Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

The Class A Tall Ship, commonly known as the “SSV Oliver Hazard Perry,” is hereby designated as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.

Coffee milk is hereby designated as the official state drink for the state.

The fish commonly known as the “Striped Bass” (morone saxatilis) is designated as the official state fish.

(a) The St. Andrews Society of RI, Inc. is authorized to create, authenticate, and register, at the sole expense of the society, the official tartan of the state, to be called “the state of Rhode Island tartan”. (b) For the purposes of this section, “tartan” means any of many tex…

The Class A size Tall Ship, commonly known as the “SSV Oliver Hazard Perry,” is hereby designated as the official state sailing education vessel.

Calamari is hereby designated as the official state appetizer for the state.

There shall continue to be one seal for the public use of the state; the form of an anchor shall be engraved thereon; the motto thereof shall be the word “Hope”; and in a circle around the outside shall be engraved with the words, “Seal of the State of Rhode Island, 1636”.

The American burying beetle is hereby designated as the official state insect.

The harbor seal is hereby designated as the official state marine mammal.

The coral commonly known as “Northern Star Coral” (Astrangia poculata) is designated as the official state coral.

The trilobite, a fossilized marine animal commonly found in Rhode Island, is hereby designated the state fossil.

The flag of the state shall be white, five feet and six inches (5′6″) fly and four feet and ten inches (4′10″) deep on the pike, bearing on each side in the center a gold anchor, twenty-two inches (22″) high, and underneath it a blue ribbon twenty-four inches (24″) long and five …

(a) The song entitled “Rhode Island’s It for Me,” words by Charlie Hall, music by Maria Day and arrangement by Kathryn Chester, shall be and is hereby established as and declared to be the state song. (b) The words and musical presentation of the state song shall be as follows:

(a) The song entitled “Rhode Island,” words and music by T. Clarke Brown, shall be and is hereby established as and declared to be the state march. (b) The words and the musical presentation of the state march shall be as follows:

The breed of fowl, commonly known as the “Rhode Island red,” is designated, and shall be known, as the official state bird.

The secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed to provide a suitable medal and certificate that would be awarded with official ceremony by the governor on the part of any firefighter, volunteer firefighter, police, or other citizen who saves human life in this state.

For the purpose of carrying § 42-4-6 into effect, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) is hereby annually appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the gene…

The tree commonly known as the “red maple” (acer rubrum) is hereby designated as the state tree.

The flower commonly known as the “violet” (viola sororia) is hereby designated as the state flower.