2020 -- S 2713

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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

     

     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:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 37-8 of the General Laws entitled "Public Buildings" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     37-8-9.1. Senate president's portraits.

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     The secretary of state shall cause a portrait to be painted of each president of the senate

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after the president has left office. Whenever any portrait is finished, the secretary of state shall

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deliver the portrait to the department of administration to be hung in the statehouse. The cost of

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any portrait painted pursuant to this section shall be paid for by the joint committee on legislative

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services.

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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 PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - PUBLIC BUILDINGS

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     This act allows the secretary of state to commission portraits of senate president upon

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leaving office and would require that the portraits be paid for by the joint committee on

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legislative services.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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