Rhode Island § 43-2-8 § 43-2-8. Distribution of official documents by governor.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 43-2-8 — § 43-2-8. Distribution of official documents by governor.

Rhode Island § 43-2-8

Title 43Statutes and Statutory Construction

Ch. 43-2Publication and Distribution of Acts

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-2-8 (2026).

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§ 43-2-8. Distribution of official documents by governor.
The governor may transmit to the executive departments of the several states, to the
            executive departments of the United States, to the senators and representatives in
            congress, to the agents of foreign countries in the United States authorized to make
            exchanges for the documents, to the libraries, and to the state officers, boards and
            commissions hereafter created by the general assembly for use in the performance of
            their duties, as he or she may think proper, copies of all acts, resolutions, reports
            and other documents published under the authority of this state or of any officer
         

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§ 43-2-8. Distribution of official documents by governor.

The governor may transmit to the executive departments of the several states, to the executive departments of the United States, to the senators and representatives in congress, to the agents of foreign countries in the United States authorized to make exchanges for the documents, to the libraries, and to the state officers, boards and commissions hereafter created by the general assembly for use in the performance of their duties, as he or she may think proper, copies of all acts, resolutions, reports and other documents published under the authority of this state or of any officer thereof. There shall also be reserved for the governor twenty (20) copies of all bound volumes of the acts, resolutions, reports, and other public documents published under authority of the state, during his or her term of office, to be distributed as he or she shall see fit, upon his or her order as governor.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 22, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 28, §§ 8, 9; P.L. 1921, ch. 2050, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 28, § 8; P.L. 1927, ch. 1007, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 307, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 43-2-8.