effect.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-14 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-14
§ 42-64-14. Relations with state agencies.
Status: in_force

(a) In planning and carrying out projects, the Rhode Island commerce corporation shall conform to the applicable provisions of the state guide plan as that plan may from time to time be altered or amended. In determining whether its proposed projects are in conformity with the state guide plan, the corporation and all persons dealing with it shall be entitled to rely upon a written statement signed by its chairperson or vice-chairperson of the state planning council to the effect that the proposed project conforms to the state guide plan. If the corporation shall submit to the state planning council a written request for this determination accompanied by a general description of a proposed project describing in reasonable detail its location, nature, and size, and the state planning council shall not within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of this written request issue its written statement to the effect that the proposed project conforms or does not conform to the state guide plan as the case may be, then conformity of the proposed project with the state guide plan shall be conclusively presumed. A written statement issued by the state planning council to the effect that a proposed project does not conform to the state guide plan shall state the respects in which conformity is lacking.

(b) In planning and carrying out projects, the corporation shall conform to the applicable provisions of chapter 23 of title 46.

(c) The corporation is authorized and empowered to acquire and to dispose of real property, subject to the provisions of this chapter, without the necessity of obtaining the approval of the state properties committee or otherwise complying with the provisions of title 37.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-73-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-73 / Section 42-73-4
§ 42-73-4. Appropriation for expenses.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate those sums it may deem necessary for the payment of the salaries of the staff and for the payment of office expenses and other actual expenses incurred by the child advocate in the performance of the child advocate's duties; and the controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of any sum or sums or so much that may from time to time be required upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the child advocate.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-31-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-31 / Section 42-31-4
§ 42-31-4. Effectiveness of acts of commissioners.
Status: in_force

All oaths administered by commissioners, and all affidavits and depositions taken by them, and all acknowledgments aforesaid certified by them, shall be as effectual in law, to all intents and purposes, as if certified by any judge, justice of the peace, or notary public, within this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-164-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-164 / Section 42-164-2
§ 42-164-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) Abuse means an act or failure to act that presents an imminent risk of serious harm to an individual and, for purposes of this chapter includes, but is not limited to, any of the following crimes, regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers:

(i) Child abuse (§ 11-9-5.3);

(ii) Child molestation (§§ 11-37-8.1 and 11-37-8.3);

(iii) Domestic violence (subsection (4) of this section);

(iv) Enticement of children (§ 11-26-1.5);

(v) Indecent solicitation of a child (§ 11-37-8.8);

(vi) Kidnapping (§§ 11-26-1 and 11-26-1.4);

(vii) Sexual assault (chapter 37 of title 11);

(viii) Stalking (§ 11-59-2);

(ix) Strangulation (§ 11-5-2.3); and

(x) Trafficking (chapter 67.1 of title 11).

(2) Actual address means the physical location where the applicant resides, as specified on the individuals application to be a program participant under this chapter.

(3) Agency means any subdivision of the state of Rhode Island, a municipality, or a subdivision of a municipality.

(4) Domestic violence for purposes of this chapter, includes, but is not limited to, any of the following crimes when committed by one family or household member against another, regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers:

(i) Simple assault (§ 11-5-3);

(ii) Felony assaults (chapter 5 of title 11);

(iii) Vandalism (§ 11-44-1);

(iv) Disorderly conduct (§ 11-45-1);

(v) Trespass (§ 11-44-26);

(vi) Kidnapping (§ 11-26-1);

(vii) Child-snatching (§ 11-26-1.1);

(viii) Sexual assault (§§ 11-37-2 and 11-37-4);

(ix) Homicide (§§ 11-23-1 and 11-23-3);

(x) Violation of the provisions of a protective order entered pursuant to § 15-5-19, chapter 15 of title 15, or chapter 8.1 of title 8 where the respondent has knowledge of the order and the penalty for its violation, or a violation of a no contact order issued pursuant to § 12-29-4;

(xi) Stalking (chapter 59 of title 11);

(xii) Refusal to relinquish or to damage or to obstruct a telephone (§ 11-35-14);

(xiii) Burglary and unlawful entry (chapter 8 of title 11);

(xiv) Arson (chapter 4 of title 11);

(xv) Cyberstalking and cyberharassment (§ 11-52-4.2);

(xvi) Domestic assault by strangulation (§ 11-5-2.3);

(xvii) Electronic tracking of motor vehicles (§ 11-69-1); or

(xviii) Abuse (subsection (1) of this section).

(5) Family or household member means current or former intimate partners, spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together or who have resided together in the past three (3) years, and persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have lived together, or persons who are, or have been, in a dating or engagement relationship within the past year.

(6) Law enforcement agency means the department of public safety, the Rhode Island state police, a municipal police department, a sheriffs department, the attorney generals office, and shall also mean the department of children, youth and families when engaged in the investigation of child abuse and neglect.

(7) Law enforcement purposes means all matters relating to:

(i) The prevention, investigation, prosecution, or adjudication of criminal offenses, civil matters, or juvenile matters;

(ii) The investigation, prosecution, adjudication, detention, supervision, or correction of persons suspected, charged, or convicted of criminal offenses or juvenile delinquencies;

(iii) The protection of the general health, welfare, and safety of the public or the state of Rhode Island;

(iv) The execution and enforcement of court orders;

(v) Service of criminal or civil process or court orders;

(vi) Screening for criminal justice employment;

(vii) Other actions taken in performance of official duties, as set forth by statutes, rules, policies, judicial case law, and the United States and Rhode Island Constitutions; and

(viii) Criminal identification activities, including the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history records, sex offender registry information, and DNA material and information.

(8) Public record means a public record as defined in § 38-2-2 (public records).

(9) Secretary means the Rhode Island secretary of state.

(10) Substitute address means the secretarys designated address for the address confidentiality program.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-75-13 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-75 / Section 42-75-13
§ 42-75-13. Appropriation.
Status: in_force

(a) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, the state lottery division within the department of revenue shall conduct, pursuant to chapter 61 of this title, an instant game to be known as the Arts Lottery Game. The net revenue from the first three (3) months of the running of the Arts Lottery Game shall be deposited in a restricted revenue account to be used by the Rhode Island Council on the Arts for the support and improvement of the arts in this state. The provisions of this section shall prevail over any inconsistent provisions of chapter 61 of this title.

(b) The Rhode Island Council on the Arts shall deposit any funds received from an entity exempt from tax under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in a restricted receipt account to be used for the support and improvement of the arts in this state. All such funds deposited shall be exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of § 35-4-27.

(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, there is hereby created in the general fund of the state and housed within the budget of the Rhode Island Council on the Arts a restricted receipt account entitled Governors Portrait Donation Fund. This account shall be used to record all receipts and expenditures of donations made for the purpose of supplementing the state appropriation for the purchase of a governors portrait as set forth in § 37-8-9, and for other related expenses as deemed appropriate by the Rhode Island Council on the Arts.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-45-10 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-45 / Section 42-45-10
§ 42-45-10. Historical preservation revolving fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created as a separate fund within the treasury the historical preservation revolving fund which shall be administered by the general treasurer in accordance with the same laws and fiscal procedures as the general funds of the state. The fund shall consist of such sums as the state may from time to time appropriate, as well as monies received from the federal government, gifts, bequests, donations, or otherwise from any public or private source, which monies are intended to implement and encourage restoration or preservation of historic properties. These properties shall be construed to include particular structures of historical significance or properties located within a district that has been designated as historic; provided, however, that no loan shall be made under this section unless the property is:

(1) Included in the state register;

(2) Designated as a national historic landmark by the United States Department of Interior; or

(3) Listed in the national register of historic places by the United States Department of Interior.

(b) All moneys placed in the historical preservation revolving fund shall be made available:

(1) For the purchase, or other acquisition or restoration, for resale, subject to appropriate covenants, of properties intended for preservation;

(2) To make loans to nonprofit preservation foundations, organizations, individuals, and cities and towns for the purpose of acquiring and restoring properties worthy of preservation. Loans to individuals shall be considered only after the commission has determined that private financing cannot otherwise be obtained;

(3) To make loans or otherwise provide a source of equity capital for residential and/or commercial development of historic properties in order to implement and encourage the revitalization of historic buildings and districts.

(c) Loans made under the provisions of this section may be made directly, or in cooperation with other lenders or any agency, department, or bureau of the federal government or state of Rhode Island. The proceeds from the resale of any properties acquired and restored and funds received from the repayment of any loans made for that purpose shall be deposited in and returned to the historical preservation revolving fund, to constitute a continuing revolving fund for the purposes listed above.

(d) The historical preservation and heritage commission shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of this section and the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of this title, which provide for an orderly and equitable disbursement and repayment of funds.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-14 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-14 / Section 42-14-14
§ 42-14-14. License applications  Investigation.
Status: in_force

After receipt of any application for a license, permit, and/or registration that is subject to the jurisdiction of the department of business regulation, the director of business regulation or the directors designee shall conduct an investigation to determine whether the facts set forth in the application are true and shall receive from the department of the attorney general all records of criminal information which it has or shall receive indicating any criminal activity on the part of the individual signing the application. The department of the attorney general shall provide the information subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the attorney general regarding the production of that information.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-77-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-77 / Section 42-77-1
§ 42-77-1. Commission established.
Status: in_force

There shall be a minority groups advisory commission to consist of nine (9) members, all of whom shall be members of minority groups; three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the senate president; and three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the governor. The commission shall establish, maintain, and develop cultural ties among various minority groups located within the state; advise the governor and general assembly on any problem encountering various groups of minorities, especially refugees; and foster a special interest in the historical and cultural background of minority groups, as well as in the economic, political, social, and artistic life of the countries involved.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-2-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-2 / Section 42-2-7
§ 42-2-7. Title to improvements.
Status: in_force

The title to all buildings, tanks, light, sewer and water systems and other improvements and installations constructed at the expense of the United States on land owned or leased by the state shall vest in the United States, and those buildings and other improvements and installations shall not be disposed of except upon approval of the secretary of defense and under the conditions that the secretary of defense may prescribe.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-14 / Section 42-14-1
§ 42-14-1. Establishment  Head of department.
Status: in_force

There shall be a department of business regulation. The head of the department shall be the director of business regulation who, except as otherwise provided by this title, shall carry out this chapter and perform the duties required by any and all other provisions of the general laws and public laws insofar as those provisions relate to each of the divisions and licensing and regulatory areas within the jurisdiction of the department.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-92-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-92 / Section 42-92-2
§ 42-92-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) Adjudicative officer means the deciding official, without regard to whether the official is designated as an administrative law judge, a hearing officer or examiner, or otherwise, who presided at the adversary adjudication.

(2) Adjudicatory proceedings means any proceeding conducted by, or on behalf of, the state, administratively or quasi-judicially, which may result in the loss of benefits; the imposition of a fine; the adjustment of a tax assessment; the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or permit; or which may result in the compulsion or restriction of the activities of a party. Any agency charged by statute with investigating complaints shall be deemed to have substantial justification for the investigation and for the proceedings subsequent to the investigation.

(3) Agency means any state and/or municipal board, commission, council, department, or officer, other than the legislature or the courts, authorized by law to make rules or to determine contested cases; to bring any action at law or in equity, including, but not limited to, injunctive and other relief; or to initiate criminal proceedings. This shall include contract boards of appeal, tax proceedings, and employment security administrative proceedings.

(4) Municipality means the individual cities and towns in the state of Rhode Island and including, but not limited to, any city or town housing authority, fire, water, sewer district, local or regional school district, public building authority, or other municipal financed agency or department.

(5) Party means any individual whose net worth is less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) at the time the adversary adjudication was initiated; and, any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or private organization doing business and located in the state, which is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, and which employs one hundred (100) or fewer persons at the time the adversary adjudication was initiated.

(6) Reasonable litigation expenses means those expenses which were reasonably incurred by a party in adjudicatory proceedings, including, but not limited to, attorneys fees, witness fees of all necessary witnesses, and other costs and expenses as were reasonably incurred, except that:

(i) The award of attorneys fees may not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per hour, unless the court determines that special factors justify a higher fee;

(ii) No expert witness may be compensated at a rate in excess of the highest rate of compensation for experts paid by this state.

(7) Substantial justification means that the initial position of the agency, as well as the agencys position in the proceedings, has a reasonable basis in law and fact.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-29 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-72 / Section 42-72-29
§ 42-72-29. Appropriation for expenses.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum or sums as it may deem necessary for the expenses of the department of children, youth and families in the conduct of its activities and in the implementation of the powers, duties, programs, and authorizations embodied in this chapter; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of a sum or sums or so much as may from time to time be required upon receipt by the controller of proper vouchers duly authenticated.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-40-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-40 / Section 42-40-1
§ 42-40-1. Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

The state of Rhode Island recognizes that intergovernmental cooperation is an essential factor in resolving problems affecting this state and that the interchange of personnel between and among governmental agencies at the same or different levels of government is a significant factor in achieving such cooperation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-99-11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-99 / Section 42-99-11
§ 42-99-11. Trust funds.
Status: in_force

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or notes or as revenues, receipts, or income, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in the proceedings under which the bonds or notes are authorized. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which the moneys shall be deposited as trustee thereof, shall hold and apply the moneys for the purposes thereof, subject to any provisions as this chapter and the proceedings authorizing the bonds or notes of any issue or the trust agreement securing the bonds or notes may provide.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-133-11.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-133 / Section 42-133-11.1
§ 42-133-11.1. Stay of execution upon appeal.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to secure and protect the monies to be received as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement, as defined in § 42-133-3, in civil litigation under any legal theory involving a signatory, a successor of a signatory, or an affiliate of a signatory to the Master Settlement Agreement, the supersedeas bond to be furnished in order to stay the execution of the judgment during the entire course of appellate review shall be set in accordance with applicable laws or court rules, except that the total supersedeas bond in any one case that is required of all appellants collectively shall not exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) regardless of the value of the judgment. The limitation on the amount of the bond set out in this section does not apply to awards resulting from actions enforcing payments under the Master Settlement Agreement, as defined in § 42-133-3.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if an appellee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that an appellant is dissipating assets outside the ordinary course of business to avoid payment of a judgment, a court may require the appellant to post a supersedeas bond in an amount up to the total amount of the judgment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-101-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-101 / Section 42-101-1
§ 42-101-1. Kent County Court House.
Status: in_force

The Kent County Court House, situated in the property known as the Boeng Building, located at 222 Quaker Lane in the town of West Warwick, shall be named and known as the James W. Leighton Judicial Complex.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-17 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-56 / Section 42-56-17
§ 42-56-17. Identification and description of inmates.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of corrections, or the directors designee, shall cause prisoners confined under sentence in the adult correctional institutions to be physically and factually described in accordance with accepted criminal identification standards for the identification of criminals. The director of corrections, or the directors designee, shall cause identification to be made by a person or persons in the official service of the state, and shall prescribe rules and regulations for keeping accurate records at those institutions, and for classifying and indexing the records.

(b) The department of corrections shall collect the following information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), ethnicity, and level of education, and publish a summary of such information on an annual basis.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-142-2.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-142 / Section 42-142-2.1
§ 42-142-2.1. Powers and duties of the director of revenue.
Status: in_force

The director of revenue is hereby authorized and empowered to make rules and regulations as the director may deem necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of the laws of Rhode Island for the department of revenue and its divisions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-60-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-60 / Section 42-60-3
§ 42-60-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Terms used in this title shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or context:

(1) Energy crisis means a condition of danger to the health, safety, welfare, or economic well being of the citizens of this state due to existing or impending abnormal market disruptions as they relate to energy resources.

(2) Energy resource means the various fuels derived from crude petroleum, coal, natural gas, wood, electricity, and all other resources yielding energy.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-35 / Section 42-35-4
§ 42-35-4. Filing and taking effect of rules.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency shall file each final rule with the secretary of state. An agency may not file a final rule until the public comment period has ended. In filing a final rule, an agency shall use a standardized form and process for submission determined by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall affix to each final rule a certification of the time and date of filing. The secretary of state may reject the final rule if an agency fails to use the standardized format or fails to adhere to the codification requirements or any other publication requirements or rules promulgated by the secretary of states office pursuant to § 42-35-5. The secretary of state shall reject the improper final rule by returning it to the director of the agency that submitted the improper form within fifteen (15) days of receipt.

(b) The secretary of state, with notification to the agency, may make minor nonsubstantive corrections in spelling, grammar, and format in a proposed or final rule. The secretary of state shall make a record of the corrections.

(c) The agency shall file the rule not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after close of the public comment period. If that rule is not filed within one hundred eighty (180) days, the agency must restart the rulemaking process pursuant to this chapter.

(d) A final rule filed by an agency with the secretary of state under this section must contain the text of the rule and be accompanied by a record that contains:

(1) The date the final rule was signed by the relevant agency head;

(2) A reference to the specific statutory or other authority authorizing the rule;

(3) Any finding required by law as a prerequisite to the proposed rule or effectiveness of the rule;

(4) The effective date of the rule; and

(5) A concise explanatory statement as defined by § 42-35-2.6.

(e) Each rule hereafter shall be effective twenty (20) days after filing with the secretary of state, except:

(1) If a later date is required by statute or specified in the rule, the later date is the effective date;

(2) An emergency rule under § 42-35-2.10 becomes effective upon signature by the agency head and the governor, or the governors designee;

(3) A direct final rule under § 42-35-2.11, to which no objection is made, becomes effective thirty (30) days after publication, unless the agency specifies a later effective date;

(4) A final rule shall not be effective or enforceable until properly submitted and accepted by the secretary of state.

(f) The secretary of state shall maintain a permanent register of all filed rules and concise explanatory statements for the rules. The secretary of state shall provide a copy of each certified final rule to an agency upon request. The secretary of state shall publish the notice of each final rule in the state register.

(g) Within twenty (20) days of filing a final rule with the secretary of state, the agency shall provide a copy of each certified final rule via electronic mail to all members of the general assembly.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-113-9 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-113 / Section 42-113-9
§ 42-113-9. Stewardship.
Status: in_force

If an activity funded by the board involves acquisition by the state of an interest in real property for the purpose of conserving and protecting important natural areas, recreational lands, or agricultural land, the board, in its discretion may make a one-time grant to the appropriate state agency or municipality. The grant shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the current appraised value of that property interest and shall be used to support its proper management or maintenance or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-19 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-29 / Section 42-29-19
§ 42-29-19. Attendance on general assembly and courts.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of public safety or the director's designees shall assign deputy sheriffs to attend the general assembly when in session. The director of the department of public safety or the director's designee shall designate such number of deputy sheriffs to attend the session of the supreme court as the chief justice or presiding justice of the superior, district, family, and workers compensation courts may request and any such deputy sheriff shall be relieved of attendance at the request of the chief justice or the presiding justice of the applicable court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-6-9 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-6 / Section 42-6-9
§ 42-6-9. Director of health.
Status: in_force

There shall be a director of health who shall hold office for the term of five (5) years from the time of the directors appointment and until the directors successor is duly appointed and qualified. The director shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall not engage in any other occupation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-2
§ 42-116-2. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(a) It is found that certain credit unions, loan and investment companies, and bank and trust companies organized and existing under the laws of the state whose deposits were previously insured by the Rhode Island share and deposit indemnity corporation, are presently unable and in the foreseeable future will be unable to obtain deposit insurance required by § 19-11-9.

(b) It is further found that the director of the department of business regulation may apply to place a number of the financial institutions described above into receivership pursuant to chapter 15 of title 19.

(c) It is further found that the interests of the citizens of the state may be protected best by the establishment of a corporation to purchase certain assets of the financial institutions, the consideration for the purchases to include the payment to the depositors of the institutions certain amounts in respect of their deposit liabilities upon those terms and conditions that the corporation deems advisable.

(d) It is further found that the establishment of a corporation is necessary to the essential public purposes of protecting the depositors of the financial institutions, providing stability for financial institutions, promoting the welfare of the people of the state, and improving the economic welfare of the people of the state.

(e) The purpose of this chapter is to establish the Rhode Island depositors economic protection corporation, with the power and authority to acquire all or a portion of the assets of the financial institutions upon those terms and conditions that the corporation deems advisable the consideration for which may include payment to the depositors of the institutions of certain amounts in respect of their deposit liabilities, which acquisition is intended to aid the prompt payment of the deposit liabilities of the financial institutions to each depositor to the extent and in the manner as the corporation determines. In carrying out its purpose, the corporation seeks to:

(1) Maximize the return from the sale or other disposition of the assets of the corporation;

(2) Minimize the impact of those transactions on local real estate and financial markets; and

(3) Make efficient use of funds obtained from the proceeds of the assets or from the state.

(f) Further, the investigation by the select commission to investigate the failure of RISDIC insured financial institutions is helpful to the people of the state in the determination and the disclosure of the facts surrounding the failure of the RISDIC insured financial institutions and the continuance of the work of the commission may be delayed or impaired unless the costs and expenses of the commission are funded and the work of the commission may assist the corporation in its public purpose of helping depositors.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-66-11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-66 / Section 42-66-11
§ 42-66-11. Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

Any person participating in good faith in making a report pursuant to § 42-66-8, excluding any perpetrator or conspirator of those acts, has immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-13 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-61 / Section 42-61-13
§ 42-61-13. Applicability of other laws.
Status: in_force

No other law providing any penalty or disability for the sale of lottery tickets, or any acts done in connection with a lottery, shall apply to the sale of tickets or shares performed pursuant to this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-17 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-14 / Section 42-14-17
§ 42-14-17. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of business regulation may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and proper to carry out the duties assigned to the director by this title or any other provision of law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-109-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-109 / Section 42-109-2
§ 42-109-2. Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

In recognition of the growing problem of substance use and abuse in the state, the purpose of this chapter is as follows:

(1) To encourage comprehensive substance abuse prevention programs throughout the state;

(2) To encourage cooperation between state agencies and municipalities in planning, establishing, and operating substance abuse programs; and

(3) To provide additional financial assistance on a statewide basis for drug abuse prevention programs.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-10-20 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-10 / Section 42-10-20
§ 42-10-20. Report on indebtedness.
Status: in_force

The accounts shall also contain a statement of the bonded debt of the state, the amount of each issue outstanding, and the time when the bonds mature and are payable, together with the gross amount of the annual interest thereon and the amount of interest paid, and the amount of coupons due and unpaid, and of the bonds retired since the making of the last previous report.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-26-13.3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-26 / Section 42-26-13.3
§ 42-26-13.3. Prison inmate population capacity  Enforcement mechanisms.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the overall population of the adult correctional institutions exceeds ninety-five percent (95%) of the annual capacity set by the committee for thirty (30) consecutive days or whenever the prison inmate population of any secure facility within the adult correctional institutions exceeds one hundred percent (100%) of its capacity established by court order, consent decree, or otherwise, for five (5) consecutive days, the director of corrections shall notify the chairperson of the committee in writing and said chairperson shall schedule an emergency meeting of the committee within five (5) business days of notification to develop measures to address the overcrowding.

(b) The committee shall without delay encourage, coordinate, and oversee efforts to initiate one or more of the following measures, as the committee deems appropriate, to address the overcrowding:

(1) Accelerate the implementation of systemic improvements, including, but not limited to, existing measures for the processing of bail for pretrial detainees, disposing of pending cases of sentenced inmates, providing accelerated bail hearings, and expediting hearings for probation and parole violators.

(2) Implement immediately other systemic improvements on a temporary or permanent basis which may have a positive impact on expediting the processing of pretrial and/or sentenced inmates as may be necessary and to reduce incarceration days.

(c) In the event such systemic initiatives fail to reduce overcrowding of the inmate population at any secure facility or facilities to mandated levels within sixty (60) days of notification to the committee by the director of corrections of the overcrowding, the committee shall determine whether the source of the overcrowding is in the pretrial or sentenced inmate population. If the committee determines that the overcrowding results from the pretrial inmate population, the committee shall, without delay, encourage, coordinate, and oversee efforts to initiate one or more of the following plans of action as may be necessary:

(1) Review cases of all pretrial detainees for possible release or bailment;

(2) Utilize alternative measures wherever possible to release pretrial detainees to community supervision;

(3) Establish a temporary bail fund to release nonviolent pretrial detainees, with or without community supervision.

(d) If the committee determines that the overcrowding problem results from the sentenced inmate population, the committee shall, without delay, encourage, coordinate, and oversee efforts to initiate one or more of the following plans of action as may be necessary:

(1) Expand the availability of intermediate punishments;

(2) Accelerate parole hearings for those currently eligible and expedite release of those granted parole;

(3) Temporarily suspend existing guidelines for parole eligibility and consider all prisoners statutorily eligible for release or parole;

(4) Utilize statutorily authorized grants of meritorious good time to accelerate the release of nonviolent sentenced offenders who are within thirty (30) days of expiration of sentence.

(e) If the measures described in subsection (d) above fail to reduce the inmate population of any secure facility of the adult correctional institutions to mandated levels within an additional sixty (60) days (or within one hundred twenty (120) days after written notification to the committee by the director of corrections of the overcrowding crisis), the committee shall be authorized to direct the parole board to consider the good time earned by nonviolent offenders pursuant to the provisions of § 42-56-24 and § 42-56-26 for the purpose of expediting the parole eligibility of the minimum number of nonviolent sentenced offenders needed to meet mandated population levels. A nonviolent offender is defined as one who is not currently serving a sentence of incarceration resulting from a conviction for a crime of violence defined by § 42-56-20.2.

(f) If the measures described in subsection (e) above fail to reduce the inmate population of any secure facility to mandated levels within an additional sixty (60) days (or within one hundred eighty (180) days after written notification to the committee by the director of corrections of the overcrowding crisis), the chairperson of the committee shall notify the governor and recommend the grant of sufficient emergency good time to nonviolent offenders to expedite eligibility for parole of the minimum number of sentenced offenders to meet the mandated population caps. The governor shall direct the director of corrections to grant such emergency good time in ten-day (10) increments to all nonviolent sentenced offenders. Such ten-day (10) increments of emergency good time shall be granted to make the minimum number of offenders eligible for and actually released on parole to meet mandated population caps. Upon notification of the governor of the grant of emergency good time, the parole board shall consider emergency good time in determining eligibility for parole. A nonviolent offender is defined here, as above in subsection (e), as one who is not currently serving a sentence of incarceration resulting from a conviction for a crime of violence as defined by § 42-56-20.2.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-20-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-20 / Section 42-20-3
§ 42-20-3. Powers exercised by heads of departments  Designations of subordinates.
Status: in_force

Whenever certain powers or duties are conferred or imposed by existing law upon an official or employee of the state having a definite title, those powers and duties shall be exercised and performed by the director or other head of a department or by the independent agency, his or her or its assistants, to which the department or agency those powers and duties are by this title transferred. The head of any department may, with the approval of the governor, designate the official titles or designations of subordinate officers or employees to be used by them in the official business of the state whenever the necessity thereof may require, and they shall be so entitled and described in all official functions, duties, or business.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-109-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-109 / Section 42-109-1
§ 42-109-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Omnibus Substance Abuse Prevention Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-164-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-164 / Section 42-164-3
§ 42-164-3. Address confidentiality program.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a person may apply to the secretary of state to have an address designated by the secretary to serve as the persons substitute address. Upon receipt by the secretary of a mail or process for a participant, the office of the secretary shall immediately forward all such mail or process to the appropriate program participants at the address specified by the participant for that purpose, and shall record the date of such forwarding.

(b) The secretary of state shall approve an application if it is filed on the form prescribed by the secretary of state, signed and dated, containing the following:

(1) The applicants statement made under oath, under penalty of perjury, that:

(i) The applicant is a victim of domestic violence or abuse;

(ii) The applicant fears for the applicants safety or the applicants childrens or wards safety;

(iii) The applicant resides or will reside at a location in this state that is not known by the person who committed domestic violence or abuse, or threatens the applicant or the applicants child or ward with domestic violence or abuse; and

(iv) The applicant will not disclose his or her actual address to the person who committed domestic violence or abuse or threatens the applicant or the applicants child or ward with domestic violence or abuse;

(2) The actual address that the applicant requests not be disclosed for the reason that disclosure will increase the risk of domestic violence or abuse;

(3) If different than the actual address, the preferred mailing address where the applicant can be contacted by the secretary; and the telephone number or numbers where the applicant can be called by the secretary; and, if available, the applicants email address; and

(4) A designation of the secretary as agent for purposes of service of process and for the purpose of receipt of mail, with a signed acknowledgement of the following:

(i) The applicant acknowledges that acceptance into the address confidentiality program does not relieve the applicant of any legal responsibility, including, without limitation, court summonses, subpoenas, divorce or child custody orders, and arrest warrants.

(ii) The applicant acknowledges that failure to promptly notify the secretary of changes to the applicants contact information, including address, email address, and telephone number, may cause a delay in the applicants receipt of legal documents, including notices of upcoming court hearings for divorce, child custody, or criminal matters, which may result in negative legal ramifications for the applicant, including, without limitation, a default for failure to respond.

(c) A parent, or legal guardian acting on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person may submit an application if the parent or legal guardian states under oath, under penalty of perjury, that the parent or legal guardian has legal authority to act on the minors or incapacitated persons behalf.

(d) The application shall include a place for the applicant to identify any state, federal, or local agency that employs a person who committed an act of abuse or domestic violence against the applicant or the applicants child or ward.

(e) Upon receipt of a properly completed application, the secretary shall certify the applicant as a program participant. Applicants shall be certified for five (5) years following the date of filing, at which time the applicant may apply for renewal.

(f) Once certified, the program participant may use the address designated by the secretary as the applicants home and work address.

(g) A program participant shall notify the secretary of state of any name change and of any change in actual address as soon as possible and within no more than thirty (30) days of the change.

(h) Service of process on a program participant, a program participants minor child, incapacitated person, or other adult member of the program participants household shall be complete when the secretary receives such process by mail or otherwise.

(i) If a summons, writ, notice, demand, or process is served on the secretary, the secretary shall immediately cause a copy to be forwarded to the program participant at the address shown on the records of the address confidentiality program in order that the summons, writ, notice, demand, or process is received by the program participant within three (3) days of the secretary having received it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-60-11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-60 / Section 42-60-11
§ 42-60-11. Liberality of construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed liberally in order to effectuate its purpose.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-117-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-117 / Section 42-117-6
§ 42-117-6. Action by state agency.
Status: in_force

(a) Within three (3) months of the submission of a substantially complete application, the state agency must render a written report on the status of the application. The report shall contain information, which will enable the person to make a sound business decision as to whether or not to pursue the application. The report shall be sent to the applicant.

(b) If the application is not granted, then the state agency shall on the fourth, fifth, and sixth months of the anniversary of submission render a written report on the status of the application. If at the end of the sixth month, a decision has not been rendered on the application, then, in addition to the applicant, a copy of the written report shall be rendered monthly thereafter to the governor and the Rhode Island economic development corporation until a decision to accept or reject the application has been made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-10-19 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-10 / Section 42-10-19
§ 42-10-19. Separation of receipts in report.
Status: in_force

In the account of moneys received from the different courts, the general treasurer shall state separately the amounts received from the following sources: (1) entries; (2) other costs; (3) fines; (4) miscellaneous; and the general treasurer shall also state the amounts of revenue received from all other sources, under appropriate heads.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-11-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-11 / Section 42-11-4
§ 42-11-4. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule or regulation, and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this chapter shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-153-1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-153 / Section 42-153-1
§ 42-153-1. Restriction of radio frequency identification devices.
Status: in_force

Except where required by federal law, no state or municipal agency, or any subdivision thereof, shall use, or request the use of Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) for the purpose of tracking the movement or identity of any student on school grounds, at school functions, or while being transported to or from school grounds or school functions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-92-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-92 / Section 42-92-4
§ 42-92-4. Procedures.
Status: in_force

Any agency authorized to conduct an adjudicatory proceeding shall, by rule, establish uniform procedures for the submission and consideration of applications for an award under this section. Claimants must be given at least thirty (30) days to apply.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-116-9 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-116 / Section 42-116-9
§ 42-116-9. Ethics.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director, officer and employee of the corporation is deemed to be an employee of the governor for purposes of Executive Order No. 91-1, dated January 1, 1991, as amended from time to time, and for the purposes of the Rhode Island Code of Ethics in Government, §§ 36-14-4  36-14-7.

(b) To the extent that the rules established under this subsection conflict with the rules of other agencies or government corporations, officers, directors and employees of the corporation, who are also subject to the conflict of interest or ethical rules of another agency or government corporation, are governed by the rules and regulations established by the corporation under this subsection when acting for or on behalf of the corporation.

(c) If any director, officer, or employee of the corporation is interested either directly or indirectly, or is a director, officer, or employee of or has an ownership interest (other than as the owner of less than one percent (1%) of the shares of a publicly-held corporation) in any firm or corporation interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the corporation, that interest shall be disclosed to the corporation and set forth in the minutes of the corporation, and the director, officer, or employee having that interest shall not participate on behalf of the corporation in the authorization of any contract. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors of the corporation, which authorizes the contract or transaction.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-167-7 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-167 / Section 42-167-7
§ 42-167-7. Coordination with other state agencies.
Status: in_force

State agencies, departments, authorities, corporations, boards, commissions, and political subdivisions shall cooperate with the executive office of housing in the conduct of its activities, and specifically: the Rhode Island historical preservation and heritage commission shall advise the executive office of housing on issues of historical preservation standards as they pertain to housing and the use of historical preservation programs to improve housing and to enhance community character; the statewide planning program, created pursuant to § 42-11-10, shall advise the executive office of housing on issues of planning in general and land use controls and shall revise the state guide plan, as necessary, to achieve consistency with official state plans and policies for housing adopted by the executive office on housing, and the department of business regulation shall advise the executive office of housing on issues of business regulation affecting housing, shall review its regulations and practices to determine any amendments, changes, or additions that might be appropriate to advance the purposes of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-133-19 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-133 / Section 42-133-19
§ 42-133-19. Construction with other statutes.
Status: in_force

The issuance of bonds of the corporation under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other statute applicable to the issuance of obligations. No proceedings or notice of approval shall be required for the issuance of any bonds except as provided in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-55 / Section 42-55-3
§ 42-55-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and terms, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall have the following meanings:

(1) Bonds, notes, and other obligations or bonds, bond anticipation notes, or other obligations means any bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, or other evidences of financial indebtedness issued by the corporation pursuant to this chapter.

(2) Corporation means the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation created by this chapter.

(3) Earned surplus shall have the same meaning as in generally accepted accounting standards.

(4) Energy saving improvements means improvements for the purpose of promoting energy savings or efficiency in residential housing and shall include, but not be limited to, the installation or upgrading of ceiling, wall, floor, and duct insulation, storm windows and doors, caulking and weather stripping, solar, passive or other alternative energy sources, hot water heaters, heating or cooling systems, and any other improvements of a similar nature as may from time to time be determined by the corporation.

(5) Federally insured mortgage means a mortgage loan for land development or residential housing or healthcare facilities insured or guaranteed by the United States or a governmental agency or instrumentality of the United States, or a commitment by the United States or a governmental agency or instrumentality of the United States to insure that mortgage.

(6) Federal mortgage means a mortgage loan for land development or residential housing or healthcare facility made by the United States or a governmental agency or instrumentality of the United States or for which there is a commitment by the United States or a governmental agency or instrumentality of the United States to make that mortgage loan.

(7) Governmental agency or instrumentality means any department, division, public corporation, public agency, political subdivision, or other public instrumentality of the state, the federal government, any other state or public agency, or any two (2) or more of these.

(8) Healthcare facilities means real property (or a lease of the fee of real property) located in the state and improved by buildings, structures, or other improvements, including fixtures and equipment, constituting a facility providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition or constituting a facility providing to occupants nursing care to sick, invalid, infirm, disabled, or convalescent persons in addition to lodging and board or health-related service or providing nursing care and health-related service to persons who are not occupants of the facilities, or unimproved if the proceeds of an eligible mortgage shall be used for the purpose of erecting these buildings, structures, or other improvements.

(9) Housing development or housing project means any work or undertaking, whether new construction or rehabilitation, constituting a single family or multi-family residence including without limitation mobile homes and shelters, which are designed and financed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the primary purpose of providing sanitary, decent, and safe dwelling accommodations for persons and families of low or moderate income in need of housing; this undertaking may include any buildings, land, equipment, facilities, or other real or personal properties which are necessary, convenient, or desirable in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, streets, sewers, utilities, parks, site preparation, landscaping, and those stores, offices, and other non-housing facilities such as administrative, community, health, recreational, educational, commercial, and welfare facilities that the corporation determines to be necessary, convenient, or desirable.

(10) Housing development costs means the sum total of all costs incurred in the development of a housing development or housing project, which are approved by the corporation as reasonable and necessary, which costs shall include, but are not necessarily limited to:

(i) Cost of land acquisition and any buildings thereon, including payments for options, deposits, or contracts to purchase properties on the proposed housing project or housing development site or payments for the purchase of the properties;

(ii) Cost of site preparation, demolition, and clearing;

(iii) Architectural, engineering, legal, accounting, corporation, and other fees paid or payable in connection with the planning, execution, and financing of the housing development and for finding an eligible mortgagee or mortgagees for the housing development;

(iv) Cost of necessary studies, surveys, plans, and permits;

(v) Insurance, interest, financing, tax and assessment costs, and other operating and carrying costs during construction;

(vi) Cost of construction, rehabilitation, reconstruction, fixtures, furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, and similar facilities related to the real property;

(vii) Cost of land improvements, including without limitation, landscaping and off-site improvements, whether or not these costs have been paid for in cash or in a form other than cash;

(viii) Necessary expenses in connection with initial occupancy of the housing development or housing project;

(ix) A reasonable profit and risk fee in addition to job overhead to the general contractor and, if applicable, a limited profit housing sponsor;

(x) An allowance established by the corporation for working capital and contingency reserves, and reserves for any anticipated operating deficits during construction and for the first two (2) years of occupancy; and

(xi) The cost of any other items, including tenant relocation, that the corporation shall determine to be reasonable and necessary for the development of the housing development, less any and all net rents and other net revenues received from the operation of the real and personal property on the development site during construction.

(11) Housing sponsor, healthcare sponsor or sponsor means individuals, joint ventures, partnerships, limited partnerships, trusts, firms, associations, or other legal entities or any combination thereof, corporations, cooperatives, and condominiums, approved by the corporation as qualified either to own, construct, acquire, rehabilitate, operate, manage, or maintain a housing development, housing project or residential housing or healthcare facilities whether for profit, nonprofit, or organized for limited profit subject to the regulatory powers of the corporation and other terms and conditions set forth in this chapter.

(12) Land development means the process of acquiring land primarily for residential housing construction for persons and families of low and moderate income, or for construction of healthcare facilities, and making, installing, or constructing nonresidential housing or healthcare facility improvements, including water, sewer, and other utilities, roads, streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, storm drainage facilities, and other installations or works, whether on or off the site, which the corporation deems necessary or desirable to prepare the land primarily for residential housing or healthcare facility construction within the state.

(13) Mortgage means a mortgage deed, deed of trust, security agreement or other instrument which shall constitute a lien on real property in fee simple or on a leasehold under a lease having a remaining term, at the time the mortgage is acquired, which does not expire for at least that number of years beyond the maturity date of the obligation secured by the mortgage as is equal to the number of years remaining until the maturity date of the obligation and on related personal property constituting the housing development, housing project, or residential housing.

(14) Mortgage lender means any bank or trust company, federal national mortgage association approved mortgage banker, savings bank, savings and loan association, industrial bank, credit union, national banking association, federal savings and loan association, or federal credit union, or other financial institutions or governmental agencies which are eligible to provide service or otherwise aid in the financing of mortgages on single family residential housing or multifamily residential housing or healthcare facilities located in the state.

(15) Mortgage loan means an interest-bearing obligation secured by a mortgage on land and improvements in the state constituting a housing development or housing project or healthcare facility or residential housing.

(16) Multi-family residential housing means residential housing consisting of five (5) or more family units.

(17) Municipality means any city, town, or other political subdivision of the state.

(18) Persons and families of low and moderate income means persons and families irrespective of race, creed, national origin, or sex deemed by the corporation to require any assistance made available by this chapter on account of insufficient personal or family income, taking into consideration, without limitation, such factors as:

(i) The amount of the total income of those persons and families available for housing needs;

(ii) The size of the family;

(iii) The cost and condition of housing facilities available;

(iv) The eligibility of those persons and families for federal housing assistance of any type predicated upon a low income basis or upon the basis of the age of the persons;

(v) The ability of those persons and families to compete successfully in the normal housing market and to pay the amounts at which private enterprise is providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing, and deemed by the corporation to be eligible to occupy residential housing constructed and financed, wholly or in part, with insured construction loans or insured mortgages, or with other public or private assistance.

(19) Real property means all lands including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, and right, legal or equitable, therein, including terms of years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by those liens.

(20) Residential housing means:

(i) A specific work or improvement within this state whether in single family or multi-family units undertaken primarily to provide dwelling accommodations for persons and families of low and moderate income and for the elderly, including the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of land, buildings, and improvements thereto, and other non-housing facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto; and

(ii) Existing housing owned and occupied by, and shelters for, persons or families of low or moderate income or the elderly.

(21) Shelter means an entity or organization located in the state which provides on-site temporary residential shelter to homeless, abused, battered, or neglected individuals and/or families, and which receives a portion of its operating funds from the state.

(22) Single family residential housing means residential housing consisting of four (4) or fewer family units.

(23) State means the state of Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-159-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-159 / Section 42-159-2
§ 42-159-2. Creation of the commission.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created and established a permanent commission to be known as the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission hereinafter referred to as the commission.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-9-12.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-9 / Section 42-9-12.1
§ 42-9-12.1. Annual gun crimes law enforcement report.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall annually, on or before March 31, make a report in writing to the general assembly showing the transactions of the attorney generals office in relation to the enforcement of law with respect to crimes involving a gun during the prior year ending on December 31.

(b) The report shall contain the total number of cases with respect to charges involving a firearm in all courts in the state of Rhode Island filed during the calendar year. The report shall also contain all cases with respect to charges involving a firearm that have been disposed of during the calendar year:

(1) By trial;

(2) [Deleted by P.L. 2021, ch. 261, § 1 and P.L. 2021, ch. 268, § 1.]

(3) Without jury trial on plea of guilty or nolo contendere; and

(4) By a nol pros; and the number of non-warranted and warranted indictments and informations pending at the end of the year.

(c) The report shall also show the disposition of each case, with the sentences and fines specified in each instance.

(d) The report shall be subdivided by and specifically include each court docket number and the charge or charges associated with it.

(e) For each report beginning with the report due March 31, 2023, the reports shall show whether the firearm or firearms at issue in each case was a rifle, semi-automatic rifle, shotgun, revolver, semi-automatic handgun, or miscellaneous firearm.

(f) The report shall be compiled using statistics provided by the Rhode Island statewide judicial information system and may be supplemented by data maintained by the attorney generals office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-4-9 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-4 / Section 42-4-9
§ 42-4-9. State flower.
Status: in_force

The flower commonly known as the violet (viola sororia) is hereby designated as the state flower.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-99-17 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-99 / Section 42-99-17
§ 42-99-17. Applicability of other laws.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 2 of title 38 (Access to Public Records) and chapter 46 of this title (Open Meetings) and, in addition, the commissioners shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 14 of title 36 (Code of Ethics).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-5.1 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-55 / Section 42-55-5.1
§ 42-55-5.1. Subsidiary corporations.
Status: in_force

(a) To further its purposes, the corporation shall have the power to form one or more subsidiary corporations under either § 7-1.2-101 et seq. or § 7-6-1 et seq. in accordance with the procedures therein contained. Each subsidiary corporation shall be governed by the section under which it is formed, provided that each shall be subject to the same restrictions and limitations as to its powers and purposes to which the corporation is subject under this chapter and shall be deemed a state agency only for the purposes of § 42-46-1 et seq. and § 38-2-1 et seq. The corporation may delegate any of its powers, obligations, and duties under this chapter to any subsidiary corporation by inclusion of its powers, obligations, and duties in the articles of incorporation of the subsidiary corporation. Subsidiary corporations so formed shall constitute legal entities separate and distinct from each other, the corporation, and the state. The corporation shall not be liable for the debts or obligations or for any actions or inactions of its subsidiary corporations unless the corporation expressly agrees otherwise in writing. The corporation may make loans or grants to a subsidiary corporation from time to time to enable the subsidiary corporation to carry out its purposes. The commissioners of the corporation shall constitute all of the directors of each subsidiary corporation.

(b) The state, any municipality or any state commission, public authority, agency, officer, department, board, or division authorized and empowered to enter into agreements with, to grant, convey, lease, or otherwise transfer any property to, or to otherwise transact business with the corporation, shall have the same authorization and power to engage in these activities with each subsidiary corporation of the corporation.

(c) Any subsidiary entity of the corporation whose principal purpose is the acquisition or betterment of real property is, subject to the period of limitations set forth in § 9-1-25, liable in actions of tort only to the extent that those actions do not arise from the performance of any functions found or deemed to be essential or discretionary governmental functions. Any recovery in an action or any recovery by any person in one or more of any actions against the subsidiary entity, its directors, employees, or agents shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per plaintiff in the absence of fraud or willful misconduct. In the absence of fraud or willful misconduct, the directors are not personally liable to any party on account of any action (whether tort or otherwise) arising from or related to the manner or terms of the disposition of the subsidiarys assets, nor shall the manner or terms of the disposition constitute a defense to any obligation owed to the corporation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-51-12 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-51 / Section 42-51-12
§ 42-51-12. Designated state entity.
Status: in_force

(a) The governors commission on disabilities shall be the designated state entity (DSE), pursuant to section 705(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. § 796c). As the DSE, the commission shall apply for and:

(1) Receive, account for, and disburse funds received by the state under Part B based on the state independent living plan (SILP);

(2) Provide administrative support services for a program under Part B;

(3) Keep such records, and afford such access to such records, as the administrator finds to be necessary with respect to the programs;

(4) Submit such additional information or provide such assurances as the administrator may require with respect to the programs; and

(5) Retain not more than five percent (5%) of the funds received by the state for any fiscal year under Part B, for the performance of the services outlined in subsections (a)(1) through (4) of this section. For purposes of these regulations, the five percent (5%) cap on funds for administrative expenses applies only to the Part B funds allocated to the state and to the states required ten percent (10%) Part B match. It does not apply to other program income funds, including, but not limited to, payments provided to the state from the social security administration for assisting social security beneficiaries and recipients to achieve employment outcomes, any other federal funds, or to other funds allocated by the state for independent living (IL) purposes.

(b) The DSE shall carry out its other responsibilities under the act, including, but not limited to, arranging for the delivery of IL services under Part B of the act, and for the necessary and sufficient resources needed by the statewide independent living council (SILC) to fulfill its statutory duties and authorities, as authorized in the approved state plan.

(c) Fiscal and accounting requirements. The DSE shall adopt fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to ensure the proper disbursement of, and accounting for, federal funds provided to centers for independent living (CILs), SILCs, and/or other service providers under the independent living services (ILS) program. The DSE must comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including those in 45 C.F.R. Part 75.

(d) The SILC shall not be established as an entity within a state agency, including the DSE. The SILC shall be independent of and autonomous from the DSE and all other state agencies.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-2.3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-14 / Section 42-14-2.3
§ 42-14-2.3. Minimum policy provisions.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance shall promulgate, on or before January 1, 1987, rules and regulations establishing the minimum provisions that all professional liability insurance policies for licensed healthcare providers, dentists, or dental hygienists must contain. The commissioner shall establish a merit rating plan which shall be based in part on the past claims paid on behalf of the insured.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-113-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-113 / Section 42-113-4
§ 42-113-4. Creation of the Rhode Island housing and conservation board.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby authorized, created, and established a body politic and corporate to be known as the Rhode Island housing and conservation board to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The board is constituted a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the board of the powers conferred by this chapter are deemed and held to be the performance of an essential governmental function of the state.

(b) The board shall consist of fifteen (15) members:

(1) The four (4) non-voting ex-officio members shall include the director of the department of environmental management, or a designee; the secretary of the department of housing, or designee; the executive director of the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, or designee; and the director of the office of statewide planning, or designee.

(2) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint eleven (11) voting members of the general public. The public appointees shall include at least one member representing the interests of the environmental community; one member representing the interests of the conservation and land trust community; one member representing family farm interests; a municipal planner representing a city or town with more than forty thousand (40,000) residents; a municipal planner representing a city or town with less than forty thousand (40,000) residents; one member representing the interests of nonprofit community development corporations; one member representing the interests of the housing land trust community; one member representing the interests of the for-profit developer/builder community; one member representing land use planning/smart growth interests; one member representing a tenant advocacy organization; and one member representing historic preservation. The public appointees should reflect the demographic diversity of the state including, but not limited to, representation from black, brown, and indigenous communities.

(3) Any designee of the four (4) governmental members serving ex-officio as stipulated in subsection (b)(1) of this section or of the three (3) members who is a chair or president of a nongovernmental organization as stipulated in subsection (b)(2) of this section shall be a subordinate of the designator within their respective department, office, or nongovernmental organization. These designees shall represent them at all meetings of the board.

(4) No one shall be eligible for public appointment unless the person is a resident of this state.

(5) Newly appointed and qualified public members and designees of ex-officio members shall, within six (6) months of their qualification or designation, attend a training course that is developed by non-voting ex officio members with board approval and conducted by the chair or the chairs designee and shall include instruction in the subject area of this chapter and chapter 46 of this title, chapter 14 of title 36, and chapter 2 of title 38; and the boards rules and regulations.

(c) Appointments to the board shall be made by December 31, 2026. Public members of the board appointed by the governor will be appointed for three-year (3) terms and cannot serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

(d) Annually, the governor shall select from among its public members a chairperson. The board shall elect from among its members a vice-chairperson and any other officers it deems necessary. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chairperson or at the request of three (3) members. A majority of the sitting members shall constitute a quorum and action taken by the board under the provisions of this chapter may be authorized by a majority of the members present and voting at any regular or special meeting.

(e) A majority vote of those present shall be required for action. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all of the rights and perform all of the duties of the board.

(f) Any vacancy which may occur in the board shall be filled accordingly in the same manner as prescribed above.

(g)(1) The governor may appoint and employ an executive director, and it shall be the executive directors duty to:

(i) Supervise and administer allocations made through the trust fund in accordance with this chapter and with the rules and regulations of the board;

(ii) Act as the chief administrative officer having general charge of the office and records and to employ temporarily, subject to the approval of the board, necessary personnel to serve at the executive directors pleasure and who shall be in the unclassified service and whose salaries shall be set by the board;

(iii) Act as executive secretary of the board; and

(iv) Perform other duties as determined by the board, which are in accordance with this chapter and with the rules and regulations of the board.

(2) The governor may remove any member for cause or misconduct in office after giving the member a copy of the charges/allegations against them and an opportunity to be heard, in person, or with or by counsel, in their defense, upon not less than ten (10) days notice. If any member shall be removed, the governor shall file in the office of the secretary of state a complete statement of charges made against the member and the governors findings, together with a complete record of the proceedings.

(3) Whenever public hearings are required under this chapter, or whenever the board determines a public hearing is appropriate, the board shall use reasonable efforts to hold those hearings at a place or places that will reasonably accommodate the interested parties.

(h) The board shall use the office of the attorney general for legal services.

(i) Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, the board shall approve and submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the secretary of state of its activities during that fiscal year. The report shall provide: an operating statement summarizing meetings or hearings held, meeting minutes if requested, subjects addressed, decisions rendered, rules or regulations promulgated, studies conducted, policies and plans developed, approved, or modified, and programs administered or initiated; a consolidated financial statement of all funds received and expended including the source of the funds, a listing of any staff supported by these funds, and a summary of any clerical, administrative, or technical support received; a summary of performance during the previous fiscal year including accomplishments, shortcomings, and remedies; a synopsis of hearings, complaints, suspensions, or other legal matters related to the authority of the board; a summary of any training courses held pursuant to subsection (b)(5) 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 the secretary of states websites as prescribed in § 42-20-8.2.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-153-4 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-153 / Section 42-153-4
§ 42-153-4. Use of radio frequency identification devices for toll payment.
Status: in_force

The personally identifiable information of persons who use radio frequency identification devices to facilitate the payment of tolls shall not be considered public information. Personally identifying information may be released to law enforcement agencies only for: (1) toll enforcement purposes; or (2) for other purposes if accompanied by a court order.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-64-18 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-64 / Section 42-64-18
§ 42-64-18. Reserve funds and appropriations.
Status: in_force

To assure the continued operation and solvency of the Rhode Island commerce corporation for the carrying out of its corporate purposes:

(1) The corporation may create and establish one or more special funds, capital reserve funds, and may pay into each capital reserve fund: (i) any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for the purpose of the fund; (ii) proceeds from the sale of notes or bonds to the extent provided in the resolution or resolutions of the corporation authorizing the issuance thereof; and (iii) any other moneys that may be made available to the corporation for the purpose of that fund from any other source. All moneys held in a capital reserve fund, except as provided, shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of bonds secured in whole or in part by that fund or of the sinking fund payments hereinafter mentioned with respect to the bonds, the purchase or redemption of the bonds, the payment of interest on the bonds or the payment of any redemption premium required to be paid when the bonds are redeemed prior to maturity; provided, that moneys in the fund shall not be withdrawn (except for the purpose of making (with respect to bonds secured in whole or in part by the fund) payment when due of principal, interest, redemption premiums, and the sinking fund payments hereinafter mentioned, for the payment of which other moneys of the corporation are not available) if the withdrawal would reduce the amount of the fund to less than the minimum capital reserve requirement established for the fund as provided in this section. Any income or interest earned by, or incremental to, any capital reserve fund due to the investment of the funds may be transferred by the corporation to other funds or accounts of the corporation if the transfer would not reduce the amount of the capital reserve fund below the minimum capital reserve fund requirement for the fund;

(2) The corporation shall not at any time issue bonds secured in whole or in part by a capital reserve fund if, upon the issuance of the bonds, the outstanding principal balance of such bonds would exceed the sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000), or the amount of the capital reserve fund would be less than the minimum capital reserve required for the fund, unless the corporation, at the time of issuance of the bonds, shall deposit in the fund from the proceeds of the bonds to be issued, or from other sources, an amount that, together with the amount then in the fund, is not less than the minimum capital reserve fund requirement for the fund. For the purpose of this section, the term minimum capital reserve fund requirement means, as of any particular date of computation, an amount of money, as provided in the resolution or resolutions of the corporation authorizing the bonds or notes with respect to which the fund is established, equal to not more than the greatest of the respective amounts, for the current or any future fiscal year of the corporation, of annual debt service on the bonds of the corporation secured in whole or in part by the fund, the annual debt service for any fiscal year being the amount of money equal to the sum of: (i) the interest payable during the fiscal year on all bonds secured in whole or in part by the fund outstanding on the date of computation plus; (ii) the principal amount of all the bonds and bond anticipation notes outstanding on the date of computation that mature during the fiscal year; plus (iii) all amounts specified in any resolution of the corporation authorizing the bonds as payable during the fiscal year as a sinking fund payment with respect to any of the bonds that mature after the fiscal year, all calculated on the assumption that the bonds will after the date of computation cease to be outstanding by reason, but only by reason, of the payment of bonds when due and application in accordance with the resolution authorizing those bonds of all of the sinking fund payments payable at or after the date of computation;

(3) In computing the amount of the capital reserve funds for the purpose of this section, securities in which all or a portion of the funds shall be invested, shall be valued as provided in the proceedings under which the bonds are authorized but in no event shall be valued at a value greater than par;

(4) In order further to assure the continued operation and solvency of the corporation for the carrying out of its corporate purposes, the executive director shall annually, on or before December first, make and deliver to the governor a certificate stating the sum, if any, required to restore each capital reserve fund to the minimum capital reserve fund requirement for the fund. During each January session of the general assembly, the governor shall submit to the general assembly printed copies of a budget including the total of the sums, if any, as part of the governors budget required to restore each capital reserve fund to the minimum capital reserve fund requirement for the fund. All sums appropriated by the general assembly for this purpose, and paid to the corporation, if any, shall be deposited by the corporation in the applicable capital reserve fund;

(5) All amounts paid over to the corporation by the state pursuant to the provisions of this section shall constitute and be accounted for as advances by the state to the corporation and, subject to the rights of the holders of any bonds or notes of the corporation issued before or after, shall be repaid to the state without interest from all available operating revenues of the corporation in excess of amounts required for the payment of bonds, notes, or other obligations of the corporation, the capital reserve funds and operating expenses;

(6) The corporation may create and establish any other fund or funds as may be necessary or desirable for its corporate purposes;

(7) The corporation may by resolution permit the issuance of bonds and notes to carry out the purposes of this chapter without establishing a capital reserve fund pursuant to this section and without complying with the limitations set forth in this section. Bonds and notes issued pursuant to this subsection may be secured by any other funds or methods as the corporation may in its discretion determine by resolution;

(8) On or before January 1 of each year, the Rhode Island commerce corporation shall issue a report on all such bonds issued by the corporations. The report shall include at a minimum the following: a list of each bond issued; the purpose of each bond issued; the amount of each bond issued; the amount of principal and interest of each bond issued paid to date; the outstanding principal balance of each bond issued; and the total outstanding principal balance of all such bonds issued subject to this section. The report shall be transmitted to the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees, with copies to the house and senate fiscal advisors.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-28-23 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-28 / Section 42-28-23
§ 42-28-23. Military credit on retirement.
Status: in_force

Whenever a member of the Rhode Island state police, other than a civilian member, has been granted a leave of absence from the state police to enable the member to serve in the armed forces of the United States in time of war or national emergency, the time during which the member so serves while on leave of absence shall be included in the members state police service for retirement as provided in § 42-28-22, except when the member shall have been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-128-11 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-128 / Section 42-128-11
§ 42-128-11. Administrative support.
Status: in_force

The executive office of housing shall provide administrative support and staffing for the advisory council on housing and homelessness to carry out its responsibilities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-128-6 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-128 / Section 42-128-6
§ 42-128-6. Rhode Island advisory council on housing and homelessness  Membership and terms  Officers  Meetings.
Status: in_force

(a) There hereby is created the advisory council on housing and homelessness which shall have the powers and duties set forth in this chapter.

(b) Membership. The advisory council on housing and homelessness shall have up to twenty (20) members appointed by the governor who have knowledge of, and have a demonstrated interest in, housing issues as they affect low- and moderate-income people and people experiencing homelessness. The members will collectively represent a broad and diverse range of perspectives including, but not limited to, people with lived experience of homelessness, tenants, landlords, nonprofit developers, for-profit developers, homelessness services providers, public housing authorities, representatives of municipalities, builders, building officials, fair housing interests, and community development intermediaries.

(1) The terms of appointed members shall be three (3) years. No member may serve more than two (2) successive terms.

(c) Officers. The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the council. The council shall elect annually a vice-chairperson, who shall be empowered to preside at meetings in the absence of the chairperson.

(d) Expenses. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.

(e) Meetings. Meetings of the council shall be held at least quarterly, or more frequently upon the request of the secretary of housing. A majority of members of the council, not including vacancies, shall constitute a quorum, and no vacancy in the membership of the council shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all of the duties of the council.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-95-3 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-95 / Section 42-95-3
§ 42-95-3. Investment of monies in fund.
Status: in_force

All monies in the fund not immediately required for payment pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be invested by the investment commission, as established by chapter 10 of title 35; provided, however, that the securities in which the fund is invested shall remain a part of the fund until exchanged for other securities; and provided, further, that the income from the investments shall remain a part of the fund and shall be used to reimburse the Rhode Island economic development corporation for interest incurred on behalf of the project for borrowing(s) for:

(1) Purchase of state property pursuant to § 37-7.1-1(b); and

(2) Purchase of city of Providence property pursuant to the provisions of the agreement(s) between the city and the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-107-2 — RI Code / Title 42 / Chapter 42-107 / Section 42-107-2
§ 42-107-2. Terms of office.
Status: in_force

The members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years except that, of the three (3) members originally appointed by each of the appointing authorities, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years and one for a term of three (3) years. The members shall annually elect one of them as chairperson of the commission.