Rhode Island § 42-96-4 - Neighborhood Crime Prevention Act

§ 42-96-4. Payments to organizations for performance of organization activities.

(a) Each contract entered into with an organization shall provide for payment to that organization for approved activities to be performed by it.

(b) Payment to organizations pursuant to this chapter shall be restricted to sums required for the payment of salaries and wages of employees, and for the purchase of necessary equipment for the execution of approved activities. Nothing contained in this section shall be interpreted to authorize expenditures leading to the possession, utilization, carrying, or dissemination of firearms or other deadly weapons, regardless of whether the appropriate license has been issued for firearms or other deadly weapons. Qualifying equipment expenditures may include, but shall not be limited to, locks and audio warning devices for use by financially needy, victim-prone residents, patrol vehicles, radios, signs, gasoline, support services for crime victims, publicity, and office supplies. Authorized expenditures may not include the salaries of, or fees for, the hiring of private guards.

(c) Payments shall be made by the commission to an organization, not less frequently than quarter-annually, at or prior to the commencement of the time period, to compensate the organization for the organization activities which it shall undertake to perform.

(d) No organization receiving payments pursuant to this chapter shall receive or be eligible to receive any other funds of the state for activities performed by it under the contract. To the extent other state funds are received in violation of this section, payments otherwise due under this chapter shall be accordingly reduced.