2019 -- S 0899

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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

AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE

     Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Ciccone, Archambault, Paolino, and Nesselbush

     Date Introduced: May 22, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Article 20, Chapter 1, Section 20-1-2 of Chapter 471 of the 2018 Public

Laws entitled "An Act Amending the Charter of North Providence", is hereby amended to read as

follows:

     Sec. 20-1-2. Meetings.

     The board shall hold regularly scheduled meetings and give written notice of regularly

scheduled meetings at the beginning of each calendar year. The notice shall include the dates,

times, and places of the meetings and shall be provided to members of the public upon request

and to the secretary of state at the beginning of each calendar year in accordance with chapter 46

of title 42, "Rhode Island Open Meetings Act."

     The board shall give supplemental written public notice of any meeting within a

minimum of forty-eight (48) hours before the date. This notice shall include the date the notice

was posted; the date, time, and place of the meeting; and a statement specifying the nature of the

business to be discussed. Notwithstanding the aforementioned forty-eight (48) hour notice, this

supplemental notice shall be provided to the members of the board members shall be notified at

least two (2) weeks (2) in advance of the meeting(s). A statement specifying the nature of the

business to be discussed shall be provided to the members of the board at least five (5) days in

advance of the meeting(s).

     In the event of an emergency affecting the public safety, health, or welfare, on the written

recommendation of the purchasing agent, additional meetings of the board may be held provided

that written notice of the meeting, as provided under the Rhode Island open meetings act, as

amended, is given.

     The board, at its discretion, shall hold all meetings at the North Providence town hall

within the confines of municipal buildings, which are ADA approved, within the town of North

Providence. All meetings shall be held on weekdays at 6:00 p.m times and dates determined by

the unanimous vote of the board.

     The agenda, the time, and the location of each meeting, except an emergency meeting as

herein above provided, shall be on the town's website and within town hall on the public notice

bulletin board at least one week five (5) days prior to the meeting.

     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

AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE

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     This act would require that the purchasing board meeting agenda in the town of North

Providence be sent to board members at least five (5) days before the meeting. It would also

allow meetings to be held outside of the town hall in an ADA approved municipal building, and

would require a unanimous vote of the board members to set the time and dates of its meetings.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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