Title 37, Title 37 Property and Works

(a) The acquiring authority, with the approval of the state properties committee, is authorized and empowered to rent or lease for a period not exceeding ten (10) years with an option for one renewal for a further period of ten (10) years any land or other real property acquired …

Whenever the state leases, sells, or conveys property, real, personal, or mixed to the refunding bond authority under the provisions of chapter 14 of this title, in connection with a project authorized under the provisions of chapter 14 of this title, all money received by the st…

The governor, upon the request in writing of any interested general officer or the head of any department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state government, may execute a certificate transferring custody, control, and supervision over any land, and all buildings and i…

(a) Every fire district shall have the power and authority to purchase and/or receive gratuitously any tangible personal property state surplus property made available for sale or gift by the state. (b) Any state chartered fire district whose electors have been authorized to asse…

The governor shall file the certificate referred to in § 37-7-6 with the secretary of state who shall place the certificate on file and who shall cause a true copy of the certificate to be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county in which the land or propert…

Whenever, in the opinion of the acquiring authority, an easement or right of way may be granted in land owned or held by the state without thereby jeopardizing the interests of the state, and the granting of the easement or right of way will be for the public good, the acquiring …

(a) The acquiring authority, with the approval of the state properties committee, is authorized and empowered, when it shall serve the public purpose, to grant concessions in or to lease or license any land or building or structure, a part or portion of any governmental facility,…

The department of administration shall have control and supervision of the state house and the state office building.

(a) The director of the department of administration is hereby authorized and empowered to convey or lease for a term of one hundred (100) years the existing Washington county courthouse in West Kingston to the South County center for the arts upon the completion of a new courtho…

When the family court vacates that portion of the Westerly town hall premises which it now owns and occupies, the director of the department of administration is hereby authorized and empowered to convey the state’s entire interest in the premises to the town of Westerly. The con…

The director of the department of administration is hereby authorized and empowered to convey the courthouse in Woonsocket formerly used by the seventh division of the district court to the city of Woonsocket. The consideration for the sale shall be one dollar ($1.00). The city o…

The State of Rhode Island has determined that it no longer needs the property and building thereon which once served the people as the Kent County Courthouse. The Town of East Greenwich has determined that it can use the property and building thereon for municipal purposes. There…

The state of Rhode Island has determined that it no longer needs the property and building thereon which once served the people as the Bristol County Courthouse and as a state house. Therefore, the director of the department of administration is hereby authorized and empowered to…

The state of Rhode Island has determined that it no longer needs the property and buildings which once served the people as the Pawtucket armory. The city of Pawtucket has determined that it can use the property and buildings for municipal purposes. Therefore, notwithstanding any…

The department of administration shall fix the hours for opening and closing the State House, but the hours so fixed shall not prevent access by the public to the offices therein during the time when it is provided by law that they shall be kept open. It shall be the duty of the …

(a) The department may make such arrangements as it deems advisable for the operation of the restaurant in the State House. It may lease the restaurant and may regulate the sale of newspapers and other articles within the building. All money received by it from these or any other…

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the provisions of chapters 8, 9, and 10 of title 36, as amended, shall apply to the employees of the State House restaurant. Any employee shall also be permitted to purchase previous service credits in the retirement system for any…

The department is hereby authorized and directed to maintain flood lights on the State House, so arranged as to illuminate the dome, which shall be illuminated nightly. The department is further authorized, in its discretion, to install other flood lights so arranged as to illumi…

The department shall have an office in the State House or in the state office building, and shall annually in the month of January make a report to the general assembly of its doings for the preceding calendar year.

The department of administration shall provide suitable parking facilities for all legislators, whereby each member of the legislature shall be assigned a parking area. The department shall appoint a member of the capitol police to be on duty in the legislative parking lot, durin…

The design of all public buildings to be constructed, leased, or rented by the state or any municipality of the state must be in compliance with all the standards promulgated by the Rhode Island State Building Code, chapter 27.3 of title 23, which make buildings and facilities ac…

(a) No governmental body or public agency, as defined in § 37-2-7, acting as lessee, shall lease or rent facilities that are not accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. The lessee governmental body or public agency shall provide the state building commissioner …

All members of the capitol police who are assigned to the state house shall be supplied and have on their person a portable communications device while on their tour of duty.

(a) In addition to the requirements set forth in § 37-8-19, the director of the department of administration, in consultation with the state energy office, shall establish, maintain, and implement a system of rebate incentives for the installation of energy efficient sources in s…

All fees and charges collected from users of the parking garage located in the department of administration building shall be deposited as general revenues.

(a) The director of the department of administration shall publish and maintain standards and guidelines for energy conservation and energy cost savings in new, renovated, and newly leased public buildings. The standards shall be, at a minimum, in compliance with the Rhode Island…

The department and the director of administration shall also have supervision of the various military buildings in the custody of the adjutant general; provided, however, that the supervision shall relate only to the construction, repair, maintenance, and janitorial service of th…

(a) In order to encourage and/or accommodate motorcycle parking and to assure, whenever possible, that designated parking spaces for motorcycles are provided in parking areas adjacent to, or within sight of, state, city, and town buildings, every state department or state agency …

(a) The department of administration shall, by January 1, 2026, adopt regulations requiring any public building that is newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled on or after January 1, 2027 to install and maintain at least one universal changing station. (b) The regulations …

The department of administration shall care for and maintain in suitable condition for use by the occupants of the state house and by the public all of the property placed in the custody of the department of administration by the provisions of this chapter.

The director of administration shall select and engage all of the employees in his or her judgment necessary therefor, fix their compensation, and discharge them at his or her pleasure, and shall cause to be purchased all materials, supplies, and tools necessary for the care and …

The State House lot, bounded by Smith, Francis, and Gaspee Streets, in the city of Providence, and the buildings thereon, together with all the paintings, portraits, furniture, furnishings, fittings, fixtures, apparatus, and property of all descriptions belonging to the state con…

No vehicle shall be parked on the terrace of the State House lot located on Smith Street designated as the “North Terrace”.

Wherever in the statutes of this state the words “State House” are used they shall be construed to mean the building upon the lot bounded by Gaspee, Francis, and Smith Streets in the city of Providence. The building in the city of Newport heretofore used for the purpose of a “sta…

The director of the department of administration shall establish and cause to be displayed in the State House a monument commemorating the men and women who served in the armed forces of the United States during the Korean War.

There is hereby created within the general fund a restricted receipts account known as the State House restoration and preservation account. The purpose of the account shall be to accept donations from the State House restoration society, which shall be used exclusively for the r…

The thirteen (13) state seals displayed above the senate chamber shall be painted with the authentic colors as officially adopted by the state which they represent.

The director of the department of administration shall establish and cause to be displayed in the State House a POW/MIA chair of honor commemorating the men and women of the United States armed forces taken as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.

The director of administration shall designate the rooms to be used by the committees, boards, departments, divisions, commissions, officers, or persons now or hereafter authorized by law to be provided with offices in the state house, and shall furnish the offices, to the extent…

(a) The priceless battle flags and markers now belonging to the state of Rhode Island, and any that may hereafter be presented to this state, shall be maintained by the department of administration in appropriate cases suitable for their display or presentation in the State House…

The secretary of state shall cause a portrait to be painted of each governor of the state as soon after the governor is inducted into office and also a portrait of any former governor of the state who may be living and whose portrait is not hung in the state house. Whenever any p…

The director of administration is hereby authorized and empowered to determine and administer the policies of use which shall apply to the state auditorium in the Veterans’ Memorial Building, at Providence, Rhode Island; to determine the patterns and standards of performance, ent…

The director of administration is hereby vested with the authority to enter into contracts and agreements for the use of the state auditorium.

The director of administration shall select any clerical and other staff necessary to the administration of duties of the state auditorium.

All income and receipts derived from whatever source and arising out of the use of the auditorium shall be deposited as general revenues.

The physical maintenance and management of the auditorium shall remain and be vested in the department of administration.