Title 30, Title 30 Affairs and Defense

(a) No funds received from the United States shall be expended under chapters 1 — 14 of this title for any purpose not authorized by federal law or regulations and all other expenditures under those chapters shall be made from funds appropriated by the state. (b) Notwithstanding …

Any citizen of this state may hold a commission in the militia of this state, the national guard of the United States, or any active or reserve component of the United States armed forces without thereby vacating any civil office, position, or commission held by that citizen. The…

Whenever any reference is made to any section of chapters 1 — 14 of this title, or any regulation authorized thereunder, or to any law of this state, or the United States, or the rules and regulations authorized thereunder, that reference shall apply to all amendments and additio…

The provisions of chapters 1 — 14 of this title, insofar as they are substantially the same as the statutes existing prior to April 26, 1956, relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations of those statutes and not as new enactments.

No action or proceeding commenced before April 26, 1956, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of chapters 1 — 14 of this title, but all procedure hereafter taken after April 26, 1956, shall conform to the provisions of those chapters as far as possible.

This chapter may be cited as the “Rhode Island Emergency Management Act”.

(a) It is the intent of the general assembly and declared to be the policy of the state that funds to meet disaster emergencies shall always be available. (b) A disaster emergency funding board is hereby established, composed of the president of the senate, the speaker of the hou…

(a) There is hereby created an emergency claims commission, consisting of three (3) qualified electors of this state, who shall, if deemed necessary, within ten (10) days after the governor proclaims an emergency, be appointed by the presiding justice of the superior court. Any v…

(a) Each city and town of the state shall establish, through local ordinance, a comparable agency, headed by a director, similar to the statewide disaster agency, with powers and duties within their respective jurisdictions similar to those of the agency. This agency shall be kno…

(a) A local disaster emergency may be declared only by the principal executive officer of a political subdivision. It shall not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of seven (7) days except by, or with the consent of, the governing board of the political subdivision. An…

(a) This state hereby enacts into law and enters into the interstate emergency management and disaster compact with all states, as defined therein, which states have enacted or shall hereafter enact the compact in the form substantially as follows: Article 1. The purpose of this …

(a) All functions under this chapter, and all other activities relating to disaster response, are hereby declared to be governmental functions. Neither the state, nor any political subdivision thereof, nor other agencies of the state or political subdivision thereof, nor, except …

Any person controlling real estate or other premises who voluntarily, and without compensation, grants a license or privilege, or otherwise permits the designation or use of the whole or any part or parts of that real estate or premises for the purpose of sheltering persons durin…

If any part, subdivision, or section of this chapter shall be declared unconstitutional, the validity of the remaining parts thereof shall not be affected thereby. If any provision of this chapter, or the application of that provision to any person or circumstance, is held invali…

It shall be the duty of every organization for disaster preparedness and response established pursuant to this chapter, and of the officers thereof, to execute and enforce such orders, rules, and regulations as may be made by the governor under authority of this chapter. Each org…

This chapter shall be construed liberally, but those charged with the exercise or enforcement of its great powers are directed to act with restraint and moderation and with strict regard to the rights of the people.

The purposes of this chapter are: (1) To reduce vulnerability of people and communities of this state to damage, injury, and loss of life and property resulting from natural or man-made catastrophes, riots, or hostile military or paramilitary action or acts of bioterrorism; (2) T…

Wherever in any general or public law, the words “state council of defense”, “Rhode Island state council of defense”, or “council of defense” shall appear, these words shall mean and include the “Rhode Island emergency management agency” as established by this chapter. The “Rhode…

Any person violating any provisions of this chapter or any rule, order, or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both.

As used in this chapter: (1) “Bioterrorism” means the intentional use of any microorganism, virus, infectious substance or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of any such microorganism, virus…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed: (1) To interfere with the course or conduct of a labor dispute except that actions otherwise authorized by this chapter or other laws may be taken when necessary to forestall or mitigate imminent or existing danger to public health or s…

(a) Findings. The general assembly hereby recognizes the paramount importance of establishing an emergency response plan for the transportation of liquefied natural gas within the state. The general assembly hereby also declares that the establishment of the emergency response pl…

(a) There is hereby created within the Rhode Island emergency management agency a committee consisting of twenty-one (21) members, pursuant to the provisions of § 30-15-2 of this chapter, the interoperable communications committee (ICC), for the purpose of addressing the challeng…

The Rhode Island emergency management agency is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the installation, operation, and maintenance of a statewide interoperable communications system for the purpose of promptly collecting, exchanging, disseminating, and distributing infor…

The International Emergency Management Assistance Compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law with any and all of the states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Article I Purpose and Authorities — The International Emergency Management Assistance…

During any declared state or local disaster emergency pursuant to this chapter, mental health and substance use disorder services provided by Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, or other agencies that provide similar services to those seeking support for substance use diso…

(a) There is hereby created within the executive department, the Rhode Island emergency management agency (hereinafter in this chapter called the “agency”), to be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the governor and who shall be in the u…

(a) There is hereby created the Rhode Island emergency management advisory council (hereinafter in this chapter called the “council”). The council will consist of thirty-eight (38) members as follows: (1) Twenty-three (23) ex officio members as follows: (i) The lieutenant governo…

The governor shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this chapter and shall be primarily responsible for emergency management in the state. Aside from powers granted to the governor elsewhere, the governor is hereby specifically authorized to: (1) Issue executive …

(a) The governor, or the governor’s duly designated representative, is authorized to create and establish any number of mobile support units that may be necessary to reinforce disaster organizations in stricken areas with due consideration of the plans of the federal government a…

(a) The governor shall be responsible for meeting the dangers to the state and people presented by disasters. (b) A state of emergency shall be declared by executive order or proclamation of the governor if he or she finds a disaster has occurred or that this occurrence, or the t…

No contract or agreement for the sale or construction of a bomb shelter, so-called, shall be valid unless, before the time of the making of the contract or agreement, the seller, builder, or erector shall have delivered a written statement in the English language to the purchaser…

Each seller, builder, and/or erector of bomb shelters, so-called, shall register his or her name and place of business with the state department of transportation and furnish it with the specifications of those bomb shelters and a copy of the statement referred to in § 30-16-1, a…

Any person, firm, or corporation selling, building, or erecting a bomb shelter, so-called, without first having obtained a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter or violating any other provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine …

In cities and towns having an inspector of buildings, the powers, duties, and prerogatives given to the state department of transportation by this chapter shall be exercised and performed by that inspector of buildings, without reference in any manner to the state department of t…

A certificate of the honorable discharge of any soldier, sailor, airperson, or marine from the military, naval, air, or marine service of the United States, and in case of a sailor to include notice of separation from the United States naval service, form 553 and revisions theret…

Any person who has served in the military, naval, or air service of the United States in the Spanish-American war, the insurrection in the Philippines, the China relief expedition, World War I, World War II, or any subsequent war in which the United States may be engaged, who has…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, all former members of the armed forces who were separated from the service with a general or other than honorable discharge due solely to their sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, may petition the office of veterans services on …

(a) The director of the office of veterans services shall promulgate any rules, regulations, and forms as shall be necessary for the full and proper implementation of this chapter, including but not limited to: (1) Informing former members of the armed services that they may be e…

Every minor of sane mind, whether or not under guardianship by reason of minority, who, under the provisions of federal law is eligible for housing loans, may, with the same force, effect, and validity as if that minor were eighteen (18) years of age with full legal capacity, ent…

Without limiting the generality of § 30-19-1, a minor veteran as described in § 30-19-1 may, with like force, effect, and validity, execute, acknowledge, and deliver mortgages of real property containing such powers of sale, conditions, and covenants as are usual in mortgages tak…

A minor veteran may, with like force, effect, and validity, purchase and own policies of insurance relating to real or personal property mortgaged to secure any loan described in § 30-19-1 and may make any policy payable in case of loss to any holder of any mortgage on the proper…

The funds loaned on any housing loan guaranteed, in part or in full, under the provisions of federal law may be paid over by the lender to the minor receiving that loan or at the direction of the minor and no person or corporation making payment of those funds shall be responsibl…

Any minor spouse of any person who under the provisions of federal law is eligible for housing loans and whether or not under guardianship by reason of minority, may, with the same force, effect, and validity as if he or she were eighteen (18) years of age with full legal capacit…

The provisions of this chapter shall be given full effect notwithstanding the provisions of § 33-15-13 or any other provisions of law contrary to the provisions of this chapter. This chapter shall be construed liberally so as to enable eligible veterans who are minors and their s…

Any certificate, issued by authority of the laws of this state, authorizing a person to practice a specific profession regulated by the laws of this state or to carry on a special trade or business occupation, which expires while the holder thereof is in the military, naval, or a…