Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 29-7 - State Publications Clearinghouse

• 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
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Printed: means any form of printing and duplicating, regardless of format, with the exception of correspondence, and interoffice and intraoffice memoranda;

  (3)  "State agency" means any state office, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, including, but not limited to, any constitutional officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission, and/or any other agency that expends state appropriated funds; and

  (4)  "State publication" means any publication, regardless of physical form or characteristics produced, made available electronically, printed, purchased, or authorized for distribution by a state agency, except those determined by the issuing agency to be required for official use only for administrative or operational purposes. See Rhode Island General Laws 29-7-2