§ 16-32-30. Geographic information system — Laboratory.
The University of Rhode Island is authorized and empowered to establish in connection with the university and within the department of natural resource sciences a geographic information system laboratory with suitable facilities for developing and maintaining a level of scientific and technical expertise in the use of computer technology in the management of land related natural resources. This will include maintaining a statewide data base of land related economic, physical, cultural, and natural resources and providing for controlled access of this database to the university community, other state, municipal, and federal departments and agencies, and the general public. The university shall, to the extent that facilities are available, offer courses for the training of students and the general public in methods and applications utilizing geographic information systems and shall perform applications research projects involving this technology at this laboratory. The university shall cooperate with and provide technical assistance to the division of planning of the department of administration in the management of the statewide geographic information system and shall advise other state, municipal, and federal departments and agencies and the general public in its use.
History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 235, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 16-32-1. - Change of former name.
Section 16-32-2. - Board of Trustees established.
Section 16-32-2.1. - Additional powers of the President of the University.
Section 16-32-2.2. - Appointment and removal of the board of trustees.
Section 16-32-3. - Purposes of university.
Section 16-32-4. - Location — Application of federal funds.
Section 16-32-5. - Authority over experiment station.
Section 16-32-6. - Activities of experiment station.
Section 16-32-7. - Duties required by federal acts — Annual report to general assembly.
Section 16-32-9. - Annual appropriations.
Section 16-32-10. - Award of degrees — Curriculum and government.
Section 16-32-11. - Power to guarantee loans.
Section 16-32-12. - Acquisition of land — Guaranty of loans to societies of students.
Section 16-32-13. - Investment of state funds in student loans.
Section 16-32-14. - Maximum guarantees outstanding.
Section 16-32-15. - Assumption of defaulted obligations — Lien on property.
Section 16-32-16. - Marine biology department — Laboratory.
Section 16-32-17. - Appropriations for marine biology.
Section 16-32-19 - — 16-32-24. Repealed.
Section 16-32-25. - Establishment of college of pharmacy fund.
Section 16-32-26. - Management of college of pharmacy fund.
Section 16-32-27. - Establishment of landscaping fund.
Section 16-32-28. - Management of rotary fund.
Section 16-32-29. - Applied engineering laboratory.
Section 16-32-30. - Geographic information system — Laboratory.
Section 16-32-31. - Appropriations for geographic information system laboratory.
Section 16-32-32. - Exemption from provisions of administrative procedures act.
Section 16-32-33. - Receipts from sources other than appropriations.
Section 16-32-34. - Fiscal accounts — Receipts — Petty cash funds.
Section 16-32-35. - Audit of expenditures.
Section 16-32-36. - Freedom from budget and lease control by other agencies.
Section 16-32-38. - Permanent status for non-classified employees.
Section 16-32-39. - Longevity payments — Non-classified employees.
Section 16-32-40. - Appointment of campus police.