2018 -- S 2829

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS

     

     Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Nesselbush, Cano, and Conley

     Date Introduced: April 25, 2018

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 45-4 of the General Laws entitled "Election and Qualification of

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Officers" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     45-4-19. Combination of voting districts for special city council election in the city of

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Pawtucket.

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     (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, the

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Pawtucket board of canvassers shall combine councilmatic voting districts for a special primary

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election and special election in 2018 to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket city council. The districts

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shall be combined so that there shall be at least one voting district in each of the six (6) council

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wards in the city.

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     (b) Once the voting districts are combined as provided in subsection (a) of this section,

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the local board must advertise the combination of districts in a newspaper of general circulation

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in the city no less than seven (7) days before the special primary election and again no less than

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seven (7) days prior to the special election.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS

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     This act would allow the city of Pawtucket to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket City

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Council by combining councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special

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election in 2018. The combining of voting districts must be advertised in a newspaper of general

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circulation in the city no less than seven (7) days before the special primary election and again no

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less than seven (7) days prior to the special election.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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