R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-102-1.2: Change of name.

(a) The council known as the “Rhode Island human resource investment council” shall now be known as the “governor’s workforce board Rhode Island.” Whenever in any general law, or public law, rule, regulation, and/or bylaw, reference is made to the “Rhode Island human resource investment council” or the “human resource investment council,” the reference shall be deemed to refer to and mean the “governor’s workforce board Rhode Island,” which may also be referred to as the “state workforce investment board” or the “board.”

(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed to change or modify the corporate existence of the former Rhode Island human resource investment council, which shall now be known as the “governor’s workforce board Rhode Island,” or to change or modify any contracts or agreements of any kind by, for, between, or to which the human resource investment council is a party or to effect in any way the property or assets of the Rhode Island human resource investment council. The workforce board is the successor in interest to the Rhode Island human resource investment council.