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2020 -- H 7239 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/24/2020

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RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS

Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Caldwell, Azzinaro, Casimiro, and Fogarty

Date Introduced: January 22, 2020

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 22-7.4 of the General Laws entitled "Permanent Joint Committee on

Naming All New Buildings, Bridges, Edifices and Other State Constructions" is hereby amended

by adding thereto the following section:

22-7.4-143. The Rhode Island Purple Heart Trail.

The section of highway known as Route 4 and Route 1, which begins in Warwick as Route

4 and merges into Route 1 in North Kingstown and further extends to the town of Westerly, shall

be named The Rhode Island Purple Heart Trail. Provided, this designation shall be coextensive

with and shall not repeal, revoke, or displace any name or similar designation already given to

sections or areas of and along the highway, and those names and designations shall remain in effect.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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