Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0349 Compare Versions

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5	5	2023 -- S 0349
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9	9	S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- ORDINANCES
16	16	Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Euer, Valverde, and Miller
17	17	Date Introduced: February 16, 2023
18	18	Referred To: Senate Judiciary
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21	21	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
22	22	SECTION 1. Section 45-6-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-6 entitled "Ordinances" is 1
23	23	hereby amended to read as follows: 2
24	24	45-6-1. Scope of ordinances permissible. 3
25	25	(a) Town and city councils may, from time to time, make and ordain all ordinances and 4
26	26	regulations for their respective towns and cities, not repugnant to law, which they deem necessary 5
27	27	for the safety of their inhabitants from fire, firearms, and fireworks; to regulate the use and sale of 6
28	28	cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic nicotine delivery systems; to prevent persons 7
29	29	standing on any footwalk, sidewalk, doorstep, or in any doorway, or riding, driving, fastening, or 8
30	30	leaving any horse or other animal or any carriage, team, or other vehicle on any footwalk, sidewalk, 9
31	31	doorstep, or doorway within the town or city, to the obstruction, hindrance, delay, disturbance, or 10
32	32	annoyance of passersby or of persons residing or doing business in this vicinity; to regulate the 11
33	33	putting up and maintenance of telegraph and other wires and their appurtenances; to prevent the 12
34	34	indecent exposure of any one bathing in any of the waters within their respective towns and cities; 13
35	35	against breakers of the Sabbath; against habitual drunkenness; respecting the purchase and sale of 14
36	36	merchandise or commodities within their respective towns and cities; to protect burial grounds and 15
37	37	the graves in these burial grounds from trespassers; and, generally, all other ordinances, regulations 16
38	38	and bylaws for the well ordering, managing, and directing of the prudential affairs and police of 17
39	39	their respective towns and cities, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, or of the 18
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44	44	(b) Town and city councils shall furnish to their senators and representatives, upon request 1
45	45	and at no charge, copies and updates of all ordinances and regulations. 2
46	46	(c) In lieu of newspaper publication, advance notice of proposed adoption, amendment, or 3
47	47	repeal of any ordinance or regulation by a municipality may be provided via electronic media on a 4
48	48	website maintained by the office of the secretary of state. 5
49	49	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 6
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56	56	EXPLANATION
57	57	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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59	59	A N A C T
60	60	RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- ORDINANCES
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62	62	This act would allow cities and towns to create ordinances to regulate the use and sales of 1
63	63	cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic nicotine delivery systems. 2
64	64	This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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