Chapter 362

2004 -- H 7027 SUBSTITUTE A

Enacted 07/05/04

A N A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

Introduced By: Representatives Flaherty, and Menard

Date Introduced: January 07, 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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