10 chapters · 67 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 29-5-1. Compact
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The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Because the desire for the services provided by libraries transcends governmental boundaries and can most effecti…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 29-5-2. Compliance with local laws
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No city, town, or library district of this state, hereinafter to be created, shall be party to a library agreement that provides for the construction or maintenance of a library pursuant to article III(c)7 of § 29-5-1, nor pledge its credit in support of that library, or contribu…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 29-5-3. “State library agency” defined
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As used in § 29-5-1, “state library agency”, with reference to this state, means the chief of library services or his or her designated agent.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 29-5-4. Appropriations
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An interstate library district lying partly within this state may claim and be entitled to receive state aid in support of any of its functions to the same extent and in the same manner as these functions are eligible for support when carried on by entities wholly within this sta…