SECTION 1. Section 2-2-2 of Chapter 237 of the 1973 Public Laws entitled 'An Act Incorporating the Town of North Providence', as amended is hereby further amended to read as follows:

2-2-2. Procedure.

(a) Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced only in written or typed form.

(b) Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced by a council member, council committee, the mayor, or on petition of at least twenty-five (25) qualified electors and its title and contents shall be read at such meeting.

(c) Upon majority vote of the council, a proposed ordinance shall be published by a paid advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the town within ten (10) days after its introduction.

(d) No ordinance, other than an emergency ordinance as defined in ~~section~~ §2-1-6(d) of this charter, shall be acted upon at the same regular or special meeting in which it is introduced, nor at a subsequent meeting held sooner than fifteen (15) days after its introduction. All ordinances and resolutions, including emergency ordinances and resolutions, must be accompanied by a fiscal impact note. Any ordinance or resolution that does not incur a monetary outlay does not require a fiscal impact note. A fiscal impact note will be prepared by the finance committee of the town council. The note will be submitted within thirty (30) days of introduction of any such ordinance and/or resolution. The finance committee, at its discretion, may request from the finance director data or any other pertinent information ~~which~~ that will assist the committee in the formation of said fiscal impact note.

(e) Every ordinance shall be reported at the next regular or special meeting held at least fifteen (15) days after its introduction with a recommendation as to action to be taken thereon. The council may defer action pending further study~~, but it shall provide that action shall be taken thereon for passage or rejection of the same, and such action shall be taken no later than the second subsequent regular meeting thereafter~~.

(f) All ordinances and resolutions, except the annual budget, general codifications, and revisions thereof, shall contain only one ~~(1)~~ subject clearly and adequately expressed and titled.

(g) No ordinance or resolution shall be as amended on passage as to change its original purpose.

(h) Ordinances for the annual budget and any supplemental appropriations shall be confined to the subject of appropriations.

(i) The town clerk shall number serially each ordinance upon introduction, and upon passage of the same, he shall make them available, together with any amendments thereto, in his office.

(j) The town clerk shall furnish to each council member, and to the mayor within seventy-two (72) hours after its introduction, a copy of each ordinance and resolution introduced.

(k) An emergency ordinance shall relate only to the emergency matter for which the emergency meeting is held, and such ordinance may be enacted at the same meeting in which it is introduced.

(l) No ordinance or resolution shall be passed until after it is read, unless a majority of the council members present vote to dispense with the reading, in which case only the title need be read along with a statement as to its contents.

(m) The council, or a committee thereof, shall hold at least one ~~(1)~~ public hearing on all non-budgetary ordinances, other than emergency ordinances, if at least twenty-five (25) qualified electors submit a petition to the town clerk at least forty-eight (48) hours before the passage of such ordinance to request the public hearing, and in such event, action thereon shall be deferred and public notice of the hearing shall be given in a newspaper of general circulation in the town at least ~~one (1)~~ once not less than three (3) calendar days prior to the holding of such hearing.

(n) No ordinance ~~or resolution~~ shall be enacted until and unless the solicitor approves the same as to form and legality.

(o) Not later than twenty-four (24) hours after its passage, the town clerk shall submit the ordinance ~~or resolution~~ to the mayor.

(p) Within seven (7) days after its passage, the mayor shall affix his signature to an ordinance ~~or resolution~~ and it shall thereupon, or at some other time fixed therein, become effective, or he shall return it to the council through the town clerk, within such period stating his objections thereto. Failure to take such action within the period of seven (7) days shall result in automatic approval with the same effect as if the mayor had affixed his signature thereto.

(q) In the event the mayor returns an ordinance ~~or resolution~~ to the council, action shall be taken thereon at the next regular or special meeting, and the veto thereof may be overridden by a vote of no less than a majority plus one ~~(1)~~ of the members of the council, and thereupon, or at the time fixed therein, it shall become effective.

(r) No ordinance affecting zoning and/or planning for usage of land, or the erection of public works of any kind, shall be enacted without first receiving an advisory opinion of the planning board.

(s) Upon enactment of any ordinance, the town clerk shall give notice to any office, department, or other agency charged with the enforcement, or with the implementation thereof, within twenty-four (24) hours of its final passage.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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