Introduced By: Representatives Menard, Barr, Winfield and Vieira
Date Introduced : February 4, 1999
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 45-26-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-26 entitled "Town Housing Authorities" is hereby amended to read as follows:
45-26-4. Appointment, terms, and compensation of commissioners. -- (a) When the town council of a town adopts a resolution creating a town authority, the town council shall appoint five (5) persons as commissioners of the town authority. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but, thereafter, commissioners shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of five (5) years, except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term, those appointments to be made by the town council of the town.
{ADD Provided, however, that the commission members of the town authority of the town of Lincoln must be residents of the town of Lincoln during the term of their appointment. ADD}
(b) A commissioner of the town of North Providence shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per meeting but not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) per year as compensation for his or her services, provided, however, that a commissioner of the town of Coventry only shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per attended meeting but not in excess of six hundred dollars ($600) per year as compensation for his or her services, provided, further, however, that the chairperson of the Coventry housing authority shall receive thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per attended meeting but not in excess of eight hundred forty dollars ($840) per year as compensation for his or her services.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
