2019 -- H 5653 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE | |
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Introduced By: Representative Anastasia P. Williams | |
Date Introduced: February 27, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 42-28-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-28 entitled "State |
2 | Police" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 42-28-4. Composition of division. |
4 | (a) There shall be a division of state police consisting of the following members: a |
5 | superintendent who shall have the rank of full colonel; as many captains as the superintendent |
6 | shall deem necessary, two lieutenant colonels, three majors; as many lieutenants as the |
7 | superintendent shall deem necessary; and such other personnel, the number and rank of whom |
8 | shall be designated by the superintendent, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate |
9 | such sum as it may deem necessary for the payment of the salaries of the members of the |
10 | division. The member of the Rhode Island state police who shall be assigned by the |
11 | superintendent to execute the duties of deputy superintendent shall have the rank of lieutenant |
12 | colonel. |
13 | (b) At any given time no more than two (2) members of the division of state police shall |
14 | be members of the same family. For the purposes of this section the term "family" shall include |
15 | the following relationships, whether by blood, adoption or marriage: father, mother, son, |
16 | daughter, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, |
17 | mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, |
18 | stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother or half-sister, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece |
19 | or nephew. |
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1 | 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 STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE | |
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1 | This act would prohibit more than two (2) members of the state police to be from the |
2 | same family whether by blood, adoption or marriage. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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