Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 36-3 - Division of Personnel Administration

• 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.
• Appointing authority: means the person or group of persons having the power by virtue of the constitution, a state statute, or lawfully delegated authority to make appointments. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Classified service: means all offices and positions of trust or employment in the state service except those placed in the unclassified service by chapter 4 of this title or any other legislation. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Department: means the department of administration. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Director: means the director of the department of administration. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the division of personnel administration. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Employee: means any person holding a position subject to appointment by an appointing authority. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Employment list: means a list of names of persons arranged in the order of their ratings who have been found qualified through suitable tests, and who are entitled to have their names certified to appointing authorities for original appointment under the provisions of chapter 4 of this title and rules. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• 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
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Personnel administration: means the legal framework of the state government personnel system, i. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Personnel administrator: means the head of the division. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Personnel management: means the powers and duties of the personnel administrator as set forth in this chapter and chapter 4 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Position: means any office or place of employment in the state service. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Promotion list: means a list of names of classified employees arranged in order of their ratings, who have been found qualified through suitable tests for promotion to positions in other classes under the provisions of chapter 4 of this title and rules. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• State service: means all offices and positions of trust or employment in the service of the state. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
• veteran: means any person, male or female, who was employed as an officer, member of the enlisted personnel or otherwise in the active military or naval service of the United States or of any auxiliary unit of the military or naval service, except civilian employees, during the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the China Relief Expedition or at some time during the period between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, or the period between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, or who was engaged in the active conduct of and/or fighting in the Korean campaign (active conduct of and/or fighting in the Korean Campaign, shall mean service by any man or woman of the armed forces of the United States between June 27, 1950, and January 31, 1955), or the conflict in Vietnam (active conduct of and/or fighting in the conflict in Vietnam shall mean service by any man or woman of the armed forces of the United States between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975), and who served for at least six (6) months and one day; provided, however, that the definition shall not include any person who has been separated from employment of service, except through honorable discharge, if the reason for the separation shall be deemed by the personnel administrator to be sufficient cause to deny inclusion. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3