Rhode Island § 42-9-1 § 42-9-1. Head of department — Assistants.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 42-9-1 — § 42-9-1. Head of department — Assistants.

Rhode Island § 42-9-1

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-9Department of Attorney General

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-9-1 (2026).

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§ 42-9-1. Head of department — Assistants.
(a) There shall be a department of the attorney general. The head of the department shall
            be the attorney general who shall have supervision over the department and shall appoint
            thirty (30) assistant attorneys general.
         
(b) The assistant attorneys general shall have powers and duties similar to those imposed
            upon the attorney general by law and shall be performed under and by the advice and
            direction of the attorney general. The attorney general shall appoint such special
            assistant attorneys general as may from time to time be necessary and as shall be
            

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§ 42-9-1. Head of department — Assistants.

(a) There shall be a department of the attorney general. The head of the department shall be the attorney general who shall have supervision over the department and shall appoint thirty (30) assistant attorneys general.

(b) The assistant attorneys general shall have powers and duties similar to those imposed upon the attorney general by law and shall be performed under and by the advice and direction of the attorney general. The attorney general shall appoint such special assistant attorneys general as may from time to time be necessary and as shall be authorized by annual appropriation or otherwise provided for in the annual budget adopted by the general assembly, whose powers and duties shall be designated pursuant to § 42-9-2.

Legislative History

P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 42-9-1; P.L. 1967, ch. 84, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 21, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 125, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 406, § 1.