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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE

     Introduced By: Representatives Williams, Vella-Wilkinson, Alzate, Batista, and Morales

     Date Introduced: February 05, 2021

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 42-28-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-28 entitled "State Police"

is hereby amended to read as follows:

     42-28-4. Composition of division.

     (a) There shall be a division of state police consisting of the following members: a

superintendent who shall have the rank of full colonel; as many captains as the superintendent shall

deem necessary, two lieutenant colonels, three majors; as many lieutenants as the superintendent

shall deem necessary; and such other personnel, the number and rank of whom shall be designated

by the superintendent, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem

necessary for the payment of the salaries of the members of the division. The member of the Rhode

Island state police who shall be assigned by the superintendent to execute the duties of deputy

superintendent shall have the rank of lieutenant colonel.

     (b) At any given time no more than two (2) members of the division of state police shall

be members of the same family. For the purposes of this section the term "family" shall include the

following relationships, whether by blood, adoption or marriage: father, mother, son, daughter,

brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law,

brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson,

stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother or half-sister, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece or

nephew.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE

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     This act would prohibit more than two (2) members of the state police to be from the same

family whether by blood, adoption or marriage.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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