§ 42-66-3 - Transfer of functions from the department of community affairs. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 42-66-3

   § 42-66-3  Transfer of functions from thedepartment of community affairs. – There are transferred to the director of the department of elderly affairs:

   (1) Those duties with respect to elderly citizens as enactedby former §§ 42-44-9 and 42-44-10;

   (2) So much of other functions or parts of functions of thedirector of the department of community affairs; provided, however, that thoseduties with respect to housing facilities, projects, and programs for theelderly shall be within the jurisdiction of the governor's office ofintergovernmental relations; and

   (3) Whenever in the general laws or in any public law thewords "administration of division of aging," "division on aging" and "directorand/or department of community affairs" shall appear in relation to elderlyaffairs, the reference shall be deemed to mean and include the director and thedepartment of elderly affairs, as the case may be.