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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON | |
NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE | |
CONSTRUCTIONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Tanzi, Fogarty, McEntee, Vella-Wilkinson, Azzinaro, | |
Date Introduced: January 25, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Special Legislation | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 22-7.4 of the General Laws entitled “Permanent Joint Committee on |
2 | Naming All New Building, Bridges, Edifices and other State Constructions” is hereby amended by |
3 | adding the following sections: |
4 | 22-7.4-149. Sgt. William G. Fournier Medal of Honor Bridge. |
5 | Bridge number 00201, located on US route 1A, Main Street, in the village of Wakefield |
6 | and which spans over the Saugatucket River in the town of South Kingstown, shall hereafter be |
7 | named the Sgt. William G. Fournier Medal of Honor Bridge. |
8 | 22-7.4-150. Sgt. William J. Babcock Medal of Honor Bridge. |
9 | Bridge number 17801, located on RI route 108, Kingstown Road, which spans the |
10 | Saugatucket River in the town of South Kingstown, shall hereafter be named the Sgt. William J. |
11 | Babcock Medal of Honor Bridge. |
12 | 22-7.4-151. Cpl. David B. Champagne Medal of Honor Bridge. |
13 | Bridge number 17601, located on RI route 108, Kingstown Road, which spans over the |
14 | Run River in the town of South Kingstown, shall hereafter be named the Cpl. David B. Champagne |
15 | Medal of Honor Bridge. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON | |
NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE | |
CONSTRUCTIONS | |
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1 | This act would rename three (3) bridges in the town of South Kingstown after three (3) |
2 | Medal of Honor recipients from that town. Specifically, bridge 00201 would be named the Sgt. |
3 | William G. Fournier Medal of Honor Bridge; bridge 17801 would be named the Sgt. William J. |
4 | Babcock Medal of Honor Bridge; and, bridge 17601 would be named the Cpl. David B. Champagne |
5 | Medal of Honor Bridge. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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