THE OFFICIAL 2000 PUBLIC LAWS LIST

LAW REVISION OFFICE
JOHN B. HARWOOD, SPEAKER

CHAPTER NUMBER

BILL NUMBER

TITLE

PASSAGE DATE

447

 

There is no Chapter 447 of the 2000 Public Laws.

 

002

S 2005

Warwick-bonds-school purposes.

1/6/00

338

S 2010am

Jury service act – free public transportation provisions - the Pawtucket-Providence commuter ferry shuttle service and passage upon the Claiborne Pell Bridge.

7/20/00

018

S 2011am

New Shoreham – water supply system act.

4/11/00

139

S 2027A

Historic residences – property tax relief act – historic ownership assistance act.   (Provisions effective 1/01/01)

 

339

2029A

Flea markets – retail sales registration   fee.

7/20/00

006

S 2030

Chariho regional school district – financial meeting date.

2/17/00

034

S 2042am

Wood, Colonel Robert F., Air Park – formerly called the Newport Air Park.

5/16/00

140

S 2067B

Home inspectors licensing act – contractors’ registration board – composition – limitations on home inspector malpractice actions. (Provisions effective 7/1/01)

7/13/00

340

S 2082

Employment security act – unemployment benefits - voluntary leaving work as protection from domestic abuse - waiting period benefits.

7/20/00

341

S 2089A

Children's residential programs – children, youth and families department - annual funding increases.

7/20/00

312

S 2098A

State or public corporation employees - credit cards – personal usage prohibition – penalties for violations.

7/18/00

354

S 2111am

Corporations whose certificates of incorporation have been revoked and are reinstated – continuation of certain corporate powers - withdrawal of certificate of revocation.

7/20/00

355

S 2114A

Highway construction and repair - state highways or interstate connectors - attenuator trucks required at the site.

7/20/00

356

S 2130A

Aircraft repair liens act.

7/20/00

141

S 2134Aam

Labor on holidays and Sundays act - manufacturers that operate for seven (7) continuous days per week – certain exemptions. 

7/13/00

142

S 2139Aam

Education – loan of textbooks  school committees - money deposits - restrictions on commercial activity and fundraising in public schools.

7/13/00

357

S 2150

Real estate title – trusts - conveyance to named trust.

7/20/00

020

S 2151am

Foster and Glocester – regional juvenile hearing board act.

4/14/00

205

S 2159

State police – mounted video/audio surveillance cameras act.

 

301

S 2176

Scituate – tax lien certificates act – motor vehicle excise tax certificates.

7/18/00

062

S 2177

Smithfield land trust act – amendments.

6/30/00

013

S 2178

Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton Regional School District – bonds – schools purposes.

4/06/00

008

S 2185

Scituate – new real construction – tax assessment.

3/22/00

063

S 2189

Hopkinton land trust act.

6/30/00

201

S 2190A

State fish designation – “Striped Bass”.

7/13/00

350

S 2194A

Alcoholic beverages – retail sales act - Class A retail license holders – sales of beverages on December 24, 2000 and December 31, 2000 – passenger carrying marine vessels – alcoholic beverage sales - serving hours.

7/20/00

222

S 2198Aam

Child day care centers – smoking prohibition act.

7/13/00

021

S 2204

Bristol – alcoholic beverage retail licenses – proximity to schools and churches restriction – certain exemptions.

4/19/00

004

S 2209

Warwick – primary elections conducted in January 2000 – affidavits for changing party designations – effective date. (Retroactive provision)

2/11/00

056

S 2210Aam

Children’s freedom from restraint act – state facilities.

6/30/00

026

S 2213

East Greenwich – unpaid quarterly tax payments – interest.

5/03/00

351

S 2215am

State - inter-government relations council act.

7/20/00

431

S 2216A

Motor vehicle dealerships – establishment and relocations – requirements.

7/20/00

521

S 2235Aam

Motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors and dealers – regulation of practices – violations – competition with certain motor vehicle dealers.

7/25/00

143

S 2240B

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – eligible drugs - anti infectives, drugs used for the treatment of arthritis, and neuraminidase inhibiting drugs indicated for the treatment of influenza A and B – state payments – persons eligibile for assistance.

7/13/00

352

S 2241A

Mental health law – disclosure of certain confidential records – violations – certain exemptions.

7/20/00

353

S 2246

Probate courts - appointment and supervision of temporary custodians of decedents' estates - real and personal property.

7/20/00

342

S 2248

Power of attorney act – when power not affected by in-competency - termination time of authority

7/20/00

093

S 2251

Cranston – elderly – tax rate freeze -filing deadline.

(Provisions retroactive to 12/31/99)

7/06/00

499

S 2265am

Civil rights acts – “disability” determinations – definition.

7/20/00

094

S 2268

Cranston housing authority – composition.

7/06/00

144

S 2269Aam

Elections – ballots for voters who are blind, visually impaired or disabled.  (Provisions effective for all elections held after 9/1/00)

7/13/00

145

S 2280A

Renewable energy sales tax credit and residential energy system tax credit acts. (Effective 1/01/01)

7/13/00

343

S 2290A

Nursing facilities, certain – state payment rates.

7/20/00

344

S 2293am

State funds – revenue credited from Northeast Dairy Compact Commission - reimbursement to school districts for school milk.

7/20/00

345

S 2299am

Health insurance coverage - prostate and colorectal examinations. (Provisions effective 12/31/00)

7/20/00

346

S 2303am

Health maintenance organizations - temporary credentials - provider’s application for network inclusion.

7/20/00

347

S 2305Aam

Chiropractic physician and chiropractic medicine references in general laws –prohibition against chiropractic physicians from writing prescriptions for internal medication or practicing major surgery.

7/20/00

146

S 2323

Financial institutions – credit unions – amendment of agreement to form.

7/13/00

147

S 2324am

Financial institutions regulations act – definitions – licensed activities – certain loans made within this state.

7/13/00

148

S 2325

Credit unions – loan applications and approvals – appointed loan officers.

7/13/00

149

S 2327

Child support collection – exchange of information – vendors and independent contractors – restrictions on disclosures.

7/13/00

150

S 2328

Cable systems regulation act – division of public utilities assessment against franchise holders

7/13/00

151

S 2330

Health care quality program act – steering committee – composition.

7/13/00

152

S 2331

Optometrists – out of state – qualifications requirement.

7/13/00

153

S 2332

Lender and loan broker act – special exemptions provision.

7/13/00

154

S 2333

Real estate appraiser certification act – business regulation department - order to cease unsafe practices - appeals.

7/13/00

155

S 2337A

Financial institutions – licensed activities requirement – penalties for violations.

7/13/00

223

S 2338

Freeways – park and ride lots – parking violations – penalties.

7/13/00

202

S 2339

Real estate brokers and salespersons act - errors and omissions insurance requirement - business regulation department duties.

7/13/00

203

S 2340am

Taxicabs and limited public vehicles – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

204

S 2344

Psychologists – qualifications.

7/13/00

348

S 2349A

Oil spill response fund act – response and prevention fee.

7/20/00

236

S 2358am

Banking offenses – officers or employees of licensees (financial institution) - false statement or entry for the purpose of deceiving or defrauding any person – penalties.

7/13/00

237

S 2362

Rail service  - commuter services within the state - state property, buildings and facilities – leases for railroad layover facilities purposes.

7/13/00

035

S 2363

Pastore, John O., Center – formerly called the Howard Center in Cranston.

5/16/00

120

S 2367Aam

Contraceptive drugs and devices - F.D.A. approved prescription - health insurance coverage act - certain exemptions - RU 486 excluded from coverage.

7/08/00

349

S 2376am

State employees, retired and working part-time in state or municipal government – gross compensation amount increase.

7/20/00

319

S 2384

State sinking fund commission – composition – officers.

7/20/00

206

S 2387A

Schools – breakfast program availability -requirements.

7/13/00

320

S 2389

Children with disabilities – transition council – composition.

7/20/00

225

S 2395A

Deer hunting act – firearm and archery restrictions.

7/13/00

131

S 2402

Cranston – distressed areas economic revitalization act – certain block groups added.

7/12/00

169

 

S 2404

Property acquired by the state for a project – relocation payments - replacement housing.   (Provisions effective upon passage and applies to any pending petition for the assessment of damages in which final judgment has not been entered).

7/13/00

321

S 2412Aam

Animals – cruelty toward act – violations - psychiatric counseling requirement.

7/20/00

170

S 2413am

Emergency management act – amendments – emergency shelters – authority of governor.

7/13/00

322

S 2431A

Animals – cruelty toward act – veterinarians’ reports – immunity from civil suits.

7/20/00

078

S 2434am

Tree wardens – appointments by

municipalities.

07/05/00

092

S 2458

Warren – historic residences – property tax reductions – maintenance and rehabilitation costs.

7/06/00

323

S 2462

Motor vehicles – veterans’ plates – gross weight of vehicles – increase.

7/20/00

326

S 2466A

State planning council – composition.

7/20/00

168

S 2470B

Motor vehicle offenses – driving under the influence of liquor – blood alcohol concentration level reduced – penalties increased for violations – superior court trials.

7/13/00

324

S 2474

Insurance agent licensing act – motor vehicle dealers – issuance of policies – certain exception removed from licensing law

7/20/00

327

S 2477am

Land subdivision act - procedure - required findings of fact.

7/20/00

325

S 2483Aam

Hospital conversions act – amendments – review process.

7/20/00

432

S 2485A

Emergency medical transportation services act – immunity from liability –certain firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians.

7/20/00

328

S 2486Aam

Physician assistants - professional service corporations act – definitions –- authority to practice – stock transfers – eligibility of personnel – temporary incidence of ownership.

7/20/00

207

S 2501am

Corrections department - women's transitional housing facility – establishment.

7/13/00

208

S 2508B

Weapons – pistol sales – trigger lock requirement. (Provisions effective 9/1/00)

7/13/00

329

S 2514am

Labor – whistleblowers’ protection act – “employer” definition.

7/20/00

330

S 2518am

Open meetings act – closed meetings - hearings or discussions of a grievance filed pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

7/20/00

331

S 2519Aam

Health care facilities - physician contracts – restrictions on medical staff privileges - certain prohibitions.

7/20/00

167

S 2521am

Domestic abuse prevention act – “present or former family member” definition amended - stepchildren.

 

166

S 2525am

Fire detection systems in existing residential occupancies act – exempt transfers – certain property acquired by the state for demolition.

7/13/00

165

S 2529A

Healthcare for elderly and disabled residents act.

7/13/00

196

S 2530

Athletic trainers - qualifications - clinical experience requirement.

7/13/00

164

S 2532am

Vital records act – definitions – state registrar duties – birth and death registrations.

7/13/00

172

S 2533

Respiratory care act – definitions – licensing – inactive status.

7/13/00

197

S 2534am

Schools – hearing, speech and vision screenings – statewide hearing screening program.

7/13/00

171

S 2538

Health – prevention and suppression of contagious diseases act – amendments – human immunodeficiency virus testing.

7/13/00

173

S 2540am

Long term care coordinating council – membership – composition.

7/13/00

174

S 2545

Electrolysis practice – regulation act – amendments.

7/13/00

198

S 2560

Domestic assault act – temporary orders ex parte proceedings – family court powers.

7/13/00

132

S 2566

Babbitt, Preston S. and Ann V., Memorial Wildlife Refuge – Tiverton.

7/12/00

175

S 2569am

State - electronic records and signatures – uniform electronic transactions act.

7/13/00

209

S 2574A

Defibrillators - state to provide and distribute to certain court complexes and sheriff's departments in each county judicial complex and municipalities.

7/13/00

210

S 2575B

Children – tobacco sales prohibition act – amendments - health department duties.

7/13/00

332

S 2577

Hoisting engineers licensing act - machinery operations – internal combustion engines – certain exemptions.

7/20/00

333

S 2580

 Plumbers – regulations act – corporations and firms – requirements – contractor master licenses.

7/20/00

199

S 2587am

State retirement system – membership in union retirement systems allowed.

7/13/00

334

S 2590am

Teachers’ retirement act – certain substitute teaching after retirement – time period extended.

7/20/00

433

S 2592am

Plumbers’ regulations act – corporations and firms engaged in the business - licenses – master plumber – requirements – enforcement.

7/20/00

189

S 2593

Labor and training department – division of professional regulation – violations - penalties for non-payment.

7/13/00

182

S 2602Aam

Uniform commercial code act – amendments. (Provisions effective 7/01/01)

7/13/00

163

S 2603Aam

Residential care and assisted living facility licensing act – initial evaluation and service plan – residency agreement or contract – definitions – rights of residents.

7/13/00

048

S 2606am

Alcoholic beverage licenses – issuance, granted, renewal or transfer – requirements - individuals or corporations authorized to do business in this state

6/15/00

162

S 2619

Animal care act – disposition of animals – humane societies – reports.

7/13/00

335

S 2620

Civil procedure - evidence – proof of life and work expectancy.  (Provisions effective 1/01/01)

7/20/00

336

S 2623Aam

Water supply facilities – stream gauging stations - management of the withdrawal and use of the waters of this state - preservation of agriculture.

7/20/00

211

S 2626am

Interest - usury rate limitation on the rate charged for certain loans greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000) - removal.

7/13/00

161

S 2631

Insurance - surplus line brokers’ policies -records requirements.

7/13/00

337

S 2636A

State lottery - lottery and Keno tickets - maximum revenue payout.

7/20/00

160

S 2638A

Cigarette tax act – prohibited acts - penalties

7/13/00

019

S 2640

Liston, Edward J., Facility – Providence Campus of Community College.

4/11/00

358

S 2643B

Sexual offender registration and community notification act - juveniles -duration of registration - frequency of registration.

7/20/00

159

S 2644A

Animals, wild, permit requirement for importation act - exemptions - animal care facilities accredited by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and certain zoological exhibitions.

7/13/00

359

S 2656am

School bus – special stopping requirements - violations - peace officers - issuance of summons - private complaints.

7/20/00

158

S 2664B

Weapons - larceny of a firearm – sale, transfer or delivery of firearms to minors -sale, transfer or delivery of ammunition to minors - using a firearm when committing a crime of violence - violations - penalties.

7/13/00

157

S 2666A

Motor vehicles - operating a motor vehicle without a valid license or when license has expired – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

224

S 2675Aam

Film production businesses, certain - investment tax credit act – requirements for credits.

7/13/00

116

S 2677am

Providence – bonds – redevelopment and capital improvements.

7/07/00

302

S 2688

Providence - down city section – property tax incentives act.

7/18/00

089

S 2702am

Glocester – local taxes - quarterly tax payments.

7/06/00

360

S 2704A

Sexual offender registration and community notification act – requirements – rules and regulations - parole board – certain authorized powers - Rhode Island State Police web site.

7/20/00

361

S 2710am

General assembly – lobbying act – financial reporting requirement.

7/20/00

190

S 2714

Veterans' organizations - state flags to be provided by the state - general assembly annual appropriation.

7/13/00

191

S 2721A

Domestic violence prevention act – complaints for a crime involving domestic violence - requirements.

7/13/00

156

S 2723Aam

Labor – minimum wage act - minimum wage commencing September 1, 2000 increased to six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour – employees receiving gratuities – wages.

7/13/00

212

S 2726A

Schools – loan of textbooks – English/language arts and history/social studies - reimbursements to municipalities - joint commission to study the state textbook loan program created.

7/13/00

192

S 2740B

Juvenile hearing board – statewide  - powers – felony cases.

7/13/00

176

S 2742

Captive insurance companies – licensing – information submitted – confidentiality requirement.

7/13/00

316

S 2751

Floral products and floral arrangements - tangible personal property and supplies used in the processing or preparation - sales tax exemption.

7/20/00

177

S 2760Aam

Education - University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College - general obligation bonds or appropriated funds for housing auxiliaries - self-supporting requirement - exemption.

7/13/00

317

S 2761

Rhode Island College - traveling expenses for certain students - repeal.

7/20/00

318

S 2769am

Motor vehicles – adjudication of traffic offenses – additional violations.

7/20/00

500

S 2770Aam

Aliens - arraignments and pleas - pleas of guilty or nolo contendere – courts - notice of deportation possibility.

7/20/00 

238

S 2778A

Uniform commercial code act – amendments.

7/13/00

183

S 2781am

Insurance - surplus line brokers - policies renewed, continued or extended by the same insurer – affidavit requirement waived - notice requirement.

7/13/00

184

S 2789

Health And Educational Building Corporation act – definitions – powers – education loan financing programs - acquisition of certain monies, endowments, properties, and guarantees - conveyance of loan funding deposit – title to project – bond and notes – remedies – state liability and agreement.

7/13/00

362

S 2792

Municipal detention facility – escapes, assaults and inciting riots – penalties.

7/20/00

106

S 2794am

Motor vehicles, rental – responsibility of owners act – certain provisions – repeal date.

7/06/00

028

S 2804

Children - physical and sexual abuse by natural parent – divorce and separation act  - visitation rights.

5/04/00

193

S 2806Aam

Fire companies – motor vehicles right-of-way under certain circumstances.

7/13/00

090

S 2807

Exeter – elderly - tax exemptions.   (Provisions effective 1/1/01)

7/06/00

091

S 2812

Stone Bridge Fire District – bonds – water system improvements.

7/06/00

049

S 2822

Coventry – bonds – land for recreational purposes.

6/23/00

027

S 2825

Glocester – bonds – roads, highways, bridges and a salt/sand storage facility.

5/03/00

016

S 2826

New Shoreham – bonds – schools and schools facilities.

4/10/00

014

S 2827

Vale, Christy N., Justice of the Peace in Connecticut – solemnization of marriages.

4/06/00

011

S 2828

Governor Almond – solemnization of marriages.

3/31/00

363

S 2832Aam

Uniform controlled substances act - deregulation syringe act for diabetes and health promotion – removal from “drug paraphernalia” definition.  (Provisions effective September 1, 2000)

7/20/00

364

S 2835Aam

Physician assistants – board of licensure – composition – violations – non-disciplinary alternative.

7/20/00

178

S 2838am

Health organizations - insurance - risk-based capital (RBC) act  - insurance companies annual reports – holding company systems.

7/13/00

365

S 2840A

Public assistance act - funeral and burial expenses - eligibility.

7/20/00

179

S 2841am

Battery deposit and control act – amendments.

7/13/00

194

S 2862Aam

Charlestown and Westerly - personal watercraft regulation act – regulations –jurisdiction.

7/13/00

195

S 2863A

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – state payments – eligibility.

7/13/00

180

S 2865A

State purchases act - public agency purchasing authority - board of governors for higher education.

7/13/00

066

S 2866

Larkin, Peter R., solemnization of marriages.

6/30/00

024

S 2875

Bernier, Andre – solemnization of marriages.

4/27/00

366

S 2881

Tobacco products - sales to minors act – penalties

7/20/00

185

S 2885am

State building code - amendments - establishment of rehabilitation building and fire code for existing buildings and structures act.

7/13/00

086

S 2886

South Kingstown – bonds – buildings and town hall parking facilities.

7/06/00

095

S 2899

South Kingstown – bonds – South Road School, roof repair/replacement.

7/06/00

064

S 2900

South Kingstown – bonds – open space, recreation and agricultural land acquisition.

6/30/00

087

S 2901

South Kingstown – bonds – public works capital improvements.

7/06/00

088

S 2902

South Kingstown – bonds – recreational purposes.

7/06/00

096

S 2903

Barrington – certain employees – COLA Plan C retirement benefits.

7/06/00

495

S 2907

State employees – post retirement employment - certified teachers of driver education – certain employment by the department of elementary and secondary education – earnings limitation.

7/20/00

496

S 2909

State tartan – St. Andrews Society of RI – creation of the official tartan of the State of Rhode Island.

7/20/00

186

S 2911

Motor vehicles reparations act – sunset repeal provision removed.

7/13/00

110

S 2912

Hopkinton police department members – optional retirement provisions.

7/07/00

181

S 2919

Taxation – streamlined sales tax system act.

7/13/00

030

S 2930

Woonsocket – property tax classification and homestead tax exemptions act.

5/10/00

065

S 2946

Burrillville land trust act.

6/30/00

081

S 2956

Newport – charter amendment - elections – referendum.

7/06/00

121

S 2959

Narragansett – new real estate construction – tax assessment.

7/08/00

057

S 2961

Glocester – bonds – open space, groundwater protection and recreational facilities.

6/30/00

082

S 2962

South Kingstown – bonds – recreation purposes.

7/06/00

122

S 2969am

Smithfield – certain employees – Plan C of Section 45-21-52(A)(3) retirement benefits – acceptance.

7/08/00

058

S 2971

Jamestown – bonds – sewers, storm drains and pumping stations.

6/30/00

497

S 2972am

Jamestown – elderly – tax exemption act – referendum.

7/20/00

059

S 2974

Burrillville land trust act.

6/30/00

498

S 2979

Health care quality steering committee – composition.

7/20/00

060

S 2981

Warwick land trust act.

6/30/00

133

S 2988am

Middletown - juvenile hearing board act.

7/12/00

117

S 2991

North Smithfield – elderly and disabled persons - tax exemptions.

7/07/00

114

S 2992

North Smithfield – new real estate construction and removal of damaged buildings – tax assessments.

7/07/00

490

S 2994

Tank vessel safety act – repeal.

7/20/00

491

S 3000Aam

Worker’s compensation act – amendments.

7/20/00

054

S 3002

Ostrach, Justice Stephen – solemnization of marriages.

 

079

S 3007

Lincoln – bonds – open space land and recreational areas.

07/05/00

115

S 3008

Cranston – bonds – shoreline, sidewalk, highway, traffic control, landscaping and lighting improvements.

7/07/00

112

S 3009

Cranston – bonds – schools.

7/07/00

113

S 3010

Cranston – bonds – storm drains.

7/07/00

303

S 3011

Cranston – bonds – playgrounds and athletic fields.

7/18/00

111

S 3012

Cranston – bonds – police station.

7/07/00

080

S 3013

Cranston – bonds – open space land.

07/05/00

137

S 3019

Middletown – bonds – library facilities.

7/12/00

304

S 3020

Warwick – bonds – municipal buildings and neighborhood preservation.

7/18/00

305

S 3021

Warwick – bonds – ice arenas.

7/18/00

306

S 3022

Warwick – bonds – water system.

7/18/00

138

S 3023

Bristol – bonds – Rogers Free Library improvements.

7/12/00

307

S 3028

North Providence - Salvatore Mancini Center on Aging – employees - inclusion in town health coverage.

7/18/00

308

S 3032

East Providence – housing authority – composition.

7/18/00

200

S 3033Aam

Health care reform act – RIte care stabilization – small employer insurance reform - health insurers’ accountability.

7/13/00

134

S 3035

Charlestown – bonds – open space, ground water protection and recreational facilities.

7/12/00

309

S 3036

Portsmouth – bonds – athletic facility at high school.

7/18/00

135

S 3037

Cumberland – bonds – open spaces and recreational areas.

7/12/00

492

S 3038am

Cumberland – municipal fire department – referendum.

7/20/00

310

S 3039

Cumberland – bonds – public schools and buildings.

7/18/00

136

S 3042

New Shoreham – bonds – open space, recreation facilities and groundwater protection.

7/12/00

129

S 3043

North Kingstown – bonds – farmland.

7/12/00

061

S 3044

Zeiler, David J. – solemnization of marriages.

6/30/00

130

S 3052

Middletown – bonds – open space, groundwater protection and public recreation facilities.

7/12/00

084

S 3055

Middletown – bonds – roads and drainage improvements.

7/06/00

085

S 3056

Middletown – bonds- school repairs and capital improvements.

7/06/00

083

S 3057

Middletown – bonds – sewage system.

7/06/00

493

S 3058

East Bay economic initiative act - repeal effective June 30, 2004.

7/20/00

187

S 3064

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – eligible drugs - anti infectives, drugs used for the treatment of arthritis, and neuraminidase inhibiting drugs indicated for the treatment of influenza A and B – coverage.

7/13/00

188

S 3066

Cable television regulations act – violations - administrative civil penalties.

7/13/00

494

S 3067

Municipal public buildings authority act – revenue bonds – calculation of limitations.

7/20/00

311

S 3069

Charlestown – Chariho Regional School District withdrawal – referendum.

7/13/00

001

H 6702

Warwick-bonds-school purposes.

1/6/00

009

H 6704am

Fire safety issues commission act.

3/22/00

007

H 6705

Chariho regional school district – financial meeting date.

2/23/00

242

H 6711A

Schools - hearing, speech, and vision screenings - records - statewide hearing screening program.

7/13/00

044

H 6715

East Greenwich – quarterly tax payments.

6/08/00

241

H 6718A

State tourism and development – regional tourism districts – South County district – East Greenwich and Coventry inclusion.

7/13/00

036

H 6731

Johnston – homestead tax exemptions.

5/17/00

480

H 6733A

Catastrophic health insurance plan act - minimum standards – certain medical emergencies – contacts to 911 emergency system – restrictions prohibited.

7/20/00

029

H 6750

Lincoln – homestead tax exemptions act – amendment – referendum.

5/04/00

481

H 6760

Sunday and holiday business – pharmacies - licensed pharmacist on duty requirement.

7/20/00

240

H 6773A

Nursing facility patients – closures of facilities - right to notice and a hearing prior to the transfer to another facility.

7/13/00

067

H 6797A

Motor vehicles – adjudication of traffic offenses – dismissal of violations - court costs and fees.

6/30/00

107

H 6824am

Children, dependent or neglected  – adoption – prospective foster parents – criminal records checks. (Provisions effective 1/31/01)

7/07/00

502

H 6838

Estates in real property - title to real estate - trusts - conveyance to named trust.

7/22/00

367

H 6841

Parole board - subpoena powers.

7/19/00

243

H 6844am

Nursing homes and residential care and assisted living facilities – heat relief - common air-conditioned room requirements.

7/13/00

123

H 6858Aam

School buses – unauthorized entry by persons over the age of 18 – penalty.

7/08/00

108

H 6866A

Elections – campaign contributions and expenditures reporting act – board of elections – duties - notice of when reports are required to be filed.

7/07/00

070

H 6879B

Corporations whose certificates of corporation have been revoked and are reinstated – continuation of certain corporate powers.

7/05/00

503

H 6880A

Corporations whose certificates of corporation have been revoked or are dissolved – continuation of certain corporate powers. (See effective date provision)

7/22/00

482

H 6881am

Mortgages - right to discharge on satisfaction of mortgage – escrow accounts - agents.

7/20/00

032

H 6886

Pascoag Fire District – bonds – electric, water department and fire protection purposes.

5/11/00

033

H 6887

Pascoag Fire District – bonds – certain expenditures or contracts.

5/11/00

483

H 6891A

Animals - voluntary surrender at shelters with and without a request for disposition or destruction.

7/20/00

484

H 6893

Education curriculum – municipalities - Internet access.

7/20/00

239

H 6904A

Labor – minimum wage act - minimum wage commencing September 1, 2000 increased to six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour.

7/13/00

368

H 6927Aam

Education – loan of textbooks by school committees - money deposits - restrictions on commercial activity and fundraising in public schools.

7/19/00

244

H 6948

Chafee, Senator John H., Memorial Park. - State park located in the Town of Lincoln.

7/13/00

485

H 6950A

Alcoholic beverages – Sunday sales act - Sundays which precede Christmas and New Year holidays that fall on a Monday.

7/20/00

015

H 6969

Combat Veterans’ day.

4/10/00

486

H 6977Aam

Children's residential programs – children, youth and families department - annual funding increases.

7/20/00

504

H 6979A

Contractors’ registration act – bidding process – registration requirement.

7/22/00

003

H 6988

Weinstein, Geri A., justice of the peace – solemnization of marriages.

2/5/00

245

H 7003

Marshal or deputy marshal – false

impersonation – penalty.

7/13/00

369

H 7004A

Labor on holidays and Sundays act - manufacturers that operate for seven (7) continuous days per week – certain exemptions. 

7/19/00

505

H 7010

Lobbying act – financial reporting date requirement.

7/22/00

072

H 7011am

Housing maintenance and occupancy code – violations – nonresident landlords – requirements – registered agents.  (Provisions effective 11/1/00)

7/05/00

103

H 7018Aam

Tobacco products – sales prohibition to minors act – violations – penalties.

7/06/00

506

H 7020Aam

Pharmacies regulation act - prescription information - patient authorization required for release to employers or third parties.

7/22/00

246

H 7045

Business corporation tax  - amortization of air or water pollution prevention or hazardous solid waste control facilities.

7/13/00

216

H 7050A

Smithfield land trust act – amendment.

7/13/00

247

H 7057am

Public drinking water supply act – certain community water supply systems – water testing - consumer confidence reports.  (Provisions effective 1/1/01)

7/13/00

040

H 7072

Foster and Glocester – regional juvenile hearing board act.

5/31/00

248

H 7074A

Historic residences – property tax relief act – “first users”, credits, allocation of credits – historic home ownership assistance act. (Provisions effective 1/01/01)

7/13/00

249

H 7079

Gang violence prevention advisory committee – Rhode Island justice commission – composition, powers and duties.

7/13/00

217

H 7108A

Resource Recovery Corporation act – transfer stations or other entities - disposal of solid waste originating outside the state - prohibition - rules and regulations.

7/13/00

218

H 7138Aam

Child day care centers – smoking prohibition act.

7/13/00

073

H 7139B

Children’s right to freedom from restraint act – state facilities.

07/05/00

370

H 7142A

Appliance service persons – information requirement concerning used or rebuilt parts – penalties.

7/19/00

025

H 7157

New Shoreham – water supply system act - referendum.

5/02/00

104

H 7159Aam

Health care for elderly and disabled residents act – categorically needy medical assistance coverage.

7/06/00

124

H 7161B

Physician contracts – hospitals licensing act – certain restrictions or limitations prohibited.

7/08/00

250

H 7162

Health care and residential care and assisted living facilities licensing act – definitions - Alzheimer’s dementia special care unit or programs.

7/13/00

487

H 7163Aam

School buses, new – strobe light requirement.

7/20/00

251

H 7164Aam

Motor vehicles - traffic stops statistics act – racial profiling  - attorney general duties.

7/13/00

252

H 7165Aam

Motor vehicles – handicapped parking privilege placards – counterfeit and sales violations – penalties.

7/13/00

045

H 7172

Scituate – assessment and taxation of new real estate construction.

6/08/00

041

H 7173

Scituate – tax lien certificates – motor vehicles excise taxes.

6/2/00

253

H 7199am

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – eligible drugs - anti infective drugs used for the treatment of arthritis, and neuraminidase inhibiting drugs indicated for the treatment of influenza A and B – state payments – eligibility for assistance.

7/13/00

488

H 7207A

Horse food products – sales tax exemption - persons engaged in the business of boarding horses.

7/20/00

507

H 7210

Disabilities – determinations of disabilities – requirements - definition.

7/22/00

254

H 7214Aam

Motor vehicles – aggressive driving act – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

255

H 7216am

Lead poisoning prevention act - sales of abrasive materials for removal of paint - warning sign requirement

7/13/00

489

H 7217

Greene, George Sears, Memorial Bridge  - Apponaug Artic Bridge #3.

7/20/00

456

H 7220A

Schools – loan of textbooks – English/language arts and history/social studies – published textbook list - reimbursements to municipalities - joint commission to study the state textbook loan program created.

7/20/00

256

H 7223A

Cranston – enterprise zone act – designations.

7/13/00

230

H 7231A

Corrections department - women's transitional housing facility – establishment.

7/13/00

457

H 7243A

State highways or interstate connectors - highway construction and repair - attenuator trucks requirement.

7/20/00

458

H 7246A

Teachers, retired – substitute teaching for an absent classroom teacher – time restriction.

7/20/00

428

H 7264A

Motor vehicle dealerships – establishment and relocations – requirements.

7/20/00

459

H 7270

Bank taxes act – banking institutions having an election in effect under subchapter S  - requirements.

7/20/00

445

H 7274Aam

Roofing contractors’ regulation act – contractors registration board – registrations and fee.

7/19/00

075

H 7279B

Victim’s rights act – felony cases - release granted by parole – department of corrections - notice requirements.

07/05/00

460

H 7283

Motor vehicles - veterans’ registration plates – motorcycles.

7/20/00

429

H 7295

Artists' rights and responsibilities act – definitions – art merchant relationships - works of art.

7/20/00

501

H 7296A

Aliens - arraignments and pleas - pleas of guilty or nolo contendere – courts - notice of deportation possibility.

7/20/00

461

H 7298A

Hearing aids – optional rider coverage - insurance coverage act.  (Provisions effective 4/01/01)

7/20/00

430

H 7300

Public records - access act - required records - supplement or replacement with the product of a "real translation reporter” – prohibition.

7/20/00

508

H 7308A

Rhode Island development impact fee act – municipalities’ powers.

7/22/00

047

H 7312

Warren – historic residences - property tax reductions.

6/08/00

257

H 7332

Pawtucket Armory – state conveyance to the city of Pawtucket.

7/13/00

258

H 7336A

Defibrillators - state to provide and distribute to certain court complexes and sheriff's departments in each county judicial complex and municipalities.

7/13/00

462

H 7342A

Sexual offender registration and community notification act - juveniles -duration of registration - frequency of registration.

7/20/00

259

H 7344Aam

State - electronic records and signatures – uniform electronic transactions act.

7/13/00

219

H 7348

Local tax assessments – first updates – state payments.

7/13/00

260

H 7365

North Providence – land trust act.

7/13/00

097

H 7372B

Motor vehicle reparations act – violations – penalties.

7/06/00

098

H 7373A

Motor vehicles – schedule of violations – violations subject to  administrative adjudication.

7/06/00

509

H 7377am

Labor – whistleblowers’ protection act – “employee” definition amended.

7/22/00

510

H 7380am

School bus – special stopping requirements - violations - peace officers - issuance of summons private complaints.

7/22/00

446

H 7381Aam

Motor vehicles - operating a motor vehicle without a valid license or when license has expired – violations – penalties.

7/19/00

109

H 7388B

General laws – technical corrections and repeal of obsolete sections.

7/07/00

261

H 7393A

Health care power of attorney act –- statement of desire regarding organ and tissue donation – agents’ power and authority to inform.

7/13/00

125

H 7395Aam

Prostate and colorectal examinations -health insurance coverage act. (Provisions effective 12/31/00)

7/08/00

511

H 7397am

Education – curriculum - genocide and human rights education.

7/22/00

076

H 7399Aam

Health care facilities licensing act – hospitals - health department concern line – notice requirements.  (Provisions effective 9/01/00)

07/05/00

313

H 7401A

State or public corporation employees - credit cards – personal usage prohibition – violations - penalties.

7/18/00

464

H 7414

Rowan, Robert E., P.E. Bridge. – formerly the Crawford Street Bridge.

7/20/00

262

H 7415Aam

Education – Rhode Island school improvement team act of 2000.

7/13/00

463

H 7417A

Open meetings act – closed meetings - hearings or discussions of a grievance filed pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

7/20/00

512

H 7430Aam

Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation act - mortgage disclosure reports – requirements.

7/22/00

513

H 7433am

Physician assistants - professional service corporations act – definitions –- authority to practice – stock transfers – eligibility of personnel – temporary incidence of ownership.

 

022

H 7438

Pawtucket – certain tax exemptions.

4/21/00

514

H 7443A

Health Clubs – posting of rates –requirements.

7/22/00

465

H 7446Aam

Hearing aid dealers and fitters – information and notice disclosure requirements

7/20/00

515

H 7456Aam

Contractors who bid on certain municipal or state construction projects - safety awareness program requirement. (Provisions effective 1/01/02)

7/22/00

263

H 7457

Long-term care facilities – immunization act.

7/13/00

516

H 7462A

Physician assistants – board of licensure – composition – violations – non-disciplinary alternative.

7/22/00

283

H 7463am

Long term care coordinating council – composition. ( Provisions effective 1/01/01)

7/13/00

448

H 7465A

Residential care and assisted living facility licensing act – initial evaluation and service plan – residency agreement or contract – definitions – rights of residents – general laws – name change.

7/19/00

466

H 7466

Education – children with disabilities - transition from school to self-sufficient adulthood – transition council – composition.

7/20/00

467

H 7476A

Clinical laboratory science practice – licenses - experience requirements.

7/20/00

468

H 7485

State employees, retired and working part-time in state or municipal government – gross compensation amount increase.

7/20/00

469

H 7493A

State funds – revenue credited from Northeast Dairy Compact Commission - reimbursement to school districts for certain school milk.

7/20/00

470

H 7497Aam

Funeral and burial expenses - public assistance act – eligibility for reimbursement.

7/20/00

314

H 7504Aam

Environmental management – submerged tidal lands – conveyance - power to acquire land along tidewater - port facilities - permission to conduct filling activity distinguished from grants of rights and property interest in the filled area - state ownership of tidal lands grants of title – coastal resources management council – powers – rights of way - approval to fill requirement - general assembly – policy setting – harbor lines – repeal – coastal resources management council – powers and duties – lease of certain filled lands – marinas and recreational boating facilities. Effective date – see special provision in act.

7/18/00

099

H 7507B

Elections – ballots for voters, who are blind, visually impaired or disabled.

(Provisions effective for elections held after 9/1/00)

7/06/00

012

H 7534

Thompson, Congressman Michael, of California – solemnization of marriages.

4/05/00

105

H 7535B

Impersonation and identity fraud act.

7/06/00

264

H 7540Aam

Motor vehicles – driving under the influence of alcohol – blood alcohol concentration level – penalties for violations – traffic tribunal jurisdictions.

7/13/00

265

H 7556

Taxation of tangible personal property – rule as to situs - taxes in arrears – license refusals. 

7/13/00

471

H 7559am

Byrnes, Thomas, Bike Path – formerly the East Bay Bike Path in the Town of Bristol.

7/20/00

377

H 7560A

Cigarette tax sales act – prohibited practices – penalties

7/19/00

472

H 7561

State sinking fund commission – composition – officers.

7/20/00

074

H 7562B

Motor vehicle excise tax  - elimination act – excise tax phase out – lessors of vehicles – definitions – reimbursements – East Providence provisions – distribution and payment schedule.

07/05/00

126

H 7574Bam

Contraceptive drugs and devices - F.D.A. approved prescription - health insurance coverage act - certain exemptions - RU 486 excluded from coverage.

7/08/00

071

H 7575A

Domestic assault act – family court -temporary orders for relief - ex parte proceedings –.

7/05/00

266

H 7579am

Family support act – uniform interstate – legal counsel and state departments and agencies – powers and duties.

7/13/00

100

H 7580Bam

Motor vehicles owned by a governmental body act – law enforcement officers and government employees - requirements.

7/06/00

378

H 7592am

Child support intercept act - interception of insurance payments – certain liens not affected - written notices.

7/19/00

267

H 7612am

Student investment initiative act - accountability for student performance – school administrators and staff - orderly educational environment standards.

7/13/00

068

H 7613am

Refuse disposal act – construction and demolition debris processing facilities and solid waste management facilities.

6/30/00

268

H 7615

Used oil-recycling act – “used oil” definition.

7/13/00

101

H 7623am

Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – rebates for expenses restriction – certain exceptions.

7/06/00

269

H 7627A

Film production businesses, certain - investment tax credit act – requirements for credits.

7/13/00

379

H 7630

Electricians – licenses – Class D – limited maintenance licenses.

7/19/00

380

H 7633

Employment agencies - bond to payroll and other taxes – administration department, division of taxation.

7/19/00

042

H 7634

Hopkinton land trust act.

6/06/00

473

H 7635

Municipal public buildings authorities act - revenue bonds – calculations of limitations.

7/20/00

270

H 7641

Information resources management board - composition.

7/13/00

373

H 7647

Insurance – captive insurance companies – licensing requirements – confidentiality of information submitted.

7/19/00

517

H 7649

Cranston housing authority – composition.

7/22/00

374

H 7651A

Statewide planning program act – planning council – composition.

7/19/00

474

H 7653Aam

Providence – bonds – redevelopment and capital improvements.

7/20/00

271

H 7655

Library board – composition.

7/13/00

375

H 7660am

Health care quality steering committee – composition.

7/19/00

231

H 7676am

Refuse disposal license act – construction and demolition debris processing facilities – requirements – fire protection plans.

7/13/00

272

H 7692

Child support collection – exchange of information act - personal data disclosures – restrictions - exceptions – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

127

H 7696Aam

Nursing facilities, certain - rates of state reimbursement – requirements.

7/08/00

475

H 7697

Exeter – veterans’ tax exemptions.

7/20/00

273

H 7700

Motor vehicles - out of state chauffeurs' licenses – requirements.

7/13/00

274

H 7701

Motor vehicles – accidents – reports to registry - extension of reporting time.

7/13/00

425

H 7704am

Plumbers - regulations act – board of examiners – composition – licenses – examinations – violations - enforcement.

7/20/00

119

H 7706Aam

Sheet metal contractors, certain - licensing without examination – labor department – division of professional regulation – chief inspector – qualifications.

7/07/00

232

H 7709Aam

Animals, wild, permit requirement for importation act - exceptions - animal care facilities accredited by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and certain zoological exhibitions.

7/13/00

275

H 7711Aam

Motor vehicles - restoration of registration privileges – fee.

7/13/00

376

H 7715

Municipalities – sealers – periodical testing of municipal sealers' weights and measures by state.

7/19/00

426

H 7718am

Domestic violence prevention act - domestic abuse complaints – filing requirements – conditions.

7/20/00

276

H 7719

Motor vehicles – registration refusals and suspensions - commercial motor vehicles being operated by a commercial motor carrier that has been prohibited from operating in interstate commerce by a federal agency.

7/13/00

233

H 7726

Public records administration program - office of secretary of state duties.

7/13/00

037

H 7727

Pawtucket – motor vehicle repair businesses – definition

5/18/00

277

H 7734Aam

Breast cancer act of 2000 – health department duties.

7/13/00

278

H 7735A

Education - Statewide early reading success institute act.

7/13/00

279

H 7738A

Jobs development act – “eligible company” and “units of new employment” definitions amended.

7/13/00

280

H 7741A

Motor vehicles – heavy-duty diesel vehicle emission inspections act  -violations – penalties.

7/13/00

281

H 7744A

Environmental matters - administrative adjudication - uniform appeal period established.  (Provisions effective 1/1/01)

7/13/00

282

H 7745

Environmental labeling – state standards – environmental management department - powers and duties.

7/13/00

069

H 7750Bam

Child adoption and abused and neglected children acts – termination of parental rights – definitions - disability language amended - expert testimony.

(Effective upon passage and applies to all petitions filed on or after 7/1/00)

6/30/00

476

H 7772A

Public buildings – accessibility of leased or rented facilities for people with disabilities.

7/20/00

422

H 7783

Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton – regional school district act – amendments - bonds – schools improvements.

7/20/00

371

H 7789

Airports – regulation - Rhode Island Airport Corporation – powers and duties.

7/19/00

518

H 7796

Elections – municipal employees holding municipal public office -restriction – certain exceptions.

7/22/00

213

H 7838Aam

Children - blindness prevention program - department of human services.

7/13/00

010

H 7847Aam

Lobster pots - tagging regulations – marine fisheries council – DEM regulations - advisory committee created.

3/27/00

477

H 7861

Municipal detention facility – escapes, assaults and inciting riots – penalties.

7/20/00

055

H 7862Aam

State Budget – appropriations for support for fiscal year ending June 30, 2001.

-State purchases act – “public agency” and “state agency” definitions.

-Refunding bond authority.

-Sales and use tax – sinking funds – disposition of revenue - Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation - bonds.

-Public assistance – hardship contingency fund.

-Capital development program – bonds – environmental management – clean water finance agency – transportation – higher education – Heritage Harbor.

-State Budget - revised appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.

-Environmental management department reorganization act – delay – continuity of administrative functions

-Hospital licensing fees.

-Childcare – state subsidies – health care coverage for center-based care providers.

-Family independence act – families eligible for childcare assistance.

-Insurance companies – annual assessments.

-Medical assistance – out-of-state hospital services – reimbursement.

-Federal reimbursement of locally provided medical services – community requirements.

-Engineers, registered and architects – rosters.

-Landscape architects – state board of examiners – report of activities.

-Dog racing – chemical tests – rules and regulations – business regulation department.

-Uncompensated care act – definitions – implementation.

-Resource Recovery Corporation – municipal tipping fee - interim rates.

-State board members – compensation.

-Municipalities – local taxes – levy and assessment – motor vehicles excise tax – reporting requirements – withholding of funds – tax classification – excise tax phase-out.

-Education aid – The Rhode Island student investment initiative – full day kindergarten investment fund – vocational technical equity fund – school breakfast program – residency requirement – statewide teacher contract study.

-Labor and training – employment security administration account – Treasurer’s bond provision repealed – federal funds – employment security interest fund – tardy account fund – job development fund.

-State lottery – prize awards – division of revenue – mental health, retardation and hospitals, division of substance abuse – problem gambling program.

-Medical assistance and caseload estimating conferences act – human services department – monthly data requirement.

-Gas tax – disposition of proceeds.

-Elderly and disabled persons – categorically needy medical assistance coverage – human services department.

-Library services department – chief information officer – qualifications.

-Motor vehicles emissions inspection program – fees – disposition.

-911 emergency telephone system act – funding - restricted account.

-Tourism and development – hotel tax – rate - distribution – regional tourism districts.

-Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act – eligible drugs – state payments – persons eligible.

-Developmental disabilities assistance – eligible disabled adults - department of mental health, retardation and hospitals reports.

-Community health centers – funding.

-Public finance and public corporation debt management – definitions – approval by general assembly – payments – procedure and explanations.

**Effective date – July 1, 2000 or except as otherwise provided in the act.

 

6/29/00

478

H 7864

Public drinking water supply system protection act - Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research located at the University of Southern California – general law reference correction.

7/20/00

284

H 7870

Big River Reservoir – administration - Rhode Island water resources board.

7/13/00

128

H 7872Bam

Weapons sales restrictions act  - persons selling – requirements - certain exceptions.

7/08/00

519

H 7907Aam

Mobile and manufactured home act – leases – maintenance of utilities – record keeping - elections - administration and voting procedures.

7/22/00

214

H 7909Aam

Health insurance carriers - termination of a teenage child's benefits – notice requirement.

7/13/00

479

H 7910

State employees’ merit system - unclassified positions unfilled for twelve (12) months – cancellation unless extended by the unclassified pay plan board.

7/20/00

421

H 7919A

Uniform commercial code – certain technical amendments and repeals.

7/18/00

420

H 7920Aam

Uniform commercial code – certain technical amendments and repeals.

7/18/00

005

H 7921

Middletown – bonds – senior center, school buildings, library facilities and public safety complex.

2/18/00

381

H 7925A

Corporations – surplus line brokers - declarations of estimated tax – payment schedules. (Effective 1/1/01)

7/20/00

315

H 7926

Child visitation rights - denials - judicial determinations that the child has been physically or sexually abused by the natural parent - court ordered counseling

7/18/00

427

H 7938A

Guardianship and guardianship of adults act - inventory and appraisement of estate - claims against decedents' estates.

7/20/00

520

H 7949Aam

Uniform controlled substances act - deregulation syringe act for diabetes and health promotion – removal from “drug paraphernalia” definition.  (Provisions effective September 1, 2000)

7/22/00

052

H 7962

North Providence - real estate non-utilization tax act.

6/28/00

017

H 7978

Liston, Edward J., Facility – Providence Campus of Community College.

4/11/00

382

H 7995

Employment security - reemployment fund and assessment.

7/20/00

383

H 7998

Employment security – job development fund and job development assessment.

7/20/00

285

H 8005am

Weapons - larceny of a firearm – sale, transfer or delivery of firearms or ammunition to minors - using a firearm when committing a crime of violence – violations – penalties.

7/13/00

384

H 8006

New Shoreham – bonds – schools and facilities.

7/20/00

449

H 8016

Providence - down city section - tax act.

7/20/00

046

H 8034

Glocester – bonds – roads, highways, bridges and salt/sand storage facility.

6/08/00

050

H 8041

Coventry – bonds – land for recreational purposes.

6/23/00

450

H 8049

Jamestown – tree warden - residency requirement removed.  (See effective date provisions in act)

7/20/00

451

H 8062

Pet assisted therapy treatment and education - pets in public places – access and privileges.

7/20/00

038

H 8063

Pawtucket – property tax classification act – amendments.

5/18/00

286

H 8066

Public water supply facilities  operators – board of certification act – definitions – certifications of operators.

7/13/00

452

H 8069

Court registries – report of unclaimed funds – court clerks - requirements – return to state general fund.

7/20/00

453

H 8070

State planning council – composition – two representatives of a private, nonprofit environmental advocacy organization.

7/20/00

023

H 8074

Fox, Gordon – solemnization of marriages.

4/21/00

454

H 8075A

Municipal employees retirement act – reserve account – municipalities transfer requests - Cranston police or fire department members – retirement system options.  (Provisions effective 1/31/01.

7/20/00

287

H 8080

Warwick land trust act.

7/13/00

455

H 8091

Exeter - damage done to livestock by dogs - exception from appointing appraisers to appraise damage.

7/20/00

288

H 8093Aam

Refuse disposal act - solid waste management regulated facilities/activities - testing and analysis of air and water - environmental management district - applicability - on-site monitoring – criminal penalties for violations.

7/13/00

039

H 8106

Woonsocket – property tax classification and homestead tax exemptions act.

5/24/00

423

H 8122

Providence – residential rehabilitation tax relief act.

7/20/00

416

H 8123

Hopkinton police department – members – retirement on service allowance.

7/20/00

417

H 8129am

Real estate non-utilization tax act – East Providence and Woonsocket – powers.

7/20/00

118

H 8130am

Town housing authorities act – commissioners – appointments and requirements - town of Lincoln provisions.

7/07/00

372

H 8144

Cesar Chavez Day.

7/19/00

418

H 8147

South Kingstown – bonds – town hall improvements.

7/20/00

419

H 8148

South Kingstown – bonds – South Road School improvements.

7/20/00

226

H 8149

South Kingstown – bonds – Green Hill property - recreation purposes.

7/13/00

227

H 8150

South Kingstown – bonds – Broad Rock Road property - recreation purposes.

7/13/00

413

H 8151

South Kingstown – bonds – public works capital improvements.

7/20/00

289

H 8152

South Kingstown – bonds – recreation and agricultural purposes.

7/13/00

043

H 8154

North Providence – charter amendments.

6/09/00

215

H 8172am

Rhode Island state yacht designation – “Courageous”.

7/13/00

290

H 8179A

State building code - amendments - establishment of rehabilitation building and fire code for existing buildings and structures act.

7/13/00

414

H 8181

Cumberland – tax exemption for persons interned in concentration camps.

7/20/00

415

H 8182

Court administration – supreme court chief justice - power to assign judges.

7/20/00

291

H 8191

Johnston – land trust act.

7/13/00

410

H 8196

Ashaway fire district – charter amendments.

7/20/00

077

H 8198am

Warwick – bonds – open space and recreation land.

07/05/00

411

H 8202

North Smithfield - assessment and taxation and new real estate construction -reduction in assessed value of real estate - removal of damaged buildings.

7/20/00

412

H 8205A

Labor controversies - arbitration hearings - use of past practices.

7/20/00

031

H 8209

New Shoreham – water supply system act – amendment – referendum.

5/15/00

292

H 8214

Glocester – bonds - open space, groundwater protection and recreational facilities.

7/13/00

395

H 8215A

Pawtucket – bonds – recreation facilities.

7/20/00

396

H 8217A

Pawtucket – bonds – public school buildings.

7/20/00

393

H 8218A

Pawtucket – bonds – public buildings.

7/20/00

394

H 8219A

Pawtucket – bonds – road and traffic control devices.

7/20/00

051

H 8223

Ginaitt – Representative Peter T. – solemnization of marriages.

6/26/00

390

H 8232A

Pawtucket – bonds – sanitary and storm drains.

7/20/00

388

H 8233A

Pawtucket – bonds – streets and sidewalks.

7/20/00

389

H 8234A

Pawtucket – bonds – highway bridges.

7/20/00

385

H 8247

Narragansett – assessment and taxation of new real estate construction.

7/20/00

053

H 8253

Jamestown – bonds – sewers, storm drains, pumping stations, sewage treatment and disposal facilities.

6/28/00

228

H 8266am

Middletown – juvenile hearing board act.

7/13/00

391

H 8281am

Jamestown – elderly – tax exemption act – referendum.

7/20/00

392

H 8294

North Smithfield – elderly and disabled persons - tax exemptions.

7/20/00

386

H 8301

 

Warwick – bonds – water system improvements.

7/20/00

387

H 8303

Warwick – bonds – municipal buildings improvements and neighborhood preservation.

7/20/00

408

H 8307

Cranston – bonds – infrastructure improvements and shoreline protection purposes.

7/20/00

409

H 8308

Cranston – bonds – playgrounds and athletic fields.

7/20/00

406

H 8309

Cranston – bonds – storm drains.

7/20/00

294

H 8310

Cranston – bonds – open space purposes.

7/13/00

407

H 8311

Cranston – bonds – new police station.

7/20/00

405

H 8312

Cranston – bonds – schools and school facilities.

7/20/00

220

H 8318am

Charlestown and Westerly – personal watercraft safety act - jurisdiction provisions.

7/13/00

403

H 8319A

Architects, engineers, land surveyors and landscape architects who voluntarily and without compensation provide their professional services at the scene of certain disaster emergencies - immunity from civil liability - engineers - general requirements for registration or certification.

7/20/00

404

H 8325

Warwick – bonds – ice arenas.

7/20/00

234

H 8326

Bristol – bonds – Rogers Free Library.

7/13/00

399

H 8328

Providence – state transfer of certain property located in the City of Providence to the Providence Redevelopment Agency.

7/20/00

400

H 8330

West Warwick - acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system.

7/20/00

293

H 8331

Health insurers – health department - premium tax assessments for child immunization program.

7/13/00

401

H 8334

East Providence housing authority – composition.

7/20/00

235

H 8335

Middletown – bonds – library facilities.

7/13/00

402

H 8336

Warwick – bonds – municipal buildings and neighborhood preservation.

7/20/00

295

H 8337

Lincoln – bonds - open space and recreational areas or facilities.

7/13/00

424

H 8338

North Providence – town charter -amendments.

7/20/00

102

H 8340Bam

Commercial fishing licenses - moratorium act – amendments.

7/6/00

296

H 8342

Cumberland – bonds – open space and recreational areas.

7/13/00

397

H 8343

Cumberland – bonds – public schools and buildings, renovations and repairs.

7/20/00

398

H 8344

Cumberland – municipal police department – creation – referendum.

7/20/00

444

H 8346

Danato, Anthony J. – solemnization of marriages.

7/20/00

297

H 8347

New Shoreham – bonds – open space, recreation and groundwater protection purposes.

7/13/00

298

H 8354

Charlestown – bonds – open space, groundwater protection and recreational facilities.

7/13/00

229

H 8360Aam

Health care reform act – RIte care stabilization – joint committee on heath care oversight  and advisory commission – individual health insurance coverage act – large group health insurance coverage act - small employer health insurance availability act – risk based capital for health organizations act  - holding company systems - health  insurers’ accountability.

7/13/00

442

H 8369

Flea markets – retail sales - registration fee.

7/20/00

299

H 8370

North Kingstown – bonds – farmland and other real estate acquisition.

7/13/00

443

H 8371

Portsmouth – bonds – athletic facility at high school.

7/20/00

221

H 8375A

Weapons – pistol sales - trigger lock requirement.  (Act effective 9/1/00)

7/13/00

441

H 8385

Narragansett – bonds – sewers, storm drains, sewage treatment and disposal facilities.

7/20/00

439

H 8392

Middletown – bonds – road construction and drainage improvements.

7/20/00

440

H 8393

Middletown – bonds – sewerage system.

7/20/00

300

H 8394

Middletown – bonds – open space, groundwater protection and recreational facilities.

7/13/00

436

H 8395

Middletown – bonds – school repairs and capital improvements.

7/20/00

437

H 8401

Charlestown - withdrawal from the Chariho School District and creation of their own independent school system- referendum.

7/20/00

438

H 8405

Richmond/Carolina Fire District – charter amendments.

7/20/00

434

H 8417

Charlestown - withdrawal from the Chariho School District and creation of their own independent school system- referendum.

7/20/00

435

H 8419

General Assembly – organization - secretary of the senate, reading clerk and clerk of the house.

7/20/00

 

 

 


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