§ 20-8-7. Powers of commission — Co-operation and information furnished by state agencies.
There is hereby granted to the commission and the commissioners all the powers provided for in the compact, § 20-8-1, and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. All officers of the state of Rhode Island are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Rhode Island to perform and carry out the compact and to accomplish its purposes. All officers, bureaus, departments, and persons of, and in, the state government or administration of the state of Rhode Island are authorized and directed at convenient times, and upon request of the commission, to furnish the commission with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid the commission by a loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal rights respectively.
History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-7.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact
Section 20-8-1. - Entry into compact authorized — Text.
Section 20-8-2. - Amendment of compact.
Section 20-8-3. - Rhode Island representatives on interstate commission — Ex officio members.
Section 20-8-4. - Appointive commissioner.
Section 20-8-5. - Delegation of powers by director of environmental management.
Section 20-8-6. - Removal of commissioner.
Section 20-8-7. - Powers of commission — Co-operation and information furnished by state agencies.
Section 20-8-8. - Powers granted supplemental.
Section 20-8-9. - Accounts and reports — Legislative recommendations.
Section 20-8-10. - Audit of commission’s books.