Chapter
115
2007 -- S 0091
Enacted 06/27/07
A N A
C T
IN AMENDMENT OF
SECTIONS 3 AND 4 OF CHAPTER 905 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1912, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CHEPACHET FIRE
DISTRICT, " AS AMENDED
Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty,
C Levesque, Connors, and Gallo
Date Introduced: January
23, 2007
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1.
Sections
3 and 4 of Chapter 905 of the Public Laws of 1912 entitled "An Act to
Incorporate
the Chepachet Fire District" as amended is hereby further amended to read
as
follows:
Sec.
3. The annual meeting of said district shall be holden on the second Saturday
of July
June in each year. The first meting shall be holden on the
second Saturday after the enactment of
this
act in the town of Glocester within the limits of the fire district, and may be
called by any one
or more
of the qualified voters of said district. All person possessing the
qualifications set forth
in
Section 2 of this act shall be intitled to vote at said meeting. Upon the
proposition: "Shall the
Chepachet
fire district shall be established according to the act of incorporation passed
by the
general
assembly of the state?" If a majority of the person so voting shall vote
"yes," then said
Chepachet
fire district shall be established according to the provisions of this act. If
the majority
of the
persons so voting shall vote "no," then this act shall become null
and void,( as amended by
1991
Private Act 57,eff.6/19/91).
Old
Sec.4
Sec.
4. The qualified voters of the district at each annual meeting, and at any
other
meeting
when vacancies occur, may elect officers to serve one year, or until the next
annual
meeting
and until others may be chosen in their stead; which officers shall consist of
a moderator,
clerk,
treasurer, and three (3)
assessors, and a collector of taxes, whose duties and powers within
said
district shall be such as like officers of towns in this state have in their
respective towns. The
duly
elected board members of the Chepachet Fire district (herein after "the
Board") shall be
empowered
to appoint the following officers on an annual basis, at the next annual
meeting, or
until
others may be chosen in the stead; which officers shall consist of a Treasurer,
Clerk and the
Collector
of Taxes, whose duties and powers within said district shall be such as like
officers of
towns
in this state have in their respective towns.
They
may also elect fire wardens, executive committee, and such other officers as
may be
needed,
provided, however, the term of office of such members of the executive
committee shall
be
elected as follows: in the year 2001 at the annual meeting two (2) members
shall be elected to
a three
(3) year term, two (2) members to a two (2) year term and one shall be elected
to a one
year
term. When their term of office expires said member or, members shall be
elected to a three
(3)
year terms so members will be elected to staggered three (3) year terms, and
shall serve until
their
successor is elected or appointed and qualified. Also, the three (3) tax
assessors shall be
elected
to a three (3) year term, one elected to a two (2) term and one elected to a
one year terms
and
shall serve until their successor is elected or appointed or qualified. (as
amended by 1954
P.L.
Chapter 3258, eff.3/16/54; 1991 Private Act 57. eff 6/19/91.)
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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