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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - PRACTICE IN PROBATE

COURTS

     Introduced By: Senator Dennis L.Algiere

     Date Introduced: January 30, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (by request)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 33-22-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 33-22 entitled "Practice in

Probate Courts" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     33-22-11. Notice by advertisement. -- In all cases in which notice is required and special

provision is not made for it, it shall be given by advertisement of a notice once a week for at least

two (2) weeks, the first advertisement to be published at least fourteen (14) days before the first

of any hearing dates contained in such notice, in a newspaper printed in English and published or

distributed in the county or in a Providence newspaper having general circulation within the

county in which the matter is to be acted upon, as the probate court by general rule or special

order may designate for that purpose; provided, however, that when a probate court shall give, or

order to be given, notice by advertisement in a newspaper which has furnished the court with a

definite schedule of prices for this advertising, the court shall require the cost of the advertising to

be paid to the clerk of the court in advance, and the court shall pay over each month to the

newspaper the sums so paid in, upon proof that the notice has been advertised as ordered;

provided, however, that any advertisement affecting probate matters in the town of New

Shoreham shall be given in a newspaper printed in English and published or distributed in the

counties of Washington and/or Providence.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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     This act would permit notices of probate hearings to be published in a newspaper

published or distributed in the county in which the hearings are to be held.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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