Title 36, Title 36 Officers and Employees

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-1-4, or of any other statute thereunto appertaining, a person who, while a member of the general assembly, is elected to office by the general assembly, or by either house thereof, or appointed to office by the governor, shall, within thirty…

Every person, except the justices of the supreme and superior courts, elected to office by the general assembly, or by either house thereof, or under the provisions of the law in relation to public schools, or appointed to office, civil or military, by the governor, or by any oth…

All newly elected general officers of the state, prior to their engagement of office, shall be entitled to the following in regard to their assumption of state duties: (1) Space being made available for the use of a transition staff; (2) Adequate funds shall be provided by the ou…

A commission shall issue to every person elected to office by the general assembly, to every justice of the peace elected by any town council, to the clerk and each deputy clerk of the Rhode Island district court, and to every person appointed to office by the governor and to eve…

Every person so elected or appointed to office shall, within thirty (30) days after the date of his or her commission, deliver to the secretary of state a certificate that he or she has been duly engaged thereon, signed by the person before whom the engagement shall have been tak…

The governor shall give a certificate of the election of senators from this state, under the seal of the state, to the president of the senate of the United States, which certificate shall be countersigned by the secretary of state.

(a) All persons appointed by the governor, or appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, shall severally continue in and hold their respective offices for and during the term for which they were severally appointed and until their respective successors a…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law in relation to the tenure of their office, any officer appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate may be removed either by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, or as otherwise specifically pr…

All persons who have been or may hereafter be legally elected to any office by the general assembly shall severally continue in and hold their respective offices for and during the term for which they were severally elected and until their respective successors are elected and qu…

In case of a vacancy in the office of secretary of state, attorney general, or general treasurer occurring when the general assembly is not in session, the governor shall appoint some person to fill the vacancy until a successor elected by the general assembly is qualified to act…

The following persons may administer oaths anywhere within the state: the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, assistant attorneys general, general treasurer, active magistrates and active and retired justices of the supreme, superior, family, dist…

The following persons may administer oaths within the respective counties and towns for which they may be elected or appointed to office: clerks of courts, justices of the peace, mayors of cities, judges of probate, presidents of town councils, or persons acting as such, town cle…

The following persons may administer oath in relation to all matters connected with, or in administering the duties of, their respective offices: the director of each state department, forepersons of grand juries, members of committees of either house of the general assembly or o…

To all officers empowered to take acknowledgments of deeds and administer oaths of engagement to office, there shall be allowed: (1) For taking acknowledgment of one or more parties to any instrument at one time ......................................... $ .50 (2) For engaging eve…

Chapters 3 and 4 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the “State Merit System Act.”

(a) The personnel appeal board shall hear appeals: (1) By any person with provisional, probationary, or permanent status in a position in the classified service aggrieved by an action of the administrator of adjudication for the department of administration on matters of personne…

The appeal board is hereby authorized to require the attendance of witnesses by subpoena and to acquire the production of books, papers, and documents at any hearing pursuant to § 36-3-10.

(a) Wherever in any general or public law the words “civil service commission” appear or are implied, there shall be substituted therefor the words “director of administration”, except that wherever the words “civil service commission” appear in relation to the rights of any pers…

The services and facilities of the personnel division and its staff shall be available upon request, subject to personnel rules prescribed therefor, to the cities and towns of the state. In making its services and facilities available, it shall be understood that requirements for…

The personnel administrator may enter into arrangements with personnel agencies in other jurisdictions for the purpose of exchanging services and effecting transfers of employees.

The division shall be provided by the director with the necessary funds and employees to enable the division to examine temporary employees within the time prescribed by law and with suitable offices, examination rooms, and accommodations for itself and staff in the city of Provi…

The attorney general shall advise and assist the division and shall prosecute violations of all laws relating to the division.

(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms are hereby defined as follows: (1) “Access,” shall mean the direct use, contact, handling or viewing of federal tax information, as defined herein, in paper or electronic form, regardless of the frequency, likelihood o…

(a) Whereas the legislature in the January 1951 session established a department of administration and in article II thereof created a “merit system of personnel administration” and a division of personnel administration within the department, it is apparent the intent was to est…

The following terms, when used in this chapter and chapter 4 of this title, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Appointing authority” means the person or group of persons having the power by virtue of the constitution, a state sta…

There is hereby established within the department of administration a division of personnel administration. The head of this division shall be known as the personnel administrator who shall be in the classified service and whose salary shall be established in accordance with the …

In addition to the duties imposed upon the personnel administrator elsewhere in the law and the personnel rules, it shall be the duty of the personnel administrator: (1) As executive head of the division of personnel administration, to direct, supervise, develop, and authorize al…

There is hereby established a personnel appeal board to consist of five (5) qualified electors who shall be known to be in sympathy with the application of modern personnel practices, under a merit system of personnel administration, in the public service and not more than three …

The governor shall submit the name of the two (2) members of the board whom he or she desires to appoint and who are not of the same political party as the governor to the chairperson of the state central committee of the party of which that person is a member for the approval of…

The board shall elect one of its members chairperson. Each member shall take the oath of office before entering upon the duties of the office. Members of the board shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses and each member of the board shall be paid an annual sal…

A member of the board shall be removable by the governor for cause after being given a copy of charges against him or her and an opportunity to be heard publicly on the charge before the governor. A copy of the charges and a transcript of the board shall be filed with the secreta…

The state service shall be divided into a classified service and an unclassified service.

Additional classes may be established and existing classes may be divided, combined, altered, or abolished upon recommendation of the personnel administrator, recommendation by the director after public hearing, and approval by the governor. This action may be initiated either by…

After the adoption of the classification plan by the governor, the personnel administrator shall allocate every position in the classified service to one of the classes established by the plan. Thereafter, whenever new positions are authorized and created, whenever the duties and…

The personnel administrator shall submit to the director a proposed pay plan showing for each class of position in the classified service minimum and maximum salary rates and such intermediate rates as he or she deems desirable. In arriving at these rates he or she shall take int…

(a) After reasonable opportunity to be heard has been given to employees, appointing authorities, and the general public, and after incorporating any modification, change, or amendment he or she considers desirable, the director shall submit the plan to the governor who shall app…

Any person receiving an incentive pay increase increment under this chapter is ineligible to benefit from any other educational incentive program such as contained in chapter 28.1 of title 42, §§ 42-28.4-1, 42-56.1-1, and 8-4.1-1, or any other chapter relating to an educational i…

Pay rates shall be established for new classes of positions, and amendments to the existing pay plan may be made upon recommendation of the personnel administrator, recommendation of the director, after public hearing, and approval by the governor. This action may be initiated by…

(a) For purposes of this section, “specialized information technology position” means a technical or specialized job classification in state service under the supervision of the division of enterprise technology strategy and services (“ETSS”) within the department of administrati…

Upon the effective date of this section [June 20, 2005], the unclassified pay plan board shall be abolished, and all powers, duties and obligations of the board conferred thereon pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be transferred to and administered by the department…

(a) It is the duty of the department of administration to maintain a pay plan for unclassified employees of the state, including any rules and regulations that are necessary to implement and complement the plan. In maintaining the pay plan, it will be the duty of the department o…

(a) In the month of March of each year, the department of administration shall conduct a public hearing to determine salaries to be paid to directors of all state executive departments and secretaries serving as the head of any state executive department or executive office, incl…

Sections 36-4-16.2 and 36-4-16.4 of this chapter shall have no application to those positions enumerated in subdivisions 36-4-2(1), 36-4-2(2) and 36-4-2(3), and the department of administration shall have no jurisdiction over the status, tenure or salaries of those said enumerate…

The personnel administrator shall, as in his or her estimation the need requires, prepare for the several classes of positions in the classified service statewide or regional lists of persons eligible for original appointment to positions in those classes. Each employment list sh…

A state employee in the classified or unclassified service who terminates employment and is subsequently reemployed by the state, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the general laws to the contrary, shall be eligible to receive an aggregate longevity increase f…

Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for state employees; provided, however, for employees with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective…