Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 2-11 – Forest Fire Personnel


§ 2-11-1	Definitions
§ 2-11-2	Designation of fire chief, senior officer, and forest fire district
§ 2-11-3	Compensation of fire chief, senior officer, and their employees
§ 2-11-4	Patrols during drought
§ 2-11-5	Reports of fires
§ 2-11-6	Payments to local fire companies and districts
§ 2-11-7	Incidental expenses
§ 2-11-8	Badges
§ 2-11-9	Enforcement powers of fire chiefs
§ 2-11-10	Subpoena of witnesses
§ 2-11-11	State appropriations

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 2-11 - Forest Fire Personnel

Administrative fee: means the fee charged to a client by a professional employer organization for professional employer services. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Agency contract: means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional sports services contract or an endorsement contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Athlete agent: means an individual who enters into an agency contract with a student athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agency contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Athletic director: means an individual responsible for administering the overall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educational institution has separately administered athletic programs for male students and female students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program for females, as appropriate. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Board: means the contractors' registration and licensing board as defined in § 5-65-1. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-73-1
Buyer: means any person entering into a social referral services contract with a seller. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-78-1
Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate required by Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Client: means any person who enters into a professional employer agreement with a PEO. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Co-employer: means either a PEO or a client. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Co-employment relationship: shall mean :

(1) As between co-employers, a relationship whereby the rights, duties, and obligations of an employer that arise out of an employment relationship have been allocated between co-employers pursuant to a professional employer agreement and this chapter and that is intended to be an ongoing relationship, rather than a temporary or project-specific relationship;

(2) As between each PEO and a covered employee as to which a professional employer agreement applies, an employment relationship whereby such PEO is entitled to enforce those rights, and obligated to perform those duties and obligations, allocated to such PEO by the professional employer agreement and this chapter;

(3) As between each client and a covered employee to which a professional employer agreement applies, an employment relationship whereby such client is entitled to enforce those rights, and obligated to provide and perform those employer obligations allocated to such client by the professional employer agreement and this chapter, and whereby such client is responsible for any employer right or obligation not otherwise allocated by the professional employer agreement or this chapter; and

(4) As to rights enforceable by an employee under state law, covered employees shall be entitled to enforce against the PEO those rights: (i) Allocated to such PEO by the professional employer agreement and this chapter; or (ii) Shared by the PEO and the client under the professional employer agreement and this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Consumer lease: means a lease that a lessor regularly engaged in the business of leasing or selling makes to a lessee who is an individual and who takes under the lease primarily for a personal, family, or household purpose. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Contact: means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athlete agent and a student athlete, to recruit or solicit the student athlete to enter into an agency contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Contract: means any agreement, or any term in any agreement, between a foreclosure consultant and an owner for the rendition of any services as defined in subsection (8). See Rhode Island General Laws 5-79-1
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
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.
Covered employee: means an individual having a co-employment relationship with a PEO and a client who meets all of the following criteria: (1) The individual has executed an employment agreement with the PEO; (2) The individual is a party to a co-employment relationship with a PEO and a client; and (3) The individual's co-employment relationship is pursuant to a professional employer agreement subject to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Department: means the department of administration, division of taxation. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Domesticated limited partnership: means the domesticating limited partnership as it continues in existence after a domestication. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Domesticating limited partnership: means the domestic limited partnership that approves a plan of domestication pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Domestication: means a transaction authorized by subpart 5. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Endorsement contract: means an agreement under which a student athlete is employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party any value that the student athlete may have because of publicity, reputation, following, or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
Fault: means wrongful act, omission, breach, or default. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Finance lease: means a lease with respect to which:

(i) The lessor does not select, manufacture, or supply the goods;

(ii) The lessor acquires the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods in connection with the lease; and

(iii) One of the following occurs:

(A) The lessee receives a copy of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods before signing the lease contract;

(B) The lessee's approval of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods is a condition to effectiveness of the lease contract;

(C) The lessee, before signing the lease contract, receives an accurate and complete statement designating the promises and warranties, and any disclaimers of warranties, limitations or modifications of remedies, or liquidated damages, including those of a third party, such as the manufacturer of the goods, provided to the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods; or

(D) If the lease is not a consumer lease, the lessor, before the lessee signs the lease contract, informs the lessee in writing (a) of the identity of the person supplying the goods to the lessor, unless the lessee has selected that person and directed the lessor to acquire the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods from that person, (b) that the lessee is entitled under this chapter to the promises and warranties, including those of any third party, provided to the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods, and (c) that the lessee may communicate with the person supplying the goods to the lessor and receive an accurate and complete statement of those promises and warranties, including any disclaimers and limitations of them or of remedies. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
Foreclosure consultant: means any person who, directly or indirectly, makes any solicitation, representation, or offer to any owner to perform for compensation or who, for compensation, performs any service that the person in any manner represents will in any manner do any of the following:

(i) Stop or postpone the foreclosure sale;

(ii) Obtain any forbearance from any beneficiary or mortgagee;

(iii) Assist the owner to exercise the right of redemption provided in § 34-23-2;

(iv) Obtain any extension of the period within which the owner may reinstate the owner's obligation;

(v) Obtain any waiver of an acceleration clause contained in any promissory note or contract secured by a mortgage on a residence in foreclosure or contained in the mortgage;

(vi) Assist the owner in foreclosure or loan default to obtain a loan or advance of funds;

(vii) Avoid or ameliorate the impairment of the owner's credit resulting from the recording of a notice of default or the conduct of a foreclosure sale; or

(viii) Save the owner's residence from foreclosure. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-79-1
Foreclosure reconveyance: means a transaction involving:

(i) The transfer of title to real property by a foreclosed homeowner during a foreclosure proceeding, either by transfer of interest from the foreclosed homeowner or by creation of a mortgage or lien or encumbrance during the foreclosure process that allows the acquirer to obtain title to the property by redeeming the property as a junior lienholder; and

(ii) The subsequent conveyance, or promise of a subsequent conveyance, of an interest back to the foreclosed homeowner by the acquirer or a person acting in participation with the acquirer that allows the foreclosed homeowner to possess the real property following the completion of the foreclosure proceeding, which interest includes, but is not limited to, an interest in a contract for deed, purchase agreement, option to purchase, or lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-79-1
Foreign limited partnership: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state which would be a limited partnership if formed under the law of this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (§?6A-2. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Intercollegiate sport: means a sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national association for the promotion or regulation of collegiate athletics. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Interest: means :

(i) A share in a business corporation;

(ii) A membership in a nonprofit corporation;

(iii) A partnership interest in a general partnership;

(iv) A partnership interest in a limited partnership;

(v) A membership interest in a limited liability company;

(vi) A share in a general cooperative association;

(vii) A member's interest in a limited cooperative association;

(viii) A membership in an unincorporated nonprofit association;

(ix) A beneficial interest in a statutory trust, business trust, or common-law business trust; or

(x) A governance interest or distributional interest in any other type of unincorporated entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Interest holder: means :

(i) A shareholder of a business corporation;

(ii) A member of a nonprofit corporation;

(iii) A general partner of a general partnership;

(iv) A general partner of a limited partnership;

(v) A limited partner of a limited partnership;

(vi) A member of a limited liability company;

(vii) A shareholder of a general cooperative association;

(viii) A member of a limited cooperative association;

(ix) A member of an unincorporated nonprofit association;

(x) A beneficiary or beneficial owner of a statutory trust, business trust, or common-law business trust; or

(xi) Any other direct holder of an interest. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Interest holder liability: means :

(i) Personal liability for a liability of an entity which is imposed on a person:

(A) Solely by reason of the status of the person as an interest holder; or

(B) By the organic rules of the entity which make one or more specified interest holders or categories of interest holders liable in their capacity as interest holders for all or specified liabilities of the entity; or

(ii) An obligation of an interest holder under the organic rules of an entity to contribute to the entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Jurisdiction of formation: means the jurisdiction whose law governs the internal affairs of an entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
Lease: means a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term in return for consideration, but a sale, including a sale on approval or a sale or return, or retention or creation of a security interest is not a lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Lease agreement: means the bargain, with respect to the lease, of the lessor and the lessee in fact as found in their language or by implication from other circumstances including course of dealing or usage of trade or course of performance as provided in this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Lease contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this chapter and any other applicable rules of law. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Leasehold interest: means the interest of the lessor or the lessee under a lease contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Lien: means a charge against or interest in goods to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation, but the term does not include a security interest. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
Nonresidential structure: means and includes any and all commercial or industrial structures or buildings, and shall not include any residential structures consisting of four (4) dwelling units or less. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-73-1
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Organic law: means the law of an entity's jurisdiction of formation governing the internal affairs of the entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Owner: means the record owner of the residential real property in foreclosure at the time the notice of pendency was recorded, or the summons and complaint served. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-79-1
Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Partnership agreement: means the agreement, whether or not referred to as a partnership agreement and whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination thereof, of all the partners of a limited partnership concerning the matters described in Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
PEO: means any person engaged in the business of providing professional employer services. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Performing group: means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound recording under that name. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-81-2
Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited-liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited-liability company, association, or any other form of legally recognized entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Person: means a natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-78-1
Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited-liability company, association, or other group, however organized. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-79-1
Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, cooperative housing corporation, workers' cooperative, producers' cooperative, consumer's cooperative, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Plan: means a plan of merger, plan of interest exchange, plan of conversion, or plan of domestication. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Plan of domestication: means a plan under Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
Professional employer agreement: means a written contract by and between a client and a PEO that provides:

(1) For the co-employment of covered employees;

(2) For the allocation and sharing between the client and the PEO of employer responsibilities (including hiring, firing, and disciplining) with respect to the covered employees; and

(3) That the PEO and the client assume the responsibilities required by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Professional employer services: shall mean the service of entering into co-employment relationships under this chapter in which all or a majority of the employees providing services to a client or to a division or work unit of the client are covered employees. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Property: means all property, whether real, personal, or mixed or tangible or intangible, or any right or interest therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Purchase: includes taking by sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, pledge, gift, or any other voluntary transaction creating an interest in goods. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Recording group: means a vocal or instrumental group at least one of whose members has previously released a commercial sound recording under that group's name and in which the member or members have a legal right by virtue of use or operation under the group name without having abandoned the name or affiliation with the group. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-81-2
Registered foreign entity: means a foreign entity that is registered to do business in this state pursuant to a record filed by the secretary of state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Registrant: means a PEO registered under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
Registration: means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Residence in foreclosure: means residential real property consisting of one to four (4) family dwelling units, one of which the owner occupies as his or her principal place of residence, and against which there is an outstanding notice of pendency of foreclosure, pursuant to § 34-27-4, or against which a summons and complaint has been served under § 34-27-1. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-79-1
Right of rescission: Right to cancel, within three business days, a contract that uses the home of a person as collateral, except in the case of a first mortgage loan. There is no fee to the borrower, who receives a full refund of all fees paid. The right of rescission is guaranteed by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). ^{Source: OCC}
Roofing: means and includes any and all construction, renovation, or other work performed on or about the roof, as the term is commonly used, of any nonresidential structure or similar building and shall specifically include sealing, water proofing, weatherproofing, related sheet-metal work, and similar work. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-73-1
Roofing contractor: means any person or entity engaged in the state of Rhode Island in the business of commercial or industrial roofing, or any combination of these. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-73-1
seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
Seller: means any person offering social referral services. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-78-1
Service: means and includes, but is not limited to, any of the following activities:

(i) Debt, budget, or financial counseling of any type;

(ii) Receiving money for the purpose of distributing it to creditors in payment or partial payment of any obligation secured by a lien on a residence in foreclosure;

(iii) Contacting creditors on behalf of an owner of a residence in foreclosure;

(iv) Arranging or attempting to arrange for an extension of the period within which the owner of a residence in foreclosure may cure the owner's default and reinstate his or her obligation pursuant to § 34-23-3;

(v) Arranging or attempting to arrange for any delay or postponements of the time of sale of the residence in foreclosure;

(vi) Advising the filing of any document or assisting in any manner in the preparation of any document for filing with any bankruptcy court; or

(vii) Giving any advice, explanation, or instruction to an owner of a residence in foreclosure, that in any manner relates to the cure of a default in, or the reinstatement of, an obligation secured by a lien of the residence in foreclosure, the full satisfaction of that obligation, or the postponement or avoidance of a sale of a residence in foreclosure, pursuant to a power of sale contained in any mortgage. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-79-1
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Social referral services: means dating, matrimonial, or personal referral services by any of the following means:

(1) An exchange of names, telephone numbers, addresses, and statistics;

(2) A photograph or video selection process;

(3) Personal introductions provided by the seller at the seller's place of business; or

(4) A social environment provided by the seller intended primarily as an alternative to singles' bars or club-type environments. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-78-1
Sound recording: means a work that results from the fixation on a material object of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, regardless of the nature of the material object, such as a disk, tape, or other phono-record, in which the sounds are embodied. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-81-2
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Statement of domestication: means a statement under Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
Student athlete: means an individual who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiate sport. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
Sublease: means a lease of goods the right to possession and use of which was acquired by the lessor as a lessee under an existing lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
Temporary help services: means a service consisting of a person:

(1) Recruiting and hiring its own employees;

(2) Finding other organizations that need the services of those employees;

(3) Assigning those employees to perform work at, or services for, the other organizations to support or supplement the other organizations' workforces, or to provide assistance in special work situations such as, but not limited to, employee absences, skill shortages, seasonal workloads, or to perform special assignments or projects; and

(4) Customarily attempting to reassign the employees to other organizations when they finish each assignment. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-75-2
town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
town council: include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
Transfer: includes :

(i) An assignment;

(ii) A conveyance;

(iii) A sale;

(iv) A lease;

(v) An encumbrance, including a mortgage or security interest;

(vi) A gift; and

(vii) A transfer by operation of law. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8