Chapter
04-125
2004 -- S 2401
Enacted 06/18/04
A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Introduced By: Senators
McCaffrey, Connors, and F Caprio
Date
Introduced: February 11, 2004
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8-15-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-15 entitled "Court
Administration" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8-15-4.
Appointment of court administrator and assistants. -- (a) The chief
justice
shall appoint a court administrator
and such assistants as he or she deems necessary to aid in the
administration of the judicial
system. The administrator and his or her assistants shall serve at the
pleasure of the chief justice.
(b)
The court administrator shall, under the direction of the chief justice,
prepare an
annual budget for the judicial
system and submit the budget to the department of administration
and perform all other necessary functions
relating to the administration of the courts thereof.
(c)
The court administrator shall, under the direction of the chief justice, assume
control
of and supervise the maintenance
and repair of all buildings housing the supreme and several
inferior courts of justice
throughout the state of Rhode Island. presently under the
jurisdiction and
authority of the department of
administration. The general assembly
shall appropriate sufficient
amounts in the court budget to
enable the court administrator to implement the provisions of this
section.
SECTION 2.
Sections 37-8-1 and 37-8-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-8 entitled
"Public Buildings" are
hereby amended to read as follows:
37-8-1.
State house -- State office building -- Courthouses. -- The department
of
administration shall have control
and supervision of the state house and the state office building,.
and shall also have charge of
and custody over the Providence County courthouse, the Newport
County courthouse, the Washington
County courthouse, the Bristol County courthouse, the Kent
County courthouse, the sixth
district courthouse at Providence, the courthouse at Woonsocket, the
courthouse at Westerly, and the
former supreme court building at Providence.
37-8-2.
Rented premises -- Military buildings -- Institutional buildings. -- The
department and director of
administration shall also have the supervision and maintenance of
courtrooms and other premises
rented in behalf of the state for use for office or court purposes.
The department and the director
of administration shall also have supervision of the various
military buildings in the custody
of the adjutant general; provided, however, that the supervision
shall relate only to the
construction, repair, maintenance, and janitorial service of the properties.
The department shall also have the
supervision of the various buildings at the Dr. U. E.
Zambarano memorial hospital, the
Rhode Island school for the deaf, the several barracks under
the control of the state police,
buildings under the supervision of the chief engineer of the public
works division of the department of
transportation, and buildings and structures under the
department of environmental management;
provided, however, that the supervision shall relate
only to the construction and repair
of the properties, and shall not relate to the repair of buildings
at the Dr. U. E. Zambarano memorial
hospital.
SECTION 3.
This act shall take effect upon passage.
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