2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 37 Public Property and Works
CHAPTER 37-8 Public Buildings
§ 37-8-10 Hours State House open – Maintenance of good order.


§ 37-8-10 Hours State House open – Maintenance of good order. – The department of administration shall fix the hours for opening and closing the State House, but the hours so fixed shall not prevent access by the public to the offices therein during the time when it is provided by law that they shall be kept open. It shall be the duty of the department to maintain good order in the State House and upon the grounds surrounding the State House. The capitol police, the bureau of police and fire of the city of Providence, and the superintendent of state police shall assign such number of officers for that purpose as the department may from time to time request.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1902, ch. 1051, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 37, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 35, § 6; P.L. 1931, ch. 1719, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 105, § 6; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 37-8-10; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 9, § 7.)

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