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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2006
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A N A C T
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RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION -- PUBLICATION AND
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DISTRIBUTION OF ACTS
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Introduced By: Representative Gordon D. Fox
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Date Introduced: February 15, 2006
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Referred To: House Finance
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 43-2-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 43-2 entitled "Publication
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and Distribution of Acts" is hereby amended to read as follows:
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43-2-5. Distribution of copies of proceedings. -- The joint committee on legislative
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services shall, as soon as possible after publication of the general laws, public laws, acts of a local
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and private nature, and resolutions as provided in section 22-11-3.3, transmit bound or electronic
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copies to each of the following officers, libraries, or societies as deemed appropriate by the joint
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committee on legislative services. The bound or electronic copies shall be transmitted by the
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recipients to their successors in office:.
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(a) One copy each to the governor, lieutenant governor, justices of the supreme, superior,
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family and district courts, general treasurer, state controller, the director of each state department,
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administrator of the division of public utilities and carriers, tax administrator, director of business
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regulation., the several town and city clerks, the several boards of canvassers and registration, the
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several probate courts where the clerk of the court is other than the city or town clerk, the several
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clerks or administrators of the supreme, superior, family and district courts, reporter of opinions
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of the supreme court, the several sheriffs, adjutant general, state judge advocate general, the
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division of occupational safety, the library of any accredited institution of higher education in the
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state of Rhode Island, Redwood Library and Athenaeum, the People's Library, Newport,
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Providence Athenaeum, Providence Public Library, Pawtucket Free Public Library, any other
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incorporated library in the state or any library in the state receiving state aid that may apply for a
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copy, the social law library at Boston, Massachusetts, the New York Public Library, in New
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York, the library of the Worcester County Bar Association, Massachusetts, the library of the
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Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, the library at Cornell University, New York, the law
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schools at Cambridge and Boston in Massachusetts, at New York and at Albany in New York, at
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New Haven in Connecticut, the library of the University of West Virginia, in West Virginia, the
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bar library in Chicago, in Illinois, the library of the law school of Georgetown University in
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Washington, D.C., the state libraries of the several states, the senate committees on judiciary,
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finance and commerce, housing and municipal government, the house of representatives
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committees on judiciary, finance and corporations, the legislative council and the house of
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representatives finance committee advisory staff, each member of the general assembly, the
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associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States assigned to the First Circuit, each
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district judge of the United States for the District of Rhode Island, the United States district
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attorney for the District of Rhode Island, the United States Marshal, the referee in bankruptcy for
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the District of Rhode Island, and the clerk of the United States District Court;tes assigned to the
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First Circuit, each district judge of the United States for the District of Rhode Island, the United
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States district attorney for the District of Rhode Island, the United States Marshal, the referee in
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bankruptcy for the District of Rhode Island, and the clerk of the United States District Court;
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(b) Four (4) copies to the Secretary of State of the United States;
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(c) Two (2) copies each to the state library, the state law library, the secretary of state,
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the attorney general, the public defender, the Legal Aid Society of Rhode Island, the Rhode
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Island Historical Society, the Newport Historical Society, and the Warden's Court at New
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Shoreham.
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(d) (b) The secretary of state shall keep two (2) copies for the use of his or her office.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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OF
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A N A C T
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RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION -- PUBLICATION AND
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DISTRIBUTION OF ACTS
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This act would eliminate the requirement that the joint committee on legislative services
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be required to distribute state laws to certain specified individuals, libraries, government
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departments or agencies.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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