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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO THE BRISTOL-WARREN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

     Introduced By: Representative Raymond E. Gallison

     Date Introduced: April 30, 2015

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. That act entitled "An Act Authorizing the Towns of Bristol and Warren to

establish a Regional School District", enacted by the general assembly at its January, 1991

session and forming Chapter 330 in the Public Laws of 1991, is hereby repealed, subject to the

approval of the electors of the towns of Bristol and Warren.

     SECTION 2. The question of the approval of this act shall be submitted to the electors of

the town of Bristol and town of Warren at the primary election to be held in September, 2016.

The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

     "Shall an act passed at the January, 2015 session of the general assembly, repealing an act

passed at the January, 1991 session of the general assembly authorizing the towns of Bristol and

Warren to form a regional school district of all the public schools in the towns of Bristol and

Warren, be approved?"

     SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the town clerks of the towns of Bristol and Warren to

keep a copy of the act available at their offices for public inspection, but any failure of any said

clerk to perform this duty shall not affect the validity of the election.

     SECTION 4. The provisions of § 16-3-9 requiring submission of the question to the

voters within six (6) months of receipt of the recommendation by the town councils shall not

apply and the date for submission provided herein is hereby approved.

     SECTION 5. This section and sections 2, 3, and 4 of this act shall take effect upon the

passage of this act, and the remaining section of this act shall take effect if a majority of those

electors qualified to vote upon a proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money,

voting upon the question as set forth in section 2 in each of said towns shall vote in favor thereof.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO THE BRISTOL-WARREN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

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     This act would dissolve the Bristol-Warren Regional School District, subject to the

approval of the electors of the towns of Bristol and Warren at a referendum to be held on primary

day in September, 2016.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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