reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
RI Gen L § 30-19-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-19 - Capacity of Minor Veterans|Section 30-19-2 - Execution of mortgages.

§ 30-19-2. Execution of mortgages.Without limiting the generality of § 30-19-1, a minor veteran as described in § 30-19-1 may, with like force, effect, and validity, execute, acknowledge, and deliver mortgages of real property containing such powers of sale, conditions, and covenants as are usual in mortgages taken by savings banks in this state, or mortgages in the form authorized by chapter 11 of title 34, or mortgages containing the same, or substantially the same, powers of sale, conditions, and covenants as are set forth in §§ 34-11-19 — 34-11-22.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1583, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-19-2.
RI Gen L § 30-19-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-19 - Capacity of Minor Veterans|Section 30-19-3 - Purchase of insurance.

§ 30-19-3. Purchase of insurance.A minor veteran may, with like force, effect, and validity, purchase and own policies of insurance relating to real or personal property mortgaged to secure any loan described in § 30-19-1 and may make any policy payable in case of loss to any holder of any mortgage on the property, and may endorse any check, draft, order, or negotiable instrument made payable to such minor in connection with that loan.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1583, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-19-3.
RI Gen L § 30-19-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-19 - Capacity of Minor Veterans|Section 30-19-4 - Power to receive proceeds of guaranteed loan.

§ 30-19-4. Power to receive proceeds of guaranteed loan.The funds loaned on any housing loan guaranteed, in part or in full, under the provisions of federal law may be paid over by the lender to the minor receiving that loan or at the direction of the minor and no person or corporation making payment of those funds shall be responsible for the proper application thereof, and prior to the application of those funds to any purchase or other purpose of that loan, any guardian of the minor shall not have, or be entitled to, the title, possession, or management of those funds and shall not inventory or account for them as part of the estate of the minor.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1583, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-19-4.
RI Gen L § 30-19-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-19 - Capacity of Minor Veterans|Section 30-19-5 - Powers of minor spouse.

§ 30-19-5. Powers of minor spouse.Any minor spouse of any person who under the provisions of federal law is eligible for housing loans and whether or not under guardianship by reason of minority, may, with the same force, effect, and validity as if he or she were eighteen (18) years of age with full legal capacity do all that a minor veteran is empowered to do under §§ 30-19-1 — 30-19-3, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, join with the minor veteran in the execution and delivery of any mortgage or other instrument that may be requisite, necessary, desirable, or incidental to the obtaining of any loan guaranteed, in part or in full, under the provisions of federal law, or to the obtaining of any loan, guaranty, or other benefit thereunder, and, in that mortgage or other instrument, may release curtesy or dower in any property described in the mortgage or other instrument.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1583, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 30-19-5; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 42.
RI Gen L § 30-19-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-19 - Capacity of Minor Veterans|Section 30-19-6 - Supersession of other law - Liberal construction.

§ 30-19-6. Supersession of other law — Liberal construction.The provisions of this chapter shall be given full effect notwithstanding the provisions of § 33-15-13 or any other provisions of law contrary to the provisions of this chapter. This chapter shall be construed liberally so as to enable eligible veterans who are minors and their spouses and the minor spouses of eligible veterans to possess full legal capacity to obtain housing loans guaranteed under or provided under federal law.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1583, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 30-19-6.
RI Gen L § 30-20-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-20 - Veterans' Professional Certificates|Section 30-20-1 - Renewal upon discharge from service.

§ 30-20-1. Renewal upon discharge from service.Any certificate, issued by authority of the laws of this state, authorizing a person to practice a specific profession regulated by the laws of this state or to carry on a special trade or business occupation, which expires while the holder thereof is in the military, naval, or air service of the United States, shall be renewed without further examination, upon payment of the prescribed fee, at any time within four (4) months after the person's discharge from the service.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1453, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-20-1.
RI Gen L § 30-21-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-1 - Reinstatement by previous employer required.

§ 30-21-1. Reinstatement by previous employer required.If any employee enters the land, naval, and air forces of the United States of America, upon his or her honorable discharge from service, his or her former employer, if requested within forty (40) days after honorable discharge and if the employee is still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position, shall reinstate the employee to his or her former employment or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay, unless the employer's circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so, and nothing in this section shall be construed at any time to prevent the employer, if so requested, from restoring any employee by releasing any other employee of like or different status and pay or from granting employment to other honorably discharged servicemembers in the same manner as though they had entered service as employees of that employer. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty of a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1351, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-1.
RI Gen L § 30-21-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-2 - Seniority rights on reemployment by prior employer.

§ 30-21-2. Seniority rights on reemployment by prior employer.Any member of the armed forces of the United States or any citizen of the United States who served in the armed forces of the united nations during World War II shall, upon his or her reemployment by a prior employer within one year after his or her honorable discharge from the armed forces, upon proper proof of his or her service and the length thereof, be given by the employer, in addition to the seniority rights he or she had when he or she left that employment prior to his or her joining the armed forces, additional seniority rights equal to the time he served in the armed forces.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1562, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-2.
RI Gen L § 30-21-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-3 - Repealed.

§ 30-21-3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1562, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-3; Repealed by P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 64, § 1, effective June 21, 1985.
RI Gen L § 30-21-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-4 - Waiver of rights.

§ 30-21-4. Waiver of rights.Any veteran employee described in § 30-21-2 may waive any or all of the rights granted him or her by §§ 30-21-2 — 30-21-7. The form of the waiver shall be prescribed by the director of labor and training.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1562, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-4.
RI Gen L § 30-21-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-5 - Rights of other veterans preserved.

§ 30-21-5. Rights of other veterans preserved.The provisions of §§ 30-21-2 — 30-21-7 shall not apply so as to give any veteran of World War II any preference over any honorably discharged veteran of any other war in which the United States has participated.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1562, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-5.
RI Gen L § 30-21-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-6 - Hiring of unqualified persons not required.

§ 30-21-6. Hiring of unqualified persons not required.Nothing in §§ 30-21-2 — 30-21-7 shall require any employer to hire any person who, in the judgment of the employer, is not qualified for the position.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1562, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-6.
RI Gen L § 30-21-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-7 - Failure to allow proper seniority.

§ 30-21-7. Failure to allow proper seniority.Anyone knowingly violating any provision of §§ 30-21-2 — 30-21-6 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1562, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-7.
RI Gen L § 30-21-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-8 - Preference in public employment - Notice to community service division.

§ 30-21-8. Preference in public employment — Notice to community service division.In every public department and upon all public works of this state, any honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine who served in the army or navy of the United States during the Spanish-American war, Philippine insurrection, China relief expedition, or world war I, and who, having been disabled in service, and at the time of his or her application for employment, is a qualified elector of this state, shall be preferred for appointment and employment. Age, loss of limb, or other physical impairment, which does not in fact incapacitate, shall not disqualify the veteran, if he or she possesses the other requisite qualifications. Whenever any department, division, bureau, board, or commission in this state shall have a vacant position available, the department, division, bureau, board, or commission, shall notify the assistant director of human services in charge of the community services division that a vacancy exists.History of Section.P.L. 1923, ch. 459, § 1; P.L. 1924, ch. 557, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 650, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-8.
RI Gen L § 30-21-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-9 - Custodial service in public buildings.

§ 30-21-9. Custodial service in public buildings.(a) All vacancies that may occur in the employment of janitors, elevator operators, caretakers, or any positions in the custodian service in any building owned or maintained by this state or any department of this state shall be filled in the following order of preference:(1) By war veterans having a service connected disability, whose disability does not in fact handicap them in qualifying for a particular position;(2) By war veterans having a nonservice connected disability, whose disability does not in fact handicap them in qualifying for a particular position; and(3) By war veterans with no disability.(b) This section shall apply to persons who served in the armed forces of the United States during World War I or the Spanish-American War.History of Section.P.L. 1938, ch. 2562, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 650, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-9; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 43.
RI Gen L § 30-21-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-10 - Notice of vacancies in custodial service.

§ 30-21-10. Notice of vacancies in custodial service.The chief of each division shall notify the assistant director of human services in charge of the community services division of any vacancies to be filled in accordance with the provisions of § 30-21-9. He or she shall, in turn, notify all veterans' organizations having a Rhode Island department.History of Section.P.L. 1938, ch. 2562, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 650, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-10.
RI Gen L § 30-21-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-11 - Repealed.

§ 30-21-11. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1938, ch. 2562, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 650, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-11; Repealed by P.L. 1986, ch. 60, § 1, effective May 29, 1986.
RI Gen L § 30-21-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-12 - Appointment to police or fire forces.

§ 30-21-12. Appointment to police or fire forces.Any citizen who has served in the military service of the United States, in the army, navy, or air force thereof, and who has received an honorable discharge therefrom, may be eligible for appointment as a police officer or firefighter in any city or town of this state in the same manner as though that citizen were a qualified elector of the city or town on the date of his or her appointment; provided, however, that the citizen, if registered at any time during the military service, would be a qualified elector of that city or town at the date of that appointment.History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1929, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 132, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 652, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-12.
RI Gen L § 30-21-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-13 - Extension of credits, benefits, and privileges.

§ 30-21-13. Extension of credits, benefits, and privileges.All credits, benefits, and privileges, excepting bonuses, granted and bestowed as of December 7, 1941 by the state upon men or women in the armed forces, shall be extended to include those veterans of the Desert Storm conflict, beginning August 2, 1990, and continuing to the present, honorably discharged from active duty.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 43.
RI Gen L § 30-21-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans|Section 30-21-14 - Preference in private employment.

§ 30-21-14. Preference in private employment.(a) A private employer may adopt an employment policy that provides a preference in hiring or promotion, or both, to a veteran.(b) A policy adopted under this section shall:(1) Be in writing; and(2) Be uniformly applied to employment decisions regarding hiring and promotion.(c) A private employer may require that a veteran submit a Department of Defense DD Form 214 or similar documentation of separation from the U.S. Armed Forces to be eligible for a preference in hiring or promotion pursuant to this section.(d) As used in this section, "veteran" means an individual who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and received an honorable or general discharge.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 348, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-22-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-22 - Extension of Veterans' Benefits|Section 30-22-1 - World War II veterans.

§ 30-22-1. World War II veterans.The provisions of all of the statutes of this state granting benefits or privileges to veterans of any war in which the United States of America has heretofore been engaged, or to the widow or widower or domestic partner or other surviving kin of deceased veterans of that war, shall hereafter be construed to provide for like benefits and privileges for any veteran of World War II who has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, honorably discharged from the armed forces of this nation and to the widow or widower or domestic partner or other surviving kin of any such deceased veteran of said war.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1220, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-22-1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 9; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 44.
RI Gen L § 30-22-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-22 - Extension of Veterans' Benefits|Section 30-22-2 - Merchant marine.

§ 30-22-2. Merchant marine.(a) All credits, benefits, and privileges, excepting bonuses, granted and bestowed as of December 7, 1941 by the state upon men and women in the armed forces of the United States of America and then enjoyed by those armed forces, shall be extended to include members of the American merchant marine service, who, at the date of enlistment, were legal residents of the state; provided, however, that those members of the American merchant marine service shall have been in service for at least six (6) months, but in the event any member shall meet death before the expiration of that six (6) months of service, he or she shall receive all credits, benefits, and privileges to which he or she would have been entitled by this section had death not intervened in that six-months' service.(b) All eligible members under this section shall file with the department of veterans affairs for a discharge certificate on forms provided by the department of veterans affairs for that purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1308, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-22-2; P.L. 1988, ch. 430, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 44.
RI Gen L § 30-22-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-22 - Extension of Veterans' Benefits|Section 30-22-3 - Veterans of undeclared wars or campaigns.

§ 30-22-3. Veterans of undeclared wars or campaigns.The provisions of all of the statutes of this state granting benefits, privileges, or bonuses to veterans of any war in which the United States of America has heretofore been engaged, or to the widow or widower or domestic partner or other surviving kin of deceased veterans of that war, shall hereafter be construed to provide for like benefits, privileges and bonuses for any man or woman of the armed forces who has been engaged heretofore, is now, or may hereafter be engaged in the active conduct of and/or fighting in the Korean Campaign or the conflict in Vietnam or any following campaign or war, declared or undeclared, which the armed forces of the United States of America conduct or in which those forces have a part, and who, having been actively engaged as hereinbefore described, has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, honorably discharged from the armed forces of this nation, and to the widow or widower or domestic partner or other surviving kin of any such deceased veteran of that campaign or war.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2754, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-22-3; P.L. 1968, ch. 17, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 252, § 3; P.L. 1997, ch. 327, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 9; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 44.
RI Gen L § 30-22-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-22 - Extension of Veterans' Benefits|Section 30-22-4 - "Korean service" defined.

§ 30-22-4. "Korean service" defined."Active conduct of and/or fighting in the Korean Campaign" shall mean service by any man or woman of the armed forces of the United States between June 27, 1950, and January 31, 1955, inclusive. Provided, however, that the extension of the date from July 27, 1953, to January 31, 1955, in the definition of Korean service shall not entitle any veteran who served between July 27, 1953, to January 31, 1955, to any bonus previously paid, nor to any veteran's tax exemption pursuant to § 44-3-4.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2754, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3230, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3443, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-22-4; P.L. 1977, ch. 201, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-22-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-22 - Extension of Veterans' Benefits|Section 30-22-5 - "Vietnam service" defined.

§ 30-22-5. "Vietnam service" defined."Active conduct of and/or fighting in the Vietnam Conflict" shall mean service by any man or woman of the armed forces of the United States between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, inclusive. Provided, however, that the extension of the date from August 5, 1964, to February 28, 1961, in the definition of the Vietnam Conflict shall not entitle any veteran who served between February 28, 1961, and August 5, 1964, to any bonus previously paid.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 252, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 20, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-22-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-22 - Extension of Veterans' Benefits|Section 30-22-6 - Domestic partner defined.

§ 30-22-6. Domestic partner defined.For purposes of this chapter, "domestic partner" shall be defined as a person who, prior to the decedent's death, was in an exclusive, intimate, and committed relationship with the decedent, and who certifies, by affidavit, that their relationship met the following qualifications:(1) Both partners were at least eighteen (18) years of age and were mentally competent to contract;(2) Neither partner was married to anyone else;(3) Partners were not related by blood to a degree that would prohibit marriage in the state of Rhode Island;(4) Partners resided together and had resided together for at least one year at the time of death; and(5) Partners were financially interdependent as evidenced by at least two (2) of the following:(i) Domestic partnership agreement or relationship contract;(ii) Joint mortgage or joint ownership of primary residence;(iii) Two (2) of: (A) joint ownership of motor vehicle; (B) joint checking account; (C) joint credit account; (D) joint lease; and/or(iv) The domestic partner had been designated as a beneficiary for the decedent's will, retirement contract, or life insurance.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 10; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 44.