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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE

     

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

     Date Introduced: February 06, 2020

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Article 3 Chapter 1 of Chapter 237 of the 1973 Public Laws entitled "An

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Act to Incorporate the Town of North Providence, as amended", is hereby further amended to

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read as follows:

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ARTICLE 3

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MAYOR

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CHAPTER 1

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

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     3-1-3. Compensation

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     Beginning with the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2005, a salary of seventy-five

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thousand dollars ($75,000) per year shall be paid to the mayor For fiscal year 2020, a salary at the

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rate of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) per year, effective January 1, 2020, shall be paid to

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the Mayor. For fiscal year 2021, a salary at the rate of ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000) per

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year, shall be paid to the Mayor. Beginning with fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, a

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salary of ($105,000.00) per year shall be paid to the Mayor. As part of the mayor's compensation

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package, the mayor shall contribute five percent (5%) of the working rate of health care as a co-

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payment for the healthcare. The mayor shall be compensated for all reasonable and necessary

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expenses incurred in the performance of his duties provided that, within ten (10) days after he

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incurs such expenses he submits to the town treasurer vouchers certifying the amount of the

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expenses and the reason therefor. (97-S 912, May 7, 1997; 2000-H 8338, July 20, 2000; 2005-H

 

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6034, July 23, 2005)

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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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A N   A C T

RELATING TO AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE

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     This act would increase the North Providence Mayor's yearly compensation from

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seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000), for the 2020

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fiscal year, to ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000) for the 2021 fiscal year, to one hundred five

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thousand dollars ($105,000.00) for the 2022 fiscal years, and each year thereafter.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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