Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

(a) In case of a vacancy in any of the offices listed in § 42-6-3 while the senate is in session, the governor shall appoint a director to hold the office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified; provided, however, that no person so appointed shall serve in such pos…

Whenever the governor shall deem it to be desirable, the governor may designate and define within the limits of any department the agency or the official thereof which shall perform any specific or special function designated by law to be performed within a particular department,…

All the powers and duties conferred by law upon and required to be performed by the several state departments, divisions, and other administrative agencies shall hereafter be exercised, performed, and administered by the general officers, the directors of the several departments …

All powers, duties, and functions heretofore exercised by any division, bureau, or other agency abolished by chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939, or by the chief of any such division, bureau, or agency, shall be exercised by the head of the department or by the agency to which…

The head of any state department, except as otherwise provided by law, may assign the functions vested in his or her department to those subordinate officers and employees as may to him or her seem desirable, including the power to appoint a delegate to serve in the director’s pl…

There shall be a director of health who shall hold office for the term of five (5) years from the time of the director’s appointment and until the director’s successor is duly appointed and qualified. The director shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall not engage in any o…

There shall be an executive department. The head of the executive department shall be the governor. The governor shall have all powers and duties provided by R.I. Const., Art. IX, and by chapter 1 of title 43, and as further prescribed in all general laws and public laws relating…

There shall be in the executive department an executive secretary and a chief clerk. The governor may appoint such clerical assistants and other employees as the governor may deem necessary.

It shall be the duty of the chief clerk to file and keep a record of all official communications, books and documents of a public nature transmitted to the executive department and transfer those communications, books and documents to the chief clerk’s successor in office in acco…

The flag and pennant of the governor shall be white, bearing on each side the following: A gold anchor on a shield with a blue field and gold border; above the shield, a gold scroll bearing the words in blue letters “State of Rhode Island”; below the shield, a gold scroll bearing…

(a) There is hereby transferred to the governor’s office of energy assistance, or its successor, those functions formerly administered by the department of community affairs relating to: (1) Home energy assistance program; and (2) Weatherization program. (b) In addition to any of…

(a) There is hereby transferred to the governor’s office of intergovernmental relations, or its successor, those functions formerly administered by the department of community affairs relating to: (1) Administration support to federal grants; (2) Community development block grant…

There is hereby established the drug program account which shall be administered by the general treasurer in accordance with the same laws and fiscal procedures as the general funds of the state. The fund shall consist of such sums collected as a result of the taxpayer check-off …

(a) There is hereby transferred to the department of public safety all of the powers, authority, and duties necessary to operate the E-911 uniform emergency telephone system contained in chapter 21 of title 39. (b) The corporate existence of the E-911 uniform emergency telephone …

(a) The governor shall establish a cybersecurity incident response group, which shall include the superintendent of the Rhode Island state police, or designee; the adjutant general of the Rhode Island national guard, or designee; the director of the Rhode Island division of infor…

There shall be a department of state. The head of the department of state shall be the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall perform the duties required by this chapter and by chapter 2 of title 6; chapters 1 to 4, inclusive, of title 7; chapters 16, 19, and 20 of titl…

The secretary of state shall, within thirty (30) days after any default in the return of voting machines and election returns, certify the default to the attorney general, and the secretary’s certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the default, and the attorney general shall…

The secretary of state is hereby authorized and empowered to distribute to public and reference libraries within the state copies of any books published by state aid that are in the secretary’s custody and that in the secretary’s judgment are available for distribution. The secre…

The secretary of state is hereby authorized and empowered to sell or dispose of all duplicate books, pamphlets, or other surplus supplies that in the secretary’s judgment are not available for use by the state. All sums received from the sales shall be deposited into the “secreta…

(a) There is hereby established within the general treasury of the state a restricted receipt account to be known as the “secretary of state preservation/conservation account”. There shall be deposited into such account all funds generated pursuant to §§ 42-8-13 and 29-1-6. (b) F…

The secretary of state shall appoint a first deputy secretary of state, a second deputy secretary of state, an assistant in charge of archives, and other necessary employees. These employees shall perform the duties required by this chapter and those other duties that may be spec…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for the purposes of § 42-8-15, and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much thereof as may …

The first deputy shall, in the absence of the secretary of state, do all things by law required of the secretary of state, as fully as the secretary him or herself might or could do; the second deputy shall, in the absence of the secretary of state and the first deputy, do all th…

The secretary of state, having charge of the archives of the state, may employ a suitable person to restore, preserve, classify, and assemble the state archives under his or her direction. The person shall be trained in the care and preservation of archives and the general assemb…

The secretary of state shall be the keeper of the seal of the state.

To the secretary of state there shall be allowed: (1) For every private petition to the general assembly received in either house which shall be continued with order of notice, to be paid to the secretary for the use of the state, by the applicant on continuance of the same, and …

The secretary of state may photograph, micro-photograph, film, or otherwise reproduce all or any part of the records kept by the secretary in a manner and on film or paper that complies with the minimum standards of quality approved for reproducing records by the American Nationa…

(a) The secretary of state, in conjunction with the office of the governor, may establish and operate a visitor center and gift shop within the state house. (b) The visitor center and gift shop shall be managed by a committee consisting of one member selected by the governor and …

(a) Creation. There is hereby created a permanent state commission on government information. (b) Composition. The commission shall consist of ten (10) members: one of whom shall be the governor, or designee; one of whom shall be the secretary of state, or designee; one of whom s…

The secretary of state shall keep and preserve in the secretary’s office all acts and resolves passed by the general assembly, and all original papers relating to assembly proceedings.

The secretary of state shall affix the seal of this state to acts, commissions, certificates and other papers in the secretary’s office, in all cases required by law; and shall give copies duly authenticated, of any official paper, whenever required and paid therefor.

The secretary of state shall not issue a commission to the director of administration, the clerk of any court, the sheriff of any county, or to any other officer holding or controlling the public moneys, until the bond required by law of such officer has been executed, approved a…

The secretary of state shall, immediately after the acts, resolves, and other proceedings of each session of the general assembly are printed as required by law, carefully examine at least six (6) printed copies thereof, and shall certify and authenticate the copies under the sec…

The secretary of state shall keep a copy of every official letter sent by the secretary of state, and shall preserve all public letters received by the secretary of state.

The secretary of state shall, immediately after the passage of any act or resolution making an appropriation out of the state treasury, transmit a copy of the act or resolution to the director of administration. The secretary of state shall, immediately after the passage of any a…

The secretary of state shall, at least ten (10) days previous to the day of election of general officers, senator and representatives in Congress, or electors of president and vice-president of the United States, furnish each town or ward clerk with printed forms of returns, cert…

(a) There shall be a department of the attorney general. The head of the department shall be the attorney general who shall have supervision over the department and shall appoint thirty (30) assistant attorneys general. (b) The assistant attorneys general shall have powers and du…

The salaries of the attorney general and of the assistant attorneys general shall be in full payment for all services appertaining to the offices of attorney general and assistant attorneys general, respectively.

The attorney general is hereby authorized and empowered to employ in the attorney general’s office such clerical assistance as he or she may require in the discharge of his or her duties as attorney general, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums, and make …

(a) The attorney general shall annually on or before the thirtieth (30th) day of June make a report in writing to the governor showing the transactions of the attorney general’s office in relation to the enforcement of law during the prior year ending on the thirty-first (31st) d…

(a) The attorney general shall annually, on or before March 31, make a report in writing to the general assembly showing the transactions of the attorney general’s office in relation to the enforcement of law with respect to crimes involving a gun during the prior year ending on …

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 23-17.14-13, the department of attorney general, may in effectuating the purpose of: (1) The Hospital Conversion Act pursuant to chapter 17.14 of title 23; or (2) Any nonprofit hospital service corporation conversion; or (3) Nonprofit medic…

(a) The attorney general is hereby authorized and empowered to accept in the name of the state any settlement resulting from a multi-state initiative. The attorney general is additionally authorized and empowered to recover attorney’s fees and costs that shall be considered settl…

(a) There is hereby established a restricted receipt account within the department of attorney general entitled “attorney general non-multi-state initiative restricted-receipt account.” Funds consisting of attorneys’ fees previously recovered pursuant to the Distributors — Rhode …

(a) The attorney general, the assistant attorneys general, and those special assistant attorneys general who have been designated by the attorney general, shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed in and shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and of §§ 12-1-4 — 12-1-1…

The attorney general shall give his or her attendance at the general assembly, and at the supreme and superior courts, for the service thereof; and shall give unto those courts due advice and information concerning any criminal matters, breaches of the peace, or wrong done to the…