{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-42-31","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-42-31","heading":"Responsibility for administration — General powers of director.","body":"It shall be the duty of the director to administer chapters 42 — 44 of this title subject to the provisions of those chapters; and he or she shall have the power and authority to:\n(1) Enforce all the reasonable rules and regulations that may be adopted as provided elsewhere in those chapters and all orders necessary or suitable to that end;\n(2) Employ any persons;\n(3) Make expenditures;\n(4) Require reports; and\n(5) Take any other action, within his or her means and consistent with those chapters, necessary or suitable to that end.","path":["Title 28 Labor and Labor Relations","Chapter 42 Employment Security — General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE28/28-42/28-42-31.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:01Z","sha256":"35ce91b9eb9fcc7ffedd45d57a92a9b249ea12b0cbe781a89ffcf77f65942d15","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-42-30","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-42-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}