THE OFFICIAL 2000 PUBLIC LAWS LIST

THE OFFICIAL 2000 PUBLIC LAWS LIST

LAW REVISION OFFICE
JOHN B. HARWOOD, SPEAKER

CHAPTER NUMBER

BILL NUMBER

TITLE

PASSAGE DATE

001

H 6702

Warwick-bonds-school purposes.

1/6/00

002

S 2005

Warwick-bonds-school purposes.

1/6/00

003

H 6988

Weinstein, Geri A., justice of the peace – solemnization of marriages.

2/5/00

004

S 2209

Warwick – primary elections conducted in January 2000 – affidavits for changing party designations – effective date. (Retroactive provision)

2/11/00

005

H 7921

Middletown – bonds – senior center, school buildings, library facilities and public safety complex.

2/18/00

006

S 2030

Chariho regional school district – financial meeting date.

2/17/00

007

H 6705

Chariho regional school district – financial meeting date.

2/23/00

008

S 2185

Scituate – new real construction – tax assessment.

3/22/00

009

H 6704am

Fire safety issues commission act.

3/22/00

010

H 7847Aam

Lobster pots - tagging regulations – marine fisheries council – DEM regulations - advisory committee created.

3/27/00

011

S 2828

Governor Almond – solemnization of marriages.

3/31/00

012

H 7534

Thompson, Congressman Michael, of California – solemnization of marriages.

4/05/00

013

S 2178

Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton Regional School District – bonds – schools purposes.

4/06/00

014

S 2827

Vale, Christy N., Justice of the Peace in Connecticut – solemnization of marriages.

4/06/00

015

H 6969

Combat Veterans’ day.

4/10/00

016

S 2826

New Shoreham – bonds – schools and schools facilities.

4/10/00

017

H 7978

Liston, Edward J., Facility – Providence Campus of Community College.

4/11/00

018

S 2011am

New Shoreham – water supply system act.

4/11/00

019

S 2640

Liston, Edward J., Facility – Providence Campus of Community College.

4/11/00

020

S 2151am

Foster and Glocester – regional juvenile hearing board act.

4/14/00

021

S 2204

Bristol – alcoholic beverage retail licenses – proximity to schools and churches restriction – certain exemptions.

4/19/00

022

H 7438

Pawtucket – certain tax exemptions.

4/21/00

023

H 8074

Fox, Gordon – solemnization of marriages.

4/21/00

024

S 2875

Bernier, Andre – solemnization of marriages.

4/27/00

025

H 7157

New Shoreham – water supply system act - referendum.

5/02/00

026

S 2213

East Greenwich – unpaid quarterly tax payments – interest.

5/03/00

027

S 2825

Glocester – bonds – roads, highways, bridges and a salt/sand storage facility.

5/03/00

028

S 2804

Children - physical and sexual abuse by natural parent – divorce and separation act  - visitation rights.

5/04/00

029

H 6750

Lincoln – homestead tax exemptions act – amendment – referendum.

5/04/00

030

S 2930

Woonsocket – property tax classification and homestead tax exemptions act.

5/10/00

031

H 8209

New Shoreham – water supply system act – amendment – referendum.

5/15/00

032

H 6886

Pascoag Fire District – bonds – electric, water department and fire protection purposes.

5/11/00

033

H 6887

Pascoag Fire District – bonds – certain expenditures or contracts.

5/11/00

034

S 2042am

Wood, Colonel Robert F., Air Park – formerly called the Newport Air Park.

5/16/00

035

S 2363

Pastore, John O., Center – formerly called the Howard Center in Cranston.

5/16/00

036

H 6731

Johnston – homestead tax exemptions.

5/17/00

037

H 7727

Pawtucket – motor vehicle repair businesses – definition

5/18/00

038

H 8063

Pawtucket – property tax classification act – amendments.

5/18/00

039

H 8106

Woonsocket – property tax classification and homestead tax exemptions act.

5/24/00

040

H 7072

Foster and Glocester – regional juvenile hearing board act.

5/31/00

041

H 7173

Scituate – tax lien certificates – motor vehicles excise taxes.

6/2/00

042

H 7634

Hopkinton land trust act.

6/06/00

043

H 8154

North Providence – charter amendments.

6/09/00

044

H 6715

East Greenwich – quarterly tax payments.

6/08/00

045

H 7172

Scituate – assessment and taxation of new real estate construction.

6/08/00

046

H 8034

Glocester – bonds – roads, highways, bridges and salt/sand storage facility.

6/08/00

047

H 7312

Warren – historic residences - property tax reductions.

6/08/00

048

S 2606am

Alcoholic beverage licenses – issuance, granted, renewal or transfer – requirements - individuals or corporations authorized to do business in this state

6/15/00

049

S 2822

Coventry – bonds – land for recreational purposes.

6/23/00

050

H 8041

Coventry – bonds – land for recreational purposes.

6/23/00

051

H 8223

Ginaitt – Representative Peter T. – solemnization of marriages.

6/26/00

052

H 7962

North Providence - real estate non-utilization tax act.

6/28/00

053

H 8253

Jamestown – bonds – sewers, storm drains, pumping stations, sewage treatment and disposal facilities.

6/28/00

054

S 3002

Ostrach, Justice Stephen – solemnization of marriages.

 

055

H 7862Aam

State Budget – appropriations for support for fiscal year ending June 30, 2001.

-State purchases act – “public agency” and “state agency” definitions.

-Refunding bond authority.

-Sales and use tax – sinking funds – disposition of revenue - Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation - bonds.

-Public assistance – hardship contingency fund.

-Capital development program – bonds – environmental management – clean water finance agency – transportation – higher education – Heritage Harbor.

-State Budget - revised appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.

-Environmental management department reorganization act – delay – continuity of administrative functions

-Hospital licensing fees.

-Childcare – state subsidies – health care coverage for center-based care providers.

-Family independence act – families eligible for childcare assistance.

-Insurance companies – annual assessments.

-Medical assistance – out-of-state hospital services – reimbursement.

-Federal reimbursement of locally provided medical services – community requirements.

-Engineers, registered and architects – rosters.

-Landscape architects – state board of examiners – report of activities.

-Dog racing – chemical tests – rules and regulations – business regulation department.

-Uncompensated care act – definitions – implementation.

-Resource Recovery Corporation – municipal tipping fee - interim rates.

-State board members – compensation.

-Municipalities – local taxes – levy and assessment – motor vehicles excise tax – reporting requirements – withholding of funds – tax classification – excise tax phase-out.

-Education aid – The Rhode Island student investment initiative – full day kindergarten investment fund – vocational technical equity fund – school breakfast program – residency requirement – statewide teacher contract study.

-Labor and training – employment security administration account – Treasurer’s bond provision repealed – federal funds – employment security interest fund – tardy account fund – job development fund.

-State lottery – prize awards – division of revenue – mental health, retardation and hospitals, division of substance abuse – problem gambling program.

-Medical assistance and caseload estimating conferences act – human services department – monthly data requirement.

-Gas tax – disposition of proceeds.

-Elderly and disabled persons – categorically needy medical assistance coverage – human services department.

-Library services department – chief information officer – qualifications.

-Motor vehicles emissions inspection program – fees – disposition.

-911 emergency telephone system act – funding - restricted account.

-Tourism and development – hotel tax – rate - distribution – regional tourism districts.

-Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – eligible drugs – state payments – persons eligible.

-Developmental disabilities assistance – eligible disabled adults - department of mental health, retardation and hospitals reports.

-Community health centers – funding.

-Public finance and public corporation debt management – definitions – approval by general assembly – payments – procedure and explanations.

**Effective date – July 1, 2000 or except as otherwise provided in the act.

 

6/29/00

056

S 2210Aam

Children’s freedom from restraint act – state facilities.

6/30/00

057

S 2961

Glocester – bonds – open space, groundwater protection and recreational facilities.

6/30/00

058

S 2971

Jamestown – bonds – sewers, storm drains and pumping stations.

6/30/00

059

S 2974

Burrillville land trust act.

6/30/00

060

S 2981

Warwick land trust act.

6/30/00

061

S 3044

Zeiler, David J. – solemnization of marriages.

6/30/00

062

S 2177

Smithfield land trust act – amendments.

6/30/00

063

S 2189

Hopkinton land trust act.

6/30/00

064

S 2900

South Kingstown – bonds – open space, recreation and agricultural land acquisition.

6/30/00

065

S 2946

Burrillville land trust act.

6/30/00

066

S 2866

Larkin, Peter R., solemnization of marriages.

6/30/00

067

H 6797A

Motor vehicles – adjudication of traffic offenses – dismissal of violations - court costs and fees.

6/30/00

068

H 7613am

Refuse disposal act – construction and demolition debris processing facilities and solid waste management facilities.

6/30/00

069

H 7750Bam

Child adoption and abused and neglected children acts – termination of parental rights – definitions - disability language amended - expert testimony.

(Effective upon passage and applies to all petitions filed on or after 7/1/00)

6/30/00

070

H 6879B

Corporations whose certificates of corporation have been revoked and are reinstated – continuation of certain corporate powers.

7/05/00

071

H 7575A

Domestic assault act – family court -temporary orders for relief - ex parte proceedings –.

7/05/00

072

H 7011am

Housing maintenance and occupancy code – violations – nonresident landlords – requirements – registered agents.  (Provisions effective 11/1/00)

7/05/00

073

H 7139B

Children’s right to freedom from restraint act – state facilities.

07/05/00

074

H 7562B

Motor vehicle excise tax  - elimination act – excise tax phase out – lessors of vehicles – definitions – reimbursements – East Providence provisions – distribution and payment schedule.

07/05/00

075

H 7279B

Victim’s rights act – felony cases - release granted by parole – department of corrections - notice requirements.

07/05/00

076

H 7399Aam

Health care facilities licensing act – hospitals - health department concern line – notice requirements.  (Provisions effective 9/01/00)

07/05/00

077

H 8198am

Warwick – bonds – open space and recreation land.

07/05/00

078

S 2434am

Tree wardens – appointments by

municipalities.

07/05/00

079

S 3007

Lincoln – bonds – open space land and recreational areas.

07/05/00

080

S 3013

Cranston – bonds – open space land.

07/05/00

081

S 2956

Newport – charter amendment - elections – referendum.

7/06/00

082

S 2962

South Kingstown – bonds – recreation purposes.

7/06/00

083

S 3057

Middletown – bonds – sewage system.

7/06/00

084

S 3055

Middletown – bonds – roads and drainage improvements.

7/06/00

085

S 3056

Middletown – bonds- school repairs and capital improvements.

7/06/00

086

S 2886

South Kingstown – bonds – buildings and town hall parking facilities.

7/06/00

087

S 2901

South Kingstown – bonds – public works capital improvements.

7/06/00

088

S 2902

South Kingstown – bonds – recreational purposes.

7/06/00

089

S 2702am

Glocester – local taxes - quarterly tax payments.

7/06/00

090

S 2807

Exeter – elderly - tax exemptions.   (Provisions effective 1/1/01)

7/06/00

091

S 2812

Stone Bridge Fire District – bonds – water system improvements.

7/06/00

092

S 2458

Warren – historic residences – property tax reductions – maintenance and rehabilitation costs.

7/06/00

093

S 2251

Cranston – elderly – tax rate freeze -filing deadline.

(Provisions retroactive to 12/31/99)

7/06/00

094

S 2268

Cranston housing authority – composition.

7/06/00

095

S 2899

South Kingstown – bonds – South Road School, roof repair/replacement.

7/06/00

096

S 2903

Barrington – certain employees – COLA Plan C retirement benefits.

7/06/00

097

H 7372B

Motor vehicle reparations act – violations – penalties.

7/06/00

098

H 7373A

Motor vehicles – schedule of violations – violations subject to  administrative adjudication.

7/06/00

099

H 7507B

Elections – ballots for voters, who are blind, visually impaired or disabled.

(Provisions effective for elections held after 9/1/00)

7/06/00

100

H 7580Bam

Motor vehicles owned by a governmental body act – law enforcement officers and government employees - requirements.

7/06/00

101

H 7623am

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – rebates for expenses restriction – certain exceptions.

7/06/00

102

H 8340Bam

Commercial fishing licenses - moratorium act – amendments.

7/6/00

103

H 7018Aam

Tobacco products – sales prohibition to minors act – violations – penalties.

7/06/00

104

H 7159Aam

Health care for elderly and disabled residents act – categorically needy medical assistance coverage.

7/06/00

105

H 7535B

Impersonation and identity fraud act.

7/06/00

106

S 2794am

Motor vehicles, rental – responsibility of owners act – certain provisions – repeal date.

7/06/00

107

H 6824am

Children, dependent or neglected  – adoption – prospective foster parents – criminal records checks. (Provisions effective 1/31/01)

7/07/00

108

H 6866A

Elections – campaign contributions and expenditures reporting act – board of elections – duties - notice of when reports are required to be filed.

7/07/00

109

H 7388B

General laws – technical corrections and repeal of obsolete sections.

7/07/00

110

S 2912

Hopkinton police department members – optional retirement provisions.

7/07/00

111

S 3012

Cranston – bonds – police station.

7/07/00

112

S 3009

Cranston – bonds – schools.

7/07/00

113

S 3010

Cranston – bonds – storm drains.

7/07/00

114

S 2992

North Smithfield – new real estate construction and removal of damaged buildings – tax assessments.

7/07/00

115

S 3008

Cranston – bonds – shoreline, sidewalk, highway, traffic control, landscaping and lighting improvements.

7/07/00

116

S 2677am

Providence – bonds – redevelopment and capital improvements.

7/07/00

117

S 2991

North Smithfield – elderly and disabled persons - tax exemptions.

7/07/00

118

H 8130am

Town housing authorities act – commissioners – appointments and requirements - town of Lincoln provisions.

7/07/00

119

H 7706Aam

Sheet metal contractors, certain - licensing without examination – labor department – division of professional regulation – chief inspector – qualifications.

7/07/00

120

S 2367Aam

Contraceptive drugs and devices - F.D.A. approved prescription - health insurance coverage act - certain exemptions - RU 486 excluded from coverage.

7/08/00

121

S 2959

Narragansett – new real estate construction – tax assessment.

7/08/00

122

S 2969am

Smithfield – certain employees – Plan C of Section 45-21-52(A)(3) retirement benefits – acceptance.

7/08/00

123

H 6858Aam

School buses – unauthorized entry by persons over the age of 18 – penalty.

7/08/00

124

H 7161B

Physician contracts – hospitals licensing act – certain restrictions or limitations prohibited.

7/08/00

125

H 7395Aam

Prostate and colorectal examinations -health insurance coverage act. (Provisions effective 12/31/00)

7/08/00

126

H 7574Bam

Contraceptive drugs and devices - F.D.A. approved prescription - health insurance coverage act - certain exemptions - RU 486 excluded from coverage.

7/08/00

127

H 7696Aam

Nursing facilities, certain - rates of state reimbursement – requirements.

7/08/00

128

H 7872Bam

Weapons sales restrictions act  - persons selling – requirements - certain exceptions.

7/08/00

129

S 3043

North Kingstown – bonds – farmland.

7/12/00

130

S 3052

Middletown – bonds – open space, groundwater protection and public recreation facilities.

7/12/00

131

S 2402

Cranston – distressed areas economic revitalization act – certain block groups added.

7/12/00

132

S 2566

Babbitt, Preston S. and Ann V., Memorial Wildlife Refuge – Tiverton.

7/12/00

133

S 2988am

Middletown - juvenile hearing board act.

7/12/00

134

S 3035

Charlestown – bonds – open space, ground water protection and recreational facilities.

7/12/00

135

S 3037

Cumberland – bonds – open spaces and recreational areas.

7/12/00

136

S 3042

New Shoreham – bonds – open space, recreation facilities and groundwater protection.

7/12/00

137

S 3019

Middletown – bonds – library facilities.

7/12/00

138

S 3023

Bristol – bonds – Rogers Free Library improvements.

7/12/00

139

S 2027A

Historic residences – property tax relief act – historic ownership assistance act.   (Provisions effective 1/01/01)

 

140

S 2067B

Home inspectors licensing act – contractors’ registration board – composition – limitations on home inspector malpractice actions. (Provisions effective 7/1/01)

7/13/00

141

S 2134Aam

Labor on holidays and Sundays act - manufacturers that operate for seven (7) continuous days per week – certain exemptions. 

7/13/00

142

S 2139Aam

Education – loan of textbooks  school committees - money deposits - restrictions on commercial activity and fundraising in public schools.

7/13/00

143

S 2240B

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – eligible drugs - anti infectives, drugs used for the treatment of arthritis, and neuraminidase inhibiting drugs indicated for the treatment of influenza A and B – state payments – persons eligibile for assistance.

7/13/00

144

S 2269Aam

Elections – ballots for voters who are blind, visually impaired or disabled.  (Provisions effective for all elections held after 9/1/00)

7/13/00

145

S 2280A

Renewable energy sales tax credit and residential energy system tax credit acts. (Effective 1/01/01)

7/13/00

146

S 2323

Financial institutions – credit unions – amendment of agreement to form.

7/13/00

147

S 2324am

Financial institutions regulations act – definitions – licensed activities – certain loans made within this state.

7/13/00

148

S 2325

Credit unions – loan applications and approvals – appointed loan officers.

7/13/00

149

S 2327

Child support collection – exchange of information – vendors and independent contractors – restrictions on disclosures.

7/13/00

150

S 2328

Cable systems regulation act – division of public utilities assessment against franchise holders

7/13/00

151

S 2330

Health care quality program act – steering committee – composition.

7/13/00

152

S 2331

Optometrists – out of state – qualifications requirement.

7/13/00

153

S 2332

Lender and loan broker act – special exemptions provision.

7/13/00

154

S 2333

Real estate appraiser certification act – business regulation department - order to cease unsafe practices - appeals.

7/13/00

155

S 2337A

Financial institutions – licensed activities requirement – penalties for violations.

7/13/00

156

S 2723Aam

Labor – minimum wage act - minimum wage commencing September 1, 2000 increased to six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour – employees receiving gratuities – wages.

7/13/00

157

S 2666A

Motor vehicles - operating a motor vehicle without a valid license or when license has expired – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

158

S 2664B

Weapons - larceny of a firearm – sale, transfer or delivery of firearms to minors -sale, transfer or delivery of ammunition to minors - using a firearm when committing a crime of violence - violations - penalties.

7/13/00

159

S 2644A

Animals, wild, permit requirement for importation act - exemptions - animal care facilities accredited by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and certain zoological exhibitions.

7/13/00

160

S 2638A

Cigarette tax act – prohibited acts - penalties

7/13/00

161

S 2631

Insurance - surplus line brokers’ policies -records requirements.

7/13/00

162

S 2619

Animal care act – disposition of animals – humane societies – reports.

7/13/00

163

S 2603Aam

Residential care and assisted living facility licensing act – initial evaluation and service plan – residency agreement or contract – definitions – rights of residents.

7/13/00

164

S 2532am

Vital records act – definitions – state registrar duties – birth and death registrations.

7/13/00

165

S 2529A

Healthcare for elderly and disabled residents act.

7/13/00

166

S 2525am

Fire detection systems in existing residential occupancies act – exempt transfers – certain property acquired by the state for demolition.

7/13/00

167

S 2521am

Domestic abuse prevention act – “present or former family member” definition amended - stepchildren.

 

168

S 2470B

Motor vehicle offenses – driving under the influence of liquor – blood alcohol concentration level reduced – penalties increased for violations – superior court trials.

7/13/00

169

 

S 2404

Property acquired by the state for a project – relocation payments - replacement housing.   (Provisions effective upon passage and applies to any pending petition for the assessment of damages in which final judgment has not been entered).

7/13/00

170

S 2413am

Emergency management act – amendments – emergency shelters – authority of governor.

7/13/00

171

S 2538

Health – prevention and suppression of contagious diseases act – amendments – human immunodeficiency virus testing.

7/13/00

172

S 2533

Respiratory care act – definitions – licensing – inactive status.

7/13/00

173

S 2540am

Long term care coordinating council – membership – composition.

7/13/00

174

S 2545

Electrolysis practice – regulation act – amendments.

7/13/00

175

S 2569am

State - electronic records and signatures – uniform electronic transactions act.

7/13/00

176

S 2742

Captive insurance companies – licensing – information submitted – confidentiality requirement.

7/13/00

177

S 2760Aam

Education - University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College - general obligation bonds or appropriated funds for housing auxiliaries - self-supporting requirement - exemption.

7/13/00

178

S 2838am

Health organizations - insurance - risk-based capital (RBC) act  - insurance companies annual reports – holding company systems.

7/13/00

179

S 2841am

Battery deposit and control act – amendments.

7/13/00

180

S 2865A

State purchases act - public agency purchasing authority - board of governors for higher education.

7/13/00

181

S 2919

Taxation – streamlined sales tax system act.

7/13/00

182

S 2602Aam

Uniform commercial code act – amendments. (Provisions effective 7/01/01)

7/13/00

183

S 2781am

Insurance - surplus line brokers - policies renewed, continued or extended by the same insurer – affidavit requirement waived - notice requirement.

7/13/00

184

S 2789

Health And Educational Building Corporation act – definitions – powers – education loan financing programs - acquisition of certain monies, endowments, properties, and guarantees - conveyance of loan funding deposit – title to project – bond and notes – remedies – state liability and agreement.

7/13/00

185

S 2885am

State building code - amendments - establishment of rehabilitation building and fire code for existing buildings and structures act.

7/13/00

186

S 2911

Motor vehicles reparations act – sunset repeal provision removed.

7/13/00

187

S 3064

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – eligible drugs - anti infectives, drugs used for the treatment of arthritis, and neuraminidase inhibiting drugs indicated for the treatment of influenza A and B – coverage.

7/13/00

188

S 3066

Cable television regulations act – violations - administrative civil penalties.

7/13/00

189

S 2593

Labor and training department – division of professional regulation – violations - penalties for non-payment.

7/13/00

190

S 2714

Veterans' organizations - state flags to be provided by the state - general assembly annual appropriation.

7/13/00

191

S 2721A

Domestic violence prevention act – complaints for a crime involving domestic violence - requirements.

7/13/00

192

S 2740B

Juvenile hearing board – statewide  - powers – felony cases.

7/13/00

193

S 2806Aam

Fire companies – motor vehicles right-of-way under certain circumstances.

7/13/00

194

S 2862Aam

Charlestown and Westerly - personal watercraft regulation act – regulations –jurisdiction.

7/13/00

195

S 2863A

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – state payments – eligibility.

7/13/00

196

S 2530

Athletic trainers - qualifications - clinical experience requirement.

7/13/00

197

S 2534am

Schools – hearing, speech and vision screenings – statewide hearing screening program.

7/13/00

198

S 2560

Domestic assault act – temporary orders ex parte proceedings – family court powers.

7/13/00

199

S 2587am

State retirement system – membership in union retirement systems allowed.

7/13/00

200

S 3033Aam

Health care reform act – RIte care stabilization – small employer insurance reform - health insurers’ accountability.

7/13/00

201

S 2190A

State fish designation – “Striped Bass”.

7/13/00

202

S 2339

Real estate brokers and salespersons act - errors and omissions insurance requirement - business regulation department duties.

7/13/00

203

S 2340am

Taxicabs and limited public vehicles – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

204

S 2344

Psychologists – qualifications.

7/13/00

205

S 2159

State police – mounted video/audio surveillance cameras act.

 

206

S 2387A

Schools – breakfast program availability -requirements.

7/13/00

207

S 2501am

Corrections department - women's transitional housing facility – establishment.

7/13/00

208

S 2508B

Weapons – pistol sales – trigger lock requirement. (Provisions effective 9/1/00)

7/13/00

209

S 2574A

Defibrillators - state to provide and distribute to certain court complexes and sheriff's departments in each county judicial complex and municipalities.

7/13/00

210

S 2575B

Children – tobacco sales prohibition act – amendments - health department duties.

7/13/00

211

S 2626am

Interest - usury rate limitation on the rate charged for certain loans greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000) - removal.

7/13/00

212

S 2726A

Schools – loan of textbooks – English/language arts and history/social studies - reimbursements to municipalities - joint commission to study the state textbook loan program created.

7/13/00

213

H 7838Aam

Children - blindness prevention program - department of human services.

7/13/00

214

H 7909Aam

Health insurance carriers - termination of a teenage child's benefits – notice requirement.

7/13/00

215

H 8172am

Rhode Island state yacht designation – “Courageous”.

7/13/00

216

H 7050A

Smithfield land trust act – amendment.

7/13/00

217

H 7108A

Resource Recovery Corporation act – transfer stations or other entities - disposal of solid waste originating outside the state - prohibition - rules and regulations.

7/13/00

218

H 7138Aam

Child day care centers – smoking prohibition act.

7/13/00

219

H 7348

Local tax assessments – first updates – state payments.

7/13/00

220

H 8318am

Charlestown and Westerly – personal watercraft safety act - jurisdiction provisions.

7/13/00

221

H 8375A

Weapons – pistol sales - trigger lock requirement.  (Act effective 9/1/00)

7/13/00

222

S 2198Aam

Child day care centers – smoking prohibition act.

7/13/00

223

S 2338

Freeways – park and ride lots – parking violations – penalties.

7/13/00

224

S 2675Aam

Film production businesses, certain - investment tax credit act – requirements for credits.

7/13/00

225

S 2395A

Deer hunting act – firearm and archery restrictions.

7/13/00

226

H 8149

South Kingstown – bonds – Green Hill property - recreation purposes.

7/13/00

227

H 8150

South Kingstown – bonds – Broad Rock Road property - recreation purposes.

7/13/00

228

H 8266am

Middletown – juvenile hearing board act.

7/13/00

229

H 8360Aam

Health care reform act – RIte care stabilization – joint committee on heath care oversight  and advisory commission – individual health insurance coverage act – large group health insurance coverage act - small employer health insurance availability act – risk based capital for health organizations act  - holding company systems - health  insurers’ accountability.

7/13/00

230

H 7231A

Corrections department - women's transitional housing facility – establishment.

7/13/00

231

H 7676am

Refuse disposal license act – construction and demolition debris processing facilities – requirements – fire protection plans.

7/13/00

232

H 7709Aam

Animals, wild, permit requirement for importation act - exceptions - animal care facilities accredited by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and certain zoological exhibitions.

7/13/00

233

H 7726

Public records administration program - office of secretary of state duties.

7/13/00

234

H 8326

Bristol – bonds – Rogers Free Library.

7/13/00

235

H 8335

Middletown – bonds – library facilities.

7/13/00

236

S 2358am

Banking offenses – officers or employees of licensees (financial institution) - false statement or entry for the purpose of deceiving or defrauding any person – penalties.

7/13/00

237

S 2362

Rail service  - commuter services within the state - state property, buildings and facilities – leases for railroad layover facilities purposes.

7/13/00

238

S 2778A

Uniform commercial code act – amendments.

7/13/00

239

H 6904A

Labor – minimum wage act - minimum wage commencing September 1, 2000 increased to six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour.

7/13/00

240

H 6773A

Nursing facility patients – closures of facilities - right to notice and a hearing prior to the transfer to another facility.

7/13/00

241

H 6718A

State tourism and development – regional tourism districts – South County district – East Greenwich and Coventry inclusion.

7/13/00

242

H 6711A

Schools - hearing, speech, and vision screenings - records - statewide hearing screening program.

7/13/00

243

H 6844am

Nursing homes and residential care and assisted living facilities – heat relief - common air-conditioned room requirements.

7/13/00

244

H 6948

Chafee, Senator John H., Memorial Park. - State park located in the Town of Lincoln.

7/13/00

245

H 7003

Marshal or deputy marshal – false

impersonation – penalty.

7/13/00

246

H 7045

Business corporation tax  - amortization of air or water pollution prevention or hazardous solid waste control facilities.

7/13/00

247

H 7057am

Public drinking water supply act – certain community water supply systems – water testing - consumer confidence reports.  (Provisions effective 1/1/01)

7/13/00

248

H 7074A

Historic residences – property tax relief act – “first users”, credits, allocation of credits – historic home ownership assistance act. (Provisions effective 1/01/01)

7/13/00

249

H 7079

Gang violence prevention advisory committee – Rhode Island justice commission – composition, powers and duties.

7/13/00

250

H 7162

Health care and residential care and assisted living facilities licensing act – definitions - Alzheimer’s dementia special care unit or programs.

7/13/00

251

H 7164Aam

Motor vehicles - traffic stops statistics act – racial profiling  - attorney general duties.

7/13/00

252

H 7165Aam

Motor vehicles – handicapped parking privilege placards – counterfeit and sales violations – penalties.

7/13/00

253

H 7199am

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – eligible drugs - anti infective drugs used for the treatment of arthritis, and neuraminidase inhibiting drugs indicated for the treatment of influenza A and B – state payments – eligibility for assistance.

7/13/00

254

H 7214Aam

Motor vehicles – aggressive driving act – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

255

H 7216am

Lead poisoning prevention act - sales of abrasive materials for removal of paint - warning sign requirement

7/13/00

256

H 7223A

Cranston – enterprise zone act – designations.

7/13/00

257

H 7332

Pawtucket Armory – state conveyance to the city of Pawtucket.

7/13/00

258

H 7336A

Defibrillators - state to provide and distribute to certain court complexes and sheriff's departments in each county judicial complex and municipalities.

7/13/00

259

H 7344Aam

State - electronic records and signatures – uniform electronic transactions act.

7/13/00

260

H 7365

North Providence – land trust act.

7/13/00

261

H 7393A

Health care power of attorney act –- statement of desire regarding organ and tissue donation – agents’ power and authority to inform.

7/13/00

262

H 7415Aam

Education – Rhode Island school improvement team act of 2000.

7/13/00

263

H 7457

Long-term care facilities – immunization act.

7/13/00

264

H 7540Aam

Motor vehicles – driving under the influence of alcohol – blood alcohol concentration level – penalties for violations – traffic tribunal jurisdictions.

7/13/00

265

H 7556

Taxation of tangible personal property – rule as to situs - taxes in arrears – license refusals. 

7/13/00

266

H 7579am

Family support act – uniform interstate – legal counsel and state departments and agencies – powers and duties.

7/13/00

267

H 7612am

Student investment initiative act - accountability for student performance – school administrators and staff - orderly educational environment standards.

7/13/00

268

H 7615

Used oil-recycling act – “used oil” definition.

7/13/00

269

H 7627A

Film production businesses, certain - investment tax credit act – requirements for credits.

7/13/00

270

H 7641

Information resources management board - composition.

7/13/00

271

H 7655

Library board – composition.

7/13/00

272

H 7692

Child support collection – exchange of information act - personal data disclosures – restrictions - exceptions – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

273

H 7700

Motor vehicles - out of state chauffeurs' licenses – requirements.

7/13/00

274

H 7701

Motor vehicles – accidents – reports to registry - extension of reporting time.

7/13/00

275

H 7711Aam

Motor vehicles - restoration of registration privileges – fee.

7/13/00

276

H 7719

Motor vehicles – registration refusals and suspensions - commercial motor vehicles being operated by a commercial motor carrier that has been prohibited from operating in interstate commerce by a federal agency.

7/13/00

277

H 7734Aam

Breast cancer act of 2000 – health department duties.

7/13/00

278

H 7735A

Education - Statewide early reading success institute act.

7/13/00

279

H 7738A

Jobs development act – “eligible company” and “units of new employment” definitions amended.

7/13/00

280

H 7741A

Motor vehicles – heavy-duty diesel vehicle emission inspections act  -violations – penalties.

7/13/00

281

H 7744A

Environmental matters - administrative adjudication - uniform appeal period established.  (Provisions effective 1/1/01)

7/13/00

282

H 7745

Environmental labeling – state standards – environmental management department - powers and duties.

7/13/00

283

H 7463am

Long term care coordinating council – composition. ( Provisions effective 1/01/01)

7/13/00

284

H 7870

Big River Reservoir – administration - Rhode Island water resources board.

7/13/00

285

H 8005am

Weapons - larceny of a firearm – sale, transfer or delivery of firearms or ammunition to minors - using a firearm when committing a crime of violence – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

286

H 8066

Public water supply facilities  operators – board of certification act – definitions – certifications of operators.

7/13/00

287

H 8080

Warwick land trust act.

7/13/00

288

H 8093Aam

Refuse disposal act - solid waste management regulated facilities/activities - testing and analysis of air and water - environmental management district - applicability - on-site monitoring – criminal penalties for violations.

7/13/00

289

H 8152

South Kingstown – bonds – recreation and agricultural purposes.

7/13/00

290

H 8179A

State building code - amendments - establishment of rehabilitation building and fire code for existing buildings and structures act.

7/13/00

291

H 8191

Johnston – land trust act.

7/13/00

292

H 8214

Glocester – bonds - open space, groundwater protection and recreational facilities.

7/13/00

293

H 8331

Health insurers – health department - premium tax assessments for child immunization program.

7/13/00

294

H 8310

Cranston – bonds – open space purposes.

7/13/00

295

H 8337

Lincoln – bonds - open space and recreational areas or facilities.

7/13/00

296

H 8342

Cumberland – bonds – open space and recreational areas.

7/13/00

297

H 8347

New Shoreham – bonds – open space, recreation and groundwater protection purposes.

7/13/00

298

H 8354

Charlestown – bonds – open space, groundwater protection and recreational facilities.

7/13/00

299

H 8370

North Kingstown – bonds – farmland and other real estate acquisition.

7/13/00

300

H 8394

Middletown – bonds – open space, groundwater protection and recreational facilities.

7/13/00

301

S 2176

Scituate – tax lien certificates act – motor vehicle excise tax certificates.

7/18/00

302

S 2688

Providence - down city section – property tax incentives act.

7/18/00

303

S 3011

Cranston – bonds – playgrounds and athletic fields.

7/18/00

304

S 3020

Warwick – bonds – municipal buildings and neighborhood preservation.

7/18/00

305

S 3021

Warwick – bonds – ice arenas.

7/18/00

306

S 3022

Warwick – bonds – water system.

7/18/00

307

S 3028

North Providence - Salvatore Mancini Center on Aging – employees - inclusion in town health coverage.

7/18/00

308

S 3032

East Providence – housing authority – composition.

7/18/00

309

S 3036

Portsmouth – bonds – athletic facility at high school.

7/18/00

310

S 3039

Cumberland – bonds – public schools and buildings.

7/18/00

311

S 3069

Charlestown – Chariho Regional School District withdrawal – referendum.

7/13/00

312

S 2098A

State or public corporation employees - credit cards – personal usage prohibition – penalties for violations.

7/18/00

313

H 7401A

State or public corporation employees - credit cards – personal usage prohibition – violations - penalties.

7/18/00

314

H 7504Aam

Environmental management – submerged tidal lands – conveyance - power to acquire land along tidewater - port facilities - permission to conduct filling activity distinguished from grants of rights and property interest in the filled area - state ownership of tidal lands grants of title – coastal resources management council – powers – rights of way - approval to fill requirement - general assembly – policy setting – harbor lines – repeal – coastal resources management council – powers and duties – lease of certain filled lands – marinas and recreational boating facilities. Effective date – see special provision in act.

7/18/00

315

H 7926

Child visitation rights - denials - judicial determinations that the child has been physically or sexually abused by the natural parent - court ordered counseling

7/18/00

316

S 2751

Floral products and floral arrangements - tangible personal property and supplies used in the processing or preparation - sales tax exemption.

7/20/00

317

S 2761

Rhode Island College - traveling expenses for certain students - repeal.

7/20/00

318

S 2769am

Motor vehicles – adjudication of traffic offenses – additional violations.

7/20/00

319

S 2384

State sinking fund commission – composition – officers.

7/20/00

320

S 2389

Children with disabilities – transition council – composition.

7/20/00

321

S 2412Aam

Animals – cruelty toward act – violations - psychiatric counseling requirement.

7/20/00

322

S 2431A

Animals – cruelty toward act – veterinarians’ reports – immunity from civil suits.

7/20/00

323

S 2462

Motor vehicles – veterans’ plates – gross weight of vehicles – increase.

7/20/00

324

S 2474

Insurance agent licensing act – motor vehicle dealers – issuance of policies – certain exception removed from licensing law

7/20/00

325

S 2483Aam

Hospital conversions act – amendments – review process.

7/20/00

326

S 2466A

State planning council – composition.

7/20/00

327

S 2477am

Land subdivision act - procedure - required findings of fact.

7/20/00

328

S 2486Aam

Physician assistants - professional service corporations act – definitions –- authority to practice – stock transfers – eligibility of personnel – temporary incidence of ownership.

7/20/00

329

S 2514am

Labor – whistleblowers’ protection act – “employer” definition.

7/20/00

330

S 2518am

Open meetings act – closed meetings - hearings or discussions of a grievance filed pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

7/20/00

331

S 2519Aam

Health care facilities - physician contracts – restrictions on medical staff privileges - certain prohibitions.

7/20/00

332

S 2577

Hoisting engineers licensing act - machinery operations – internal combustion engines – certain exemptions.

7/20/00

333

S 2580

 Plumbers – regulations act – corporations and firms – requirements – contractor master licenses.

7/20/00

334

S 2590am

Teachers’ retirement act – certain substitute teaching after retirement – time period extended.

7/20/00

335

S 2620

Civil procedure - evidence – proof of life and work expectancy.  (Provisions effective 1/01/01)

7/20/00

336

S 2623Aam

Water supply facilities – stream gauging stations - management of the withdrawal and use of the waters of this state - preservation of agriculture.

7/20/00

337

S 2636A

State lottery - lottery and Keno tickets - maximum revenue payout.

7/20/00

338

S 2010am

Jury service act – free public transportation provisions - the Pawtucket-Providence commuter ferry shuttle service and passage upon the Claiborne Pell Bridge.

7/20/00

339

2029A

Flea markets – retail sales registration   fee.

7/20/00

340

S 2082

Employment security act – unemployment benefits - voluntary leaving work as protection from domestic abuse - waiting period benefits.

7/20/00

341

S 2089A

Children's residential programs – children, youth and families department - annual funding increases.

7/20/00

342

S 2248

Power of attorney act – when power not affected by in-competency - termination time of authority

7/20/00

343

S 2290A

Nursing facilities, certain – state payment rates.

7/20/00

344

S 2293am

State funds – revenue credited from Northeast Dairy Compact Commission - reimbursement to school districts for school milk.

7/20/00

345

S 2299am

Health insurance coverage - prostate and colorectal examinations. (Provisions effective 12/31/00)

7/20/00

346

S 2303am

Health maintenance organizations - temporary credentials - provider’s application for network inclusion.

7/20/00

347

S 2305Aam

Chiropractic physician and chiropractic medicine references in general laws –prohibition against chiropractic physicians from writing prescriptions for internal medication or practicing major surgery.

7/20/00

348

S 2349A

Oil spill response fund act – response and prevention fee.

7/20/00

349

S 2376am

State employees, retired and working part-time in state or municipal government – gross compensation amount increase.

7/20/00

350

S 2194A

Alcoholic beverages – retail sales act - Class A retail license holders – sales of beverages on December 24, 2000 and December 31, 2000 – passenger carrying marine vessels – alcoholic beverage sales - serving hours.

7/20/00

351

S 2215am

State - inter-government relations council act.

7/20/00

352

S 2241A

Mental health law – disclosure of certain confidential records – violations – certain exemptions.

7/20/00

353

S 2246

Probate courts - appointment and supervision of temporary custodians of decedents' estates - real and personal property.

7/20/00

354

S 2111am

Corporations whose certificates of incorporation have been revoked and are reinstated – continuation of certain corporate powers - withdrawal of certificate of revocation.

7/20/00

355

S 2114A

Highway construction and repair - state highways or interstate connectors - attenuator trucks required at the site.

7/20/00

356

S 2130A

Aircraft repair liens act.

7/20/00

357

S 2150

Real estate title – trusts - conveyance to named trust.

7/20/00

358

S 2643B

Sexual offender registration and community notification act - juveniles -duration of registration - frequency of registration.

7/20/00

359

S 2656am

School bus – special stopping requirements - violations - peace officers - issuance of summons - private complaints.

7/20/00

360

S 2704A

Sexual offender registration and community notification act – requirements – rules and regulations - parole board – certain authorized powers - Rhode Island State Police web site.

7/20/00

361

S 2710am

General assembly – lobbying act – financial reporting requirement.

7/20/00

362

S 2792

Municipal detention facility – escapes, assaults and inciting riots – penalties.

7/20/00

363

S 2832Aam

Uniform controlled substances act - deregulation syringe act for diabetes and health promotion – removal from “drug paraphernalia” definition.  (Provisions effective September 1, 2000)

7/20/00

364

S 2835Aam

Physician assistants – board of licensure – composition – violations – non-disciplinary alternative.

7/20/00

365

S 2840A

Public assistance act - funeral and burial expenses - eligibility.

7/20/00

366

S 2881

Tobacco products - sales to minors act – penalties

7/20/00

367

H 6841

Parole board - subpoena powers.

7/19/00

368

H 6927Aam

Education – loan of textbooks by school committees - money deposits - restrictions on commercial activity and fundraising in public schools.

7/19/00

369

H 7004A

Labor on holidays and Sundays act - manufacturers that operate for seven (7) continuous days per week – certain exemptions. 

7/19/00

370

H 7142A

Appliance service persons – information requirement concerning used or rebuilt parts – penalties.

7/19/00

371

H 7789

Airports – regulation - Rhode Island Airport Corporation – powers and duties.

7/19/00

372

H 8144

Cesar Chavez Day.

7/19/00

373

H 7647

Insurance – captive insurance companies – licensing requirements – confidentiality of information submitted.

7/19/00

374

H 7651A

Statewide planning program act – planning council – composition.

7/19/00

375

H 7660am

Health care quality steering committee – composition.

7/19/00

376

H 7715

Municipalities – sealers – periodical testing of municipal sealers' weights and measures by state.

7/19/00

377

H 7560A

Cigarette tax sales act – prohibited practices – penalties

7/19/00

378

H 7592am

Child support intercept act - interception of insurance payments – certain liens not affected - written notices.

7/19/00

379

H 7630

Electricians – licenses – Class D – limited maintenance licenses.

7/19/00

380

H 7633

Employment agencies - bond to payroll and other taxes – administration department, division of taxation.

7/19/00

381

H 7925A

Corporations – surplus line brokers - declarations of estimated tax – payment schedules. (Effective 1/1/01)

7/20/00

382

H 7995

Employment security - reemployment fund and assessment.

7/20/00

383

H 7998

Employment security – job development fund and job development assessment.

7/20/00

384

H 8006

New Shoreham – bonds – schools and facilities.

7/20/00

385

H 8247

Narragansett – assessment and taxation of new real estate construction.

7/20/00

386

H 8301

 

Warwick – bonds – water system improvements.

7/20/00

387

H 8303

Warwick – bonds – municipal buildings improvements and neighborhood preservation.

7/20/00

388

H 8233A

Pawtucket – bonds – streets and sidewalks.

7/20/00

389

H 8234A

Pawtucket – bonds – highway bridges.

7/20/00

390

H 8232A

Pawtucket – bonds – sanitary and storm drains.

7/20/00

391

H 8281am

Jamestown – elderly – tax exemption act – referendum.

7/20/00

392

H 8294

North Smithfield – elderly and disabled persons - tax exemptions.

7/20/00

393

H 8218A

Pawtucket – bonds – public buildings.

7/20/00

394

H 8219A

Pawtucket – bonds – road and traffic control devices.

7/20/00

395

H 8215A

Pawtucket – bonds – recreation facilities.

7/20/00

396

H 8217A

Pawtucket – bonds – public school buildings.

7/20/00

397

H 8343

Cumberland – bonds – public schools and buildings, renovations and repairs.

7/20/00

398

H 8344

Cumberland – municipal police department – creation – referendum.

7/20/00

399

H 8328

Providence – state transfer of certain property located in the City of Providence to the Providence Redevelopment Agency.

7/20/00

400

H 8330

West Warwick - acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system.

7/20/00

401

H 8334

East Providence housing authority – composition.

7/20/00

402

H 8336

Warwick – bonds – municipal buildings and neighborhood preservation.

7/20/00

403

H 8319A

Architects, engineers, land surveyors and landscape architects who voluntarily and without compensation provide their professional services at the scene of certain disaster emergencies - immunity from civil liability - engineers - general requirements for registration or certification.

7/20/00

404

H 8325

Warwick – bonds – ice arenas.

7/20/00

405

H 8312

Cranston – bonds – schools and school facilities.

7/20/00

406

H 8309

Cranston – bonds – storm drains.

7/20/00

407

H 8311

Cranston – bonds – new police station.

7/20/00

408

H 8307

Cranston – bonds – infrastructure improvements and shoreline protection purposes.

7/20/00

409

H 8308

Cranston – bonds – playgrounds and athletic fields.

7/20/00

410

H 8196

Ashaway fire district – charter amendments.

7/20/00

411

H 8202

North Smithfield - assessment and taxation and new real estate construction -reduction in assessed value of real estate - removal of damaged buildings.

7/20/00

412

H 8205A

Labor controversies - arbitration hearings - use of past practices.

7/20/00

413

H 8151

South Kingstown – bonds – public works capital improvements.

7/20/00

414

H 8181

Cumberland – tax exemption for persons interned in concentration camps.

7/20/00

415

H 8182

Court administration – supreme court chief justice - power to assign judges.

7/20/00

416

H 8123

Hopkinton police department – members – retirement on service allowance.

7/20/00

417

H 8129am

Real estate non-utilization tax act – East Providence and Woonsocket – powers.

7/20/00

418

H 8147

South Kingstown – bonds – town hall improvements.

7/20/00

419

H 8148

South Kingstown – bonds – South Road School improvements.

7/20/00

420

H 7920Aam

Uniform commercial code – certain technical amendments and repeals.

7/18/00

421

H 7919A

Uniform commercial code – certain technical amendments and repeals.

7/18/00

422

H 7783

Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton – regional school district act – amendments - bonds – schools improvements.

7/20/00

423

H 8122

Providence – residential rehabilitation tax relief act.

7/20/00

424

H 8338

North Providence – town charter -amendments.

7/20/00

425

H 7704am

Plumbers - regulations act – board of examiners – composition – licenses – examinations – violations - enforcement.

7/20/00

426

H 7718am

Domestic violence prevention act - domestic abuse complaints – filing requirements – conditions.

7/20/00

427

H 7938A

Guardianship and guardianship of adults act - inventory and appraisement of estate - claims against decedents' estates.

7/20/00

428

H 7264A

Motor vehicle dealerships – establishment and relocations – requirements.

7/20/00

429

H 7295

Artists' rights and responsibilities act – definitions – art merchant relationships - works of art.

7/20/00

430

H 7300

Public records - access act - required records - supplement or replacement with the product of a "real translation reporter” – prohibition.

7/20/00

431

S 2216A

Motor vehicle dealerships – establishment and relocations – requirements.

7/20/00

432

S 2485A

Emergency medical transportation services act – immunity from liability –certain firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians.

7/20/00

433

S 2592am

Plumbers’ regulations act – corporations and firms engaged in the business - licenses – master plumber – requirements – enforcement.

7/20/00

434

H 8417

Charlestown - withdrawal from the Chariho School District and creation of their own independent school system- referendum.

7/20/00

435

H 8419

General Assembly – organization - secretary of the senate, reading clerk and clerk of the house.

7/20/00

436

H 8395

Middletown – bonds – school repairs and capital improvements.

7/20/00

437

H 8401

Charlestown - withdrawal from the Chariho School District and creation of their own independent school system- referendum.

7/20/00

438

H 8405

Richmond/Carolina Fire District – charter amendments.

7/20/00

439

H 8392

Middletown – bonds – road construction and drainage improvements.

7/20/00

440

H 8393

Middletown – bonds – sewerage system.

7/20/00

441

H 8385

Narragansett – bonds – sewers, storm drains, sewage treatment and disposal facilities.

7/20/00

442

H 8369

Flea markets – retail sales - registration fee.

7/20/00

443

H 8371

Portsmouth – bonds – athletic facility at high school.

7/20/00

444

H 8346

Danato, Anthony J. – solemnization of marriages.

7/20/00

445

H 7274Aam

Roofing contractors’ regulation act – contractors registration board – registrations and fee.

7/19/00

446

H 7381Aam

Motor vehicles - operating a motor vehicle without a valid license or when license has expired – violations – penalties.

7/19/00

447

 

There is no Chapter 447 of the 2000 Public Laws.

 

448

H 7465A

Residential care and assisted living facility licensing act – initial evaluation and service plan – residency agreement or contract – definitions – rights of residents – general laws – name change.

7/19/00

449

H 8016

Providence - down city section - tax act.

7/20/00

450

H 8049

Jamestown – tree warden - residency requirement removed.  (See effective date provisions in act)

7/20/00

451

H 8062

Pet assisted therapy treatment and education - pets in public places – access and privileges.

7/20/00

452

H 8069

Court registries – report of unclaimed funds – court clerks - requirements – return to state general fund.

7/20/00

453

H 8070

State planning council – composition – two representatives of a private, nonprofit environmental advocacy organization.

7/20/00

454

H 8075A

Municipal employees retirement act – reserve account – municipalities transfer requests - Cranston police or fire department members – retirement system options.  (Provisions effective 1/31/01.

7/20/00

455

H 8091

Exeter - damage done to livestock by dogs - exception from appointing appraisers to appraise damage.

7/20/00

456

H 7220A

Schools – loan of textbooks – English/language arts and history/social studies – published textbook list - reimbursements to municipalities - joint commission to study the state textbook loan program created.

7/20/00

457

H 7243A

State highways or interstate connectors - highway construction and repair - attenuator trucks requirement.

7/20/00

458

H 7246A

Teachers, retired – substitute teaching for an absent classroom teacher – time restriction.

7/20/00

459

H 7270

Bank taxes act – banking institutions having an election in effect under subchapter S  - requirements.

7/20/00

460

H 7283

Motor vehicles - veterans’ registration plates – motorcycles.

7/20/00

461

H 7298A

Hearing aids – optional rider coverage - insurance coverage act.  (Provisions effective 4/01/01)

7/20/00

462

H 7342A

Sexual offender registration and community notification act - juveniles -duration of registration - frequency of registration.

7/20/00

463

H 7417A

Open meetings act – closed meetings - hearings or discussions of a grievance filed pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

7/20/00

464

H 7414

Rowan, Robert E., P.E. Bridge. – formerly the Crawford Street Bridge.

7/20/00

465

H 7446Aam

Hearing aid dealers and fitters – information and notice disclosure requirements

7/20/00

466

H 7466

Education – children with disabilities - transition from school to self-sufficient adulthood – transition council – composition.

7/20/00

467

H 7476A

Clinical laboratory science practice – licenses - experience requirements.

7/20/00

468

H 7485

State employees, retired and working part-time in state or municipal government – gross compensation amount increase.

7/20/00

469

H 7493A

State funds – revenue credited from Northeast Dairy Compact Commission - reimbursement to school districts for certain school milk.

7/20/00

470

H 7497Aam

Funeral and burial expenses - public assistance act – eligibility for reimbursement.

7/20/00

471

H 7559am

Byrnes, Thomas, Bike Path – formerly the East Bay Bike Path in the Town of Bristol.

7/20/00

472

H 7561

State sinking fund commission – composition – officers.

7/20/00

473

H 7635

Municipal public buildings authorities act - revenue bonds – calculations of limitations.

7/20/00

474

H 7653Aam

Providence – bonds – redevelopment and capital improvements.

7/20/00

475

H 7697

Exeter – veterans’ tax exemptions.

7/20/00

476

H 7772A

Public buildings – accessibility of leased or rented facilities for people with disabilities.

7/20/00

477

H 7861

Municipal detention facility – escapes, assaults and inciting riots – penalties.

7/20/00

478

H 7864

Public drinking water supply system protection act - Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research located at the University of Southern California – general law reference correction.

7/20/00

479

H 7910

State employees’ merit system - unclassified positions unfilled for twelve (12) months – cancellation unless extended by the unclassified pay plan board.

7/20/00

480

H 6733A

Catastrophic health insurance plan act - minimum standards – certain medical emergencies – contacts to 911 emergency system – restrictions prohibited.

7/20/00

481

H 6760

Sunday and holiday business – pharmacies - licensed pharmacist on duty requirement.

7/20/00

482

H 6881am

Mortgages - right to discharge on satisfaction of mortgage – escrow accounts - agents.

7/20/00

483

H 6891A

Animals - voluntary surrender at shelters with and without a request for disposition or destruction.

7/20/00

484

H 6893

Education curriculum – municipalities - Internet access.

7/20/00

485

H 6950A

Alcoholic beverages – Sunday sales act - Sundays which precede Christmas and New Year holidays that fall on a Monday.

7/20/00

486

H 6977Aam

Children's residential programs – children, youth and families department - annual funding increases.

7/20/00

487

H 7163Aam

School buses, new – strobe light requirement.

7/20/00

488

H 7207A

Horse food products – sales tax exemption - persons engaged in the business of boarding horses.

7/20/00

489

H 7217

Greene, George Sears, Memorial Bridge  - Apponaug Artic Bridge #3.

7/20/00

490

S 2994

Tank vessel safety act – repeal.

7/20/00

491

S 3000Aam

Worker’s compensation act – amendments.

7/20/00

492

S 3038am

Cumberland – municipal fire department – referendum.

7/20/00

493

S 3058

East Bay economic initiative act - repeal effective June 30, 2004.

7/20/00

494

S 3067

Municipal public buildings authority act – revenue bonds – calculation of limitations.

7/20/00

495

S 2907

State employees – post retirement employment - certified teachers of driver education – certain employment by the department of elementary and secondary education – earnings limitation.

7/20/00

496

S 2909

State tartan – St. Andrews Society of RI – creation of the official tartan of the State of Rhode Island.

7/20/00

497

S 2972am

Jamestown – elderly – tax exemption act – referendum.

7/20/00

498

S 2979

Health care quality steering committee – composition.

7/20/00

499

S 2265am

Civil rights acts – “disability” determinations – definition.

7/20/00

500

S 2770Aam

Aliens - arraignments and pleas - pleas of guilty or nolo contendere – courts - notice of deportation possibility.

7/20/00 

501

H 7296A

Aliens - arraignments and pleas - pleas of guilty or nolo contendere – courts - notice of deportation possibility.

7/20/00

502

H 6838

Estates in real property - title to real estate - trusts - conveyance to named trust.

7/22/00

503

H 6880A

Corporations whose certificates of corporation have been revoked or are dissolved – continuation of certain corporate powers. (See effective date provision)

7/22/00

504

H 6979A

Contractors’ registration act – bidding process – registration requirement.

7/22/00

505

H 7010

Lobbying act – financial reporting date requirement.

7/22/00

506

H 7020Aam

Pharmacies regulation act - prescription information - patient authorization required for release to employers or third parties.

7/22/00

507

H 7210

Disabilities – determinations of disabilities – requirements - definition.

7/22/00

508

H 7308A

Rhode Island development impact fee act – municipalities’ powers.

7/22/00

509

H 7377am

Labor – whistleblowers’ protection act – “employee” definition amended.

7/22/00

510

H 7380am

School bus – special stopping requirements - violations - peace officers - issuance of summons private complaints.

7/22/00

511

H 7397am

Education – curriculum - genocide and human rights education.

7/22/00

512

H 7430Aam

Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation act - mortgage disclosure reports – requirements.

7/22/00

513

H 7433am

Physician assistants - professional service corporations act – definitions –- authority to practice – stock transfers – eligibility of personnel – temporary incidence of ownership.

 

514

H 7443A

Health Clubs – posting of rates –requirements.

7/22/00

515

H 7456Aam

Contractors who bid on certain municipal or state construction projects - safety awareness program requirement. (Provisions effective 1/01/02)

7/22/00

516

H 7462A

Physician assistants – board of licensure – composition – violations – non-disciplinary alternative.

7/22/00

517

H 7649

Cranston housing authority – composition.

7/22/00

518

H 7796

Elections – municipal employees holding municipal public office -restriction – certain exceptions.

7/22/00

519

H 7907Aam

Mobile and manufactured home act – leases – maintenance of utilities – record keeping - elections - administration and voting procedures.

7/22/00

520

H 7949Aam

Uniform controlled substances act - deregulation syringe act for diabetes and health promotion – removal from “drug paraphernalia” definition.  (Provisions effective September 1, 2000)

7/22/00

521

S 2235Aam

Motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors and dealers – regulation of practices – violations – competition with certain motor vehicle dealers.

7/25/00

 

 

 


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