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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0313 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000418 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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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 -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators LaMountain, Lawson, Tikoian, Gallo, Felag, DiPalma, Dimitri, |
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| 17 | 17 | | McKenney, and Patalano |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 13, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 37-8 of the General Laws entitled "Public Buildings" is hereby 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 37-8-9.1. Senate president's portraits. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | The secretary of state shall cause a portrait to be painted of each president of the senate as 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | soon after the president of the senate is inducted into office, including former presidents of the 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | senate who may be living. Whenever any portrait is finished, the secretary of state shall deliver the 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | portrait to the department of administration to be hung in the state house and the state controller is 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | hereby authorized and directed to draw the controller's order, upon the general treasurer for a sum 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | sufficient to pay for any portrait out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated upon 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | receipt of vouchers approved by the secretary of state. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | LC000418 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 41 | 41 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 42 | 42 | | OF |
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| 43 | 43 | | A N A C T |
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| 44 | 44 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS |
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| 45 | 45 | | *** |
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| 46 | 46 | | This act would authorize and fund the painting of a portrait of the president of the senate 1 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and former presidents of the senate who may be living to be hung in the state house. 2 |
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| 48 | 48 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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