{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-59-20","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-59-20","heading":"Audit of expenditures.","body":"The pre-audit of all expenditures under authority of the board by the state controller provided for in § 35-6-1 shall be purely ministerial, concerned only with the legality of the expenditure and the availability of the funds, and in no event shall the state controller interpose his or her judgment regarding the wisdom or expediency of any item or items of expenditure.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 59 Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-59/16-59-20.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:53Z","sha256":"23a805eda63e134c33d27558c9fc03374bd5f6d3ffcd14370337923c0668d72c","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-59-19","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-59-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}