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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5 OF CHAPTER 146 OF THE 1972 PUBLIC LAWS

ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM TO PLAN,

CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND

AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE

THAN $1,750,000 BONDS THEREFOR"

     

     

     Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: March 13, 2013

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 5 of Chapter 146 of the 1972 Public Laws entitled "An Act

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Authorizing the Town of New Shoreham to Plan, Construct, Operate, and Maintain a Sewage

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Disposal System and Authorizing the Financing Thereof Including the Issue of Not More Than

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$1,750,000 Bonds Therefor" is hereby amended to read to as follows:

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     Section 5.  Any contract of the board involving more than one thousand dollars ($1,000)

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ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for construction or five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purchase

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of materials or equipment shall be publicly advertised pursuant to R.I.G.L. section 45-55-9. All

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funds of the board shall be held in the custody of the town treasurer and shall be expended by or

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under the direction of the board. In addition to the funds hereinafter provided, the board is

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authorized to expend for the purposes of this act such sums as may be appropriated therefor by

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the town. In carrying out the purposes of this act, the board of sewer commissioners may lease

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property or acquire the same by purchase or gift or by eminent domain as hereinafter provided,

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may make contracts and shall have such further powers as shall be necessary or incidental to the

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purposes and powers set forth in this act. Any lease, purchase or taking of real property shall be

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subject to authorization or approval of the town council.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

     

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EXPLANATION

OF

A N A C T

IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5 OF CHAPTER 146 OF THE 1972 PUBLIC LAWS

ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM TO PLAN,

CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND

AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE

THAN $1,750,000 BONDS THEREFOR"

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     This act would amend Section 5 of Chapter 146 of the 1972 Public Laws in regard to the

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town of New Shoreham. It would provide that any contract of the board of sewer commissioners

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of the town of new Shoreham involving more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for

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construction or five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purchase of materials or equipment would

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be publicly advertised pursuant to R.I.G.L. section 45-55-9

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

     

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