Section 29-7-2 - DefinitionsAs used in this chapter:
(1) "Depository library" means a library designated to collect, maintain, and make available state publications to the general public. The clearinghouse director shall consider the geography of the state when designating depository libraries;(2) "Printed" means any form of printing and duplicating, regardless of format, with the exception of correspondence, and interoffice and intraoffice memoranda;(3) "State agency" means any state office, whether legislative, executive, judicial, regulatory, administrative body of the state, or any political subdivision thereof; including, but not limited to, any constitutional officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission, office, authority, any school, fire, or water district, and/or any other agency or quasi-public agency of Rhode Island state or local government which exercises governmental function and/or that expends state appropriated funds or any other public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity acting on behalf of any public agency; and(4) "State publication" means any publication, regardless of physical form or characteristics produced, made available electronically, printed, purchased, or authorized for distribution by a state agency, except those determined by the issuing agency to be required for official use only for administrative or operational purposes.Amended by 2024 Pub. Laws, ch. 169,§ 3, eff. 6/17/2024.Amended by 2024 Pub. Laws, ch. 168,§ 3, eff. 6/17/2024.Amended by 2016 Pub. Laws, ch. 511, § 27, eff. 12/31/2016.P.L. 1983, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 196, §2; P.L. 1997 , ch. 101, § 1.