2024 -- H 8077

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL

OF PROPERTY

     

     Introduced By: Representative Joseph J. Solomon

     Date Introduced: March 15, 2024

     Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 37-7 of the General Laws entitled "Management and Disposal of

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Property" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     37-7-16. Disposition of fire district property.

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     No state-chartered fire district shall liquidate or dispose of its real property or tangible

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property, without first offering the property to the municipality in which the fire district is located.

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     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 PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL

OF PROPERTY

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     This act would prohibit any state-chartered fire district from liquidating or disposing of any

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real or tangible property without first offering the property to the municipality in which the fire

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district is located.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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