Rhode Island § 28-42-31 § 28-42-31. Responsibility for administration — General powers of director.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 28-42-31 — § 28-42-31. Responsibility for administration — General powers of director.

Rhode Island § 28-42-31

Title 28Labor and Labor Relations

Ch. 28-42Employment Security â€” General Provisions

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-42-31 (2026).

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§ 28-42-31. Responsibility for administration — General powers of director.
It shall be the duty of the director to administer chapters 42 — 44 of this title
            subject to the provisions of those chapters; and he or she shall have the power and
            authority to:
         
(1) Enforce all the reasonable rules and regulations that may be adopted as provided elsewhere
            in those chapters and all orders necessary or suitable to that end;
         
(2) Employ any persons;
         
(3) Make expenditures;
         
(4) Require reports; and
      

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§ 28-42-31. Responsibility for administration — General powers of director.

It shall be the duty of the director to administer chapters 42 — 44 of this title subject to the provisions of those chapters; and he or she shall have the power and authority to:

(1) Enforce all the reasonable rules and regulations that may be adopted as provided elsewhere in those chapters and all orders necessary or suitable to that end;

(2) Employ any persons;

(3) Make expenditures;

(4) Require reports; and

(5) Take any other action, within his or her means and consistent with those chapters, necessary or suitable to that end.

Legislative History

P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3292, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-31.