SECTION 1. Section 4-2-1 of Chapter 237 of the 1973 Public Laws entitled "An Act Incorporating the Town of North Providence" is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-2-1. Establishment of council districts. - On or before the first Tuesday of March of 1974, the council shall submit to the general assembly a plan dividing the town into three compact and contiguous districts, each containing an approximately equal number of inhabitants as determined by the United States census of 1970, with a recommendation that the plan be enacted into law and become effective for any election to be held on or after the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of 1974. The same procedure as described in this section shall be followed in 1981 and every subsequent ten years based on the latest federal census. Subsequent to the latest federal census, and following submission of a finalized map by the general assembly depicting the new senate and house district lines, the council shall submit to the general assembly, no later than sixty (60) days following the receipt of the finalized senate and house district lines, a plan to divide the town into three (3) compact and contiguous districts each containing an equal number of inhabitants as determined by the said federal census, with the recommendation that the plan be enacted into law and become effective for any election to be held on or after the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even numbered year.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.