Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-75 – Council on the Arts


§ 42-75-1	Declaration of policy
§ 42-75-2	Creation of commission
§ 42-75-3	Membership of commission
§ 42-75-4	Terms of members
§ 42-75-5	Organization of commission
§ 42-75-6	Administration of the commission
§ 42-75-7	Duties of commission
§ 42-75-8	Authority of commission
§ 42-75-9	National Endowment for the Arts
§ 42-75-10	Report
§ 42-75-11	Repealed
§ 42-75-12	Rhode Island film and television office
§ 42-75-13	Appropriation

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Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
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in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.