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1995 Rhode Island Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1995)

handle is hein.sag/sagri0015 and id is 1 raw text is: fitate of Eilbt cslanb anb froibenc linntations DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 72 Pine Street, Providence, RI 02903 (401) 274-4400 Jeffrey B. Pine, Attorney Ceneral January 10, 1995 Official Opinion No. 95-01 Representative Bruce J. Long House Minority Whip State of Rhode Island House of Representatives Room 105, State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Dear Representative Long: I write in response to your letter of December 7, 1994 requesting an advisory opinion concerning whether or not the Lottery Commission (Commission) has the authority to grant pay increases to their employees without consideration and approval by the Unclassified Pay Plan Board (Board). In my opinion, the statutes governing the Commission permit it to grant raises to its employees without approval of the Board. The State Lottery Commission was established by the Legislature pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws SS 42-61-1 et. seq. The Commission consists of nine (9) members who receive no salaries. The Commission is lead by a Director who, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws S 42-61-3 shall receive such salary as the commission shall determine and shall be in the unclassified service (emphasis added). The Director is empowered to employ temporarily subject to the approval of the commission, necessary personnel to serve at his pleasure and who shall be in the unclassified service and whose salaries shall be set by the commission. (emphasis added). R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-4(2). Title 42, Chapter 61 therefore provides that both the Director and the Commission's employees are part of the State's unclassified service, but that their salaries shall be set by the Commission. nm'A A A r%^