Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages
Section 28-12-23. - Annual appropriation.

§ 28-12-23. Annual appropriation.
The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it deems necessary to provide for an appropriate staff for office and other necessary expenses for the administration and enforcement of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders on the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much of it as may from time to time be required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers, approved by the chief of the division of labor standards and the director of labor and training.
History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-23.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations

Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages

Section 28-12-1. - Short title.

Section 28-12-2. - Definitions.

Section 28-12-3. - Minimum wages.

Section 28-12-3.1. - Wages for minors.

Section 28-12-3.2. - Wages for failure to furnish shift work.

Section 28-12-4. - [Repealed.]

Section 28-12-4.1. - Overtime pay.

Section 28-12-4.2. - Biweekly overtime pay.

Section 28-12-4.3. - Exemptions.

Section 28-12-4.4. - Regulations.

Section 28-12-5. - Employees receiving gratuities.

Section 28-12-6. - Occupational administrative regulations.

Section 28-12-7. - Revision of regulations.

Section 28-12-8. - Judicial review of regulations.

Section 28-12-9. - [Repealed.]

Section 28-12-10. - Learners and apprentices.

Section 28-12-11. - Posting of law and orders.

Section 28-12-12. - Records of employers.

Section 28-12-13. - Responsibility for enforcement.

Section 28-12-14. - Enforcement powers.

Section 28-12-15. - Hindering enforcement — Failure to carry out administrative requirements.

Section 28-12-16. - Discrimination against employees invoking provisions.

Section 28-12-17. - Payment of substandard wages.

Section 28-12-18. - Penalty for other violations.

Section 28-12-19. - Actions for relief.

Section 28-12-20. - Assignment of wage claim and action by department.

Section 28-12-21. - More favorable laws preserved.

Section 28-12-22. - Collective bargaining rights preserved.

Section 28-12-23. - Annual appropriation.

Section 28-12-24. - Severability.

Section 28-12-25. - Uniformity.