Rhode Island General Laws 42-96-4. Payments to organizations for the 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.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 42-96-4
- Commission: means the Rhode Island justice commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-96-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Organization: means any neighborhood crime prevention organization, incorporated or unincorporated, organized exclusively for a purpose or purposes, not for pecuniary profit or financial gain and no part of the assets, income or profit of which is distributable to, or inures to the benefit of, its members, directors (or their equivalent) or officers except to the extent permitted by law, and which is engaged in one or more of the organization activities specified in subdivision (5) of this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-96-2
- Organization activities: means activities of neighborhood crime prevention, geared towards the heightened awareness and practice of community members in techniques stressing the reduction of opportunities for crimes to occur and the increased possibility of police apprehension of criminals. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-96-2
(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.
History of Section.
P.L. 1985, ch. 383, § 1.