There is hereby established an incentive pay program in accordance with the provisions of this chapter offering financial compensation to clerks of the supreme, superior, family, and district courts and administrators of the workers' compensation court for furthering their education in the field of court administration or law enforcement. This incentive program shall apply to clerks who hold this position on July 5, 1994, and shall not apply to any person hired as a clerk after July 5, 1994.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-4.1-1