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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO REVIEW

REGULATIONS

     Introduced By: Senators Morgan, Raptakis, de la Cruz, and Paolino

     Date Introduced: March 18, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     RESOLVED, That a majority of all members elected to each house of the general

assembly voting therefore, the following amendment to the Constitution of the state be proposed

to the qualified electors of the state in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of the

Constitution for their approval and that it adds a section to Article VI which is hereby amended,

effective January 1, 2020, to read as follows:

ARTICLE VI

OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER

     Section 23. Each substantive regulation promulgated by a state department or agency

shall be submitted to the general assembly for its approval or disapproval within one year from its

date of promulgation, and in the absence of such approval shall be null and void and of no effect.

     RESOLVED, That this amendment shall, in the Constitution of the state, add a section to

Article VI of the Constitution, effective January 1, 2023; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the said proposition of amendment shall be submitted to the electors

for their approval or rejection at the next statewide general election. The voting places in the

several cities and towns shall be kept open during the hours required by law for voting therein for

general officers of the state; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State shall cause the said proposition of amendment

to be published as a part of the resolution in the newspapers of the state prior to the date of the

said meetings of the said electors; and the said proposition shall be inserted in the warrants or

notices to be issued previous to said meetings of the electors for the purpose of warning the town,

ward, or district meetings, and said proposition shall be read by the town, ward, or district

meetings to be held as aforesaid; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the town, ward, and district meetings to be held as aforesaid shall be

warned, and the list of voters shall be canvassed and made up, and the said town, ward, and

district meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as now provided by law for the town,

ward, and district meetings for the elections of general officers of the state.

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