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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D. 1942 | |
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT" | |
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Introduced By: Senators Rogers, Raptakis, E Morgan, de la Cruz, and Paolino | |
Date Introduced: May 02, 2025 | |
Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. An Act Passed at the January Session A.D. 1942 entitled “An Act to |
2 | Incorporate the Western Coventry Fire District”, as from time to time amended, is hereby further |
3 | amended to read as follows: |
4 | Section 13. Vote to approve district merger, consolidation, or transition to municipal fire |
5 | department or consolidated fire district. |
6 | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the District shall not be merged, joined, consolidated, |
7 | transitioned, or otherwise made a part of a municipal fire department of the Town of Coventry, or |
8 | consolidated with any other fire district without an all-day referendum and the affirmative vote of |
9 | the electors of the District in support thereof, said vote to be supervised by the Board of Directors. |
10 | (b) The all-day referendum shall be called in the same manner as Special Meetings of the |
11 | District as set forth in Section 6 hereof. |
12 | 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 | |
IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D. 1942 | |
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT" | |
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1 | This act would amend the public law incorporating the Western Coventry Fire District to |
2 | require a referendum and affirmative vote of the fire district electors prior to any merge or |
3 | consolidation of the district with any other district or with the fire department of the town of |
4 | Coventry. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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