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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 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- ORGANIZATION OF GENE RAL |
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| 16 | 16 | | ASSEMBLY |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Britto, F. Lombardi, Lawson, Ciccone, DiPalma, Acosta, |
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| 18 | 18 | | DiMario, and Tikoian |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: March 22, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs |
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| 21 | 21 | | (Secretary of State) |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Section 22-3-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 22-3 entitled "Organization 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of General Assembly" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 22-3-12. Legislative manual Government directory. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | The secretary of state shall prepare in each odd-numbered year a legislative manual 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | maintain an up-to-date online directory of government officials for the use of the general assembly 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | public, containing the congressional delegation, general officers, general assembly members, rolls 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of general assembly membership, the committees, the rules and orders, judiciary information, 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | municipal government information, state agency information and any other matter that the secretary 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | may think proper. The number of manuals to be printed and bound will be determined by the 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | secretary of state. Ten (10) copies shall be distributed to each of the senators and representatives of 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the general assembly; forty (40) copies shall be placed at the disposal of the governor; and the 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | remainder shall be placed in the hands of the secretary of state. There shall be appropriated in each 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | odd numbered year, an amount sufficient to cover the cost of printing and binding of the manual. 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | The secretary of state shall also provide a printed government directory referencing the online 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | directory information to be printed and bound in a number to be determined by the secretary of 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | state for distribution and historical preservation purposes only. Entities included in the online 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | directory will be responsible for submitting up-to-date information. Users of the online directory 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | shall have access to all directory information and be provided with historical search capabilities so 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 54 | 54 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 55 | 55 | | OF |
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| 56 | 56 | | A N A C T |
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| 57 | 57 | | RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- ORGANIZATION OF GENE RAL |
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| 58 | 58 | | ASSEMBLY |
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| 59 | 59 | | *** |
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| 60 | 60 | | This act would require the secretary of state to maintain, and provide to the public, an 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | online directory of government officials, a limited number of printed government directories, and 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | would eliminate the legislative manual used by the secretary of state to record rolls of general 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | assembly membership, committee memberships and rules. 4 |
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