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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-1.1 - Office of Management and Budget › Section 35-1.1-9. - Cooperation of other state executive branch agencies.

§ 35-1.1-9. Cooperation of other state executive branch agencies.
(a)
The departments and other agencies of the state of the executive branch that have not been assigned to the executive office of management and budget under this chapter shall assist and cooperate with the executive office as may be required by the governor and/or requested by the director of management and budget. This assistance may include, but not be limited to, providing analyses and related backup documentation and information, organizational charts and/or process maps, contractual deliverables, and utilizing staff resources from other departments or agencies for special projects within a defined period of time to improve processes or performance within agencies and/or lead to cost savings.
(b)
Within thirty (30) days following the date of the issuance of a final audit report completed pursuant to § 35-1.1-2(7), the head of the department, agency, or private entity audited shall respond in writing to each recommendation made in the final audit report. This response shall address the department’s, agency’s, or private entity’s plan of implementation for each specific audit recommendation and, if applicable, the reasons for disagreement with any recommendation proposed in the audit report. Within one year following the date on which the audit report was issued, the office may perform a follow-up audit for the purpose of determining whether the department, agency, or private entity has implemented, in an efficient and effective manner, its plan of action for the recommendations proposed in the audit report.
History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 5; P.L. 2023, ch. 79, art. 3, § 5, effective June 16, 2023.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-1.1 - Office of Management and Budget › Section 35-1.1-10. - Organizational reviews and special initiatives.

§ 35-1.1-10. Organizational reviews and special initiatives.
(a)
The director of the office of management and budget is hereby directed to conduct research and analysis to study the programs of the department of transportation and other quasi-transportation related agencies not limited to bridge, vehicle and winter maintenance efficiencies and effectiveness. The director of the office of management and budget is authorized to consult with the appropriate federal agencies and departments that provide funds to, or delegate authority to, the state department of transportation and other quasi-transportation related agencies.
(b)
This plan shall address the goal of improving efficiency of transportation programs; identifying similar programs that are being performed.
(c)
The office of management and budget is directed to report findings, recommendations, and alternative designs to the governor and general assembly no later than November 1, 2012, with copies to the governor, speaker of the house, senate president, chairs of the house and senate finance committees and their respective fiscal advisors.
(d)
The report shall include a strategic plan that outlines the mission, goals, the estimated cost and timelines to implement said recommendations, and the federal and state mandates associated with the current programs. The report shall provide a clear definition of roles and responsibilities, including those responsible for implementing the proposed recommendations. The analysis shall develop outcome measures and an appropriate timeline to measure implementation progress. It shall also include:
(1)
An examination of the various organizational structures in other states, evaluating their strengths and weaknesses, and how they may or may not be applicable in Rhode Island. This should include an evaluation of the best practices regarding efficiencies.
(2)
An analysis of what programs and responsibilities could be more efficiently implemented and managed. This should include, but not be limited to, strategies to reorganize and or centralize transportation programs.
(3)
An evaluation of the federal, state and other revenues that support these programs, and the impacts on revenues and expenses associated with the alternatives and recommendations.
(e)
The department of transportation and other quasi-transportation related agencies shall furnish such advice and information, documentary or otherwise, to the director of the office of management and budget as is deemed necessary or desirable to facilitate the purposes of the study.
History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-1.1 - Office of Management and Budget › Section 35-1.1-11. - Rules and regulations.

§ 35-1.1-11. Rules and regulations.
The office of management and budget shall be deemed an agency for purposes of § 42-35-1 et seq. The director shall make and promulgate such rules and regulations, and establish fee schedules not inconsistent with state law and fiscal policies and procedures as he or she deems necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and to carry out the policy and purposes thereof.
History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-1.1 - Office of Management and Budget › Section 35-1.1-12. - Severability.

§ 35-1.1-12. Severability.
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-2 - Fiscal Year › Section 35-2-1. - State fiscal year.

§ 35-2-1. State fiscal year.
The fiscal year shall be deemed to include the twelve (12) calendar months from July to June, both inclusive.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 35, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 45, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2200, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 46, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1349, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 27, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 35-2-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-2 - Fiscal Year › Section 35-2-2. - Fiscal year in towns and cities.

§ 35-2-2. Fiscal year in towns and cities.
The electors in a financial town meeting of any town qualified to vote on any proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money, or the city council of any city, not having a fiscal year beginning July 1, may vote at any financial town or city council meeting, provided, that the fiscal year in the town or city in which a vote is passed shall thereafter begin with July 1 of each calendar year and end with June 30 of the following calendar year.
History of Section.
P.L. 1961, ch. 34, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-2 - Fiscal Year › Section 35-2-3. - Town of North Providence fiscal year.

§ 35-2-3. Town of North Providence fiscal year.
(a)
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-2-2, the budget commission of the town of North Providence, by vote at a meeting of the commission, is authorized to modify the fiscal year for a town over a four-year period, as follows:
(1)
Establishing a fiscal year from March 1 to March 31 of the following calendar year;
(2)
The succeeding fiscal year to be from April 1 to April 30 of the following calendar year;
(3)
The succeeding fiscal year to be May 1 to May 31 of the following calendar year;
(4)
The succeeding fiscal year to be from June 1 to June 30 of the following calendar year;
(5)
Thereafter the fiscal years to be July 1 to June 30 of the following calendar years.
(b)
In the event that the budget commission of the town of North Providence votes to modify the fiscal year as provided in this section, the commission shall ordain the dates upon which taxes shall be due and payable. The commission shall also determine by resolution the installments in which taxes may be paid, the dates on which penalties for nonpayment shall apply, and the rate of the penalties.
History of Section.
P.L. 1970, ch. 122, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-1. - Budget officer — General powers and duties.

§ 35-3-1. Budget officer — General powers and duties.
(a)
Within the office of management and budget there shall be a budget officer who shall be appointed by the director of administration with the approval of the governor. The budget officer shall be required to:
(1)
Exercise budgetary control over all state departments and agencies and perform management analyses;
(2)
Operate an appropriation allotment system;
(3)
Prepare the annual budget of the receipts and expenditures of the state;
(4)
Develop long term activity and financial programs, particularly capital improvement programs;
(5)
Approve or disapprove all requests for new personnel and to investigate periodically the need of all existing positions in the state service and report thereon to the director of administration; and
(6)
Prepare a five (5) year financial projection of anticipated general revenue receipts and expenditures, including detail of principal revenue sources and expenditures by major program areas, which projection shall be included in the budget submitted to the general assembly pursuant to § 35-3-7.
(b)
The budget officer may approve or disapprove requisitions for equipment, materials, and supplies.
(c)
The budget officer’s duties and powers relating to budgetary controls and personnel requests of the legislative and judicial departments shall be purely ministerial, concerned only with the availability of the funds, and in no event shall the budget officer interpose his or her judgment regarding the wisdom or expediency of items of expenditure.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 62; P.L. 1956, ch. 3696, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-1; P.L. 1968, ch. 99, § 3; P.L. 1980, ch. 146, art. xvi, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 167, art. 20, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 23, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 27, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 11, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 45, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-2. - Annual appropriations for state government.

§ 35-3-2. Annual appropriations for state government.
The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary to pay the administrative and other expenses of the state government.
History of Section.
P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 632, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-3. - Responsibility of budget officer for budget.

§ 35-3-3. Responsibility of budget officer for budget.
The budget officer shall, under the supervision of the governor, prepare the annual state budget, assembling, correlating, and revising the estimates of revenues and requests for appropriations of the various departments of the state government.
History of Section.
P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; P.L. 1940, ch. 881, § 1; P.L. 1947, ch. 1922, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-3.1. - Responsibility of budget officer for budget of resource recovery corporation.

§ 35-3-3.1. Responsibility of budget officer for budget of resource recovery corporation.
On or before December 1 of each year, the budget officer shall review the annual budget submitted by the resource recovery corporation, making such recommendations as he or she may deem proper to the director of administration.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 523, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-4. - Estimates submitted by department heads.

§ 35-3-4. Estimates submitted by department heads.
(a)
On dates determined by the budget officer, but not later than the first day of October in each year, each head of a department of the state government, not including the general assembly or the judiciary, shall assemble, correlate, and revise, with power to increase or decrease, the estimates for expenditures and requests for appropriations for the next ensuing fiscal year of each of the divisions, boards, commissions, officers, bureaus, institutions, or agencies of the state included within his or her department, and, after this revision, shall prepare an itemized departmental estimate of the appropriations necessary to meet the financial needs of the department, including a statement in detail of all moneys for which any general or special appropriation is desired at the ensuing session of the general assembly. The estimate shall be in such form, and in such number of copies, and with such explanation as the budget officer may require, and, on dates determined by the budget officer, but not later than the first day of October in each year, shall be submitted to the governor through the budget officer and to the fiscal advisors of the house and senate.
(b)
The estimates shall also include a supplemental presentation of estimates of expenditures for information resources and information technologies as defined in § 29-8-2 [repealed], regardless of source of financing. The estimate shall include a detailed listing and explanation of expenses and the source of funds and shall be in such form, and in such number of copies, and with such explanation as the budget officer may require. Copies shall be provided directly to the house fiscal advisor, the senate fiscal advisor, and the Rhode Island information resources management board.
History of Section.
P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; P.L. 1940, ch. 881, § 1; P.L. 1947, ch. 1922, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-4; P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 45, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 1, § 14; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 24, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 12, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-4.1. - Department of transportation budget — Tort claims.

§ 35-3-4.1. Department of transportation budget — Tort claims.
In submitting the estimates for expenditures and requests for appropriations, the director of the department of transportation shall provide an estimate of the funds necessary for paying tort claims made pursuant to § 24-8-35.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 380, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-4.2. - Zero base budget review.

§ 35-3-4.2. Zero base budget review.
(a)
The chairperson of the house finance committee and/or the chairperson of the senate finance committee may, from time to time, designate one or more departments to submit zero base budgets. The committee(s) shall consider the objectives, operations, measures of performance, and costs of all activities of each department; explore alternative means of conducting the activities of each department; and evaluate alternative budget amounts for various levels of effort for each activity of each department.
(b)
The committee(s) shall begin zero base budget reviews at the beginning of the fiscal year, and shall complete analysis prior to the governor’s submission of the budget as required in § 35-3-7. Prior to August 1, the chairperson(s) shall communicate to the departments so designated the form and number of copies, and with such explanation as the committee(s) may require.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 38, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-5. - Estimates for legislature and judiciary.

§ 35-3-5. Estimates for legislature and judiciary.
Itemized estimates of the financial needs of the legislature and of the judiciary shall be submitted, without revision, by the budget officer to the governor on or before the first day of October for inclusion in the budget. The Governor shall submit the financial needs as requested by the legislature and judiciary without revision for inclusion in the budget recommendation to the general assembly. The budget officer shall provide copies to the House Fiscal Advisor and the Senate Fiscal Advisor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; P.L. 1940, ch. 881, § 1; P.L. 1947, ch. 1922, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-5; P.L. 1998, ch. 424, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 45, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-6. - Compensation of outside personnel employed in preparation of budget.

§ 35-3-6. Compensation of outside personnel employed in preparation of budget.
Whenever the budget officer shall deem it advisable or necessary to require the attendance of any person other than the director of a department or a person employed by the state in the classified service, to aid and assist him or her in the preparation of the annual budget, the budget officer may compensate the person for his or her attendance and other necessary expenses.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; P.L. 1947, ch. 1922, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-7.1. - Biennial capital development program.

§ 35-3-7.1. Biennial capital development program.
(a)
Biennially, for presentation to the voters at the next general election, a comprehensive plan detailing the capital goods and services required in the upcoming two (2) year period will be presented.
(b)
The plan shall also include consideration of the current capital indebtedness and the proposed capital requirements for all independent authorities created under and by the laws of this state.
(c)
All capital referenda will be presented to the voters at a general election, except, upon a finding of compelling need for the public health, safety, or welfare, the general assembly may present the capital program at a time other than the general election.
History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 12, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-7.2. - Budget officer as capital development officer.

§ 35-3-7.2. Budget officer as capital development officer.
The budget officer shall be a capital development program officer who shall be responsible for:
(1)
The review of all capital development requests submitted by the various state departments, as set forth in chapter 6 of title 42, which shall include all independent boards and commissions and the capital development plans of the Narragansett Bay Commission, Rhode Island infrastructure bank, the Lottery Commission, and all other public corporations, as defined in chapter 18 of this title which plans would be subject to the provisions of § 35-18-3; provided, that, except as provided for in this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the powers of the council on postsecondary education as outlined in chapter 59 of title 16. Capital development requests and plans shall be submitted in such form, with such explanation, in such number of copies, and by such date as the budget officer may require. Copies shall also be provided directly to the house fiscal advisor and the senate fiscal advisor.
(2)
Preparation of a capital budget which shall specify which capital items are proposed for presentation to the electorate at the next general election.
(3)
The activities which will promote capital development planning and develop criteria which can be used to determine appropriate levels of bonded indebtedness.
(4)
Acting as chairperson of the capital development planning and oversight commission which is to be appointed by the governor. The commission, in addition to recommending to the governor the biennial capital budget, shall implement a long-range capital development planning process and shall be responsible for the development of an inventory of state assets to determine the need and prioritization of capital improvements.
(5)
Working with the council on postsecondary education in the development by the council of that portion of the council’s capital development program involving annual general revenues.
History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 12, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 49, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 5, § 14; P.L. 1999, ch. 31, art. 21, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 14, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-8. - Recommendations to meet deficiencies — Submission of appropriation bills.

§ 35-3-8. Recommendations to meet deficiencies — Submission of appropriation bills.
(a)
The budget shall also contain the recommendations of the governor to the general assembly for new taxes, loans, or other appropriate actions to meet any estimated deficiency for the ensuing fiscal year. It shall also be accompanied by a bill or bills for all proposed appropriations.
(b)
In the event that any departments of state government are expected to incur a deficiency within the current fiscal year, the governor shall, on or before the third Thursday in January each year, submit a request for supplemental appropriations on their behalf. Provided, however, in those years that a new governor is inaugurated, the new governor shall submit the request on or before the first Thursday in February. In the event that, prior to or subsequent to the request, the governor determines that additional deficiencies are expected to be incurred, the governor shall submit requests for additional appropriations upon notice of these deficiencies.
(c)
The request presented to the general assembly shall identify the proposed increases and decreases to the original amounts provided in the annual appropriation act provided, that no action shall be taken that will cause an excess of appropriations for revenue expenditures over expected revenue receipts.
History of Section.
P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-8; P.L. 1984, ch. 245, art. XIV, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 11, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 24, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 2, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-9. - Action on bills by house committee — Hearings.

§ 35-3-9. Action on bills by house committee — Hearings.
The budget plan and bill or bills for proposed appropriations, when sent by the governor to the general assembly, shall be referred as soon as practicable to an appropriate committee of the house of representatives, and the committee shall forthwith proceed to the consideration of the bill. The committee shall hear the budget officer upon the bill as a whole or upon any item thereof or any proposed amendment thereto as each may elect, and the committee may summon the budget officer to appear before it and to furnish such information relative to the bill or any item therein, or any proposed amendment thereto, as it may require, and the committee may in its discretion hear the proper person representing any department or agency desiring to be heard with respect to any item or amendment in the bill relating to the department or agency; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit the right of the committee to hold public hearings upon the bill as a whole or upon any item therein, or to summon any person for examination regarding any item contained therein, or for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for a full and proper consideration of the bill. The committee, after the consideration of the bill, shall report the bill with its recommendation endorsed thereon to the house of representatives.
History of Section.
P.L. 1935, ch. 2187, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 62; G.L. 1956, § 35-3-9.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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;
(5)
Surplus or deficiency projections; and
(6)
Progress on any corrective action plans per the most recent annual findings of the auditor general.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 37, § 1; P.L. 2023, ch. 79, art. 3, § 6, effective June 16, 2023.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 35 - Public Finance › Chapter 35-3 - State Budget › Section 35-3-20.2. - Supplemental state budget reserve account.

§ 35-3-20.2. Supplemental state budget reserve account.
(a)
There is hereby created within the general fund a supplemental state budget reserve 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 appropriated to fund any unanticipated general revenue deficit caused by a general revenue shortfall.
(b)
At any time after the third quarter of a fiscal year that it is indicated that total resources which are defined to be the aggregate of estimated general revenue, general revenue receivables, and available free surplus in the general fund will be less than the estimates upon which current appropriations were based, the general assembly may make appropriations from the supplemental state budget reserve account for the difference between the estimated total resources and the original estimates upon which enacted appropriations were based, but only in the amount of the difference based upon the revenues projected at the latest state revenue estimating conference pursuant to chapter 16 of this title as reported by the chairperson of that conference.
(c)
Whenever a transfer has been made pursuant to subsection (b), that transfer shall be considered as estimated general revenues for the purposes of determining the amount to be transferred to the Rhode Island capital plan fund for the purposes of § 35-3-20.1(b).
(d)
The supplemental state budget reserve account shall consist of: (1) Such sums as the state may from time to time directly transfer to the account as authorized in law; and (2) Any amounts transferred pursuant to § 35-6-1(e).
History of Section.
P.L. 2023, ch. 79, art. 2, § 2, effective June 16, 2023.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 the manner and extent to which executive branch agencies achieve intended objectives and outcomes.
(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.
(3)
In order to facilitate the office of management and budget’s performance reviews, agencies must generate and provide timely access to records, reports, analyses, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, contractual deliverables, or other materials available relating to agency programs and operations.
(4)
In order to ensure alignment of executive branch agency operations with the state’s priorities, the office of management and budget may produce, with all necessary cooperation from executive branch agencies, analyses and recommendations to improve program performance, conduct evidence-based budgeting, and respond to sudden shifts in policy environments.
(5)
In order to gain insight into performance or outcomes and inform policymaking and program evaluation, the office of management and budget may lead, manage, and/or coordinate interagency and cross-system collaboration or integration initiatives.
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; P.L. 2023, ch. 79, art. 3, § 6, effective June 16, 2023.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.