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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING

AND LAND USE ACT

     

     Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, and Crowley

     Date Introduced: February 25, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 45-22.2-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-22.2 entitled "Rhode

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Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     45-22.2-2. Status of comprehensive plans; relation to other statutes. -- (a) All

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lawfully adopted comprehensive plans shall remain in full force and effect but shall be brought

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into conformance with this chapter prior to June 1, July 1, 2016 2017.

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      (b) Nothing contained in this chapter is construed to supersede or diminish any

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regulatory or planning authority granted or delegated to a state agency by state or federal statute.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING

AND LAND USE ACT

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     This act would extend the date for comprehensive land use plans to be brought into

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conformance with the provisions of the Rhode Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use

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Regulation Act to July 1, 2017.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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