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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - COUNCILS AND GOVERNING BODIES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, and Abney | |
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Date Introduced: May 21, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 45-5-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-5 entitled "Councils and |
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Governing Bodies" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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45-5-11. Burial lands and funds. -- (a) Town councils may take and hold, to them and |
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their successors in office, all lands within their towns, conveyed to them in trust for burial |
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purposes and, in like manner, may receive, hold, and manage all funds conveyed to them for the |
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purpose of ornamenting or keeping in repair these burial lots within their towns, and execute the |
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trusts in accordance with the terms contained in the instruments of conveyance. Funds received, |
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or already received, may be placed in a general burial lot fund and this fund may be invested in |
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securities which are legal for investment of funds of savings banks in this state. The earnings of |
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this fund shall be apportioned to the various individual trusts in the proportion each trust, |
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including any undisbursed earnings, bears in relation to the total of the general burial lot fund. |
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Funds received or already received for the purpose of ornamenting or keeping in repair burial lots |
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in town-owned cemeteries may be placed in a general burial lot fund, and this fund may be |
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invested in securities which are legal for investment of funds of savings banks in this state. The |
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earnings of this fund shall be apportioned to the individual trusts in the proportion that the |
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principal of each trust bears in relation to the total principal in the general burial lot fund. |
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(b) Effective July 1, 1976, the town of Bristol shall not apportion the earned income of |
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the fund, and it shall be used for maintenance of the entire burial ground. |
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(c) Effective July 1, 1979, the towns of Tiverton and Richmond shall not apportion the |
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earned income of their respective funds, and it shall be used for maintenance of their entire burial |
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grounds. |
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(d) Effective July 1, 2013, the town of Middletown shall not apportion the earned income |
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of the fund, and it shall be used for maintenance of the entire burial ground. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would exempt Middletown from the requirement to apportion the earned income |
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from the peripheral care fund to individual burial lots, and would allow Middletown to use earned |
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income for maintenance of the entire burial ground. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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