R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-10-14
Bond of director.
The director of the department of environmental management shall give bond to the general treasurer for the faithful discharge of the director€™s duty under this chapter with sufficient sureties to the acceptance of the general treasurer, in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000); and any person, having a claim against the director for any breach or neglect of the director€™s official duty, may have a remedy therefor by a suit on his or her bond, to be prosecuted in the name of the general treasurer.