2021 -- S 0558 | |
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LC002322 | |
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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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- JOINT COMMITTEE -- BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, | |
EDIFICES, AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Felag, Raptakis, Picard, Lombardo, and McCaffrey | |
Date Introduced: March 04, 2021 | |
Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 22-7.4-143 of the General Laws in Chapter 22-7.4 entitled |
2 | "Permanent Joint Committee on Naming All New Buildings, Bridges, Edifices and Other State |
3 | Constructions" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
4 | 22-7.4-143. The Rhode Island Purple Heart Trail. |
5 | The section of highway known as Route 4 and Route 1, which begins in Warwick as Route |
6 | 4 and merges into Route 1 in North Kingstown and further extends to the town of Westerly, shall |
7 | be named The Rhode Island Purple Heart Trail (the "Purple Heart Trail"). Provided, this designation |
8 | shall be coextensive with and shall not repeal, revoke, or displace any name or similar designation |
9 | already given to sections or areas of and along the highway, and those names and designations shall |
10 | remain in effect. The department of transportation shall furnish, supply, and install signs along the |
11 | Purple Heart Trail, commemorating and identifying the Purple Heart Trail, by August 7, 2021, |
12 | which day is National Purple Heart Day. These signs shall be in the form and color substantially |
13 | similar to the illustration contained herein. |
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1 | ILLUSTRATION OF SIGN |
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3 | 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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- JOINT COMMITTEE -- BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, | |
EDIFICES, AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS | |
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1 | This act would direct the department of transportation to install signs along the Purple |
2 | Heart Trail, commemorating and identifying the Purple Heart Trail, by August 7, 2021, which day |
3 | is National Purple Heart Day. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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