THE OFFICIAL 1996 PUBLIC LAW
SHORT TITLE LIST
This list is the creation of the Office of Law Revision. For more information contact: Cay C. Massouda, Director, Law Revision Office at (40l) 222-3614 or e-mail:cmassouda@rilin.state.ri.us |
LAW REVISION OFFICE
JOHN B. HARWOOD, SPEAKER
| Chapter | Bill | Title | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield - land development and subdivision review ordinances, rules and regulations. | |||
| Alcoholic beverages - transportation - compliance certificates - fees. Fiduciaries - annual reports -filing fees. *Retroactive application. | |||
| Smithfield - land development and subdivision review ordinances, rules and regulations. *Retroactive application. | |||
| Business corporations - shareholders - calling of special meetings - requirements | |||
| North Providence - Tax assessment review board - alternate members - appointment, terms and compensation. | |||
| Middletown - economic development tax incentive program - tax exemptions or stabilizations. | |||
| Bristol County Courthouse - State conveyance to Bristol Statehouse Foundation. | |||
| Westerly - bonds - senior citizens center. | |||
| Chariho Regional School District - financial meeting dates. | |||
| Coventry - manufacturing or commercial use properties - tax exemptions or stabilization. | |||
| Providence - alcoholic beverages retail license holders, Class C - hours on March 17, 1996. | |||
| Smithfield - bonds - schools. | |||
| Tax amnesty act, 1996. | |||
| Marriages, solemnization - Phillip Revard Raposa, District Court Judge for the District of Fall River, Massachusetts. | |||
| Americorp Program services - employment security act - exemption. | |||
| Warwick - bonds - recreation and open space purposes. | |||
| Warwick - bonds - fire station replacement. | |||
| Warwick - bonds - schools. | |||
| Warwick - bonds - transportation improvements. | |||
| Warwick - bonds - library expansion. | |||
| Hopkins Hill Road Fire District, Coventry - borrowing powers. | |||
| Cranston - homestead tax exemption act. | |||
| Westerly - tax exemptions. | |||
| Workers' compensation insurance fund act - amendments. | |||
| Barrington - Tax exemptions. | |||
| Marriages, solemnization - Edward L. Gerstein. | |||
| Barrington - property tax classification act. | |||
| Pawtucket - bonds - public buildings improvements. | |||
| Pawtucket - bonds - public recreation facilities. | |||
| Pawtucket - bonds - streets and sidewalks. | |||
| Pawtucket - bonds - road and traffic control improvements. | |||
| Pawtucket - bonds - sanitary and storm drain system improvements. | |||
| Pawtucket - bonds - public school buildings. | |||
| Hopkinton - tax levy. | |||
| Westerly - dog regulatory ordinances. | |||
| Westerly - Elections - polls - opening hours. | |||
| State - borrowing powers in anticipation of taxes. | |||
| Motor vehicles - driving under the influence of liquor or drugs with death resulting - penalties. | |||
| Banking and financial services facilities - Sundays and holidays - work permits. | |||
| Pawtucket - home rule charter amendments - ratification and validation. | |||
| Healthcare accessibility and quality assurance act. | |||
| Divorce and separation act - child visitation rights of siblings. | |||
| Education facilities - students - allergic emergencies - anaphylaxis - use of epinephrine - immunity for those administering. | |||
| Hairdressers, cosmeticians and manicurists - services in H.U.D. recognized elderly housing. | |||
| Family Court proceedings - abused or neglected children - inquiries into paternity - putative fathers - notifications and requirements. | |||
| West Warwick - bonds - schools. | |||
| Hopkinton - municipal police protection - Town Council authorization. | |||
| Exeter tax collector - appointments on or after November 1, 1996. | |||
| Woonsocket - qualified residential structures - rehabilitation tax exemptions. | |||
| West Warwick - sewer use fees, charges and assessments. | |||
| Jamestown - zoning board of review - membership, terms, appointments - alternate members. | |||
| East Providence - tax reevaluation date - extension. | |||
| West Greenwich - town treasurer - appointment. | |||
| West Warwick - elderly - tax freeze act. | |||
| North Kingstown - tax assessments on damaged or destroyed real property and new real estate constructions. | |||
| North Smithfield - municipal lien certificates - charge. | |||
| Cumberland - limited victualing house licenses. | |||
| Bristol - low income residents - tax deferments. (Provisions retroactive to 12/31/95) | |||
| South Kingstown - bonds - recreational facilities and land acquisition purposes. | |||
| South Kingstown - bonds - school maintenance and storage facility. | |||
| North Kingstown - bonds - computer network and related equipment. | |||
| North Kingstown - bonds - athletic and physical education facilities. | |||
| Westerly - elections - polls - opening hours. | |||
| Hopkins Hill Road Fire District in Coventry - borrowing powers. | |||
| Westerly - bonds - recreational facilities and land acquisition. | |||
| Health insurance coverage - mastectomy treatment. | |||
| Woonsocket - rehabilitated residential structures - tax exemptions. | |||
| New Shoreham - elections - presidential preference primary - polls - opening hours. | |||
| West Greenwich - town treasurer - tenure and vacancies. | |||
| West Greenwich - town treasurer - appointment | |||
| Westerly - tax exemptions. | |||
| Jamestown - zoning board of review. | |||
| East Greenwich - home rule charter amendments - validation and ratification. | |||
| Tiverton - tax treaty agreement between the town and Tiverton Power Associates, L.L.C. | |||
| Cranston - property tax classification act. | |||
| West Warwick - persons selling farm, garden produce or flowers, and persons selling arts and crafts at shows or exhibitions - licenses and regulations. | |||
| West Warwick - tax exemptions - elderly and disabled persons. | |||
| West Warwick - sewer use fees, charges and assessments. | |||
| Middletown - Rhode Island Arts Foundation Newport, Inc. - tax exemption. | |||
| Barrington - tax exemptions. | |||
| Female genital mutilation - felony assault | |||
| Abused and neglected children - Department of Children, Youth and Families Department - Social Caseworker II - certain temporary child custody authority. | |||
| Public officials threats act - definitions and penalties. | |||
| Long term health care act - Human Services Department - home and community based long term care services. | |||
| Mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists - regulations act. | |||
| Treasury department - bank service fees payment. | |||
| Smithfield, certain state owned property - DEM conveyance to Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. | |||
| Westerly - juvenile hearing board act. | |||
| Pre-existing residential boating facilities constructed prior to January 1, 1985 - Coastal Resources Management Council approvals. | |||
| Children ten years of age or younger - battery upon by an adult resulting in serious bodily injury.- penalties. | |||
| Solid Waste Management Corporation - commissioners - appointments. | |||
| Mobile and manufactured home lot rental increases act - "excessive rent increase" definition - debt service. | |||
| Medical records copies - reimburesments of physicians. | |||
| Mobile and manufactured homes act - complaints - Business Regulation Department hearings, decisions,appeals and notification requirements. | |||
| Jilian's law - driving under the influence of liquor or drugs with death resulting - penalties. (Chapter 38 of the 1996 Public Laws) | |||
| Cumberland - farmland - fixed tax assessment act. | |||
| Smithfield - bonds - schools. | |||
| Cumberland - bonds - schools. | |||
| Cumberland - bonds - sewage and drainage purposes. | |||
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State - appropriations for support for fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. Budget - transfers between provided appropriations - repeal. Program performance measurement. Administration Department - fiscal functions. Refunding Bond Authority. DEPCO sales tax - disposition of proceeds. Post audits of accounts. Capital development program - Bonds: Transportation Higher Education - telecommunications. Higher Education Facilities Asset Protection Quonset Point/Davisville Environmental Management Brownfields Loan Program Board members - compensation. Roger Williams Program. Environmental Management Department - reorganization - postponement - continuity of administrative functions. Rhode Island Veterans'Memorial Cemetery - grave liner fees. Revised appropriations. Controller and Budget Officer - duties. Revenue collection functions of certain departments and agencies - transfer to the Department of Administration. Underground storage tank financial responsibility fund. Hospital licensing fees. Public Buildings Authority - Administration Department office and personnel assistance. Motor vehicles - licenses - reinstatement after revocation or suspension - fees. Nursing facilities - unannounced inspections. Corrections Department - work release reimbursements. Trucks - registration fees. Medical assistance and public assistance conferences - meeting dates. Eisenhower House - rental fees. Education aid - notifications of state aid to districts. Foundation level school support - community requirements. Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education - powers and duties - personnel appointments - approval requirements. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - personnel board. Education funding plan act. State aid - withholding - infractions. School breakfast program. Gasoline tax - bond of a motor fuel distributor. Medical assistance - inpatient hospital services reimbursement limit - Human Services Department duties. Nursing facilities - rates of payments - price index adjustment. Medical waste regulation - prohibitions, licenses, disposal fees and penalties. Correctional officers incentive pay act - eligibility and incentive steps. Library and Information Services Office - creation. Library Commissioners Advisory Board act - repeal. Rhode Island Information Resources Management Board - creation. State Library, Archival, and Information Services Coordinating Council act - repeal. Motor vehicles - new registration plates. General public assistance - hardship contingency fund - eligibility. Family Court proceedings - juveniles placed in institutions - state payment of costs of maintenance - repeal. Community health centers - funding. Corrections Department - training academy established. Bail and recognizance fees - adult correctional institutions. Liquor control administration - reorganization Business Regulation Department and Tax Division - powers and duties. Barbering and hairdressing inspections - Health Department - chief field inspector. Arts and Tourism Commission - development fund, subcommittee. Arts Council - membership - chairperson. Veterans' Home fund - restricted account. Emergency Management Agency and Military Staff - merger act. Human services - uncompensated care act. Courts - fees. Motor vehicles - rental vehicles surcharge. Elderly - Citizens' Commission for the Safety and Care - Elderly Affairs Department - duties. State government - department mergers and consolidations - study commission. Rhode Island Human Resources Investment Council - technology transfers or assistance to manufacturers. Personal income tax act - definition of "federal income tax liability. |
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| West Greenwich Regional School District - bonds - classroom additions. | |||
| Hopkinton - levy and assessment of local taxes - supplemental tax. | |||
| Boxing and sparring match or exhibition on Sunday, August 11, 1996 - authorization | |||
| Sexual offender registration and community notification act. | |||
| Adult education tax credit act - credit amount, definitions, limit, certificate requirement. | |||
| Diabetes treatment - health insurance coverage act. | |||
| State song - "Rhode Island's It For Me". | |||
| Lemont, State Trooper John - state reimbursement for eligible education expenses. | |||
| Children ten years of age or younger - battery upon by an adult resulting in serious bodily injury - penalties. | |||
| Probate Courts - uniformity act of 1996. | |||
| Lincoln - charter amendments. | |||
| Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton - regional high school district act - amendments. | |||
| Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton - regional high school district act - amendments. | |||
| Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton - regional high school district act - amendments. | |||
| Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton - regional high school district act - amendments. | |||
| Cranston - religiousorganizations - certain property - tax exemptions. | |||
| Bristol/Warren Regional School District - bonds - equipment, construction , engineering and surveying purposes. | |||
| Cranston - bonds - schools. | |||
| Cranston - bonds - recreational facilities. | |||
| Cranston - bonds - facilities - rehabilitation and construction purposes. | |||
| Cranston - bonds - firedepartment facilities - rehabilitation and construction purposes. | |||
| Cranston - bonds - Park Avenue improvements. | |||
| Cranston - bonds - public works - infrastructure improvements . | |||
| Cranston - bonds - public works and highway equipment | |||
| Warwick - bonds - school purposes . | |||
| State budget act - appropriations - amendments. | |||
| Education - Board of Governors - state purchases act - definitions - certain purchases funded by restricted, sponsored or auxiliary moneys. | |||
| Education - Board of Governors - state purchases act - definitions - certain purchases funded by restricted , sponsored or auxiliary moneys. | |||
| Public assistance reform acts. (Provisions have various effective dates). | |||
| Child abuse - certain violations - penalties. | |||
| Public assistance reform acts - (Provisions have various effective dates). | |||
| Public assistance reform acts. (Provisions have various effective dates). | |||
| Public assistance reform acts. | |||
| Child abuse act - certain violation - penalties. | |||
| Solid Waste Management Corporation act - use of acquired property. | |||
| Labor relations - employee drug testing act - employers' requirements. | |||
| Elections - voters - registration periods - Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. | |||
| Superior Court - chief supervisory clerk - repeal. | |||
| Health care services - utilization review act - review agents - regulations and requirements - documentation of adverse determinations - repeal. | |||
| Enterprise zones act - definitions, "qualified business" or "business facility", "Effective date of certification" - business tax and interest income credits. | |||
| Contractors - labor and payments of debts act - wage records and act compliance inspections - violations - penalties - enforcement - bonding company notifications -reviews - appeals - board decisions - enforcement obstructions - subpoenas - penalties for violations. | |||
| Children, Youth and Families Department - training school records - certain adult offenders. | |||
| Child passenger restraint act - motor vehicles - violations - penalties. | |||
| Motor vehicles - state reciprocity agreements with Canada . | |||
| Divorce and separation act - testimony to prove domicile and residence - ex parte affidavit. | |||
| Weapons act violations - illegal aliens. | |||
| Gasoline tax act - "fuels" definition, refunds - fuels used for airplanes - tax exemption. | |||
| Cemeteries - regulation of excavation - removal and transfer of graves - violations - penalties . | |||
| Children with emotional, behavioral, mental disorders, developmental or physical disabilities - Family Court proceedings and Children, Youth and Families Department procedures - certain procedural exceptions. | |||
| Motor vehicles - radios, stereos and audio systems - noise violations - penalty. | |||
| H 8606Aam Interpreters for the deaf licensure act - Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired - sign language interpreter referral service. | |||
| Homicide act - murder committed against assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general in performance of their duty - penalties. | |||
| Robbery act - penalties - " handicapped person" and "elderly person" definitions . | |||
| Health clubs regulations act. | |||
| Children - gross or habitual cruelty toward - penalty. | |||
| Child abuse and neglect - false reporting - Children, Youth and Families Department records - Attorney General Department access for investigation. | |||
| American Red Cross disaster vehicles - flashing lights authorization. | |||
| Criminal records expungement act - "crime of violence" definition - sexual assault and child molestation offenses. | |||
| Fair employment practices act - conciliation of charges of unlawful practices - statute of limitations. | |||
| Health Department - registry of persons with head injuries and /or spinal cord injuries. | |||
| School -to- work transition act of 1996. | |||
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation/automated external defibrillation - certain persons administering - immunity from liability. | |||
| Medical Examiners Office - deaths of persons under the age of eighteen years - physicians reporting requirements. | |||
| Legal resident requirement - qualification - certain businesses and professions. | |||
| Motor vehicles inspection program act - inspection requirement - delay. | |||
| Precious metals purchases and sales and pawnbrokers regulations acts - enhanced detection of criminal activity provisions . | |||
| Teacher assistants qualifications act. | |||
| South Africa Republic - banks providing service to - state banking business restriction - repeal. | |||
| Casualty insurance act - regulations on cancellations, renewals and changes. | |||
| Rhode Island College - free tuition for certain students - repeal. | |||
| Children, delinquent or wayward - community service penalty. | |||
| Tank ships and barges in Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound - regulations - feasibility study. | |||
| Fuel use reporting act - definitions - "covered motor vehicles" - penalties for violations. | |||
| Hearing aid dealers and fitters act - "audiologist" and "department" definitions - license requirements - hearing aid dealers and fitters board - composition and appointments. | |||
| Public defender act - indigent defendants - eligibility requirements. | |||
| Real estate conveyance tax - certain receipts - tax administrator contributions to distressed communities relief fund. ( Provisions retroactive to 7/1/95). | |||
| Tourism and development act - hotel tax proceeds -distribution, use of funds. ( Provisions retroactive to 8/7/95). | |||
| Motor vehicles - temporary registration plates issued after 1/1/97 - vehicle identification number requirement. (Provisions retroactive to 7/5/95). | |||
| State employees, new - alteration of pension system - study commission - reporting date and expiration date extension. | |||
| 911 emergency telephone act - confidentiality of calls - release authorization - dissemination of information. | |||
| Suicide - assisted act - criminal offense act. | |||
| Septic systems - homeowners assistance fund - commission to study the feasibility of funding act . | |||
| Suicide - assisted act - criminal offense act. | |||
| 911 emergency telephone number act - confidentiality of calls - dissemination of certain information. | |||
| Real estate brokers and salespersons act - violations - licensee probation period - escrow funds - requirements and restrictions. | |||
| Divorce and separation act - sibling visitation rights act. | |||
| Insurance - risk-based capital (RBC) for insurers act. | |||
| Insurance companies, domestic - regulations act - amendments - managing general agents act - assumption reinsurance act. | |||
| Insurers' insolvency fund act - assessment powers of the fund - underfunded accounts. | |||
| Medicare supplement insurance policies act - "Medicare supplement policy" definition, applicability, disclosure standards. | |||
| Mutuel betting and license fees act - unclaimed winnings - disposition. | |||
| Correctional officers or training school employees - assaults upon - penalties. | |||
| Motor vehicles - automobile theft and insurance fraud office - investigators - search warrants. | |||
| Motor vehicles - automobile theft and insurance fraud office - repeal date. | |||
| Employers - personnel files inspections - certain disclosures - immunity from civil liability . | |||
| Children with emotional, behavioral, mental disorders, developmental or physical disabilities - Family Court proceedings and Children, Youth and Families Department procedures - certain procedural exceptions. | |||
| Motor vehicles - state reciprocity agreements with Canada. | |||
| Adult education tax credit act - credits - "worksite-based " and " paid employment" definitions - limits and certificate requirement. | |||
| Paternity - uniform act - statute of limitations. | |||
| Child adoption act - notices to parents requirements. | |||
| Precious metals - purchases and sales and pawnbrokers regulations acts - enhanced detection of criminal activity provisions . | |||
| Adoptive parents - employment - use of sick leave. | |||
| Small business advisory council - composition. | |||
| Sexual assault act - "sexual penetration" definition. | |||
| Gasoline tax act - "fuels" definition, refunds - fuels used for airplanes - tax exemption . | |||
| Motor vehicles - speed restrictions - highway construction and maintenance operations - violations - penalties. | |||
| Richmond - certain farm property - tax exemption act. | |||
| East Bay - economic initiative act - boating industry. | |||
| Kirk, Chester H., Complex - University of Rhode Island. | |||
| North Providence - abandonment of highways - sales authorized. | |||
| Portsmouth - tax assessments of new real estate construction and removal of damaged buildings. | |||
| Depositors economic protection corporation act - loan portfolio valuation requirement . | |||
| Zoning ordinance act - general purposes - handicapped access considerations - state and federal laws. | |||
| North Providence - municipal court act - jurisdiction - state building code and minimum housing standards. | |||
| Simulcast programs from licensed betting facilities act - certain moneys wagered on intrastate and interstate programs - tax. levy. ( Provisions retroactive to 7/1/96). | |||
| South Kingstown - bonds - school maintenance and storage facility. | |||
| South Kingstown - bonds - recreation facilities. | |||
| Cumberland - bonds - sewage and drainage purposes. | |||
| Cumberland - bonds - schools. | |||
| Exeter/West Greenwich Regional School District - bonds - classroom additions. | |||
| Central Falls - bonds - school buildings. | |||
| Warwick - bonds - school purposes. | |||
| Gold star parents - tax exemptions - eligibility requirements. | |||
| Motor vehicles violations - driving under the influence of liquor or drugs - driver retraining program - authorization to be conducted in other than the English language. | |||
| Cranston - homestead tax exemption act - amendments. | |||
| Labor relations act - board - composition - legal counsel - Labor and Training Department - creation and assumption of functions from Department of Employment and Training and Department of Labor. | |||
| Labor controversies arbitration act - arbitrators - modification of penalties imposed by employers - restrictions. | |||
| Municipalities - right of way tree planting act - private property adjoining public roadways. | |||
| Jobs training tax credit act. | |||
| Credit card transactions - maximum rate of interest charge. | |||
| Insurance - mutual holding companies regulations act. | |||
| Insurance - captive insurance companies regulations act - definitions - Director of Business Regulation Department - powers and duties - reinsurance - acceptance or cede restrictions - minimum capital and surplus requirements - limitations on dividends - regulatory and supervisory fund. | |||
| State and municipal retirement systems - ordinary disability retirement allowances - annuity options. | |||
| Public use of private lands act - liability - definitions: "owner" and "recreational purposes" - land state possesses an easement upon - owner permission provisions - repeal. | |||
| Elections act - "voting list" and "party member" definitions - registration cards - Motor Vehicles Division registrations - registrations by mail. | |||
| Banks, credit card - allocation and apportionment of income authorizations. | |||
| Asbestos abatement act - amendments. | |||
| Handicapped children who move to another municipality - school committee duties for special education. | |||
| Education - Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary - powers and duties - uniform statewide school reporting system - preparation and promulgation. | |||
| Boxing and kickboxing, professional - regulations act - drug and HIV testing provisions. | |||
| Child support act - body attachments - nonsupport of children - Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Identification transmittals. | |||
| Labor - employment - drug testing requirements - employers - disclosure limitations . | |||
| Central Falls - bonds - schools. | |||
| Economic Development Corporation act - amendments made in Chapter 400 of the 1995 Public Laws - effective date. | |||
| Jobs development act - eligible companies - "base employment" elections. | |||
| Health insurance coverage act - certain post partum hospital stays . | |||
| Mill building and economic revitalization act. | |||
| Health care - confidentiality of communications and information act - amendments. | |||
| Library Services Department - donations - disposition. | |||
| Cardiopulmonary resucusitation or automated external defibrillation - persons administering - immunity from liability. | |||
| School -to-work transition act of 1996 for adults. | |||
| Tax exemptions - manufacturers - certain new machinery and equipment - certain restrictions. | |||
| Tax exemptions - manufacturers - certain computer software, machinery and equipment. | |||
| Tax exemptions - certain equipment used for research and development | |||
| Jobs training tax credit act. | |||
| Insurance - captive insurance companies regulations act - definitions - Director of Business Regulation Department - powers and duties - reinsurance - acceptance or cede restrictions - minimum capital and surplus requirements - limitations on dividends - regulatory and supervisory fund. | |||
| Tax exemption or stabilizing of taxes on property used for manufacturing, commercial or residential purposes - requirements. | |||
| Business corporations tax - retirement plans - allocation and apportionment provisions. | |||
| Investment companies, regulated - certain interstate toll free calls - sales tax exemption. | |||
| Health insurance coverage act - certain post partum hospital stays. | |||
| Family Court proceedings act - juveniles - certain waivers of jurisdiction - pending and subsequent offenses. | |||
| Pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and fire protection sprinkler fitters - regulations act - reexamination of applicants. | |||
| Motor vehicles offenses - driving under the influence of liquor or drugs - out -of -state convictions. | |||
| Historic stone wall tax exemptions - municipalities. | |||
| Vital records act - State Registrar - certificate of births - parents - social security numbers. | |||
| Health care - confidentiality of communications and information act - amendments. | |||
| Family Court - Masters - powers - hearings - domestic abuse prevention and nominal calendars. | |||
| Handicapped persons - products and services act - transfer of program to the Governor's Commission on the Handicapped. | |||
| Public assistance act - parents loss of eligibility for assistance when children are sent to the training school or adult correctional institutions. | |||
| Partnerships act - limited liability partnerships - rights and liabilities. | |||
| Marine infrastructure maintenance act of 1996 - Coastal Resources Management Council - powers and duties. | |||
| Education - compulsory attendance act - Family Court and juvenile hearing boards - jurisdiction. | |||
| Sewage disposal systems, individual - designers and installers - regulations act - Environmental Management Department - certain records - maintenance requirement. | |||
| Aquaculture act - Coastal Resources Management Council - powers and duties - tax exemptions. | |||
| Weapons act - possession prohibitions - persons convicted of certain felony offenses. | |||
| Fiduciaries - uniform prudent investor act. | |||
| Elections - voting - full service optical scan precinct count voting system procurement act. | |||
| Child adoption act - challenge of decrees - filing requirements. | |||
| State purchasing procedures - electronic vendor information program - implementation date. | |||
| Handicapped persons receiving or formerly receiving public or private assistance - discrimination prohibitions. | |||
| Marine infrastructure maintenance act of 1996 - Coastal Resources Management Council - powers and duties. | |||
| Uniform controlled substances act - distribution in or near schools, public parks or playgrounds - penalties. | |||
| State commendation medal - awarding - certain members of the United States Air National Guard. | |||
| Machine tool and metal trade apprenticeships - tax credit act. | |||
| Adult daycare - not -for- profit adult day care facilities - primary care medical services. | |||
| Labor - minimum wage increase act. | |||
| Statutes - "insane person" definition repealed - use of appropriate disability language. | |||
| Fishing and hunting - licensing fees. | |||
| Oil spill prevention, administration and response fund act. | |||
| Oil spill pollution prevention and control act - towing vessels and tank barges - navigational equipment - requirements for safety. | |||
| Sewage disposal systems, individual - designers and installers - regulations act - Environmental Management Department - certain records - maintenance requirement. | |||
| Public officials or employees - theft, embezzlement, false pretenses and misappropriation convictions or nolo contendere pleas - pension revocation or reduction act provisions. | |||
| Manufacturing, commercial or residential purpose property - tax exemption or stabilizations act - local referendums. | |||
| Labor - minimum wage increase act. | |||
| Teachers' retirement act - survivors benefit fund - monthly benefits. | |||
| Drinking water contamination act - municipalities - notices to the public. | |||
| State retirement system - optional benefits - beneficiary selections - requirements. | |||
| Elections - voting - full service optical scan precinct count voting system procurement act. | |||
| Incompetency to stand trial act - "presumption of competency" definition - transfers to Institute of Mental Health's Forensic Unit. | |||
| Solid Waste Management Corporation act - "Corporation" definition - name change. | |||
| Solid Waste Management Corporation act - legislative purpose of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation. | |||
| Solid Waste Management Corporation act - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation - creation, membership and terms of members. | |||
| Solid Waste Management Corporation act - name change to Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation in the general laws. | |||
| Solid Waste Management Corporation act - recycling facility at the Central Landfill - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation. | |||
| Child adoption act - challenge of decrees - filing requirements. | |||
| Woonsocket National Guard Armory - Saint James Baptist Church, Inc., purchase authorization. | |||
| Labor - work permit on Sundays act - certain manufacturers - employees' requirements - certain time and one half compensation requirements - exemption. | |||
| Town meetings - open to the public requirements. | |||
| Health maintenance organizations act - prohibited practices - contracts with providers - indemnification clauses. | |||
| Home nursing care programs and providers - regulations acts - Health Department powers and duties. | |||
| State defense service medal - awarding - certain members of the National Guard. | |||
| Judicial Tenure and Discipline Commission - investigation powers - administrative adjudication court and municipal probate judges. | |||
| Economic Development Corporation act - board of directors - composition. | |||
| Handicapped parking facilities and privileges act - payment of parking fees exemption, eligibility requirements, violations, definitions - handicapped services assessment, repeal. | |||
| Electricity - retail licensing commission act. | |||
| Electricity - utility restructuring act of 1996. | |||
| Education - American sign language instruction act. | |||
| Correctional officers - false impersonation of - penalties. | |||
| Mobile and manufactured homes act - recording of sales or document transfers - mobile home conveyance tax - sales tax exemptions - local tax assessments - property tax classification. | |||
| Education - foundation level school support act - school housing aid costs - Board of Regents - rules and regulations. | |||
| Children - illegal sales of tobacco act. | |||
| Contractors' registration act - definitions - registration requirements - claims procedure - penalties for violations - board - staffing requirements. | |||
| Handicapped parking facilities and privileges act - payment of parking fees exemption, eligibility requirements, violations, definitions - handicapped services assessment, repeal. | |||
| Education facilities - students - allergic emergencies - anaphylaxis - use of epinephrine - immunity for those administering. | |||
| Financial institutions - banking and insurance sales - consumer protection act. | |||
| State employees - tenure provisions acts - new employees status - transfers of certain state employees authorized - insurance benefits. | |||
| Tax expenditure reporting act - report to the General Assembly. | |||
| Hawkers and peddlers - local licensing - identification and address requirements. | |||
| Animals - abandonment act - death resulting - penalties. | |||
| Exeter - tax collector - appointment. (Governs appointments on or after 11/1/96) | |||
| Employment security act - benefits paid as a result of severe weather conditions or fire - exemption from employer charges. | |||
| Elderly housing - tenant applicants - criminal record checks. | |||
| Tanning facility safety standards act. | |||
| Motor vehicles - seasonal - compulsory insurance requirement - exception. | |||
| Insurance - health - new cancer therapies - coverage act. | |||
| Landlord and tenant act - nonresident landlords - designation of agents for service of process. | |||
| Wheelchairs - operations and equipment requirements act - rights of way. | |||
| State medal of honor recipients - permanent committee - purpose - composition - duties. | |||
| Children's Code Commission - composition. | |||
| Firefighters Relief Board - members - terms - appointments. | |||
| Healthcare contracting standards - medical assistance act. | |||
| Weapons act - license or permits - concealed pistols or revolvers - duration and fees. | |||
| Health care information, confidentiality act - "managed care" and "participating provider" definitions - limitations on disclosures. | |||
| Insurance - casualty rating act - considerations in ratemaking - claims less than $500.00 - premium surcharge restrictions. | |||
| Excavations near underground utility facilities act - "public utility" definition - contractors - violations - penalties. | |||
| Motor vehicles regulations act - Transportation Department - powers to permit excess size or weight of loads - permits - duration - blanket permits. | |||
| Schools - compulsory attendance act - prosecution of violations - police officers assistance. | |||
| Motor vehicles regulations act - vehicles to be towed in right lane. | |||
| Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission act - commission notes - issuance. | |||
| Solid Waste Management Corporation - existing debt - refinancing authority. | |||
| Optometrists, physicians or opticians - spectacles sales act. | |||
| Health maintenance organizations act - investments. | |||
| Physician assistants act - "approved program for continuing education" definition - board of licensure - powers and duties - continuing medical education requirements. | |||
| Annuities - selling - licensure - Insurance Commissioner. | |||
| Insurance - rate hearings - Rhode Island Consumers' Council representative - repeal. | |||
| Catastrophic health insurance act - rates charged - application hearings. | |||
| Motor vehicles - certain leases - notice to Registry of Motor Vehicles. | |||
| Landlord and tenant act - eviction provisions - seasonal tenants. | |||
| Menhaden management area act. | |||
| Independent military organizations act - Varnum Continentals in the Town of East Greenwich and Federal Blues in the Town of Warren - allowances for maintenance of armories. | |||
| Labor - fair employment practices act - "handicap" definition - hearings - certain dismissals. | |||
| Cumberland - limited victualing license act. | |||
| Alcoholic beverages - retail license regulations - certain promotional free goods - exemption. | |||
| East Greenwich - tax assessments - homestead exemption act. | |||
| Mortgage loans on property located in Rhode Island - prepayment penalties - restrictions. | |||
| Cumberland - retail establishments - Sunday business act. | |||
| Coventry - municipal lien certificates - fee. | |||
| King, Martin Luther, Jr., Holiday Commission - composition, appointments, purpose and powers. | |||
| Bristol/Warren Regional School District - bonds - construction - school building committee - powers and duties. | |||
| Narragansett - bonds - sewers and storm drains. | |||
| Exeter -board of assessment review - composition, appointments, powers and annual report. | |||
| Chepachet Fire District act - tax exemptions - volunteer fire fighters. | |||
| Cranston firefighters and police officers - retirement provisions - eligibility and contributions. (Affirmative Cranston City Council vote requirement) | |||
| Attorney - short form power of act. | |||
| Veterans - tax exemptions acts - eligibility - service in Haiti, Somalia and Bosnia. | |||
| Tax refund deduction acts - U.S. Olympic Committee and Rhode Island organ transplant fund contributions. | |||
| Contractors' bonds act - retainers relating to contracts for public works or sewer or water main construction - deduction for police traffic control. | |||
| Small Business Advisory Council - composition - director of employment and training department. | |||
| Bingo games regulations act - "nonsmoking facility" definition. | |||
| Notaries public and justices of the peace act - appointments - terms of engagement - application fees - powers - public officers requirements. | |||
| Motor vehicles - offenses against registration and certificate title laws - certain restoration fees. | |||
| Elections - trainee election officials - high school students. | |||
| Teachers' retirement act - "teacher" definition amended. | |||
| ATM cards - financial institutions - certain mailings to customers - restrictions act. | |||
| Criminal records expungement act - destruction of certain records. | |||
| Police officers - board of relief - composition and selection. | |||
| Dentists and hygienists regulations act - "Chief of the Division of Oral Health" definition. | |||
| Motor vehicles inspections act - trailers transporting livestock - separate permit requirement. | |||
| International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) - false personation of - penalties. | |||
| Insurance - casualty act - inspections - boiler and machinery - immunity provisions. | |||
| Small trusts termination act - market value requirement. | |||
| Charitable trusts, certain - termination act - market value requirement. | |||
| Tax expenditure reporting act - tax administrator - report to the General Assembly. | |||
| Property interests, disclaimer act - time period for filing disclaimers. | |||
| South County Center for the Arts - tax exemption. | |||
| Narragansett Bay Water Quality District Commission act - "fund" definition - general powers - federal funds - receipt and deposit - appropriation of revenues - environmental enforcement fund - state funds subject to contribution - General Treasurer - transfer of funds. | |||
| Nursing facilities - state medicaid payment system - amendments. | |||
| Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission act - commission notes - issuance. | |||
| Education - curriculum - AIDS education program and health and family life courses - parental reviews - certain student exemptions. | |||
| Health care information, confidentiality act - "managed care" and "Participating provider" definitions - limitations on disclosures. | |||
| Simulcast programs from licensed betting facilities act - certain moneys wagered on intrastate and interstate programs - tax. levy. ( Provisions retroactive to 7/1/96) | |||
| National Guard members - educational benefits - Rhode Island defense service medals - requirements. | |||
| Statutes - reenactment of titles 15 through 18, titles 23-23-25.3 and title 46 through 47 of the general laws. Secretary of State - transmittals of enactments to Law Revision Officer. (Reenactment provisions effective 12/31/96) | |||
| Insurance - unfair competition and practices act - confidentiality of insurance information requirement. | |||
| Insurance - casualty rating act - considerations in ratemaking - claims less than $500.00 - premium surcharge restrictions. | |||
| Fire safety code - certain solid fuel room heaters - installation requirements. | |||
| Real estate sales disclosure act - expert reports - home inspectors, pest control operators or contractors - work restrictions. | |||
| Victims of domestic abuse - employment discrimination - violations - penalties. | |||
| Elections - primaries - polls - opening hours. | |||
| Elections - statewide referenda - constitutional and public questions. | |||
| Woonsocket - municipal court act - jurisdiction - sales to minors of tobacco products violations. | |||
| Arrest warrants act - service fees - warrant squad - director appointments - fees for service. | |||
| Home health aides agencies - licensing act - exemption from provisions - Training thru Placement Inc. | |||
| Woonsocket and Lincoln - tax lien certificate fees. | |||
| Tiverton and Tiverton Power Associates, L.L.C. - tax treaty agreement act. | |||
| Dogs regulations act - police department and law enforcement agencies - exemption from provisions. | |||
| Marriages - solemnization - Honorable Charles Fried, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. | |||
| Woonsocket/Cumberland enterprise zone - designation by city council. | |||
| Coventry - municipal lien certificate fee. | |||
| Workers' compensation act - employers' mandatory disclosure requirements. | |||
| Jamestown - elderly - tax deferment act. | |||
| Cumberland - retail establishments - Sunday business act. | |||
| Narragansett - bonds - sewers and storm drains. | |||
| Galilee Port - commission act. | |||
| Providence - bonds - redevelopment and/or capital improvements. | |||
| Exeter - board of assessment review - composition, appointments, powers and annual report. | |||
| Wetlands - application renewal process - certain projects dependent upon federal approval. (Provisions retroactive to 12/31/84) | |||
| Nurse practitioners, certified - prescriptive privileges - certain controlled substances. | |||
| Mayors - motor vehicles license plates - official municipal seals. | |||
| Writers, composers and artists - personal income tax act - exemptions. | |||
| Writers, composers and artists - sales tax act - exemptions. | |||
| Health care equipment and services, new, determination of need act - amendments - health care facilities licensing act - amendments. | |||
| Criminal injuries compensation act - amendments. | |||
| State retirement system - partial transfers of service credits - prohibitions. |
