R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-28-8: Clerk of division.

The superintendent may employ a clerk who shall be a competent stenographer, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for the payment of the salary of the clerk. The clerk shall be numbered among the personnel of the division within the meaning of §§ 42-28-21 and 42-28-22. Any clerk hired on or after July 1, 2012, shall be considered a civilian employee in accordance with the provisions of § 42-28-22(g).