Introduced By: Senators Celona, Montalbano and Graziano
Date Introduced : January 26, 1999
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 2, Chapter 1 Section 3 of Chapter 2608 of the public laws, 1950, as amended entitled "An Act Incorporating the Town of North Providence" is hereby amended to read as follows:
2-1-3. Organization. -- At 1:00 p.m. on the first Sunday following the first day of January following the first day of January after its election, the council shall meet to hold its organizational meeting at which the oath of office shall be administered to the members elect. Such oath of office shall require the faithful performance of the duties of the office and the support of the constitution and laws of the state and the United States.
The town clerk or his deputy shall preside over the meeting for the purpose of electing a council president from among the members of the council. The council president shall then become the presiding officer.
{DEL A president pro-tempore shall be elected in the same
manner at any meeting in which the council president absent and
he shall perform the duties of the council president. DEL}
A first president pro-tempore shall be elected in the same manner and shall preside at any meeting in which the council president is absent and he/she shall perform the duties of the council president. A second president pro-tempore shall be elected in the same manner and shall preside at any meeting in which both the council president and the first president pro-tempore are absent and he/she shall perform the duties of the council president.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
