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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0218 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000954 |
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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 PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Paolino, de la Cruz, F. Lombardi, Ciccone, Pearson, and Picard |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 37-2 of the General Laws entitled "State Purchases" is hereby 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 37-2-17.3. Purchase of motor vehicles by volunteer firefighters. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) "Volunteer firefighter," for purpose of this section, means a volunteer, call, reserve, or 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | permanent-intermittent firefighter or emergency medical technician who, in the previous calendar 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | year, completed no less than eighty (80) hours of fire or emergency medical service training 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | approved by the senior ranking local fire official, and, actively participated in at least twenty-five 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | percent (25%) of the local service runs in response to calls for emergency services, and is in good 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | current standing. 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) Each volunteer firefighter meeting the criteria set forth in this section shall be eligible 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | to utilize the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of purchasing any motor vehicle, as defined 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | in ยง 31-1-3. 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LC000954 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 42 | 42 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 43 | 43 | | OF |
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| 44 | 44 | | A N A C T |
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| 45 | 45 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES |
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| 46 | 46 | | *** |
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| 47 | 47 | | This act would permit certain volunteer firefighters to purchase motor vehicles by utilizing 1 |
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| 48 | 48 | | state purchasing provisions. 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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