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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0130 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001221 |
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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 ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Euer, Pearson, Gallo, Sosnowski, F. Lombardi, Felag, Raptakis, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Miller, LaMountain, and Lauria |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 01, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 17-18-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-18 entitled "Elective 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Meetings" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 17-18-15. Closing of schools. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | At each general election as defined in § 17-1-2(2) and, at each statewide primary as defined 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | in § 17-15-1, and at each primary for election of delegates to national conventions and for 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | presidential preference as defined in § 17-12.1, all public elementary and secondary schools 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | throughout the state shall not be in session. On the day of the general election, and the statewide 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | primary, and the presidential preference primary, the use of school buildings or premises shall be 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | restricted to use only as polling places for election purposes. Notwithstanding the previous 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | provisions, school staff development days may be held. Provided further, that the provisions of this 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | section shall not be applicable to the Block Island School, located in the town of New Shoreham, 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and the use of the Block Island School shall not be restricted, nor shall classes need to be cancelled 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | or postponed at said school, on the day of general elections, and statewide primaries, and 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | presidential preference primaries. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC001221 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 45 | 45 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 46 | 46 | | OF |
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| 47 | 47 | | A N A C T |
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| 48 | 48 | | RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS |
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| 49 | 49 | | *** |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act would mandate that on each primary for election of national convention delegates 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | be closed. 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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