R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-19

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 42-29-19 - Attendance on general assembly and courts

The director of the department of public safety or his or her designees shall assign deputy sheriffs to attend the general assembly when in session. The director of the department of public safety or his or her designee shall designate such number of deputy sheriffs to attend the session of the supreme court as the chief justice or presiding justice of the superior, district, family and workers' compensation courts may request and any such deputy sheriff shall be relieved of attendance at the request of the chief justice or the presiding justice of the applicable court.

C.P.A. 1905, § 203; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-19; P.L. 1952, ch. 3030, § 4; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §13; P.L. 2012 , ch. 324, § 1.