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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 PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - PUBLIC BUILDINGS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Bell, Lombardi, Crowley, Gallo, and Murray | |
Date Introduced: February 27, 2020 | |
Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 37-8 of the General Laws entitled "Public Buildings" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 37-8-9.1. Senate president's portraits. |
4 | The secretary of state shall cause a portrait to be painted of each president of the senate |
5 | after the president has left office. Whenever any portrait is finished, the secretary of state shall |
6 | deliver the portrait to the department of administration to be hung in the statehouse. The cost of |
7 | any portrait painted pursuant to this section shall be paid for by the joint committee on legislative |
8 | services. |
9 | 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 PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - PUBLIC BUILDINGS | |
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1 | This act allows the secretary of state to commission portraits of senate president upon |
2 | leaving office and would require that the portraits be paid for by the joint committee on |
3 | legislative services. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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