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RI Gen L § 42-35.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-35.1 - Small Business Regulatory Fairness in Administrative Procedures|Section 42-35.1-5 - Small business enforcement ombudsman.

§ 42-35.1-5. Small business enforcement ombudsman.(a) The director of the department of business regulation shall designate an existing staff member as a "small business regulatory enforcement ombudsman," who shall report to the director of business regulation.(b) The ombudsman shall:(1) Work with each agency with regulatory authority over small businesses to ensure that small business concerns that receive or are subject to an audit, on-site inspection, compliance assistance effort, or other enforcement related communication or contact by agency personnel are provided with a means to comment on the enforcement activity conducted by such personnel;(2) Establish means to receive comments from small business concerns regarding actions by agency employees conducting compliance or enforcement activities;(3) Within six (6) months of appointment, work with each regulating entity to develop and publish reporting policies;(4) Based on substantiated comments received from small business concerns, the ombudsman shall annually report to the general assembly and affected agencies evaluating the enforcement activities of agency personnel, including a rating of the responsiveness of the regulatory agencies policies;(5) Coordinate and report annually on the activities, findings, and recommendations to the general assembly and the directors of affected agencies; and(6) Provide the affected agency with an opportunity to comment on reports prepared pursuant to this chapter, and include a section of the final report in which the affected agency may make such comments as are not addressed by the ombudsman.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 229, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 14, § 5; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 16.
RI Gen L § 42-35.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-35.1 - Small Business Regulatory Fairness in Administrative Procedures|Section 42-35.1-6 - Judicial review.

§ 42-35.1-6. Judicial review.For any regulation subject to this section, a small business that is adversely affected or aggrieved by final agency action is entitled to judicial review of agency compliance with the requirements of this section. Proceedings for review shall be conducted in accordance with § 42-35-15.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 229, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 230, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-35.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-35.1 - Small Business Regulatory Fairness in Administrative Procedures|Section 42-35.1-7 - Expenses.

§ 42-35.1-7. Expenses.The director of administration shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 229, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 230, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-35.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-35.1 - Small Business Regulatory Fairness in Administrative Procedures|Section 42-35.1-8 - Severability.

§ 42-35.1-8. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, for any reason, be judged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter or its application to other persons or circumstances.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 229, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 230, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-36-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-36 - Annual Reports|Section 42-36-1 - Compilation of annual reports.

§ 42-36-1. Compilation of annual reports.(a) All departments, agencies, boards, commissions, or councils in the government of the state of Rhode Island, required by law to submit annual reports, shall do so on the basis of the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 1963. The reports shall be submitted to the director of administration in such manner and form and at such time as he or she may prescribe, and the director shall compile a single annual report comprised of digests of the annual reports of the state's departments, agencies, boards, commissions, or councils.(b) No other department, agency, board, commission, or council shall, unless otherwise directed by the director of administration, have printed its annual report.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-36-1; P.L. 1963, ch. 105, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-36-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-36 - Annual Reports|Section 42-36-2 - Entitlement and distribution of annual reports.

§ 42-36-2. Entitlement and distribution of annual reports.The report shall be entitled "Digest of Annual Reports of State Agencies." It shall be published and distributed by the director of administration to the governor and to members of the general assembly annually in the month of January, and thereafter be made available for public distribution as long as the supply shall last.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-36-2; P.L. 1963, ch. 105, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-37-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-37 - New England State Police Compact|Section 42-37-2 - Alternate administrator.

§ 42-37-2. Alternate administrator.The superintendent of state police is authorized to designate an alternate to serve in his or her place and stead on the New England State Police Administrators Conference as permitted by article III of the compact. However, it is the intention of the legislature that such superintendent of state police shall attend and participate in the work of the conference in person to the maximum extent practicable.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-37-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 106, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-37-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-37 - New England State Police Compact|Section 42-37-3 - Execution by governor.

§ 42-37-3. Execution by governor.The governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute any formal documents which may be necessary to effectuate entry into the compact in substantially the form set forth in this chapter with any state set forth in article II of the compact.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-37-3; P.L. 1965, ch. 106, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-38-1 - 42-38-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-38 - Recreational Building Authority|Section 42-38-1 - 42-38-17 - Repealed.

§ 42-38-1 — 42-38-17. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 42-39-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-39 - New England Interstate Planning Compact|Section 42-39-2 - Member of commission.

§ 42-39-2. Member of commission.The member of the New England interstate planning compact commission who represents this state thereon shall be the director of the department of economic development. The director of the department of economic development may designate an alternate who may act in his or her place and stead as contemplated by article IV of the compact; provided, however, that the alternate shall in no event cast a written vote pursuant to the thirty (30) day provision of article VII of the compact.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-39-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 171, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-39-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-39 - New England Interstate Planning Compact|Section 42-39-3 - Renunciation.

§ 42-39-3. Renunciation.Renunciation, within the meaning of article XII of the compact shall be accomplished by act of the legislature repealing the compact and by notice in accordance with that article. In the event of an act of repeal, the governor shall send the necessary notice to all other party states.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-39-3; P.L. 1965, ch. 171, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-39-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-39 - New England Interstate Planning Compact|Section 42-39-4 - Execution by governor.

§ 42-39-4. Execution by governor.The governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute any formal documents which may be necessary in order to effectually enter into the compact in substantially the form provided in this chapter with any other state mentioned in article XI of the compact.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-39-4; P.L. 1965, ch. 171, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-40-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees|Section 42-40-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 42-40-1. Declaration of policy.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.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-40-1; P.L. 1965, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-40-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees|Section 42-40-2 - Definitions.

§ 42-40-2. Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter:(1)"Sending agency" means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which sends any employee thereof to another government agency under this chapter.(2)"Receiving agency" means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which receives an employee of another government under this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-40-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-40-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees|Section 42-40-3 - Authority to interchange employees.

§ 42-40-3. Authority to interchange employees.(a) Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or any city or town or any school, college, or university operated by the state is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the federal government, another state or locality, or other agencies, municipalities, or instrumentalities of this state as a sending and/or receiving agency.(b) The period of individual assignment or detail under an interchange program shall not exceed thirty-six (36) months, nor shall any person be assigned or detailed for more than thirty-six (36) months during any sixty (60) month period. Details relating to any matter covered in this chapter may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. (Elected officials shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.)History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-40-3; P.L. 1965, ch. 233, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 385, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-40-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees|Section 42-40-3.1 - Attorney general - Interchange of employees with federal government.

§ 42-40-3.1. Attorney general — Interchange of employees with federal government.Notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-40-3, the attorney general of the state of Rhode Island is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, and/or instrumentalities of the federal government. The period of individual assignment or interchange may be for more than one year. Details relating to the interchange may be subject to a written agreement between the sending and receiving agencies and will be subject to the employee's voluntary consent. The attorney general will submit to the director of administration a report of all employee interchanges authorized by this law. The report will also be transmitted to the general assembly in January of each year.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 186, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-40-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees|Section 42-40-4 - Status of employees of this state.

§ 42-40-4. Status of employees of this state.(a) Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in § 42-40-3 may be considered during the participation to be:(1) On detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency, or(2) In a status of leave of absence from their positions in the sending agency.(b) Employees who are on detail shall be entitled to the same salary and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled and shall remain employees of the sending agency for all other purposes except that the supervision of their duties during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.(c) Employees who are in a leave of absence status as provided herein shall be carried on leave without pay: provided, that they may be granted annual leave or other time off with pay to the extent authorized by law and may be granted authorized sick leave in circumstances considered by the sending agency to justify that leave. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, employees who are in a leave of absence status shall have the same rights, benefits, and obligations as employees generally who are in such leave status but notwithstanding any other provision of law these employees may be entitled to credit the period of such assignment toward benefits as employees of the sending agency.(d) Any employee who participates in an exchange under the terms of this section who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of an exchange, or sustained in performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated, for the purposes of the sending agency's employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in that act, who has sustained injury in the performance of that duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which he or she is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits under the receiving agency's employee compensation program.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-40-4; P.L. 1965, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-40-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees|Section 42-40-5 - Travel expenses of employees of this state.

§ 42-40-5. Travel expenses of employees of this state.A sending agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of that agency, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay the travel expenses of those employees incurred in connection with their work assignments at the receiving agency. If the assignment or detail will be for a period of time exceeding eight (8) months, travel expenses may include expenses of transportation of immediate family, household goods, and personal effects to and from the location of the receiving agency. If the period of assignment is less than eight (8) months, the sending agency may pay a per diem allowance to the employee on assignment or detail.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-40-5; P.L. 1965, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-40-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees|Section 42-40-6 - Status of employees of other governments.

§ 42-40-6. Status of employees of other governments.(a) When any unit of government of this state acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of this chapter may:(1) Be given appointments in the receiving agency covering the periods of such assignments, with compensation to be paid from receiving agency funds or without compensation, or(2) Be considered to be on detail to the receiving agency.(b) Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without regard to the laws or regulations governing the selection of employees of the receiving agency.(c) Employees who are detailed to the receiving agency shall not by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees thereof, except as provided in subsection (d), nor shall they be paid a salary or wage by the receiving agency during the period of their detail. The supervision of the duties of those employees during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.(d) Any employee of a sending agency assigned in this state who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of the assignment, or sustained in the performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for the purpose of receiving agency's employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in that act, who has sustained injury in the performance of that duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which he or she elects to receive similar benefits as an employee under the sending agency's employee compensation program.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-40-6; P.L. 1965, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-40-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-40 - Interchange of Government Employees|Section 42-40-7 - Travel expenses of employees of other governments.

§ 42-40-7. Travel expenses of employees of other governments.A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of the agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this chapter during the period of assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 42-40-7; P.L. 1965, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-41-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-41 - Budgeting, Appropriation and Receipt of Federal Monies|Section 42-41-1 - Short title.

§ 42-41-1. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Budgeting, Appropriation, and Receipt of Federal Monies Act".History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 28, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-41-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-41 - Budgeting, Appropriation and Receipt of Federal Monies|Section 42-41-2 - Purpose.

§ 42-41-2. Purpose.(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to clarify the roles of the state executive and legislative branches in budgeting and appropriating federal monies received by the state to:(1) Assure adherence to state policies and priorities established by statute or executive orders pursuant thereto;(2) Avoid commitments of present state monies or implied commitments of future state monies to replace withdrawn or diminished federal monies except through established budgetary and appropriation processes; and(3) Assure that acceptance and use of such federal monies is in the overall best interest of the state.(b) Furthermore, it is the purpose of this chapter to permit agencies of this state to meet certain administrative requirements for receiving federal grants in aid without delay and without awaiting specific legislation for each grant program.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 28, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-41-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-41 - Budgeting, Appropriation and Receipt of Federal Monies|Section 42-41-3 - Definitions.

§ 42-41-3. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(a)"Agency" means all state offices, departments, divisions, institutions, boards, commissions, councils, committees, or other entities of the executive branch, offices of the judicial branch, and offices of the legislative branch of state government.(b)"Federal monies" means any financial assistance made to a state agency by the United States government, whether a loan, grant, subsidy, augmentation, reimbursement, or in any other form.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 28, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-41-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-41 - Budgeting, Appropriation and Receipt of Federal Monies|Section 42-41-4 - Inclusion of federal funds in budget.

§ 42-41-4. Inclusion of federal funds in budget.Pursuant to § 35-3-7, the budget officer shall henceforth include all federal monies received or anticipated by state agencies as a part of the budget request, showing for each budgetary category the amount of state monies requested by funding the amount of federal monies anticipated or due, the amount of other nonstate monies requested or anticipated, and the total anticipated expenditure from all sources for the respective category.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 28, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-41-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-41 - Budgeting, Appropriation and Receipt of Federal Monies|Section 42-41-5 - Legislative appropriation authority and delegation thereof.

§ 42-41-5. Legislative appropriation authority and delegation thereof.(a) No agency shall establish new, or expand existing programs including any program involving federal or other nonstate monies, beyond the scope of those already established, recognized, and appropriated for by the general assembly until the program and the availability of money is submitted by the agency to the budget officer for recommendations to the general assembly.(b) No state agency may make expenditures of any federal monies, whether such monies are advanced prior to expenditure or as reimbursement, unless such expenditures are made pursuant to specific appropriations of the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 28, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-41-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-41 - Budgeting, Appropriation and Receipt of Federal Monies|Section 42-41-6 - Appropriations not delegated.

§ 42-41-6. Appropriations not delegated.(a) Any federal monies which are received by a state agency after July 1, 1992, which are not otherwise appropriated to that state agency by the annual appropriation acts of the regular session of the general assembly, are hereby appropriated for that state agency for the purpose set forth in such federal grant or receipt, except that no expenditure shall be made from and no obligation shall be incurred against any such federal grant or other federal receipt, which has not been previously appropriated or reappropriated or approved by the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate, until that authorization has been transmitted to the state agency to make expenditure therefrom.(b) State agencies desiring the governor's approval to expend or obligate federal grants or other federal receipts not appropriated or reappropriated by the assembly in the annual appropriation act or supplemental appropriation act shall forward a request to the state budget officer who shall forward a copy to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 28, § 3; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 103.