Title 29Libraries

Title 29Libraries

Chapter 7State Publications Clearinghouse

R.I. Gen. Laws § 29-7-2

§ 29-7-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Depository library” means a library designated to collect, maintain, and make available state publications to the general public. The clearinghouse director shall consider the geography of the state when designating depository libraries.

(2) “Printed” means any form of printing and duplicating, regardless of format, with the exception of correspondence, and interoffice and intraoffice memoranda.

(3) “State agency” means any state office, whether legislative, executive, judicial, regulatory, an administrative body of the state, or any political subdivision thereof; including, but not limited to, any constitutional officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission, office, authority, any school, fire, or water district, and/or any other agency or quasi-public agency of Rhode Island state or local government which exercises governmental function and/or that expends state appropriated funds or any other public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity acting on behalf of any public agency.

(4) “State publication” means any publication, regardless of physical form or characteristics produced, made available electronically, printed, purchased, or authorized for distribution by a state agency, except those determined by the issuing agency to be required for official use only for administrative or operational purposes.

History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 196, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 27; P.L. 2024, ch. 168, § 3, effective June 17, 2024; P.L. 2024, ch. 169, § 3, effective June 17, 2024.