2015 -- S 0867 | |
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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 COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DISTRICT COURT | |
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Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Goodwin, Miller, Metts, and Ciccone | |
Date Introduced: April 28, 2015 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
(by request) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 8-8-3.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-8 entitled "District Court" |
2 | is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 8-8-3.1. Equitable powers as to housing matters. -- In addition to the powers heretofore |
4 | exercised, the district court and any court created by municipal ordinance pursuant to § 8-8- |
5 | 3(a)(4) is hereby empowered, in furtherance of its jurisdiction under § 8-8-3(a)(4), to grant such |
6 | orders, including temporary restraining orders, and preliminary and permanent injunctions as |
7 | justice and equity may require., including, but not limited to, the power to order a building into |
8 | receivership pursuant to § 34-44-1 et seq. |
9 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DISTRICT COURT | |
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1 | This act would grant municipal courts created by § 8-8-3(a)(4), the power to issue |
2 | restraining orders and permanent injunctions in housing matters, and would include the power to |
3 | order a building into receivership. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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