Rhode Island § 35-6-40 § 35-6-40. Payment of small claims against state in motor vehicle cases.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 35-6-40 — § 35-6-40. Payment of small claims against state in motor vehicle cases.

Rhode Island·Title 35 Public Finance·Ch. 35-6 Accounts and Control

§ 35-6-40. Payment of small claims against state in motor vehicle cases.
Whenever any person has sustained injury to his or her person or damage to his or
            her property by reason of the negligent operation by any officer or employee of the
            state of a motor vehicle or other motorized equipment owned by the state, the person
            may file a claim for the injury or damage with the director of the department in which
            the state officer or employee is employed. If the director, after proper investigation
            of the facts, shall determine that the claim is proper, he or she may, with the approval
            of the attorney general and the director of administration, allow the 

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§ 35-6-40. Payment of small claims against state in motor vehicle cases.

Whenever any person has sustained injury to his or her person or damage to his or her property by reason of the negligent operation by any officer or employee of the state of a motor vehicle or other motorized equipment owned by the state, the person may file a claim for the injury or damage with the director of the department in which the state officer or employee is employed. If the director, after proper investigation of the facts, shall determine that the claim is proper, he or she may, with the approval of the attorney general and the director of administration, allow the claim, in whole or in part, but in no case in excess of one hundred dollars ($100), and the controller, upon receiving notice of the allowance, shall draw his or her order upon the general treasurer for the payment of such a sum as shall be allowed to the persons entitled thereto.

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