2020 -- S 2667

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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 TOWNS AND CITIES -- COUNCILS AND GOVERNING BODIES

     

     Introduced By: Senators Cano, McKenney, Paolino, Euer, and Miller

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2020

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 45-5 of the General Laws entitled "Councils and Governing Bodies"

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is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     45-5-23. Notice when new license issued.

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     (a) When a city or town council or licensing authority is scheduled to consider a new

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business license, the municipality shall issue notice to all other licensed businesses located within

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five hundred feet (500’) of the proposed location of the new business license to be heard.

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     (1) The written notice shall be mailed to the parties within five hundred feet (500’) of the

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new prospective business at least two (2) weeks prior to the hearing. The written notice shall:

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     (i) Indicate the new license which is under consideration;

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     (ii) Specify the place of the hearing and the date and time of its commencement;

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     (iii) Contain all copies of the paperwork submitted to the city or town council or licensing

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authority or summarize and describe the matter under consideration as long as the intent and effect

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of the proposed license is expressly written in that notice; and

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     (iv) Advise those interested where and when a copy of the matter under consideration may

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be obtained or examined and copied.

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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 TOWNS AND CITIES -- COUNCILS AND GOVERNING BODIES

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     This act would require the city or town council or local licensing authority to provide notice

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to all licensed businesses within five hundred feet (500’) of the proposed location of the new

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business license to be heard.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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