Rhode Island § 22-7-5 - Joint Committee on Accounts and Claims
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§ 22-7-5. Joint Committee on Accounts and Claims
R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-7-5
§ 22-7-5. Adjustment and compromise of claims.
It shall be the further duty of the joint committee to exhaust all possibility of adjustment and compromise of valid claims before hearing on them. To this end, the claimant on the one hand and the state, acting through the department, division, bureau, or other state agency having immediate charge of the subject matter of the claim, on the other hand may stipulate and agree upon the amount and manner of making final disposition of the claim. The stipulation and agreement may, but need not, be adopted by the joint committee as its findings and its determination of the claim.
History of Section.
P.L. 1955, ch. 3438, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 22-7-5.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-7-5 ("Joint Committee on Accounts and Claims") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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