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RI Gen L § 35-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-10 - Consideration of bill by senate committee.

§ 35-3-10. Consideration of bill by senate committee.The bill, after passage by the house of representatives in its original form as transmitted by the governor, or as amended by the house, shall be transmitted to and received by the senate in the same manner as other bills are transmitted and received, and, upon receipt thereof by the senate, it shall forthwith be referred to an appropriate committee, which shall proceed to the consideration of the bill in the manner as provided in § 35-3-9 for the consideration of the bill by the committee of the house of representatives.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2187, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-10.
RI Gen L § 35-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-11 - Consideration of budget by senate.

§ 35-3-11. Consideration of budget by senate.The bill, with the endorsement of the committee of the senate thereon, shall be considered by the senate in accordance with the joint rules and orders and rules of the senate, and may be amended in such manner as the senate may determine.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2187, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-11.
RI Gen L § 35-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-12 - Supplements and amendments offered by governor.

§ 35-3-12. Supplements and amendments offered by governor.The governor, before final action by the general assembly, may offer a supplement to the budget and submit amendments in conformity therewith to the accompanying appropriation bill or bills.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-12.
RI Gen L § 35-3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-13 - Revenue appropriations to be within expected receipts - Provision of revenue for additional appropriations.

§ 35-3-13. Revenue appropriations to be within expected receipts — Provision of revenue for additional appropriations.The governor shall submit the budget and the appropriation bill or bills for the fiscal year to the general assembly, which may increase, decrease, alter, or strike out the items contained therein; provided, that no action on its part shall be taken which will cause an excess of appropriations for revenue expenditures over expected revenue receipts. If additional appropriations are deemed necessary by the general assembly, it shall not make the appropriations unless it shall provide the necessary additional revenue therefor.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-13.
RI Gen L § 35-3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-14 - Receipts credited to general fund - Credit of special receipts to specific appropriations - Fees of attorneys for collection of taxes.

§ 35-3-14. Receipts credited to general fund — Credit of special receipts to specific appropriations — Fees of attorneys for collection of taxes.(a) Except as otherwise provided, all revenues of the state, with the exception of funds either exempted in the constitution or held in trust, shall be credited to the general fund, subject to appropriations for all operating expenditures of the state.(b) The governor and the director of administration, upon the petition of the public works division of the department of transportation, may credit the appropriation accounts of the division, under the proper code designations, with the portions of specific receipts of the division deposited by it with the general treasurer; being sums of money derived from the sale of materials or sums of money received from the various cities and towns for highway work or sums of money received from private sources for highway work, as in the judgment of the director of administration are necessary to prevent a depletion of the specific appropriation account under the code designation.(c) The state controller may credit the appropriation accounts of the general fund or any special funds of the state with the receipts from the sale of salvage or surplus items of value when the receipts are the direct result of the activity for which the account or fund is established, unless disposition of the receipts is otherwise provided for by law.(d) Where the director of administration determines that he or she shall engage attorneys to collect delinquent taxes for the tax administrator, authorization to so engage being confirmed hereby, and enters into a written agreement with the attorneys to compensate them on a fee basis for services which they render in effecting the collections, the director is further authorized to permit the attorneys to first deduct the agreed amount of the fee or fees from the amount of collections effected by them, which amount, less the agreed amount of the fee or fees, shall be remitted by the attorneys to the tax administrator within thirty (30) days, and after the deductions, all the remittances shall be credited to the general fund.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; P.L. 1937, ch. 2512, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3375, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-14; P.L. 1964, ch. 58, § 1.
RI Gen L § 35-3-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-15 - Unexpended and unencumbered balances of revenue appropriations.

§ 35-3-15. Unexpended and unencumbered balances of revenue appropriations.(a) All unexpended or unencumbered balances of general revenue appropriations, whether regular or special appropriations, at the end of any fiscal year, shall revert to the surplus account in the general fund, and may be reappropriated by the governor to the ensuing fiscal year and made immediately available for the same purposes as the former appropriations; provided, that the disposition of unexpended or unencumbered appropriations for the general assembly and legislative agencies shall be determined by the joint committee on legislative affairs, and written notification given thereof to the state controller within twenty (20) days after the end of the fiscal year; and furthermore that the disposition of unexpended or unencumbered appropriations for the judiciary shall be determined by the state court administrator, and written notification given thereof to the state controller within twenty (20) days after the end of the fiscal year.(b) The governor shall submit a report of such reappropriations to the chairperson of the house finance committee and the chairperson of the senate finance committee of each reappropriation stating the general revenue appropriation, the unexpended or unencumbered balance, the amount reappropriated, and an explanation of the reappropriation and the reason for the reappropriation by August 20 of each year.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-15; P.L. 1968, ch. 99, § 4; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 79, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 16, § 11; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 43, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 2, § 2.
RI Gen L § 35-3-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-16 - Repealed.

§ 35-3-16. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 62; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-16; P.L. 1968, ch. 99, § 5; P.L. 1981, ch. 427, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 344, art. 15, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 41, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 1, § 10, effective July 1, 1997.
RI Gen L § 35-3-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-17 - Quarterly and monthly allotments.

§ 35-3-17. Quarterly and monthly allotments.After the annual appropriation bill or bills have been passed by the general assembly and signed by the governor, the budget officer shall determine by quarterly or monthly allotments, in accordance with seasonal requirements, the division of amounts to be expended under each appropriation. The budget officer shall make this initial determination within forty-five (45) calendar days of the signing of the annual appropriations bill by the governor. A copy of the initial determination shall be forwarded to the chairperson of the house finance committee and the chairperson of the senate finance committee. Copies of subsequent determinations shall be forwarded in like manner when made.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 62; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-17; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 41, § 1.
RI Gen L § 35-3-17.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-17.1 - Financial statements required from state departments, agencies, and instrumentalities.

§ 35-3-17.1. Financial statements required from state departments, agencies, and instrumentalities.The several state departments, agencies, and public authorities and corporations shall submit to the fiscal advisors of the house and senate, statements of financial conditions and operations within thirty (30) days of the close of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each year. The statements shall include, at a minimum:(1) Account numbers;(2) Allotments;(3) Expenditures to-date;(4) Estimated expenditures to complete the fiscal year; and(5) Surplus or deficiency projections.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 37, § 1.
RI Gen L § 35-3-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-18 - Repealed.

§ 35-3-18. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 62; P.L. 1968, ch. 99, § 6; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 41, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 1, § 4.
RI Gen L § 35-3-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-19 - Availability of funds on failure of general assembly to pass appropriation bill.

§ 35-3-19. Availability of funds on failure of general assembly to pass appropriation bill.In an emergency caused by a failure of the general assembly to pass the annual appropriation bill, the same amounts appropriated in the previous fiscal year shall be available for each department and division thereof, subject to monthly or quarterly allotments, in accordance with seasonal requirements, as determined by the budget officer; provided, that expenditures for payment of bonded indebtedness of the state and interest thereon shall be in such amounts as may be required, regardless of whether or not an annual appropriation bill is passed by the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 62; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-19.
RI Gen L § 35-3-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-21 - Repealed.

§ 35-3-21. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 5, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 596, § 6; P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 12, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 76, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1999, ch. 31, art. 21, § 3, effective July 1, 1999.
RI Gen L § 35-3-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-22 - Affordable housing - rental subsidy account.

§ 35-3-22. Affordable housing — rental subsidy account.(a) There is hereby created within the general fund an affordable housing rental subsidy account, which shall be administered by the state controller and which shall be used solely for the purpose of providing such sums as may be required to fund the affordable housing rental subsidy in accordance with chapter 11.2 of title 42.(b) (1) At the end of each fiscal year following the completion of the post audit of the financial transactions of the state by the state auditor general but prior to the issuance of his or her final audit report as set forth in § 22-13-4, the state controller shall transfer to the affordable housing rental subsidy account twenty percent (20%) of the amount payable into the general revenue fund pursuant to § 42-61-15 for each fiscal year.(2) In carrying out the provisions of subsection (b), the state controller shall initially, at the fiscal year opening, transfer the amount identified as that fiscal year's projected estimate; the transfer shall be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year in order to conform to the requirements of subsection (b).(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general laws to the contrary, for the period beginning July 1, 1994, and ending June 30, 1997, the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation shall annually allocate funds sufficient to carry out the provisions of chapter 11.2 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 5; P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 12, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 69, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 76, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 143, § 1.
RI Gen L § 35-3-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-23 - Interfund transfers.

§ 35-3-23. Interfund transfers.(a) The governor may make an interfund transfer. Prior to making an interfund transfer the governor shall give five (5) days written notification of the proposed interfund transfer to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the chairperson of the house finance committee, the chairperson of the senate finance committee, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the house.(b) An interfund transfer must comply with this section. An interfund transfer can be made under the following circumstances and on the following conditions:(1) The governor must make the findings that:(i) All cash in the general fund, including the payroll clearing account, has been or is about to be exhausted;(ii) The anticipated cash expenditures exceed the anticipated cash available.(2) The governor may make an interfund transfer to the general fund from the:(i) Temporary disability fund created in § 28-39-4;(ii) Intermodal surface transportation fund created in § 35-4-11; and/or(iii) Tobacco settlement financing trust fund created in § 42-133-9.(3) Once in each fiscal quarter from each fund the governor may make an interfund transfer. The fund(s) from which money is transferred must be made whole by June 30th in the same fiscal year as the transfer is made.(4) The interfund transfer may be made notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 28-37-3 and 28-39-4.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 1, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 70; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 8, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 5, art. 2, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 2, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 21.
RI Gen L § 35-3-24.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-24.1 - Program performance measurement.

§ 35-3-24.1. Program performance measurement.(a) Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, the governor shall submit, as part of each budget submitted to the general assembly pursuant to § 35-3-7, performance objectives for each program in the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, estimated performance data for the fiscal year in which the budget is submitted, and actual performance data for the preceding two (2) completed fiscal years. Performance data shall include efforts at achieving equal opportunity hiring goals as defined in the department's annual affirmative action plan. The governor shall, in addition, recommend appropriate standards against which to measure program performance. Performance in prior years may be used as a standard where appropriate. These performance standards shall be stated in terms of results obtained.(b) The governor may submit, in lieu of any part of the information required to be submitted pursuant to subsection (a), an explanation of why the information cannot, as a practical matter be submitted.(c) (1) The office of management and budget shall be responsible for managing and collecting program performance measures on behalf of the governor. The office is authorized to conduct performance reviews and audits of agencies to determine progress towards achieving performance objectives for programs.(2) In order to collect performance measures from agencies, review performance and provide recommendations the office of budget and management is authorized to coordinate with the office of internal audit regarding the findings and recommendations that result from audits conducted by the office.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 80, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 1, § 16; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 7.
RI Gen L § 35-3-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-25 - Enumeration of restricted receipt, general revenue, and federal receipt accounts and debts service charges.

§ 35-3-25. Enumeration of restricted receipt, general revenue, and federal receipt accounts and debts service charges.The appropriations section in each budget bill for any fiscal year shall enumerate for each program and department all restricted receipt account appropriations, all general revenue appropriations, and all federal receipt appropriations, such that total general fund expenditures are listed for each program or agency or department except debt service charges. For this purpose, all debt service charges shall be enumerated as a program within the department of administration.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 105, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 35-3-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-26 - Technology related expenditures.

§ 35-3-26. Technology related expenditures.All expenditures for information resources and information technologies defined in § 29-8-2 [repealed], regardless of source of financing, shall be in conformance with a plan of expenditures approved by the legislature as part of its annual budget review process.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 1, § 23.
RI Gen L § 35-3-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-3 - State Budget|Section 35-3-27 - Reimbursement of debt service costs.

§ 35-3-27. Reimbursement of debt service costs.(a) The Rhode Island airport corporation shall pay to the State of Rhode Island the amount of debt service which would otherwise have been paid if the state had not refunded bonds or defeased with the proceeds from the tobacco securitization executed in June 2002 the general obligation bonds issued for airport purposes.(b) The Narragansett bay water quality management district commission shall pay to the State of Rhode Island the amount of debt service which would otherwise have been paid if the state had not defeased with the proceeds from the tobacco securitization executed in June 2002 the user fee funded guaranteed general obligation bonds.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 103, art. 5, § 1.
RI Gen L § 35-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-4 - State Funds|Section 35-4-1 - Revenue credited to general fund - Exceptions - Deposits.

§ 35-4-1. Revenue credited to general fund — Exceptions — Deposits.All receipts and revenue of the state shall be credited by the general treasurer to the general fund of the state with the exception of receipts or revenue pertaining to the following funds:(1) Permanent school fund;(2) Touro Jewish synagogue fund;(3) Land-grant fund of 1862;(4) Veterans' home fund;(5) United States cooperative vocational education fund;(6) United States industrial rehabilitation fund;(7) Forestry cooperative fund;(8) State sinking fund;(9) Fire insurance fund;(10) Fund for relief of firemen;(11) Fund for relief of policemen;(12) Coastal Resources Management Council Dredge Fund;(13) Funds received from the federal government in accordance with the provisions of parts 1 and 2 of title V of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq.;(14) Any other funds that may by federal law or regulation, or by enactment of the general assembly, be allocated to a specific fund, provided, that nothing contained in this section shall amend or modify: § 19-3.1-9, which pertains to securities deposited by trust companies and national banks having trust departments; § 19-5-15, which pertains to credit unions; nor § 27-1-5, which pertains to deposits of securities by insurance companies with the general treasurer; and(15) Funds received until June 30, 2002, from the northeast dairy compact commission, which was enacted into law in Rhode Island by P.L. 1993, ch. 106, § 2-24-1 et seq. These funds are to be passed from the northeast dairy compact commission through the department of elementary and secondary education to reimburse school districts for school milk that is exempted from the federal over-order price regulation obligation at 7 CFR 1301. These funds are to be placed in a restricted receipt account established within the department of elementary and secondary education separate from all other accounts within the department of elementary and secondary education. All funds deposited in the restricted receipt account established in this section shall be disbursed prior to June 30, 2002.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 51; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2166, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 35-4-1; P.L. 1985, ch. 402, § 4; P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 28, § 3; P.L. 2000, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 469, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 36, § 2.
RI Gen L § 35-4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-4 - State Funds|Section 35-4-2 - Payments to general treasurer - Allocations to specific funds.

§ 35-4-2. Payments to general treasurer — Allocations to specific funds.All revenue of the state of whatever character shall be paid into the hands of the general treasurer and credited to the general funds of the state, except in such cases as the general assembly may by law specifically allocate to a special fund; provided, that any moneys appropriated by law for the establishment of a permanent fund for the support of the public schools, in accordance with the provisions of R.I. Const., Art. XII, shall remain a special fund for that purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 52; G.L. 1956, § 35-4-2.
RI Gen L § 35-4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-4 - State Funds|Section 35-4-3 - Repealed.

§ 35-4-3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 53; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 28, § 1, effective June 7, 1991.
RI Gen L § 35-4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-4 - State Funds|Section 35-4-4 - Safekeeping and disbursement of funds.

§ 35-4-4. Safekeeping and disbursement of funds.All moneys due to the state shall be paid to the general treasurer, who shall be responsible for the safekeeping and proper disbursement thereof according to law.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 33, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 43, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 44, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 24, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 35-4-4.
RI Gen L § 35-4-4.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 35 - Public Finance|Chapter 35-4 - State Funds|Section 35-4-4.1 - State Linked Deposit Policy - Short title.

§ 35-4-4.1. State Linked Deposit Policy — Short title.Sections 35-4-4.1 — 35-4-4.6 shall be known as the "State Linked Deposit Policy", as it will link the deposit of state funds with bank performance as determined by the rating system utilized by federal regulatory authorities in compliance with the provisions of the federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), 12 U.S.C. § 2901 et seq., and the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), 12 U.S.C. § 3331 et seq.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 175, § 1.