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RI Gen L § 37-23-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-23 - Safety Awareness Programs|Section 37-23-8 - Investigation and prosecution of violations.

§ 37-23-8. Investigation and prosecution of violations.Authorized staff of the department shall enforce all provisions of law relative to the certification of the successful completion of the OSHA ten (10) hour construction safety program. Whenever a complaint is made to the director that the provisions of this chapter are being violated, the director may issue an order to cease and desist from said violation. The director shall thereupon order an administrative penalty on any person, firm, entity or corporation for any violation of the provisions of this chapter, in the amount of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950) per offense on each day in which a violation occurs, or the complaint may be dismissed in accordance with the recommendations.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 593, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-23-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-23 - Safety Awareness Programs|Section 37-23-9 - Subpoena of a witness.

§ 37-23-9. Subpoena of a witness.The department of labor and training shall have the power to subpoena and bring before it or the board of safety awareness any witness to give testimony either orally or by deposition, or both.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 593, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-23-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-23 - Safety Awareness Programs|Section 37-23-10 - Administration of oaths.

§ 37-23-10. Administration of oaths.The director of the department of labor and training and his/her designees shall have the authority to administer oaths to witnesses at a hearing, which the department has authorized by law to conduct, and any other oaths authorized or administered by the department.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 593, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-23-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-23 - Safety Awareness Programs|Section 37-23-11 - Appeals.

§ 37-23-11. Appeals.Any person, firm, entity or corporation who has been assessed a penalty may appeal such to the director within twenty (20) days of receipt of the cease and desist order. The director of the department of labor and training shall refer said appeal to the board. The board, upon completion of any appeal held on a verified complaint, shall present to the director of labor and training, a written report of its findings and recommendations. The director may accept or reject, in whole or in part, the recommended order of the board. The order of the director is final, and a copy of the order shall be immediately served upon the person, firm, or corporation assessed.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 593, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-23-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-23 - Safety Awareness Programs|Section 37-23-12 - Penalties for nonpayment.

§ 37-23-12. Penalties for nonpayment.Any person, firm, entity, or corporation who has violated chapter 23 of title 37, whether duly registered with the office of the secretary of state or not, and has been assessed a fine by the director of labor and training, is hereby required to submit penalties due to the department of labor and training, within thirty (30) days of notice of the penalty, or the director of labor and training shall have the power to institute injunction proceedings in superior court.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 593, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-24-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-24 - The Green Buildings Act|Section 37-24-1 - Short title.

§ 37-24-1. Short title.This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Green Buildings Act."History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 212, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-24-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-24 - The Green Buildings Act|Section 37-24-2 - Legislative findings.

§ 37-24-2. Legislative findings.It is hereby found and declared as follows:(1) Energy costs for public buildings and public projects are skyrocketing and will likely continue to increase.(2) Energy use by public buildings and public projects contributes substantially to the problems of pollution and global warming.(3) Public buildings and public projects can be built and renovated using high-performance methods that save energy; reduce water consumption; improve indoor air quality, and water; preserve the environment; and make workers and students more productive.(4) This law is necessary to more efficiently spend public funds.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 394, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 418, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-24-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-24 - The Green Buildings Act|Section 37-24-3 - Definitions.

§ 37-24-3. Definitions.For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Construction" means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing forty percent (40%) or more of any public structures or buildings, or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property.(2) "Department" means the department of administration.(3) "Equivalent standard" means a high-performance green building standard, other than LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES, that provides a rating system or measurement tool, that, when used, leads to outcomes, similar or equivalent to, LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES outcomes, in terms of green building, green infrastructure, and green site performance; current accepted equivalent standards include green globes, Northeast collaborative high-performance schools protocol; or other equivalent high-performance green building, green infrastructure, and green site standards accepted by the department.(4) "LEED" also, "LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES certified standard" means the current version of the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard referred to as LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES certified. SITES means the U.S. Green Building Council's Sustainable Sites Initiative.(5) "Major facility project" means:(i) A building construction project larger than five thousand (5,000) gross square feet of occupied or conditioned space, and its public real-property site; or(ii) A building renovation project larger than ten thousand (10,000) gross square feet of occupied or conditioned space, and its public real-property site.(6) "Public agency" means every state office, board, commission, committee, bureau, department, or public institution of higher education.(7) "Public facility" means any public institution, public facility, public equipment, or any physical asset owned, including its public real-property site, leased or controlled in whole or in part by this state or any agency or political subdivision thereof.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 39; P.L. 2017, ch. 394, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 418, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-24-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-24 - The Green Buildings Act|Section 37-24-4 - Green building standards.

§ 37-24-4. Green building standards.(a) All major facility projects of public agencies shall be designed and constructed to at least the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES, as provided herein, certified or an equivalent high-performance green building standard. This provision applies to major facility projects or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property that have not entered the design phase prior to January 1, 2010, for LEED, and July 1, 2017, for LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES through December 31, 2020, or for up to four (4) projects, whichever comes first, unless otherwise continued or expanded by the general assembly.(b) All major facility projects of a public school district, where the project receives any funding from the state, shall be designed and constructed to at least the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES, as provided herein, certified standard, or the Northeast Collaborative for High-Performance Schools Protocol, Version 1.1 or above. This provision applies to major facility projects or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property that have not entered the design phase prior to January 1, 2010, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES through December 31, 2020 or for up to four (4) projects, whichever comes first, unless otherwise continued or expanded by the general assembly.(c) A major facility project does not have to meet the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES certified standard or an equivalent high-performance green building standard if:(1) There is no appropriate LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES standard or other high-performance green building standard for that type of building or renovation project or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property. In such case, the department will set lesser green building standards that are appropriate to the project.(2) There is no practical way to apply the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES standard or other high-performance green building standard to a particular building or renovation project or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property. In such case, the department will set lesser green building standards that are appropriate to the project.(d) The provisions related to LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES shall continue through December 31, 2020, for up to four (4) projects selected by the department, subject to evaluation and continuation by the general assembly thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 394, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 418, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-24-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-24 - The Green Buildings Act|Section 37-24-6 - Protection from liability.

§ 37-24-6. Protection from liability.No person, corporation or entity shall be held liable for the failure of a major facility project to meet the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES certified standard or other standards established for the project as long as a good faith attempt was made to achieve the standard set for the project.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 394, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 418, § 1.
RI Gen L § 38-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-1 - Delivery of records on leaving public office.

§ 38-1-1. Delivery of records on leaving public office.Every person who shall hold a public office shall, upon leaving the office, deliver to his or her successor in office, or, if there is no successor, to the public records administration program of the office of secretary of state, all records, books, writings, letters, and documents, kept or received by him or her in the transaction of his or her official business, and to the director of the department of administration all money in his or her hands which he or she shall have received as trust funds from any person or otherwise in the course of his or her official business; and every person who shall, without just cause, refuse or neglect for the space of ten (10) days after request made in writing by any citizen of the state, to deliver as herein required those records, books, writings, letters, or documents, or to pay over those moneys, to the person authorized to receive the requested items, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) and be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 31, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 41, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 42, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 494, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 38-1-1; P.L. 1981, ch. 353, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 167; P.L. 2000, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 38-1-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-1.1 - Definitions.

§ 38-1-1.1. Definitions.For the purpose of this chapter:(1) "Agency" or "public body" shall mean any executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative body of the state, or any political subdivision thereof; including, but not limited to, any department, division, agency, commission, board, office, bureau, authority, any school, fire, or water district, or other agency or quasi-public agency of Rhode Island state or local government which exercises governmental functions, or any other public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity acting on behalf of any public agency.(2) "Public business" means any matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power.(3) "Public record" or "public records" shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, films, sound recordings, or other material regardless of physical form or characteristics made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any agency.(4) "Supervisor of the regulatory body" means the chief or head of a section having enforcement responsibility for a particular statute or set of rules and regulations within a regulatory agency.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 353, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 40; P.L. 2012, ch. 451, § 1.
RI Gen L § 38-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-2 - Delivery of records to lawful custodian.

§ 38-1-2. Delivery of records to lawful custodian.Every person, other than the lawful custodian thereof, who shall have in his or her possession, or under his or her control, any such record, book, writing, letter, or document as is designated in § 38-1-1 and who shall, without just cause, refuse or neglect for the space of ten (10) days after request made in writing by any citizen of the state, to deliver that record, book, writing, letter, or document to the lawful custodian of the records shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) and be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 31, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 41, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 42, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 494, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 38-1-2.
RI Gen L § 38-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-3 - Receptacles for city and town records.

§ 38-1-3. Receptacles for city and town records.It shall be the duty of every city and town to provide fireproof receptacles for records and documents relating to the official business of the city or town where the records and documents may be kept free from injury from any cause. The receptacles shall be of suitable type and subject to approval by the public records administrator. In case of failure of any city or town to provide fireproof receptacles, in accordance with the provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of the public records administrator to furnish receptacles as may be suitable for that purpose, and he or she shall have a claim against the town for that expense, which claim shall be enforced in accordance with § 45-15-5.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 41, § 3; P.L. 1911, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 42, § 3; P.L. 1926, ch. 839, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 494, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 38-1-3; P.L. 1981, ch. 353, § 2.
RI Gen L § 38-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-4 - Keeping of records in vaults provided - Penalty.

§ 38-1-4. Keeping of records in vaults provided — Penalty.When not in use, the records and documents shall be kept in the fireproof rooms, vaults, or safes provided for them. Whoever unlawfully keeps in his or her possession any public record, or unlawfully removes the record from the room in which it is usually kept, or alters, defaces, mutilates, or destroys any public record, or violates any provision of this section, shall, for each offense, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 41, § 4; P.L. 1911, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 42, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 494, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 38-1-4.
RI Gen L § 38-1-5 - 38-1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-5 - 38-1-8 - Repealed.

§ 38-1-5 — 38-1-8. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1910, ch. 645, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1912, ch. 822, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1397, § 1; P.L. 1919, ch. 1732, § 1; P.L. 1920, ch. 1922, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2219, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 36, §§ 5, 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 42, § 5; P.L. 1925, ch. 622, § 2; P.L. 1927, ch. 985, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 494, §§ 5—8; G.L. 1956, §§ 38-1-5 — 38-1-8; Repealed by P.L. 1981, ch. 353, § 3.
RI Gen L § 38-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-9 - Custodian designated.

§ 38-1-9. Custodian designated.The elected or appointed state, county, or municipal officer or officers charged by law with the responsibility of maintaining the office having public records shall be the custodian thereof.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 353, § 4.
RI Gen L § 38-1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-10 - Disposal of records.

§ 38-1-10. Disposal of records.No public official may mutilate, destroy, sell, loan, or otherwise dispose of any public record without the consent of the public records administration program of the secretary of state.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 353, § 4; P.L. 2000, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 38-1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection|Section 38-1-11 - Assistance of the public records administration program.

§ 38-1-11. Assistance of the public records administration program.The public records administration program of the secretary of state shall have the right to examine the condition of public records and shall give advice and assistance to public officials in the solution of their problems of preserving, creating, filing, and making available the public records in their custody. When requested by the program, public officials shall assist the program in the preparation of records control schedules of public records in their custody approved by the head of the agency having custody of the records. Upon review and approval of the schedules by the program, the program shall, subject to the availability of necessary space, staff, and other facilities for those purposes, make available space in its record center for the filing of semi-current records so scheduled and in its public records repository for noncurrent records of permanent value and shall render other assistance as needed, including the microfilming of records so scheduled.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 353, § 4; P.L. 2000, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 38-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-2 - Access to Public Records|Section 38-2-1 - Purpose.

§ 38-2-1. Purpose.The public's right to access to public records and the individual's right to dignity and privacy are both recognized to be principles of the utmost importance in a free society. The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate public access to public records. It is also the intent of this chapter to protect from disclosure information about particular individuals maintained in the files of public bodies when disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 202, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 378, § 1.
RI Gen L § 38-2-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-2 - Access to Public Records|Section 38-2-3.1 - Records required.

§ 38-2-3.1. Records required.All records required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter shall not be replaced or supplemented with the product of a "real-time translation reporter".History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 430, § 1.
RI Gen L § 38-2-3.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-2 - Access to Public Records|Section 38-2-3.2 - Arrest logs.

§ 38-2-3.2. Arrest logs.(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 38-2-3(e), the following information reflecting an initial arrest of an adult and charge or charges shall be made available within forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of a request unless a request is made on a weekend or holiday, in which event the information shall be made available within seventy-two (72) hours, to the extent such information is known by the public body:(1) Full name of the arrested adult;(2) Home address of the arrested adult, unless doing so would identify a crime victim;(3) Year of birth of the arrested adult;(4) Charge or charges;(5) Date of the arrest;(6) Time of the arrest;(7) Gender of the arrested adult;(8) Race of the arrested adult; and(9) Name of the arresting officer, unless doing so would identify an undercover officer.(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to arrests made within five (5) days prior to the request.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 448, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 454, § 2.
RI Gen L § 38-2-3.16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 38 - Public Records|Chapter 38-2 - Access to Public Records|Section 38-2-3.16 - Compliance by agencies and public bodies.

§ 38-2-3.16. Compliance by agencies and public bodies.Not later than January 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the chief administrator of each agency and each public body shall state in writing to the attorney general that all officers and employees who have the authority to grant or deny persons or entities access to records under this chapter have been provided orientation and training regarding this chapter. The attorney general may, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42, promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the requirements of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 448, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 454, § 2.