2021 -- H 5429

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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 PROPERTY -- FORM AND EFFECT OF CONVEYANCES

     Introduced By: Representatives Place, and Quattrocchi

     Date Introduced: February 08, 2021

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 34-11-29 of the General Laws in Chapter 34-11 entitled "Form and

Effect of Conveyances" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     34-11-29. Newspapers eligible for publication of notice.

     (a) Whenever it is required under this chapter that any notice or publication shall be

published in a public newspaper, the newspaper shall be held to mean a public newspaper that has

been regularly published for at least six (6) months prior to the first publication of the notice, or a

merged or consolidated public newspaper formed by the merger or consolidation of two (2) or more

public newspapers, one of which has been regularly published for a least six (6) months prior to the

first publication of notice.

     (b) Any public notice required to be published by any municipality may be published in

any newspaper in general circulation within the municipality or other designated platform selected

by the city or town council of such municipality, which may be reasonably demonstrated to reach

a larger portion of the population within such municipality, than a newspaper in general circulation.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PROPERTY -- FORM AND EFFECT OF CONVEYANCES

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     This act would allow a municipality to publish any public notice in a newspaper within the

municipality or any other platform selected by the town or city council of such municipality.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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