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Chapter 29-1 - State Library
Section 29-1-1. - Library established — State librarian. - § 29-1-1. Library established — State librarian. Within the department...
Section 29-1-2. - Care of library — Preservation of books and documents. - § 29-1-2. Care of library — Preservation of books and...
Section 29-1-3. - Clerical assistance. - § 29-1-3. Clerical assistance. The general assembly shall annually appropriate...
Section 29-1-4. - Annual report to general assembly. - § 29-1-4. Annual report to general assembly. The secretary of...
Section 29-1-5. - Exchange of publications with agencies outside state. - § 29-1-5. Exchange of publications with agencies outside state. It...
Section 29-1-6. - Disposition of duplicates and surplus supplies. - § 29-1-6. Disposition of duplicates and surplus supplies. The state...
Section 29-1-7 - — 29-1-9. Repealed. - § 29-1-7 — 29-1-9. Repealed.
Section 29-1-10. - Legislative reference bureau — Functions. - § 29-1-10. Legislative reference bureau — Functions. There shall be...
Section 29-1-11. - Expense of legislative reference bureau. - § 29-1-11. Expense of legislative reference bureau. (a) The state...
Section 29-1-12. - Appropriations for labor. - § 29-1-12. Appropriations for labor. There shall be annually appropriated...
Section 29-1-13. - Repealed. - § 29-1-13. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, §...
Section 29-1-14. - Repealed. - § 29-1-14. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1404, §...
Section 29-1-15. - Cooperation with federal officials. - § 29-1-15. Cooperation with federal officials. The secretary of state...
Chapter 29-2 - Historical Society Libraries
Section 29-2-1. - Appropriations for Rhode Island Historical Society. - § 29-2-1. Appropriations for Rhode Island Historical Society. The general...
Section 29-2-2. - Appropriations for Newport Historical Society. - § 29-2-2. Appropriations for Newport Historical Society. The general assembly...
Section 29-2-3. - Disbursement of appropriated funds. - § 29-2-3. Disbursement of appropriated funds. The state controller is...
Section 29-2-4. - Use of historical society libraries. - § 29-2-4. Use of historical society libraries. All books, periodicals,...
Section 29-2-5. - Reports on expenditures. - § 29-2-5. Reports on expenditures. (a) The Rhode Island Historical...
Section 29-2-6. - Appropriations for purchase, microfilming, and binding of newspapers. - § 29-2-6. Appropriations for purchase, microfilming, and binding of newspapers....
Chapter 29-3 - State Law Library
Section 29-3-1. - Custody — Use of library materials. - § 29-3-1. Custody — Use of library materials. The supreme...
Section 29-3-2. - Law librarian — Hours library open. - § 29-3-2. Law librarian — Hours library open. The supreme...
Section 29-3-3. - Repealed. - § 29-3-3. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 28, §...
Section 29-3-4. - Appropriations. - § 29-3-4. Appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such...
Chapter 29-3.1 - Office of Library and Information Services
Section 29-3.1-1. - Office of library and information services. - § 29-3.1-1. Office of library and information services. Within the...
Section 29-3.1-1.1. - Definitions. - § 29-3.1-1.1. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless...
Section 29-3.1-2. - Repealed. - § 29-3.1-2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1964, ch. 233, §...
Section 29-3.1-2.1. - [Reserved.] - § 29-3.1-2.1. [Reserved.]
Section 29-3.1-2.2. - Library board of Rhode Island established. - § 29-3.1-2.2. Library board of Rhode Island established. (a) There...
Section 29-3.1-3. - Repealed. - § 29-3.1-3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1964, ch. 233, §...
Section 29-3.1-3.1. - Appointment of members of the library board. - § 29-3.1-3.1. Appointment of members of the library board. (a)...
Section 29-3.1-3.2. - Removal of public members of library board. - § 29-3.1-3.2. Removal of public members of library board. Public...
Section 29-3.1-4. - Repealed. - § 29-3.1-4. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1964, ch. 233, §...
Section 29-3.1-4.1. - Powers and duties of library board. - § 29-3.1-4.1. Powers and duties of library board. (a) The...
Section 29-3.1-4.2. - Meetings of library board. - § 29-3.1-4.2. Meetings of library board. The library board shall...
Section 29-3.1-5. - Chief of library services — Appointment and qualifications. - § 29-3.1-5. Chief of library services — Appointment and qualifications....
Section 29-3.1-6. - Compensation of chief of library services. - § 29-3.1-6. Compensation of chief of library services. The chief...
Section 29-3.1-7. - Duties of chief of library services. - § 29-3.1-7. Duties of chief of library services. The chief...
Section 29-3.1-8. - Gifts, donations, and funds. - § 29-3.1-8. Gifts, donations, and funds. The chief of library...
Section 29-3.1-9 - — 29-3.1-12. Repealed. - § 29-3.1-9 — 29-3.1-12. Repealed.
Section 29-3.1-13. - Transfer of responsibilities. - § 29-3.1-13. Transfer of responsibilities. Whenever, in any general or...
Chapter 29-4 - Free Public Libraries
Section 29-4-1. - Founding by town or city. - § 29-4-1. Founding by town or city. The electors in...
Section 29-4-2. - Annual appropriations — Acceptance and management of donations. - § 29-4-2. Annual appropriations — Acceptance and management of donations....
Section 29-4-3. - City or town appropriations. - § 29-4-3. City or town appropriations. Any town or city...
Section 29-4-4. - Gifts. - § 29-4-4. Gifts. In case any library, or funds for...
Section 29-4-5. - Appointment of board of trustees. - § 29-4-5. Appointment of board of trustees. Whenever any city...
Section 29-4-6. - Powers and duties of trustees. - § 29-4-6. Powers and duties of trustees. The trustees shall...
Section 29-4-7. - Library funds. - § 29-4-7. Library funds. All appropriations from the city or...
Section 29-4-8. - Acceptance of gifts by trustees. - § 29-4-8. Acceptance of gifts by trustees. In case of...
Section 29-4-9. - Naming of libraries in East Providence. - § 29-4-9. Naming of libraries in East Providence. Notwithstanding the...
Chapter 29-5 - Interstate Library Compact
Section 29-5-1. - Compact. - § 29-5-1. Compact. The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted...
Section 29-5-2. - Compliance with local laws. - § 29-5-2. Compliance with local laws. No city, town, or...
Section 29-5-3. - “State library agency” defined. - § 29-5-3. “State library agency” defined. As used in §...
Section 29-5-4. - Appropriations. - § 29-5-4. Appropriations. An interstate library district lying partly within...
Section 29-5-5. - Compact administrator. - § 29-5-5. Compact administrator. The chief of library services shall...
Section 29-5-6. - Notices of withdrawal. - § 29-5-6. Notices of withdrawal. In the event of withdrawal...
Chapter 29-6 - State Aid to Libraries
Section 29-6-1. - Statement of policy. - § 29-6-1. Statement of policy. (a) The general assembly hereby...
Section 29-6-2. - Public library services. - § 29-6-2. Public library services. For each city or town,...
Section 29-6-3. - Eligibility requirements — Municipalities. - § 29-6-3. Eligibility requirements — Municipalities. (a) To qualify for...
Section 29-6-4. - Library councils. - § 29-6-4. Library councils. In cities or towns having more...
Section 29-6-5. - Cooperative library services. - § 29-6-5. Cooperative library services. (a) Any city or town...
Section 29-6-6. - Construction and capital improvements. - § 29-6-6. Construction and capital improvements. The office of library...
Section 29-6-7. - State supported institutions. - § 29-6-7. State supported institutions. For each state supported residential...
Section 29-6-7.1, 29-6-7.2. - Repealed. - § 29-6-7.1, 29-6-7.2. Repealed.
Section 29-6-8. - Eligibility requirements — Institutions. - § 29-6-8. Eligibility requirements — Institutions. (a) To qualify for...
Section 29-6-9. - Rhode Island library network. - § 29-6-9. Rhode Island library network. (a) In order to...
Section 29-6-10. - Appropriation authorization. - § 29-6-10. Appropriation authorization. The general assembly shall annually appropriate...
Section 29-6-11. - Severability. - § 29-6-11. Severability. If any provision of § 29-1-1, or...
Section 29-6-12. - Repealed. - § 29-6-12. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 144, §...
Chapter 29-7 - State Publications Clearinghouse
Section 29-7-1. - Purpose. - § 29-7-1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to...
Section 29-7-2. - Definitions. - § 29-7-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Depository...
Section 29-7-3. - Creation. - § 29-7-3. Creation. There is hereby created, as a section...
Section 29-7-4. - Director. - § 29-7-4. Director. The state librarian shall designate from the...
Section 29-7-5. - Deposits of state publications. - § 29-7-5. Deposits of state publications. Each state agency shall...
Section 29-7-6. - Depository agreements. - § 29-7-6. Depository agreements. The clearinghouse may enter into depository...
Section 29-7-7. - List of state publications. - § 29-7-7. List of state publications. The clearinghouse shall publish...
Section 29-7-8. - Clearinghouse advisory committee. - § 29-7-8. Clearinghouse advisory committee. There shall be a state...
Chapter 29-8 - The Rhode Island Information Resources Management Board [Repealed.]
Section 29-8-1 - — 29-8-13. Repealed. - § 29-8-1 — 29-8-13. Repealed.