Rhode Island General Laws Title 42. State Affairs and Government

• Chapter 1. Sovereignty and Jurisdiction of State

• Chapter 2. Federal Lands

• Chapter 3. Counties

• Chapter 4. State Emblems

• Chapter 4.1. Rhode Island State Yacht “Courageous”

• Chapter 4.2. Category One Memorial Items

• Chapter 5. Standard and Daylight Saving Time

• Chapter 5.1. Rhode Island Policy and Its Diverse Cultures

• Chapter 6. Departments of State Government

• Chapter 6.1. Governor’s Commerce and Workforce Coordination Cabinet

• Chapter 6.2. 2021 Act on Climate

• Chapter 7. Executive Department

• Chapter 7.2. Office of Health and Human Services

• Chapter 7.3. Department of Public Safety

• Chapter 7.4. The Healthcare Services Funding Plan Act

• Chapter 8. Department of State

• Chapter 8.1. State Archives

• Chapter 8.2. State Register

• Chapter 9. Department of Attorney General

• Chapter 9.1. Office of Health Care Advocate

• Chapter 9.2. Office of Elder Justice Prosecution Unit

• Chapter 9.3. Office of Civil Rights Advocate

• Chapter 10. Treasury Department

• Chapter 10.1. Public Finance Management Board

• Chapter 11. Department of Administration

• Chapter 11.1. Prompt Payment by Department of Administration

• Chapter 11.2. Affordable Housing Opportunity

• Chapter 11.3. Motor Vehicles Owned by A Governmental Body

• Chapter 11.4. The Rhode Island Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program

• Chapter 12. Department of Human Services

• Chapter 12.1. Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals

• Chapter 12.2. Independent Living Services and Centers

• Chapter 12.3. Health Care for Children and Pregnant Women

• Chapter 12.4. The Rhode Island Medicaid Reform Act of 2008

• Chapter 12.5. Licensing and Monitoring of Child Day Care Providers

• Chapter 13. Department of Transportation

• Chapter 13.1. The Rhode Island Bridge Replacement, Reconstruction, and Maintenance Fund

• Chapter 14. Department of Business Regulation

• Chapter 14.1. Department of Business Regulation--Medical Malpractice Insurance

• Chapter 14.2. Department of Business Regulation--Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards

• Chapter 14.3. Public Utilities Commission

• Chapter 14.4. Department of Business Regulation--Apartment Listing Services

• Chapter 14.5. The Rhode Island Health Care Reform Act of 2004--Health Insurance Oversight

• Chapter 14.6. Rhode Island All-Payer Patient-Centered Medical Home Act

• Chapter 16.1. Department of Labor and Training

• Chapter 17.1. Department of Environmental Management

• Chapter 17.2. Ski Tramways

• Chapter 17.4. Wastewater Treatment Plants

• Chapter 17.5. Natural Heritage Preservation Program

• Chapter 17.6. Administrative Penalties for Environmental Violations

• Chapter 17.7. Administrative Adjudication for Environmental Matters

• Chapter 17.8. The Rhode Island Environmental Compliance Incentive Act

• Chapter 17.9. Preservation of State Open Space

• Chapter 17.10. Enforcement of Certain Natural Resource Violations

• Chapter 18. Department of Health

• Chapter 20. Administration of State Departments

• Chapter 21. Effect of Transfer of Functions Between Departments

• Chapter 23. Commission on Interstate Cooperation

• Chapter 24. Commission on Uniform State Laws

• Chapter 26. Public Safety Grant Administration Office

• Chapter 26.1. Foreign Trade Zones

• Chapter 26.2. Safeguarding Federalism in Trade Act

• Chapter 27. Atomic Energy Commission

• Chapter 28. State Police

• Chapter 28.1. Municipal Police--Incentive Pay

• Chapter 28.2. Police Officers--Commission on Standards and Training

• Chapter 28.3. Aptitude and Psychological Tests for Law Enforcement Candidates

• Chapter 28.4. Municipal Firefighters--Incentive Pay

• Chapter 28.6. Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights

• Chapter 28.7. Fingerprinting of Minors

• Chapter 28.8. Protection of Children

• Chapter 28.9. Mounted Video/Audio Surveillance Cameras

• Chapter 28.10. Public Safety Records Management

• Chapter 29. Sheriffs

• Chapter 30. Justices of the Peace

• Chapter 30.1. Uniform Law on Notarial Acts

• Chapter 31. Commissioners

• Chapter 32. Science and Research Council

• Chapter 34. Industrial-Recreational Building Authority

• Chapter 35. Administrative Procedures

• Chapter 35.1. Small Business Regulatory Fairness in Administrative Procedures

• Chapter 36. Annual Reports

• Chapter 37. New England State Police Compact

• Chapter 39. New England Interstate Planning Compact

• Chapter 40. Interchange of Government Employees

• Chapter 41. Budgeting, Appropriation and Receipt of Federal Monies

• Chapter 44.1. Sewage and Water Supply Failure Fund

• Chapter 45. Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission

• Chapter 45.1. Antiquities Act of Rhode Island

• Chapter 46. Open Meetings

• Chapter 47.1. State Government Internship Program

• Chapter 49. Little State Houses

• Chapter 51. Governor's Commission on Disabilities

• Chapter 55. Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation

• Chapter 55.1. Housing Trust Fund

• Chapter 56. Corrections Department

• Chapter 56.1. Correctional Officers' Incentive Pay Plan

• Chapter 56.2. Federal Surplus Property--Acquisition

• Chapter 56.3. The Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act

• Chapter 57. Fort Adams Foundation

• Chapter 58. American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 60. Energy Crisis Management

• Chapter 60.1. Fluorescent Lamp Ballast Standards

• Chapter 61. State Lottery

• Chapter 61.1. Prizes and Gift Act

• Chapter 61.2. Video-Lottery Games, Table Games and Sports Wagering

• Chapter 61.3. Casino Gaming

• Chapter 62. Catastrophic Health Insurance Plan Act

• Chapter 63.1. Tourism and Development

• Chapter 63.2. Child Day Care Facilities in Industrial Parks

• Chapter 63.4. New Shoreham Tourism Council, Inc.

• Chapter 63.5. Providence Place Project

• Chapter 64. Rhode Island Commerce Corporation

• Chapter 64.1. Economic Development Assistance

• Chapter 64.2. Rhode Island Public RAIL Corporation Act

• Chapter 64.3. Distressed Areas Economic Revitalization Act

• Chapter 64.4. Economic Development Reporting

• Chapter 64.5. Jobs Development Act

• Chapter 64.6. Jobs Training Tax Credit Act

• Chapter 64.8. Urban Infrastructure Commission

• Chapter 64.9. Mill Building and Economic Revitalization Act

• Chapter 64.10. Quonset Development Corporation

• Chapter 64.11. Jobs Growth Act

• Chapter 64.12. Eminent Domain

• Chapter 64.13. Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act

• Chapter 64.14. The I-195 Redevelopment Act of 2011

• Chapter 64.15. Made in Rhode Island Manufacturing Collaborative of 2013

• Chapter 64.16. The Innovate Rhode Island Small Business Program

• Chapter 64.17. Long-Term Economic Development

• Chapter 64.18. Council of Economic Advisors

• Chapter 64.19. Executive Office of Commerce

• Chapter 64.20. Rebuild Rhode Island Tax Credit

• Chapter 64.21. Rhode Island Tax Increment Financing

• Chapter 64.22. Tax Stabilization Incentive

• Chapter 64.23. First Wave Closing Fund

• Chapter 64.24. I-195 Redevelopment Project Fund

• Chapter 64.25. Small Business Assistance Program

• Chapter 64.26. Stay Invested in RI Wavemaker Fellowship

• Chapter 64.27. Main Street Rhode Island Streetscape Improvement Fund

• Chapter 64.28. Innovation Initiative

• Chapter 64.29. Industry Cluster Grants

• Chapter 64.30. Anchor Institution Tax Credit

• Chapter 64.31. High School, College, and Employer Partnerships

• Chapter 64.32. Air Service Development Fund

• Chapter 64.33. The Rhode Island Small Business Development Fund

• Chapter 65. American and Irish Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 66. Office of Healthy Aging

• Chapter 66.1. Security for Housing for the Elderly Act

• Chapter 66.2. Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Elderly Act

• Chapter 66.2.1. Rhode Island Best Rx Prescription Drug Discount Program for the Uninsured

• Chapter 66.3. Home and Community Care Services to the Elderly

• Chapter 66.4. Long-Term Health Care--Removal from A Skilled Nursing and/or Intermediate Care Facility

• Chapter 66.6. Long-Term Care Assessment and Care Management Services

• Chapter 66.7. Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995

• Chapter 66.8. Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver

• Chapter 66.9. Housing for the Elderly--Emergency Generators Required

• Chapter 66.10. Elder Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program

• Chapter 66.11 . The Aging in Community Act of 2014

• Chapter 66.12. The Rhode Island Aging and Disability Resource Center

• Chapter 66.13. Supported Decision-Making Act

• Chapter 69. Schooner Ernestina/Morrissey Commission

• Chapter 70. The Oliver H. Stedman Government Center

• Chapter 71. American and Italian Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 72. Department of Children, Youth and Families

• Chapter 72.1. Licensing and Monitoring of Child Placing Agencies, Child Caring Agencies, Foster and Adoptive Homes, and Children's Behavioral Health Programs

• Chapter 72.2. Family Support Program

• Chapter 72.3. Project Early Start

• Chapter 72.4. Compulsory School Attendance--Children Under State Care

• Chapter 72.5. Children's Cabinet

• Chapter 72.6. The Rhode Island Training School for Youth Comprehensive Educational Programming Act

• Chapter 72.7. Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services--Pilot Program

• Chapter 72.8. Department of Children, Youth and Families' Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant

• Chapter 72.9. Children's Right to Freedom from Restraint Act

• Chapter 72.10. Department of Children, Youth and Families -- Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights

• Chapter 72.11. Administrative Penalties for Childcare Licensing Violations

• Chapter 72.12. Preservation of Families with Disabled Parent Act

• Chapter 73. Child Advocate Office

• Chapter 74. Children's Code Commission

• Chapter 75. Council on the Arts

• Chapter 75.1. Voluntary Support of Arts and Tourism

• Chapter 75.2. Allocation for Art for Public Facilities Act

• Chapter 76. The J. Joseph Garrahy Judicial Complex

• Chapter 77. Minority Groups Advisory Commission

• Chapter 77.1. Black Achievers Commission

• Chapter 78. Cultural Coordinating Council

• Chapter 80. Prejudice and Bias Commission Act

• Chapter 80.1. Religious Freedom Restoration Act

• Chapter 81. Petroleum Allocation Act

• Chapter 82. Farmland Preservation Act

• Chapter 83. American and Polish Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 84. Forms Management Center Act

• Chapter 87. Civil Rights of People with Disabilities

• Chapter 88. The J. Howard Mcgrath Judicial Complex

• Chapter 89. The Frank Licht Judicial Complex

• Chapter 90. Disclosure of Names of State Government Consultants

• Chapter 91. Small Business Advocacy Council

• Chapter 92. Equal Access to Justice for Small Businesses and Individuals

• Chapter 95. Providence River Relocation--Memorial Boulevard Extension Project

• Chapter 96. Neighborhood Crime Prevention Act

• Chapter 98. Energy Facility Siting Act

• Chapter 99. Convention Center Authority Act

• Chapter 100. State Poet

• Chapter 100.1. Historian Laureate of Rhode Island

• Chapter 101. The James W. Leighton Judicial Complex

• Chapter 102. Governor’s Workforce Board Rhode Island

• Chapter 103. Waste Facilities Siting

• Chapter 104. The William P. Robinson, Jr., Building

• Chapter 105. Newport and Bristol County Convention and Visitors' Bureau

• Chapter 106. Rhode Island Aqua Fund

• Chapter 107. American and Portuguese Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 109. Omnibus Substance Abuse Prevention Act

• Chapter 111. Bay State-Ocean State Compact

• Chapter 112. The Civil Rights Act of 1990

• Chapter 113. Rhode Island Housing and Conservation Trust Fund Act

• Chapter 114. Audio/Video Programming Advisory Committee

• Chapter 115. Community Resource Assistance Commission

• Chapter 116. Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation

• Chapter 117. Expedited Permit Process

• Chapter 119. Rhode Island Commission on Women and Girls

• Chapter 120. American and Cape Verdean Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 122. Natural Areas Protection Act of 1993

• Chapter 123. The Zygmunt J. Friedmann Telecommunications Building

• Chapter 124. Special Legislative Commission on Equal Pay and Comparable Worth in Public and Private Employment

• Chapter 125. Rhode Island Greenways Act of 1995

• Chapter 127.1. Uniform Electronic Transactions Act

• Chapter 128. Rhode Island Housing Resources Act of 1998

• Chapter 128.1. Lead Hazard Mitigation

• Chapter 128.2. Expedited Permitting for Affordable Housing

• Chapter 128.3. Housing Incentives for Municipalities

• Chapter 129. Persian Gulf War Information Relief Commission

• Chapter 131. Intergovernmental Relations Council

• Chapter 132. Business Fast-Start Office

• Chapter 133. Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Act

• Chapter 135. State Pharmaceutical Purchasing and Dispensing Coordinating Council

• Chapter 136. Outdoor Lighting Control

• Chapter 137. The Select Commission on Race and Police-Community Relations Act

• Chapter 139.1. The Rhode Island Lobbying Reform Act

• Chapter 140. Rhode Island Energy Resources Act

• Chapter 140.1. The Rhode Island Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council

• Chapter 140.2. Distributed Generation

• Chapter 140.4. The Rhode Island Petroleum Savings and Independence Advisory Commission

• Chapter 142. Department of Revenue

• Chapter 143. The Science and Technology Advisory Council

• Chapter 144. The University of Rhode Island Commission for Research Innovation

• Chapter 145. The American and Haitian Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 146. The American and Panamanian Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 147. The American and Jamaican Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 148. Privatization of State Services

• Chapter 149. State Expenditures for Non-State Employee Services

• Chapter 151. The Liberian Cultural Exchange Commission

• Chapter 153. Restricting Radio Frequency Identification Devices

• Chapter 154. Division of Elderly Affairs

• Chapter 155. Quasi-Public Corporations Accountability and Transparency Act

• Chapter 156. Underground Economy and Employee Misclassification Act

• Chapter 157. Rhode Island Health Benefit Exchange

• Chapter 157.1. Rhode Island Market Stability and Reinsurance Act

• Chapter 158. Freedom from Prone Restraint Act

• Chapter 159. Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission

• Chapter 160. Rhode Island Pay for Success Act

• Chapter 161. Statewide Body-Worn Camera Program