{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-29-5.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-29-5.1","heading":"Oversight committee created — Composition.","body":"(a) There is created a batterers intervention standards oversight committee, referred to in this chapter as the committee pursuant to the provisions of § 12-29-5.\n(b) The committee shall meet no fewer than four (4) times per year at the call of the chairperson or upon petition of a majority of committee members.\n(c) The committee shall consist of thirteen (13) members to be appointed as follows: The director of the department of corrections or his or her designee who shall serve as chairperson of the committee; the director of the Rhode Island justice commission or his or her designee; the executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence or his or her designee; a representative from the law enforcement community appointed by the chairperson of the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association; the attorney general or his or her designee; the director of Justice Assistance or his or her designee; a qualified elector of this state appointed by the governor; the director of the domestic violence training and monitoring unit or his or her designee; the chief justice of the supreme court or his or her designee; the director of the department of health or his or her designee; a representative of a batterers intervention program appointed by the director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence; the chief judge of the district court or his or her designee; and the director of the Urban League of Rhode Island or his or her designee.\n(d) Each member of the committee may appoint a permanent designee to attend committee meetings in his or her absence. A quorum of the committee shall consist of a majority of its members.","path":["Title 12 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 29 Domestic Violence Prevention Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE12/12-29/12-29-5.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:29Z","sha256":"3efa0a1042cda00ffd2db85470e47b9c5cb34609acb351d89077735648fc6338","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-29-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-29-5.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}