THE OFFICIAL 1997 PUBLIC LAW
SHORT TITLE LIST

This list is the creation of the Office of Law Revision. For more information contact: Cay C. Massouda, Director, Law Revision Office at (40l) 222-3614 or e-mail:cmassouda@rilin.state.ri.us


LAW REVISION OFFICE

JOHN B. HARWOOD, SPEAKER

Chapter

Bill Number

Title

Passage Date

001

S 0084

Marriages solemnization - Dennis M. Coleman of East Greenwich

1/24/97

002

S 0085am

Newport - bonds - new middle school.

2/14/97

003

S 0619

University of Rhode Island - The Betty and Stephen Campanella Rowing Center.

2/18/97

004

S 0069

Chariho Regional School District - 1997 meeting date.

2/21/97

005

H 6444

Kingston Fire District - charter amendment.

2/21/97

006

S 0864

Newport - bonds - new middle school. Chapter 2 of the 1997 Public Laws - repeal.

2/27/97

007

H 5125

Chariho Regional School District - financial meeting date.

2/28/97

008

H 6578

Jobs training tax credit act - "qualifying expenses" definition, maximum credit amount. This act applies to all taxable years ending on or after August 6, 1996.

3/25/97

009

S 0899Aam

Johnston - certain establishments which allow nudity on the premises where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed - licensing and regulations.

3/25/97

010

S 0914

Barrington - bonds - public safety building.

3/26/97

011

S 0915

Barrington - bonds - schools.

3/26/97

012

H 5580A

Johnston and Smithfield - regional juvenile hearing board - establishment.

4/9/97

013

 

North Kingstown - bonds - library.

4/11/97

014

S 0912

North Providence - mayor's salary.

5/7/97

015

H 6875

Cumberland - juvenile hearing board act.

5/7/97

016

H 5248Aam

State - revised appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.

5/14/97

017

H 6893

Warwick - property tax classification act.

5/16/97

018

S 0973

Marriages solemnization - Mayor David Gordon of Newport.

5/23/97

019

H 6411

Warren - property tax classification act.

5/24/97

020

H 6970

Oil spill prevention and pollution control act - effective date.

5/30/97

021

H 6967

Barrington - bonds - middle school.

6/6/97

022

H 6968

Barrington - bonds - public safety building.

6/6/97

023

S 0436Aam

State - bonded indebtedness - refunding bonds - variable rate obligations.

7/1/97

024

S 0038B

Mastectomy hospital stays - health insurance coverage act.

6/10/97

025

H 5280Aam

Mastectomy hospital stays - health insurance coverage act.

6/10/97

026

H 5972am

Motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud reporting immunity act - motor vehicle records - disclosures of certain personal information. *See effective date provision.

6/16/97

028

S 1116

Hopkinton - tax levy for 1998 fiscal year - authorization to exceed 5.5% rate.

6/20/97

029

H 5905A

Financial institutions - powers and operations - federal lending limitations.

6/25/97

030

H 6496Aam

State - Appropriations for support for fiscal year ending June 30, 1998. ART. 1 State - Appropriations for support for fiscal year ending June 30, 1998. State budget - reduction or suspension of appropriations to maintain a balanced budget provisions - repeal. Revenue estimating conference act - meetings. Medical assistance and public assistance caseload estimating conference act - meetings. State department heads - budget estimates -personnel number restrictions. State budget officer - requirements. State spending - limitations - General Assembly appropriations. Children's Crusade for Higher Education - audit requirements. Board of Governors for Higher Education - meetings. Restricted receipt accounts - indirect cost recoveries. Supreme Court - Special Master - judicial end of year balance - reappropriation. Technology related expenditures. ART. 2 Refunding bond authority act - powers, definitions, transfer of former public buildings authority functions, rights, duties and liabilities. Public buildings authority act - repeal. ART. 3 Sales and use tax - depositors' economic protection corporation (DEPCO), special revenue fund - disposition of revenue. ART. 4 Borrowing powers - authorization in anticipation of taxes. ART. 5 1997 Capital Development Program - extinguishment of previous authorizations. ART. 6 State Board members - compensation. ART. 7 Gasoline tax - disposition of proceeds, monthly reports of distributors. ART. 8 Hospitals - licensing fees. ART. 9 Revised appropriations. ART. 10 Corrections Department - business operations and budget - net profits. ART. 11 Resource Recovery Corporation - interim rates. ART. 12 Cigarette tax - rate. ART. 13 Mutuel betting and license fees - support of racing division activities - chemical tests - fees. ART. 14 Investment - tax credit act. ART. 15 Research and development - tax incentive act. ART. 16 Truck registration fees. ART. 17 Elderly - in home services - amount of co-payment. ART. 18 Arts Council - authority of commission - 30th anniversary celebration. ART. 19 Roger Williams reserve program - repeal. ART. 20 Convention Center Authority - bonds and notes of the corporation - debt service reserve accounts. ART. 21 Uncompensated care act - definitions, implementation. Art. 22 General public assistance act - hardship contingency fund. ART. 23 Nursing facility provider assessment act - imposition of assessment - repeal date. ART. 24 Water quality protection charge - sales and use tax. ART. 25 Design professional boards - architects - licensing and regulations. ART. 26 State aid to municipalities - appropriations in lieu of property tax from certain tax exempt entities. ART. 27 Minority business development compliance act - funding. ART. 28 Drug control division - law references repeal - transfer of functions and duties to Health Department. ART. 29 Personal income tax - rate. ART. 30 Property tax relief - computation of credit - limitations. ART. 31 Student investment initiative act - education aid - community requirements. ART. 32 Environmental Management Department - delay of reorganization act - continuity of administrative functions. ART. 33 Auctioneers and apprentices - licensing and regulations act. ART. 34 Family independence act - weatherization assistance. Public assistance act - legal immigrants - food stamp program - severely disabled and elderly residents - supplementary cash assistance program. Child care centers and certified family/child care providers - state reimbursement rates - Labor and Training Department survey. Medical assistance act - non citizens or legal immigrants - RIte track program - family independence act. ART. 35 Alcoholic beverages - manufacturing tax rates. ART. 36 Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority act - definitions, powers, bonds, revenues - Transportation Department grants. ART. 37 Vehicle tire storage and recycling act - allocation of funds, revenue bond repayment fee. ART. 38 Tax expenditure reporting act - cost benefit analysis - repeal. ART. 39 Underground storage tank financial responsibility act - purpose, funding. ART. 40 EFFECTIVE DATE-- July 1, 1997, except as otherwise provided.

6/25/97

031

S 1156

Providence Place Project - loans and credits - exemption from usury laws.

6/25/97

032

S 0898A

Oil spill pollution prevention and control act - repeal. Oil pollution control and tank vessel safety acts - creation - environmental injury compensation act - responders' liability.

6/30/97

033

H 5254Aam

Employment security act - contributions, balancing and employers' accounts, certain charges, experience rates, certain waiting period or benefit credits, ineligibility, income tax withholdings. (Act effective 10/5/97)

7/1/97

034

H 5281Aam

Employment security act - employers' contributions, rates where no experience, state advisory council, claims filing procedure, notice returns, tribunal decisions.

7/1/97

035

H 5479A

Correctional officers or Training School employees - assaults upon with bodily fluids - penalties.

7/1/97

036

H 5836am

School bus drivers - certain offenses - suspensions of certificates.

7/1/97

037

H 5837

Clean water infrastructure act - water suppliers' plans - reviews - Administration Department deletion.

7/1/97

038

H 5878

Brown University professions - property tax exemptions.

7/1/97

039

H 5886

Economic Development Corporation act - definitions, powers, sewer treatment facilities, rules and regulations, orders, inspections, violations, penalties, enforcement procedures, hearings.

7/1/97

040

H 5985

Fire districts - property tax data - Municipal Affairs Office - publication.

7/1/97

041

H 6007A

Industrial property remediation and reuse act - definitions, environmental clean-up objectives, liability for hazardous materials and petroleum release, exemptions, investigations and remedial actions.

7/1/97

042

H 6073B

Tax sales act - advertisements, collector's deed, liability, sales restrictions for delinquent taxpayers - municipality purchases - management and sales, taking for taxes, redevelopment agencies, foreclosures.

7/1/97

043

H 6075A

Commercial driver's licenses - "out of service order" violations - penalties.

7/1/97

044

H 6076

Nursing facilities - moratoriums on certain new facilities and capacities of existing facilities - extension.

7/1/97

045

H 6081

Motor vehicles - "wave" registration plates - display requirements.

7/1/97

046

H 6122A

Tuberculosis control - involuntary detention - New England compact act.

7/1/97

047

H 6182

Children, abused and neglected act - revocations of certain guardianship awards - courts - hearings and notices.

7/1/97

048

H 6187B

Children, abused and neglected act - Family Court - certain restraining orders issued.

7/1/97

049

H 6194

Children, Youth and Families Department - release of certain records to Corrections Department authorized.

7/1/97

050

H 6302

Transportation Department - transfer of certain Smithfield property to the Economic Development Corporation - authorization.

7/1/97

051

H 5062A

Cancer therapies, certain new and under investigation - health insurance coverage act. Various effective dates.

7/2/97

052

H 5434Aam

Financial institutions - ATM fees - surcharge fees - disclosure requirements.

7/2/97

053

H 5603B

Trademarks, service or identification marks - forgery, counterfeiting or alteration - penalties.

7/2/97

054

S 0031am

Johnston and Smithfield - establishment of a regional juvenile hearing board.

7/1/97

055

S 0283

Insurance - foreign HMOs - examinations prior to licensure.

7/1/97

056

S 0291

Securities sales act - broker dealers and investment advisers - violations - Department of Business Regulation - sanctions.

7/1/97

057

S 0325B

Taxation - investment tax credit act - certain leased assets and property. Act effective January 1, 1998.

7/1/97

058

S 0326B

Taxation - credit for research and development facilities and expenses. Act effective January 1, 1998.

7/1/97

059

S 0371Aam

Child adoption act - Family Court - establishment of a voluntary mediation program for termination of parental rights and child protection matters.

7/1/97

060

S 0428Aam

Industrial property remediation and reuse act - definitions, environmental clean-up objectives, liability for hazardous materials and petroleum releases, exemptions, investigations and remedial actions.

7/1/97

061

S 0439

Nursing home administrators - disciplinary proceedings - grounds for discipline.

7/1/97

062

S 0456

Economic Development Corporation act -definitions, powers, orders, Quonset Point/Davisville Industrial Park sewage treatment facility, regulation.

7/1/97

063

S 0472

Children, abused and neglected act - Family Court - revocation of certain guardianships.

7/1/97

064

S 0474

Children, Youth and Families Department - disclosure of certain records to the Corrections Department authorized.

7/1/97

065

S 0480Aam

Motor vehicles - emissions inspection program act - amendments.

7/1/97

066

S 0485

Nursing facilities - moratoriums on certain new facilities and capacities of existing facilities - extension.

7/1/97

067

S 0622am

Insurance - alien companies regulations act.

7/1/97

068

S 0626A

Enterprise zones act - business tax credits and resident business owner tax modifications.

7/1/97

069

S 0640Aam

Securities - Rhode Island uniform securities act - amendments.

7/1/97

070

S 0658

Employment security act - "voluntarily leaving work without good cause" definition.

7/1/97

071

S 0660

Employment security act - claims filing - employment offices.

7/1/97

072

S 0691Aam

Litter control and recycling act - violations - penalties - funds - disposition.

7/1/97

073

S 0709

Children, emotionally disturbed services act - repeal - Children Youth and Families Department - duties and responsibilities.

7/1/97

074

S 0857Aam

Tax sales act - advertisements, collectors' deed, liability, sales restrictions for delinquent taxpayers - municipality purchases - management and sales, taking for taxes, redevelopment agencies, foreclosures.

7/1/97

075

S 1041

Richmond Rural Preservation Land Trust act.

7/1/97

076

H 5159Aam

Abortions, partial birth - prohibition act. Mammograms and pap smears - insurance coverage act.

7/2/97

077

S 0051A

Fair employment practices act - "age" definition Civil rights act of 1990 - discrimination prohibitions - "sex", "handicap" and "age" definitions.

7/2/97

078

S 0305

Motor vehicles, rented or leased, which are stolen - police reporting requirements.

7/2/97

079

S 0328Aam

Amusement ride safety act. Effective 1/1/98.

7/2/97

080

S 0473

Burrillville - juvenile hearing board act

7/2/97

081

S 0807Aam

Education costs - tuition savings program - prepaid tuition plan - savings - tax exemption - State Investment Commission - college saving program - investments.

7/2/97

082

S 0810

Emergency management assistance compact act.

7/2/97

083

S 0836am

Intractable pain treatment act.

7/2/97

084

S 1056am

International investment management services income - business corporations tax - certain exemptions. Applies to taxable years commencing on or after July 1, 1998.

7/2/97

085

S 1098am

Guide dogs act - handicapped persons' rights - public facilities.

7/2/97

086

H 5061am

Land surveyors regulations act - amendments.

7/2/97

087

H 5076

Weapons - requires the reporting of lost or stolen firearms.

7/2/97

088

H 5228am

Westerly - State transfer of the Westerly Armory to the town.

7/2/97

089

H 5811

Motor vehicles reparations act - compulsory automobile insurance provisions repealed on November 1, 1999.

7/2/97

090

H 6803

Richmond Rural Preservation Land Trust act.

7/2/97

091

H 6971A

Education costs - tuition savings program - prepaid tuition plan - savings - tax exemption - State Investment Commission - college saving program - investments.

7/2/97

092

S 0001Aam

Cancer therapies, certain new and under investigation - health insurance coverage act. Various effective dates.

7/2/97

093

S 0026A

Courts - justices and judges - pension act - retirement base rate computations.

7/2/97

094

S 0072

Westerly National Guard Armory - purchase from the state authorized.

7/2/97

095

S 0136Aam

Landlord and tenant act - landlord's right to terminate - waivers - exceptions.

7/2/97

096

S 0169Bam

Teacher assistants - qualifications act - amendments.

7/2/97

097

S 0196

Adult education tax credit act - credits, limit. Effective January 1, 1998

7/2/97

098

S 0227Aam

Financial institutions - definitions and establishment act - mergers, holding or ownership of real estate, regulatory oversight, credit unions, regulatory oversight, mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, interstate purchases, depository change and control act, community obligations, banking offenses, licensed activities, maximum rate of interest, technical defects in law corrected - exempts state agencies from loan licensing provisions.

7/2/97

099

S 0231am

Motor vehicles - child passenger restraint requirements and back seat transporting requirements - exceptions.

7/2/97

100

S 0546Aam

Trademarks, service or identification marks - forgery, counterfeiting or alteration - penalties.

7/2/97

101

S 0557

State publications - clearinghouse act - amendments - clearinghouse advisory committee created.

7/2/97

102

S 0580A

Pedestrian and bike facilities - Transportation Department - planning, design and construction.

7/2/97

103

S 0785Aam

Health care, residential care and adult day care facilities or programs - financial interests - disclosure requirements .

7/2/97

104

S 0070am

Financial institutions - ATM fees - surcharge fees - disclosure requirements.

7/3/97

105

S 0080am

Temporary disability insurance and employment security benefits acts - dependents' allowances - legal guardians.

7/3/97

106

S 0362

Taxation of banks act - taxpayers - refund claims, limitations on assessment.

7/3/97

107

S 0423am

Sexual assault upon a minors - cooperation between Department of Children, Youth and Families with local police.

7/3/97

108

S 0492am

Motor vehicles - commercial - combination plates - gross weight restriction.

7/3/97

109

S 0637

Mobile and manufactured homes act - leases - licensee requirements.

7/3/97

110

S 0648A

Motor vehicles licenses - federal law enforcement officers - official business addresses.

7/3/97

111

S 0651am

Brennan, Mary, - fellowship fund for college students with disabilities.

7/3/97

112

S 0655A

Taxation - small businesses - disabled access credit act. Effective January 1, 1998.

7/3/97

113

S 0671

Uniform commercial code - definitions, "security", "certified securities", and "uncertificated securities".

7/3/97

114

S 0675

Banking and insurance consumer protection act - "insurance" definition.

7/3/97

115

S 0783

Health care facilities - medical director designations.

7/3/97

116

S 0799am

Physicians - disclosure requirements -ownership of certain health facilities or programs.

7/3/97

117

H 5160

Burrillville - juvenile hearing board act.

7/3/97

118

H 5173Aam

Sexual harassment, education and training in the workplace act.

7/3/97

119

H 5202Aam

Assaults on the elderly act - violators - violence and /or substance abuse counseling.

7/3/97

120

H 5299am

Children - emergency medical services program act.

7/3/97

121

H 5431

Senior citizens - unfair home improvement loans - prohibition act.

7/3/97

122

H 5478A

Child enticement act - violations - penalties.

7/3/97

123

H 5486A

Nine -11 uniform emergency telephone system act - purpose, definitions, establishment of service, funding.

7/3/97

124

H 5495

Public buildings - energy revolving fund - proceeds - municipal facilities or alternative fuel vehicles.

7/3/97

125

H 5607A

Street terrorism enforcement and prevention act - gang violence prevention advisory committee created.

7/3/97

126

H 5639

Motor vehicles - veterans' plates - vehicle weight limit.

7/3/97

127

H 5871Aam

Taxation, local - assessors' meeting - notice requirements - taxpayer's intent to bring in account - review restrictions - Superior Court petitions for assessment relief.

7/3/97

128

H 5970

Public utility employee - false impersonation - penalty.

7/3/97

129

H 5988Aam

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority act - elderly and disabled persons - fare reductions or waivers - means testing.

7/3/97

130

H 5998A

Physicians - disclosure requirements -ownership of certain health facilities or programs.

7/3/97

131

H 6015

Health care facilities - physician as medical director designation.

7/3/97

132

H 6090

Coastline protection act - liter control act - adult designated smoking areas.

7/3/97

133

H 6178am

Telephone - refusal to relinquish, damaging or obstructing in an emergency - criminal penalties.

7/3/97

134

H 6190

Domestic violence prevention act - courts - "no contact order."

7/3/97

135

H 6214

Rhode Island Veterans' Memorial Cemetery - certain National Guard members and their spouses - burials.

7/3/97

136

H 6238A

Developmental disabilities - aversion intervention treatments - prohibition.

7/3/97

137

H 6242Aam

Sexual assault act - violators - penalties -special assessment for treatment or counseling.

7/3/97

138

H 6290am

Sundlun, Bruce, Airport Terminal Building - T. F. Green Airport in the city Warwick.

7/3/97

139

H 6297

Child Abuse - "Brendan's Law" - general law section 11-9-5.3.

7/3/97

140

H 6581

Mobile and manufactured homes act - leases - licensee requirements.

7/3/97

141

H 6730

Veterans' Memorial Building - use by chartered veterans' organizations.

7/3/97

142

H 7003

Public Utilities Commission act - electric distribution companies - securitization orders - procedures and requirements.

7/3/97

143

S 0306A

Pharmacies - permits health maintenance organizations to refill prescriptions previously dispensed by another health maintenance organization.

7/3/97

144

S 0321A

Pharmacies - permits state licensed pharmacies to refill prescriptions originally filled at another licensed pharmacy.

7/3/97

145

S 0356

Children placed by certain state departments in group homes or child care facilities - education costs - reimbursement and payments.

7/3/97

146

S 0388am

Tuberculosis control - involuntary detention -New England compact act.

7/3/97

147

S 0393

Warwick - Class AT alcoholic beverage retail licenses - state airport.

7/3/97

148

S 0484 am

Medical licensure and discipline board act - "Peer review board." definition.

7/3/97

149

S 0521Aam

Hearing aid dealers and fitters act - expands rights of consumers - information requirements - advertising standards. Effective January 1, 1998.

7/3/97

150

S 0685

Handicapped - anti discrimination laws - references replaced with the term "disability".

7/3/97

151

S 0693Aam

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses - evasion of fare payment - violations - penalties.

7/3/97

152

S 0704A

Labor - employees and prospective employees - drug testing requirements.

7/3/97

153

S 0779am

Insurance, long term care act - "issuer" definition - nonforfeiture requirements.

7/3/97

154

S 0843Aam

Dentistry - anesthesia and nitrous oxide regulations - additional licensing fees - exemption.

7/3/97

155

S 1157am

Agricultural and farm laborers - minimum wage and workers' compensation acts - - certain exemptions.

7/3/97

156

H 5632A

Sexual offender registration and community notification act - mandated registration time.

7/3/97

157

H 5679

Workers' compensation administrative fund act - workers' compensation advisory council - funding.

7/3/97

158

H 5680A

Workers' compensation advisory council - composition.

7/3/97

159

H 5958

Children placed by certain state departments and in group homes or child care facilities etc - education costs - reimbursement and payments.

7/3/97

160

H 5961Aam

Teen pregnancy prevention partnership act.

7/3/97

161

H 6004am

Insurance, long term care act - "issuer" definition - nonforfeiture requirements.

7/3/97

162

H 6025A

Health care, residential care, adult day care programs and facilities - financial interest disclosures - patient referals.

7/3/97

163

H 6179Aam

Health and life insurance benefit plans - unfair discrimination against subjects of abuse act.

7/3/97

164

H 6180

Domestic violence prevention act - offenders - batterers intervention program. Effective January 1, 1998.

7/3/97

165

H 6186Aam

Domestic violence prevention act - batterers intervention standards oversight committee.

7/3/97

166

H 6254A

Obstetric and gynecological services - health insurance coverage act. Effective January 1, 1998.

7/3/97

167

H 6271am

Health insurance - whistleblowers' protection act.

7/3/97

168

H 6745A

Motor vehicles - alternative fueled vehicle incentives act of 1997 - tax incentive provisions.

7/3/97

169

H 6816A

Retirement systems, teachers, state and municipal employees - service credit provisions.

7/3/97

170

H 6935Aam

Child support enforcement reform act - amendments - federal requirements. Various effective dates.

7/3/97

171

H 6987A

Family independence act - amendments - federal requirements.

7/3/97

172

H 6993

Refuse disposal act - "expansion" definition - violations - penalties.

7/3/97

173

H 5840A

District Court - clerk/magistrate appointment - powers, duties.

7/4/97

174

S 0149am

Obstetric and gynecological services - health insurance coverage act. Effective January 1, 1998.

7/3/97

175

S 0547

Tiverton and Little Compton - juvenile hearing board act.

7/3/97

176

S 0771Aam

Teen pregnancy prevention partnership act.

7/3/97

177

S 0829am

Ice safety program - Environmental Management Department - elementary schools.

7/3/97

178

H 6188Aam

Child adoption act - Family Court - decrees of open adoption.

7/3/97

179

H 6749Aam

Taxation - municipalities - real estate property reevaluations every nine years - property taxation - permanent legislative oversight commission created.

7/3/97

180

S 0270

Pipefitters and refrigeration technicians, fire protection sprinkler contractors and journeypersons, sprinkler fitters and oil heat contractors - regulations act - corporations and firms engaged in business - licensure and regulation provisions.

7/8/97

181

S 0413am

Telecommunications - theft of services act.

7/8/97

182

S 0418

Veterans - disabled - tax exemptions - certain homesteads.

7/8/97

183

S 0434am

Criminal injuries compensation act - "victim" definition - compensation to certain terrorism victims.

7/8/97

184

S 0437am

Elections - independent candidates for political office - filing restrictions.

7/8/97

185

S 0489am

Boats - identification number and registration fee provisions. Effective January 1, 1999.

7/8/97

186

S 0605

Antique motorcycles - motor vehicle code provisions.

7/8/97

187

S 0607am

Juvenile records - disposition - police reports - copies - parents, guardians or attorneys.

7/8/97

188

S 0805B

Business corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability company act - amendments.

7/8/97

189

S 0870

Public finance management board act - officers, meetings.

7/8/97

190

S 1104

East Tiverton Water and Fire District - creation.

7/8/97

191

S 1138

Exeter - home rule charter validation and ratification.

7/8/97

192

S 1148

State - authorization to borrow in anticipation of taxes.

7/8/97

193

S 0312Aam

Motor vehicles - attempts to elude police officers - high speed chases - violations -sanctions - procedures.

7/7/97

194

S 0387A

Health care - long term care system planning act - state departments - requirements.

7/7/97

195

S 0463Bam

Physicians - medical practice closures - record preservation provisions.

7/7/97

196

S 0526Aam

Environmental compliance incentive act.

7/7/97

197

S 0669

Insurance - bank holding companies - certain exemptions regarding the sale of insurance.

7/7/97

198

S 0784A

Elderly affairs - assisted housing living waiver act.

7/7/97

199

S 0048

Eldred, John, Parkway - section of Route 138 in Jamestown.

7/8/97

200

S 0052

Cranston - taxation - repeals sunset provision of the homestead exemption act.

7/8/97

201

S 0062am

Pawtucket - elections - polls - closing hours.

7/8/97

202

S 0108A

Aquardiente by the bottle sales - Business Regulation Department - rules and regulations.

7/8/97

203

S 0170

School department employees - assaults upon - felony.

7/8/97

204

S 0175

Veterans - burial in the Rhode Island Veterans' Cemetery - eligibility - four years of service and honorable discharges.

7/8/97

205

S 0188

North Kingstown - North Kingstown Free Library - bonds.

7/8/97

206

S 0190

Vandalism - damage to government property - penalties.

7/8/97

207

S 0223

Tiverton - unpaid sewer charges - lien upon real property authorized.

7/8/97

208

S 0309am

Children, under the age of seven and left unattended in motor vehicles - law enforcement officers - verbal warnings to operators.

7/8/97

209 S

0316

Adult Education Commission - composition - policy.

7/8/97

210

S 0344A

Employment - temporary agencies - bond to payroll and other taxes - certain exceptions.

7/8/97

211

S 0350A

Teachers - retirement system - post retirement employment.

7/8/97

212

S 0353

Teachers, public school, supervisors, administrators, licensed professional, certificate or board of regents employees - immunity from liability act.

7/8/97

213

S 0376am

Sexually transmitted diseases act - hypodermic needles and syringes exchange program.

7/8/97

214

S 0377Aam

Education curriculum - animal dissection or vivisection - parents or legal guardians of students - refusal right - alternative projects choice.

7/8/97

215

S 0422

Medicare beneficiaries - eye wear prescriptions - options.

7/8/97

216

S 0424

Optometrists act - service providers - contracts involving the expenditure of public funds - applications for participation.

7/8/97

217

S 0476Aam

Child care and youth serving agency workers - certification act - definitions and criminal record checks.

7/8/97

218

S 0529

School bus owners - insurance requirement - liability limitation.

7/8/97

219

S 0536am

Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission act - notice of entry - authorized agents and employees - property damage - compensation provisions.

7/8/97

220

S 0552

Cranston - certificate of liens - fees.

7/8/97

221

S 0565am

Gift certificates, unredeemed - Taxation Division - escheat of certain funds.

7/8/97

222

S 0572

Resource Recovery Corporation act - highway construction - eminent domain provisions - corporation purposes - Industrial Park in the Town of Johnston - development assistance - general powers and duties concerning real and personal property.

7/8/97

223

S 0596

Taxation - stock options - gains - certain exemptions - qualifications. Effective January 1, 1998.

7/8/97

224

S 0611am

Bristol - certain tax exemptions - rate. Retroactive application.

7/8/97

225

S 0632A

Weapon range owners - noise or noise pollution restrictions - certain immunity from prosecution.

7/8/97

226

S 666am

Insurance fraud prevention act - applicants - arson conviction disclosures - certain exceptions.

7/8/97

227

S 0708am

Plumbers - journeypersons' licenses - qualifications, on the job training requirement - time period.

7/8/97

228

S 0773Aam

Child care and youth serving agency workers - certification act - definitions and criminal record checks.

7/8/97

229

S 0790A

Boats - identification and registration fees act - certain vessels of historic value - transfers of certificates - fees.

7/8/97

230

S 0813

Pawtucket and Providence - vacant and abandoned real estate - nonutilization tax act.

7/8/97

231

S 0823am

Sunday business licenses act - city and town councils - rules and regulations.

7/8/97

232

S 0847A

Refuse or solid waste - service of removal notices - permissible methods of service.

7/8/97

233

S 0860

Providence - property tax reevaluation - extension - December 31, 1998.

7/8/97

234

S 0871

West Warwick - municipal lien certificate fees.

7/8/97

235

S 0872

Newport - housing authority - members - terms.

7/8/97

236

S 0875

East Greenwich - assessment and taxation of new real estate construction.

7/8/97

237

S 902am

East Providence - homestead tax exemption for residential real estate act. Retroactive provisions.

7/8/97

238

S 0903A

East Providence - property tax classification act - dual rate authorized. Retroactive provisions.

7/8/97

239

S 0909

New Shoreham - taxes - option for quarterly payments.

7/8/97

240

S 0911

New Shoreham - businesses - Sunday sales hours.

7/8/97

241

S 0920

Portsmouth - Watershed Protection Overlay District - notices - exemption from certified or registered mail requirement.

7/8/97

242

S 0938

Exeter - taxes paid in error - cancel or forgiving provisions.

7/8/97

243

S 0996

Harrisville Fire District - charter amendment.

7/8/97

244

S 1002

Cranston and Providence - vacant and abandoned real estate - nonutilization tax act.

7/8/97

245

S 1015A

South Kingstown - state grants - computation - valuation of certain tax exempt property.

7/8/97

246

S 1024

Bristol - veterans and unmarried widow or widower of a deceased veterans - tax exemptions.

7/8/97

247

S 1044

Cranston - economic development tax incentive program act.

7/8/97

248

S 1067

Cumberland - new real estate construction - taxation act.

7/8/97

249

S 1100

North Providence - property tax classification and homestead tax exemptions acts - "class five" properties. Retroactive provisions.

7/8/97

250

S 1105

West Greenwich - home charter validated and ratified.

7/8/97

251

S 1108

Glocester - home rule charter - amendments validated and ratified.

7/8/97

252

S 1109

Kent County Water Authority - stabilizes rates for persons over age sixty-five.

7/8/97

253

S 1115

Barrington - department of public works employees who are members of the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC, Local 14845 bargaining unit - retirement benefits.

7/8/97

254

S 1122

Governor's appointments - Senate - time period for consideration.

7/8/97

255

S 1127

Barrington - commercial property owners participating in the sign design and replacement program - tax abatement.

7/8/97

256

S 1132

Woonsocket - firefighters appointed on or prior to July 1, 1985 - optional retirement system.

7/8/97

257

H 5161

Cranston - homestead tax exemption act - repeal date removed.

7/8/97

258

H 5267

Cranston - homestead tax exemption act - repeal date removed - certain passage of property titles - prorations of exemptions authorized.

7/8/97

259

H 5571am

Life saving equipment requirement act - lakes and ponds - municipal requirements.

7/8/97

260

H 5647A

Deer hunting act - landowner's right to protect property - certain Environmental Management Department permits.

7/8/97

261

H 5652Aam

Nurses - regulation act - "psychiatric and mental health nurse clinical specialist" definition - prescriptive privileges process.

7/8/97

262

H 5655

Bait and recreational fishing products sales - Sundays and holidays.

7/8/97

263

H 5661

Pipefitters and refrigeration technicians, fire protection sprinkler contractors and journeypersons, sprinkler fitters and oil heat contractors - regulations act - corporations and firms engaged in business - licensure and regulation provisions.

7/8/97

264

H 5670

Brushneck Cove and Buttonwoods Cove - wild bird protections act.

7/8/97

265

H 5774

Osteoporosis program act.

7/8/97

266

H 5792am

Electricians regulations act - forms of licenses.

7/8/97

267

H 5919am

Veterans - vital records act - fee exemption for certain copies and record searches.

7/8/97

268

H 6002am

Boats - regulations act - registration and fees - commercial vessels. Effective date January 1, 1999.

7/8/97

269

H 6301A

Employer request for tax and income information from applicants - prohibition act.

7/8/97

270

H 6337

Cumberland - municipal court act.

7/8/97

271

H 6382am

Elevators placed out of service - requirements act.

7/8/97

272

H 6475

North Smithfield - competitive bidding - contract amount provisions.

7/8/97

273

H 6575

Harrisville Fire District act - charter amendment.

7/8/97

274

H 6609

East Greenwich - new real estate construction - taxation act.

7/8/97

275

H 6669

North Providence - Mayor's compensation.

7/8/97

276

H 6776

Lobsters, uncooked - mutilation prohibitions - certain processsing facilities - exemptions.

7/8/97

277

H 6828

Bristol - veterans and unmarried widow or widower of a deceased veteran - tax exemptions.

7/8/97

278

H 6830

Hopkinton - financial town meeting date.

7/8/97

279

H 6846Aam

Chariho Regional School District act - Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton - assessment provisions.

7/8/97

280

H 6857

Pawtucket - bonds - school buildings.

7/8/97

281

H 6858

Pawtucket - bonds - roads and traffic control improvements.

7/8/97

282

H 6859

Pawtucket - bonds - streets and sidewalks.

7/8/97

283

H 6861

Pawtucket - bonds - sanitary and storm drains.

7/8/97

284

H 6923

Partnerships act - registered limited liability or foreign registered limited liability - professional legal services.

7/8/97

285

H 6966

East Tiverton Water and Fire District act.

7/8/97

286

H 6973

North Providence - new real estate construction - taxation act.

7/8/97

287

H 6985

Soil amendment act - registration requirements - compost facilities - waivers.

7/8/97

288

H 7006

Exeter - home rule charter - validation and ratification.

7/8/97

289

H 7032

Ashaway Fire District - charter amendment.

7/8/97

290

H 5058

Eldred, John, Parkway - section of Route 138 in Jamestown.

7/8/97

291

H 5102

Nuisances involving intoxicating liquors - penalties.

7/8/97

292

H 5156

Hardware stores - Sunday business act provisions.

7/8/97

293

H 5189

Students - certain allergic emergencies - school personnel administering epinephrine - liability immunity.

7/8/97

294

H 5256am

Emergency medical transportation services companies - advertisements - emergency dial 911 reference.

7/8/97

295

H 5269Aam

Real estate appraisers act - certification requirements.

7/8/97

296

H 5282am

Temporary disability insurance and employment security benefits act - dependents' allowances - court appointed wards.

7/8/97

297

H 5350A

Elderly housing - emergency generator requirement act

7/8/97

298

H 5441

Pool stores - Sunday and holiday business act provisions.

7/8/97

299

H 5573am

Public officials, elected or appointed - threats and extortion prohibition act.

7/8/97

300

H 5576

Vandalism - damage to government property - penalties.

7/8/97

301

H 5615

North Kingstown - charter amendments - validation and ratification.

7/8/97

302

H 5787A

Motor vehicles, owned, leased or utilized by rental companies - excise tax act provisions.

7/8/97

303

H 5804A

Survey plans received for recording - requirements

7/8/97

304

H 5813am

School speech and language pathologists - continuing education units.

7/8/97

305

H 5821A

Education - Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary - applicability of administrative procedures act provisions.

7/8/97

306

H 5822am

Health care facilities personnel - photo identification badge requirement.

7/8/97

307

H 5846A

Teachers' tenure act - probationary period.

7/8/97

308

H 5858A

Restraining orders - court clerks - police department copies.

7/8/97

309

H 5892am

Sexually transmitted diseases act - hypodermic needles and syringes exchange program.

7/8/97

310

H 5895

Resource Recovery Corporation act - highway construction - eminent domain provisions - corporation purposes - Industrial Park in the Town of Johnston - development assistance - general powers and duties concerning real and personal property.

7/8/97

311

H 5904B

Courts - chief supervisory clerk powers - Supreme and Superior Court Chief Justices.

7/8/97

312

H 5917

Taxation - stock options - gains - certain exemptions - qualifications. Effective January 1, 1998.

7/8/97

313

H 5943

Court records, state - disposition committee - composition.

7/8/97

314

H 5956A

Teachers - retirement system - post retirement employment.

7/8/97

315

H 5968

Bail and recognizance act - money deposited in lieu of bail - restitution and other assessments - deductions.

7/8/97

316

H 5984am

Pawtucket - elections - polls - closing hours.

7/8/97

317

H 6038A

Criminal injuries compensation act - "victim" definition - compensation to certain terrorism victims.

7/8/97

318

H 6068am

Water outlets, faucets - flow rate requirements - state building code.

7/8/97

319

H 6113am

Housing, low and moderate income - existing - retrofitting considerations.

7/8/97

320

H 6118A

Electronic signatures and records act - state departments and agencies.

7/8/97

321

H 6156

Refuse, solid waste or filth removal - local health regulations - expense assesment - liens.

7/8/97

322

H 6219Aam

Child care and youth serving agency workers - certification act - definitions and criminal record checks.

7/8/97

323

H 6255

Newport - housing authority - members - terms.

7/8/97

324

H 6345am

Condominium act - lien for assessments - collections - costs and attorney's fees.

7/8/97

325

H 6365

Resource Recovery Corporation - debt refinancing.

7/8/97

326

H 6385A

Statutes - reenactment of titles 8 through 10, titles 23-26 through 24 and titles 35 through 41 - technical corrections to certain general laws sections. Reenactment provisions effective December 31, 1997.

7/8/97

327

H 6515

Veterans' bonus act - Vietnam era provisions.

7/8/97

328

H 6550

Bristol - certain tax exemptions - rate. Retroactive application.

7/8/97

329

H 6563

Writers, composers and artists - tax exemption acts.

7/8/97

330

H 6576

Coventry - sewer authority act.

7/8/97

331

H 6580A

Health clubs regulation act - bonding requirement - certain exemptions.

7/8/97

332

H 6716

Administrative Adjudication or Municipal Court officials - assaults upon - penalties.

7/8/97

333

H 6725

Gift certificates, unredeemed - Taxation Division - escheat of certain funds.

7/8/97

334

H 6838

Tiverton - unpaid sewage charges - liens.

7/8/97

335

H 6841am

Warren - tax exemption acts.

7/8/97

336

H 6860

Pawtucket - bonds - recreation facilities.

7/8/97

337

H 6930

Providence - property tax reevaluation - date extension - December 31, 1998.

7/8/97

338

H 6960

Fire districts - bond of tax collectors - exemptions.

7/8/97

339

H 7023

East Greenwich - bonds - sewer lines.

7/8/97

340

H 5122Aam

Telecommunications businesses - licensing and regulations act.

7/8/97

341

H 5270

Real estate appraiser certification act - board - composition - licensing requirements.

7/8/97

342

H 5794A

Insurance business - unfair competition and practices act - preferred repair shops requirements.

7/8/97

343

H 5844A

Veterinary practice act - amendments.

7/8/97

344

H 5859

Transportation Department - maintenance division - contracts.

7/8/97

345

H 6109B

Insurance coverage acts - registered nurse anesthetist services - third party reimbursement.

7/8/97

346

H 6110A

Electricians - regulations act - limited premises certificate licenses.

7/8/97

347

H 6142A

Alcoholic beverages - manufacturing and wholesale licensing act - brewpub manufacturers - license provisions.

7/8/97

348

H 6224Aam

Physicians - medical licensure and discipline act - public information provisions. Various effective dates.

7/8/97

349

H 6225

Motor vehicles - commercial drivers licenses - insulin dependent persons.

7/8/97

350

H 6233am

Occupational therapy regulations act - amendments.

7/8/97

351

H 6259am

Medical licensure and discipline board act - "peer review board" definition - certain committees of a professional service or nonprofit corporation.

7/8/97

352

H 6282

Health maintenance organization act - patient communications - health care providers - prohibition against restraint or provider.

7/8/97

353

H 6476A

Motor vehicles, rental - liability of owners for negligence of operators.

7/8/97

354

H 6566Aam

Scenic highway system - designations and withdrawals - state requirements.

7/8/97

355

H 6728

Exeter - taxes paid in error - cancellation.

7/8/97

356

H 6234Bam

Smoke detector law - residential properties - installation requirements - property transfers. Applies to transfers recorded on or after October 1, 1997.

7/7/97

357

H 6288Aam

Electric utilities - restructuring act - state and municipal rights, authorizations, approvals and taxation statutes.

7/7/97

358

H 6468B

Physicians - requirements following the close of a practice.

7/7/97

359

H 6656A

Long term care system planning act - state departments and agencies.

7/7/97

360

H 6744am

Public drinking water supply systems protection act

7/7/97

361

H 6772

Mechanics' lien act - rental or lease equipment included.

7/7/97

362

S 0107B

Employers - tax incentives act.

7/8/97

363

S 0435A

Elections - state committees - powers - failure of candidates to file or qualify for public office.

7/8/97

364

S 0613

Weapons act provisions - Law Enforcement Standards and Training Commission - police departments - requirements.

7/8/97

365

S 0721B

Insurance coverage acts - registered nurse anesthetist services - third party reimbursement.

7/8/97

366

S 0759

Real estate appraiser certification act - board - composition - licensing requirements.

7/8/97

367

S 0887A

Alcoholic beverages - retail licenses act - "brew on premises" license.

7/8/97

368

S 0987

Woonsocket - public water system act.

7/8/97

369

H 6672A

Scenic highway system - designations and withdrawals - state requirements.

7/8/97



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