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- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-3-25 · Voting machines for municipal budget referenda.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-3-26 · Town meetings to be open.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-1 · Officers to be elected.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-2 · Meetings not to interfere with elections.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-3 · Assistant moderator to preside over town business.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-4 · Duplicate lists of electors.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-5 · Certificate of election of clerk.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-6 · Determination of number of council members to be elected.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-7 · Election of council members.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-8 · Repealed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-9 · Failure by electors to elect officer.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-10 · Election of mayors.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-11 · Engagement of town and city officers.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-12 · Certificate of oath delivered to officer.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-13 · Bond of tax collectors.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-14 · Powers of successor tax collectors.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-15 · Tenure of town officers.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-16 · Filling of vacancies in office.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-17 · Special statutes controlling.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-18 · Application to voting machine meetings.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-19 · Combination of voting districts for special city council election in the city of Pawtucket.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-20 · Combination of voting districts for 2019 special town council election in the town of Barrington.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-21 · Combination of voting precincts for special school committee election in the town of Coventry.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-1 · Management of affairs of town.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-2 · Probate meetings.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-3 · Quorum — Majority required for action.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-4 · Continuation of business from time to time.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-5 · Clerk of council.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-6 · Filling of vacancies in office.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-7 · Town clerk pro tempore.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-8 · Suspension or removal of surveyor of highways.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-9 · Election of town auditors.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-10 · Fees for licenses and commissions issued to officers.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-11 · Burial lands and funds.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-12 · Neglected burial grounds.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-13 · Administration of oaths and engagements.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-14 · Subpoena of witnesses.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-15 · Bonds given to council.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-16 · Appeals from orders and decrees.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-17 · Claim and prosecution of appeals.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-18 · Special charters controlling.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-19 · Appointment of municipal officer under home rule charter.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-20 · Power of city and town councils to establish intermunicipal agreements for joint purchasing of common-use items.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-20.1 · Power of city and town councils and regional school districts to jointly establish an insurance corporation, to obtain insurance, and to enter into a cooperative risk management program.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-20.2 · Power of city and town councils and regional school districts to jointly establish a corporation to manage and operate OPEB trusts.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-21 · Power of city and town councils to appropriate funds granted by the federal government.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-22 · Collective bargaining fiscal impact statements.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-1 · Scope of ordinances permissible.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-2 · Imposition of penalties for ordinance violations.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-2.1 · Repealed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-2.2 · Imposition of penalty for illegal dumping or malicious damage to street lights in the city of Warwick.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-2.3 · Authorization for cities and towns to promulgate and enforce pretreatment and sewer-use ordinances and regulations.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-3 · Ordinances to punish indecent intoxication.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-4 · Names of localities within towns.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-5 · Names of railroad stations.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-6 · Offenses punishable by state law.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-7 · Publication of ordinances.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-8 · Officers for execution of ordinances — Enforcement expenses.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-9 · Shut off of water supply for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-10 · Registration of vending machines.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-11 · Community restitution.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-12 · Liability for illegal dumping.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6.1-1 · Mail payment of penalty for non-moving traffic violation.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6.1-2 · Schedule of fines.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6.1-3 · Payment of fine addressed to whom.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6.1-4 · Time and manner of payment.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6.1-5 · Repealed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6.1-6 · Violation tags.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6.1-7 · Contents of tag.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6.1-8 · North Smithfield — Non-moving traffic violations — Payment in person.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-1 · Clerk’s bond.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-2 · Deputy clerk.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-3 · Deputies to register voters.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-4 · Bond of deputy — Revocation of appointment.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-5 · Repealed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-6 · Fees of clerk.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-7, 45-7-8 · Repealed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-9 · Microfilming of records.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-1 · Bond of treasurer.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-2 · Annual statement of accounts.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-3 · Settlement of accounts.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-4 · Certified copies of statements of accounts.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-5 · Forfeiture for neglect to make statement.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-6 · Appointment and powers of deputy.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-7 · Liability for default of deputy — Bond — Revocation of appointment — Tenure.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-1 · Declaration of policy and legal standard.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-2 · Definitions.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-3 · Appointment and duties of fiscal overseer.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-4 · Approval of tax levy.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-5 · Reports of fiscal overseer and appointment of budget and review commission.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-6 · Composition of budget commission.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-7 · Appointment of receiver.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-8 · Appointment of receiver in a fiscal emergency.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-9 · Collective bargaining agreements.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-10 · Appointment of administration and finance officer upon abolition of receiver where petition filed under Chapter 9 of Title 11 of the United States Code.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-10.1 · Appointment of administration and finance officer upon abolition of a fiscal overseer, or a budget commission or a receiver where no chapter 9, title 11 petition filed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-11 · Expenditures in excess of appropriations prohibited.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-12 · Conflicts with other laws.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-13 · Other state receivership laws inapplicable.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-14 · No state guarantee.