| Chapter 329 |
| 2022 -- H 8255 Enacted 07/02/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER REGARDING NEW ELECTED TERM LENGTHS AND TERM LIMITS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL ELECTIVE TERMS COMMENCING JANUARY, 2025 |
Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, Vella-Wilkinson, Solomon, Serpa, and P Morgan |
| Date Introduced: May 13, 2022 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Pursuant to the request of the Warwick City Council by resolution adopted |
| on April 19, 2022, Article 2, Section 1, and Article 3, Section 1, of the Warwick City Charter are |
| hereby amended to read as follows: |
| Article 2, Section 1 - CITY COUNCIL - Structure and powers. |
| The legislative powers of the city shall be vested in the city council. The city council shall |
| consist of nine members who shall be elected in each even year for a term of two years, with service |
| on the city council to be limited to six consecutive two-year terms, exclusive of service prior to |
| January, 2025, and any partial term of less than one year, previously served. One member of the |
| council shall be elected form each of the nine wards, and members shall be residents of the wards |
| they represent. |
| Article 3, Section 1. - MAYOR - Election and term. |
| There shall be a mayor who shall be elected at the general election in each even year for a |
| term of two (2) four (4) years, until his successor is elected and qualified, with a limit on service as |
| mayor to two (2) consecutive terms, exclusive of service prior to January, 2025, and any partial |
| term of less than two (2) years previously served. |
| SECTION 2. Pursuant to Article X, Section 10-29 of the City Charter, these amendments |
| shall be submitted to the voters of the city at the next general election to be held in November, |
| 2022, for approval or rejection thereof in the following form: |
| "1. For elective terms commencing January 2025, shall the term of office for Mayor be |
| increased from two (2) to four (4) years with service as Mayor limited to two (2) consecutive four |
| (4)-year terms, exclusive of service prior to January 2025 and any partial term of less than two (2) |
| years, and shall service on the City Council be limited to six (6) consecutive two (2)-year terms, |
| exclusive of service prior to January 2025 and any partial term of less than one year? |
| APPROVE DISAPPROVE" |
| SECTION 3. This section and section 2 of this act shall take effect upon passage, and |
| Section 1 of this act shall take effect if a majority of those electors qualified to vote upon the |
| question as set forth in section 2 shall vote in favor thereof. |
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