(a)  All departments, commissions, boards, councils, other agencies in the government of the state and public corporations shall annually prepare and submit to the budget office by October 1 a list containing:

(1)  The name of any person privatization contractor, or vendor who performed legal, medical, accounting, engineering, or any other professional, technical or consultant service to the department, commission, board, council, agency or public corporation on a contractual basis during the previous fiscal year; and

(2)  The amount of compensation received by each consultant during the previous fiscal year.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 42-90-1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  All departments, commissions, boards, councils, other agencies in the government of the state and public corporations shall prepare and submit to the budget office on an annual basis by October 1 a contracting report containing:

(1)  Digital/Electronic copies of all contracts or agreements by which a nongovernmental person or entity agrees with the department, commission, board, council, agency or public corporation to provide services, valued at one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or more, which are substantially similar to and in replacement of work normally performed by an employee of the department, commission, board, council, agency or public corporation.

(2)  [Deleted by P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 9, § 4].

(c)  The budget office shall post electronic/digital copies of all contracts and reports online using the state’s transparency portal or an equivalent website, available for public inspection, annually no later than December 1 of each year.

History of Section.
P.L. 1985, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 172, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 646, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 332, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 9, § 4.