Rhode Island General Laws 8-14-1. Management, storage, and disposition of state court records
There shall be created a committee within the state court system with responsibility for the management, storage, and disposition of all state court records, including inactive records. The committee shall be composed of the following members: the chief justice of the supreme court or his or her designee, the presiding justice of the superior court or his or her designee, the chief judge of the family court or his or her designee, the chief judge of the district court or his or her designee, the chief judge of the workers’ compensation court or his or her designee, the chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal or his or her designee, one clerk from each of the respective state courts as designated by the chief or presiding justice or chief judge of each state court, and the head of the state court record center or his or her designee. The committee shall meet as required to revise the state courts’ records retention policy or at the request of the state court administrator.
History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 203, § 4; P.L. 1997, ch. 311, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 473, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 5, § 6; P.L. 2008, ch. 1, § 6.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 8-14-1
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- magistrate: may be construed to mean a justice, or a clerk acting as a justice, of a district court. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16