Rhode Island General Laws 29-7-3. Creation
There is hereby created, as a section of the state library, and under the direction of the state librarian, a state publications clearinghouse for libraries, hereinafter referred to as “the clearinghouse”. The clearinghouse shall promote the establishment of an orderly depository library system and shall maintain a complete and permanent collection of state publications. To this end, the secretary of state, with the assistance of the state librarian and the director of the state publications clearinghouse for libraries and the clearinghouse advisory committee, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 196, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 101, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 29-7-3
- Depository library: means a library designated to collect, maintain, and make available state publications to the general public. See Rhode Island General Laws 29-7-2