Rhode Island General Laws Title 42. State Affairs and Government § 42-41-6. Appropriations not delegated

(a) Any federal monies which are received by a state agency after July 1, 1992, which are not otherwise appropriated to that state agency by the annual appropriation acts of the regular session of the general assembly, are hereby appropriated for that state agency for the purpose set forth in such federal grant or receipt, except that no expenditure shall be made from and no obligation shall be incurred against any such federal grant or other federal receipt, which has not been previously appropriated or reappropriated or approved by the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate, until that authorization has been transmitted to the state agency to make expenditure therefrom.

(b) State agencies desiring the governor's approval to expend or obligate federal grants or other federal receipts not appropriated or reappropriated by the assembly in the annual appropriation act or supplemental appropriation act shall forward a request to the state budget officer who shall forward a copy to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate.