§ 9-1.1-2 - Definitions.
SECTION 9-1.1-2
§ 9-1.1-2 Definitions. – As used in this chapter:
(a) "State" means the state of Rhode Island; any agency ofstate government; and any political subdivision meaning any city, town, countyor other governmental entity authorized or created by state law, includingpublic corporations and authorities.
(b) "Guard" means the Rhode Island National Guard.
(c) "Investigation" means any inquiry conducted by anyinvestigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has beenengaged in any violation of this chapter.
(d) "Investigator" means a person who is charged by the RhodeIsland attorney general, or his or her designee with the duty of conducting anyinvestigation under this act, or any officer or employee of the State actingunder the direction and supervision of the department of attorney general.
(e) "Documentary material" includes the original or any copyof any book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation,chart, or other document, or data compilations stored in or accessible throughcomputer or other information retrieval systems, together with instructions andall other materials necessary to use or interpret such data compilations, andany product of discovery.
(f) "Custodian" means the custodian, or any deputy custodian,designated by the attorney general under § 9-1.1-6 of the Rhode Islandgeneral laws.
(g) "Product of discovery" includes:
(1) The original or duplicate of any deposition,interrogatory, document, thing, result of the inspection of land or otherproperty, examination, or admission, which is obtained by any method ofdiscovery in any judicial or administrative proceeding of an adversarial nature;
(2) Any digest, analysis, selection, compilation, orderivation of any item listed in paragraph (1); and
(3) Any index or other manner of access to any item listed inparagraph (1).