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1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-001

95-House - #:5161 - An Act Relating To Holidays And Days Of Special Observance


Sponsors: Cambio, Palangio, Montanaro, Caruolo, Quick

This Act Would Designate The First Week Of May In Each Year Rhode Island Speech-Language-Hearing Awareness Week. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:01/25/1995


1995-C-002

95-Senate - #:0069 - An Act Naming The Joseph F. Lambert Memorial Little League Field


Sponsors: Kells

This Act Would Name A New Little League Field Located A The John T Owens Memorial Field Located On Niantic Avenue In The City Of Providence The Joseph F. Lambert Memorial Field. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:01/20/1995


1995-C-003

95-House - #:5458 - An Act Relating To The Budget


Sponsors: Crowley

This Act Would Extend The Date For Submission Of The Board Of Regents' Review Of The Department Of Education To April 30, 1995. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:02/01/1995


1995-C-004

95-Senate - #:0291 - An Act Relating To Subdivisions


Sponsors: Disandro, Holland

This Act Would Allow The Last Notice Of Advertisment For Hearings On Subdivisions To Be Published On The Day Of The Hearing For All Subdivisions Approved Or Pending Prior To December 31, 1994.This act would take effect upon passage and all acts and sections of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. In all other respects, the Rhode Island Land Development and Subdivision review Enabling Act of 1992, chapter 23 of title 45 of the RhodeIsland general laws is hereby ratified and approved.

Effective date:02/01/1995


1995-C-005

95-House - #:5659 - An Act Relating To Public Finance-- State Budget


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long

This Act Would Extend The Time For The Submission Of The Fy 1995-1996 Budget To March 10, 1995.

Keywords: State Government--Fiscal

Effective date:02/13/1995


1995-C-006

95-House - #:5871 - An Act Relating To Solemnization Of Marriages


Sponsors: Teitz

[U.S. District Court Judge Raymond J. Pettine To Perform A Marriage]

Effective date:02/13/1995


1995-C-007

95-House - #:5306Aam - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses -- Stalking


Sponsors: Knowles, Pires, Burlingame, Benoit, Henseler

This Act Makes A Clarification To The Stalking Statute. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Crime

Effective date:02/16/1995


1995-C-008

95-House - #:5552 - An Act Relating To The Chariho Regional School District -- Financial Meeting


Sponsors: Kennedy, Bumpus, Garvey, And Henseler

This Act Would Set The Meeting Date For The Chariho Regional School District As March 14, 1995. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:02/16/1995


1995-C-009

95-House - #:6697 - An Act Relating To Elections-- Election And Voting Machines And Supplies


Sponsors: Anzeveno, Cambio, Mesolella, Montalbano, Desimone

This Act Would Provide For Optical Scan Precinct Count Voting Equipment To Be Used In North Providence On March 21, 1995 On A Trial Basis. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:02/17/1995


1995-C-010

95-Senate - #:1302 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of Coventry To Issue General Obligation Bonds And Notes In An Amount Not To Exceed $4,760,000 For Financing The Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of A New Public Library In The Town


Sponsors: Day

This Act Would Authorize The Town Of Coventry To Issue Four Million Seven Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($4,760,000) Of General Obligation Bonds And Notes In Order To Construct, Furnish And Equip A New Public Library In The Town. Section 11 And 12 Areeffective upon passage. The remainder of the act shall take effect upon approval of the act by the electors of the town of Coventry.

Keywords: Libraries; Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:03/24/1995


1995-C-011

95-House - #:6807 - An Act Relating To Chariho Regional School District - Financial Meeting


Sponsors: Kennedy, Bumpus, Garvey

This Act Would Set The Meeting Date For The Chariho Regional School District As March 25, 1995. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:03/27/1995


1995-C-012

95-Senate - #:1319 - An Act Relating To State Purchases


Sponsors: Lenihan

This Act Extends The Time For The Implementation Of The Rhode Island Vendor Information Program To April 1996, And Requires The Director Of The Department Of Administration To Make Monthly Reports To The Chairperson Of The House And Senate Finance Committee on progress being made in the implementation of the program. This act, which extends the date of implementation fo the program, would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-013

95-Senate - #:0030 - An Act Validating And Ratifying Amendments To The Home Rule Charter Of The Town Of Barrington


Sponsors: Bates

This Act Ratifies And Validates The Amendments To The Barrington Town Charter Which Were Approved By The Electors Of The Town Of Barrington At The Polls On November 8, 1994.

Effective date:04/06/1995


1995-C-014

95-Senate - #:0078 - An Act Ratifying The Home Rule Charter Of Little Compton


Sponsors: Enos

No Explanation Provided. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:04/06/1995


1995-C-015

95-Senate - #:1243 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of South Kingstown To Finance The Remodeling And Reconstruction Of The Hazard School And To Issue Not More Than $2,000,000 Bonds Therefor.


Sponsors: Holland, Disandro

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:04/11/1995


1995-C-016

95-Senate - #:1244 - An Act In Amendment Of Chapter 450 Of The Public Laws Of 1990, Entitled "An Act Authorizing The Town Of South Kingstown To Finance The Acquisition Of Land And The Construction, Equipping And Furnishing Of A


Sponsors: Holland, Disandro

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:04/11/1995


1995-C-017

95-Senate - #:0159 am - An Act Relating To The City Of Pawtucket -- Municipal Police Court -- Municipal Housing Court


Sponsors: Coderre, Irons, Montalbano, Mcburney, Perry

This Act Would Establish A Separate Housing Court For The City Of Pawtucket. The Act Would Also Set Forth The Powers And Procedure Of The Housing Court. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Municipal Courts

Effective date:04/12/1995


1995-C-018

95-House - #:5166 am - An Act Relating To Holidays And Days Of Special Observance


Sponsors: Castro, Burlingame, Benson, Metts, Picard

This Act Creates The Martin Luther King State Holiday Commission, A Permanent Commission Consisting Of 31 Members. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:04/14/1995


1995-C-019

95-Senate - #:0320 am - An Act Relating To The Law Enforcement Officers' Bill Of Rights


Sponsors: Tavares Bates, Irons, Badeau And Mathieu Et Al

This Act Provides Extensive Changes To The Law Enforcement Officers' Bill Of Rights. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:04/14/1995


1995-C-020

95-Senate - #:0382 am - An Act Relating To The Regulation Of Earth Removal In The Town Of Glocester


Sponsors: Fogarty, Flynn, Gorham

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/14/1995


1995-C-021

95-House - #:6975 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of Westerly To Issue Bonds And Notes To An Amount Not Exceeding $475,000 To Finance The Construction And Expansion Of Sewers And Sewerage Systems In The Franklin St. And Riverdale Gardens Areas Of Town


Sponsors: Walter

This Act Authorizes The Town Of Westerly To Issue Bonds And Notes To An Amount Not Exceeding $475,000 To Finance The Construction And Expansion Of Sewers And Sewerage Systems In The Franklin Street And Riverdale Gardens Areas Of Town.Section 14 and 15 shall take effect upon passage. The remainder of the act takes effect upon approval of the question provided for in section 14.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:05/02/1995


1995-C-022

95-House - #:6976 - An Act Authorizing Westerly To Issue Bonds And Notes Not Exceeding $1,374,000 To Finance The Construction & Expansion Of Sewers Into Mockingbird Lane, Lovat Lane, East Ave (From Intersection With Butterfly Drive To Intersection With Watch Hill Road)


Sponsors: Walter

Babcock Road, Davis Street, David Street, Stone Hill Drive, Brass Ring Road, Cedar Crest Drive, Fairfield Drive, Westview Drive And Birch Drive Areas Of Town. Sections 14 And 15 Shall Take Effect Upon Passage. The Remainder Of The Act Takes Effectupon approval of the question provided for in section 14.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:05/02/1995


1995-C-023

95-Senate - #:1373 - An Act Authorizing Town Of Lincoln To Issue General Obligation Bonds And Notes In An Amount Not To Exceed $10,482,000 For The Purpose Of Financing The Construction Of Or Additions To, Renovation, Improvement,...


Sponsors: Debatt

This Act Would Authorize The Town Of Lincoln To Issue Ten Million Four Hundred Eighty Two Thousand Dollars Of General Obligation Bonds And Notes In Order To Construct, Make Additions To Renovate, Improve, Furnish And Equip Public Schools In The Town.Section 11 and 12 are effective upon passage. The remainder of the act shall take effect upon approval of the act by the electors of the town of Lincoln.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-023 Cont.

95-Senate - #:1373 CONT. - Continued (Lincoln)...Furnishing And Equipping Of Public Schools In The Town


Sponsors: Debatt

This Act Would Authorize The Town Of Lincoln To Issue Ten Million Four Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Dollars ($10,482,000) Of General Obligation Bonds And Notes In Order To Construct, Make Additions To, Renovate, Improve, Furnish And Equip Public Schoolsin the Town. SECTION 11 and 12 are effective upon passage. The remainder of the act shall take effect upon approval of the act by the electors of the Town of Lincoln.

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995-C-024

95-House - #:6876 - An Act Relating To The Financial Town Meeting For The Town Of Hopkinton


Sponsors: Kennedy

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/05/1995


1995-C-025

95-House - #:6982 - An Act Relating To Elections


Sponsors: Levesque, M

This Act Would Provide For Optical Scan Voting Equipment To Be Used In Jamestown On June 7, 1995 On A Trial Basis. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:05/08/1995


1995-C-026

95-House - #:6906 - An Act Authorizing The State To Borrow In Anticipation Of Receipts From Taxes


Sponsors: Pires

This Act Would Authorize The State To Borrow Up To $150,000,000 In Anticipation Of Receipts From Taxes. This Act Would Take Effect July 1, 1995.

Effective date:07/01/1995


1995-C-027

95-House - #:5422 - An Act Ratifying The Home Rule Charter Of The Town Of Little Compton


Sponsors: Quick, Little

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/10/1995


1995-C-028

95-House - #:7026 - An Act Relating To Elections -- Lincoln


Sponsors: Menard, Mcdevitt, Winfield, Montalbano

No Explanation Provided. (Optical Scan Precinct Count Voting System For June 6, 1995 Election).

Keywords: Optical Scan, Voting

Effective date:05/11/1995


1995-C-029

95-Senate - #:0947 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions -- Telecommunications


Sponsors: Enos

This Act Would Extend The License Application Without Examination Period Under The Grandfather Clause From 6 Months To 10 Months. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:05/12/1995


1995-C-030

95-Senate - #:1283 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of New Shoreham To Elect The School Committee Of The Town On A Non-Partisan Ballot


Sponsors: Holland, Hanaway, Walaska, Lawrence

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Home Rule Charter

Effective date:05/12/1995


1995-C-031

95-Senate - #:1433 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of Lincoln To Issue General Obligation Bonds And Notes In An Amount Not To Exceed Ten Million Four Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Dollars ($10,482,000) For The Purpose Of Financing...


Sponsors: Debatt

This Act Would Authorize The Town Of Lincoln To Issue Ten Million Four Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Dollars ($10,482,000) Of General Obligation Bonds And Notes In Order To Construct, Make Additions To, Renovate, Improve, Furnish And Equip Public Schools In the Town. Sections 11, 12 and 13 are effective upon passage. The remainder of the act shall take effect upon approval of the act by the electors of the Town of Lincoln.

Keywords: School Bonds

Effective date:05/16/1995


1995-C-032

95-House - #:6678 Aam - An Act Relating To Civil Rights


Sponsors: Gaschen, Fox, Benoit, Callahan, Pires

This Act Would Prohibit Discrimination In Credit, Housing, Employment And Public Accommodations Based On Sexual Orientation. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Gay Rights

Effective date:05/22/1995


1995-C-032

95-House - #:6678(cont) - An Act Relating To Civil Rights


Sponsors: Gaschen, Fox, Benoit, Callahan, Pires

This Act Would Prohibit Discrimination In Credit, Housing, Employment And Public Accommodations Based On Sexual Orientation. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Gay Rights

Effective date:05/22/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-033

95-House - #:5857 - An Act Relating To Permanent Joint Committee On Naming All New Buildings, Bridges, Edifices, And Other State Constructions


Sponsors: Lynch

This Act Would Name The Newly Constructed Bridge On Pawtucket Avenue In Rumford, East Providence The Patrick F. Mcnamara Bridge. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:05/20/1995


1995-C-034

95-Senate - #:1446 - An Act Relating To Elections


Sponsors: Algiere, Sullivan

This Act Would Provide For Optical Scan Voting Equipment To Be Used In Westerly On June 20, 1995 On A Trial Basis. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Elections, Voting

Effective date:05/23/1995


1995-C-035

95-Senate - #:1447 - An Act Relating To Elections


Sponsors: Holland, Disandro

This Act Would Provide For Optical Scan Voting Equipment To Be Used In South Kingstown On June 20, 1995 On A Trial Basis. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Elections, Voting

Effective date:05/23/1995


1995-C-036

95-Senate - #:1187 - An Act Relating To Property Subject To Taxation


Sponsors: Alves

This Act Would Amend The Schedule For Exemptions From The Assessed Valuation On Real Property For Any Person Who Is Sixty-Five (65) Years Or Older. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions; Elderly

Effective date:06/01/1995


1995-C-037

95-Senate - #:0079 - An Act Relating To Labor -- Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act


Sponsors: Fogarty, Algeire, Disandro

This Act Would Create The Rhode Island Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act Which Would Provide To A State Or Municipal Employee Paid Leave For Up To 10 Days Each Year While Such Employee Is Providing Disaster Relief Services. This Act Would Take Effectupon passage.

Keywords: Municipal Employees; Emergencies

Effective date:06/06/1995


1995-C-038

95-Senate - #:1082 - An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations -- Workers' Compensation


Sponsors: Badeau

This Act Would Clarify That This Section Referring To A General Contractor, Subcontractor Or Construction Manager Applies Only To Employers With Four Or More Employees As Defined In Section 28-29-06. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/06/1995


1995-C-039

95-House - #:5021 - An Act Relating To Motor Vehicles -- Uri Centennial Plates


Sponsors: S. Anderson

This Act Would Allow Uri Centennial Plates To Be Placed On Commercial Vehicles And Would Allow Such Plates To Be Kept And Displayed, Conditioned Upon The Regular Plates Being Turned In. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: License Plates

Effective date:06/09/1995


1995-C-040

95-Senate - #:1325 - An Act In Amendment Of Chapter 3698 Of The Public Laws Of 1956, Entitled "An Act Authorizing The Town Of West Warwick To Establish A Pension Plan For Policemen And Firemen"


Sponsors: Alves, Day

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/09/1995


1995-C-041

95-House - #:6926 - An Act Relating To Retail Licenses


Sponsors: Lombardo

This Act Would Permit The Board Of Licenses Of The Town Of Warren To Exempt Applications For Certain Liquor Licenses From The Prohibition Against Issuing Such Licenses Within Two Hundred Feet Of A School Or Church. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Alcoholic Beverages

Effective date:06/13/1995


1995-C-042

95-Senate - #:0692 - An Act Relating To Physician Assistants


Sponsors: Day

This Act Would Provide For The Licensure And Clinical Supervision Of Physician Assistants And Define The Party Responsible For Medical Liability.This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/14/1995


1995-C-043

95-Senate - #:0717 - An Act Relating To A Nondisciplinary Alternative To License Discipline For Nurses


Sponsors: Graziano, Cicilline, Polisena, Goodwin, Mathieu

This Act Would Empower The Board Of Nurse Registartion And Nurse Education To Provide For A Nondisciplinary Altenative To License Discipline For Nurses. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/14/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-044

95-Senate - #:0992B - An Act Relating To Workers' Compensation


Sponsors: Sullivan, Flynn

This Act Provides Several Changes To Enable The Workers' Compensation To Be Administered More Efficiently. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/08/1995


1995-C-045

95-Senate - #:0270 - An Act Relating To Governmental Tort Liability


Sponsors: Gorham

This Amendment Would Provide That The Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000 Tort Claim Cap Against The State Would Apply To All Cases Against The State; Delete The Fifty Thousand Dollar ($50,000) Indemnification Cap; And Allow The State To Be Substituted Fora state employee under certain circumstances. The act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: State Government

Effective date:06/14/1995


1995-C-046

95-House - #:6994 - An Act Relating To Levy And Assessment Of Local Taxes - North Providence


Sponsors: Anzeveno, Wasylyk, Montalbano, Cambio, Mesolella

No Explanation Provided. [Property Tax Classification]

Effective date:06/16/1995


1995-C-047

95-Senate - #:1466 - An Act Authorizing The City Of Pawtucket To Provide For The Construction And Reconstruction Of Streets And Sidewalks In The City Of Pawtucket And Authorizing The Financing Thereof, Including The Issue Of Not More...


Sponsors: Mcburney, Coderre, Montalbano, Perry, And Irons

This Act Authorizes The City Of Pawtucket To Issue Not More Than $250,000 Bonds And Notes To Finance The Construction And Reconstruction Of Streets And Sidewalks In The City.Section 11 and 12 shall take effect upon passage. The remainder of the act takes effect upon approval of the question provided for in Section 11.

Effective date:06/13/1995


1995-C-048

95-Senate - #:1467 - An Act Authorizing The City Of Pawtucket To Provide For Improvement Of Public Buildings In The City Of Pawtucket And Authorizing The Financing Thereof, Including The Issue Of Not More Than $250,000 Bonds And...


Sponsors: Mcburney, Coderre, Montalbano, Perry, And Irons

This Act Authorizes The City Of Pawtucket To Issue Not More Than $250,000 Bonds And Notes To Finance The Improvement Of Public Building In The City.Section 11 and 12 shall take effect upon passage. The remainder of the act takes effect upon approval of the question provided for in Section 11.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-049

95-Senate - #:1469 - An Act Authorizing The City Of Pawtucket To Provide For The Reconstruction Of Public Recreation Facilities In The City Of Pawtucket And Authorizing The Financing Thereof, Including The Issue Of Not


Sponsors: Mcburney, Coderre, Montalbano, Perry, And Irons

This Act Authorizes The City Of Pawtucket To Issue Not More Than $250,000 Bonds And Notes To Finance The Reconstruction Of Public Recreation Facilities In The City.Section 11 and 12 shall take effect upon passage. The remainder of the Act takes effect upon approval of the question provided for in Section 11.

Effective date:06/13/1995


1995-C-050

95-House - #:5143 - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses -- Weapons


Sponsors: Kilmartin, Zainyeh, Barone, Coderre, Giannini

This Act Would Make It A Felony For Any Person Or Parolee On Home Confinement To Purchase, Possess Or Control A Firearm. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Probation And Parole

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-051

95-House - #:5231 - An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure Generally -- Immunity From Liability


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Quick, Campbell, Little

This Act Would Include As Good Samaritans Who Are Immune From Liability As Those Who Administer Life-Saving Treatment To Those Persons Suffering From Anaphylactic Shock By Persons Certified In A Program By The State Department Of Health. This Act Wouldtake effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-052

95-House - #:5332 - An Act Relating To Door To Door Sales


Sponsors: Quick, Salisbury, Walter, Bierman, Kelley

This Act Would Require A 3-Day Cancellation Period For Goods Purchased At A Place Of Business Not Permanent To Seller. This Act Shall Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-053

95-House - #:5423 - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses -- Prostitution


Sponsors: Slater, Carpenter, Williams, Voccola, Giannini

This Act Would Provide For A Term Of Imprisonment Of 1 Year An Up To A $1000 Fine For Anyone Convicted Of Loitering For Indecent Purposes In Or Near Schools. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-054

95-House - #:5533 - An Act Relating To Adoption And Vital Records


Sponsors: Walter, Barone, And Benoit

This Act Provides That Adult Adoptees Of Verified Matches In A Passive Voluntary Adoption Mutual Consent Registry Shall Be Entitled To Receive Copies Of Their Original Birth Certificates.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-055

95-House - #:5544 - An Act Relating To Food And Drugs -- Sanitation In Food Establishments


Sponsors: Kelley, Salisbury, Callahan, Bierman, And Archetto

This Act Would Exempt Famers Markets And Roadside Farmstands From Registration Fee Requirements. This Act Further Exempts From This Chapter Producers Of Honey Registered With The State. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-056

95-House - #:5841 - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses--Assault On Police


Sponsors: Bierman, Murphy, Russo, Mcnamara, Garvey

The Act Provides That Spraying A Police Officer With A Noxious Chemical Substance Is An Assault.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-057

95-House - #:5904 - An Act Relating To Property-- Condominium Assessments-- Collection


Sponsors: Picard, Lowe

This Act Permits A Tenant To Pay Condominium Assessment Fees Directly To A Condominium Association And Deduct The Payments From The Rent Due The Unit Owner. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-058

95-House - #:5953 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety-- Health Professional Loan Repayment Program


Sponsors: Sherlock, Garvey, Coelho, Mcnamara, Pires

This Act Would Add Two Members To The Health Professional Loan Repayment Board. The Act Would Also Impose Monetary Penalties For Failure To Complete The Period Of Obligated Service By Loan Recipients. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-059

95-House - #:5992 - An Act Relating To Commercial Law -- General Provisions


Sponsors: Palangio, Winfield, Kennedy, Wasylyk, Giannini

This Act Would Allow Persons To Have Employment Lapses Included In Their Credit Report Records. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-060

95-House - #:6045 - An Act Relating To Compulsory Attendance


Sponsors: Fox, Metts, Costantino, Slater, Moura

This Act Would Enable City Or Town School Boards/Committees And/Or Councils To Adopt Programs Of Early Intervention And Mediation In An Effort To Address The Problem Of Truancy. If The Programs Prove To Be Unsuccessful, The City Or Town Is Still Requiredto impose the standard fines and/or sanctions. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-061

95-House - #:6063 - An Act Relating To A Gun Free School


Sponsors: Crowley, Lopes, Kelley, Kellner, Bumpus

This Act Would Establish A One Year Mandatory Suspension As The Penalty For Any Student Bringing A Firearm Or Realistic Replica Of A Firearm Onto School Premises The Act Also Allows The Superintendent To Shorten Such Suspensions, And Provides For: 1) Developing alternative placements for suspended students; and 2) prevention and education activities. The alternative placements are to be developed by local school districts in cooperation with other appropriate agencies such as the police department. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Schools, Education

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-062

95-House - #:6089 - An Act Relating To Weapons


Sponsors: Kilmartin, Barone, Montanaro, Menard

This Act Would Creat Offenses For The Negligent Storage Of Weapons And Provide Penalties Therefore. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/14/1995


1995-C-063

95-House - #:6196 - An Act Relating To Mortgage And Insurance Applications -- Arson Convictions


Sponsors: Anderson, M., San Bento, Montalbano, Metts, Coderre

This Act Would Require Those Convicted Of Arson To Disclose Convictions On Insurance And Mortgage Applications. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Mortgages

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-064

95-House - #:6209 - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses -- Larceny


Sponsors: Martineau

This Act Would Make A Person Obtaining Health Services By Fraud Guilty Of The Crime Of Larceny. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Crime; Health Insurance

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-065

95-House - #:6271 - An Act Relating To Stalking


Sponsors: Knowles, Burlingame, Giannini, Zainyeh, And Benoit

This Act Clarifies The Stalking Statute By Deleting The Language, "Occurring Within Seven (7) Years Of A Prior Conviction" And "Against The Same Victim And Involving An Act Of Violence". This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-066

95-House - #:6473 - An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation -- Contamination Of Drinking Water


Sponsors: Montalbano, San Bento, Walter, Carter, Ferguson

This Act Would Require That The Director Of Health Notify The City Or Town Council Of A City Or Town Affected By Contaminated Water Within 48 Hours Of Discovery Of The Contamination. The Public Would Also Be Given Notice Of The Contamination.This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Drinking

Effective date:06/13/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-067

95-House - #:6532 - An Act Relating To Weapons


Sponsors: Kilmartin, Barone, Montanaro, Menard

This Act Would Create An Offense For The Possession, Sale Or Transfer Of Firearms Thereof On School Grounds. It Would Provide Penalties Therefore. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Juvenile, Building, Stadium

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-068

95-House - #:6668 - An Act Relating To Sexual Harassment In Higher Education


Sponsors: Barone, Burlingame, Hetherington, Williams, Coderre

This Act Would Require Institutions Of Higher Learning In The State To Adopt Policies To Respond To Sexual Harassment. This Act Would Take Effect July 1, 1996

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-069

95-House - #:6929 - An Act Naming Bridge No. 5 In The City Of Warwick The General George S. Greene Memorial Bridge


Sponsors: Zainyeh, Mcnamara, Mcgowan, Sherlock, Ginaitt

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-070

95-House - #:7103 - An Act Relating To The West Warwick Sewer Commission And Authorizing The West Warwick Sewer Commission To Issue Revenue Bonds And Notes


Sponsors: Fleury, Williamson, Murphy

This Act Would Authorize The West Warwick Sewer Commission To Issue Revenue Bonds And Notes Payable Solely From Its Receipts, Earning And Revenues.

Keywords: Sewers

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-071

95-House - #:5980 - An Act Relating To Jurors


Sponsors: Murphy, Cicilline, Iannitelli, Voccola, Slater

This Act Would Expand And Diversify The Pool Of Available Jurors By Including Qualified Jurors Who Are Not Registered To Vote. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-072

95-House - #:6032 - An Act Amending Enterprise Zones


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Mcdevitt, Kelley, Archetto

This Act Amends Chapter 64.3 Of Title 42 Section 6 To Allow Public Service Corporations To Participate In The Rhode Island Enterprize Zone Program.

Effective date:06/19/1995


1995-C-073

95-Senate - #:0037 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles


Sponsors: Celona, Mcaffrey, Ruggerio, Palazzo, Montalbano

This Act Would Increase The Service Charge And The Registration Renewal Fee For Motorcycle Courtesy Plates From $30.00 To $60.00. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Motor Vehicle Registration

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-C-074

95-Senate - #:0286 - An Act Relating To-- Elections Compensation Of Poll Workers


Sponsors: Day

This Act Would Allow Cities And Towns, At Their Expense, To Poll Workers In Excess Of That Allowed By Statute. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-C-075

95-Senate - #:0703 - An Act Relating To The Solid Waste Management Corporation


Sponsors: Badeau, Irons

This Act Would Permit The Solid Waste Management Corporation To Refinance Its Existing Debt By Using Financing Instruments Which It Has Already Made Use Of, Such As State Leases Or Guarantees. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-C-076

95-Senate - #:0804 - An Act Relating To The Coastal Resources Management Council


Sponsors: Algiere, Disandro

This Act Would Extend For A Six-Month Period For The Crmc To Approve Pre-Existing Residential Boating Facilities. It Will Also Allow The Crmc To Be In Conformance With The Federal Coastal Zone Management Act.

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-C-077

95-Senate - #:1056 - An Act Relating To Children - Criminal Offenses


Sponsors: Izzo, Roney, Fitzpatrick, Gibbs, Blais, Et Al

This Act Would Require All Vending Machines Dispensing Tobacco Products To Be Placed In Direct Line Of Sight Of An Authorized Person, And To Use Electronic Locking Devices To Prevent The Use Of Vending Machines By Children Prohibit The Sale Of Tobacco Products from vending machines in which non-tobacco products are sold, and prohibit the sale of cigarettes in packs of less than 20 cigarettes. This act would take effect on January 1, 1996.

Keywords: Cigarettes, Vending Machine

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-078

95-Senate - #:1129 - An Act Relating To Individual Sewage Disposal Systems


Sponsors: Lawrence, Walaska, Mccaffrey

This Legislation Repeals The Five Year Limitation On The Validity Of Test Data For Site Suitability Determinations (For Isds System Installations) And Replace It With Provisions That Allow Such Data To Remain Valid And/Or Be Revalidated, Provided That When it is used for such a determination or to obtain a permit that a professional engineer or professional land surveyor submits an affidavit to the effect that he/she has examined the site and finds that with the conditions that existed at the time the testing was physically carried out the data remains accurate and valid. The bill also provides that when there is a need to extend such approved status or renew such a permit, the same affidavit can be used to revalidate the test data previously collected

Keywords: Isds

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-C-079

95-Senate - #:1468 - An Act Authorizing The City Of Pawtucket To Provide For The Renovation Of Public School Buildings In The City Of Pawtucket And Authorizing The Financing Thereof, Including The Issue Of Not More Than $250,000...


Sponsors: Mcburney, Coderre, Perry, And Irons

This Act Authorizes The City Of Pawtucket To Issue Not More Than $250,000 Bonds And Notes To Finance The Renovation Of Public School Buildings In The City.Section 11 and 12 shall take effect upon passage. The remainder of the Act takes effect upon approval of the question provided for in Section 11.

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-C-080

95-House - #:6584 - An Act Relating To Elections


Sponsors: Knowles

This Act Would Bring The Dates For Qualifying Presidential Candidates Into Chronological Order Thereby Allowing The Names Of Qualified Presidential Candidates To Be Certified And Made Public Prior To The Filing Of Declarations Of Candidacy By Delegates,at which time delegates pledge their support to a candidate. This act would also remove references to bona fide national candidates. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Presidential Preference Primary

Effective date:06/16/1995


1995-C-081

95-Senate - #:1479 - An Act Relating To Sanitation In Food Establishments


Sponsors: Alves, Mathieu, Goodwin, Kelly, Gibbs

This Act Would Exempt Federally Designated Housing For The Elderly From The Provisions Of Chapter 21-27 For The Limited Purposes Of Not For Profit Sales Of Food To Residents Of The Complex (I.E. Bake Sales). This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Food

Effective date:06/21/1995


1995-C-082

95-Senate - #:0641 Bam - An Act Relating To Financial Institutions


Sponsors: Irons, Holland, Walaska, Coderre, Cote

This Act Repeals All Chapters Of Title 19, Entitled Financial Institutions Except Chapters 26 And 28 And Adds New Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, And 14.5 To Replace Those Chapters Being Repealed. This Act Isthe product of the Rhode Island banking statute study commission which was formed to recommend improvements and updates to the Rhode island banking statutes, giving due consideration to the RISDIC special commission's report. The act reflects changes tothe banking statutes that are intended to support a strong, stable, and competitive state banking industry. By setting forth broad guidelines, the act allows the state regulatory agency to possess interpretive powers and rule making authority which woul

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-C-082

95-Senate - #:0641 cont. - An Act Relating To Financial Institutions


Sponsors: Irons, Holland, Walaska, Coderre, Cote

The Act Consists Of Chapters Covering Creation, Expansion, Operations, Regulatory Oversight, Interstate Activities, Consumer And Community Obligations, Voluntary Liquidation, Conservatorship, Receivership, And Banking Emergencies For Banks, Credit Unions, and bank holding companies. The act also includes chapters governing the activities of licensed lenders and money and mortgage brokers, and permits multiple locations under a single license. The act act also amends sections of chapters 26 and 27 oftitle 6 to eliminate references to sections of title 19 that will be repealed, to replace existing terms for types of financial institutions with terms used in the new title 19, and to replace a refund method known as the rule of 78ths with a refund met

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-C-083

95-House - #:5637 - An Act Relating To State Purchases -- Architects, Engineers And Consulting Services


Sponsors: Ajello, Fox, Cicilline, Simonian, Ferguson

This Act Would Require That Local Architects, Engineers And Consultants Be Selected Over Similar Out-Of-State Professionals For Awards Made Under Certain Provisions Of The State Pruchases Act. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Residents

Effective date:06/21/1995


1995-C-084

95-House - #:6159 - An Act Relating To Education


Sponsors: Cambio, Sherlock, Palangio, Henseler, Montanaro

This Act Would Require School Speech And Language Pathologists Who Service Preschool To Grade 8 To Be Members Of The Multidisciplinary Team (Mdt). Slp'S Who Service The Secondary Level Would Be Required To Be Members Of The Mdt When Speech And Language Evaluations are being considered or warranted. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/21/1995


1995-C-085

95-House - #:6543 - An Act Relating To Education -- Board Of Regents Elementary And Secondary Education


Sponsors: Sherlock, Teitz, Metts, Pires, Martineau

This Act Would Require An Annual Report By The Board Of Regents For Elementary And Secondary Education To The General Assembly On School Discipline. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/21/1995


1995-C-086

95-Senate - #:0125 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government


Sponsors: Fogarty, Disandro, Algiere

This Act Would Create A Public Corporation Financial Integrity And Accountability Act To Require Standardized Systems Of Accounting And Reporting For Public Corporations. This Act Would Also Prohibit The Issuance Of Bonds Or Notes By Any Subsidiary Public corporations of the Rhode Island Port Authority and Economic Development Corporation. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/21/1995


1995-C-087

95-Senate - #:0984 - An Act Relating To State Maintenance And Roads


Sponsors: Ruggerio, Caprio, Goodwin, Walton, Roney, Et Al

This Act Places The Gainer Dam Bridge And Roadway Under The Control And Management Of The State Department Of Transportation And Makes It Part Of The State Highway System. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Highways

Effective date:06/21/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-088

95-House - #:5675 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions-- Board Of Medical Licensure And Discipline


Sponsors: Martineau

This Act Would Require Physicians When Prescribing Prescriptions To Write The Words "Brand Name Medically Necessary" On The Prescription Form In Cases Where The Particular Brand Name Prescription Is Medically Necessary. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/23/1995


1995-C-089

95-House - #:6050 - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses-- Trespass And Vandalism


Sponsors: Carpenter, Slater, Cicilline, Mcauley, Giannini

This Act Relates Specific Sanctions For Individuals Charged With Graffiti-Related Offenses. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/23/1995


1995-C-090

95-Senate - #:0627 - An Act Relating To Sales And Use Taxes -- Exempt Casual Sales


Sponsors: Tavares, Paiva Weed, Enos, Alves, Mathieu

This Act Would Permit Nonprofit Organization To Conduct Events Of 3 Day'S Duration Each Year Without Incurring Sales Tax Liability For The Items Sold. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/23/1995


1995-C-091

95-Senate - #:0309 - An Act Relating To Domestic Relations-- Marriage Blood Test


Sponsors: Graziano, Polisena, Cicilline, Palazzo

This Act Repeals The Blood Test And Physical Exam Requirements Which Were Required Prior To Obtaining A Marriage License. The Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/24/1995


1995-C-092

95-House - #:6454 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government-- Department Of Elderly Affairs


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Kelley, Anderson S., Raptakis

This Act Would Authorize The Department Of Elderly Affairs To Appoint Long Term Care Ombudsperson To Advocate On Behalf Of Long Term Care Facility Patients. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/23/1995


1995-C-093

95-House - #:6606 - An Act Relating To The Department Of Transportation


Sponsors: Coderre

This Act Would Require The Dot To Notify A City Or Town If A Subcontractor Is Hired To Do Work In That City Or Town. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/26/1995


1995-C-094

95-House - #:6634 - An Act Relating To Restitution -- Sentence And Execution


Sponsors: Ferguson, Simonian, Campbell,Pires, Raptakis

This Act Would Require A Person To Make Full Restitution, Or Make Arrangements To Pay Full Restitution, Prior To Being Eligible For Parole, Community Confinement, Or Work Release. It Places The Burden Of Showing That Full Restitution Has Been Made Onthe convicted person. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Crime Victims

Effective date:06/26/1995


1995-C-095

95-House - #:6338 - An Act Relating To Courts


Sponsors: Moura

This Act Increases The Fees For Transcripts, Copies And The Fees For Court Reporters. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/28/1995


1995-C-096

95-House - #:6430 - An Act Relating To Smoking In Schools


Sponsors: Slater, Simonian, Williams, Carpenter, Giannini

This Act Would Allow Smoking In Private School Facilities Which Are Being Used For Fundraising Activities. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/28/1995


1995-C-097

95-House - #:7015 - An Act Validating And Ratifying An Amendment To The Home Rule Charter Of The City Of Pawtucket


Sponsors: Anderson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Residency, Municipal Employees

Effective date:06/28/1995


1995-C-098

95-House - #:5713 - An Act Relating To Employment Security-- Availability And Registration For Work


Sponsors: Long, Kelley, Mcdevitt, Millard, Iannitelli

This Act Adds Language Which Will Require Individuals Identified Through Profiling As Likely To Exhaust Regular Benefits To Participate In Recommended Reemployment Services To Receive Benefits. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Unemployment

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-099

95-House - #:5731 - An Act Relating To Medical Assistance-- Liens And Recoveries


Sponsors: Quick, Mcdevitt, Long, Walter, Iannitelli

This Act Amends R.I. Medicaid And Public Assistance Laws Relating To Estate Liens And Recoveries, And Assignment Of Rights To Medical And Financial Support, To Conform With The Federal Mandates Enacted In The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act Of 1993 (ObRA 93). This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-100

95-House - #:5793 - An Act Relating To Employment Security - Contributions


Sponsors: Quick, Kelley, Mcdevitt, Campbell, And Long

This Act Deletes Language Which Refers To The Proportional Method Of Charging Unemployment Benefits For Reimbursable Employers. This Is A Technical Change Needed To Make This Section Consistent With The Changes Enacted By The General Assembly In 1993 Through P.L. 93-305 which allocates unemployment benefit charges to the most recent base period employer. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-101

95-House - #:5850 - An Act Relating To The Transfer Or Exchange Of Foreign Convicted Offenders


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Mcdevitt, Quick, Archetto

This Act Would Allow Foreign Prisoners To Serve The Remainder Of Their Sentences In Their Home Countries. Presently, More Than Two Thirds (2/3) Of The States Have Enacted Similar Enabling Legislation. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Corrections

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-102

95-House - #:5940 - An Act Relating To Employment Security-- Disqualification Provisions


Sponsors: Long, Salisbury, Mcdevitt, Kelley, Walter

This Act Requires That Wages Used To Purge A Disqualification From Benefits Be Earned Through Work In Covered Employment. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-103

95-House - #:6025 - An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation -- Clean Water Infrastructure


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Kelley, Campbell, Mcdevitt

This Act Allows Water Suppliers Adequate Time To Prepare The Data Collection And Implementation Of The Required Infrastructure Replacement Plans. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-104

95-House - #:6028 - An Act Relating To The Board Of Medical Licensure And Discipline


Sponsors: Long, Kelley, Campbell

This Act Removes The Word "Revoked" From The Statute And Replaces It With The Word "Lapsed". Revoked Connotes Quality Of Care Issues Whereas Lapsed More Clearly Represents A Failure To Renew On Time.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-105

95-House - #:6029 - An Act Relating To Sexual Assault


Sponsors: Millard, Long, Mcdevitt, Campbell, Kelley

This Act Would Create Mandatory Requirements For Hiv Testing Of Certain Sex Offenders And Establish Procedures For Victim Notification And Counseling. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Aids

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-106

95-House - #:6031 - An Act Relating To Property Tax


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Mcdevitt, Kelley, Archetto

This Act Would Allow Cities And Towns To Provide A Tax Exemption For Office Equipment. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-107

95-House - #:6077 - An Act Relating To Handicapped Plates Issued To Companies Providing Service To The Handicapped


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Campbell, Kelley. Walter

This Act Would Permit Issuance Of Handicapped Plates To Bona Fide Group Care Facilities Or Companies That Provide Transportation Services To The Handicapped.

Keywords: Motor Vehicle Registration

Effective date:07/01/1995


1995-C-108

95-House - #:6085 - An Act Relating To Certificates Of Title For Restored Salvage Vehicles


Sponsors: Salisbury, Mcdevitt, Campbell, Kelley, Archetto

This Act Would Make The Certificate Of Title To A Restored Salvage Vehicle Read "Re-Constructed Salvage".

Effective date:07/01/1995


1995-C-109

95-House - #:6168 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles


Sponsors: Campbell, Mcdevitt, Kelley, Archetto, Quick

This Act Would Allow Any Employee Of The Rhode Island Department Of Corrections To Request The Issuance Of A Driver'S License Which Contains His Or Her Official Business Address In Lieu Of A Residence Address As Required By Law. This Act Would Take Effect upon passage.

Keywords: Motor Vehicles

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-110

95-House - #:6514 - An Act Relating To Newborn Metabolic Disease Control Program And Sickle Cell Disease Control Program


Sponsors: Long, Campbell, Kelley, Mcdevitt, Quick

This Act Clarifies The Responsibility Of The Department Of Health To Assure A System Of Comprehensive Metabolic Disease Control Activities For Prevention Of Mental Retardation And Unnecessary Death And Disease In Newborns, And Establishes Authority To Reuire thse services as a covered benefit.

Keywords: Health And Safety

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-111

95-Senate - #:0500 - An Act Relating To Insurance


Sponsors: Debatt, Blais, Irons

This Act Adopts The National Association Of Insurance Commissioners (Naic) Life And Health Reinsurance Agreements Model Act. This Act Is Part Of The Necessary Legislation For The State Of Rhode Island To Maintain Accreditation By The Naic. This Act Repeals the act which affects life reinsurance agreements only and replaces it with requirements affecting life, accident, and health reinsurance agreements. This act sets certain standards that a company must meet when entering into reinsurance agreements. This act would take effect on January 1, 1996.

Effective date:01/01/1996


1995-C-112

95-Senate - #:0501 - An Act Relating To Insurance


Sponsors: Debatt, Blais, Irons

This Act Provides For The Sharing Of Confidential Information With Insurance Departments Of Other States. This Act Is Part Of The Necessary Legislation For The State Of Rhode Island To Maintain Accreditation By The Naic. It Will Not Effect The Confidential or public nature of any records held by the Insurance Division, it will merely allow the Insurance Division to share information with other states on a confidential basis. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-113

95-Senate - #:0502 - An Act Relating To Insurance


Sponsors: Debatt, Blais, Irons

This Act Adopts The National Association Of Insurance Commissioners (Naic) Disclosure Of Material Transactions Model Act. This Act Is Part Of The Necessary Legislation For The State Of Rhode Island To Maintain Accreditation By The Naic. The Act Requires domestic insurance companies to report material transactions that take place within their operations to the Department of Business Regulation for review. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-114

95-Senate - #:0503 - An Act Relating To Insurance


Sponsors: Debatt, Blais, Irons

This Act Adopts The National Association Of Insurance Commissioners (Naic)Life And Health Insurance Guaranty Association Model Act With Minor Revisions. This Act Is Part Of The Necessary Legislation For The State Of Rhode Island To Maintain Accreditation by the NAIC. The act provides additional protection for Rhode Island Policyholders against insolvencies of insurance companies in Rhode Island. This act would take effect on January 1, 1996.

Effective date:01/01/1996


1995-C-115

95-Senate - #:0533 - An Act Relating To The Toxic Packaging Reduction Act Of 1990


Sponsors: Porter

These Revisions Clarify Exemption Categories By Adding Critical Definitions An Separating A Previously Combined Exemption Category Into Two Distinct Exemption Categories. These Amendments Add An Exemption Category For Reusable Packaging And Extend Therecycling exemption to January 1, 2000 so as not to discourage innovative recycling efforts.

Keywords: Hazardous Substances

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-116

95-Senate - #:0560 - An Act Relating To Public Works Arbitration


Sponsors: Bates

This Act Will Require The Moving Party In An Arbitration To Provide The State, Town, Etc., With A Detailed Claim. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-117

95-Senate - #:0568 - An Act Relating To Auctioneers


Sponsors: Flynn

This Bill Would Require The Establishment Of Escrow Accounts For The Receipt And Disbursement Of Funds Handled By Licensed Auctioneers. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Auctions

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-118

95-Senate - #:0569 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government - Department Of Elderly Affairs


Sponsors: Parella, Gibbs, Algiere

This Act Would Change The Term Of In-Home Service Care To The More Appropriate Term Of Home And Community Care Services. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-119

95-Senate - #:0572 - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses


Sponsors: Flynn

This Act Makes Consensual Sexual Intercourse Or Sodomy Between An Inmate And An Employee Or Contract Employee Of The Deaprtment Of Corrections A Felony. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Crime

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-120

95-Senate - #:0586 - An Act Relating To Direct Deposit Of State Benefit Payments


Sponsors: Gibbs

This Act Extends The Time That The Department Of Administration Must Provide Availability Of Automatic Direct Deposit To Ady Recipient Of State Benefits To December 31, 1995.

Keywords: Social Welfare

Effective date:07/01/1995


1995-C-121

95-Senate - #:0588 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety - Residential Care And Assisted Living Facilities


Sponsors: Parella, Gibbs, Balis

This Bill Would Prevent Facilities From Avoiding Licensure By Contracting To Provide A Definitionally Required Service Rather That Directly Providing The Service.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-122

95-Senate - #:0832 - An Act Relating To The Division Of Developmental Disabilities


Sponsors: Blais, Flynn

This Act Amends The Retardation Statute In Order To Reflect The Closing Of The Dr. Joseph H. Ladd Center; To Reflect The Change In The Name Of The Division Of Mental Retardation To The Division Of Developmental Disabilities, And To Clarify The Division'Srole in providing services to developmentally disabled adults. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-123

95-Senate - #:0970 - An Act Relating To Payment Of Wages


Sponsors: Flynn

This Act Amends The Law To Include Payments Made Directly To Employees Pursuant To This Chapter To Be Subject To The 25% Administrative Fee. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-124

95-Senate - #:1100 - An Act Relating To Motor Vehicles - Vehicle Accident Reports


Sponsors: Algiere, Porter

This Act Would Extend The Amount Of Time A Motorist Is Allowed To Complete An Accident Report From Ten Days To Twenty One Days. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-125

95-Senate - #:1101 - An Act Relating To Size, Weight, And Load Limits


Sponsors: Algiere, Parella, Porter

This Act Would Provide For A Record Of Duty Status To Be Kept And Make It Illegal To Conceal Violations Of Hours Of Service Limitation (False Log) This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Safety

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-126

95-Senate - #:1102 - An Act Relating To Size, Weight, And Load Limits


Sponsors: Algiere, Parella, Porter

This Act Would Allow The Fine To Be Paid By Mail And Not Require A Court Hearing. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-127

95-Senate - #:1103 - An Act Relating To Size, Weight, And Load Limits


Sponsors: Algiere, Porter

This Act Would Allow For A More Appropriate Minimum Fine For A Serious Violation. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-128

95-House - #:5052 - An Act Relating To Taxation


Sponsors: Pires

This Act Would Provide That Local Assessment Personnel Who Receive Specified Training Be Designated As Rhode Island Certified Assessment Personnel. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Tax Assessors

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-129

95-House - #:5069 - An Act Relating To Correctional Institutions Parole Of Life Prisoners


Sponsors: Raptakis, Ginaitt, Palumbo, Garvey, Carter

This Act Would Change The Time Served Requirement For Those Convicted Of First Or Second Degree Murder To 20 Years Before Being Considered For Parole. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-130

95-House - #:5080 - An Act Relating To Driving Under The Influence Of Liquor Or Drugs


Sponsors: Lanzi, Benoit, S. Anderson, Giannini, Costantino

This Act Would Require Alcohol Or Drug Treatment For Persons Convicted Of Driving Under The Influence Of Liquor Or Drugs. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Alcoholic Beverages

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-131

95-House - #:5236 - An Act Relating To The Discharge Of Mortgage


Sponsors: Knowles, Flaherty, Wasylyk

This Act Would Provide For A Release Of Mortgage Of Record By The Recording Of An Affidavit Of Payment. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Financial Institutions

Effective date:06/03/1995


1995-C-132

95-House - #:5254 - An Act Relating To Proceedings In Family Court


Sponsors: Rabideau, Watson, Archetto, Long, Kelley

This Act Would Provide For One Probable Cause Determination In Matters Where The State Seeks Waiver Or Certification Of A Juvenile. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Minors

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-133

95-House - #:5256 - An Act Relating To Proceedings In Family Court


Sponsors: Rabideau, Long, Kelley, Bierman

This Act Would Remove The Jurisdiction Of The Family Court Over The Offense Of First Degree Child Molestation Where Such Offense Has Been Committed By A Person Seventeen (17) Years Of Age Or Older Where It Is Shown At A Hearing Before Family Court That Probable cause exits to believe that the offense was committed and that it was committed by the person charged with the offense. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-134

95-House - #:5260 - An Act Relating To Mobile And Manufactured Homes -- Abolishing The Mobile And Manufactured Home Commission


Sponsors: Henseler, Anderson, S.

This Act Would Abolish The Mobile And Manufactured Home Commission, And Transfers The Powers And Duties Of The Commission To The Department Of Business Regulation. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-135

95-House - #:5265 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles -- Registration Of Vehicles


Sponsors: Salisbury, Kelley

This Act Would Require The Registry Of Motor Vehicles To Issue Fully Reflective Registration Plates And To Reissue New Fully Reflective Plates No Less Than Every Six Years. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: License Plates

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-136

95-House - #:5316 - An Act Relating To Arson


Sponsors: Menard, Burlingame, Montanaro

This Act Provides That Persons Who Start Fires While Under Arrest Or Incarceration Would Be Guilty Of Arson In The First Degree. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Crime

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-137

95-House - #:5357 - An Act Relating To Motor Vehicles Reparations Act


Sponsors: Iannitelli, Millard

This Act Provides That Compulsory Automobile Insurance Shall Be Repealed On November 1, 1997. This Act Shall Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-138

95-House - #:5396 - An Act Relating To Motor Vehicle Offenses


Sponsors: Lowe, Lauzon, Burlingame, Picard

This Act Would Provide The Same Penalties For Leaving The Scene Of An Accident Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury Or Death As Is Provided Under The Influence Of Liquor Or Drugs Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury Or Death. This Act Would Take Effect Uponpassage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-139

95-House - #:5403 - An Act Relating To Towns And Cities -- Minimum Housing Standards


Sponsors: Lauzon

This Act Would Require A Property Owner Cited For Two Housing Violations Within A Year To Pay The Reasonable Cost Of Moving Expenses For Tenants Required To Move Because Of The Violations. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-140

95-House - #:5457 - An Act Relating To Municipal Police Incentive Pay


Sponsors: Walter, Little, Campbell, Panciera, Rose

This Act Provides That Police Officers Shall Not Be Reimbursed For Law School Expenses Except Those Who Have Been Accepted At, Are Enrolled In Or Have Completed Law School.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-141

95-House - #:5692 - An Act Relating To The Energy Conservation Revolving Fund


Sponsors: Kilmartin

This Act Makes Water Conservation And Water And Sewer Cost Reduction Measures Eligible For Loans Or Grants From The Energy Conservation Revolving Loan Fund. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-142

95-House - #:5723 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government-- Department Of Children, Youth And Families


Sponsors: Benoit, Salisbury, Levesque, M., Coderre, Burlingame

This Act Would Remove The Limitation On The Minimum Educational Criteria For The Director Of The Department Of Children, Youth, And Families, Changing That Criteria From A Mandatory Master'S Degree In Social Work To Mandating A Master'S Degree In Socialwork or a closely related field. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-143

95-House - #:5764 - An Act Relating To The 911 Emergency Telephone Number Act


Sponsors: Montanaro, Anderson, Sherlock, Zainyeh, And Carter

This Act Would Prohibit The Telephone Company From Allowing The Use Of Any 3 Digit Telephone Number Other Than "911" For Emergency Purposes. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-144

95-House - #:5769 - An Act Relating To Domestic Violence Prevention Act


Sponsors: Burlingame, Kelley, Knowles, Walter, And Benoit

This Act Would Add Stalking To The List Of Crimes Included In The Definition Of Domestic Violence. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-145

95-House - #:5770 - An Act Relating To Domestic Assault


Sponsors: Burlingame, Kelley, Knowles, Walter, And Benoit

This Act Would Provide The Court With More Specific Information Regarding The Abuse Suffered. It Would Also Expand The Definition Of What Constitutes A Violation Of A Protective Order. Additionally, This Act Would Clarify The Expiration Of The Order Thereby protecting the victim until the next hearing. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-146

95-House - #:5771 - An Act Relating To Domestic Abuse Prevention


Sponsors: Burlingame, Kelley, Knowles, Walter, And Benoit

This Act Would Expand The Definition Of What Constitute A Violation Of A Protective Order. It Would Also Extend The Period Of Time An Order May Be In Effect. Additionally, This Act Would Place Jurisdiction Of The Prosecution Of Juvenile Violations In Thefamily court. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-147

95-House - #:5774 - An Act Relating To Domestic Abuse Prevention


Sponsors: Burlingame, Kelley, Knowles, Walter, And Benoit

This Act Would Clarify The Duties Of Rhode Island Police Officers With Respect To Enforcement Of Out Of State Protective Orders. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-148

95-House - #:5775 - An Act Relating To Domestic Assault


Sponsors: Burlingame, Kelley, Knowles, Walter, And Benoit

This Act Would Expand The Definition Of What Constitutes A Violation Of A Protective Order. It Would Also Extend The Period Of Time An Order May Be In Effect. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-149

95-House - #:5843AAM - An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation-- Drinking Water


Sponsors: Kelley, Salisbury, Lally, Carter, Knowles

This Act Expands Certain Sections And Definitions Of The Chapters Dealing With Potable Water. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Wellhead Underground Storage Tanks

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-150

95-House - #:6072A - An Act Relating To Issuance Of Dealer'S Plates


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Campbell, Kelley, Quick

This Act Would Require The Registry To Issue One Plate Every Three (3) Years In A Distinguishable Color. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Stickers

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-151

95-House - #:6081 - An Act Relating To Taxicabs And Limited Public Motor Vehicles


Sponsors: Salisbury

This Act Would Amend The Notice Requirement For Taxicab And Limited Public Motor Vehicle Hearings So That They Are Identical To Common Carrier Hearing Notice Requirements.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-152

95-House - #:6103 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles-- Inspection Program


Sponsors: Raptakis, Salisbury, Kelley, Iannitelli, Benson

This Act Establishes A Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection Program Meant To Utilize Current Inspection Stations.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-153

95-House - #:6135 - An Act Relating To Weapons


Sponsors: Iannitelli, Mcdevitt

This Act Would Make Technical Corrections In The Statute. It Would Include Within The Definition Of Crime Of Violence Newly Created Offenses. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-154

95-House - #:6166 - An Act Relating To Economic Crime


Sponsors: Long, Archetto, Bierman

This Act Establishes The Crime Of Unlawful Appropriation, Establishing Criminal Penalties For Any Person In A Position Of Trust Who Intentionally Appropriates To His Or Her Own Use Money Or Other Property That Has Been Entrusted To Him Or Her. This Act Would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-155

95-House - #:6264A - An Act Relating To Disabled Persons -- Temporary Disability Insurance


Sponsors: Bierman, Anderson, Cicilline, Costantino, And Inman

This Act Exempts Disabled Persons In A Federally Assisted Supported Employment Program From The Temporary Disability Program.

Keywords: Handicapped Persons

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-156

95-House - #:6304 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government -- Establishing A Black Achievers Commission


Sponsors: Lopes, Fox, Lanzi, Giannini, Slater

This Act Would Establish A Black Achievers Commission To Promote Civic, Social And Educational Growth Among Members Of The Black Community. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Minorities

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-157

95-House - #:6314 - An Act Relating To Towns And Cities -- Harbor Safety


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Naughton, Zainyeh, Moura

This Act Provides For Municipal Cooperation For Harbor Safety And Enforcement. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-158

95-House - #:6411A - An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations-- Employment Security


Sponsors: Faria, Benson

This Act Would Increase The Sanctions For Committing Fraud In The Unemployment Compensation System. This Act Would Take Effect On January 1, 1996.

Keywords: Crime

Effective date:01/01/1996


1995-C-159

95-Senate - #:0203AM - An Act Relating To Public Accountants And Certified Public Accountants


Sponsors: Irons

This Act Amends The Rhode Island Accountancy Act And Makes Techinical Changes To The Accountancy Act. This Act Would Take Effect On July 1, 1995.

Effective date:07/01/1995


1995-C-160

95-Senate - #:0619 - An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure Generally -- Immunity From Liability


Sponsors: Polisena, Graziano

This Act Would Include As Good Samaritans Who Are Immune From Liability As Those Who Administer Life-Saving Treatment To Those Persons Suffering From Anaphylactic Shock By Persons Certified In A Program By The State Department Of Health. This Act Wouldake effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-161

95-Senate - #:0784AAM - An Act Relating To Education - Establishing A Program For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Students


Sponsors: Izzo, Perry, Fitzpatrick, Roeny, Walton, Et Al

This Act Would Establish A Program For Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing Students. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-162

95-Senate - #:0889 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government-- Rhode Island Greenways Program


Sponsors: Fogarty, Disandro, Enos, Goodwin

This Act Establishes The Rhode Island Greenways Council And Program Which Is Designed To Maintain And Improve Ecological Health And Quality Of Life By Establishing And Preserving Corridors Of Protected Open Space Managed For Conservation, Recreation Or Transportation purposes. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-163

95-Senate - #:1107 - An Act Relating To The Condemnation Powers Of The Ri Port Authority And Economic Devlopment Corporation


Sponsors: Porter, Sullivan, Debatt

This Act Would Enable The Rhode Island Port Authority And Economic Development Corporation To Condemn Certain Property Owned By The Electric Utility Servicing The Quonset Point/Davisville Industrial Park.

Keywords: Electricity

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-164

95-House - #:5324 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles--Chemical Tests To Persons Under Age Of 21


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Raptakis, Winfield

This Act Lowers The Blood Alcohol Concentration Permitted A Driver Under The Age Of 21 Years To Not More Than .02%. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-165

95-House - #:5394 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government -- Open Meetings


Sponsors: Lanzi, Fox, Pires, Giannini, Cicilline

This Act Requires All Public Bodes To Keep Minutes Of Meetings And To File Them With The Secretary Of State For Public Inspection. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-166

95-House - #:5483 - An Act Relating To Domestic Relations [Adoption]


Sponsors: Walter, Barone, Benoit, Anzeveno, Burlingame

This Act Defines The Term "Relevant Parties". This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-167

95-House - #:5514 - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses--Trespass And Vandalism


Sponsors: Williams, Metts, Slater, Benoit, And Kellner

This Act Would Require Persons Convicted Of Vandalism Perform Community Service As Part Of The Sentence Imposed.This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-168

95-House - #:5674 - An Act Relating To Public Utilities


Sponsors: Martineau

This Act Provides That Nothing In The Anti-Discrimination Provisions Of The Public Utilities Law Will Prohibit Such Companies From Giving Customers Reduced Rate. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-169

95-House - #:5709 - An Act Relating To Sales And Use Taxes-- Exempt Casual Sales


Sponsors: Benson, Kelley, Henseler, Carter, Garvey

This Act Would Permit Nonprofit Organization To Conduct 2 Bazaars, Fairs, Picnics Or Similar Events Of 2 Day'S Duration Each Year Without Incurring Sales Tax Liability For The Items Sold. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-170

95-House - #:5773 - An Act Relating To Domestic Abuse Prevention


Sponsors: Burlingame, Kelley, Knowles, Walter, And Benoit

This Act Would Provide The Court With More Specific Information Regarding The Abuse Suffered. It Would Also Expand The Definition Of What Constitutes A Violation Of A Protective Order. Additionally, This Act Would Clarify The Expiration Of The Order Thereby protecting the victim until the next hearing. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-171

95-House - #:6075 - An Act Relating To Application For First Certificate Of Title


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Mcdevitt, Archetto, Quick

This Act Would Allow The Motor Vehicle Administrator, Authority To Conduct Vin Checks In An Emergency Situation And Accept Such Certified Inspections Conducted By Our State Law Enforcement Agencies. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-172

95-House - #:6291 - An Act Relating To State Maintenance And Roads


Sponsors: Moura, Smith, Slater, And Salisbury

This Act Places The Gainer Dam Bridge And Roadway Under The Control And Management Of The State Department Of Transportation And Makes It Part Of The State Highway System. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-173

95-House - #:6510AAM - An Act Relating To Education -- School Committees


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Act Would Provide That School Budgets Meet Certain Requirements. It Would Provide For An Appeal Process. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-174

95-House - #:6589 - An Act Relating To Hawkers And Peddlers


Sponsors: Campbell, Fleury, Kelley, Millard, Bierman

This Act Would Eliminate The State Licensing Requirements For Hawkers And Peddlers, But Would Keep Intact The Local Licensing Requirements Currently Administered By Each Municipality. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-175

95-House - #:6613 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions-- Board Of Medical Licensure And Discipline


Sponsors: Zainyeh, Costantino, Anzeveno, Ginaitt, Sherlock

This Act Would Include In The Definition Of "Unprofessional Conduct" Any Sexual Contact Between A Physician And Patient During The Existence Of The Physician/Patient Relationship. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-176

95-House - #:6639 - An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure -- Court Administrator


Sponsors: Ferguson, Campbell, Pires, Raptakis

This Act Would Create An Advisory Board Within The Unified Court System. It Will Also Require That All Funds Collected By The Court Be Audited Not Less Than Once Per Fiscal Year. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Supreme Court

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-177

95-House - #:6672 - An Act Relating To Retail Sales-- Refunds


Sponsors: Barone, Coderre, Rose, Kennedy, Inman

This Act Provides That A Customer Who Pays Cash For An Item At Retail And Returns The Item Within 30 Days Is Entitled To A Refund In Cash. It Also Provides That A Credit Card Customer, If He Or She Returns An Item Within 30 Days, Is Entitled To A Crediton his or her next credit card statement or in certain situations a refund check directly from the credit card company. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Commercial Code

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-178

95-House - #:6684 - An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure-- Courts-- Court Administrators


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Act Would Authorize The Supreme Court Administrator Under The Direction Of The Chief Justice, To Supervise The Maintenance And Repair Of All Court Buildings. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-179

95-Senate - #:0178 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety -- Workplace Smoking Pollution Control Act


Sponsors: Kelly

This Act Creates An Absolute Prohibition Against Smoking Tobacco In Any Form In College Dormitories And Increases The Penalties For Violations Of This Chapter. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-180

95-House - #:5969 - An Act Relating To Insurance Agents-- Continuing Education


Sponsors: Kennedy, Lally, Sherlock, Benson, Quick

This Act Amends The Continuing Education Law For Licensed Insurance Agents And Conforms It With The Single Producers License Law. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-181

95-House - #:6023 - An Act Relating To The Board Of Medical Licensure And Discipline


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Mcdevitt, Campbell, Kelley

This Act Rewrites The "Complaints" Section Of The Law That Is A Holdover From The Board Of Medical Review That Was Abolished In 1986. It Eliminates Some Steps That The Board Must Take In The Investigation And Adjudication Of Cases. The Process Will Bequicker and will protect the public and preserve the process for the licensee more efficiently. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-182

95-House - #:6344 - An Act Relating To Public Officers And Employees - Deferred Compensation Plans


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Fleury, Campbell, Kelley

This Act Would Include Mutual Funds In The List Of Investment Options Available To State And Municipal Employees Who Voluntarily Praticipate In A Deferred Compensation Plan.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-183

95-House - #:6620 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety--Waste Recycling


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Ferguson, Cambio, Garvey

This Act Provides That Telephone Directories May Only Be Disposed Of Through A System Established By Dem. This Act Would Take Effect On January 1, 1996.

Effective date:01/01/1996


1995-C-184

95-Senate - #:0370 - An Act Relating To Stalking


Sponsors: Gibbs, Parella, Hanaway, Blais, Perry, Et Al

This Act Would Clarify The Stalking Statute By Deleting The Language; Occurring Within Seven Years Of Prior Conviction And Against The Same Victim And Involving An Act Of Violence.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-185

95-Senate - #:0587 - An Act Relating To Hawkers And Peddlers


Sponsors: Parella, Gibbs, Sullivan

This Act Would Eliminate The State Licensing Requirements For Hawkers And Peddlers, But Would Keep Intact The Local Licensing Requirements Currently Administered By Each Municipality. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-186

95-Senate - #:0607 - An Act Relating To The Fort Adams Foundation


Sponsors: Paiva Weed, Cicilline

This Act Would Require The Department Of Environmental Management To Assume All Liabilities For The Purpose Of Public Access And Use In Any Tour Program Established For The Fort Adams Complex. Also, This Act Would Require Any Contractors Hired For FortAdams' renovation purposes to carry liability insurance. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-187

95-Senate - #:0612 cont. - Industrial Property Remediation And Reuse Act


Sponsors: Flynn, Kelly, Algiere, Parella, Debatt

...Contaminated Properties. Proper Redevelopment And Reuse Of These Properties Would Not Only Benefit The State'S Economy And The Employment Of Those Who Live In The Urban Corridor, But Would Also Benefit The State'S Environment. The Redevelopment Andreuse of these impacted sites will control and remove the existing contamination and will reduce the artificial economic incentive to develop previously undisturbed natural resources. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Brownfield

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-187

95-Senate - #:0612Aam - Inustrial Property Remediation And Reuse Act


Sponsors: Flynn, Kelly, Algiere, Parella, Debatt

In Rhode Island, There Are Hundreds Of Sites That Have Varying Degrees Of Contamination From Hazardous Materials. This Environmental Contamination Often Presents An Obstacle To Redevelopment Due To The Clean- Up Liability Defined In State And Federal Law. Financial institutions are often cautious or unwilling to lend to businesses who wish to expand at or relocate to sites that have or are feared to be contaminated. This Act authorizes various activities to control and eliminate contamination at industrial properties that are fair, consistent, and compatible with the current and rreasonably foreseeable future use of the property. It clarifies the environmental liability associated with spills and releases of hazardous materials, provides opportunit

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-188

95-Senate - #:0961 - An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation


Sponsors: Mathieu

This Act Would Provide For Certain Time Limit For Review Of Water Supply Management Plans. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-189

95-Senate - #:1001 - An Act Relating To Exemption From Sales And Use Taxes Of Certain Energy Products


Sponsors: Porter, Flynn

This Act Will Exempt From Sales And Use Taxes Certain Energy Products Sold By The Rhode Island Port Authority And Economic Development Corporation

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-190

95-Senate - #:1004 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety -- Public Water Supply And Certification Of Operators


Sponsors: Mathieu, Badeau, Celona, Paiva Weed

This Act Would Create A Board Of Certification Of Operators Of Public Water Supply Treatment And Transmission And Distributions Facilities With Licensing Powers To Operators Of Drinking Water Supply Facilities And Systems. This Act Would Take Effectupon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-191

95-Senate - #:1407 - An Act Relating To Substances Releasing Toxic Vapors


Sponsors: Blais, Flynn

This Act Would Increase The Criminal Penalties For Those Who Sell Certain Toxic Substances.

Keywords: Possession

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-192

95-House - #:5333 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles Operation Of Bicycles


Sponsors: Mcnamara, Mesolella, Henseler, Reilly, Slater

This Act Would Require Helmets To Be Worn On Bicycle Riders Ages Eight (8) And Younger. The Act Further Provides That The Department Of Transporation Shall Conduct Voluntary Instructional Programs On Bicycle Safety. The Act Would Take Effect July 1,1996.

Keywords: Helmets

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-193

95-House - #:5670 - An Act Relating To Holidays And Days Of Special Observance


Sponsors: Lima

This Act Would Designate July 24 As American Indian Heritage Day. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-194

95-House - #:5677 - An Act Relating To Commercial Law-- Revolving Or Open-End Credit Plans


Sponsors: Martineau

This Act Would Permit Revolving Or Open-End Credit Plans To Accrue Interest In The Amount Agreed By Buyer Or Seller Or Creditor And Buyer. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-195

95-House - #:5729 - An Act Relating To Holidays-- Disabled American Veterans' Day


Sponsors: Simonian, Ferguson, Archetto, Lanzi

This Act Would Change The Date Of Disabled American Veterans' Day To July 31. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-196

95-House - #:6286 - An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation - Coastal Resources Management Council


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Naughton

This Act Would Allow The Coastal Resources Management Council To Approve Pre-Existing Residential Boating Facilities Within A Six (6) Month Period And Would Also Require The Council To Conform And Comply With The Federal Zone Management Act. This Actwould take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-197

95-House - #:6373 - An Act Relating To Education


Sponsors: Crowley, Panciera, Fleury, Walter, Carpenter

This Act Would Permit The Establishment Of Charter Schools, Alternative Institutions For Learning, Independent Of Local School Committees And Operated By A Governing Body. A Charter Procedure Has Been Established In The Act And Certain Rules And Regulations are set forth for the operation of such schools. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-198

95-House - #:6523 - An Act Relating To Nurses


Sponsors: Kilmartin

This Act Lists Certain Instances Of Misconduct For Which The Board Of Nursing Must Conduct A Hearing For Purposes Of Disciplining A Licensee And Provides For Mandatory Permanent Revocation Of A License Of The Same Misconduct Is Committed Twice. This Actwould take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-199

95-House - #:6542 - An Act Relating To Insurance -- Health Insurance Policies


Sponsors: Wasylyk, Fox, Costantino, Giannini, Ajello

This Act Would Prohibit Policies/Plans That Utilize Pre-Existing Conditions Clauses. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-200

95-House - #:6707 - An Act Relating To Public Health


Sponsors: Henseler

This Act Would Require That The Construction And Operation Of Sewage Sludge Incinerators Be Preceded By A Comprehensive Health Risk Assessment. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-201

95-House - #:6350 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety -- Public Water Supply And Certifications Of Operators


Sponsors: Benoit, Burlingame, Martineau, Lauzon

This Act Would Create A Board Of Certification Of Operators Of Public Water Supply Treatment And Transmission And Distribution Facilities With Licensing Powers To Operators Of Drinking Water Supply Facilities And Systems. This Act Would Take Effect Upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-202

95-House - #:6419 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government-- Economic Development Zones


Sponsors: Martineau

This Act Would Allow A Business That Is Qualified In Two Separate Enterprise Zones To Total The Number Of Its New Hires To Meet The Minimum Enterprise Zone Requirements. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:01/01/1995


1995-C-203

95-House - #:6439 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles-- Motor Vehicle Offenses


Sponsors: Palumbo, Hetherington, Reilly, Lanzi, Lopes

This Act Would Increase The Penalties For Attempting To Elude Or Flee From A Traffic Officer Or Police Vehicle. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-204

95-House - #:6575 - An Act Relating To The Abraham Touro Fund


Sponsors: Long, Teitz, Callahan, Crowley, Levesque, M.

This Act Would Amend The Abraham Touro Fund Act By Directing That The State Investment Commission Invest The Funds Imposing Modern Prudent Investment Practices To Replace The Requirement That The Fund Be Invested Only In United States Stocks; And To Distribute up to 4 1/2% of the fund's value for the Synagogue's expenditures annually.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-205

95-House - #:6593 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles-- Repair Of Salvaged Vehicles


Sponsors: Rose, Coelho

This Act Would Repeal That Section Of The General Laws Relating To Licenses For Repair Of Salvaged Vehicles. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-206

95-House - #:6804 - An Act Relating To Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions


Sponsors: Bierman, Benson, Long, Lynch, Levesque, M.,

This Act Permits Disabled Workers Who Contributed To Temporary Disability Insurance Even Though They Were Not Eligible To Collect Benefits To Receive Refunds Of Their Contributions.

Keywords: Tdi

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-207

95-House - #:6828 - An Act Relating To Labor - Sunday Hours


Sponsors: Kennedy, Walter, Bumpus, Kelley, Garvey

This Act Permits Manafacturing To Begin A Shift Or Start Their Work Week At 11:00 Pm On Sunday And Not Pay Time And One Half For The Period Between 11:00 Pm. And 12:00 Midnight. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Wages;

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-208

95-House - #:6957 - An Act Relating To Days Of Special Observance - Gaspee Days


Sponsors: Mcnamara, Hetherington, Sherlock, Naughton, Flaherty

This Act Would Designate The Second Saturday And Sunday In June Of Each Year As "Gaspee Days". This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-209

95-House - #:6970 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety - Establishing A Research And Treatment Fund For Breast And Cervical Cancer


Sponsors: Henseler, Benson, Burlingame, Naughton, Cambio

This Act Would Establish A Special Fund For Research, Further Diagnostic Testing And Treatment For Women Who Are Uninsured, Underinsured And Over 40 Years Of Age Who Are Stricken With Breast And/Or Cervical Cancer. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-210

95-House - #:7022 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety -- Department Of Health


Sponsors: Sherlock, Salisbury

This Act Would Increase The Infant-Child Immunization Insurance From .075% To .121% To Fund Additional Vaccines Recently Recommended By The Advisory Committee On Immunization Practice (Acip). This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/01/1995


1995-C-211

95-Senate - #:0180 - An Act Relating To Children


Sponsors: Algiere, Blais, Flynn, Gorham

This Act Would Amend The Existing Statute Pertaining To Child Abuse And Would Enhance The Penalties Therefore. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-212

95-Senate - #:0281 - An Act Relating To Employee Pension Revocation And Reduction Act


Sponsors: Bates, Algiere, Debatt

This Act Would Provide For The Withholding Of Benefits Or Payments To Public Officials Or Employees Where An Action Has Been Filed In Superior Court Seeking The Revocation Or Reduction Of Such Payments Or Benefits. The Act Would Also Provide For The Grant of benefits or payments where the court finds that such should not be revoked or reduced. It would make certain technical corrections. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-213

95-Senate - #:0436 - An Act Relating To Recycling Telephone Directories


Sponsors: Fogarty, Disandro, Enos

This Act Allows Only The Dem To Devise The System By Means Of Which Telephone Directories May Be Recycled. This Act Would Take Effect On January 1, 1996

Effective date:01/01/1996


1995-C-214

95-Senate - #:0537 - An Act Relating To Domesitc Violence Prevention Act


Sponsors: Graziano, Algiere, Celona, Polisena, Blais

This Act Would Provide Minimum Mandatory Jail Sentences For Persons Convicted Of Crimes Involving Domestic Violence. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-215

95-Senate - #:0540 - An Act Relating To Insurance Agents -- Continuing Education


Sponsors: Tavares

This Act Amends The Continuing Education Law For Licensed Insurance Agents And Conforms It With The Single Producers License Law. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-216

95-Senate - #:0570 - An Act Relating To Waters And Navigation - Phosphate Reduction


Sponsors: Flynn, Gibbs

This Act Prohibits The Distribution, Sale Or Use Of Certain Household Cleaning Products Containing An Excessive Level Of Phosphorus As It Relates To Nuisance Algal Blooms And Low Oxygen Fish Kissl; Confers Powers And Duties On The Dept Of EnvironmentalManagement; sets requirements for labeling of products and maintenance of public records; and provides penalties for noncompliance.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-217

95-Senate - #:0620 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles Chemical Tests To Persons Under Age 21


Sponsors: Mcstay, Algiere, Polisena

This Act Lowers The Blood Alcohol Concentration Permitted A Driver Under The Age Of 21 Years To Not More Than .02%. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-218

95-Senate - #:1320 - An Act Creating A Board Of Assessment Review In The Town Of Exeter And Defining Its Powers And Duties


Sponsors: Gorham

This Act Would Create A Board Of Assessment Review In The Town Of Exeter And Defines Its Powers And Duties.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-219

95-Senate - #:0206 - An Act Relating To The Composition Of The Children'S Cabinet


Sponsors: Gibbs, Blais, Parella, Flynn, Gorham

This Act Would Allow The Governor'S Director Of Policy To Be A Member Of The Children'S Cabinet, And Would Allow The Governor To Select Which Member Shall Be The Chairperson.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-220

95-Senate - #:0299 - An Act Relating To Notaries Public-- Qualifications


Sponsors: Montalbano, Disandro

This Act Would Permit Any Member Of The Rhode Island Bar, Regardless Of Actual Residence To Be Appointed A Rhode Island Notary Public. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Attorneys

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-221

95-Senate - #:0400 - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses -- Trespass And Vandalism


Sponsors: Palazzo, Ruggerio, Cicilline, Montalbano, Goodwin

This Act Would Require That A Person Convicted Of Vandalism Be Required To Perform Twenty Hours Of Community Service And In Addition Require The Parent Or Guardian Of Such A Person To Pay A Fine Of One Hundred Dollars. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-222

95-Senate - #:0419 - An Act Relating To Consumer Protection -- Assistive Technology Law


Sponsors: Polisena, Graziano, Algiere, Disandro, Irons

This Act Provides "Lemon-Law" Relief To Consumers Of Assistive Technology. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-223

95-Senate - #:0456 - An Act Relating To The Joint Committee On Naming New Buildings


Sponsors: Sasso, O'Leary, Porter, Issa, Badeau, Et Al

This Act Would Provide That Copies Of All Bills Referred To The Joint Committee On Naming New Buildings And Copies Of Those Bills Which Become Acts Be Provided To The Division Of Planning Of The Department Of Administration. This Act Would Take Effect Upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-224

95-Senate - #:0516 - An Act Relating To Taxation


Sponsors: O'Leary, Tavares, Irons, Mcstay, Bates

This Act Permits Cities And Towns To Exempt The Inventory Or Stock In Trade Of Retailers From Taxation. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Towns And Cities

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-225

95-Senate - #:0583 - An Act Relating To Public Officers And Employees - Deferred Compensation Plans


Sponsors: Sullivan, Gibbs, Parella

This Act Would Include Mutual Funds In The List Of Investment Options Available To State And Municipal Employees Who Voluntarily Participate In A Deferred Compensation Plan. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-226

95-Senate - #:0686 - An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations-- Employment Security--Provisions


Sponsors: Badeau, Issa, Irons, Mcburney

This Act Would Authorize The Director Of Employment And Training To Collect Interest On Recoveries Of Benefits Improperly Or Excessively Paid Under The Unemployment Compensation System As A Result Of Fraud Or Misrepresentation By The Recipient. This Actwould take effect upon passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-227

95-Senate - #:0706 - An Act Relating To Alcoholic Beverages-- Regulation Of Sales


Sponsors: Paiva Weed, Cicilline, Mccaffrey, Fogarty, Algiere

This Act Would Allow A Valid Passport To Be An Acceptable Form Of Identification For Purposes Of Purchasing And/ Or Being Served Alcoholic Beverages. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-228

95-Senate - #:0713 - An Act Relating To Fish And Wildlife Licensing


Sponsors: Disandro, Fogarty, Irons

This Act Would Provide For A Moratorium On The Issue Of Certain Commercial Licenses. This Act Would Take Effect July 1, 1995.

Keywords: Fishing

Effective date:07/01/1995


1995-C-229

95-Senate - #:0806 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions-- Board Of Accountancy


Sponsors: Mccaffrey, Alves

This Act Amends The Qualifications Of The Members Of The Rhode Island Board Of Accountancy. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-230

95-Senate - #:0841 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions == Board Of Medical Licensure And Discipline


Sponsors: Hanaway, Graziano, Polisena, Fogarty

This Act Would Include In The Definition Of "Unprofessional Conduct" Any Sexual Contact Between A Physician And Patient During The Existence Of The Physician/Patient Relationship. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-231

95-Senate - #:0918 - An Act Relating To Probate Practice And Procedure-- Guardianship For Education


Sponsors: Paiva Weed, Izzo, Blais, Cicilline, Perry, Roney

This Act Would Require The Family Court To Make A Factual Determination As To The Residence Of A Child'S Parents Or Guardian On The Date The Child Is Placed In The Custody Of The State. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-232

95-Senate - #:0920 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety-- Smoking In Public Places


Sponsors: Perry, Sullivan, Mccaffrey, Cicilline, Walton, Graziano

This Act Would Prohibit Smoking In The State House. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-233

95-Senate - #:0978 - An Act Relating To Scenic Highways Board


Sponsors: Sullivan, Gibbs, Cicilline, Holland Porter

This Act Would Change The Name Of The Scenic Highways Board To The Scenic Byways Board And Would Allow The Board To Elect Its Own Chairman And Vice Chairman.

Keywords: Transportation

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-234

95-Senate - #:1015 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions -- Electricians -- Mandatory Continuing Education


Sponsors: Paiva Weed, Cicilline

This Act Would Require Mandatory Continuing Education For All Licensed Electricians. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-235

95-Senate - #:1295AM - An Act Relating To Employment Practices


Sponsors: Irons

This Act Would Permit Police And Other Law Enforcement Applicants To Be Asked About Past Arrest Histories Or Past Criminal Charges Which May Have Been Brought Against Them As Part Of Their Application Process. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Unlawful Employment Practices

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-236

95-Senate - #:1297AM - An Act Relating To Motor Vehicle Warranties - Leased Vehicles


Sponsors: Kelly

This Act Would Extend To A Lessee Of A Motor Vehicle The Same Warranty Rights Now Enjoyed By A Purchaser. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:10/01/1995


1995-C-237

95-Senate - #:1358 - An Act Relating To Insurance - Casualty Insurance Rating


Sponsors: Tavares

This Act Would Provide That No Insurance Carrier Could Consider An Accident Or Claim Where An Insured Is 50% Or Less At Fault In Establishing A Premium Surcharge Or Penalty. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-C-238

95-Senate - #:0981A - An Act Relating To Hotels, Housing And Innkeepers


Sponsors: Algiere, Disandro

This Act Would Require The Safekeeping Of Guest Property By Hotels And Allows Them To Refuse Admittance. This Act Shall Take Effect July 1, 1995.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-C-239

95-Senate - #:0006 - Relating To Taxes - City Of Central Falls


Sponsors: Issa

This Act Would Permit The City Of Central Falls To Grant A Tax Exemption For Improvements To Residential And Certain Rental Property Until The Next General Revaluation.

Keywords: Property Tax; Real Estate

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-240

95-Senate - #:0017A - Relating To Probate Practice And Procedure -- Lost Property


Sponsors: Issa

This Act Provides A Procedure For The Reporting And Disposition Of Lost Money Or Goods. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Lost Property; Lost And Found

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-241

95-Senate - #:0029 - An Act Relating To Marketable Record Title


Sponsors: Algiere, Montalbano

This Act Would Create A Marketable Title To Any Real Estate Which Has An Unbroken Chain Of Title For A Period Of Forty Years And Making Any Prior Interests Void And Unenforceable. This Act Takes Effect January 1, 1996.

Keywords: Property

Effective date:01/01/1996


1995-C-242

95-Senate95-Senate - #:0034 - An Act Relating To Animals -- Dog Licences In The Town Of Westerly


Sponsors: Algiere

This Act Would Permit The Town Of Westerly To Prescribe The Number Of Licensed Dogs Kept At Any Single Family Residence Other Than A Breeding Kennel And To Provide For Pecuniary Penalties Not To Exceed $25.00 This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Animals

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-243

95-Senate95-Senate - #:0036 - An Act Relating To The Westerly Fire District


Sponsors: Algiere

[1980, Amend]

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-244

95-Senate - #:0039 - An Act Relating To Liquor Licenses -- Class B East Greenwich


Sponsors: Lenihan

This Act Would Allow East Greenwich To Issue Nontransferable Full And Limited Class B Liquor Licenses. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Alcoholic Beverage Licences

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-245

95-Senate - #:0049A - An Act Relating To Public Officers And Employees -- Post Retirement Employment


Sponsors: Kelly, Lenihan, Polisena

This Act Would Permit Retired Teachers To Teach On A Part Time Basis Without Any Reduction In Retirement Benefits. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Applied Retroactively To July 7, 1994.

Effective date:07/07/1994


1995-C-246

95-Senate - #:0077 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions -- Hawkers And Peddlers


Sponsors: Enos

This Act Authorizes The Town Council Of The Town Of Tiverton To Enact Ordinances Relating To The Discretionary Issuance Of Hawkers' And Peddlers Licenses. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-247

95-Senate - #:0109A - An Act Relating To The Zoning Enabling Act


Sponsors: Gorham, Disandro

This Act Allows Cities And Towns To Implement Their Comprehensive Plans Within Eighteen Months Of Completion Of The State Review. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-248

95-Senate - #:0120 - An Act Relating To Taxation -- Sale Of Real Property By Nonresidents


Sponsors: Montalbano, Disandro

This Act Would Provide That A Lien Which Arises With Regard To The Witholding Of Funds When A Nonresident Sells Real Property And Associated Tangible Personal Property Would Cease To Be A Lien Upon The Property After Ten Years. This Act Would Take Effectupon passage.

Keywords: Taxation

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-249

95-Senate - #:0293 - An Act Relating To Taxation -- Central Falls Homeowner Exemption


Sponsors: Issa

This Act Would Extend The Residential Tax Exemption In Central Falls To 8 Family Dwellings As Long As One Is Owner Occupied. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Property Tax

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-250

95-Senate - #:0310 - An Act Validating And Ratifying The Home Rule Charter For The Town Of Tiverton.


Sponsors: Enos

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-251

95-Senate - #:0366 - An Act Relating To The Town Of Glocester- Historic District Property Tax Exemption


Sponsors: Gorham, Fogarty, Flynn

This Act Would Allow The Town Of Glocester To Excempt Certain Renovations Made To Historic And Historic Area Buildings From Property Tax Assessment Increases. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-252

95-Senate - #:0378 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Govenment -- Pharmaceutical Assistance To The Elderly


Sponsors: Fogarty, Disandro, Enos, Kelly

This Act Would Add Prescription Vitamin And Mineral Supplements For Renal Patients To The List Of Drugs Currently Covered By The Pharmaceutical Assistance To The Elderly Program. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-253

95-Senate - #:0435A - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions-- Optometrists


Sponsors: Fogarty, Disandro, Enos

This Act Would Give Beneficiaries The Choice Of Having Their Eyeglasses Or Lens Prescription Filled By Either A Physician, An Optometrist Or An Optician. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-254

95-Senate - #:0469 - An Act Relating To The Town Of Smithfield Levy And Assessment Of Local Taxes


Sponsors: Flynn

During The 1994 Session, Two Contradictory Bills Were Enacted Relating To Smithfield Tangible Property Tax. This Act Repeals One Of The Statutes At The Request Of The Smithfield Town Council.

Effective date:06/01/1994


1995-C-255

95-Senate - #:0486B - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions -- Embalmers And Funeral Directors


Sponsors: Irons, Tavares, Bates, Walaska, Lawrence

This Act Provides For The Licensure Of Funeral Establishments, Branch Offices And Crematories And Redefines The Practice Of Embalming And Funeral Directing. This Act Would Take Effect On November 1, 1995.

Effective date:11/01/1995


1995-C-256

95-Senate - #:0544 - An Act Relating To State Building Code


Sponsors: Irons

This Act Would Amend The Building Code To Modify The Fee On Local Permits For Residential One (1) And Two (2) Family Dwellings And Eliminate The Requirement To Fund The Housing And Property Maintenance Code. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Housing

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-257

95-Senate - #:0555 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles -- Required Equipment


Sponsors: Irons, Blais

This Act Would Allow The Sale Of Automobiles Without The Requirement That A Spare Time And Jack Be Included If The Vehicle Is Equipped With Tires Which Permit Operation Of The Vehicle When The Tires Are Flat. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-258

95-Senate - #:0637AM - An Act Relating To Public Utilities And Carriers


Sponsors: Irons, Polisena, Bates, Tavares

This Act Would Require, Where Technically And Economically Feasible, A Seven Digit Dialing Option For Completion Of Intrastate Ri Calls Outside Of The Local Calling Area. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-259

95-Senate - #:0655 - An Act Relating To Professional Service Corporations


Sponsors: Irons, Holland

This Act Would Enable Opticians To Form Professional Service Corporations And Engage In The Rendering Of Professional Services. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-260

95-Senate - #:0750 - An Act Relating To Animals And Animal Husbandry -- Animal Care


Sponsors: Perry, Gibbs, Parella, Goodwin

This Act Would Change The Defination Of Releasing Agency To Licensed Releasing Agency Requiring Such Agency To Be Licensed By The Director Of The Environmental Managemnet And Also Amends The Definition Of "Sexual Maturity" This Act Would Take Effect Uponpassage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-261

95-Senate - #:0758BAM - An Act Relating To The Commission On Religious, Racial And Ethnic Harassment


Sponsors: Walton, Porter, Cicilline, Fitzpatrick, Paiva Weed, Perry

This Act Would Change The Name Of The Commission On Religious, Racial And Ethnic Harassment To The Rhode Island Commission On Prejudice And Bias, Increases The Membership From Fifteen (15) Members To Twenty-One (21) Members And Increases The Members Termfrom (1) to (4) years. The act also broadens the commission's duties from studying religious, racial and ethnic harassment to studying all forms of prejudice, bias or hatred based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity,gender, disability or sexual orientation. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Gay Rights

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-262

95-Senate - #:0821 - An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure


Sponsors: Disandro

This Act Would Make It Clear That Public Or Private Institutions Of Higher Education Can Use The Provisions Of Section 09-17-05.1 To Comply With Subpoenas Thereby Freeing Up Their Personnel From Having To Personally Appear In Court.This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-263

95-Senate - #:0892AM - An Act Relating To Criminal Offenses-- Larceny


Sponsors: Fogarty, Disandro, Enos, Goodwin

This Act Would Make A Person Obtaining Health Services By Fraud Guilty Of The Crime Of Larceny. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-264

95-Senate - #:0903A - An Act Relating To Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations


Sponsors: Fogarty, Disandro, Enos

This Act Would Create A Minimum Reserve Requirement For Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations And Would Statutorily Prohibit The Commingling Of Reserves For Dental Services And Reserves For Other Health Services. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1996


1995-C-265

95-Senate - #:0924AM - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government -- Open Meetings


Sponsors: Cicilline, Polisena, Graziano, Walton, Izzo, Fitzpatrick

This Act Would Exempt From The Open Meetings Law Any Executive Session Of A School Committee Exclusively For The Purpose Of Conducting Disciplinary Hearings. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-266

95-Senate - #:0943 - An Act Relating To Financial Institutions -- Permitted Investments By Trust Companies


Sponsors: Goodwin

This Act Requires Certain Disclosures And Notices By Banks And Trust Companies When Purchasing Bonds And Other Securities. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-267

95-Senate - #:0983AAM - An Act Relating To Public Water Supply Systems


Sponsors: Graziano, Goodwin, Walton, Perry, Palazzo

This Act Would Provide For The Annexation Of Small Public Water Systems Who Frequently Lack The Technical And Financial Ability To Meet Current And Future Drinking Water Standards. This Act Would Provide For Annexation In A Fair And Equitable Manner Toall parties. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-268

95-Senate - #:1010A - An Act Relating To Investments


Sponsors: Goodwin

This Act Would Permit Trustees, Banks, Etc. To Invest In Rated, Collaterized Investment Trusts Containing United States Obligations Where The Statute Or Provision Of Any Document Pursuant To Which They Were Acting Authorizes Or Permits Investments In "Uninted States government obligations'. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Trusts And Trustees

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-269

95-Senate - #:1012 - An Act Relating To Investment Commission


Sponsors: Goodwin

This Act Would Expand The Investment Powers Of The State, State Agencies, Cities And Towns And Municipal Agencies To Include Obligations Issued Or Guaranteed By Any Agency Or Instrumentality Of The United States Government And Repurchase Agreements Fullycollateralized thereby and accounts of mutual funds the portfolios of which contain such obligations. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-270

95-Senate - #:1038 - An Act Relating To Tax Relief For Elderly In The City Of Warwick


Sponsors: Walaska, Mccaffrey, Lawrence, Revens

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-271

95-Senate - #:1040 - An Act Relating To Policemen'S Arbitration -- Continuance Of Conflict Provisions


Sponsors: Ruggerio, Coderre, Palazzo, Montalbano, Celona

This Act Would Provide That All Contractual Provisions In A Collective Bargaining Agreement Entered Under The Provisions Of This Chapter Shall Continue In The Following Collective Bargaining Agreement Unless A Change Is Proposed In Writing Within Thirty(30) days by the bargaining agent or corporate authority. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-272

95-Senate - #:1086 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles


Sponsors: Badeau, Mcburney

This Act Would Amend The Definition In The Rental Vehicle Surcharge Act. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-273

95-Senate - #:1128 - An Act Relating To Self-Insurance Pools


Sponsors: Tavares, Bates, Celona

This Act Allows Cities, Towns, School Districts And Other Municipal Entities The Option To Purchase Insurance Through Non-Profit Insurance Pools Without The Automatic Requirement Of Competitive Bidding. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-274

95-Senate - #:1133 - An Act Relating To Guardians And Conservators-- Annual Accounts


Sponsors: Goodwin, Blais, Ruggerio

This Act Would Provide That Municipalities Would Not Be Held Liable For Failure To Monitor Guardianship Estates. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Towns And Cities

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-275

95-Senate - #:1147 - An Act Relating To Administrative Procedures


Sponsors: Lenihan

This Act Would Move Language From The Chapter On State Aid To The Administrative Procedures Act. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-276

95-Senate - #:1181 - An Act Relating To Elections-- Town Of North Providence


Sponsors: Celona, Graziano, Montalbano

This Act Would Require That In Partisan Elections For Town Council Or School Committee At-Large In The Town Of North Providence, The Names Of Each Candidate For Office Appear On The Same Horizontal Line On The Voting Machine. This Act Would Take Effect Upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-277

95-Senate - #:1212 - An Act Relating To The General Assembly -- Joint Committee On Naming All New Buildings


Sponsors: O'Leary, Izzo, Graziano, Walton, Goodwin

This Act Names The Women'S Medium Security Facility At The Adult Correctional Institution The Gloria Disandro Mcdonald Building. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-278

95-Senate - #:1213 - An Act Relating To The General Assembly -- Joint Committee On Naming All New Buildings


Sponsors: O'Leary, Sasso, Izzo, Graziano, Revens

This Act Names The New Men'S Medium Security Facility At The Adult Correctional Institution The John J. Moran Facility. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-279

95-Senate - #:1250 - An Act Relating To The City Of Woonsocket -- Juvenile Hearing Board


Sponsors: Badeau, Coderre, Kelly

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Minors

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-280

95-Senate - #:1256 - An Act Relating To Taxation - Quarterly Municipal Tax Payments - Tiverton


Sponsors: Enos

This Act Would Permit Tiverton Property Owners To Pay Their Town Taxes In Quarterly Installments, And Pay Interest Only On Late Quarterly Payments. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-281

95-Senate - #:1363 - An Act Authorizing The Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District To Finance The Following Three Projects And To Issue Bonds Therefore In The Following Amounts: 1. Wawaloam School Addition: $4,016,059.


Sponsors: Lenihan

This Act Would Authorize The Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District To Finance Three Projects And To Issue Bonds In The Total Amount Not Exceeding $4,571,609.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-282

95-Senate - #:1371 - An Act Relating To The City Of Cranston - Taxation


Sponsors: Izzo, Fitzpatrick, O'Leary

This Act Would Authorize The City Council Of The City Of Cranston To Remove The $15,000 Gross Annual Income Requirement For Real Estate And Excise Tax Exemption For Disabled Persons. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Property Tax; Tax Exemptions; Handicapped Persons

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-283

95-Senate - #:1372 - An Act Relating To The City Of Cranston - Taxation - Exemption For Elderly


Sponsors: Izzo, Fitzpatrick, Sasso, O'Leary

This Act Would Allow The City Of Cranston To Increase The Amount Of Allowable Income For Those Persons Who Otherwise Qualify For Tax Freeze Benefits From $11,000 To $13,200 For One Person Households Where The Person Is Over 65, And From $12,500 To $15,000 to two or more person households where at least one person is over the age of 65. Additionally, this act would extend the filing deadline to April 15 of the tax year. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Property Tax; Tax Exemptions

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-284

95-Senate - #:1382 - An Act Relating To Taxation - Exemptions In Cumberland


Sponsors: Hanaway, Issa, Badeau, Debatt

This Act Increases The Property Tax Exemptions In Cumberland For Veterans, The Blind And Elderly. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Apply To Taxes Assessed On December 31, 1994 And Thereafter.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:12/31/1994


1995-C-285

95-Senate - #:1387 - An Act To Modify The Assessment Of The Towns In The Chariho Regional School District


Sponsors: Sullivan

This Act Would Lessen The Impact Of The Regional School District Assessment Upon The Towns Of Charlestown, Richmond And Hopkinton During The Months Of July And August, 1995.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-286

95-Senate - #:1422 - An Act Relating To The Exemption And Assessment Of Real And Ratable Tangible Property In The City Of Woonsocket


Sponsors: Cote, Badeau, Kelly

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-287

95-Senate - #:1445 - An Act Relating To The Stone Bridge Fire District -- Revenue Anticipation Notes


Sponsors: Enos

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-288

95-Senate - #:1474 - An Act Relating To Participation By Tiverton Town Employees In The Municipal Employees' Retirement System


Sponsors: Enos

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Cost Of Living

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-289

95-Senate - #:1514 - An Act Relating To The Use Of Optical Scanners For Charlestown Referenda Election


Sponsors: Blais

This Act Would Allow For Computer Ballots At The October 1995 Charlestown Local Referenda Election.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-290

95-House - #:5010 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles -- Solicitation On Roadways


Sponsors: Fleury

This Act Would Permit Solicitation Of Drivers On Public Roadways By Those Obtaining A Permit Issued By A City Or Town Council. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-291

95-House - #:5025 - An Act Relating To Public Utilities And Carriers -- Water District Rate Increases


Sponsors: Anderson, S

This Act Would Require The Kent County Water Authority To Give Notice Of Rate Increase Requests By Certified Mail To Fire Districts. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-292

95-House - #:5100 - An Act Relating To The Commission On Religious, Racial And Ethnic Harassment


Sponsors: Benson, Teitz, Montalbano, Raptakis, Murphy

This Act Changes The Name Of The Commission On Religious, Racial And Ethnic Harassment To The Rhode Island Commission On Predjudice And Bias, Increases The Membership From Fifteen(15) Members To Twenty-One (21)Members And Increases The Members Term Fromone (1) to four (4) years. The act also broadens the commission's duties from studying religious, racial and ethnic harassment to studying all forms of predjudice, bias or hatred based on actual or percieved race, color, religion, national origin,ethnicity,gender , disability, or sexual orientation. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-293

95-House - #:5134 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions -- Hawkers And Peddlers


Sponsors: Towers

This Act Authorizes The Town Council Of The Town Of Tiverton To Enact Ordinances Relating To The Discretionary Issuance Of Hawkers' And Peddlers' Licenses. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-294

95-House - #:5140 - An Act Relating To Boxing And Wrestling


Sponsors: Castro, Faria, Lauzon

This Act Would Establish The "Ten Point Must System" As The Standard Of Judgement For All Decisions In All Boxing Matches In Rhode Island This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-295

95-House - #:5172 - An Act Relating To Prisoner Made Goods


Sponsors: Lowe, Benoit, Burlingame

This Act Would Repeal The Requirement That The State And Cities And Towns, When Purchasing Articles And Materials Similar To Those Produced At The Adult Correctional Institute, First Requistion Such Items From The Director Of Corrections. This Act Wouldtake effect upon passage.

Keywords: Towns And Cities

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-296

95-House - #:5385 - An Act Relating To Public Utilities -- Municipal Approval For Extension


Sponsors: Lowe, Burlingame, Benoit

This Act Would Require The City And Town Councils Vote To Approve Any Extension Of Public Utility Services. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-297

95-House - #:5442 - An Act Relating To Open Meetings


Sponsors: Levesque, C, Little

This Act Would Provide That The Meeting Of A Political Party Or Organization May Not Be Used To Circumvent The Open Meetings Law. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-298

95-House - #:5492 - An Act Ratifying The Home Rule Charter Of The Town Of Tiverton


Sponsors: Quick, Towers

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-299

95-House - #:5560 - An Act Relating To Marketable Record Title


Sponsors: Knowles

This Act Would Create A Marketable Title To Any Real Estate Which Has An Unbroken Chain Of Title For A Period Of Forty Years And Making Any Prior Interests Void And Unenforcebale. This Act Would Take Effect January 1, 1996.

Effective date:01/01/1996


1995-C-300

95-House - #:5598 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government-- Administrative Procedures.


Sponsors: Costantino, Murphy, Fox, Zainyeh

This Act Would Increase The Administrative Procedures Act Hearing Notice Requirement From Twenty (20) Days To Thirty (30) Days And Would Further Require The Promulgation And Implementation By Any Adoption, Amendment, Or Repeal Of Such Rule Within Ninety(90) days of passage. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-301

95-House - #:5608 - An Act Relating To Liquor Licenses -- Class B East Greenwich


Sponsors: Raptakis, Watson

This Act Would Allow East Greenwich To Issue Nontransferable Full And Limited Class B Liquor License. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Alcoholic Beverages--Licenses

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-302

95-House - #:7126 - An Act Relating To Taxation -- City Of Central Falls Homeowner Exemption


Sponsors: Brousseau, Faria

This Act Would Increase The Homeowner Exemption In The City Of Central Falls From $3,000 To $15,000. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-303

95-House - #:5640 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles -- Air Pumps


Sponsors: Panciera, Martineau, Quick, Campbell, Fox

This Act Would Allow Service Stations To Charge For The Use Of Compressed Air Pumps. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Gasoline; Gas Stations

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-304

95-House - #:5673 - An Act Relating To Professional Services Corporations


Sponsors: Martineau

This Act Would Enable Opticians To Form Professional Services Corporations And Engage In The Rendering Of Professional Services. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-305

95-House - #:5706 - An Act Relating To Veterans-- Veterans' Benefits


Sponsors: Simonian, Ferguson, Archetto, Lanzi

This Act Would Provide That Members Of The Armed Forces Who Earn Campaign Ribbons Or Expeditionary Medals For Service In Conflicts Or Undeclared Wars Would Be Entitled To Receive Certain Veterans' Benefits And Exemptions. This Act Would Take Effect Uponpassage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-306

95-House - #:5744 - An Act Relating To Wastewater Treatment Facilities


Sponsors: Cambio, Ginaitt, Palangio, Henseler, Montalbano

This Act Creates The Requirement Of Published Notice And Public Hearing On The Renewal Of Wastewater Facility Licenses. This Act Outlines The Requirements Of The Notice, The Persons To Be Notified By Mail, The Requirement Of The Availability Of Translators, and that all costs are to be borne by the facility. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-307

95-House - #:5749 - An Act Relating To Education-- Gifted Children


Sponsors: Sherlock, Pires, Crowley, Benoit, Henseler

This Act Expands The Definition Of Gifted Children And Requires The State Advisory Committee To Meet A Minimum Of Four Times A Year.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-308

95-House - #:5767 - An Act Relating To Rhode Island Whistleblowers Act


Sponsors: Moura, Mccauley, Smith, Montanaro, And Anderson

This Act Would Place The "Rhode Island Whistleblowers Protection Act", In Title 28 "Labor And Labor Practices". This Act Has Previously Found In Title 36 Chapter 15 "Public Officers And Employees". In Addition The Act Would Now Apply To All Employees InRhode Island, not just public employees. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-309

95-House - #:6722 - An Act In Amendment Of Chapter 450 Of The Public Laws Of 1990, Entitled "An Act Authorizing The Town Of South Kingstown To Finance The Acquisition Of Land And The Construction, Equipping And Furnishing Of A Police Station And To Issue Not More Than4


Sponsors: Knowles, Kelley, Lally, Garvey

Police Staton And To Issue Not More Than $4,500,000 Bonds Therefor," To Authorize An Additional Borrowing Of $500,000.No explanation provided.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-310

95-House - #:6748 - An Act Relating To Property Subject To Taxation


Sponsors: Fleury, Williamson, Murphy

This Act Increases The Amount Of Income Entitling West Warwick Taxpayers To Real Estate Exemption.

Keywords: Freeze Of Tax Rate For Elderly

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-311

95-House - #:5801 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions-- Building Contractor'S Registration


Sponsors: Henseler, Benson, Carter, Cambio, Russo

This Act Provides For Mandatory Revocation Of A Builder'S Certificate If Found In Violation Of The Provisions Of The Chapter Regulating Building Contractors Three (3) Or More Times And Further Require A Performance Bond On All Public And Private Contractors. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-312

95-House - #:5813 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety-- Fire Detection Systems In Existing Residences


Sponsors: Montanaro

This Act Would Increase The Inspection Fee From $20 To $30, And Allow A $15 Reinspection Of Smoke Detectors Prior To Transferring Title. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Building Code

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-313

95-House - #:5824 - An Act Relating To Education


Sponsors: Jacquard, Palumbo, San Bento

This Act Would Require School Personnel To Report All Incidents Involving The Use Or Threatened Use Of Weapons On School Grounds. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-314

95-House - #:5848 - An Act Relating To Property-- Estates In Retail Property


Sponsors: Heffner

This Act Would Make Certain Technical Amendments Regarding The Validity Of The Transfer Of Title To Real Property To A Trustee And The Recording Of An Affidavit To Establish The Power Of A Trustee To Convey The Property In Accordance With Existing Practice and would apply to all trusts and instruments pertaining to real property, whenever created or recorded. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-315

95-House - #:5856 - An Act Relating To Definitions-- Psychologist-- Workers' Compensation


Sponsors: Montanaro, Anderson, S., Sherlock

This Act Amends The Definition Of "Physician" In The Workers' Compensation Statute To Include Psychologists Along With Other Licensed Doctoral Level Health Providers. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-316

95-House - #:5917 - An Act Relating To The Public Utilities Commission


Sponsors: Salisbury

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-317

95-House - #:5923 - An Act Relating To Excavation Near Underground Utility Facilities


Sponsors: Campbell, Kelley, Archetto

This Act Would Place The Responsibility For Imposing The Civil Penalty On The Administrator Of The Division Of Public Utilities.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-318

95-House - #:5939 - An Act Relating To Taxicabs And Limited Public Motor Vehicles


Sponsors: Kelley

This Act Exempts From Division Jurisdiction All Taxicabs And Limited Public Motor Vehicles Operating Within The Town Of New Shoreham.

Keywords: Taxis

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-319

95-House - #:5973 - An Act Relating To The Taking Of Land In The Town Of Coventry, County Of Kent For Water Supply Purposes


Sponsors: Raptakis

This Act Would Give The Kent County Water Authority Eminent Domain Powers For The Purpose Of Acquiring A Single Specific Parcel Of Land In The Town Of Coventry. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-320

95-House - #:5987 - An Act Relating To Domestic Relations -- Uniform Law On Paternity


Sponsors: Winfield, Lowe, Slater, Williamson

This Act Would Allow A Father To Bring A Complaint To Determine Paternity. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Children

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-321

95-House - #:5999 - An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure -- Jury Commissioners


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Act Would Allow The Presiding Justice Of Superior To Appoint Jury Commissioners. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-322

95-House - #:6003 - An Act Relating To Warrants For Arrest -- Municipal Court


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Act Would Allow A Person Arrested Pursuant To A Warrant Issued By A Municipal Court To Be Released By A District Court Judge Or Justice Of The Peace When The Municipal Court Is Not In Session. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-323

95-House - #:6009 - An Act Relating To Statutes And Statutory Construction


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Act Reenacts Titles 5, 28, 33, 34, 43 And 44 Of The General Laws Contained In Volumes 18, 5, 6 And 7. It Is Part Of An Ongoing Program To Integrate Amendments In The Pocket Supplements Of The Volumes Into The Main Volumes Of The General Laws. Thereenactment has been edited by the editors of the general laws under supervision of the Law Revision Officer of the Joint Committee on Legislative Services. Sections 1, 2 and 3 would take effect on December 31, 1995, Section 4 would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-324

95-House - #:6011 - An Act Relating To Criminal Procedure - Indictment Information And Complaints


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Act Authorizes The Consideration Of Providence County And Bristol County As A Single County For The Purposes Of The Composition Of Statewide Grand Juries As These Two Counties Are So Treated For Petit Juries. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-325

95-House - #:6013 - An Act Relating To State Building Code


Sponsors: Montanaro

This Act Would Amend The Code To Modify The Fee On Local Permit For Residential 1 & 2 Family Dwelling And Would Eliminate The Requirement To Fund The Housing And Property Maintenance Code. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-326

95-House - #:6020 - An Act Relating To Environmental Marketing


Sponsors: Henseler

This Act Makes It Unlawful For Any Persons Selling Goods To Make Deceptive Claims About Their Environmental Impact. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Commercial Code

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-327

95-House - #:6022 - An Act Relating To Excavation Near Underground Utility Facilties


Sponsors: Kelley

This Act Would Require The Water Utilities Of The State That Are Regulated By The Division Of Public Utilities And Carriers, To Participate In The One-Call (Dig Safe) Notification Center. The Water Utilities Would Be Required To Pay A Standard Cost Permile of underground pipe to the notification center, to purchase a dedicated telephone line premise terminal equipment, to upgrade their transmission and distribution location plans and to mark underground utilities within 48 hours of notification.

Effective date:01/01/1996


1995-C-328

95-House - #:6037 - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles-- Temporary Plates


Sponsors: Williams, Burlingame, Coderre, Ajello, Carpenter

This act would require certain identifying information to be printed on temporary vehicle registration plates. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-329

95-House - #:6076 - An Act Relating To Community Antenna Television Systems


Sponsors: Mcdevitt, Campbell

This Act Would Allow The Division Of Public Utilities To Recover Costs Associated With Cable Television Rate Filings, Mergers And Investigations.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-330

95-House - #:6084 - An Act Relating To The Public Utilities Commission


Sponsors: Campbell

This Act Allows The Division Of Public Utilities To Participate In Utility Cases Before The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission And Charge Expenses Incurred, Limited By The Existing Statutory Cap, To The Local Electric Or Gas Distribution Companies Whose retail rates are impacted by the federal filing. it also includes expenses related to state and federal court appeals as reimbursable expenses under the statute.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-331

95-House - #:6125 - An Act Relating To State Building Code


Sponsors: Little, Archetto, Towers, Rose

This Act Prohibits Charging A Building Permit Fee For A Disabled Access Ramp To A Residential Building. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-332

95-House - #:6134 - An Act Relating To Community Antenna Television Systems


Sponsors: Salisbury, Campbell

This Act Would Increase The Assessment Against Cable Television Companies To A Maximum Of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Cable Tv

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-333

95-House - #:6160 - An Act Relating To Elections - Listing Of At-Large Candidates


Sponsors: Cambio, Anzeveno, Desimone, Montalbano, Wasylyk

This Act Would Provide For The Listing Of At-Large Candidates For Council And School Committee In The Partisan Election In The Town Of North Providence On The Same Horizontal Line On The Voting Machines In Said Town. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-334

95-House - #:6188 - An Act Relating To Insurance - Health Maintenance Organizations


Sponsors: Picard, Lynch, Wasylyk

This Act Would Require Health Maintenance Organizations To File Their Plans For Provider Membership And Utilization Review Controls With The Departments Of Health And Business Regulation. It Would Further Require Changes And Modifications Of The Hmosapplication to be submitted to those departments for review and approval prior to implementation. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-335

95-House - #:6194 - An Act Relating To Taxation - City Of Pawtucket Exemption For Residential Improvements And Alterations


Sponsors: Anderson, M., San Bento, Montalbano, Pires, Coderre

This Act Would Authorize The City Of Pawtucket To Grant Tax Exemption Of Up To $15,000 Of Valuation For Alterations And Improvements Made To Owner-Occupied Residential Dwellings Of Five (5) Units Or Less. The Exemption Would Be For A Three (3) Year Period. This act would take effect on December 31, 1995.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:12/31/1995


1995-C-336

95-House - #:6206 - An Act Relating To Property - Absentee Landlords In The City Of Providence


Sponsors: Costantino, Carpenter, Williams, Lima, Palangio

This Act Would Provide That All Absentee Landlords In The City Of Providence Must Register With The City Recorder Of Deeds. This Act Also Provides That Landlords Who Do Not Act Upon A Citation For Over 60 Days Shall Have All Rent Held By The City In Anescrow account until compliance, and would appropriate the sum of $90,000 for the salaries of such municipal sheriffs necessary to enforce the provisions of this act. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Landlord And Tenant

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-337

95-House - #:6258 - An Act Relating To Insurance Coverage For Treatment Of Substance Abuse


Sponsors: Fox, San Bento, Lanzi, Giannini, Sherlock

This Act Would Include Medically Necessary And Court-Ordered Substance Abuse Treatment As A Covered Benefit Under Health Insurance Policies. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-338

95-House - #:6425 - An Act Relating To Towns And Cities-- Neglected Burial Grounds


Sponsors: Kelley, Rose, Anderson M., Lauzon, Benson

This Act Would Allow Interested Individuals To Maintain, At Their Own Expense, Burial Grounds Neglected Or Abandoned Burial Grounds Upon Approval By The Local Town Council. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-339

95-House - #:6588 - An Act Relating To Regulation Of Business Practices Among Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Distributors And Dealers


Sponsors: Rose, Coelho

This Act Would Regulate Chargebacks Of Claims Under Warranty Agreements And Manufacturer Sponsored Promotions. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-340

95-House - #:6621 - An At Relating To Businesses And Professions -- Optometrists


Sponsors: Ginaitt

This Act Would Give Beneficiaries The Choice Of Having Their Eyeglasses Or Lens Prescriptions Filled By Either A Physician, An Optometrist Or An Optician, This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-341

95-House - #:6633 - An Act Relating To Criminal Procedure -- Bail And Recognizance


Sponsors: Ferguson, Simonian, Campbell,Pires, Raptakis

This Act Would Require Court Clerks To Deduct For Any Bail Money Deposited With The Court Any Restitution Or Any Other Assessments Owed By The Defendant. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-342

95-House - #:6715 - An Act Relating To Tax Relief For Elderly In The City Of Warwick


Sponsors: Mcgowan, Zainyeh

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-343

95-House - #:6716 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government-- Port Authority


Sponsors: Long

This Act Requires The Port Authority And Economic Development Corporation To Prepare And Make Public An Analysis Of The Impact Of A Proposed Project On Industry, State Fiscal Matters And The Financial Exposure Of Taxpayers.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-344

95-House - #:6721 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of South Kingstown To Finance The Remodeling And Reconstruction Of The Hazard School And To Issue Not More Then $2,000,000 Bonds Therefor.


Sponsors: Kelley, Knowles, Lally

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-345

95-House - #:6724 - An Act Validating And Ratifying Certain Amendments To Home Rule Charter Of The Town Of North Kingstown


Sponsors: Henseler, Benson, Carter

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-346

95-House - #:6766 - An Act Relating To The City Of Woonsocket, Juvenile Hearing Board


Sponsors: Benoit, Burlingame, Lauzon, Martineau, Picard

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Minors

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-347

95-House - #:6797 - Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of Amending The Charter Of The Hope Valley/Wyoming Fire District


Sponsors: Bumpus, Kennedy

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-348

95-House - #:6815 - An Act Relating To Taxation


Sponsors: Ferguson, Millard, Levesque, C.

This Act Permits Bristol To Give A Real Estate Property Tax Exemption To Elderly Residents. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Be Applied Retroactively To December 31, 1994.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:12/31/1994


1995-C-349

95-House - #:6817 - An Act Relating To Taxation


Sponsors: Ferguson, Millard, Levesque, C.

This Act Establishes An Exemption From The Real Estate Tax Of Disabled Residents' Real Property In The Town Of Bristol. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Apply Retroactively To December 31, 1994.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions; Handicapped Persons

Effective date:12/31/1994


1995-C-350

95-House - #:6819 - An Act Relating To Taxation - Property Tax Exemptions, Town Of Bristol


Sponsors: Ferguson, Millard, Levesque, C.

This Act Would Provide That The Maximum Exemption From Taxation For Residents Of The Town Of Bristol Shall Not Exceed $50,000 Of Valuation In A Calendar Year. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Apply Retroactively To December 31, 1994.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:12/31/1994


1995-C-351

95-House - #:6823 - An Act Relating To Taxation


Sponsors: Ferguson, Millard, Levesque, C.

This Act Provides A Real Estate Tax Exemption To The Property Of Bristol Residents Who Are Determined To Be Partially Disabled Due To A Military Service Connected Disability. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Be Applied Retroactively ToDecember 31, 1994.

Keywords: Veterans; Tax Exemptions

Effective date:12/31/1994


1995-C-352

95-House - #:6824 - An Act Relating To Taxation - Property Exempt From Taxation


Sponsors: Ferguson, Millard, Levesque, C.

This Act Would Increase The Exemption For Dwelling Houses Of Clergymen In Bristol From $150,000 To $500,000. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Apply Retroactively To December 31, 1994.

Keywords: Religious Institutions

Effective date:12/31/1994


1995-C-353

95-House - #:6827 - An Act Relating To Taxation - Property Exemptions, Town Of Bristol


Sponsors: Ferguson, Millard, Levesque, C.

This Act Would Repeal The Current Law Regarding Real Estate Tax Exemptions For Disabled Residents Of The Town Of Bristol. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Apply Retroactively To December 31, 1994.

Keywords: Handicapped Persons; Tax Exemptions

Effective date:12/31/1994


1995-C-354

95-House - #:6873 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions-- Eletricians


Sponsors: Kennedy

This Act Would Increase By One Members The Electricians Board Of Examiners To Include A Member Of The Rhode Island Sign Contractors Association. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-355

95-House - #:6874 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions-- Electricians


Sponsors: Kennedy

This Act Would Reduce The Apprentice Period From 4 Years To 2 Years For The Electric Sign Installers And Also Provide For A One Time Elimination Of Said Apprentice Period. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-356

95-House - #:6879 - An Act In Amendment Of Section 1 Of Chapter 1109 Of The Public Laws, 1892 Entitled " An Act In Relation To The Election Of Town Officers In The Town Of West Greenwich" As Amended


Sponsors: Raptakins, Bumpus

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-357

95-House - #:6880 - An Act Creating A Board Of Assessment Review In The Town Of Exeter And Defining Its Powers And Duties


Sponsors: Raptakis, Carter, Bumpus

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Tax Assessors

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-358

95-House - #:6898 - An Act Relating To Health And Safety Of School Children - Allergic Emergencies


Sponsors: Giannini, Benoit, Lanzi, Smith, Mcgowan

This Act Would Require All Schools To Have Available An Epipen Which Automatically Injects Epinephrine Into The Body To Counteract Allergic Reactions And That All School Teachers Be Instructed In Its Use And Location Within The School Building. Immunityfor ordinary negligence in the use of the pen is provided. This act would take effect July 1, 1996.

Keywords: Education

Effective date:07/01/1995


1995-C-359

95-House - #:6902 - An Act Relating To Chariho Regional School District


Sponsors: Kennedy, Bumpus, Garvey, Raptakis

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-360

95-House - #:6935 - An Act Authorizing The Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District To Finance The Following Three Projects And To Issue Bonds Therefore In The Following Amounts:


Sponsors: Carter, Bumpus

1.Wawaloam School Addition: $4,016,059 2. Expansion Of The Multipurpose Room At Wawaloam School Into A Gymnasium: $338,050 3. Installation Of A Track At The Junior Senior High School: $217,500This act would authorize the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District to finance three projects and to issue bonds in the total amount not exceeding $4,571,609.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-361

95-House - #:6967 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of Charlestown To Issue General Obligation Bonds And Notes In An Amount Not To Exceed $1,900,000 For The Purpose Of Financing The Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of A Community Center In The Town


Sponsors: Garvey, Kennedy, Bumpus

This Act Would Authorize The Town Of Charlestown To Issue One Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars Of General Obligation Bonds And Notes In Order To Construct, Furnish And Equip A Community Center In The Town.Section 11 And 12 Are Effective Uponpassage. The remainder of the act shall take effect upon approval of the act by the electors of the town of Charlestown.

Keywords: Referenda--Towns And Cities

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-362

95-House - #:6991 - An Act Relating To Taxation - Exemptions In Cumberland


Sponsors: Gaschen, Reilly, Brousseau, Menard

This Act Increases The Property Tax Exemptions In Cumberland For Veterans, The Blind And Elderly. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage And Apply To Taxes Assessed On December 31, 1994 And Thereafter.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions;

Effective date:12/31/1994


1995-C-363

95-House - #:7006 - An Act Relating To Town Of Hopkinton


Sponsors: Kennedy

No Explanation Provided. [Assessment And Taxation Of New Real Estate Construction.]

Keywords: Property Tax

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-364

95-House - #:7024 - An Act Validating And Ratifying An Amendment To The Home Rule Charter Of The Town Of Narragansett


Sponsors: Knowles, Lally

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: School Committee, Terms

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-365

95-House - #:7029 - An Act Relating To Town Meetings -- The Financial Town Meetting Of The Town Of Hopkinton


Sponsors: Kennedy

No Explanation Provided. (Time And Place Of Financial Town Meeting).

Keywords: Town Council, Regional School District

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-366

95-House - #:7039 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of West Warwick To Finance Improvements, Additions And Renovations To, And The Furnishing And Equipping Of, Public Schools In The Town And To Issue Not More Than $7,200,000 Bonds And Notes Therefor


Sponsors: Fleury, Williamson, Murphy

This Act Authorizes The Town Of West Warwick To Issue Not More Than $7,200,000 Bonds And Notes To Finance Improvements, Additions, And Renovations To, And The Furnishing And Equipping Of, Public Schools In The Town. Sections 11 And 12 Shall Take Effectupon passage. The remainder of the Act takes effect upon approval of the questions provided for in Section 11.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-367

95-House - #:7068 - An Act Authorizing The Town Of Cumberland To Finance The Construction Of Schools And School Facilities And/Or Additions, Renovations, Improvements, Alterations And Repairs, And To Finance The...


Sponsors: Reilly, Faria, Menard, Brousseau

This Act Authorizes The Town Of Cumberland To Issue Not More Than $10,900,000 Bonds And/Or Notes To Finance The Construction Of Schools And School Facilities And/Or Additions, Renovations, Improvements, Alterations And Repairs, And To Finance The Purchase of furnishings and equipment for schools and school facilities in the town which are part of the Cumberland School Department. Sections 11 and 12 shall take effect upon passage. The remainder of the Act takes effect upon approval of the questionprovided for in Section 11.

Keywords: School Bonds

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-368

95-House - #:7079 - An Act Relating To Solemnization Of Marriages


Sponsors: Teitz

This Act Would Allow The Honorable Bruce Selya, Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The First Circuit, To Marry Judith Fitz-Simon And Daniel Frank Moretti On September 3, 1995.This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Solemniazation Of Marriages

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-369

95-House - #:7113 - An Act Relating To The Hopkinton Economic Development Commission


Sponsors: Kennedy

No Explanation Provided. (Creating Hopkinton Economic Development Commission)

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 Art 40 - An Act Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996. -- State Funds


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson, Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Gifts, Bequests

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 Art 41 - An Act Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996. -- Legislative Oversight Commission For Consulting Contracts


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson, Et Al.

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Contracts, Consultants

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 Art 42 - An Act Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996. -- Shellfish Transplant Program


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson, Et Al

Keywords: Shellfish

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 Art 43 - An Act Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996. -- State Revenue Estimating Conference


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson, Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Meetings

Effective date:10/01/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 01 - An Act Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996. - Making Appropriations In Support Of Fy 1996


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson, Et Al

This Article Makes Appropiations From General Revenues And Authorizes Expenditure Of Federal Funds And Restricted Receipts Of The Fiscal Year 1996. This Article Also Identifies The Fte Position Authorizations For The Fiscal Year 1996.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 02 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To The Rhode Island Refunding Bond Authority


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Identifies The Amounts Appropriated For The Debt Service On Bonds Issued By The Rhode Island Refunding Bond Authority. The Authority Refunded General Obligation Bonds By Issuing Revenue Bonds In 1988. This Article Is Included In The Appropriation act pursuant to the provision of the Loan and Trust agreement between the State and the Authority.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 03 - An Act Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996. - Sales And Use Tax-Depco


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson, Et Al

This Article Dedicates A Portion Of The Sales Tax Reciepts To The Depositors' Economic Protection Corporation..

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 04 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Uniform Controlled Substance Act


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Allows The State To Temporarily Borrow Up To $150 Millionfor Any Fiscal Year Against Estimated Tax Receipts For General Fund Cash Flow Purposes.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 05 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- 1995 Captital Development Program


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Proposes The Extension Of Certain General Obligation Bond Authorizations Which Would Otherwise Be Extinguished.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 06 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To Compensation Of Board Members


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article States That For The Period Ending June 30, 1996, Members Of The Various Boards And Commissions Will Not Be Paid Unless They Are Performing Anadjudicatory Function.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 07 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To The Gas Tax


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

Section 1 Of This Article Decreases The Gas Tax Tranfer To The General Fund From The Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund From 10 Cents To 9 Cents, Effective July 1, 1995. The Amount Remaining In The Intermodel Surface Transportation Fund That Is Dedicated to the Department of transportaion thus increased from 13 cents to 14 cents. Section 1 also makes technical changes to the language providing for the transfer of funds to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and the Elderly/Disabled Transportation program of the Department of Elderly Affairs. Section 2 of this article adds highway safety program federal funds to those federalfunds received by the state for expenditure on highway purposes to be deposited in the Intermodel Surface Transportatio

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 08 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To The Roger Williams Reserve Fund


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Permits The Use Of Roger Williams Funds For Operations And Maintenance On A Permanent Basis. The Portion Of The Hotel Tax Is Currently Restricted To Capital Expenses For Historical Properties.

Keywords: Budget, Hotel Tax, Open Space

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 09 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Department Of Environmental Management


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Postpones The Establishment Of The Department Of The Environment Contained In Public Laws Of 1990, Until July 1, 1996, Due To Fiscal Constraints Of The State.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 10 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Abstracts Of Motor Vehicle Operator'S Records


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Removes The Requirement For The Department Of Environmental Management To Make Integated Pest Management Grants For All Fiscal Years Beginning In Fy 1995. Any Savings Will Be Used To Offset Current Service Expenses Associated With The Pesticide management and regulation program.

Keywords: Budget, Fees

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 11 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To Revised Appropriations


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Provides For Additional Appropriations In Fy 1995.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 12 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Will Change The Name Of The Rhode Island Port Authority And Economic Development Corporation To The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. In Addition , This Article Will Transfer The Powers, Functions,And Responsibilities Presentlyunder the department of economic development to the Rhode Island economic development corporation, thereby consolidating and more effectively implementing the economic development goals of the state.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 13 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- State Lottery


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Eliminates The Department Of Library Services. The Responsibilities And Authorities Currently With The The Department Of Library Services Will Continue Under A Sixth Program, Information Services, Established Within The Department Of Elementary and Secondary Education in FY 1996. The article does not effect the operation and administration of the various grant and aid programs currently performed by the Department of Library Services.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 14 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To The Merger Of The Departments Of Substance Abuse And Health


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Will Eliminate The Department Of Substance Abuse. All Fuctions And Duties Of The Department Of Substance Abuse, Including Treatment Alternatives To Street Crimes (Tasc), Student Assistance, Dwi, The 35 Task Forces And Detoxification Will Betransferred to the Department of Health. No current contracts are affected, except that the contracts will be monitored by the Department of Health.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 15 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To Retirement Benefits


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided. [Increase Employee Contributions]

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 16 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Rhode Island Organ Transplant Fund


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article, For Fiscal Year 1996 And Thereafter, Limits Eligibility To Individuals And Institutions In Rhode Island. It Stipulates A Phased-In Elimination Of The Out-Of-State Program Over A Period Of Four Years. Each Fiscalyear A New Class Of Studentsin phased-out for the first three fiscal years. In the fourth year, all aid for students attending out-of states schools will be elminated.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 17 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To Hospital Licensing Fees


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Establishes A Hospital Licensing Fee Based Upon Net Patient Services Revenue Of Hospitals Shose Primary Service And Primary Bed Inventory Are Non-Psychiatric In Nature.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 18 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To Education Aid


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Continues The Phase Out Of The Regionalization Bonus. The Fy 1995 Budget As Enacted (94-H-9326 Art 15 Am) Included The First Phase Of The Elimination Of The Regionalization Bondus By Funding 60 Percent Of The Fy 1995 Entitlement. In Fy 1996, the regionalization bonus will be funded at 30 percent of the FY 1996 entitlement. In FY 1997 and thereafter, the regionalization bonus will be zero percent.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 19 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- General Public Assistance


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Will Eliminate The $10.00 Fee Charged By The Registry Of Motor Vehicles For Individuals Who Renew Their Registration At A Branch Of The Registry.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 20 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To Cigarette Tax


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Will Raise The Cigarette Tax From 28 Mills Per Cigarette (56 Cents Per Pack Of Twenty Cigarettes) To Thirty And One Half Mills Per Cigarette (61 Cents Per Pack).

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 21 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To Police And Fire Incentive Pay Programs


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Will Repeal The Chapters Of The General Laws Which Establish The Municipal Police And Municipal Fire Incentive Pay Programs. These Programs Provide A Financial Incentive For Police And Firefighters To Further Their Education In Relatedfields.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 22 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Relating To Rite Care Administration


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Gives The Department Of Human Services Full Fiscal And Administrative Responsibility For The Rite Start, Rite Track And Afdc Managed Care Programs.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 23 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996-- Superior Court Judges


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Judges, Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 24 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Relating To The Department Of Health


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 25 - Title Making Appropriatins For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Nursing Facility Provider Assessment Act


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 26 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Mutuel Betting & License Fees


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 27 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Relief Of Firefighters And Police Officers


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 28 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1995 -- Solid Waste Management Corporation


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 29 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Economic Security Of The Children Of The State


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 30 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Water Resources Board


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 31 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Fund


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 32 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Reimbursement For Out-Of-State Hospital Services


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 33 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Arrest Warrants


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 34 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Bank Tax Modernization Act


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 35 - Making Appropriation For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Vital Records


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 36 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Dept. Of Business Regulation -- Auctioneers


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 37 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Reimbursement For Eye Examinations


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 38 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Reimbursement For Prescription Drugs


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 39 - Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Budget

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-370

95-House - #:6786 art 44 - Making Appopriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 -- Effective Date


Sponsors: Salisbury, Long, Quick, Campbell, Watson

This Article Sets The Effective Date Of The Bill As July 1, 1995.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-371

95-House - #:6395 - An Act Relating To Rhode Island Tourism And Development


Sponsors: Panciera, Crowley, Ferguson, Pires, Callahan

This Act Would Create A Joint Greater Providence-Warwick Regional Tourism District Which Shall Receive A Portion Of The Proceeds Of The Hotel Tax Generated By Hotels Located In Greater Providence And Warwick. This Act Also Creates The Greater Providence-Warwick Convention and Visitors' Bureau to administer the Gretaer Providence regional tourism district. This act would also distribute a portion of the proceeds of the hotel tax generated by any and all hotels which the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority maintains a majority ownership interest to the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority for the development and marketing of long term sales. This act eliminates the Roger Williams Reserve Fund. This act would take effect upon passage.

Keywords: Economic Development

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-372

95-House - #:6421A - An Act Relating To Taxation-- Levy And Assessment Of Local Taxes


Sponsors: Brousseau, Faria

This Act Would Allow For Certain Housing Units Purchased With Covenant And On The Basis That The Owners Are Of Low Income Shall Be Taxed At A Percentage Of The Gross Rental Income Rather Than Assessed Value. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Real Estate

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-373

95-Senate - #:0536 - An Act Relating To Motor Vehicles -- Registration Fees


Sponsors: Lawrence, Walaska

This Act Would Change The Registration Fees For Semi-Trailers To Be Used With A Truck-Tractor. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-374

95-Senate - #:0818B - An Act Relating To Economic Security Of The Children Of The State


Sponsors: Lawrence, Walaska, Mccaffrey, O'Leary, Enos

This Act Modifies Current Law Concerning Child Support In Rhode Island. The Act Specifies That Any Party Owing Child Support Who Becomes In Arrears On Such Support Is Guilty Of A Felony. The Act Also Provides For The State To Intercept Lottery Prizesin excess of $600 where the party has an unpaid child support arrearage of $600 or more. The act also provides for the registrar of motor vehicles to revoke the license and registration of any person who has refused or neglected to pay child support formore than 30 days. The act also provides a mechanism whereby the Department of Human Services shall establish child support orders and decisions in paternity matters and provides a hearing unit for the enforcement of such orders. The act provides that

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-375

95-Senate - #:1045A - An Act Relating To Taxation - Levy And Assessment Of Local Taxes


Sponsors: Perry, O'Leary, Fitzpatrick, Roney, Goodwin

This Act Would Allow For Certain Housing Units Purchased With Covenant And On The Basis That The Owners Are Of Low Income Shall Be Taxed At A Percentage Of The Gross Rental Income Rather That Assessed Value. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Rihmfc

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-376

95-Senate - #:0904A - An Act Relating To Education--Foundation Level School Support


Sponsors: Paiva Weed, Izzo, Blais, Cicilline, Perry, Roney

This Act Would Change Which City Or Town Is Responsible For A Child'S Education When Said Child Is In State Custody. It Also Changes The Responsibity From The City Or Town Where The Child Is Residing To The City Or Town Where The Parents Of The Childreside. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-377

95-House - #:5717 - An Act Relating To Sales And Use Tax Law-- Enforcement And Collection


Sponsors: Salisbury, Kelley, Long, Walter, Iannitelli

In 1993 A Uniform Period Of Thirty (30) Days For Hearing Requests Under All Taxation Statutes Was Enacted. The Appeal Period For Requests For Hearing After A Denial Of A Refund Request Was Inadvertantly Omitted. This Is A Technical Amendment To Correct That omission. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-378

95-House - #:5718 - An Act Relating To Sales And Use Taxes-- Enforcement And Collection


Sponsors: Long, Millard

This Act Would Establish A Separate Method Of Registration And Reporting For Flea Market Retailers. This Act Would Take Effect January 1, 1996.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-379

95-House - #:5730A - An Act Relating To Taxation Estate And Transfer Taxes


Sponsors: Salisbury, Quick, Campbell, Long, Mcdevitt

This Act Would Make Several Technical Amendments To The Estate Tax Law To Conform To The Federal Estate Tax Law Upon Which The Rhode Island Tax Is Predicated. It Also Changes The Amount Of An Insurance Payment From $5,000 To $50,000 Before An Insurer Isrequired to report the payment to the state. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-380

95-House - #:5732 - An Act Relating To Personal Income Tax


Sponsors: Long, Kelley, Quick, Walter, Mcdevitt

This Is A Technical Amendment. In 1993 There Was Enacted A Uniform 30-Day Appeal Period For All Taxes Including The Personal Income Tax Pursuant To R.I.G.L. 44-30-89. When Making The Change To The Uniform 30-Day Appeal Period, A Change Was Not Made To This section which now erroneously refers to a "ninety (90) day" period under R.I.G.L. 44-30-89 rather than the thirty (30) day period under 44-30-89. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-381

95-House - #:6010B - An Act Relating To The State Lottery


Sponsors: Palangio, Kennedy, Winfield, Heffner, Raptakis

Under This Act, Lottery Prizes In Excess Of $600 Shall Be Subject To Setoff For Payments Of Child Support Debts In Excess Of $500. This Act Would Take Effect On July 1, 1995

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-382

95-House - #:6825 - An Act Relating To Taxation


Sponsors: Ferguson, Millard, Levesque, C.

This Act Changes The Title Of The "Blind Person'S Exemption" From Taxation To The "Exemption Of Person'S Visually Impaired." This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-383

95-House - #:7131 - An Act Relating To Solemnization Of Marriages


Sponsors: Fox, Ajello

This Act Would Allow The Headmaster Of Moses Brown School, David Burnham, To Marry Anthony Testa And Melissa Burnett On August 18, 1995. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-384

95-House - #:7134 - An Act Authorizing The Union Fire District Of South Kingstown To Finance The Construction, Equipping And Furnishing Of A Training Facility And To Issue Not More Than $2,700,000 Bonds Therefor


Sponsors: Kelley, Carter, Henseler, Knowles, Garvey

This Act Authorizes The Union Fire District Of South Kingstown To Finance The Construction, Equipping And Furnishing Of A Training Facility And Issue Not More Than $2,700,000 In Bonds To Finance Such Project.

Keywords: Training Facility

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-385

95-House - #:7140 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government -- Interchange Of Government Employees


Sponsors: Gerard Martineau

This Act Would Extend The Period Of Indivisual Assignment Or Detail Under An Interchange Program From 12 To 36 MonthsThis act would take effect upon passage

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-386

95-Senate - #:0675A - An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure-- Limits On Strategic Litigation


Sponsors: Disandro

This Act Would Create A Conditional Immunity Against Slapp Suits. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:08/04/1995


1995-C-387

95-Senate - #:0946A - An Act Relating To Education And Labor And Labor Relations


Sponsors: Goodwin, Ruggerio

This Act Would Clarify The Right Of Teachers To Arbitrate All Disputes Concerning The Terms And Conditions Of Employment. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:08/04/1995


1995-C-388

95-Senate - #:0867 - An Act Relating To Rabies Control


Sponsors: Enos, Disandro, Goodwin, Fogarty

This Act Clarifies The Definition Of Quarantine, Owner, And Person; Improves The Makeup Of The Rabies Control Board; Refines The Terms Of The Members Of The Rabies Control Board; Allows The Rabies Control Board To Delegate Its Authority, Limits The Liability of the Board and their agents and requires municipalities to adopt the same standards as the Board for purpose of protecting their citizens from contracting rabies from domestic animals.

Keywords: Animals

Effective date:08/04/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-C-389

95-House - #:5846am - An Act Relating To Fiduciaries-- Power Of Fiduciaries


Sponsors: Heffner

This Act Would Establish The Valididty Of Trusts Containing Certain Provisions Which Might Otherwise Defeat Such Validity. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage, And Shall Apply To All Trust, Whenever Settled.

Effective date:08/11/1995


1995-C-390

95-House - #:5490am - An Act Relating To Right Of Inspection--Governmental Agencies


Sponsors: Zainyeh, Ginaitt, Kilmartin, Palangio, And Henseler

This Act Would Authorize State And Municipal Agencies To Enter Upon The Premises Of Any Airport Or Landing Field For The Purpose Of Inspecting The Premises For Compliance With State Or Municipal Laws. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-391

95-House - #:6187A - An Act Relating To Refuse Disposal -- Definitions


Sponsors: San Bento, Picard, Russo, Voccola, Quick

This Act Makes A Techinical Amendment To The Laws Relating To Refuse Disposal. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-C-392

95-House - #:7136 - An Act Pertaining To The Town Of Warren


Sponsors: Lombardo, Millard

No Explanation Provided. [Charter Ratification]

Keywords: Home Rule Charter

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-C-393

95-House - #:7129 - An Act Exempting From Taxation Certain Parcels Of Land In The Town Of Portsmouth


Sponsors: C. Levesque, Little, Quick

No Explanation Provided. [Map 75, Lot 69 & Map 77, Lot 109]

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-C-394

95-House - #:7128 - An Act Increasing The Bonding Requirements And Amending Section 5 Of Chapter 190 Of The Public Laws, 1973, Entitled "An Act Authorizing The Town Of Exeter To Enact Ordinances Regulating, Controlling And...


Sponsors: Carter, Raptakis

No Explanation Provided. [Licensing Earth Removal In Exeter].

Keywords: Earth Removal

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-C-394

95-House - #:7128 cont. - ...Licensing Earth Removal"


Sponsors: Carter, Raptakis

No Explanation Provided. [Licensing Earth Removal In Exeter]

Keywords: Earth Removal

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-C-395

95-House - #:6999 - An Act Relating To The Town Of Cumberland -- Regulation Of Retail Businesses


Sponsors: Gaschen, Reilly, Menard, Brousseau

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Hours, Fees, Licensing, Ordinance

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-C-396

95-House - #:6246 - An Act Relating To Education


Sponsors: Sherlock, Mcnamara, Pires

This Act Permits Certain Employees Of The Higher Education Assistance Authority To Either Remain With The Retirement Program At Colleges Or Universities Where They Were Previously Employed Or To Become Members Of The State Employee Retirement System.This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-C-397

95-House - #:5083A - An Act Relating To Taxation -- Sales And Use Taxes


Sponsors: Mcnamara, Ginaitt, Zainyeh, Bumpus, Anzeveno

This Act Would Increase The Limit On The Sales Price Of Items Sold By Certain Charitable Organizations, Which Are Exempt From The Sales And Use Taxes To $20.00. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-P-001

95-Senate - #:0042 - An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The First Korean Church


Sponsors: Sasso

Effective date:03/09/1995


1995-P-002

95-Senate - #:0048 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Mcburney

"G. Paolino, Inc. (1982)"

Effective date:03/10/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-P-003

95-Senate - #:0195 - An Act Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Gibbs, Alves

No Explanation Provided. Women'S Homecare Of Providence 1, Inc. Women'S Homecare Of Providence 11, Inc. New England Management Consulting Services, Inc. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:03/09/1995


1995-P-004

95-Senate - #:0333 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Fogarty

[Limbach Co., 1978]

Effective date:03/10/1995


1995-P-005

95-House - #:5168 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Montalbano, San Bento

No Explanation Provided. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage. [Pawtucket-Fiarlawn Little League, 1981]

Effective date:03/29/1995


1995-P-006

95-House - #:5892 - An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Service Imports, Ltd.


Sponsors: Fleury

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995-P-007

95-House - #:5123 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters.


Sponsors: Martineau

[The "Cutters, Inc."

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995-P-008

95-Senate - #:1275 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Revens

No Explanation Provided. [Kraemer Enterprises, Inc., 1983]

Effective date:04/13/1995


1995-P-009

95-House - #:6937 - An Act In Amendment Of The Act, Passed At The January Session, A.D. 1948, Entitled "An Act To Incorporate The Limerock Fire District In The Town Of Lincoln" As Amended


Sponsors: Mcdevitt, Menard

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/14/1995


1995-P-010

95-Senate - #:0277 - An Act Relating To The Pascoag Fire District


Sponsors: Fogarty, Kelly

No Explanation Provided. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:04/14/1995


1995-P-011

95-House - #:6782 - An Act Relating To Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Caruolo

[Kendon, Inc., 1971] No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/17/1995


1995-P-012

95-House - #:5600 - An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Robert D. Corwin, M.D., Ltd.


Sponsors: Palumbo, Montanaro, Desimone, Mcgowan, Lopes

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/27/1995


1995-P-013

95-Senate - #:1337 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Hanaway

No Explanation Provided. [Paragon Contracting Corp., 1986]

Effective date:05/27/1995


1995-P-014

95-House - #:6706 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Reilly

No Explanation Provided. [Litho-Print, Inc. (1952)]

Effective date:06/02/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-P-015

95-House - #:5124am - An Act Relating To Eastern Title Guarantee Company


Sponsors: Lauzon, Martineau, Burlingame, Benoit, Picard

No Explanation Provided. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/01/1995


1995-P-016

95-Senate - #:1411 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Bates, Sasso

No Explanation Provided. [Aimpar, Inc. 1989, Aga, Ltd., 1986]

Effective date:06/21/1995


1995-P-017

95-House - #:5613 - An Act To Incorporate The U.S.S. Rhode Island Committee


Sponsors: Callahan, Crowley, Long, Quick, Little

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-P-018

95-Senate - #:0239am - An Act Making An Appropriation To Pay Vietnam Bonuses


Sponsors: Kelly, Lawrence, Lenihan, Palazzo, Cote Et Al

This Act Authorizes An Appropriation To Pay The Vietnam Veterans Bonus To The Following: $200 To Pay The Bonus Of Bruce C. Craig, Ronald C. Correia, William R. Duhaime, James J. Bonoyer, Henry S. Gillooly, Joseph A. Mallen, Jr., Donald J. Rondeau,Richard W. Schatz, Jeffrey Dooley, Louis Edward Crowe, Peter J. Petrarca, Jr.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-019

95-Senate - #:0294 - An Act Exempting From Taxation The Real, Mixed And Personal Property Of The Blackstone Valley Emergency Food Center


Sponsors: Issa

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-020

95-Senate - #:0364 - An Act Exempting From Taxation The Real, Mixed And Personal Property Of The Scituate Preservation Society, Inc.


Sponsors: Blais, Gorham

All The Real, Mixed And Personal Property Of The Scituate Preservation Society Inc. Shall Be Exempt From Local Taxation So Long As It Shall Be Used For The Purpose For Which The Corporation Was Incorporated.This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Corporations--Amendment

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-021

95-Senate - #:0380 - An Act Authorizing Harmony Hill School, Incorporated To Increase Its Holdings To An Amount Not Exceeding Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) [1976]


Sponsors: Fogarty, Flynn, Gorham

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-022

95-Senate - #:0807A - An Act Exempting From Taxation The Real, Mixed And Personal Property Of The Psi Upsilon Foundation, Inc.


Sponsors: Fogarty, Enos

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-023

95-Senate - #:1235 - An Act To Correct An Amendment Of The Act Ot Incorporate The Charlestown Fire District


Sponsors: Sullivan

This Act Would Corect An Amendment Of The Act To Incorporate The Charlestown Fire District.

Keywords: Charlestown

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-024

95-Senate - #:1285 - An Act Exempting The Property Of Chamber Education Foundation From Taxation


Sponsors: Walaska, Lawrence, Mccaffrey, Revens

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions; Property Tax

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-025

95-Senate - #:1307 - An Act Restoring And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: O'Leary

No Explanation Provided. [Hong Kong Restaurant, 1987]

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-026

95-Senate - #:1361 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Irons

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Ideal Windlass Company, Inc., Raymond Realty Corp.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-P-027

95-Senate - #:1391 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Disandro

No Explanation Provided. [Peace Dale Precast Co., 1987]

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-028

95-Senate - #:1392 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Lawrence, Walaska

No Explanation Provided. [Gilbert Nurseries, Inc., 1956]

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-029

95-Senate - #:1419 - An Act In Amendment Of Section 9 Of An Act Passed At The January Session A.D. 1942 Entitled "An Act To Incorporate The Western Coventry Fire District"


Sponsors: Blais

No Explanation Provided. (Increase Bond Limit To $1,000,000.)

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-030

95-Senate - #:1451 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Kelly, Caprio

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Barker Poster, Inc.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-031

95-House - #:5426 - An Act Amending The Shady Harbor Fire District Act


Sponsors: Garvey

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-032

95-House - #:5679 - An Act Exempting From Taxation The Real, Mixed, And Personal Property Of Blackstone Valley Emergency Food Center


Sponsors: Faria

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Corporations--Amendment

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-033

95-House - #:6981 - An Act Exempting From Taxation The Real, Mixed And Personal Property Of Chamber Education Foundation, 1988


Sponsors: Sherlock, Mcnamara, Ginaitt, Flaherty

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Tax Exemptions

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-034

95-House - #:7032 - An Act In Amendment Of Section 9 Of An Act Passed At The January Session A.D. 1942 Entitled "An Act To Incorporate The Western Coventry Fire District"


Sponsors: Campbell

No Explanation Provided. (Increas Borrowing Limit To $1,000,000).

Keywords: Bonds

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-035

95-House - #:7040 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Faria

No Explanation Provided. (Kellaway Transportation, Inc.)

Keywords: Kellaway Transportation

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-036

95-House - #:7041 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Corporate Charters


Sponsors: Levesque, C.

No Explanation Provided. (Dufrense-Henry, Inc.)

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-037

95-House - #:7123 - An Act Reinstating And Restoring Forfeited Or Revoked Coporate Charters


Sponsors: Winfield

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Charters

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-P-038

95-House - #:5625 - An Act Relating To The Pascoag Fire District


Sponsors: Rabideau

Amending Corporate Charter, 1887. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-P-039

95-House - #:7142 - An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Door Of Refuge Pentecostal Church (Iglesia Pentecostal "Puerta De Refugio")


Sponsors: Fox, Costantino, Williams, Giannini

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:08/15/1995


1995-P-040

95-House - #:7139 - An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Certification Of Authority Of Atrium Associates, Inc.


Sponsors: Gerard Martineau

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-P-041

95-House - #:7127 - An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The Roundhouse Tavern, Inc.


Sponsors: Faria

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:08/12/1995


1995-R-001

95-House - #:5001 - Continuing The 1993-1994 Rules Of The House Of Representatives Pending The Adoption Of New Rules For The 1995-1996 Session


Sponsors: Caruolo, Salisbury, Henseler

Effective date:01/03/1995


1995-R-002

95-Senate - #:0021am - Adopting The Rules Of The Senate For The Years 1995 And 1996


Sponsors: Lenihan, Hanaway, Tavares, Polisena, Bates

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:01/03/1995


1995-R-003

95-House - #:5036 - Respectfully Requesting The Restoration Of The State Police Substation At The Howard Complex In Cranston.


Sponsors: Montanaro, Palumbo, Hetherington, Lanzi, Jacquard, Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:01/03/1995


1995-R-004

95-House - #:5084 - House Resolution Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Install School Zone Flashing Lights In Middletown.


Sponsors: Long, Callahan, Little

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-005

95-House - #:5133 - House Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special House Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Expanding The Scope Of Therapeutic Phamaceutical Agents By Optometrists And Matters Relating Thereto


Sponsors: Anzeveno, Wasylyk

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special House Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Expanding The Scope Of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents By Optometrists And Matters Relating Thereto From January 14, 1995 To January 16, 1996, And Said commission shall expire on March 16, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-006

95-Senate - #:0137 - Senate Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Senate Commission To Study Mandatory Ingredients Listing For Food Service Establishments.


Sponsors: Enos

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Senate Commission To Study Mandatory Ingedients Listing For Food Service Establishments From January 26, 1995 To January 26, 1996, And Said Commission Shall Expire On March 26, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-007

95-House - #:5288 - House Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special House Commission To Study Women'S Health Issues And To Make Recommendations Threfor


Sponsors: Henseler

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special House Commission To Study Women'S Health Issues And To Make Recommendations Therefor From February 4, 1995 To January 2, 1996 And Said Commission Shall Expire On April 4, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-008

95-House - #:5311 - House Resolution Memorializing Congress To Not Cut Funding For Amtrak And The Building Of A Third Rail Into Quonset Point.


Sponsors: Henseler, Carter, Benson, Kennedy, Bumpus, Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Railroads

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-009

95-House - #:5312 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Department Of Transportation To Repair Smithfield Ave. In Lincoln


Sponsors: Mcdevitt, Menard, Montalbano, Winfield

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-010

95-House - #:5313 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Department Of Transportation To Repair Old River Road In Lincoln


Sponsors: Mcdevitt, Menard, Montalbano, Winfield

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-011

95-House - #:5334 - House Resolution Requesting The Department Of Transportation Include The State Section Of Wayland Avenue In Cranston In The Atwood Avenue Reconstruction Project


Sponsors: Bierman

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-012

95-House - #:5349 - House Resolution Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Install A Caution Light In Burrillville


Sponsors: Rabideau

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Highways

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-013

95-House - #:5353 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Director Of The Department Of Environmental Management To Ban Hunting In Curran State Park In Cranston


Sponsors: Bierman

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-014

95-House - #:5377 - House Resolution Setting The Time To Convene For January 25, 1995


Sponsors: Caruolo, Salisbury, Henseler

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-015

95-House - #:5240 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Effectiveness And Adequacy Of Services Delivered To Disabled Persons


Sponsors: Salisbury, Campbell, Kelley, Archetto, Callahan

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of Special Legislative Commission To Study The Effectiveness And Adequacy Of Services Delivered To Disabled Persons From March 1, 1995 To March 1, 1996, And Said Commission Shall Expire On June 1, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-016

95-House - #:5246 - Joint Resolution Reinstating The Life Of And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Historical Cemeteries In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Kelley, Campbell, Mcgowan, Callahan, Little

This Resolution Reinstates The Life Of An Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Historiocal Cemetaries In Rhode Island From April 4, 1994 To April 4, 1996; The Commission Shall Expiore On June 4, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-017

95-House - #:5378 - Joint Resolution Inviting His Honor, The Lieutenant Governor, And The Honorable Senate To Join The House Of Representatives In Joint Session For The Purpose Of Receiving A Message Of His Excellency, The Governor


Sponsors: Caruolo, Salisbury, Henseler

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-018

95-Senate - #:0251 - Senate Resolution Memorializing Congress To Extend To January 1, 1996 New Federally Mandated Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Requirements


Sponsors: Ruggerio, Mathieu, Fogarty, Kelly, And Enos

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-019

95-Senate - #:0249 - Senate Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Child Abuse


Sponsors: Blais

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-020

95-Senate - #:0266 - Senate Resolution Supporting The Defeat Of The Compact With The Narragansett Indians


Sponsors: Sullivan, Porter, Blais, Gorham, Gibbs

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-021

95-House - #:5511 - House Resolution Commemorating The Victims Of The Holocaust


Sponsors: Cicilline, Barone, Teitz, Ajello, Burlingame

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-022

95-Senate - #:0290 - Senate Resolution Commemorating The Victims Of The Holocaust


Sponsors: Perry

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-023

95-House - #:5614 - House Reolution Respectfully Requesting An Addition To The Public Works Program In The City Of Providence (Between Canal And Park Streets)


Sponsors: Kelley

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Highways

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-024

95-House - #:5606 - House Resolution In Amendment Of And Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special House Commission To Study The Issues Regarding The Fishing Of Menhaden In Ri Waters


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Quick

This Resolution Estends The Reporting Date Of The Special House Commission To Study The Issues Regarding The Fishing Of Menhaden In Rhode Island Waters From January 10, 1995 To January 10, 1996 And Said Commission Shall Expire On March 10, 1996 And Amends said commission by increasing the membership from 13 to 15.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-025

95-House - #:5323am - House Resolution Adopting Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 1995-96


Sponsors: Anzeveno, Ferguson, Coelho, Wasylyk, Quick

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-026

95-House - #:5580 - House Resolution Proclaiming The Month Of February As Black History Month In Rhode Island.


Sponsors: Metts, Henseler, Fox, Carpenter, Benoit

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/01/1995


1995-R-027

95-Senate - #:0373 - Senate Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Senate Commission To Study Women'S Health Issues And To Make Recommendations Therefor.


Sponsors: Mathieu, Graziano, Parella

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Senate Commission To Study Women'S Health Issues And To Make Recommendations Therefor From February 4, 1995 To April 4, 1996, And Said Commission Shall Expire On June 4, 1996.

Effective date:02/08/1995


1995-R-028

95-House - #:5883 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Install A Traffic Control Light In The Town Of Cumberland


Sponsors: Reilly

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Highways

Effective date:02/09/1995


1995-R-029

95-House - #:5060 - House Resolution Memorializing Mayor Vincent A. Cianci, Jr. And The Members Of The Providence City Council To Work For The Establishment Of A Community Senior Center In The Mount Pleasant/Elmhurst Section Of Providence


Sponsors: Giannini, Wasylyk, Williams, Desimone, Moura

Effective date:02/09/1995


1995-R-030

95-House - #:5629 - House Resolution Recognizing February 12-18 As National Salute To Hospitalized Veterans Week.


Sponsors: Lanzi, Ferguson, Coderre, Winfield, Simonian

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/07/1995


1995-R-031

95-House - #:5862 - Thanking Cox Cable For Its Recent Decision To Carry Rtpi, Radio Television Portugal International Free Of Charge To Its Customers


Sponsors: Simonian, Jacquard, San Bento, Pires, Faria

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/08/1995


1995-R-032

95-Senate - #:0473 - Senate Resolution Urging Congress To Continue Present Level Of Support For The Corporation For Public Broadcasting


Sponsors: Gibbs, Porter, Flynn, Lenihan, Debatt

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: U.S. Congress

Effective date:02/09/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-033

95-Senate - #:0474 - Senate Resolution Memorializing Congress To Not Cut Funding For Amtrak And The Building Of A Third Rail Into Quonset Point


Sponsors: Algiere,Porter, Disandro, Enos, Fogarty Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/09/1995


1995-R-034

95-Senate - #:0628 - Senate Resolution Commemorating February 14, 1995 As The 75Th Anniversary Of The Founding Of The League Of Women Voters Of The United States


Sponsors: Sasso, Bates, Kelly, Paiva Weed, Goodwin

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/14/1995


1995-R-035

95-House - #:6696 - House Resolution Proclaiming 1995 A Year Of Celebrating The 400Th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Reverand William Blackstone


Sponsors: Mcdevitt, Reilly, Menard, Burlingame, Lauzon

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/15/1995


1995-R-036

95-House - #:6698 - House Resolution Commemorating The 75Th Anniversary Of The Founding Of The League Of Women Voters Of The Untied States


Sponsors: Kellner, Benoit, Giannini, Cicilline, Cambio

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/15/1995


1995-R-037

95-House - #:5898 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Director Of The Department Of Transportation To Expedite Repair Work On The Westminster Street Bridge


Sponsors: Costantino

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/14/1995


1995-R-038

95-House - #:5893 - House Resolution Memorializing Congress And The Environmental Protection Agency To Provide Funding For Unfunded Mandates


Sponsors: Montalbano, San Bento, Walter, Carter, Ferguson

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/14/1995


1995-R-039

95-Senate - #:1234 - Senate Resolution Recognizing National Trio Day In Rhode Island


Sponsors: O'Leary, Walton

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/28/1995


1995-R-040

95-House - #:6720 - House Resolution Proclaiming February 28, 1995 To Be Trio Day In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Metts, Russo, Simonian, Benson, Castro

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:02/28/1995


1995-R-041

95-House - #:5014 - Resolution Creating A Special House Commission To Study Drinking Water Quality And Supply In The State Of Rhode Island


Sponsors: Montalbano

This Resolution Creates A Seven Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Drinking Water Quality And Supply In The State Of Rhode Island: And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Than April 11, 1996 And Whose life shall expire on June 30, 1996.

Effective date:03/01/1995


1995-R-042

95-Senate - #:0254am - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Attorney General Revise And Update A 1985 Advisory Opinion Regarding Strip Searches And Forward Said Opinion To All Municipal Police Departments And The State Police


Sponsors: Perry, Parella, Izzo, Gibbs, Fitzpatrick

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/01/1995


1995-R-043

95-Senate - #:0323 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Governor Conduct A Management Efficiency Review Of State Agencies And Departments


Sponsors: Celona, Ruggerio, Mccaffrey, Montalbano And Alves

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/01/1995


1995-R-044

95-House - #:6740 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Department Of Environmental Management Suspend All Work On The Dry Bridge Landfill Located In The Town Of North Kingstown


Sponsors: Benson, Carter, Henseler, Ginaitt, Kelley

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Bridges

Effective date:03/02/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-045

95-House - #:6737 - House Resolution Recognizing The Significant Accomplishments Of Teachers At The Adult Correctional Institutons


Sponsors: Montanaro, Moura, Caruolo, Anderson, S., Kilmartin

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Corrections

Effective date:03/02/1995


1995-R-046

95-House - #:6730 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Investigate Nynex As Regards To Privacy Rights And Caller Id And Then Submit A Written Report On These Matters To The House Of Representatives


Sponsors: Burlingame

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/02/1995


1995-R-047

95-House - #:5566 - House Resolution Memorializing The National Institute On Drug Abuse To Cooperate With Fda-Approved Study


Sponsors: Cicilline And Fox

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/02/1995


1995-R-048

95-Senate - #:0043 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Requiring Health Maintenance Organizations To Provide Coverage For Sudden Emergency Medical Conditions


Sponsors: Graziano

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Requiring Health Maintenance Organizations To Provide Coverage For Sudden Emergency Medical Conditions From February 15, 1995 To February 15, 1996, and said commission shall expire on May 15, 1996.

Effective date:03/06/1995


1995-R-049

95-Senate - #:1266 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming March 11, 1995 To Be National Child Awareness Day In Rhode Island.


Sponsors: Bates, Irons, Tavares, Mcstay, Blais

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/09/1995


1995-R-050

95-House - #:6741 - House Resolution Proclaiming Tuesday March 7, 1995 As Rhode Island Geographic Education Day


Sponsors: Inman, Anderson, S., Ferguson, Henseler, Murphy

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/07/1995


1995-R-051

95-House - #:6778 - House Resolution Proclaiming April 1995 To Be Alcoholic Awareness Month In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Walter

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/07/1995


1995-R-052

95-Senate - #:0285 - Senate Resolution Creating A Special Senate Commission To Study The Feasibility Of A Partnership Between The Business Community And The Univerity Of Rhode Island To Create High Tech Jobs


Sponsors: Holland, O'Leary, Hanaway, Coderre, Walaska

This Resolution Creates A Ten (10) Member Special Senate Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Feasibility Of A Partnership Between The Business Community And The University Of Rhode Island To Create High Tech Jobs; And Who Shall Report Backto the legislature no later than January 18, 1996 and whose life shall expire on March 18, 1996.

Effective date:03/17/1995


1995-R-053

95-Senate - #:0186 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Board Of Governors For Higher Education Consider Instituting The Sport Of Football At The Community College Of Rhode Island


Sponsors: Palazzo, Ruggerio, Kelly, Celona

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/17/1995


1995-R-054

95-Senate - #:0666am - Joint Resolution Declaring March 15,1995 To Be Peter Francisco Day


Sponsors: Mathieu, Alves, Enos, Paiva Weed, Tavares

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/20/1995


1995-R-055

95-Senate - #:0542 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming March 1995 As Purchasing Month


Sponsors: Issa, Roney, Sasso, Fitzpatrick, Celona

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/17/1995


1995-R-056

95-Senate - #:1292 - Senate Resolution Declaring March 19-25, 1995 To Be "Children And Hospitals Week In Rhode Island "


Sponsors: Izzo, Ruggerio, Kelly, Fogarty, Walton, Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/17/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-057

95-Senate - #:1289 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming March 8-14, 1995 To Be "Jays Week In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Blais, Coderre, Holland

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/19/1995


1995-R-058

95-Senate - #:0751 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Department Of Business Regulation Develop A Policy Insuring That Mortgagors Receive The Same Consideration From Out-Of-State Mortgagees As From In-State Mortgagees


Sponsors: Walaska, Mcaffrey, Lawrence

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Real Estate

Effective date:03/22/1995


1995-R-059

95-Senate - #:0725Aam - An Act Relating To Motor Vehicles-- Drivers' Manual


Sponsors: Sasso

This Act Would Require The Division Of Motor Vehicles To Incorporate An Illustration And Message About Alcohol Consumption. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Driving Under The Influence

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-060

95-House - #:6855 - House Resolution Requesting The Department Of Environmental Management To Monitor The Air Quality In The Areas Abutting Davol, Inc.


Sponsors: Palumbo, Montanaro, Lanzi

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Air Pollution

Effective date:03/23/1995


1995-R-061

95-House - #:6852 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Attorney General Investigate The Business Known As Airborne For Men, Inc.


Sponsors: Lynch, Caruolo, Rose

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/22/1995


1995-R-062

95-House - #:6850 - House Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special House Commission To Study The Status Of The Masonic Temple.


Sponsors: Palangio

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/22/1995


1995-R-063

95-Senate - #:0506am - Senate Resolution Creating A Special Senate Commission To Study The Utilization And Provisions Of Health Care Services For Persons With Mental Illness Under Managed Care.


Sponsors: Irons, Izzo, Algiere

This Resolution Creates A Thirteen Member Special Senate Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Utilization And Provisions Of Health Care Services For Individuals With Mental Illness Under Managed Care And Who Shall Report Back To The Senateno later than February 8, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 8, 1996.

Keywords: Health Insurance

Effective date:03/23/1995


1995-R-064

95-Senate - #:1312 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 24-29 To Be Life Insurance Week In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Irons, Bates, Hanaway, Lawrence, Walaska

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/23/1995


1995-R-065

95-House - #:6830 - House Resolution Proclaiming Thursday, March 30, 1995 As "Zambarano Day In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Rabideau, Kellner, Lowe

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/21/1995


1995-R-066

95-House - #:6853 - House Resolution Celebrating The 174Th Anniversary Of Greek Independence Day


Sponsors: Raptakis, Simonian, Zainyeh, Ferguson, Jacquard

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/23/1995


1995-R-067

95-House - #:6883 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The State Department Of Labor Examine City Of Warwick Fire Trucks And Certify Their Safety


Sponsors: Zainyeh, Mcnamara, Sherlock, Mcgowan, Palumbo

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Fire Departments

Effective date:03/29/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-068

95-House - #:5965 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Convention Center Authority To Provide Space For A Statewide Tourism Bureau.


Sponsors: Lally, Kilmartin

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/29/1995


1995-R-069

95-House - #:5011 - Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Department Of Transportation To Place Signs On Route 95 In The Town Of Richmond For Washinton County Fairgrouds


Sponsors: Kelley, Garvey, Kennedy, Salisbury, Bumpus, M. Anderson

Effective date:03/29/1995


1995-R-070

95-Senate - #:0422 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Install Traveler'S Aid Signs On Route 24 In The City Of Tiverton


Sponsors: Enos

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Highways

Effective date:03/29/1995


1995-R-071

95-House - #:6871 - House Resolution Memorializing Congress To Support "The Missing Service Personnel Act Of 1995."


Sponsors: Lima, Zainyeh, Burlingame, Menard, Carpenter

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Vietnam; Prisoners Of War; Pow'S

Effective date:03/28/1995


1995-R-072

95-House - #:6870 - House Resolution Celebrating The 100Th Anniversary Of Women Elected To State Legislatures.


Sponsors: Kelley, Campbell, Benson, Henseler, And Walter

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/28/1995


1995-R-073

95-House - #:6768 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Providence City Council Reconstitute And Appoint The Membership Of The Providence Review Commission And Make It A Permanent City Commission


Sponsors: Lima, Wasylyk, Ajello, Cicilline, Castro

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995-R-074

95-House - #:6888 - House Resolution Memorializing Congress To Oppose Any Cuts In Federal Fiscal Year 1995 Housing And Community Development Programs


Sponsors: Lopes, Palumbo, Faria, Carpenter, Teitz

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/30/1995


1995-R-075

95-Senate - #:1331 - Senate Resolution Memorializing Congress To Support The "Missing Service Personnel Act Of 1995"


Sponsors: Ruggerio, Mccaffrey, Fogarty, Montalbano, Palazzo, Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Missing In Action; Prisoners Of War; Pows

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995-R-076

95-House - #:6887 - House Resolution Proclaiming Thursday, March 30, 1995 As "Zambarano Day In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Rabideau

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/30/1995


1995-R-077

95-Senate - #:1326 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming Thursday, March 30, 1995 As "Zambarano Day In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Fogarty, Kelly, Ruggerio

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/30/1995


1995-R-078

95-Senate - #:1336 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Mayor Of The City Of Warwick Open The City'S Senior Centers On Saturday


Sponsors: Walaska, Lawrence, Sasso, Mccaffrey

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Elderly

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995-R-079

95-Senate - #:0218Aam - An Act Relating To Education -- Use Of University Facilities


Sponsors: Palazzo, Holland, Caprio, Ruggerio

This Act Would Permit The General Public To Use Uri Facilities Two Days Per Week. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: University, Track, Field,

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-080

95-House - #:5990 - House Resolution Creating A Special House Commission To Study And Recommend Changes To The Overall Regulatory Structure Regarding Private Security Companies


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Resolution Creates A Nine Member Special House Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study And Recommend Changes To The Overall Regulatory Structure Regarding Private Security Companies And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Than February 1, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 1, 1996.

Keywords: Securities

Effective date:04/05/1995


1995-R-081

95-House - #:6893 - House Resolution Procaiming April, 1995 As "Natural Resources Conservation Month"


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Zainyeh, Henseler, Kelley, Benson

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995-R-082

95-Senate - #:1329 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming April, 1995 As "Natural Resources Conservation Month"


Sponsors: Sullivan, Blais, Porter, Flynn, Fogarty

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:03/31/1995


1995-R-083

95-Senate - #:1354 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 1995 To Be Alcohol Awareness Month In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Algiere, Blais, Bates, Graziano, Polisena

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/05/1995


1995-R-084

95-House - #:6916 - House Resolution Memorializing Congress To Continue The Federal Impact Aid Program To Support Districts Educating Military Service Children


Sponsors: Long, Callahan, Quick, Little, Benson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Education

Effective date:04/05/1995


1995-R-085

95-House - #:6881 - Joint Resolution Reinstating The Life Of And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Laws On Guardianship


Sponsors: Heffner

This Resolution Reinstates The Life Of And Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Laws On Guardianship From February 10, 1994 To June 30, 1996; The Commission Shall Expire On August 30, 1996.

Effective date:04/06/1995


1995-R-086

95-House - #:6868 - Joint Resolution Reinstating The Life Of And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The State Afdc Need And Payment Standards


Sponsors: Coderre

This Resolution Reinstates The Life And Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The State Afdc Need And Payment Standards From February, 1993 To February 16, 1996 And The Commission Shall Expire On April 16, 1996.

Keywords: Social Welfare

Effective date:04/06/1995


1995-R-087

95-Senate - #:1346 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 5, 1995 As "Retired Teachers Day In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Kelly, Flynn

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/05/1995


1995-R-088

95-House - #:6915 - House Resolution Proclaiming April 5, 1995 As "Retired Teachers' Day In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Kelley, Benson, Salisbury, Bumpus, Archetto

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/05/1995


1995-R-089

95-House - #:6908 - House Resolution Proclaiming June 3, 1995 National Trails Day In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Kelley, Rabideau, Bierman, Kennedy, Campbell

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/04/1995


1995-R-090

95-House - #:6921 - House Resolution Recognizing May 1995 As "Als Awareness Month"


Sponsors: Montalbano, Benson, Coelho, Garvey, Lombardo

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/07/1995


1995-R-091

95-Senate - #:0734 - A Resolution Relating To Achieving High Standards Of Professional Excellence For Rhode Island Educators


Sponsors: Alves, Montalbano, Mathieu

This Resolution Supports The Efforts Of Rhode Island Educators To Engage In The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards, And Urges Universities And Colleges, Teachers, School Committees, Administrators And The Department Of Education To Work Cooperatively in support of teachers as they pursue this effort.

Effective date:04/11/1993


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-092

95-Senate - #:0237A - An Act Relating To Uniform Law On Paternity -- Child Support


Sponsors: Mccaffrey, Pavia Weed, Celona, Lawrence, Holland, And Walaska

This Act Would Prohibit The Department Of Human Services From Waiving Any Of Its Rights To Recover Payments For The Support Of A Child From A Man Who Is Determined To Be The Natural Father Of The Child Pursuant To The States Uniform Law On Paternity. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-093

95-House - #:6863 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Install "Bryant College" Signs On Route 295


Sponsors: Winfield

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/12/1995


1995-R-094

95-Senate - #:0815A - An Act Relating To Insurance-- Nonprofit Hospitals


Sponsors: Hanaway, Enos, Polisena, Fogarty, Holland

This Act Creates The Rhode Island Access To Health Care Act. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Health Care Facilities

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-095

95-House - #:6940 - House Resolution Reinstating The Life And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special House Commission To Study The Ri Laws & Procedures Relating To Extradition & To Make Recommendations


Sponsors: Kennedy, Cicilline

This Resolution Reinstates The Life Of And Extends The Reporting Date Of The House Resolution Creating A Special House Commission To Study The Rhode Island Laws And Procedures Relating To Extradition And To Make Recommendations Therefor From February 2,1995 to February 2, 1996; and the commission shall expire on April 2, 1996.

Effective date:04/12/1995


1995-R-096

95-House - #:6917 - Joint Resolution Regarding The Use Of Optical Scan Voting Equipment In The Lincoln Town Elections On June 6, 1995


Sponsors: Menard, Mcdevitt, Salisbury, Winfield

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Secretary Of State

Effective date:04/13/1995


1995-R-097

95-Senate - #:1365 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting All State Agencies And Departments Join In The Recycling Of Toner Cartridges And Other Solid Waste.


Sponsors: Kelly, Flynn

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/11/1995


1995-R-098

95-House - #:6890am - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Department Of Economic Development Include Certain Areas Of The Town Of North Providence In Rhode Island'S Enterprise Zone Program


Sponsors: Cambio, Anzeveno, Wasylyk

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/13/1995


1995-R-099

95-House - #:6949 - House Resolution Requesting The Dept Of Environmental Management To Monitor The Air Quality In The Areas Abutting Eticam, 21St Century Environmental Management Inc. Of Ri


Sponsors: Palumbo, Mcgowan

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Warwick; Air Pollution; Hazardous Substances

Effective date:04/25/1995


1995-R-100

95-House - #:6968 - House Resolution Proclaiming May As Better Hearing And Speech Month In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Cambio, Palangio, Lombardo, Anzeveno, Garvey

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/26/1995


1995-R-101

95-Senate - #:1385 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of May 7 - 13Th, 1995 As National Nurses Week In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Graziano, Polisena, Celona, Mccaffrey, Algiere

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/26/1995


1995-R-102

95-House - #:6965 - House Resolution Commemorating The 80Th Anniversary Of The Armenian Genocide


Sponsors: Simonian, Bramley, Raptakis

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/26/1995


1995-R-103

95-Senate - #:0053A - An Act Relating To School Aid


Sponsors: Sullivan, Flynn

This Act Would Change The Monetary Percentages Of Government Aid For Education Provided For Regional School Districts. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-104

95-Senate - #:1389am - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Office Of Municipal Affairs Review The Budget Currently Pending In The City Of Cranston To See If It Exceeds The 5.5% Maximum Levy Stipulated In Ri Law And Report Its Findings To The Senate Within 10


Sponsors: O'Leary, Fitzpatrick, Sasso, Izzo, Palazzo

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Coventry

Effective date:04/27/1995


1995-R-105

95-Senate - #:0595A - An Act Relating To The Public Finance Management Board


Sponsors: Flynn, Algiere, Gibbs, Debatt

This Act Would Require The Public Finance Management Board To Review The State And Local Government Bonding Status And Require It To Approve The Issuance Of Bonded Debt Prior To General Assembly Consideration.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-106

95-Senate - #:1376 - Senate Resolution Recognizing May 1995 As "Als Awareness Month"


Sponsors: Montalbano, Fogarty, Enos, Goodwin, Flynn, Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/25/1995


1995-R-107

95-House - #:6193 - House Resolution Creating A Special House Commission To Review Certain Portions Of The Federal Crime Bill And To Make Recommendations For The Implementation Thereof


Sponsors: Anderson, M., Metts, Kilmartin

This Resolutions Creates A 9 Member House Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Review Certain Portions Of The Federal Crime Bill Which Will Impact Employees And Volunteers Of Organizations Working On Behalf Of Youth, The Elderly And The Physically Andmentally challenged and who shall report back to the house no later than February 8, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 8, 1996.

Effective date:04/28/1995


1995-R-108

95-House - #:6857 - House Resolution Memorializing Congress To Reject Funding Recissions Which Would Adversely Impact Employment And Training & Education Related Programs


Sponsors: Benson, Montalbano, Lombardo, Carter, Kelley

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Employment Security

Effective date:05/02/1995


1995-R-109

95-Senate - #:1405 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 7Th Through May 13 As Rhode Island Drinking Water Week


Sponsors: O'Leary, Hanaway, Holland

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995-R-110

95-House - #:6147 - An Resolution Relating To Achieving High Standards Of Professional Excellence For Rhode Island Educators


Sponsors: Crowley, Cicilline, Lopes, Kelley, Kellner

This Resolution Supports The Efforts Of Rhode Island Educators To Engage In The National Board Of Professional Teaching Standards, And Urges Universities And Colleges, Teachers, School Committees, Administrators And The Department Of Education To Work Cooperatively in support of teachers as they pursue this effort.

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995-R-111

95-House - #:7001 - House Resolution Urging The Governor To Stop The Expansion Of Dry Bridge Road In The Town Of North Kingstown


Sponsors: Carter, Henseler, Benson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Highways

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995-R-112

95-House - #:6356A - An Act Relating To Food And Drugs -- Flour And Bread Products


Sponsors: Castro

This Act Requires That Bakery Products Which Have Previously Been Frozen Be So Marked When Offered For Sale To The Public. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:02/14/1995


1995-R-113

95-House - #:5234A - An Act Relating To The General Assembly -- Creating A Permanent Joint Committee On The Elderly


Sponsors: Mcnamara, Reilly, Montalbano, Zainyeh, Flaherty

This Act Would Create A Permanent Joint Committee On The Elderly. All Bills And Resolutions Relating To The Elderly Would Be Referred To The Committee. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Commissions And Committees

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-114

95-House - #:6058 - House Resolution Creating A Special House Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Central Facility For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Cancer


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Resolution Creates A Ten (10) Member Special House Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Central Facility For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Cancer And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature Nolater than February 1, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 1, 1996

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-115

95-House - #:7002 - House Resolution Proclaiming May 7Th Through May 13 As Rhode Island Drinking Water Week


Sponsors: Wasylyk, Anzeveno, Sanbento

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995-R-116

95-House - #:5750A - House Resolution Memorializing The United States Department Of Justice To Expedite Its Study Of The Use Of Pepper Gas


Sponsors: Lopes, Anderson, M.

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Police

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995-R-117

95-House - #:6996 - House Resolution Declaring June 6, 1995 To Be Portuguese American Day In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Coderre, Pires, Faria, Moura, Sanbento

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995-R-118

95-House - #:6987 - House Resolution Proclaiming May 10, 1995 "Rhode Island Adult Education Day"


Sponsors: Moura, Smith, Benson, Carpenter, Metts

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/28/1995


1995-R-119

95-House - #:6979 - House Resolution Commemorating The Victims Of The Holocaust


Sponsors: Barone, Teitz, Long, Cicilline. Burlingame

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/27/1995


1995-R-120

95-House - #:6985 - House Resolution Proclaiming May As Better Hearing And Speech Month In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Palangio, Cambio

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/28/1995


1995-R-121

95-Senate - #:1401 - Senate Resolution Declaring June 6, 1995 To Be Portuguese American Day In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Coderre, Enos, Sullivan, Alves, Mathieu

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/02/1995


1995-R-122

95-Senate - #:1396Aam - Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 16, 1995 "Ruth Eschleman Day In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Holland, Algiere, Sullivan, Blais, Hanaway, Et Al

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:04/28/1995


1995-R-123

95-House - #:6854 - Joint Resolution Memorializing The U.S. Congress To Support The Continuance Of The U.S. Small Business Administration & Its Financing, Education & Training, & Advocacy Programs Which Expands Nationwide Economic Development


Sponsors: Burlingame, Carter, Lowe, Lauzon, Martineau

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/03/1995


1995-R-124

95-Senate - #:1196Aam - An Act Relating To Taxation -- Tax Sales


Sponsors: Montalbano, Algiere, Palazzo, Ruggerio, Cicilline

This Act Would Provide That The Purchasers Of Tax Titles May Collect And Retain Rents Derived From The Property, Beginning One (1) Year After The Tax Sale. It Would Provide That If The Property Is Redeemed The Original Owner Or A Mortgagee Would Not Beliable to the tax title purchaser for any rents or for improvements made to the property. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-125

95-Senate - #:1421 - Senate Resolution Declaring June 7, 1995 To Be Portuguese American Day In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Coderre, Enos, Tavares, Alves, Mathieu, Sullivan

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/05/1995


1995-R-126

95-House - #:7004 - House Resolution Proclaiming May 1-7 To Be "Reading Week In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Winfield, Zainyeh

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/04/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-127

95-House - #:6903 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Board Of Governors For Higher Education To Provide For A Minor In Italian At Rhode Island College


Sponsors: Archetto, Cambio, Giannini, Costantino

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/04/1995


1995-R-128

95-Senate - #:1416 - Senate Resolution Commemorating The 93Rd General Council Meeting Of The Society Of Colonial Wars To Be Held In The City Of Newport From May 11-14, 1995


Sponsors: Gorham, Cicilline, Paiva Weed, Gibbs, Flynn

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/05/1995


1995-R-129

95-Senate - #:1409 - Senate Resolution Recognizing May 5, 1995 As Joseph Chaves Day


Sponsors: Gibbs, Mathieu, Enos, Paiva Weed, Cicilline

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/04/1995


1995-R-130

95-House - #:5945 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Fire And Rescue Dispatch And Communication Systems In Northern Rhode Island


Sponsors: Reilly, Martineau, Burlingame, Menard, Lowe

This Resolution Creates A Nine (9) Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Fire And Rescue Dispatch Communication Systems In Northern Rhode Island; And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Than February 8, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 8, 1996.

Effective date:05/09/1995


1995-R-131

95-House - #:5653Aam - An Act Pertaining To The Rights Of Nursing Home Patients-- Bed-Hold Requirements


Sponsors: Zainyeh, Anzeveno, Mcnamara, Mcgowan, Ginaitt

This Act Would Require Nursing Facilities To Hold A Bed For At Least 14 Days For A Person Who Must Be Hospitalized. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-132

95-House - #:7008 - House Resolution Requesting That The Department Of Transportation Reconsider Its Plans To Delay Or Cancel The Route 3 Project In Coventry


Sponsors: Inman, Campbell, Montanaro, S. Anderson, Murphy

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/09/1995


1995-R-133

95-Senate - #:1425 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 10, 1995 "Rhode Island Adult Education Day"


Sponsors: O'Leary, Kells, Holland, Porter, Fitzpatrick, And Parella

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/10/1995


1995-R-134

95-House - #:7025 - House Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of June 19-27, 1995 As Amateur Radio Week In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Naughton, Flaherty, Henseler

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/10/1995


1995-R-135

95-House - #:6977A - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation Reject The Personal Responsibility Act (H.R.4) And Work To Put Children First While Humanely Reforming The Nation'S Welfare System


Sponsors: Benoit, Sherlock, Williams, Kellner, Bumpus

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Welfare

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-136

95-House - #:7037 - House Resolution Declaring Breast Cancer An Epidemic In The State Of Rhode Island


Sponsors: Henseler, Benson, Benoit, Kellner, Giannini

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/11/1995


1995-R-137

95-Senate - #:1427 - Senate Resolution Declaring Breast Cancer To Be An Epidemic In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Mathieu, Day, Graziano, Paiva Weed, Goodwin

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Women

Effective date:05/11/1995


1995-R-138

95-Senate - #:0559A - An Act Relating To Property -- Residential Landloard And Tenant Act


Sponsors: Perry, Waltom, Cicilline, Fitzpatrick, Izzo

This Act Would Enable Cities And Towns To Require That Certificates Of Occupancy Be Obtained Prior To Leasing Certain Residential Property. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-139

95-House - #:7028 - House Resolution Commemorating The 93Rd General Council Meeting Of The Society Of Colonial Wars To Be Held In The City Of Newport From May 11-14, 1995


Sponsors: Callahan, Crowley, M. Levesque, Long

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/10/1995


1995-R-140

95-Senate - #:1432 - Senate Resolution Declaring May 12, 1995 To Be "Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome" Day In Rhode Island


Sponsors: O'Leary, Perry, Cicilline

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-141

95-House - #:7046 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Department Of Transportation Reconsider Its Plans To Delay Or Cancel The Route 5 Project In Cranston


Sponsors: Montanaro, Jacquard, Simonian, Palumbo, Kilmartin

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Roads, Oaklawn

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-142

95-Senate - #:1439 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of May 14-20, 1995 As "Emergency Medical Services Week In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Kelly, Polisena, Fogarty, Graziano, Disandro

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-143

95-Senate - #:1154Aam - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles-- Gasoline Tax


Sponsors: O'Leary, Badeau, Walton, Flynn, Paiva Weed

This Act Would Provide A Fuel Tax Exemption For Alternative Fuels Used By Fleets Consisting Of Ten Or More Alternative Fueled Vehicles; A Property Tax Exemption For Filling Station Equipment Which Dispenses Alternative Fuel As Defined By The Energy Policy Act of 1992; a gross receipts tax deduction for the sale of alternative fuel, the cost of constructing a filling station dispensing alternative fuel, the incremental cost of a new dedicated alternative fueled vehicle, and the conversion cost for an alternative fueled vehicle; and eighty-five percent tax credit for all costs associated with constructing or improving filling stations dispensing alternative fuel and electric recharging stations; and an eighty-five percent tax credit for all costs associa

Keywords: Motor Vehicles

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-144

95-Senate - #:1293A - An Act Relating To Commercial Law - Copyrights - Collection Practices Reform


Sponsors: O'Leary

This Act Provides For The Owners And Holders Of Copyrighted Works To Collect License Fees, Moneys, Royalties And Other Revenues From Use Of The Copyrighted Material. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-145

95-House - #:7064 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Department Of Transportation Reconsider Its Plans To Delay Or Cancel The Division Road Reconstruction Project In East Greenwich


Sponsors: Raptakis, Watson

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Highways

Effective date:05/23/1995


1995-R-146

95-House - #:7042 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Department Of Transportation Consider The Impact Of Proposed Cuts In Its Budget As They Relate To The City Of Warwick


Sponsors: Zainyeh, Sherlock, Mcgowan, Naughton, Mcnamara

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Apponaug Village, Post Road

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-147

95-House - #:7063 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Install A Traffic Light In The Town Of North Providence


Sponsors: Anzeveno, Cambio

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Smith Street, Atlantic Boulevard

Effective date:05/23/1995


1995-R-148

95-Senate - #:1456 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 23, 1995 To Be The Sixth Annual Children'S Lobby Day In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Izzo, Perry, Fitzpatrick, Paiva Weed

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/23/1995


1995-R-149

95-Senate - #:1457 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 26, 1995 To Be "Missing Children'S Day In The State Of Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Celona, Mccaffrey, Paiva Weed, Graziano, Cicilline

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/24/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-150

95-House - #:7062 - House Resolution Celebrating The Sixth Annual Children'S Lobby Day


Sponsors: Mcnamara, Giannini, Reilly, Costantino, Lanzi

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/23/1995


1995-R-151

95-House - #:7061 - House Resolution Celebrating The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Jewish Federation Of Rhode Island


Sponsors: Barone, Teitz, Long

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/23/1995


1995-R-152

95-House - #:5510A - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government--Sheriffs


Sponsors: Ferguson, Carter

This Act Would Provide That The Sheriff Of Each County Shall Be Compensated At A Level Which Is Not Less Than Eight (8) Pay Grades Above The Next Lowest Ranking Officer In That County Sheriff'S Department. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-153

95-Senate - #:1471 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The United States Senate Not Pass The "Personal Responsibility Act" (Pra)


Sponsors: Tavares, Kells, Paiva Weed, Izzo, Goodwin

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Immigrants

Effective date:05/30/1995


1995-R-154

95-House - #:7070 - House Resolution Proclaiming Sunday, June 4, 1995 As Blanche And Dan Murray In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Kelley, Benson, Crowley, Rabideau, Callahan

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/24/1995


1995-R-155

95-Senate - #:1458 - Senate Resolution Celebrating The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Jewish Federation Of Rhode Island


Sponsors: Perry

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/24/1995


1995-R-156

95-House - #:7074 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Install A Flashing Traffic Signal In The Town Of Coventry


Sponsors: S. Anderson

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:05/30/1995


1995-R-157

95-House - #:7078 - House Resolution Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Install A Traffic Light In Cranston


Sponsors: Bierman, Russo

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Comstock Parkway And Plainfield Pike

Effective date:05/30/1995


1995-R-158

95-House - #:5000 - Of Adjournment Of The General Assembly


Sponsors: Caruolo, Salisbury, Henseler

[Adjournment On Thursday, February 16 To Reconvene On Tuesday, February 28. Adjournment On Thursday, April 13, To Reconvene On Tuesday, April 25.]

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-159

95-House - #:7012 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Allowing Appeals To The Supreme Court Of Decisions Of The Appellate Commission Of The Workers' Compensation Commission


Sponsors: Faria, Teitz, Jacquard, Fox, Williamson

This Resolution Creates A 9 Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Feasibility Of Allowing For Appeal To The Supreme Court Of Decisions Of The Appellate Commission Of The Workers' Compensation Rather Than Proceedingby petition for writ of certiorari, and who shall report back to the legislature no later than January 15, 1996 and whose life shall expire on March 15, 1996.

Keywords: Workers' Compensation

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-160

95-Senate - #:0336 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Seaquarium In The City Of Newport


Sponsors: Cicilline, Paiva Weed

This Act Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Seaquarium In The City Of Newport From February1, 1995 To February 1, 1996, And Said Commission Shall Expire On April 1, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-161

95-Senate - #:0432 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Investigate And Propose A Comprehensive Solution To The Inability Of Low Income And Working Poor Families Of R.I. To Pay Their Energy Bills


Sponsors: Kells, Walton, Lawrence, Tavares, Palazzo, Et. Al

This Resolution Creates A Sixteen (16) Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Investigate And Propose A Comprehensive Solution To The Inability Of Low Income And Working Poor Families Of Rhode Island To Pay Their Energy Bills;and who shall report back to the legislature no later than January 25, 1996 and whose life shall expire on March 25, 1996

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-162

95-House - #:5913Aam - House Resoluton Respectfully Requesting The Mobile And Manufactured Home Commission To Study The Taxation Of Mobile And Manufactured Homes


Sponsors: Lowe

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-163

95-House - #:5896 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Development And Implementation Of A Teacher Mentor Program For The State Of Rhode Island


Sponsors: Ferguson

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Development And Implementation Of A Teacher Mentor Program For The State Of Rhode Island From February 14, 1995 To February 14, 1996, And Said Commission Shallexpire on April 14, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-164

95-House - #:5895 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing An Advanced Tuition Payment Plan For The State Of Rhode Island


Sponsors: Ferguson

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing An Advanced Tuition Payment Plan For The State Of Rhode Island From March 18, 1997 To March 18, 1998, And Said Commission Shallexpire on May 18, 1998.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-165

95-House - #:5894 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Contributing Pollution In Mount Hope Bay And Make Recommendations Therefor


Sponsors: Ferguson

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Contributing Pollution In Mount Hope Bay And Make Recommendations Therefor From February 23, 1995 To February 23, 1996 And Said Commission Shall Expire On April23, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-166

95-House - #:5443am - Joint Resolution Creating A Permanent Commission On American And Hispanic/Latino Cultural Exchange


Sponsors: Williams, Faria, Slater, Fox, Metts

This Resoltuion Creates A Nine (9) Member Permanent Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Establish, Maintain And Develop Cultural Ties Between Hispanic And Hispanic-Americans And Other Matters Relating Thereto.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-167

95-House - #:5255 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Rate Of Recidivism In Rhode Island And Its Financial Impact On The State


Sponsors: Giannini, Lanzi, Desimone, Mcgowan, Reilly

This Resolution Creates A 13 Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Rate Of Recidivism In Rhode Islandand Its Financial Impact On The State And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Than February 8, 1996and whose life shall expire on April 8, 1996.

Keywords: Crime; Corrections

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-168

95-House - #:6718 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission On Sex Offenders.


Sponsors: Benoit

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission On Sex Offenders From February 9, 1995 To February 9, 1996, And Said Commission Shall Expire On April 9, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-169

95-House - #:6719 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date And In Amendment Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Preservation Of The Dexter Armory As A Historical Federal Landmark And All Matters Related Thereto.


Sponsors: Williams, Costantino, Slater

This Resolution Extends The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Preservation Of The Dexter Armory As A Historical Federal Landmark And All Matters Related Thereto From February 16, 1995 To February 16, 1996, And Said Commission shall expire on April 16, 1996, and amends said commission by decreasing the membership from twenty-six (26) to ten (10) members.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-170

95-Senate - #:1016A - An Act Relating To Public Utilities And Carriers -- Rhode Island Public Transit Authority


Sponsors: Kelly

This Act Would Allow Those Persons Sixty-Five (65) Or Over, And The Physically Handicapped To Ride Ripta Buses Free Of Charge At Any Time. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-171

95-House - #:7077 - Proclaiming Thursday, June 15, 1995, As "Mary Gray Day In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Kelley, Benson, Bumpus, Salisbury, And Rabideau

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Mary Gray

Effective date:05/30/1995


1995-R-172

95-Senate - #:1476 - Senate Resolution Proclaiming June 6-11, 1995 As "Rhode Island National Guard Week"


Sponsors: Fogarty, Disandro, Algiere, Walton, Mccaffrey

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/01/1995


1995-R-173

95-Senate - #:1472 - Senate Resolution Repectfully Requesting That The Providence School Department Make Conley Stadium Available To The General Public For Exercise And The Use Of Its Track


Sponsors: Palazzo, Ruggerio, Caprio, Graziano, Roney

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Conley Stadium

Effective date:05/31/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-174

95-House - #:7082 - House Resolution Repectfully Requesting The State Department Of Transportation And The State Traffic Commission To Support Keeping Cook Road In The Town Of Cumberland Closed To Through Traffic From...


Sponsors: Reilly, Brousseau, Menard And Gaschen

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Cook Road, Summer Street

Effective date:05/31/1995


1995-R-175

95-House - #:7076 - Proclaiming Saturday, June 3, 1995 To Be "National Trails Day In Rhode Island"


Sponsors: Kelley, Rabideau, Salisbury, And Kellner

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Environment, Nature

Effective date:05/30/1995


1995-R-176

95-Senate - #:0846am - Joint Resolution Declaring May 1995 To Be Motorcycle Awareness Month In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Walaska, Lawrence, Mccaffrey, Enos, Celona

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Motorcycles

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-177

95-Senate - #:0122 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Establish A Plan For The Implementation Of A Pilot Program Providing Emergency Assistance To Families


Sponsors: Kells

This Resolution Creates A Fifteen Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Establish A Plan For The Implementation Of A Pilot Program Providing Emergency Assistance To Families And Who Shall Report Back To The Liegislature No Later than February 7, 1996 wnd whose life shall expire on April 7, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-178

95-House - #:6978am - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission On Re-Inventing Government


Sponsors: Heffner

This Resolution Creates A Thirty-One Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Examine The Feasibility Of Implementing Ideas And Programs Similar To Those Put Forth By Vice President Gore In His National Performance Reviewand who shall report back to the legislature no later that March 26, 1996 and whose life shall expire on May 26, 1996.

Keywords: State Government

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-179

95-Senate - #:0023A - Relating To Regulation Of Rental Of Motorized Bicycles And Motorized Tricycles In New Shoreham


Sponsors: Holland

This Act Would Increase The Limit On The License Fee For A License To Rent Motorized Bicycles And Tricycles In The Town Of New Whoreham To $200, And Provides For The Distribution Of Said Fee. This Act Takes Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Motorcycles

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-180

95-Senate - #:0283Aam - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government -- Certain Debt


Sponsors: Cote, Coderre, Holland, Badeau, Walaska

This Act Revises The Maximum Bonding Limit Of Public Corporations And Repeals The Exemption Which Allows The Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corporation To Borrow Money Without Legislative Approval. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/08/1995


1995-R-181

95-House - #:5950 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Recommend Strategies For Effective Child Sexual Abuse Prevention


Sponsors: Giannini, Carpenter, Kellner, Benoit, Lanzi

This Resolution Creates A Seventeen (17) Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Availability Of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programming Within The State Of Rhode Island, And To Recommend Strategies For The Inclusion of appropriate prevention curricula programming for preschool through high school and who shall report back to the legislature no later than February 13, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 13, 1996.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-182

95-House - #:6859 - Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Equal Employment Opportunities And Alleged Racism And Harrassment At The Adult Correctional Institution


Sponsors: Metts

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Corrections

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-183

95-House - #:5499A - An Act Relating To The Department Of Corrections


Sponsors: Anderson, S., Henseler, Kellner, Kilmartin, Campbell

This Act Would Transfer All Juvenile Correctional Functions From The Department For Children, Youth, And Families To The Department Of Corrections. It Would Establish A Division Of Community Services In The Department Of Corrections To Be Responsible Forcommunity services, including prison and parole.

Keywords: Prisons And Prisoners; Children

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-184

95-House - #:6057 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Central Facility For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Cancer


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Resolution Creates A Thirteen (13) Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Central Facility For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Cancer And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature Nolater than February 1, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 1, 1996

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-185

95-House - #:5910 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Banking Practices And Rates Charged To Consumers In The State


Sponsors: Jacquard

This Resolution Creates A 7 Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study Banking Practices And Rates Charged To Consumers In The State And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Than February 8, 1996 And Whose Lifeshall expire on April 8, 1996

Keywords: Financial Institutions

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-186

95-Senate - #:0194 - Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $200 To Pay A Bonus In The Case Of Patrick R. Broderick Of 213 Francis Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860, Who Served During World War 11


Sponsors: Kells

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-187

95-House - #:7099 - House Resolution Relating To Handicapped Parking At Green State Airport


Sponsors: Salisbury, Quick, Long

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Assistance

Effective date:06/13/1995


1995-R-188

95-House - #:7087 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission To Designate The World War I Memorial In Manville A State Landmark


Sponsors: Menard

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/07/1995


1995-R-189

95-House - #:7092 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Department Of Transportation Reconsider Its Plans To Delay Or Cancel The Breakneck Hill Road (Rt. 123) Project In Lincoln


Sponsors: Mcdevitt, Menard, Winfield

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Highways

Effective date:06/07/1995


1995-R-190

95-Senate - #:1485 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Department Of Transportation Reconsider Its Plans To Delay Or Cancel The Breakneck Hill Road (Route 123) Project In Lincoln


Sponsors: Debatt

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Division Of Planning

Effective date:06/08/1995


1995-R-191

95-House - #:7104 - House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Education


Sponsors: Smith, Moura, Cambio, Montanaro

No Explanation

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-192

95-Senate - #:1495 - Senate Resolution Creating A Special Senate Commission To Study The Expansion Of Recretional Opportunities For The Elderly And Handicapped


Sponsors: Palazzo

This Resolution Creates A Seven (7) Member Special Senate Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study Recreational Facilities For The Elderly And Handicapped And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Than February 13, 1996 And Whose Life Shall expire on April 13, 1996.

Keywords: Recreation

Effective date:06/14/1995


1995-R-193

95-House - #:7091 - House Resolution Proclaiming June 6-11, 1995 "Rhode Island National Guard Week"


Sponsors: Benson, Henseler, Carter, Knowles, Garvey

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/07/1995


1995-R-194

95-House - #:7085 - House Resolution Proclaiming July 3 - 7, 1995 As "Parents Without Partners Week"


Sponsors: Menard, Burlingame, Carpenter, Montanaro, Benoit

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/01/1995


1995-R-195

95-Senate - #:1493 - Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Enforcement Of Handicapped Parking Laws


Sponsors: Coderre, Gibbs, Enos, Hanaway, And Izzo

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Commission

Effective date:06/13/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-196

95-Senate - #:1499 - Senate Resolution Relating To Handicapped Parking At Green State Airport


Sponsors: Coderre, Fogarty, Fitzpatrick, Graziano, Hanaway

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Shuttle Bus, Wheelchair

Effective date:06/15/1995


1995-R-197

95-House - #:5972am - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Investigate The Cost And The Methods Of Disposing Of Unused Prescription Medicines


Sponsors: Ajello, Carpenter, Giannini, Barone, Benoit

This Resolution Creates A 17 Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Cost And Methods Of Disposing Of Unused Prescription Medicines And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Then February 8, 1996 And Whoselife shall expire on April 8, 1996.

Keywords: Pharmacies And Pharmacists

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-R-198

95-House - #:7110 - House Resolution Proclaiming August 19, 1995 As "Polish National Alliance Day"


Sponsors: Inman, Faria, Caruolo, Brousseau, S. Anderson

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/20/1995


1995-R-199

95-House - #:5615A - An Act Relating To Motor And Other Vehicles


Sponsors: Naughton, Ginaitt, Henseler, Zainyeh, Quick

This Act Would Establish A Narragansett Bay Conservation License Plate With 1/2 Of The Application Fee Being Used To Fund Conservation Projects For The Narragansett Bay. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: License Plate Environment

Effective date:06/14/1995


1995-R-200

95-House - #:5799A - An Act Relating To Education


Sponsors: Kelley, Benson, Lally, Rabideau, Salisbury

This Act Provides That The January Meeting Of The Board Of Governors For Higher Education To Which General Assembly Members Are Invited Shall Be Held In The State House. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/28/1995


1995-R-201

95-House - #:7023am - House Resolution Memorializing The President And The United States Congress To Increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy (Cafe) Standards To 45 Miles Per Gallon To Significantly Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions


Sponsors: Ginaitt, M. Anderson, Benoit, Kelley, Cambio

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/28/1995


1995-R-202

95-House - #:7124 - Joint Resolution Declaring And Consenting To A Recess Of The General Assembly


Sponsors: Caruolo, And Salisbury

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Recess

Effective date:06/27/1995


1995-R-203

95-House - #:7119 - House Resolution Supporting The Goals And Objectives Of The National Association Of Housing And Redevelopment Officials (Nahro)


Sponsors: Faria, Lynch

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Nahro

Effective date:06/27/1995


1995-R-204

95-House - #:6379 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Assessment Of Farm, Forest And Open Space Land At Current Use Value


Sponsors: Simonian, Campbell

This Resolution Creates A Ten (10) Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Assessment Of Farm, Forest, And Open Space Land At Current Use Value; And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Than June 28, 1996and whose life shall expire on June 28, 1996

Keywords: Agriculture; Open Space

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-R-205

95-House - #:5197 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Flat Rate State Income Tax.


Sponsors: Burlingame, Sherlock, Pires, Salisbury, Mcdevitt

This Resolution Creates An Eleven (11) Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Feasibility Of Establishing A Flat Rate State Income Tax And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later That February 2, 1996 And Whose life shall expire on April 2, 1996.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995-R-206

95-Senate - #:0312B - An Act Relating To Labor-- Employee Leasing.


Sponsors: Badeau, Irons

This Act Establishes The Licensing Procedure, Within The Department Of Labor For Employee Leasing Companies. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/30/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-207

95-House - #:5638A - An Act Relating To Public Property And Works


Sponsors: Levesque, C.

This Act Would Permit The State Properties Committee To Grant Easements To Property Owners Who Made Improvements To Certain Shoreline Property, Filled Tidal Lands, On The Assumption That The Property Was Owned By Them But Which Was Later Determined By ARhode Island supreme court decision to belong to the state. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-208

95-House - #:5858A - An Act Relating To Insurance-- Health Insurance Policies-- Maternity Care


Sponsors: Heffner, Benoit, Kellner, Flaherty, Levesque, C.

This Act Would Provide For Minimum, In-Hospital Maternity/Obstetric Care Of 48 Hours For A Vaginal Birth And 5 Days For A Cesarean Birth For All Health Insurance Policies That Provide This Type Of Coverage. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-209

95-House - #:5903am - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government-- Department Of Corrections


Sponsors: Metts, Fox, Castro, Teitz, Levesque, M.

This Act Would Create An Ombudsman Within The Department Of Corrections. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-210

95-House - #:5981 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Recommend Changes To The Overall Regulatory Structure Regarding Private Security Companies


Sponsors: Caruolo

This Resolution Creates An Eleven Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study And Recommend Changes To The Overall Regulatory Structure Regarding Private Security Companies And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later than February1, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 1, 1996.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-211

95-House - #:6352A - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Point Sources And Non-Point Sources Contributing Pollutant Loaded Degraded Water To Narragansett Bay In The Area From Pawtucket Village To Conimicut Point In Warwick


Sponsors: Mcnamara, Zainyeh, Flaherty, Ginaitt, Mcgowan

This Resolution Creates A 5 Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study Point Sources And Non-Point Sources Contributing Pollutant Loaded Degraded Water To Narragansett Bay In The Area From Pawtuxet Village To Conimicut Pointin Warwick and who shall report back to the legislature no later than February 13, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 13, 1996.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-212

95-House - #:6767A - Joint Resolution Requesting The Rhode Island Attorney General To File Suit In The United States Supreme Court Against The United States Government, Specified U.S. Government Departments And Agencies And The Official Representatives Of Certain Other


Sponsors: Millard, Flaherty, Ferguson, Iannitelli, Lanzi

Countries Alleging Violations Of The Civil Rights Of Prisoners Of War Or Missing In Action And Demand That Documents Concerning These Individuals Be Released, And Also Urging The Other Forty-Nine States To Join In This Action.This joint resolution requests that the Attorney-General file suit in the U.S. Supreme Court against the United States and several foreign nations alleging civil rights violations on behalf of nine Rhode Islanders who served in the Vietnam War and who are missing-in-action or prisoners of war, and seeking relevant documents on this matter.

Keywords: Viet Nam

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-213

95-House - #:6801 - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Feasibility Of Modernizing Probate Law And Procedure And To Make Recommendations Therefor


Sponsors: Heffner, Gaschen, Bramley, Kelley, Williamson

This Resolution Creates A Seventeen Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study The Feasibility Of Modernizing Probate Law And Procedure And To Make Recommendations Therefor, And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature Nolater that February 10, 1996 and whose life shall expire on April 10, 1996.

Keywords: Probate Court

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-214

95-House - #:6919am - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Review The Effects Of The Ri Guardianship Law


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Montanaro, Zainyeh, Kelley, Cambio

This Resolution Creates A 17 Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Study And Review The Effects Of The Rhode Island Guardianship Law And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature No Later Than April 16, 1996 And Whose Lifeshall expire on June 16, 1996.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-215

95-House - #:7003am - Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Investigate Utility Rates In Rhode Island


Sponsors: Faria

This Resolution Creates A 6 Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Shall Be To Investigate Utility Rates In Rhode Island And Who Shall Report Back To The Legislature Not Later Than February 1, 1996 And Whose Life Shall Expire On April 1,1996.

Keywords: Public Utilities

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-216

95-House - #:7109 - Joint Resolution Authorizing The Union Fire District Of South Kingstown To Finance The Construction, Equipping And Furnishing Of A Training Facility And To Issue Not More Than $2,700,000 Bonds Therefor


Sponsors: Kelley, Knowles, Garvey, Benson, Montanaro

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/05/1995


1995-R-217

95-Senate - #:1510 - Senate Resolution Supporting The Goals And Objectives Of The National Association Of Housing And Redevelopment Officials (Nahro)


Sponsors: Issa

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/27/1995


1995-R-218

95-Senate - #:1505 - Senate Resolution Asking That His Excellency, The Governor, Halt The Expansion And Confirm The Closure Of The Dry Bridge Road Landfill In North Kingstown


Sponsors: Porter, Lenihan, Paiva Weed, Disandro

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/27/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-R-219

95-Senate - #:1503 - Senate Resolution Challenging The House Of Representatives To Participate In A Charity Softbal Game Against The Senate


Sponsors: Celona, Kelly, Revens, Montalbano, Mcburney

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:06/27/1995


1995-R-220

95-House - #:7130 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The State Traffic Commission To Study The Possibility Of Installing Pedestrian Crossing Light In The City Of Cranston


Sponsors: Jacquard

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/27/1995


1995-R-221

95-House - #:7133 - House Resolution Requesting The Department Of Environmental Management To Expeditiously Process The Town Of Smithfield'S Wetlands Application Relating To Deerfield Park


Sponsors: Iannitelli, Winfield

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Wetlands

Effective date:08/02/1995


1995-R-222

95-House - #:7132 - House Resolution Commemorating The 50Th Anniversary Of The Sinking Of The Heavy Cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis And The Dedication Of The U.S.S. Indianapolis Memorial Monument


Sponsors: Ginaitt, Palangio, Ferguson, Coderre, Raptakis

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:07/27/1995


1995-R-223

95-House - #:5160B - An Act Relating To Health Care {Changed To: Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Managed Care Plans And Their Impact On Patients' Ability To Make Choices Relating To Their Health Care Providers


Sponsors: Zainyeh, Ginaitt, Anzeveno, Naughton, Montanaro

This Act Would Create The Patient/Provider Rights Preservation Act Which Would Establish Standards For The Certification Of Qualified Managed Care Plans. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-R-224

95-House - #:7143 - House Resolution Respectfully Requesting An Addition To The Public Works Program In The Town Of Coventry


Sponsors: Inman, S. Anderson, Campbell, Murphy

No Explanation Provided.

Keywords: Sidewalk, Route 116

Effective date:08/04/1995


1995-R-225

95-Senate - #:1528 - Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That Any Recommendations By The Special Commission To Study The Alteration Of The Pension System For New Employees Shall Apply Retroactively To Any Employee Hired After August 1, 1995


Sponsors: Cote, Coderre, Holland, Kelly

No Explanation Provided.

Effective date:08/07/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:5058 - An Act Relating To Criminal Law -- Parole


Sponsors: Reilly, Mcnamara, Menard, Burlingame, Benoit

This Act Would Increase The Minimum Time Served Before Parole To One-Half Of The Sentence Imposed. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:06/26/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:5063 - An Act Authorizing Suit Against The State By Dennis And Joyce Weir And Making An Appropriation To Satisfy Any Judgement Entered


Sponsors: Salisbury

This Act Would Authorize Suit Against The State Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations By Dennis And Joyce Weir For Damages Up To Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:5189 - An Act Relating To Commercial Law -- Deceptive Trade Practices


Sponsors: Lauzon, San Bento

This Act Would Require Appliance Service Persons To Inform Consumers Of The Use Of New, Used, Or Rebuilt Replacement Parts, And Provides For A Fine Of Up To Five Hundred Dollars For Any Violation. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:5267 - An Act Relating To The Department Of Corrections


Sponsors: Millard, Ferguson, Iannitelli, Flaherty, Campbell

This Act Requires The Annual Testing Of All Inmates For Aids In The Adult Correctional Institution, That Rules And Steps To Prevent The Spread Of Aids To Persons At The Adult Correctional Institutions Shall Be Advised Of Any Inmate Testing Positive.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:5268 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government -- Administrative Procedures


Sponsors: Salisbury, Fluery, Long, Bierman, Rabideau

This Act Removes The Exemption From The Administrative Procedures Act For Chapter 29 Of Title 28 (Workers' Compensation -- General Procedure) This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-V-

95-House - #:5558 - An Act Relating To Fiduciaries -- Short Form Power Of Attorney


Sponsors: Knowles

This Act Would Provide A Statutory Short Form Power Of Attorney Form Which Could Be Used For All Transactions. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Trusts And Trustees

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:6184 - An Act Relating To Courts And Civil Procedure -- Limits On Strategic Litigation


Sponsors: Henseler, Cambio, Garvey, Anderson,S., Kelley

This Act Would Create A Conditional Immunity Against Slapp Suits. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:6191 - An Act Relating To Public Finance -- State Funds


Sponsors: Fox

This Act Would Exempt Rhode Island Housing And Mortgage And Finance Corporation From The 7% Indirect Cost Recovery Account. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Rihmfc

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:6342 - An Act Relating To Hotels - Businesses And Professions


Sponsors: Kennedy, Benson, Kelley, Henseler, Lally

This Act Would Provide For A Definitional Section, And Provisions For An Innkeepers Right To Eject And Refuse Admission To Its Premises. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:6456 - An Act Relating To Search Warrants


Sponsors: Murphy, Flaherty, Faria, Teitz, Russo

This Act Would Require Search Warrants To Contain The Date, Time, And Place Of Issuance. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:6522 - An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations -- Employment Security -- General Provisions


Sponsors: Faria, Benson

This Act Would Authorize The Director Of Employment And Training To Collect Interest On Recoveries Of Benefits Improperly Or Excessively Paid Under The Unemployment Compensation System As A Result Of Fraud Or Misrepresentation By The Recipient. This Actwould take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:6644 - An Act Relating To Health Care


Sponsors: Fox, Murphy, San Bento, Russo, Williamson

This Act Revises The Health Care Information Confidentiality Act By Establishing Criteria For The Disclosure Of Health Care Information. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Medical Records

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-House - #:6914 - An Act Relating To Parks And Recreational Areas - Disabled Veterans


Sponsors: Naughton, Ferguson, Castro, Simonian, Zainyeh

This Act Would Provide A Waiver Of Fees For Disabled Veterans At State Owned Recreational Facilities And Licenses Issued By Dem. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0035 - An Act Relating To Dogs In The Town Of Westerly


Sponsors: Algiere

This Act Would Authorize The Westerly Town Council To Amend Its Code Of Ordinances Relating To Animals And Fowl By Permitting Increased Pecuniary Penalties For Violations, And Increased Licensed Fees For Unneutered Male Dogs. This Act Would Take Effect Upon passage.

Keywords: Animals

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0231 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions -- Hawkers And Peddlers


Sponsors: Celona, Graziano, And Montalbano

This Act Requires All Applicants Seeking A Peddler'S License To Provide Two Forms Of Identification Containing The Applicant'S Address. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0343 - An Act Relating To Housing Maintance And Occupancy Code


Sponsors: Palazzo, Ruggerio, Walton, Montalbano, Goodwin

This Act Would Require Landlords Not Residing In The State Of Rhode Island To Designate A Registered Agent Authorized To Do Business In Rhode Island. Also Failure To Maintain Such Registered Agent Shall Result In A Fine Of Five Thousand Dollars Payableby the out of state landlord to the municipality. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995 Enacted Legislation

1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0441 - An Act Relating To Businesses And Professions-- Contractors' Registration


Sponsors: Alves, Mathieu

This Act Would Include In The Definition Of "Structure" All Condominiums Notwithstanding The Number Of Dwelling Units Contained Therein. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0575 - An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government - Department Of Elderly Affairs


Sponsors: Parella, Gibbs, Algiere

This Act Would Authorize The Director Of The Department Of Elderly Affairs To Implement Rules And Regulations To Carry Out Provisions Of This Chapter. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:Upon Passage


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0728 - An Act Relating To Rhode Island Salvage Law


Sponsors: Enos, Issa, Disandro

This Act Would Eliminate The Licensing Requirements For Wholesalers Or Purchasers Of Salvaged Vehicles Provided That An Inspection Occurs By A Licensed Auto Body Shop Prior To Issuing A Clear Title By The Department Of Motor Vehicles. This Act Would Takeeffect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0779 - An Act Relating To Public Finance -- Indirect Cost Recoveries


Sponsors: Izzo, Walton, Fitzpatrick, Ruggerio, Parella

This Act Exempts Rihmfc Funds From The 7% Restricted Receipt Surcharge For Fund Management. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0969 - An Act Relating To Telecommunications


Sponsors: Flynn

This Act Allows The Board Of Examination And Licensing Of Telecommunication Systems Contractors, Technicians, And Installers To Bring Violators Of Said Law To A Hearing Before Them. This Act Also Clarifies The Responsibilities Of Partners And Officersof the corporation. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:0977 - An Act Relating To Health Care


Sponsors: Cicilline, Roney, Walton, Perry, Paiva Weed, Fitzpatrick

This Act Revises The Health Care Information Confidentiality Act By Establishing Criteria For The Disclosure Of Health Care Information. This Act Would Take Effect Upon Passage.

Keywords: Medical Records

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:1108 - An Act Amending The Definition Of Electric Utility


Sponsors: Blais, Porter

This Act Would Amend The Definition Of An Electric Utility.

Keywords: Quonset; Davisville; Public Utility

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:1109 - An Act Relating To Public Utilities Commission - Amending The Definition Of Public Utility


Sponsors: Blais, Porter

This Act Would Amend The Definition Of A Public Utility.

Keywords: Port Authority And Economic Development Corporation

Effective date:07/03/1995


1995-V-

95-Senate - #:1151 - An Act Relating To The Energy Facility Siting Act


Sponsors: Lenihan

This Act Would Establish Guidelines For The Promulgation Of Regulations On The Construction Of High Voltage Lines, By Outlining The Methodology To Be Used And The Analysis To Be Conducted. This Act Also Allows The Energy Facility Siting Board To Retain Outside legal counsel, consultants, and staff. This act would take effect upon passage.

Effective date:07/03/1995