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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

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Slater, Hull, and Diaz

     Date Introduced: February 08, 2023

     Referred To: House Special Legislation

     (Dept. of BHDDH)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Sections 22-7.4-105 and 22-7.4-111 of the General Laws in Chapter 22-7.4

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entitled "Permanent Joint Committee on Naming All New Buildings, Bridges, Edifices and Other

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State Constructions" are hereby amended to read as follows:

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     22-7.4-105. The Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center Roosevelt Benton

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Center.

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     The building formerly known as the Juvenile Detention Center, and later known and named

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the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" located in on the Pastore Complex on Cherrydale

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Court in Cranston, Rhode Island, shall hereafter be named and known as the “Roosevelt Benton

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Youth Assessment Center.”

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     22-7.4-111. The Thomas C. Slater Training School.

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     The facility known as the Rhode Island Training School in the city of Cranston, consisting

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of the Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center, a youth development center, and a female unit,

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shall hereafter be named and known as “The Thomas C. Slater Training School” in honor of Rhode

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Island State Representative Thomas C. Slater in recognition of his many and varied contributions

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to the facility and the State of Rhode Island.

 

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     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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     This act would rename the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt

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Benton Center".

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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