Rhode Island § 42-56-9 § 42-56-9. Authority of department broadly construed.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 42-56-9 — § 42-56-9. Authority of department broadly construed.

Rhode Island § 42-56-9

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-56Corrections Department

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-9 (2026).

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§ 42-56-9. Authority of department broadly construed.
The omission in this chapter of a citation of any general law or public law now in
            force that makes it mandatory upon or permissive for any department, division, or
            other agency of the state to perform certain functions that by this act are assigned
            or transferred to the department of corrections shall not (unless otherwise clearly
            intended) suspend or annul the right of the department of corrections to carry out
            those functions.
         

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§ 42-56-9. Authority of department broadly construed.

The omission in this chapter of a citation of any general law or public law now in force that makes it mandatory upon or permissive for any department, division, or other agency of the state to perform certain functions that by this act are assigned or transferred to the department of corrections shall not (unless otherwise clearly intended) suspend or annul the right of the department of corrections to carry out those functions.