Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

Whenever an appropriation is available for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring land, the officer, board, division, department, or commission authorized to make the purchase or to acquire the land shall not accept any deed nor shall the state controller draw his or her orders u…

(1) Establishment. There is hereby established within the department of attorney general an office of investigation. (2) Scope and purpose. The scope and purpose of the office of investigation shall be: (a) To assist special assistant and assistant attorneys general in carrying o…

Local police officers assigned to the attorney general for the purposes of a specific investigation shall exercise the same powers of arrest exercised by an investigator if the power is exercised in that investigation. If a local police officer is assigned to the department of at…

The several assistant attorneys general shall take the engagement prescribed by § 36-1-2 before a justice of the supreme court and shall hold office during the pleasure of the attorney general.

There shall be a treasury department. The head of the treasury department shall be the general treasurer. The general treasurer shall perform the duties required by this chapter, chapters 11 and 15 [repealed] of title 5; chapter 4 of title 35; chapter 21 of title 44; and all othe…

The general treasurer shall keep a fair and correct account of all sums of money received into and paid from the treasury during the year.

The general treasurer shall keep an account with each appropriation made by the general assembly, and with each salaried officer of the state, in which the general treasurer shall credit the object for which the appropriation is made with the amount appropriated to the object, an…

(a) The general treasurer shall keep an account with each issue of the state bonds, in which account the state shall be charged with the amount of the bonds contained in that issue and in which the numbers of the bonds shall be set forth; and the state shall be credited with the …

The general treasurer shall pay from the state treasury on orders of the state controller such sums of money as may from time to time be required for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonded debt, for lawful orders of the governor, and for appropriations made by th…

Before any organization receives a state grant or is appropriated a certain sum of money, said organization shall be required to provide their federal tax identification number or if applicable that it is in compliance with § 501(c)(3) [26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)] of the federal Inter…

The interest and principal of all notes or bonds of this state when due, shall be paid in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness, or its equivalent.

The general treasurer shall require the payment of all balances due into the treasury referred to in § 35-6-34.

The general treasurer shall report to the attorney general every person or town neglecting to pay, at the times required by law, any sum of money due to the state, including any sum which may be due as a result of a delinquency under chapter 6 of title 35, and the attorney genera…

(a) The general treasurer shall present to the general assembly on or before the tenth (10th) day of October in each year a report of the business transacted by the general treasurer’s office during the fiscal year or period next preceding, showing receipts and payments from the …

The report required by § 42-10-17 shall show the payments from each appropriation, whether from an annual or special appropriation and on account of what department, office, board, division, or commission, or for what purpose the payments were made. The statement of payments shal…

In the account of moneys received from the different courts, the general treasurer shall state separately the amounts received from the following sources: (1) entries; (2) other costs; (3) fines; (4) miscellaneous; and the general treasurer shall also state the amounts of revenue…

The general treasurer shall, before entering upon the duties of the general treasurer’s office, give bond to the state with sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the governor in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), for the true and faithful discharge of the d…

The accounts shall also contain a statement of the bonded debt of the state, the amount of each issue outstanding, and the time when the bonds mature and are payable, together with the gross amount of the annual interest thereon and the amount of interest paid, and the amount of …

The accounts shall also contain a statement of the receipts and expenditures on account of the permanent school fund, the Touro fund, and Rhode Island veterans’ home burial lot, under appropriate headings, together with the state and amount of those funds and how the funds are in…

The general treasurer shall, with the report, report all those sums of money which within the general treasurer’s knowledge shall be due to the state from any person, corporation, or town, by virtue of any of the revenue laws, and what amount from each; and also report all breach…

(a) The general treasurer shall designate the banks or trust companies in which all monies of the state, including pension funds, shall be deposited, and may change the banks and trust companies previously designated. (b) The general treasurer may designate a bank or trust compan…

The general treasurer may: (1) pay fees incurred by the state for banking services with funds from the short-term investment earnings of the general fund and (2) deduct bank service fees directly attributable to funds, other than the general fund; from the earnings credited to su…

The general treasurer is hereby empowered, from time to time, to appoint one or more deputies under the general treasurer who shall be engaged to the faithful performance of the deputy’s duties, and shall, before entering the duties of the deputy’s office, give bond to the state …

The general treasurer may, from time to time in writing, authorize the deputies to do any and all things required of the general treasurer, and the acts of the deputies so authorized shall have the same legal effect as if done by the general treasurer, provided, however, that in …

The deputies shall hold office at the pleasure of the general treasurer.

The general treasurer may employ a clerk in the general treasurer’s office, and such additional clerical assistance as the general treasurer may require in the discharge of the general treasurer’s duties.

The general treasurer shall continue to use a seal in the general treasurer’s office. The form of an anchor shall be engraved on said seal; the motto thereof shall be the word “Hope”; and in a circle around the same shall be engraved the words, “General Treasurer of the State of …

The office of the general treasurer shall be in the state house, and shall, except as provided by § 25-1-5, be kept open daily, except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

The general treasurer shall, except as otherwise provided, personally attend to the general treasurer’s official duties; the general treasurer shall be the keeper of the certificates of stocks, notes, and other evidences of property belonging to the permanent school fund and the …

There is hereby established within the executive branch of the state government, a department of administration. The head of the department shall be the director of administration, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall serve …

(a) Findings. The general assembly finds that the people of this state have a fundamental interest in the orderly development of the state; the state has a positive interest and demonstrated need for establishment of a comprehensive, strategic state planning process and the prepa…

(a) There are hereby transferred to the division of planning within the department of administration those powers and duties formerly administered by the employees of the water resources board as provided for in chapter 15 of title 46 (“Water Resources Board”) through chapter 15.…

(a) The director of administration shall approve any contract negotiated jointly with the department of health, for the support by the state of medical education. The support may include appropriations for the education of medical students at public or private educational institu…

(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration those functions formerly administered by the department of community affairs relating to: (1) Local planning assistance; (2) Community development training; and (3) Building code standards committee. (b) In addi…

(a) There is hereby created the Rhode Island organ transplant fund, hereinafter referred to as “the fund”. The general treasurer shall invest and reinvest the same in accordance with § 35-10-2. The department of human services shall administer the organ transplant program. Disbur…

When purchasing paint products or contracting for the painting of public buildings or construction, the department of administration shall prohibit the use of lead paint.

All records and publications selected by state agencies that have been determined to be of permanent value by the state archives shall be printed on alkaline paper which is in keeping with ANSI Standard Z39.48-1984. This includes, but is not limited to, the following materials: a…

(a) It is unlawful for any employee of the state of Rhode Island, or the employee’s designee, to use or permit others to use state-issued credit cards for personal use. (b) For purposes of this section, “personal use” means any use the purpose of which is for personal enjoyment, …

The director of the department of administration shall establish and implement policies and procedures regarding the use of state-issued credit cards and the payment for food and beverages. The policies and procedures shall be consistent with § 42-11-14.2 and shall be contained i…

The department of administration shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To prepare a budget for the several state departments and agencies, subject to the direction and supervision of the governor; (2) To administer the budget for all state departments and agencies, exce…

Notwithstanding the authority of either the board of regents for elementary and secondary education, the board of governors for higher education, or the appointing authorities of the several colleges and institutions within the jurisdiction of the board of governors for higher ed…

(a) There is hereby created as a separate fund within the treasury to be known as the state fleet replacement revolving loan fund which shall be administered by the general treasurer in accordance with the same laws and fiscal procedures as the general funds of the state. This fu…

(a) All sums from the sale of any land and the buildings and improvements thereon, and other real property, title to which is vested in the state, except as provided in § 37-7-15(b) through (d), shall be transferred to an information technology restricted receipt account (ITRR ac…

(a) Within the department, division of enterprise technology strategy and services, there shall be established the Office of Digital Excellence. The purposes of the office shall be to move Rhode Island state government into the 21st century through the incorporation of innovation…

(a) The office of diversity, equity and opportunity (ODEO) shall be established as a division within the department of administration. The purpose of the office shall be to ensure nondiscrimination, diversity, equity, and equal opportunity in all aspects of state government, incl…

(a) Established. Within the department there shall be established the division of enterprise technology strategy and services (ETSS), which shall include the office of information technology, the office of digital excellence (ODE), and the office of library and information servic…