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RI Gen L § 22-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-8 - Legislative Council|Section 22-8-3 - Organization of council - Meetings - Expenses of members.

§ 22-8-3. Organization of council — Meetings — Expenses of members.Within two (2) weeks after their designation and appointment, the legislative council shall meet and at this first meeting shall choose a chairperson and a vice-chairperson and may appoint a director of research to perform any duties that the legislative council may designate. The council shall meet as often as may be necessary to perform its duties, provided in any event it shall meet at least once in sixty (60) days and not exceeding twenty-four (24) times in any one calendar year. Meetings of the council shall be at a time and place named by the chairperson. Members of the council shall be compensated for traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in attending the sessions of the council.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 221; G.L. 1956, § 22-8-3.
RI Gen L § 22-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-8 - Legislative Council|Section 22-8-4 - Illegal use of stamp.

§ 22-8-4. Illegal use of stamp.Every person who, not authorized to do so, shall use or misuse the legislative council stamp which is affixed to the explanation portion of legislation or the bill itself or shall cause to make any notation in any manner whatsoever on the explanation portion of legislation or the bill itself that indicates or purports to indicate that it is approved by the legislative council, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or shall suffer both that fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 22-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-9 - Petitions to General Assembly|Section 22-9-1 - Notice to parties adversely affected by petitions.

§ 22-9-1. Notice to parties adversely affected by petitions.Whenever any petition presented to either house of the general assembly shall affect the right or interest of any person other than the petitioner, the petition shall be continued to the time as may be ordered by the house in which it is presented, and notice of the pendency of the petition shall be ordered by that house to be served, at the expense of the petitioner, upon the person who shall be interested adversely to the petitioner in it, as by that house shall be deemed reasonable and proper; but if the petitioner shall have served the adverse party with a copy of the petition thirty (30) days before the commencement of the session of the general assembly at which the petition is presented, with a notice of his or her intention to present the petition, and it shall be made to appear to the general assembly that the notice was reasonable and proper, and was properly given, the petition may be considered whenever it is presented; but no petition affecting the interest of any city or town shall be proceeded with at the session at which it shall be presented, unless notice of the petition, in the manner set forth in this section, shall have been served upon the city or town council in open meeting sixty (60) days prior to the presentation of the petition.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 21, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 27, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 26, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 303, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 22-9-1.
RI Gen L § 22-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-9 - Petitions to General Assembly|Section 22-9-2 - Notice of bill to create corporation with power of eminent domain.

§ 22-9-2. Notice of bill to create corporation with power of eminent domain.Whenever any bill shall be presented to either house of the general assembly to create a corporation which shall be authorized to exercise the right to eminent domain, or which shall have the right to acquire franchises in the streets and highways of any city or town, notice of the pendency of the petition for the passage of the bill shall be given by the petitioners for it in some newspaper published in the city of Providence and also in some newspaper published in the city, town or county where the corporation is sought to be located (or, if there be no newspaper published in the city, town or county, then in some newspaper published in an adjoining city, town or county), for three (3) weeks successively after the presentation of the bill; and the notice shall specify the purpose of the corporation, the place where it is intended to be established, and the towns or cities where the right of eminent domain is to be exercised or the franchises are to be acquired.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 21, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 27, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 26, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 303, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 22-9-2.
RI Gen L § 22-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-1 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-1. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-1.1, 22-10-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-1.1, 22-10-1.2 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-1.1, 22-10-1.2. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 22-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-2 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-2. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 413, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-2.1 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-2.1. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 22-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-3 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-3. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-4 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-4. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-4.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-4.1 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-4.1. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 233, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-5 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-5. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-6 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-6. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 283, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 298, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-7 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-7. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-8 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-8. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 283, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 298, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 46, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 78, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-9 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-9. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 238, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 361, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 505, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 413, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 11, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 428, § 4; P.L. 2006, ch. 429, § 4; P.L. 2008, ch. 264, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 451, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-10 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-10. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 428, § 4; P.L. 2006, ch. 429, § 4; P.L. 2011, ch. 283, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 298, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 121, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-11 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-11. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 413, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-10-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-10 - Lobbying|Section 22-10-12 - [Repealed.]

§ 22-10-12. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 62, § 4, effective January 1, 2017; P.L. 2016, ch. 69, § 4, effective January 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 22-11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-1 - Permanent committee - Composition.

§ 22-11-1. Permanent committee — Composition.There is created a permanent joint committee on legislative services consisting of the president and the minority leader of the senate, the majority and minority leaders from the house of representatives, and the speaker of the house of representatives. The members of the committee shall serve until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 181, art. 6, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 489, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 32.
RI Gen L § 22-11-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-2 - Officers.

§ 22-11-2. Officers.The speaker of the house of representatives shall serve as chairperson of the joint committee and the president of the senate shall serve as vice-chairperson.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 181, art. 6, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 32.
RI Gen L § 22-11-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-3 - Functions.

§ 22-11-3. Functions.(a) It shall be exclusively the responsibility of the joint committee to act upon all administrative matters affecting the operation of the general assembly, including, but not limited to:(1) The preparation of the legislative payrolls;(2) The preparation of requests for the annual operating budget for the general assembly;(3) The control of house and senate appropriations, including expenditures of standing, select, and special committees of the general assembly, except those provided otherwise by law;(4) All printing for the general assembly and its members and staff including, but not limited to, stationery, bills and journals and covers for them, daily calendars, public laws, acts of a local and private nature, and resolutions;(5) The procuring of office space, supplies, equipment, and professional and technical assistants for the general assembly; and(6) The exclusive responsibility for the purchase or rental of and the installation, obtaining, upkeep, and maintenance of electronic voting devices and equipment incidental to the devices, and sound systems for the house of representatives and senate chambers, including, but not limited to, entering into contracts and agreements for the purchase, rental, installation, or maintenance of the equipment and procuring the necessary supplies for the systems.(b) In addition, the joint committee will have exclusive authority on office space allocations and maintenance and repair in this state capitol building for all agencies of government, except the offices of the governor and the offices of the secretary of state.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 181, art. 6, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 201, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 196, § 2; P.L. 1974, ch. 198, art. 5, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 291, art. 11, § 1.
RI Gen L § 22-11-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-3.1 - Rules and regulations.

§ 22-11-3.1. Rules and regulations.(a) The joint committee on legislative services is authorized and empowered to adopt any rules and regulations that are deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a copy of which rules and regulations shall be filed with the secretary of state and available for public inspection; provided, that each permanent and continuing office or agency within the legislative department, established by statute and to which funds are specifically appropriated, will maintain and be responsible for exercising its own internal financial and personnel controls. In the formation of these rules and regulations, the joint committee shall take into consideration and conform to, where practicable, existing policies governing financial and personnel practices within the executive branch of government.(b) The joint committee on legislative services is authorized and empowered to adopt rules and regulations, consistent with the rules of each house of the general assembly, designed to provide electronic services and products to its elected members and, incrementally, to make electronic services and products regarding its proceedings available to the citizens of this state. The joint committee on legislative services shall prioritize general assembly proceedings and legislative information to be made incrementally accessible in a timely manner, including:(1) A list of all members of the general assembly with their addresses and telephone numbers and all committees of the general assembly and their members;(2) The history and status of every bill introduced and amended in each current legislative session;(3) The current calendars of the house and the senate and of all legislative committees;(4) The text of every bill introduced and to be printed in the current legislative session, including the amended or substitute form of each bill, and the text of every bill as enacted;(5) The general laws;(6) The Rhode Island Constitution; and(7) The senate and house journals.(c) It shall be solely and exclusively within the discretion of the joint committee on legislative services, when providing access, to include and require, in written contracts for electronic services and products, provisions that:(1) Protect the security and integrity of the information system of the general assembly;(2) Limit any potential liability of the general assembly in providing public access to electronic services and products;(3) Ensure that access of non-disclosable information is prohibited;(4) Provide protection against intentional or accidental disclosure, modification, or destruction of records.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 99, § 8; P.L. 1988, ch. 489, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 377, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 72.
RI Gen L § 22-11-3.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-3.2 - Law revision director.

§ 22-11-3.2. Law revision director.The joint committee on legislative services is authorized and empowered to appoint a law revision director in charge of law revision, who shall perform the duties as the joint committee on legislative services may prescribe in relation to law revision.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 153, § 3; P.L. 1988, ch. 489, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 21.
RI Gen L § 22-11-3.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-3.3 - Printing and binding of proceedings of general assembly.

§ 22-11-3.3. Printing and binding of proceedings of general assembly.The joint committee on legislative services shall, at the end of each session of the general assembly, cause to be published, with a proper index, a number of copies of the public laws not exceeding three thousand (3,000) that shall have been passed during the session, as compiled and edited by the law revision director of the joint committee on legislative services, to be distributed in the manner provided in § 43-2-5. It shall also cause to be published, with a proper index, a number of copies of the acts of a local and private nature and resolutions not exceeding one thousand (1,000) that shall have been passed at the session, as compiled and edited by the law revision director of the joint committee on legislative services, excluding resolutions of congratulation, commendation, and sympathy to be distributed in the manner provided in § 43-2-5.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 201, § 2; P.L. 1973, ch. 269, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 304, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 22-11-3.2; P.L. 1985, ch. 153, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 489, § 2.
RI Gen L § 22-11-3.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-3.4 - Duties of the law revision director.

§ 22-11-3.4. Duties of the law revision director.(a) In addition to other duties assigned to the law revision director, he or she shall rearrange, rephrase, and consolidate the public laws and acts and resolves of the general assembly so that redundancies may be avoided, obsolete enactments eliminated, contradictions reconciled, omissions supplied, and imperfections cured. The law revision director has no authority either to change the law or to alter the substance of the statutes but shall alert the general assembly annually to specific changes, which may be required. In addition, a report shall be filed annually with the general assembly which shall indicate which sections of the general laws at the previous session had more than one amendment and displaying a copy of the final version of the statute on the first legislative day of the next subsequent session of the general assembly.(b) The law revision director shall, by February 1, 2020, file a report with the general assembly proposing amendments to those sections of the general laws that do not use appropriate disability language as required by § 43-3-7.1. The report shall also include a list of those statutes for which amendments are not being proposed pursuant to § 43-3-7.1 because the director had determined that such amendments could alter the intent of the statute. The report shall be prepared after consultation with the governor's commission on disabilities.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 153, § 3; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 21; P.L. 2019, ch. 40, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 53, § 1.
RI Gen L § 22-11-3.5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-3.5 - Revision of statutes - Gender neutrality.

§ 22-11-3.5. Revision of statutes — Gender neutrality.The law revision director is authorized and empowered to amend statutes for the purpose of making statutory language gender neutral.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 378, § 2.
RI Gen L § 22-11-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-4 - Employees.

§ 22-11-4. Employees.To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the joint committee is authorized to employ a chief legislative clerk and any other legislative assistants, including clerical assistants, that it deems necessary, and to fix the rates of compensation of these employees.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 181, art. 6, § 1.
RI Gen L § 22-11-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-5 - Quarters.

§ 22-11-5. Quarters.The permanent joint committee on legislative services shall be provided with suitable offices in the state house for its staff.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 181, art. 6, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 489, § 2.
RI Gen L § 22-11-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-11 - Joint Committee on Legislative Services|Section 22-11-6 - Annual appropriation.

§ 22-11-6. Annual appropriation.The general assembly shall annually appropriate the sum as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 181, art. 6, § 1.
RI Gen L § 22-12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-12 - Fiscal Notes|Section 22-12-1 - When fiscal notes required.

§ 22-12-1. When fiscal notes required.All bills and resolutions having an effect on the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state, which can be calculated with reasonable accuracy, excepting appropriation measures carrying specific dollar amounts, shall be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement or note which sets forth their estimated dollar effect. The statements or notes shall be known as "fiscal notes," and they shall accompany each such bill or resolution prior to consideration of the house in which the bill or resolution originated. Fiscal notes shall also accompany each bill or resolution that affects any city or town financially.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 204, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 47, § 1.
RI Gen L § 22-12-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-12 - Fiscal Notes|Section 22-12-1.1 - Fiscal notes for administrative rules.

§ 22-12-1.1. Fiscal notes for administrative rules.Whenever a state department or agency proposes to adopt administrative rules in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42, which rules affect the state or any city or town financially, the proposed rules shall be accompanied by a fiscal note. The budget officer shall be responsible, in cooperation with these agencies, for the preparation of the fiscal note, except that the department of revenue, in consultation and cooperation with the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, shall be responsible for the preparation of the fiscal note for bills affecting cities and towns. Fiscal notes shall be returned to the state department or agency proposing to adopt administrative rules within ten (10) calendar days of when the request was made. Copies of all fiscal notes for administrative rules shall be forwarded to the chairperson of the house finance committee, the chairperson of the senate finance committee, house fiscal advisor and senate fiscal advisor.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 213, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 39, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 1.
RI Gen L § 22-12-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 22 - General Assembly|Chapter 22-12 - Fiscal Notes|Section 22-12-2 - Content of fiscal notes.

§ 22-12-2. Content of fiscal notes.Fiscal notes shall, wherever possible, cite effect in dollar amounts for the current fiscal year and estimates for the next two (2) succeeding fiscal years. No comment or opinion relative to the merits of the bill shall be included, excepting however that technical or mechanical defects may be noted. Fiscal notes for bills affecting cities and towns shall cite the effect by city and town.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 204, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 248, § 1.