R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-1-33 — Indemnification

(a) The state shall indemnify the tax administrator for any recovery against him or her
in his or her personal capacity arising out of any act or omission occurring within
the scope of his or her duties as tax administrator; provided, that the act or omission
was not the result of actual fraud, willful misconduct, or actual malice.
(b) The state shall also indemnify the associate directors for revenue services of the
department of administration, within the division of taxation, child support enforcement,
and motor vehicles, and their assigns or designees, for any recovery against him or
her in his or her personal capacity arising out of any act or omission occurring within
the scope of his or her duties; as such, provided, that the act or omission was not
the result of actual fraud, willful misconduct, or actual malice.