Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

Unless otherwise expressly provided by this title, the head of a department, division, or other administrative agency whose functions, powers, and duties were assigned and transferred to another department or agency by chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939, shall deliver to the …

Rules and regulations prepared by any department, division, board, commission, or other agency existing on February 7, 1939, that are not in conflict with this title or with any general law or public law, shall continue to be in force until such time as the director or head of th…

All powers and authority heretofore vested by law in any administrative department or other agency to use a seal or seals shall hereafter be transferred to the proper department or agency in accordance with the transfer of other powers and duties by chapter 660 of the Public Laws…

Any proceeding or other business or matter undertaken or commenced, prior to the passage of chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939, by a department, division, or other administrative agency, the functions, powers, and duties whereof were assigned and transferred to a new departme…

The passage of chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939 shall not affect any acts done, or any right accruing or accrued, or acquired or established, or any remedy for any injury thereto or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil or criminal case before the time when c…

There shall be a commission on interstate cooperation whose duties and functions shall be as follows: (1) To assist and promote foreign and domestic commerce in this state and to cooperate with commissions or officials in other states in any movement to develop or increase such c…

(a) The commission on interstate cooperation shall consist of: (1) The governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the senate president, ex officio; (2) Four (4) members of the senate to be appointed by the president o…

At the January session in each odd-numbered year, the governor shall appoint five (5) qualified electors as members of the commission on interstate cooperation to hold office until the first day of February in the second year after their appointment, and the governor may designat…

The commission on interstate cooperation may elect one of its own members as secretary who, notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter contained, shall receive such compensation as the commission shall determine and who shall hold office at the discretion of the commiss…

The commission on interstate cooperation shall exercise all powers and duties formerly vested by law upon the commission on foreign and domestic commerce, the commission on interstate cooperation, and the commission on interstate compacts affecting labor and industry, which commi…

(a) Membership. There shall be a commission on uniform state laws consisting of: (1) Seven (7) qualified electors, including three (3) members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than two (2) from the same political party; (2) Three (3) members appo…

It shall be the duty of the commission on uniform state laws to examine the subjects of marriage and divorce, insolvency, the form of notarial certificates, the descent and distribution of property, acknowledgment of deeds, the execution and probate of wills, bills of lading, the…

The commission on uniform state laws shall keep a record of all its transactions and shall, at the January session in each year, and may at any other time, make a report of its doings and of its recommendations to the general assembly. The reports shall state in detail the nature…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Safety Grant Administration Office Act.”

Wherever in the general or public laws, there appears the words, “Rhode Island Justice Commission,” it should now read, “public safety grant administration office.”

Employees of the office, other than the executive director, shall be subject to the provisions of the State Merit System Act as set forth in chapters 3 and 4 of title 36 as amended and any further provisions of that act that are enacted by the general assembly.

All other departments and agencies of the state government are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the office and to furnish such information as the office shall require.

The public safety grant administration office shall annually submit a performance report to the governor and the general assembly. This report and other relevant material shall be the basis for determining whether to continue the office, modify the office, or abolish the office.

(a) There is hereby created within the public safety grant administration office, pursuant to the provisions of § 42-26-7, the criminal justice oversight committee for the purpose of maintaining the secure facilities at the adult correctional institutions within their respective …

The executive director of the public safety grant administration office shall provide the committee with such staff, facilities, equipment, and supplies necessary for its operation and maintenance.

The committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) Establish goals or projections annually, based on an analysis of past activity, for each component of the criminal justice system; set capacities for each secure facility; and incorporate inmate population li…

(a) Whenever the overall population of the adult correctional institutions exceeds ninety-five percent (95%) of the annual capacity set by the committee for thirty (30) consecutive days or whenever the prison inmate population of any secure facility within the adult correctional …

(a) There is established in the public safety grant administration office the gang violence prevention advisory committee. The committee exists as a permanent subcommittee of the public safety grant administration office, juvenile justice advisory committee. The committee shall b…

The legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) There is a greater threat to public safety resulting from gang and drug-related activity in and near Rhode Island’s inner cities. (2) Young people, especially at-risk youth, are more vulnerable to gang and drug-related …

The general assembly recognizes and declares that: crime and delinquency are essentially state and local problems; crime and delinquency are complex social phenomena requiring the attention and efforts of the criminal justice system, state, and local governments, and private citi…

(a) There is hereby created within the department of public safety a public safety grant administration office which shall be under the jurisdiction of the governor. (b) The public safety grant administration office shall consist of: (1) a criminal justice policy board; and (2) s…

The public safety grant administration office shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Serve as the state planning agency for administration of federal criminal justice related grant programs including, but not limited to, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Ac…

The chairperson and vice chairperson of the office shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

The criminal justice policy board shall consist of: (1) The attorney general; (2) The superintendent of the state police and director of the department of public safety; (3) The public defender; (4) The director of the department of corrections; (5) The director of the department…

(a) The office may establish and the chairperson may appoint such subcommittees, task forces, or advisory committees it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Appointments to subcommittees, task forces, and advisory committees are not restricted to the membe…

(a) The criminal justice policy board shall meet at the call of the chairperson or upon petition of a majority of the members, but not less than four (4) times per year. (b) A quorum at meetings of the policy board shall consist of a majority of the current membership, and all su…

The criminal justice policy board may establish regional committees to perform such functions as the policy board may direct.

The director of public safety shall appoint a qualified individual from the department of public safety who shall be responsible for the following: (1) Supervise and be responsible for the administration of the policies established by the policy board; (2) Establish, consolidate,…

(a) There is hereby created a special commission affiliated with the board of governors for higher education to be known as the Rhode Island atomic energy commission, consisting of five (5) members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be designated by the governor a…

(a) It shall be the duty of the Rhode Island atomic energy commission: (1) To make studies as to need, if any, for changes in laws and regulations administered by any agency of the state that would arise from the presence within the state of special nuclear materials and by-produ…

The members of the Rhode Island atomic energy commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed all necessary and travel expenses and may employ clerical assistance.

The general assembly shall annually appropriate, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasure…

The governor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the proper authorities of the federal government for the transfer of regulatory responsibilities from the United States Atomic Energy Commission to the state of Rhode Island when such an agreement is recommended by…

(a) Effective July 1, 2018, fees collected by the atomic energy commission for use of the reactor facilities and related services shall be deposited in a restricted receipt account to support the technical operation and maintenance of the agency’s equipment. (b) All revenues rema…

Whenever the word “division” is used in this chapter, it shall be deemed to mean the division of state police herein created, and whenever the word “superintendent” is used, it shall be deemed to mean the superintendent of the division of state police.

The superintendent shall appoint the other members of the division authorized by this chapter for terms of three (3) years each, and may remove any member after a hearing, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the division, and no member so removed shall be eligible to …

The superintendent shall be the executive and administrative head of the state police, and the superintendent is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the governor, to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the examination and qualifications of applicant…

Local police officers assigned to the state police for the purposes of assignment on a statewide task force shall exercise the same powers of arrest exercised by a sworn member of the state police only when working on an investigation authorized under the authority of the superin…

Upon the request of the town council of any town, duly presented to the superintendent, that a member or members of the division be assigned to duty in that town, the superintendent, in the superintendent’s discretion, may assign a member or members of the division to duty in tha…

Upon the request of the director of environmental management, duly presented to the superintendent, that a member or members of the division be assigned to duty with the department of environmental management, the superintendent, in the superintendent’s discretion, may assign a m…

Nothing in §§ 42-28-12 and 42-28-13 shall be construed to make it lawful for the superintendent or anyone acting for the superintendent to incur in behalf of the state any obligation for salaries in excess of the amount appropriated therefor, and the superintendent shall have the…