§ 22-7-5 - Adjustment and compromise of claims. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 22-7-5

   § 22-7-5  Adjustment and compromise ofclaims. – It shall be the further duty of the joint committee to exhaust all possibilityof adjustment and compromise of valid claims before hearing on them. To thisend, the claimant on the one hand and the state, acting through the department,division, bureau, or other state agency having immediate charge of the subjectmatter of the claim, on the other hand may stipulate and agree upon the amountand manner of making final disposition of the claim. The stipulation andagreement may, but need not, be adopted by the joint committee as its findingsand its determination of the claim.