Chapter 295
2016 -- H 8349
Enacted 07/01/2016

A N   A C T
IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 974 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS, 1940, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON," AS AMENDED

Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, and Canario
Date Introduced: June 15, 2016

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Sections 3 and 4 of chapter 974 of the public laws, 1940, entitled "An Act
to incorporate the Stone Bridge fire district and to furnish a supply of water for the town of
Tiverton" as amended, and hereby further amended to read as follows:
     Section 3. A special meeting of said district shall be held on the first Tuesday in June in
the year 1940, the polls to be open for the election of the several officers named in section 4
hereof, from six o'clock in the afternoon until eight o'clock in the evening. Thereafter there shall
be an annual meeting on the second Tuesday in June July in every year. Special meetings of said
district shall be called by the clerk upon order of the administrative board or upon written
application of at least twenty-five (25) electors. It shall be the duty of the clerk to fix a suitable
place for the holding of all meetings and to give notice of each meeting, both annual and special,
by posting such notice at the principal office of the district and in at least one other prominent
place within the district boundaries, not less than seven (7) days before the meeting, and by
publishing a copy of said public notice, at least once, in a newspaper of general circulation in the
district, said newspaper publication to occur at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting
commences, and such notice shall contain a statement of the time and place when and where a
meeting will be held for the purpose of correcting and canvassing the voting list to be used at any
such annual or special meeting. as follows:
     In January of each year, a listing of the dates of all regular meetings and the annual
meeting for the calendar year shall be posted electronically with the Rhode Island secretary of
state. A supplemental notice, with agenda, of each regular meeting and the annual meeting shall
be posted electronically with the secretary of state a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours before the
meeting. Said notices shall be posted in the district office and in one other prominent location
within the district at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting. If a special meeting is called,
a meeting notice and agenda shall be posted in the district and filed with the secretary of state as
soon as practicable. Supplemental notices of regular and annual meetings and special meetings
will also include the date the notice was posted and the date(s), time(s), and location(s) of the
meetings.
     and it It shall be the duty of the assessors of taxes of said district, to canvass and correct
said voting list in the same manner, as near as may be, as is provided by law for boards of
canvassers; provided, however, that it shall be the duty of the town council of the town of
Tiverton to fix a suitable place within the district for the holding of the first annual meeting, to
choose a moderator and clerk therefor, and to canvass and correct the voting list to be used
thereat, and it shall be the duty of the town council of the town of Tiverton to fix a suitable place
within the district for the holding of the first annual meeting, to choose a moderator and clerk
therefor, and to canvass and correct the voting list to be used thereat, and it shall be the duty of
the town clerk of Tiverton to give notice of such annual meeting in the same manner as is
provided in this section for notice by the clerk of said district and said town clerk shall also
provide for use at such annual meeting a ballot box, and certified copies of the voting list to be
used thereat. No vote, except upon an adjournment or in the annual election of officers, shall be
taken at any the annual meeting of the district unless at least twelve (12) electors are present at
such meeting.
     Section 4. The electors of said district shall, at the annual meeting held the second
Tuesday in June, 1950, elect a moderator to serve for one year, a district clerk to serve for two (2)
years, a tax collector to serve for two (2) years, a treasurer to serve for one year, one tax assessor
to serve for two (2) years, and two tax assessors to serve each for one year, and until their
successors are elected and qualified, whose duties and powers shall be within said district, such as
like officers of towns in this state have in their respective towns, proper for such district.
Thereafter in sequence at the annual elections held the second Tuesday in June July, with the
exception of one tax assessor who shall hold office for one year, the respective successors of each
of said officers shall be chosen for terms of two (2) years and shall hold office until their
successors are elected and qualified. Such officers shall constitute the administrative board, and
the duties of such board shall be such as are prescribed in this act, and are defined by the by-laws
of said district. Any vacancy that may occur in any of the aforenamed offices between annual
meetings shall be filled by some person to be chosen by the other members of the administrative
board to hold such office until the next annual meeting. The electors of said district may at any
meeting adopt and ordain such by-laws and from time to time rescind or amend the same, as they
shall deem necessary and proper for the purposes of this act and not repugnant thereto and not
inconsistent with any other law; provided, that no greater penalty shall be inflicted thereby than is
prescribed in section 9 hereof, and said electors may appoint such committees as they may deem
necessary, and may fix the compensation of all officers, agents, employees, and committees of the
district.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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