§ 22-11-3.4 - Duties of the law revision director. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 22-11-3.4

   § 22-11-3.4  Duties of the law revisiondirector. – In addition to other duties assigned to the law revision director, he or sheshall rearrange, rephrase, and consolidate the public laws and acts andresolves of the general assembly so that redundancies may be avoided, obsoleteenactments eliminated, contradictions reconciled, omissions supplied, andimperfections cured. The law revision director has no authority either tochange the law or to alter the substance of the statutes but shall alert thegeneral assembly annually to specific changes, which may be required. Inaddition, a report shall be filed annually with the general assembly whichshall indicate which sections of the general laws at the previous session hadmore than one amendment and displaying a copy of the final version of thestatute on the first legislative day of the next subsequent session of thegeneral assembly.