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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5262 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000794 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Donovan, and Speakman |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: January 27, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 45-24.1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-24.1 entitled "Historical 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Area Zoning" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 45-24.1-3. Creation of commission authorized — Membership appointment — Term 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of office. [Effective January 1, 2023.] 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter any city or town council shall have the 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | authority to create a commission called the historic district commission. The membership of a 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | commission in a city shall consist of seven (7) qualified members, and in a town shall consist of 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | not less than three (3) nor more than seven (7) qualified members, whose residence is located in 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the city or town; and provided, that the historic district commission of the city of Providence shall 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | consist of eleven (11) qualified members, two (2) of whom shall be members of the city council 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | elected by the city council from its councilmanic members to serve for a term of four (4) years. In 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | a city the members shall be appointed by the mayor, except as provided in the case of the historic 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | district commission of the city of Providence, and in a town, by the president of the town council. 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Members of an historic district commission shall be residents of the city or town. 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) The appointed members of the commission shall be appointed for three-year (3) terms, 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | except the initial appointments of some of the members shall be for less than three (3) years so that 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the initial appointments are staggered and so that subsequent appointments do not reoccur at the 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | same time. 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) Any city or town has the right to name an auxiliary member of the commission 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | appointed in addition to the regular members of the commission; provided, that the city of Newport 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and the town of Bristol shall have the right to appoint two (2) auxiliary members to its historic 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | district commission. An auxiliary member shall sit as an active member, upon the request of the 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | chair, when and if a regular member of the commission is unable to serve at any meeting of the 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | commission. 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (d) Appointed members of the commission are eligible for reappointment, and, upon the 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | expiration of their term, shall continue to serve until replaced unless otherwise provided for in local 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | law. 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (e) In the event of a vacancy on the commission, interim appointments of appointed 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | members may be made by the appointing authority to complete the unexpired term of the position. 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (f) Organized and existing preservation societies may present to the appointing authority 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | of a city or town a list of qualified citizens, from which list the appointing authority may select 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | members of the commission for his or her respective city or town. 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (g) Members of a commission shall serve without compensation. 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (h) Members of a commission shall be required to participate in continuing education 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | courses promulgated pursuant to chapter 70 of this title. 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | LC000794 |
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| 66 | 66 | | LC000794 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 68 | 68 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 69 | 69 | | OF |
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| 70 | 70 | | A N A C T |
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| 71 | 71 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING |
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| 72 | 72 | | *** |
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| 73 | 73 | | This act would allow the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its 1 |
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| 74 | 74 | | historical district commission. 2 |
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| 75 | 75 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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| 77 | 77 | | LC000794 |
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