Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 100 - Department of State
Chapter 70 - Public Information
Subchapter 00 - N/A
Part 2 - Electronic Filing of Meeting Minutes and Notices - Open Meetings
Section 100-RICR-70-00-2.3 - Definitions

1. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of State.

2. "Filer" means the individual or individuals designated by a Public Body to be the person or persons responsible for filing meeting notices and minutes with the Department.

3. "Filing coordinator" means the person assigned by the Overseeing Body to:

4. "Open Meetings Law" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-46, as amended.

5. "Overseeing body" means the agency, municipality or quasi-public corporation which includes all Public Bodies that fall under that particular agency, municipality or quasi-public corporation, (i.e., the City of Providence is the Overseeing Body for the Providence Zoning Board, the Department of Administration is the Overseeing Body for the Rhode Island Library Board).

6. "Public body," as defined by R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-2(3), is generally any department, agency, commission, committee, board, council, bureau or authority or any subdivision thereof of state or municipal government, and includes all authorities defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-1(1). Any political party, organization, or unit thereof meeting or convening is not and should not be considered to be a Public Body, provided, however, that no such meeting is used to circumvent the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 42-46-6 and 42-46-7.

7. "Public contact information" means the information for a Public Body provided by the Filing Coordinator to the Department that allows the public to contact the Public Body. The contact person may or may not be the Filer for that Public Body.