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	2017 -- S 0026
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	LC000278
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- PAYMENTS TO FIRE COMPANIES

	Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, and P Fogarty
	Date Introduced: January 18, 2017
	Referred To: Senate Finance
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 45-18 of the General Laws entitled "Payments To Fire Companies"
2	is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	45-18-4. Payments to volunteer fire departments responding to emergencies along
4	Route 95.
5	Volunteer fire departments responding to emergencies on or along Route 95 in Rhode
6	Island shall be reimbursed from the Rhode Island general fund.
7	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 -- PAYMENTS TO FIRE COMPANIES
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1	This act would require reimbursement payments from the general fund to volunteer fire
2	departments responding to emergencies on or along Route 95.
3	This act would take effect upon passage.
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