Chapter 034
2009 -- H 5055
Enacted 06/19/09
A
N A C T
RELATING
TO THE TOWN OF
Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, Schadone, San Bento, and Wasylyk
Date Introduced: January 08, 2009
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Article Two, Chapter One, Section Three (2-1-3)
of Chapter 2608 of the
Public Laws, 1950, entitled
“An act incorporating the town of
amended to read as follows:
Article Two
Chapter One
2-1-3. Organization.
At
1:00 p.m. on the first Sunday At the time set by the town council, on
the first Saturday
following the first day of January after its election, the
council shall meet to hold its
organizational meeting at which the oath of office shall be
administered to the members elect.
Such oath of office shall
require the faithful performance of the duties of the office and the
support of the constitution and laws of the state and the
The
town clerk or his deputy shall preside over the meeting for the purpose of
electing a
council president from among the members of the council. The
council president shall then
become the presiding officer.
A
first president pro-tempore shall be elected in the same manner and shall
preside at any
meeting in which the council president is absent and he/she
shall perform the duties of the council
president. A second president pro-tempore shall be elected in
the same manner and shall preside
at any meeting in which both the council president and
the first president pro-tempore are absent
and he/she shall perform the duties of the council
president.
SECTION 2. Article Three, Chapter One, Section Two (3-1-2)
of Chapter 2068 of the
Public Laws, 1950, entitled
“An act incorporating the town of
amended to read as follows:
Article Three
Chapter One
3-1-2. Oath of Office.
At
1:00 p.m. on the first Sunday At the time set by the town council, on
the first Saturday
following the first day January immediately after the
his/her election and immediately after the
oath of office is administered to members of the council,
the oath of office shall be administered
to the mayor.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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