R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-6-11: Withholding tax deductions.

The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to make appropriate salary deductions from the salary or wages of each employee of the state, or of any agency thereof, in compliance with the withholding provisions of the internal revenue code of the United States of America, and all amendments thereto, and to make all necessary and appropriate reports and payments required thereby. The action of the state controller in making those deductions, reports, and payments, is hereby ratified and confirmed.