§ 42-32-1. Creation of science and research council. (a) There is hereby created within the executive department a special agency to be known as the science and research council of Rhode Island, consisting of eighteen (18) members, fifteen (15) of whom shall be appointed by the governor as follows: two (2) each from the faculties […]
§ 42-32-2. Duties of council. It shall be the duty of the science and research council: (1) To promote Rhode Island as a center for scientific research; (2) To promote industrial research and research related to state institutions and health programs; (3) To study and explore the areas in which government may expand its research […]
§ 42-32-3. Employees — Executive committee. The science and research council shall have the power to engage an executive director and such other clerical and secretarial assistance as it shall deem necessary. The council may elect from among its members an executive committee and such other committee or committees as it shall deem necessary to […]
§ 42-32-4. Travel expenses. The members of the science and research council shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their travel and necessary expenses. History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch. 74, § 4.
§ 42-32-5. Annual appropriation. The general assembly shall annually appropriate, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such […]
