THE OFFICIAL 2001 PUBLIC LAWS LIST

LAW REVISION OFFICE
JOHN B. HARWOOD, SPEAKER

		CHAPTER NUMBER			BILL NUMBER		TITLE		PASSAGE DATE
		061			H 5760A		Administrative procedures act – form of filing – filing and taking effect of rules - compilation and publication of rules – rules coordinator – rule making file - periodic refiling of rules and regulations.		7/03/01
		186			S 0323am		Adoption of children act - investigation and report as to adoptive home – criminal record checks – requirements.		7/13/01
		191			S 0286A		Adoption of children act – open adoption decree – birth parents.		7/13/01
		131			S 0100A		Alcohol boating safety act – definitions – violations – penalties – chemical tests.		7/09/01
		161			H 5993am		Alcohol boating safety act – violations – penalties.		7/10/01
		314			S 0752Aam		Alcoholic beverages - unlawful sale and shipment.		7/13/01
		341			H 5295A		Alcoholic beverages – unlawful sales and shipment.		7/13/01
		094			S 0722		American Legion Highway. -- The section of Route 4 between Route 95 and Route 1.		7/10/01
		072			H 6119am		Animals – cruelty, regulation and care acts – owner or guardian terms.		7/05/01
		195			S 0239A		Animals - destruction by carbon monoxide poisoning – department of environmental management regulations.		7/13/01
		278			H 5420am		Animals - destruction by carbon monoxide poisoning – department of environmental management regulations.		07/13/01
		353			H 6437		Aquaculture act - biosecurity board creation – powers and duties.		7/13/01
		290			H 5247		Arrest act - "Peace officer" definition - correctional investigators and correctional officers of the Rhode Island department of corrections.		07/13/01
		270			H 5455A		Arts and tourism voluntary support act - disbursements of funds - Rhode Island Council on the Arts.		07/13/01
		201			S 0156A		Assault of health care providers and emergency medical services personnel – penalty.		7/13/01
		074			H 5146A		Assault of health care providers and emergency medical services personnel – penalty.
		262			H 5531am		Assisted housing living waiver act - additional licensed assisted living residences.		07/13/01
		261			H 5522		Attorney general - annual report of defense of challenged legislation to the general assembly.		07/13/01
		406			H 5603am		Attorney general department – assistant attorneys general – powers and duties – appointments – employees – payment of expenses.		7/13/01
		349			H 6528		Auditor general – government computer systems audit of information security systems.		7/13/01
		165			H 5965am		Barbering and hairdressing board and division of professional regulation – license examinations – requirements – classes of licenses.		7/10/01
		057			H 5905A		Behavioral health – governor’s council act - governor's council on substance abuse and mental health – repeal. (See effective date provision).		7/2/01
		222			S 0780		Boat title act – transfer of title by intestate succession.		7/13/01
		211			S 0118B		Boating safety education – certificate requirement. (Provisions effective 1/02/02).		7/13/01
		062			H 5992Aam		Boating safety education certificate act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02).		7/03/01
		032			H 6166Aam		Boats – regulations – false distress or hoax calls – penalties – marine safety zones.		06/18/01
		033			S 0119Aam		Boats – regulations – false distress or hoax calls – penalties.		06/18/01
		384			H 5987		Boats – regulations act – definitions – ferry.		7/13/01
		178			S 0351		Boats – regulations act – definitions – motorboats.		7/13/01
		103			S 0987		Burrillville - The zoning board of review -- dimensional variances authorized where the use is permitted by special use permit.		7/10/01
		078			S 1017		Burrillville land trust – tax exemption status. (Provisions effective 1/1/02).		7/06/01
		352			H 6511		Burrillville land trust – tax exemption.		7/13/01
		175			S 0852		Business corporation tax act - tax credit for quality certification – certain restrictions.		7/10/01
		268			H 5505		Business corporations act- revocation of certificate of incorporation and authority – secretary of state requirements -filing a statement of change of resident agent and address of registered agent - fee.		07/13/01
		117			S 0600am		Business fast start office act - office of secretary of state.		7/09/01
		208			S 0155A		Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation - Immunity from liability - property lessees and owners where the emergency assistance occurs as well as the owners of the actual life saving equipment.		7/13/01
		407			H 5607		Causes of action - disability postponing running of statute provisions – imprisonment removed.		7/13/01
		156			H 5959A		Cell companies – protected act – purpose – definitions – establishment of protected cells – use and operation – creditors and claimants – conservation, rehabilitation and liquidation – receivers – violations – insurance business.		7/10/01
		146			H 5657		Chafee, John H., Transportation, Operations and Maintenance Center. -- The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's new Elmwood Facility.		7/10/01
		002			S 0014		Chariho Regional School District - 2001 meeting date.		02/22/01
		004			H 5061		Chariho Regional School District - 2001 meeting date.		03/08/01
		017			S 0815A		Chariho Regional School District – bonds – schools – improvements and additions.		04/20/01
		016			H 6165A		Chariho Regional School District – bonds – schools – improvements and additions.		04/19/01
		085			H 6510am		Chariho regional school district act – Charlestown - continuation of membership in school district – referendum.		7/06/01
		115			S 0588am		Charitable organizations – solicitation act – registrations – limited liability companies or limited liability partnerships – requirements – department – certain reciprocal agreements with other states.		7/09/01
		196			S 0248Aam		Check cashing discrimination prohibition act.		7/13/01
		023			S 0875		Chepachet Fire District – charter amendment.		05/18/01
		109			H 5291A		Child abuse – shaken baby syndrome act.		7/09/01
		408			H 5613am		Child adoption – open decree – certain persons - post adoption visitation, contact or conveyance.		7/13/01
		154			H 5935A		Child immunization assessment act – health insurers –annual assessment determinations.		7/10/01
		143			S 0962Aam		Child pornography prohibition act.		7/10/01
		287			H 5312		Child support - retroactive modification -incarceration for nonpayment of child support.		07/13/01
		155			H 5947		Child support act – obligors - participation in certain work activities – interest on arrearages - wage assignment procedures – judgment or order as lien on property – recording fee - parentage tests - enforcement procedures – income withholding - child support lien act – notice - levy of personal property – judicial review - state disbursement unit for the collection and distribution of child support – domestic abuse prevention – protective orders.		7/10/01
		120			S 0566		Children - cigarette and tobacco vending machines restriction act – “direct line of sight” definition.		7/09/01
		325			H 6209am		Children, pregnant, - state placement in certain adult facilities – rules and regulations.		7/13/01
		150			H 5912am		Children’ cabinet act - student identifier system development.		7/10/01
		295			H 5183am		Citizens Square - One half of the intersection of Hartford Avenue and Atwood Avenue located on the eastern side of route 6.		07/13/01
		237			S 0577		Civil procedure – causes of action - disability postponing running of statute – imprisonment.		07/13/01
		340			H 5920A		Civil rights acts – discrimination prohibitions - gender identity or expression.		7/13/01
		112			S 0604		Clean water finance agency act – “local governmental unit” definition – dam safety or maintenance projects.		7/09/01
		135			H 6127		Clean water finance agency act – “local governmental unit” definition – dam safety or maintenance projects.		7/09/01
		317			H 6122am		Clinical laboratory science practice act – license requirement – educational requirements.		7/13/01
		058			H 6544Aam		Commercial fishing license moratorium act – amendments - commercial aquaculture licenses – marine fisheries management modernization act.		7/1/01
		179			S 0382am		Comprehensive planning and land use act – compliance – municipalities – limitations on building permits or land use approvals - reasonable standards and criteria. (Provisions effective 1/01/02).		7/13/01
		084			H 6356A		Condominium act – lien for assessments – attorneys’ fees - foreclosure of lien – requirements.		7/06/01
		257			S 0402B		Contractors' registration act – definitions – registrations – builders’ board – composition roofing contractors – registration and licensing.		07/13/01
		327			H 6223am		Contractors' registration act – definitions – registrations – builders’ board – composition roofing contractors – registration and licensing.		7/13/01
		323			S 0494A		Contractors' registration act – definitions – registrations – grounds for discipline – claims - investigatory powers of board -		7/13/01
		322			S 0489A		Contractors’ regulation act – registration requirements.		7/13/01
		026			S 0139		Corporations, associations and partnerships – revocation of certificate of incorporation – notices – issuance of certificates of revocation – notices – revocation of certificate of authority – notices – filing and certificate issuance fees.		6/08/01
		181			S 0392		Corrections department – community confinement program – individuals sentenced or imprisoned for civil contempt - reporting requirement to superior and family courts.		7/13/01
		379			H 6008		Corrections department – community confinement program – individuals sentenced or imprisoned for civil contempt - reporting requirement.		7/13/01
		029			S 0182		Coventry – Tiogue Lake – personal watercraft operations – regulation.		06/07/01
		233			S 0641Aam		Credit union conversion act.		7/13/01
		240			S 0628am		Criminal royalties act – commercial exploitation assets available.		07/13/01
		272			H 5466A		Cyberstalking prohibition act - violations – penalties.		07/13/01
		215			S 0813A		Cyberstalking prohibition act.- violations – penalties.		7/13/01
		245			S 0539am		Deaf and hard of hearing commission – composition		07/13/01
		281			H 5320A		Deaf and hard of hearing commission – composition.		07/13/01
		221			S 0779am		Decedents' debts and charges - payment - sale of real estate to effect prompt settlement of estate - executors with a valid power of sale under a will. (See effective date provisions).		7/13/01
		274			H 5375		Deer hunting - nuisance permit – fees removed.		07/13/01
		093			S 0366		Del Nero, Judge Paul, district courtroom. -- The district courtroom in the Newport County Courthouse.		7/10/01
		260			S 0438A		Dental examiners board – composition – appointments.		07/13/01
		273			H 5358A		Dentistry – board of examiners – officers - composition.		07/13/01
		386			H 5890		Developmentally disabled persons - parental succession act – law references amended.		7/13/01
		219			S 0761Aam		Disorderly conduct - overcrowded assembly – maximum occupancy calculation violations – penalties.		7/13/01
		184			S 0396am		District court - pre-trial services unit created.		7/13/01
		073			H 6125am		District court - pre-trial services unit created.		7/05/01
		042			S 0187Aam		DNA detection of felony offenders act. Provisions effective upon receipt of federal funding.		6/29/01
		076			H 5313Aam		DNA detection of felony offenders act. Provisions effective upon receipt of federal funding.		7/05/01
		259			S 0416Aam		Domestic violence prevention act – domestic violence order and domestic abuse definitions amended.		07/13/01
		303			S 0854A		Domestic violence prevention act – expungement of certain criminal records – restrictions.		7/13/01
		356			H 6475		Dowling, Eddie, Highway -- Route 146.		7/13/01
		351			H 6501		Durbin, Ann Gall, Aquarium Building. -- The Aquarium Building at the University of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay Campus.		7/13/01
		105			S 0966		East Greenwich – bonds – open space and recreation development purposes.		7/10/01
		008			S 0186		East Greenwich – charter amendments – validation and ratification.		03/15/01
		059			S 0889		East Greenwich – elderly and disabled person – tax rate and valuation freeze.		7/04/01
		071			H 6118am		East Greenwich – elderly and disabled persons – property tax rate and valuation freeze.		7/05/01
		101			S 1013		East Greenwich – town employees - cost of living adjustments – town acceptance of Plan C of section 45-21-52(a)(3) for all employees of the town of East Greenwich.		7/10/01
		306			S 0954am		East Providence – enterprise zone act – designation of census tract.		7/13/01
		082			H 6099A		Economic development - general assembly - permanent joint committee act.		7/06/01
		220			S 0777am		Economic development - general assembly - permanent joint committee act.		7/13/01
		388			H 5899Aam		Education – civic education commission act.		7/13/01
		188			S 0331Aam		Education – teacher and administrator certification standards board act.		7/13/01
		137			H 5527A		Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance act - drugs used for treatment of osteoporosis - coverage.		7/09/01
		138			H 5529A		Elderly – pharmaceutical assistance program - catastrophic illness coverage.		7/09/01
		396			H 5860A		Elections – bilingual poll workers and voting material requirements.		7/13/01
		176			S 1027Aam		Elections – campaign finance reporting act - electronic reporting – purpose - preservation of candidate or committee records – definitions –board of elections powers – personal use prohibition – filings - lawful methods of contributing – limitations – filing dates – violations – penalties - political action committees - time period for payment of public funds - affidavits requirement. (Act effective November 1, 2001).		7/10/01
		313			S 0618am		Elections - expenditures reporting act – political contributions - voluntary payroll deduction and/or contributions.		7/13/01
		056			H 5850Aam		Elections – mail ballot process – amendments.		7/2/01
		121			S 0582Aam		Elections - mail ballot process – amendments. (Provisions effective 1/1/02).		7/09/01
		182			S 0393		Elections – nomination papers of general assembly candidates - nomination papers furnished by the secretary of state – requirements.		7/13/01
		324			H 6196		Elections – nomination papers of general assembly candidates - nomination papers furnished by the secretary of state – requirements.		7/13/01
		243			S 0572A		Elections – voter registrations – secretary of state - periodic updating of voter registration records.		07/13/01
		400			H 5759A		Elections – voter registrations – secretary of state - periodic updating of voter registration records.		7/13/01
		271			H 5464Aam		Elections, general – closing of schools provision.		07/13/01
		366			H 6053Aam		Electricians – licenses act - removing and reattaching existing electrical meters - issuance of permits for siding.		07/13/01
		160			H 5990am		Emergency 911 telephone number act – funding.		7/10/01
		292			H 5283		Emergency medical transportation services act - restocking of municipal ambulance supplies.		07/13/01
		410			S 0534A		Employee criminal records check act – facilities licensed or operated by the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals.		7/16/01
		001			H 5205		Employment security act – job development fund and employment security reemployment fund – disbursements – unexpended balances.		01/31/01
		254			S 0455		Employment security act – treatment of Indian tribes Provisions retroactive to 12/21/00.		07/13/01
		145			H 5648		Energy facility siting act - facilities using clean coal technology.		7/10/01
		374			H 6103A		Enterprise zones act - enterprise job employees.		07/13/01
		141			S 0808A		Environmental compliance incentive act – purpose- definitions – compliance incentives – exceptions - discovery of environmental noncompliance.		7/10/01
		046			H 6067		Exeter – planning board – alternate members – appointments.		6/29/01
		007			S 0400		Exeter – planning board – auxiliary members.		03/21/01
		045			H 6066		Exeter/West Greenwich school district – annual budget procedure.		6/29/01
		003			S 0365		Exeter/West Greenwich School District – budget – adoption process.		03/07/01
		255			S 0459Aam		Farm buildings – municipality tax act.		07/13/01
		081			H 6024A		Farm buildings – municipality tax act.		7/06/01
		371			H 6310A		Financial institutions – check cashing – deferred deposit transactions – fees – posting requirement		07/13/01
		125			S 0410		Financial institutions – examinations and investigations – unlicensed activities violations – penalties.		7/09/01
		116			S 0589		Financial institutions – licensed activities – check cashing - certain loans – requirements.		7/09/01
		129			S 0269		Financial institutions – licensed activities – definitions - bond of applicant – certain foreign exchange businesses – record and requirements – companies exempt.		7/09/01
		128			S 0261		Financial institutions – mergers – articles of merger – state police - regulatory oversight – records of examinations and reports - contents of application - mortgage loan appraisers - relationship with lending institution.		7/09/01
		183			S 0399A		Financial institutions - mutual holding companies.		7/13/01
		399			H 5752A		Financial institutions – mutual holding companies.		7/13/01
		369			H 6273		Financial institutions – request to establish a customer-bank communications terminal/automated teller machine – requirements – credit unions – election and terms of directors.		07/13/01
		177			S 0339am		Fire and carbon monoxide detections systems act. (Provisions effective 1/01/02).		7/13/01
		393			H 5770am		Fire detection systems in existing residential occupancies act – smoke detector fees. (Provisions effective 7/1/02)		7/13/01
		066			H 5670am		Firefighters’ arbitration act – “firefighter” definition.		7/05/01
		252			S 0531A		Fish products – mercury in act – consumers alerts.		07/13/01
		039			H 5652		Galilee Port - environmental management department lease.		6/28/01
		152			H 5925		Gambling problem treatment programs – department of mental health, retardation and hospitals - standards.		7/10/01
		338			H 6529		General Assembly – house reapportionment commission establishment act.		7/13/01
		054			H 5347A		Genetic testing act – insurance companies - information disclosure restrictions.		7/2/01
		102			S 1030		Glocester - home rule charter amendments – validation and ratification.		7/10/01
		200			S 0211am		Governor's commission on disabilities act – definitions – purposes.		7/13/01
		097			S 0909		Greenville water district – tax exempt status.		7/10/01
		362			H 6329		Greenville water district – tax exempt status.		7/13/01
		383			H 5907A		Health - latex gloves safety act.		7/13/01
		382			H 5906Aam		Health – needlestick safety and injury prevention act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02).		7/13/01
		372			H 6311A		Health – needlestick safety and injury prevention act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02).		7/13/01
		334			H 6258		Health care facilities licensing act - person, firm, corporation or other entity which providing volunteer registered and licensed practical nurses to the public – license exemption.		7/13/01
		253			S 0441A		Health care facilities licensing act – definitions – identification badges – health department concern line – interpreter services provision. (Provisions effective 1/01/02)		Effective 01/01/02
		088			H 5902B		Health care facilities licensing act – definitions – identification badges - health department concern line - interpreter services. (Provisions effective 1/1/02).		7/06/01
		224			S 0788		Health care facilities licensing act – fees - certain nonprofit hospice programs.		7/13/01
		168			H 5976		Health care facilities licensing act – school based health centers - rights of patients – special requirements and exceptions.		7/10/01
		140			S 0256		Health care power of attorney act – “terminal condition” definition - rights of the terminally ill act - declaration relating to use of life sustaining procedures.		7/10/01
		238			S 0590A		Health care services utilization review act - regulation of review agents – certificate requirement. Provisions effective January 1, 2002.		Effective 01/01/02
		283			H 5345A		Health insurance acts – patient responsibility – administrative requirements – subscriber co-payments.		07/13/01
		242			S 0563Aam		Health insurance administrators, third party – regulations act.		Effective 04/01/02
		083			H 6136Aam		Health insurance administrators, third party – regulations act. (Provisions effective April 1, 2002).		7/06/01
		241			S 0561A		Health insurance coverage act – definitions – short term limited duration insurance - guaranteed availability provisions – pre-existing conditions.		07/13/01
		331			H 6231Aam		Health insurance, individual coverage act – definitions - guaranteed availability to certain individuals - large group health insurance coverage act - limitation on preexisting condition exclusion.		7/13/01
		248			S 0557		Health maintenance organizations act – powers – contracts with hospital or medical service corporation.		07/13/01
		330			H 6229		Health maintenance organizations act – powers – contracts with hospital or medical service corporation.		7/13/01
		202			S 0167Aam		Helmets required on bicycle operators, bicycle passengers, skateboarders, rollerskaters, inline skaters, and scooter riders ages fifteen (15) and younger – violations - contributory or comparative negligence exemption - Provisions effective January 1, 2002.		7/13/01
		364			H 6339A		Higher education assistance authority act - definitions - property exempt from attachment - levy and sale upon execution - tuition savings program – amendments – personal income tax act – amendments. (See effective date provisions.)		7/13/01
		134			H 5547Aam		Historic structures – tax credit act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02).		7/09/02
		236			S 0664am		Home care patient rights act - rights of home care patients/clients – certain required information.		07/13/01
		381			H 5900am		Home care patient rights act - rights of home care patients/clients – certain required information.		7/13/01
		189			S 0251		Homestead estate exemption - levy and sale on execution act.		7/13/01
		107			S 0971		Hope Valley/Wyoming fire district – charter amendment.		7/10/01
		035			H 6336		Hope Valley/Wyoming Fire District – charter amendment.		6/22/01
		041			H 6432		Hopkinton land trust act – amendments.		6/29/01
		099			S 0932		Hopkinton land trust act – property donations - powers.		7/10/01
		319			H 6168		Horse hiring or carriage – deception in act – repeal.		7/13/01
		130			S 0094B		Infants – safe haven act.		7/09/01
		053			H 5131B		Infants – safe haven act.		7/02/01
		395			H 5816		Inheritance tax lien act – termination date.		7/13/01
		226			S 0727A		Insurance – structured settlement protection act. (See effective date provision).		7/13/01
		127			S 0242		Insurance companies – insurance commissioner annual assessments - attorney general – determination and certification.		7/09/01
		119			S 0437Aam		Insurance companies - prompt processing of claims – health care providers payment. (Provisions effective 9/30/01).		7/09/01
		380			H 6023A		Insurance companies - prompt processing of claims – health care providers payment.		7/13/01
		174			S 0832A		Insurance coverage for mental illness and substance abuse act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02)		7/10/01
		409			H 5478Aam		Insurance coverage for mental illness and substance abuse act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02)		7/16/01
		015			S 0098am		Insurance producer licensing act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02)		04/11/01
		014			H 5783		Insurance producer licensing act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02)		04/11/01
		133			S 0237Aam		Insurance producers – mandatory pre-licensing education requirements. (Provisions effective 1/01/02).		7/09/01
		038			S 0803B		Insurance providers – genetic testing and information disclosures - restrictions.		6/27/01
		247			S 0554A		Insurance regulation act – definitions – priority of distributions – separate accounts.		07/13/01
		122			S 0310A		Insurance statutes – various amendments and additions.		7/09/01
		111			H 5341A		Investment tax credit act – certain buildings and structural components – high performance manufacturers credits. Applies to new investments made after July 1, 2001.		7/09/01
		214			S 0805Bam		Irrigation contractors – licensing and regulations acts.		7/13/01
		346			H 6555		Jamestown and Barrington – zoning ordinances - special-use permits.		7/13/01
		337			H 6517		Johnston – municipal tax lien certificate fee.		7/13/01
		204			S 0178A		Judicial nominating commission act – certain members - appointments – terms.		7/13/01
		239			S 0623		Jury selection act – disqualification by prior service.		07/13/01
		288			H 5315A		Jury selection act – disqualification by prior service.		07/13/01
		377			H 5997A		Justice commission, Rhode Island – policy board meetings – members – designee.		7/13/01
		212			S 0123		King, Martin Luther Jr. day – suitable observance locations.		7/13/01
		052			H 5417		King, Martin Luther, Jr. day – observance – location.		6/29/01
		043			S 0475am		Labor – workplace violence protection act.		6/29/01
		264			H 5583		Levy and sale upon execution act - property exempt from attachment – certain working tools of debtor, clothing, motor vehicles and jewelry.		07/13/01
		367			H 6062A		Life insurance policies and reserves act – funding agreements – priority of distribution - pension, profit sharing or annuity plans – separate accounts authorized.		07/13/01
		223			S 0782		Limited guardianship and guardianship of adults act - recording of petition in land records.		7/13/01
		250			S 0495		Limited liability company act - approvals of merger or consolidation – requirements.		07/13/01
		030			S 0199		Lincoln – elderly – tax exemptions		06/14/01
		091			S 0204am		Lincoln – juvenile hearing board act		7/06/01
		055			H 5772		Lincoln – juvenile hearing board act.		7/2/01
		308			S 0998		Lincoln - veterans’ tax exemptions.		7/13/01
		348			H 6521		Lincoln - veterans’ tax exemptions.		7/13/01
		365			H 6051A		Local taxes – levy and assessment act - appeals – form.		07/13/01
		159			H 5963		Local taxes – maximum levy – revaluation or updates.		7/10/01
		092			H 6363am		Local taxes – quarterly payments, overdue – waiver of interest under certain conditions.		7/10/01
		297			H 5024		Lottery act – state lottery fund – payments into general fund.		07/13/01
		304			S 0858A		Marine fisheries council – powers and duties.		7/13/01
		144			S 1003am		Marine waterways and boating facilities maintenance act - environmental management department, Rhode Island clean water finance agency and coastal resources management council - powers and duties – dredged and dredged material management – refuse disposal act – “solid waste” definition amended – state unclassified service - dredging coordinator position.		7/10/01
		163			H 6502am		Marine waterways and boating facilities maintenance act - environmental management department, Rhode Island clean water finance agency and coastal resources management council - powers and duties – dredged and dredged material management – refuse disposal act – “solid waste” definition amended – state unclassified service - dredging coordinator position.		7/10/01
		063			H 6146Aam		Maternal and child health services for children with special health care needs – newborn screening and disease control program - tests for metabolic, endocrine, and hemoglobinopathy disorders.		7/05/01
		080			H 5969am		Mental health act - transfer of patients – requirements.		7/06/01
		387			H 5891		Mental health, retardation and hospitals department - division of developmental disabilities – discharge or parole of inmates - Eleanor Slater rehabilitation hospital.		7/13/01
		389			H 5864		Mentally health, retardation and hospitals department - licensing of facilities and programs for alcoholic drug abusers.		7/13/01
		385			H 5889		Mentally ill and/or developmentally disabled people – licensing of facilities and programs act – law references amended.		7/13/01
		207			S 0153A		Mercury fever thermometers regulations act.		7/13/01
		375			H 6112A		Mercury in fish products act – public health advisories – requirements.		07/13/01
		234			S 0661Aam		Mercury reduction and education act.
		318			H 6161Aam		Mercury reduction and education act.		7/13/01
		040			H 6275A		Middletown – new real estate construction and removed damaged buildings – assessment and taxation. Provisions effective 1/1/02 and applies to construction completed between 12/31/01 and 12/31/02.		6/29/01
		310			S 0893		Middletown- assessment and taxation of new real estate construction - reduction in assessed value of real estate upon removal of damaged buildings.		7/13/01
		126			S 0241		Militia - order into service – requests for assistance from state or state agencies.		7/09/01
414			H 5587am			Mobile and manufactured home lots - excessive rent increases.		7/19/01
		335			H 6259A		Mobile and manufactured homes act – resident owned parks - record keeping requirement.		7/13/01
		294			H 5151		Mortgages – disclosure requirements – certain fees and charges exempted.		07/13/01
		139			S 0255A		Mosquito abatement act – grants – registration fee.		7/10/01
		027			S 0497		Motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors and dealers – business practices regulations act – certain determinations - technical amendment.		06/06/01
		267			H 5499		Motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers – regulation of business practices – new motor vehicle dealerships.		07/13/01
		280			H 5440		Motor vehicle plates for persons with disabilities - persons with disabilities who are denied a placard or motorcycle sticker - procedures for requesting a hearing – and notice requirements - attorney fees.		07/13/01
		158			H 5961		Motor vehicle reparations act – accident reports – financial responsibility hearings.		7/10/01
		166			H 5968am		Motor vehicles – accidents and accident reports – law enforcement officers - uniform electronic statewide motor vehicle accident police report to transportation department.		7/10/01
		246			S 0542		Motor vehicles - plates for recipients of distinguished service cross.		07/13/01
		132			S 0127A		Motor vehicles – safety belt use – child restraints requirements – violations – penalties.		7/09/01
		197			S 0189Aam		Motorcycle, motor scooter or motor-driven cycles – passengers – requirements – certain exceptions.		7/13/01
		299			H 5080Aam		Motorcycles, motor Scooters, and other motor driven cycles – passenger safety requirements.		07/13/01
		301			S 0837		Municipal planning commission act – members –certain restrictions removed.		7/13/01
		373			H 6088Aam		Municipalities – district management authorities act.		07/13/01
		357			H 6380		Municipalities – redevelopment agencies – agency members – appointments - additional resident electors – tenure of members.		7/13/01
		205			S 0144Aam		Municipalities – services - district management authorities act.		7/13/01
		100			S 1011		Narragansett – bonds – Rose Hill regional land fill – clean up costs		7/10/01
		344			H 6535		Narragansett – bonds – Rose Hill regional land fill – clean up costs		7/13/01
		343			H 6562		Narragansett – landing fee.		7/13/01
		404			H 5724		Narragansett bay commission act - orders as to pretreatment of sewage - physically plugging and/or blocking the discharger's connection to the facilities of the project.		7/13/01
		228			S 0751		Narragansett bay commission act – pretreatment sewage orders – halting or prevention.		7/13/01
		354			H 6439		Narragansett Bay oyster restoration act.		7/13/01
		113			S 0675		National guard members - restoration to employment – rights, privileges and immunities.		7/09/01
		164			H 5703A		National guard members - restoration to employment – rights, privileges and immunities.		7/10/01
		213			S 0794am		Newborn screening program for metabolic, endocrine and hemoglobinopathy disorders.		7/13/01
		106			S 0967		North Kingstown - certain real estate - tax exemption – referendum.		7/10/01
		048			H 6418		North Kingstown – certain real estate – tax exemptions – referendum.		6/29/01
		305			S 0936A		North Scituate water district – creation.		7/13/01
		064			H 6423A		North Scituate water district – incorporation act – referendum.		7/05/01
		031			S 0804		North Smithfield – award of municipal contracts act – certain exemption for fire and rescue services.		06/14/01
		329			H 6225		North Smithfield – award of municipal contracts act – certain exemption for fire and rescue services.		7/13/01
		312			S 0935am		Notarial powers – city and town council members and certain police officers from each state and local police department.		7/13/01
		358			H 6390A		Notarial powers – city and town council members and certain police officers from each state and local police department.		7/13/01
		390			H 5870		Notification of fire fighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians after exposure to infectious diseases act - human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) – inclusion in provisions.		7/13/01
		206			S 0150Aam		Nurses regulation act – complaints - board of nursing - procedure for discipline of licensees – decisions.		7/13/01
		157			H 5960		Nursing facilities, new - moratorium on new initial and on increases to the licensed capacity of existing nursing facilities – extension.		7/10/01
		392			H 5888Aam		Nursing home patients’ rights act - nursing home rules – injury notices.		7/13/01
		332			H 6240		Nursing loan repayment program act.		7/13/01
		360			H 6413Aam		Open meetings act – notice – school committee agendas.		7/13/01
		167			H 5975A		Optometrists – qualifications act – requirements.		7/10/01
		079			H 5880Aam		Overcrowded assembly act – maximum occupancy calculation – violations – penalty.		7/06/01
		012			S 0057am		Pascoag utility district act.		04/04/01
		047			H 5093am		Pascoag utility district act.		6/29/01
		021			H 6297		Pawtucket – property tax classification act – finance director powers.		05/04/01
		136			H 5452A		Persian Gulf War information relief commission – appropriation.		7/09/01
		123			S 0341A		Personal income tax act - capital gains rate for assets held more than five years.		7/09/01
		060			H 5299A		Pharmacies regulations act. (Provisions effective 1/1/02).		7/03/01
		068			H 5798Bam		Pharmacy – collaborative practice act.		7/05/01
		370			H 6293		Pipefitter, refrigeration, and fire protection sprinkler contractors/journeyperson sprinkler fitters, sheet metal contractors/journeyperson sheet metal workers, and oil heat contractors examiners board – division of professional regulation - senior chief inspector – definitions - certain license requirements.		07/13/01
		277			H 5403am		Plum Beach Lighthouse - property situated in the town of North Kingstown – state sale authorized.		07/13/01
		339			H 5817		Probate court forms – prescribing - special legislative commission on probate.		7/13/01
		153			H 5934		Property tax relief act – offsets - satisfaction of outstanding liabilities – debts owed to claimant agencies.		7/10/01
		044			H 5804		Providence - property tax classification act – repeal.		6/29/01
		095			S 0730A		Providence – property tax freeze on certain property.		7/10/01
		394			H 5803A		Providence – property tax freeze on certain property.		7/13/01
		227			S 0743		Providence – real estate - property tax classification act – repeal.
		263			H 5544A		Providence – tax classification act – classes of property.		07/13/01
		217			S 0758A		Providence – tax classification act.		7/13/01
		087			H 5781Aam		Public accountancy act - acts declared unlawful – enrolled agent – technical amendments.		7/06/01
		336			H 6207		Public accountancy act – amendments. (Provisions effective 9/01/01)		7/13/01
		249			S 0482am		Public accountancy act – cerified public accountants – requirements.		07/13/01
		036			S 1023		Public defender – appointment and term.		6/26/01
		067			H 5727A		Public utilities commission act - recovery of expenses from utility companies – amount.		7/05/01
		397			H 5728A		Public utilities commission act - recovery of expenses from utility companies – amount.		7/13/01
		258			S 0413		Public utilities commission act - retail electric licensing commission plan requirements and nonregulated power producer registration requirements – filing fee.		07/13/01
		398			H 5729		Public utilities commission act - retail electric licensing commission plan requirements and nonregulated power producer registration requirements – filing fee.		7/13/01
		028			S 0583A		Public utilities division – recovery of expenses from cable television companies and CATV applicants.		06/06/01
		229			S 0667A		Public utilities reserve fund - recovery of expenses from utility companies for proceedings.		7/13/01
		114			S 0587am		Real estate brokers and salespersons – license violations – escrows – disputes – requirements. (See effective date provision).		7/09/01
		296			H 5191		Real estate division act - certificate of descent. - probate court - decedents' estates - collection and management - descent or distribution of real estate to be recorded.		07/13/01
		089			H 6054A		Real estate non-utilization tax act – definitions – imposition of tax – ordinances - appeals – zoning ordinance appeals.		7/06/01
		315			S 0778A		Reapportionment commission act – establishment.		7/13/01
		403			H 5658		Rebello, John E. Memorial Bridge and Tunnel.		7/13/01
		098			S 0913		Rebello, John E. Memorial Bridge and Tunnel. -- The bridge known as Bridge # 451.		7/10/01
		275			H 5379am		Recreational parks and campgrounds regulations act.		07/13/01
		075			H 5311A		Residential and commercial landlord tenant act - dismissal of appeal for nonpayment of rent during pendency of appeals - order of judgment on nonpayment of rent in pending appeals.		7/05/01
		316			S 0433A		Resource recovery corporation act – purpose – acquired property - development of industrial/business park in Johnston.		7/13/01
		225			S 0718am		Rhode Island public transit authority act – powers – operation of service to nearby Connecticut.		7/13/01
		070			H 5954am		Rhode Island public transit authority act – powers – operation of service to nearby Connecticut.		7/05/01
		300			H 5092		Richardson,William Bruce and Ronald E. Blake Memorial Traffic Island - The traffic island at the intersection of Greenville Avenue and Atwood Avenue in the town of Johnston.		7/13/01
		049			H 6180		Richmond – land trust act – administration.		6/29/01
		194			S 0228A		Sales tax act - materialman -- definitions and application. (See effective date provision).		7/13/01
		286			H 5288Aam		School committees and superintendents – public and private school employee applicants - criminal records review - prior criminal records checks.		07/13/01
		151			H 5924A		School safety plans - school safety teams and school crisis response teams act – requirements – review.		7/10/01
		347			H 6512		School textbooks – joint study commission – reporting date.		7/13/01
		293			H 5113Aam		Schools and child care center – notifications of pesticide applications.		07/13/01
		190			S 0267A		Securities – state uniform act – inspection power -		7/13/01
		180			S 0385A		Senate - appointive powers of the senate majority leader transferred to the president of the senate commencing in 2003. (Provisions effective 1/07/03).		7/13/01
		203			S 0172		Sexual harassment, education and training in the workplace – employers’ policy requirements.		7/13/01
		326			H 6222		Shellfish - possession and handling - regulations – department of health authority.		7/13/01
	412			S 0631A			Shellfishing prohibitions act - Use of SCUBA at Green Hill Pond, Quonochontaug Pond, Charlestown Pond, and Potters Pond - violations - penalties.		7/18/01
		104			S 0961		Sinotte, Jeanna, the widow of deceased Police Lieutenant John J. Sinotte of the town of Johnston Police Department - special registration plate.		7/10/01
		345			H 6545		Sinotte, Jeanna, the widow of deceased Police Lieutenant John J. Sinotte of the town of Johnston Police Department - special registration plate.		7/13/01
		171			H 5980		Slater, Eleanor, hospital – transfer or discharge of patients.		7/10/01
		011			S 0045		Smithfield – charter amendments – validation and ratification.		04/04/01
		050			H 5342		Smithfield – home rule charter amendments – ratification and validation.		6/29/01
		051			H 5343		Smithfield land trust act – amendments.		6/29/0
		013			S 0048		Smithfield land trust act.		04/05/01
		025			S 0487am		Smoke detector inspection fees – increase. (Provisions effective January 1, 2002).		06/06/01
		069			H 5883am		Smoking prohibited in certain public areas act - health care and assisted living facilities included.		7/05/01
		169			H 5978		Social worker – license qualification requirements.		7/10/01
		198			S 0193A		Stalking violations - civil liability act.		7/13/01
		279			H 5434		Stalking violations - civil liability act.		07/13/01
		162			H 6342A		State – bonded indebtedness act – variable rate obligations and interest rate exchange agreements.		7/10/01
		037			S 0414am		State – expedited permit process act – economic development corporation - projects of critical economic concern – actions by state agencies – rules and regulations.		6/27/01
		147			H 5810am		State – expedited permit process act – economic development corporation - projects of critical economic concern – actions by state agencies – rules and regulations.		7/10/01
		024			H 5079Aam		State – revised appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 – gasoline tax – disposition of proceeds - school housing aid – computation.		05/24/01
		269			H 5445A		State and municipal employees and teachers - retirement system service credits - purchases payable by installment. (Effective 1/1/02)		Effective 01/01/02
		077			H 6100Aam		State budget – appropriations for the support of the state for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002. -State purchases – “public agency” and “state agency” definitions. -Refunding bond authority. -Bonded indebtedness – payments into sinking fund – management of assets of the Depositors’ Economic Protection Corporation. -Depositors’ Economic Protection Corporation act – defeasance of corporation bonds. -State department of veterans’ affairs – feasibility of establishing a separate department in state government – study commission. -Revised appropriations. -State aid to municipalities in lieu of property taxes from certain tax exempt properties. -Personal income tax – rate – capital gains rates for assets held more than 5 years – tax on net estate of decedent. -Jobs development act – definitions. -Cigarette tax – rate. -Hospitals - licensing fee. -Childcare - state subsidies – health care coverage for center-based care providers. -Family independence act – families eligible for childcare assistance. -Environmental management department -reorganization act – postponed until July 1, 2002 – continuity of administrative functions. -General public assistance – hardship contingency fund. -Medical assistance – rates of payments to nursing facilities. -Barbers, hairdressers, cosmeticians, manicurists and estheticians – license fees. -Pharmacist – license fees. -Veterinarians – license fees. -Podiatrists – license fees. -Chiropractors – license fees. -Dentists and dental hygienists – license fees. -Electrolysis – license fees. -Funeral director/embalmers – license fees. -Nurses – license fees. -Nurse anesthetists – license fees. -Optometrists – license fees. -Allopathic or osteopathic medicine practice – license fees. -Acupuncture – license fees. -Social workers – license fees. -Physical therapists – license fees. -Occupational therapist – license fees. -Psychologists – license fees. -Nursing home administrators – licensing fees. -Speech pathology and audiologist – license fees. -Hearing aid dealers and fitters – license fees. -Physician assistants – license fees. -Prosthetist and prosthetic facilities – license fees. -Athletic facilities – license fees. -Mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists – license fees. -Dieticians – license fees. -Radiologic technologists – license fees. -Interpreters for the deaf – license fees. -Tattooing and/or body piercing – license fees. -Emergency medical transportation services – license fee. -Nursing assistants – licensing fee. -Sanitarians – licensing fee. -Massage parlors – licensing fee. -Respiratory care- licensing fee. -Milk sanitation code – permit fees. -Frozen desserts – license fees. -Meats – license fees. -Shellfish packing houses – license fees. -Nonalcoholic bottled beverages, drinks and juices – permit fees. -Food businesses – registration fees. -Recreational facilities – licensing fees. -Motor fuel tax – rate. -Long term care system – structural issues associated with – study commission. -Retirement system – state contributions. -State expenditures – limitations. -State police – video/audio surveillance devices – funding. -Resource Recovery Corporation – interim rates. -Education aid – community requirements – full day kindergarten investment fund – student investment initiative – vocational technical equity fund – children placed by DCYF. -Charter public schools – establishment. -Family court proceedings – certain petitions alleging wayward child – requirements – temporary petition in public or private institutions – court disposition of certain children – placement of dependent and neglected children – commitment of delinquent and wayward children – modification of orders – public and private agencies – cooperation. -State board members – compensation. -Hospitals - uncompensated care act – definitions – implementation. -Pharmaceutical assistance to the elderly act – covered drugs - certain osteoporosis drugs – catastrophic illness coverage. -State employees – merit plan – pay plan adoption – educational incentive plans. -Developmental disabilities act – monthly reports to the general assembly – human services advocacy study. -Administration department – powers and duties – division of sheriffs established – powers and duties – administrator appointment. Effective date – July 1, 2001 or except as otherwise provided.		7/05/01
		232			S 0716		State building code – amendments - existing structures - flood resistant construction for buildings or structures in flood hazard areas – improvements and damages - physical value provisions.		7/13/01
		321			S 0473A		State contracts - public agency or quasi-public agencies - specification in contract of amount and frequency of payment of wages.		7/13/01
		110			H 5339Aam		State employees – insurance benefits – “dependents” and “employee” definitions - domestic partners.		7/09/01
		333			H 6251am		State employees – retired nurses – post retirement employment.		7/13/01
		142			S 0885am		State energy conservation code act – state building code standards committee – powers - public buildings – energy efficient resources.		7/10/01
		309			S 0859		State flower - "violet" (viola sororia).		7/13/01
		302			S 0853		State House – Senate chamber – 13 State seals –painting with authentic colors.		7/13/01
		376			H 6114		State soil conservation committee – members – designees.		7/13/01
		193			S 0214Aam		State, municipal employees and teachers - retirement system service credits - purchases payable by installment. (Provisions effective 1/01/02).		7/13/01
		086			H 5592B		Statutes – general laws - technical amendments and corrections.		7/06/01
		251			S 0512Aam		Stone walls theft – penalties.		07/13/01
	411			S 0124am			Student identification numbers act – assignment – requirements and restrictions. (See effective date provisions).		7/18/01
415			H 5378Aam			Student identification numbers act – assignment – requirements and restrictions. (See effective date provisions).		7/19/01
		192			S 0298am		Tax sales – notices to mortgagees and other parties in interest.		7/13/01
		172			H 6494		Taxation - uniform sales and use tax administration act.		7/10/01
		350			H 6484A		Taxation of farm, forest, and open space land act – definitions – forest and open space land.		7/13/01
		307			S 0978am		Taxicabs and limited public motor vehicles - notice of change in rates - gasoline price emergency surcharge program - motor carriers of property - alteration of common carrier rates by the administrator - gasoline price emergency surcharge program.		7/13/01
		235			S 0662Aam		Teacher assistant substitutes act – qualification requirements.		7/13/01
		199			S 0207am		Teachers’ retirement - substitute teaching after retirement.		7/13/01
		289			H 5209A		Teachers’ retirement - substitute teaching after retirement.		07/13/01
		291			H 5281		Terminally ill persons – rights act - instructional bracelets – physician orders.		07/13/01
		320			H 6188		Terminally ill persons – rights act – health care power of attorney act – “terminal condition” definition.		7/13/01
		005			H 5009		Textbooks – state loan program - study commission – reporting and termination dates.		03/09/01
		282			H 5328		Theft detection - shielding devices use act.		07/13/01
		006			S 0003		Tiverton – tax assessments – removed damage buildings and new real estate construction.		03/21/01
		019			H 5421		Tiverton – tax assessments – removed damage buildings and new real estate construction.		05/02/01
		010			H 5532		Tobacco product manufacturers’ settlement agreement act – escrow funds and requirements - technical amendments. (Provisions retroactive to June 29, 1999).		03/30/01
		391			H 5876		Tobacco products – illegal sales to children act – department of mental health, retardation and hospitals responsibilities.		7/13/01
		148			H 5868am		Tobacco products – use by persons under the age of eighteen – possession when this possession is clearly visible - violations - penalties.		7/10/01
		124			S 0376am		Tobacco products illegal sales to persons under age eighteen act - “bidi cigarettes” sales violations – usage violations - penalties.		7/09/01
		149			H 5882		Tobacco products illegal sales to persons under the age of eighteen act - “bidi cigarettes” sales and usage violations – penalties.		7/10/01
		022			S 0867		Tourism and development – hotel tax - distribution of proceeds – rate decreased. [Provisions effective June 4, 2001]		05/04/01
		020			H 5010		Tourism and development – hotel tax - distribution of proceeds – rate decreased. [Provisions effective June 2, 2001]		05/02/01
		187			S 0328		Traffic tribunal act - security officers – powers and immunities.		7/13/01
		405			H 5600		Traffic tribunal act - security officers – powers and immunities.		7/13/01
		328			H 6224		Underground storage tank financial responsibility act – eligible costs, government site – purpose of fund -eligibility – rules and regulations – review board.		7/13/01
		311			S 0907		Underground storage tanks regulation act – enforcing officer – powers and duties.		7/13/01
		363			H 6330		Underground storage tanks regulation act – enforcing officer and municipalities – powers and duties.		7/13/01
		210			S 0111		Uniform commercial code – bulk transfer provisions repealed. (See effective date provision).		7/13/01
		218			S 0759am		Uniform commercial code - lease payments - effect of tax increase.		7/13/01
413			S 0332			Uniform controlled substances act – employment of persons under age eighteen (18) - restrictions –exceptions - certain pharmacy training programs.		7/20/01
		170			H 5979		Uniform controlled substances act – employment of persons under age eighteen (18) restrictions – certain exceptions - pharmacy training program.		7/10/01
		368			H 6078		Uniform controlled substances act – employment of persons under age eighteen (18) - restrictions – certain exceptions - pharmacy training program.		07/13/01
		342			H 6191am		Uniform controlled substances act - possession lawful only in original container provisions – repeal.		7/13/01
		285			H 5285Aam		Uniform controlled substances act - sale of hypodermic syringes and needles and retractable hypodermic syringes and needles.		07/13/01
		276			H 5398am		Uniform fraudulent transfers act – child support requirements - intentional concealment of support or fraudulent conveyances – civil action.		07/13/01
		118			S 0443		Uniform securities act - exempt investment adviser and investment adviser representatives.		7/09/01
		096			S 0864		Upper Pond Drive -- The Colonel Oliver Hazard Perry access road.		7/10/01
		361			H 6328		Veterans’ home, Rhode Island – commandant and associate director of division of veterans’ affairs - advisory council – composition.		7/13/01
		230			S 0702am		Victim's rights act - right to address court prior to sentencing - community impact statement.		7/13/01
		402			H 5636am		Victim's rights act - right to address court prior to sentencing - community impact statement.		7/13/01
		266			H 5472		Warwick sewer authority act - industrial waste pre-treatment program – violations – penalties.		07/13/01
		265			H 5471		Warwick sewer authority act – violations - penalties.		07/13/01
		359			H 6404		Water projects revolving loan fund act - power of local governmental units to issue limited obligations payable from drinking water system revenues.		7/13/01
		216			S 0814A		Water resources board – composition.		7/13/01
		173			H 6506A		Waters and navigation – ballast water management program act.		7/10/03
		401			H 5629		Weisberger, former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph R. - "Chief Justice emeritus" license plate.		7/13/01
		009			S 0861		West Warwick - bonds – schools, playgrounds and athletic fields.		03/26/01
		298			H 5043		West Warwick – payment of traffic fine violations.		07/13/01
		090			H 6308		West Warwick - residential real estate tax classification act		7/06/01
		244			S 0573Aam		Witness protection act – purpose - confidentiality of information.		07/13/01
		065			H 5602Aam		Witness protection act – purpose - confidentiality of information.		7/05/01
		034			S 1002		Workers, compensation insurance act – transition - workers’ compensation rates. (Provisions effective January 3, 2001).		6/22/01
		355			H 6458A		Workers’ compensation act – amendments. (See effective date provision).		7/13/01
		256			S 0476Aam		Workers’ compensation act provisions – various amendments. See effective date provision.		07/13/01
		018			S 0478A		Workers’ compensation insurance act – insurers and advisory organizations – rate filings.		04/20/01
		185			S 0309		Workers’ compensation insurance fund act – amendments and corrections.		7/13/01
		284			H 5348am		Workplace violence prevention act.		07/13/01
		108			H 5072		World War II veterans - board of regents for elementary and secondary education - granting of high school diplomas.		7/09/01
		209			S 0072A		Zoning ordinances - appeals - public hearing by zoning board of review – requirements - notice of appeals to superior court.		7/13/01
		378			H 6005A		Zoning ordinances – drive through windows – regulations.		7/13/01
		231			S 0714B		Zoning ordinances – drive through windows – regulations. (See effective date provision).		7/13/01

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