reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
RI Gen L § 29-7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 29 - Libraries|Chapter 29-7 - State Publications Clearinghouse|Section 29-7-8 - Clearinghouse advisory committee.

§ 29-7-8. Clearinghouse advisory committee.There shall be a state publications clearinghouse advisory committee. The committee shall consist of nine (9) members, five (5) of whom to be selected from the clearinghouse member libraries and appointed by the state librarian to two-year (2) terms. The state librarian and the director of the clearinghouse shall be ex-officio members of the committee. The chairperson of the CRIARL government documents committee or designee, who shall be a member of the CRIARL committee, and a state agency representative designated by the chief library officer shall also be ex-officio members. The purpose of the committee shall be to advise the state librarian and the clearinghouse director on the operation of the state publications clearinghouse for libraries. The committee shall meet quarterly and shall elect a chairperson to preside at meetings, and a secretary to record the meeting minutes and distribute them to the clearinghouse depository libraries.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 101, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 167, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 68, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 72, § 1.
RI Gen L § 29-8-1 - 29-8-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 29 - Libraries|Chapter 29-8 - The Rhode Island Information Resources Management Board|Section 29-8-1 - 29-8-13 - Repealed.

§ 29-8-1 — 29-8-13. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 30-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-1 - Short title.

§ 30-1-1. Short title.Chapters 1 — 14 of this title shall be cited and known as the "Military Code of Rhode Island".History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, G.L. 1956, § 30-1-1.
RI Gen L § 30-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-2 - Male members.

§ 30-1-2. Male members.The militia of the state shall consist of all able-bodied male citizens of the state and all other able-bodied males who have, or shall have, declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, resident within the state, and who shall be more than eighteen (18) years of age and, except as hereinafter provided, not more than forty-five (45) years of age, and such other persons as may upon their own application be enlisted or commissioned therein.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-2.
RI Gen L § 30-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-3 - Female members.

§ 30-1-3. Female members.The governor may authorize the appointment or enlistment of female citizens of the state between the ages of eighteen (18) and forty-five (45) in the medical corps, nursing corps, and other noncombatant branches and services of the national guard or unorganized militia, and while so serving, they shall have the same status as male members of the non-combatant branches and services.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-3.
RI Gen L § 30-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-4 - Classes of militia.

§ 30-1-4. Classes of militia.The militia of the state shall be divided into four (4) classes:(1) The Rhode Island national guard, which shall be sub-divided into the Rhode Island army national guard and the Rhode Island air national guard;(2) The naval militia;(3) The independent chartered military organizations; and(4) The unorganized militia.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-4; P.L. 1962, ch. 66, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-5 - Composition of unorganized militia.

§ 30-1-5. Composition of unorganized militia.The unorganized militia shall consist of all persons liable to service in the militia who are not members of the national guard, naval militia, or independent chartered military organizations.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 3; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-5.
RI Gen L § 30-1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-6 - Enrollment.

§ 30-1-6. Enrollment.Whenever the governor deems it necessary, he or she may order an enrollment to be made of all persons liable to service in the militia. The enrollment shall be accomplished and exemptions from liability to perform militia duty shall be determined and established in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the governor, and the rules and regulations so prescribed shall have the force and effect of law. Any person required to perform any act under this section who neglects or refuses to properly perform that act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 4; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-6.
RI Gen L § 30-1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-7 - Persons exempt.

§ 30-1-7. Persons exempt.The following persons shall be exempt from militia duty:(1) Persons exempt from militia duty by the laws of the United States;(2) Persons who have held the office of governor or lieutenant-governor of the state; and(3) Persons of the following description, so long as they shall remain of the description:(A) The lieutenant-governor;(B) The secretary of state;(C) The attorney general and the assistant attorneys general;(D) The general treasurer;(E) Director of administration;(F) The budget officer and the controller both of the department of administration;(G) The commissioner of the department of education;(H) The members of both houses of the general assembly and the officers of those houses;(I) The justices and clerks of courts of record;(J) The recorder of deeds;(K) Deputy sheriffs;(L) The director of the department of human services;(M) The assistant director of social and rehabilitative services in charge of the community services division;(N) Mayors of cities;(O) Members of the city and town councils;(P) City and town clerks;(Q) City and town treasurers;(R) Ministers of the gospel;(S) Practicing physicians;(T) Superintendents, officers and assistants employed in or about any of the state hospitals, state infirmaries, state reformatories, state prisons, jails or houses of correction;(U) Keepers of lighthouses;(V) Marine pilots;(W) Seamen actually employed on board of any vessel; and(X) Active members of fire companies who are part of the active fire department of the town or city in which they reside, not exceeding twenty (20) persons to any one company, unless otherwise provided by special enactment.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 5; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-7; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 57.
RI Gen L § 30-1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-8 - Conscientious objectors.

§ 30-1-8. Conscientious objectors.All persons who because of religious belief shall claim exemption from militia service, if the conscientious holding of that belief by the person shall be established under the regulations prescribed by the governor, shall be exempted from militia service in a combatant capacity, but no person so exempted shall be exempt from militia service in any capacity that the governor shall declare to be noncombatant.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 5; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-8.
RI Gen L § 30-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-9 - Federal laws and customs applicable.

§ 30-1-9. Federal laws and customs applicable.All acts of the Congress of the United States, regulations issued thereunder, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. §§ 801 — 946), forms, precedents, customs, and usages relating to and governing the army of the United States and the militia shall, insofar as they are applicable and not inconsistent with the constitution of this state, apply to and govern the militia of this state.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 6; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-9.
RI Gen L § 30-1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-10 - Conformity of state provisions to federal law.

§ 30-1-10. Conformity of state provisions to federal law.The intent of chapters 1 — 14 of this title is to conform to all acts and regulations of the United States affecting the same subjects, and all provisions of these chapters shall be construed to effect this purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 7; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-10.
RI Gen L § 30-1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-11 - Command exercised by national guard officer.

§ 30-1-11. Command exercised by national guard officer.Whenever different parts of the militia are ordered out together for any services within the state, or otherwise are on duty together, the senior commissioned officer of the field or line of the national guard shall be in command of all those different parts of the militia.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 8; G.L. 1956, § 30-1-11.
RI Gen L § 30-1-12, 30-1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-1 - Militia|Section 30-1-12, 30-1-13 - Repealed.

§ 30-1-12, 30-1-13. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 30-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-1 - Commander-in-chief.

§ 30-2-1. Commander-in-chief.The governor shall be the captain general and commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 15; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-1.
RI Gen L § 30-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-2 - Staff of commander-in-chief.

§ 30-2-2. Staff of commander-in-chief.There shall be a staff of the commander-in-chief. The staff shall consist of:(1) The adjutant general who shall be chief of staff, commanding general of the Rhode Island army and air national guard, and paymaster general with the rank not to exceed that of major general;(2) The assistant adjutant general who shall be assistant chief of staff;(3) One state judge advocate who shall be an officer of the organized militia; and(4) Eight (8) aides-de-camp who shall be detailed by the commander-in-chief from the commissioned officers of the national guard or naval militia, in active or retired service; provided, however, the commander-in-chief may appoint as five (5) of the eight (8) aides-de-camp honorably discharged commissioned officers, who were in the military or naval services of the United States in time of war; or commissioned officers with the rank of their commissions therein, of the armed forces reserve of the United States or the retired list of officers of the regular armed forces of the United States; and, provided, further, that, when the national guard is absent from the state in the active military service of the United States, the commander-in-chief, in his or her discretion, may detail as aides-de-camp commissioned officers of the state guard, but in no event shall the total number of aides-de-camp on the staff of the commander-in-chief exceed eight (8). Officers detailed from the national guard, the naval militia, or the state guard, shall have the rank of their commissions in the national guard, naval militia, or state guard and shall not be relieved from duty with their organizations during their term of office on the staff of the commander-in-chief. Honorably discharged commissioned officers appointed as aides-de-camp by the commander-in-chief shall have the same rank as they held at the time of their discharge from the military or naval service of the United States or of any higher rank to which they are entitled at the time of their appointment. All aides-de-camp shall hold office during the term of office of the commander-in-chief or at his or her pleasure.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 16; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-2; P.L. 1961, ch. 2, § 1; P.L. 1961, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 64, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-3 - Rules and regulations.

§ 30-2-3. Rules and regulations.The governor may make and publish all necessary rules and regulations and issue such orders as may be necessary for the organization, discipline, government, training, and use of the militia of the state and they shall have the force and effect of law.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 17; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-3.
RI Gen L § 30-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-4 - Approval of vouchers.

§ 30-2-4. Approval of vouchers.The governor shall not be required to sign or approve vouchers provided for in chapters 1 — 14 of this title; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to payments required to be made for expenses and payment of the militia when ordered into service under the provisions of § 30-2-6; and provided, further, that the governor shall have notified the controller, in writing, of his or her desire to avail himself or herself of the provisions of this section, such notification to be effective until withdrawn.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 18; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-4.
RI Gen L § 30-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-5 - Declaration of martial law.

§ 30-2-5. Declaration of martial law.In case of war, invasion, rebellion, insurrection, riot, tumult, public calamity or catastrophe, or other emergency, or imminent danger thereof, or resistance to the laws of this state, or the United States, the governor may, if in his or her judgment the maintenance of law and order and the protection of person and property will thereby be promoted, by proclamation, declare the state, or any part thereof, to be under martial law.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 19; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-5.
RI Gen L § 30-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-6 - Order of militia into service.

§ 30-2-6. Order of militia into service.(a) In case of martial law, war, invasion, rebellion, insurrection, riot, tumult, public calamity or catastrophe, or other emergency, or imminent danger thereof, or resistance to the laws of this state, or the United States, the governor shall order into service all or any part of the militia that he or she may deem necessary, to serve until the exigencies shall have passed. If the occasion be so sudden that the governor cannot be informed and his or her orders received and executed, the adjutant general may order into service all or any part of the militia, with like powers and authority as are herein conferred on the governor.(b) In the event of a request for assistance from the state of Rhode Island or an agency thereof, the governor may order into service all or part of the militia that he or she may deem necessary, to serve for the purposes of providing assistance and support for official state functions, or other state activities for training.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 20; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-6; P.L. 2001, ch. 126, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-7 - Call of boards of officers.

§ 30-2-7. Call of boards of officers.The governor, whenever in his or her opinion it shall be necessary, may call boards of officers for settling military questions or for other purposes relative to good order and discipline.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 21; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-7.
RI Gen L § 30-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-8 - Appointment of temporary officers.

§ 30-2-8. Appointment of temporary officers.Whenever the exigencies of the service require, the governor may appoint such additional officers, with rank not exceeding that of colonel, as may be actually necessary to perform the duties required, and these officers shall receive the same pay and allowances as are allowed officers of similar rank in the national guard; provided, however, that whenever the exigency ceases to exist, the officers appointed under this chapter shall be mustered out of service.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 22; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-8.
RI Gen L § 30-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-9 - Power of governor over organization within militia.

§ 30-2-9. Power of governor over organization within militia.(a) The governor may organize, alter, increase, divide, annex, consolidate, reorganize, disband, or decrease any unit, organization, staff corps, and department whenever, in his or her judgment, the efficiency of the state militia will be thereby increased, or to make the state conform to any table of organization or system of training prescribed by the laws of the United States, or the rules or regulations prescribed thereunder for the organization and training of the national guard.(b) For that purpose, the number of commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men in any unit, organization, staff corps, and department may be increased or diminished and the grades of these commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men may be altered to the extent necessary to conform thereto.(c) No organization of the national guard shall be disbanded, nor its minimum strength reduced, except in conformity with the laws of the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 23; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-9.
RI Gen L § 30-2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-10 - Order of militia into service to meet federal call.

§ 30-2-10. Order of militia into service to meet federal call.(a) Whenever the militia, or any part thereof, is called, ordered, or drafted under the Constitution and laws of the United States, the governor shall order for this service the national guard, the naval militia, if organized, and if the number available is insufficient, he or she shall order out such other part of the militia as may be necessary.(b) Upon the termination of an emergency, all persons drafted for the emergency as national guard when discharged from federal service shall resume their membership in the national guard. These persons shall continue to serve in the national guard until the dates upon which their enlistment entered into prior to the draft would have expired, if uninterrupted, under regulations to be prescribed by the governor.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 24; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-10.
RI Gen L § 30-2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-11 - Order of militia into service for training.

§ 30-2-11. Order of militia into service for training.The governor may order or authorize the militia, or any portion thereof, to perform military duty of every description and to participate, either within or without the state, in drills, instruction, target practice, practice marches, camps of instruction, encampments, maneuvers, assemblages, conferences, schools, or competitions.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 25; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-11.
RI Gen L § 30-2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-12 - Adjutant general - Appointment and duties.

§ 30-2-12. Adjutant general — Appointment and duties.There shall be an adjutant general with rank not to exceed that of lieutenant general. The adjutant general shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years from the time of appointment and until his or her successor shall be appointed in his or her place and stead; provided, however, that this appointment may be revoked by the governor for cause or if the adjutant general shall have been found to be physically unfit for service, as provided by § 30-3-22. The first appointment under this section shall be made on the first Tuesday of January, 1967, or within ten (10) days thereafter, and subsequent appointments shall be made during the similar period in each fourth year thereafter. By virtue of his or her office, the adjutant general shall be the chief of staff to the governor and the commanding general of the Rhode Island army and air national guard; he or she shall be subordinate to only the governor in matters pertaining to the military and naval affairs of the state. The adjutant general shall perform such duties as may be required by chapters 1 — 14 and any other law of the state, and such other duties as pertain to the adjutant general under the regulations and customs of the United States Department of Defense and the laws of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 30; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-12; P.L. 1966, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 229, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 64, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 428, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 195, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 196, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-2-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-13 - Qualifications of adjutant general.

§ 30-2-13. Qualifications of adjutant general.No person shall be eligible to hold the office of adjutant general unless he or she holds, or has held, a commission of at least colonel in the armed forces of the United States, or in a reserve component thereof, and shall have served not less than five (5) years in one or more of the federal services, and shall meet the criteria for federal recognition in the rank to which he or she has been appointed as prescribed by the laws and regulations of the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 30; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-13; P.L. 1966, ch. 229, § 2; P.L. 1969, ch. 64, § 3.
RI Gen L § 30-2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-14 - Bond of adjutant general.

§ 30-2-14. Bond of adjutant general.The governor shall require the adjutant general to give bond to the state in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the governor, to faithfully discharge the duties of his or her office as adjutant general. The costs of the bond are to be paid for by state funds.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 30; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-14.
RI Gen L § 30-2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-2 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces|Section 30-2-15 - Seal of office.

§ 30-2-15. Seal of office.The adjutant general shall have a seal of office approved by the governor, and all papers and copies thereof in the military division of the executive department duly certified and authenticated under that seal shall be evidence in like manner as if the original were produced.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 30; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-15.