Rhode Island § 36-4-47 - Merit System

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§ 36-4-47. Merit System

R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-4-47

§ 36-4-47. Personnel roster and records — Tabulation and analysis of data.

The personnel administrator shall maintain a perpetual roster of all officers and employees in the unclassified and classified services and all persons from other departments or agencies of the state which receive funds from the state showing for each person the title of the position held, the position number, his or her departmental or other agency assignment, his or her salary rate, date of appointment, complete employment history, and other such data as the personnel administrator deems pertinent. The personnel administrator shall also maintain other such personnel records as he or she considers desirable, and shall make available to the governor, the legislature, the director, department and institution executives, and other persons having a proper interest therein, tabulations and analyses of such personnel data as he or she has available. A similar perpetual roster shall also be maintained showing for each person named the title of the position held, the position number, his or her departmental or other agency assignment, his or her salary rate and date of employment which shall be made available for public inspection at the request of any person.

History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 19; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-47; P.L. 1972, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 335, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 107, § 1.

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Section 36-4-47 ("Merit System") 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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