§ 46-10-17 - Appointment of agent for director. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 46-10-17

   § 46-10-17  Appointment of agent fordirector. – In case the director of the department of environmental management shall beabsent from the island or shall be unable, from sickness or other cause, toattend to the duties of his or her office, the director may appoint some otherperson in the town of New Shoreham to act in his or her stead as commissionerof wrecks, while the absence or inability shall exist. The person so appointedor authorized shall be clothed with all the rights and powers which thedirector has under this chapter; for which the director shall be as fullyresponsible as if the acts were performed by himself or herself.