Introduced By: Senators Izzo, Sasso, Roberts, Igliozzi and Gallo
Date Introduced : March 11, 1999
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 16-9-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-9 entitled "School Funds and Property" is hereby amended to read as follows:
16-9-5. Power of town to condemn for school purposes --
Maximum acreage. -- Any city or town from time to time
may take lands therein, improved or unimproved, for the location
of schoolhouses, the enlargement of schoolhouse lots, and for
school purposes, provided that the amount of the land at any one
taking shall not exceed {DELfive (5) DEL} {ADD fifteen (15) ADD} acres, except that the town of
Foster may at any one taking take lands for these purposes in
an amount not exceeding ten (10) acres; except that the city of
Warwick may at any one taking take lands for these purposes in
an amount not exceeding fifteen (15) acres, provided however,
that before the city of Warwick may take more than five (5) acres
for this purpose it shall hold a public hearing; except that the
town of Narragansett may at any one taking, take such lands for
such purposes in an amount not exceeding twelve (12) acres, provided,
however, that before the town of Narragansett may take more than
five (5) acres for this purpose it shall hold a public hearing;
except that the town of Jamestown may at any one taking take lands
for these purposes in an amount not exceeding twenty five (25)
acres {ADD , except that the city of Cranston may at one time take
lands for these purposes in an amount not exceeding forty-two
(42) acres prior to December 31, 1999, and on or after December
31, 1999, may at one taking take lands for these purposes in an
amount not exceeding twenty-five (25) acres. ADD}
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
