Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

The director of the department of public safety or the director's designees shall assign deputy sheriffs to attend the general assembly when in session. The director of the department of public safety or the director's designee shall designate such number of deputy sheriffs to at…

A deputy sheriff shall serve and execute all writs and as directed wherever the deputy sheriff may be authorized by law, or by special order of the court issuing the writ or precept.

Any deputy sheriff duly authorized may serve any writ or other process, whether of a civil or criminal nature, within any part of the waters of Narragansett Bay, and within any waters not more than one marine league from the seashore of the state at high-water mark.

Every deputy sheriff, in the due execution of the deputy's office, may command all necessary aid and assistance in the execution thereof; and every person who, whenever so required, shall refuse or neglect to give aid and assistance shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($2…

Every deputy sheriff who shall neglect or refuse to serve any process issuing from lawful authority, directed to the deputy sheriff to serve and execute (having in all civil causes, paid or tendered unto the deputy sheriff the deputy sheriff's legal fees, if the deputy sheriff de…

(a) No handcuffs, shackles, or other restraints shall be used on a prisoner or detainee known to be in her third trimester of pregnancy during transport to or from a court proceeding, except in accordance with the provisions of § 42-56.3-3(b). If restraints are used, the type of …

The appointment of every deputy shall be in writing under the hand and seal of the director of the department of public safety.

The town or city council of any town or city of this state may appoint and fix the terms of justices of the peace, and no justice of the peace shall be elected by the qualified electors in any town or city at any regular or special election held for the purpose of electing office…

Any justice of the peace or commissioner of deeds, appointed by the governor, may be removed for cause by the governor, in the governor's discretion, within the term for which that officer shall have been appointed, after giving to that officer a copy of the charges against him o…

Every justice of the peace appointed by the governor and not reappointed may continue to officiate for a space of thirty (30) days after the date on which the justice's commission expires.

Nothing in § 42-30-1 shall be construed to impair the authority of the governor to appoint justices of the peace, in accordance with the provisions of § 42-30-5.

The governor shall appoint as many justices of the peace for the several towns and cities, as the governor may deem expedient; and every justice of the peace, so appointed, shall hold office for four (4) years.

(a) Except as otherwise provided, each justice of the peace shall, at the time of receiving the justice's commission, file with the secretary of state a certificate that the justice of the peace has been duly engaged thereon, signed by the person before whom the engagement shall …

(a) Application. Any individual desiring to be appointed a justice of the peace shall make written application to the governor over his or her own signature. (b) Qualifications of applicants: (1) The person qualified for a justice of the peace commission shall be at least eightee…

The officers mentioned in §§ 42-30-3 — 42-30-5, inclusive, shall possess all the powers that now are, or hereafter may be, conferred by law upon justices of the peace.

The governor may appoint, in any foreign country, and in any state of the United States, and in any territory of the United States and in the District of Columbia, one or more commissioners, under the seal of the state, to continue in office for the period of five (5) years.

Before any commissioner shall perform any duty of the commissioner’s office, the commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer authorized to administer oaths in the state, country or territory, or District of Columbia, for which the commissioner is appointed, …

The commissioners may administer oaths and take depositions and affidavits to be used in this state; and may also take the acknowledgment of any deed or other instrument to be used or recorded in this state.

All oaths administered by commissioners, and all affidavits and depositions taken by them, and all acknowledgments aforesaid certified by them, shall be as effectual in law, to all intents and purposes, as if certified by any judge, justice of the peace, or notary public, within …

(a) There is hereby created within the executive department a special agency to be known as the science and research council of Rhode Island, consisting of eighteen (18) members, fifteen (15) of whom shall be appointed by the governor as follows: two (2) each from the faculties o…

It shall be the duty of the science and research council: (1) To promote Rhode Island as a center for scientific research; (2) To promote industrial research and research related to state institutions and health programs; (3) To study and explore the areas in which government may…

The science and research council shall have the power to engage an executive director and such other clerical and secretarial assistance as it shall deem necessary. The council may elect from among its members an executive committee and such other committee or committees as it sh…

The members of the science and research council shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their travel and necessary expenses.

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…

There is hereby created the Rhode Island industrial-recreational building authority.

(a) The authority is authorized, upon application of the proposed mortgagee, to insure mortgage payments required by a mortgage on any industrial and/or recreational project, upon such terms and conditions as the authority may prescribe, provided the aggregate amount of the unpai…

The authority is authorized to fix mortgage insurance premiums for the insurance of mortgage payments under the provisions of this chapter, such premiums to be computed as a percentage, which shall not exceed three percent (3%) per annum, of the principal obligation of the mortga…

The authority may in its discretion expend out of the fund such moneys as may be necessary for any expenses of the authority, including administrative, legal, actuarial, and other services.

Mortgages insured by the authority under this chapter and participations therein are hereby made legal investments for all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carry…

The authority shall keep proper records of accounts and shall make an annual report of its condition to the state banking commissioner.

(a) If from time to time in the opinion of the authority the addition of moneys to the mortgage insurance fund is required to meet obligations, the authority shall in writing request the governor to provide sufficient moneys by a day specified for that purpose. The governor shall…

The state of Rhode Island does hereby pledge to and agree with the mortgagees holding mortgage insurance issued by the authority under this chapter that the state of Rhode Island will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreeme…

No member of the authority shall participate in any decision on any contract of insurance in which the member has any interests, direct or indirect, in any firm, partnership, corporation, or association that would be the mortgagee, whose loan to a local development corporation is…

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

For the purpose of establishing the mortgage insurance fund and carrying out the intent of this chapter and the provisions thereof, the general assembly annually shall appropriate out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as it may deem necessary not …

(a) It is declared that a statewide need exists for industrial buildings and the expansion, rehabilitation, renovation, and reconstruction of existing industrial buildings and additional machinery and equipment to provide enlarged opportunities for gainful employment by the peopl…

The Rhode Island industrial-recreational building authority is authorized to insure the payment of mortgage loans secured by industrial-recreational projects, and to this end the faith and credit of the state is hereby pledged, consistent with the terms and limitations of the ter…

(a) The Rhode Island industrial-recreational building authority, hereinafter in this chapter called the “authority,” hereby created and established a body corporate and politic, is constituted a public instrumentality of the state, and the exercise by the authority of the powers …

(a) The manager shall be appointed by the authority and the manger's tenure of office shall be at the pleasure of the authority. The manager shall be in the unclassified service. (b) The manager shall be the chief administrative officer for the authority and as such shall direct …

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1)(i) “Cost of project” means in the case of an industrial project described in subsection (4)(i), the cost or fair market…

The authority is authorized and empowered: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2) To adopt an official seal and alter it at pleasure; (3) To maintain an office at such place or places within the state as it may designate; (4) To…

When a local development corporation or project owner does not meet mortgage payments insured by the authority by reason of vacancy of its industrial and/or recreational project, the authority, for the purpose of maintaining income from industrial and/or recreational projects on …

(a) There is hereby created an industrial building mortgage insurance fund, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “fund” which shall be used by the authority as a nonlapsing, revolving fund for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. To this fund shall be charged an…

As used in this chapter: (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, “agency” means a state agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, district, division, institution, office, officer, quasi-public agency, or other political subdivisions created by the general assembl…

(a) This chapter applies to an agency unless the agency is exempted by Rhode Island general laws. (b) This chapter applies to all agency proceedings and all proceedings for judicial review or civil enforcement of agency action commenced after the effective date of this chapter [J…

In contested cases: (1) Irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. The rules of evidence as applied in civil cases in the superior courts of this state shall be followed; but, when necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof und…