2022 -- S 2355 | |
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LC004336 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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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 OF THE STATE -- PROCEDURE TO FILL | |
VACANCY IN OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL OR | |
GENERAL TREASURER | |
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Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, Goodwin, Archambault, Coyne, F Lombardi, and | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
1 | RESOLVED, That a majority of all members elected to each house of the general |
2 | assembly voting therefor, the following amendment to the Constitution of the state be proposed to |
3 | the qualified electors of the state in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of the |
4 | Constitution for their approval and that it take the place of Article IV Section 4 which is hereby |
5 | amended to read as follows: |
6 | ARTICLE IV |
7 | OF ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE |
8 | Section 4. Temporary appointment Procedure to fill vacancies in office of secretary of |
9 | state, attorney-general, or general treasurer. -- In case of a vacancy in the office of the secretary of |
10 | state, attorney-general, or general treasurer from for any cause, the general assembly in grand |
11 | committee shall elect some person to fill the same if the vacancy occurs with less than one year |
12 | remaining in the unexpired term. If the vacancy occurs with more than one year remaining in the |
13 | unexpired term then it shall be filled through a special election. ; provided, that if such vacancy |
14 | occurs when the general assembly is not in session the governor shall appoint some person to fill |
15 | such vacancy until a successor elected by the general assembly is qualified to act. |
16 | RESOLVED, That this amendment shall take, in the Constitution of the state, the place of |
17 | Article IV Section 4 of the Constitution; |
18 | It is further |
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1 | RESOLVED, That the said proposition of amendment shall be submitted to the electors |
2 | for their approval or rejection at the next statewide general election. The voting places in the |
3 | several cities and towns shall be kept open during the hours required by law for voting therein for |
4 | general officers of the state; and be it further |
5 | RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause the said proposition of amendment to |
6 | be published as a part of this resolution in the newspapers of the state prior to the date of the said |
7 | meetings of the said electors; and the said proposition shall be inserted in the warrants or notices |
8 | to be issued previous to said meetings of the electors for the purpose of warning the town, ward, |
9 | or district meetings and said proposition shall be read by the town, ward, or district meetings to |
10 | be held as aforesaid; and be it further |
11 | RESOLVED, That the town, ward, and district meetings to be held aforesaid shall be |
12 | warned, and the list of voters shall be canvassed and made up, and the said town, ward, and |
13 | district meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as now provided by law for the town, |
14 | ward, and district meetings for the election of general officers of the state. |
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