§ 43-2-8. Distribution of official documents by governor.
The governor may transmit to the executive departments of the several states, to the executive departments of the United States, to the senators and representatives in congress, to the agents of foreign countries in the United States authorized to make exchanges for the documents, to the libraries, and to the state officers, boards and commissions hereafter created by the general assembly for use in the performance of their duties, as he or she may think proper, copies of all acts, resolutions, reports and other documents published under the authority of this state or of any officer thereof. There shall also be reserved for the governor twenty (20) copies of all bound volumes of the acts, resolutions, reports, and other public documents published under authority of the state, during his or her term of office, to be distributed as he or she shall see fit, upon his or her order as governor.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 22, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 28, §§ 8, 9; P.L. 1921, ch. 2050, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 28, § 8; P.L. 1927, ch. 1007, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 307, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 43-2-8.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 43 - Statutes and Statutory Construction
Chapter 43-2 - Publication and Distribution of Acts
Section 43-2-1. - Numbering of public laws.
Section 43-2-2. - References to public laws amended or repealed.
Section 43-2-2.1. - Assignment of official section number of general laws.
Section 43-2-3. - Deposit and safekeeping of original acts, resolutions, and proceedings.
Section 43-2-5. - Distribution of copies of proceedings.
Section 43-2-7. - Distribution of public laws.
Section 43-2-8. - Distribution of official documents by governor.