{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-4.1-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-4.1-3","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to:\n(1) Assure Rhode Islanders retain or expand access to high quality public radio station programming;\n(2) Establish a process to evaluate, monitor and review whether the conversion of a public radio station to a commercial station is consistent with the intentions of Rhode Island donors whose contributions had made the noncommercial station viable;\n(3) Establish a review process for determining whether assessment of a conversion fee is appropriate in a public radio station conversion;\n(4) Clarify the jurisdiction and the authority of the department of attorney general to preserve and protect public and charitable assets in reviewing public radio station conversions; and\n(5) Provide for independent organizations to hold, spend and/or distribute the conversion fee for public radio station conversions that the attorney general considers not to provide a community benefit.","path":["Title 18 Fiduciaries","Chapter 4.1 The Public Radio Conversions Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE18/18-4.1/18-4.1-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:07Z","sha256":"33fd716f0ec10fe627baa29161ffc00d2664709de7930a661cbc4d28fb542122","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-4.1-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-4.1-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}