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Rhode Island Constitution, Article VI

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Article VI, Of the Legislative Power

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All articles117 Art. I24 Art. II2 Art. III8 Art. IV10 Art. V1 Art. VI22 Art. VII2 Art. VIII4 Art. IX17 Art. X7 Art. XI3 Art. XII4 Art. XIII11 Art. XIV2

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R.I. Const. art. VI, § 1 Constitution Supreme Law of the State
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This Constitution shall be the supreme law of the state, and any law inconsistent therewith shall be void. The general assembly shall pass all laws necessary to carry this Constitution into effect.
R.I. Const. art. VI, § 2 Power Vested in General Assembly -- Concurrence of Houses Required to Enact Laws -- Style of Laws
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The legislative power, under this Constitution, shall be vested in two houses, the one to be called the senate, the other the house of representatives; and both together the general assembly. The concurrence of the two houses shall be necessary to the enactment of laws. The style…
R.I. Const. art. VI, § 3 Sessions of General Assembly -- Compensation of General Assembly Members and Officers
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There shall be a session of the general assembly at Providence commencing on the first Tuesday of January in each year. Commencing in January 1995, senators and representatives shall be compensated at an annual rate of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Commencing in 1996, the rate …
R.I. Const. art. VI, § 4 Restriction on General Assembly Members' Activities on Counsel

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No member of the general assembly shall take any fee, or be of counsel in any case pending before either house of the general assembly, under penalty of forfeiture of seat, upon proof thereof to the satisfaction of the house in which the member sits.

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 5 Immunities of General Assembly Members

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The persons of all members of the general assembly shall be exempt from arrest and their estates from attachment in any civil action, during the session of the general assembly, and two days before the commencement and two days after the termination thereof, and all process serve…

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 6 Election and Qualification of General Assembly Members -- Quorum and Organization of Houses

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Each house shall be the judge of the elections and qualifications of its members; and a majority shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, a…

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 7 Rules of Houses -- Contempt

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Each house may determine its rules of proceeding, punish contempts, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member; but not a second time for the same cause.

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 8 House Journals

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Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings. The yeas and nays of the members of either house shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 9 Adjournment of Houses

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Neither house shall, during a session, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more that two days, nor to any other place than that in which it may be sitting.

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 10 Continuation of Previous Powers

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R.I. Const. art. VI, § 11 Vote Required to Pass Local or Private Appropriations

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The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly shall be required to every bill appropriating the public money or property for local or private purposes.

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 12 Property Valuations for Tax Assessmentse

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The general assembly shall, from time to time, provide for making new valuations of property, for the assessment of taxes, in such manner as it may deem best.

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 13 Continuance in Office Until Successors Qualify

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The general assembly may provide by law for the continuance in office of any officers of election or appointment, until other persons are qualified to take their places.

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 14 General Corporation Laws

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The general assembly may provide by general law for the creation and control of corporations; provided, however, that no corporation shall be created with the power to exercise the right of eminent domain, or to acquire franchises in the streets and highways of towns and cities, …

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 15 Lotteries

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All lotteries shall be prohibited in the state except lotteries operated by the state and except those previously permitted by the general assembly prior to the adoption of this section, and all shall be subject to the prescription and regulation of the general assembly.

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 16 Borrowing Power of General Assembly

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The general assembly shall have no powers, without the express consent of the people, to incur state debts to an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars, except in time of war, or in case of insurrection or invasion; nor shall it in any case, without such consent, pledge the fait…

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 17 Borrowing in Anticipation of Receipts

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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16 of this article the general assembly may provide by law for the state to borrow in any fiscal year, in anticipation of receipts from taxes, sums of money not exceeding twenty percent of the receipts from taxes during the next prior fis…

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 18 Redevelopment Powers

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The clearance, replanning, redevelopment, rehabilitation and improvement of blighted and substandard areas shall be a public use and purpose for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised, tax moneys and other public funds expended and public credit pledged. The general a…

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 19 Taking of Property for Highways, Streets, Places, Parks or Parkways

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The general assembly may authorize the acquiring or taking in fee by the state, or by any cities or towns, of more land and property than is needed for actual construction in the establishing, laying out, widening, extending or relocating of public highways, streets, places, park…

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 20 Local Off-Street Parking Facilities

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The general assembly may authorize cities and towns to acquire property by eminent domain, or otherwise for the establishment and construction of off-street parking facilities and to maintain and operate or lease the same. Without limiting the generalities of the foregoing, any o…

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 21 Emergency Powers in Case of Enemy Attack

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The general assembly, in order to insure continuity of state and local governmental operations, including the judicial functions, in periods of emergency resulting from disasters caused by enemy attack, shall have the power and the immediate duty to provide for prompt and tempora…

R.I. Const. art. VI, § 22 Restrictions of Gambling

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No act expanding the types or locations of gambling which are permitted within the state or within any city or town therein or expanding the municipalities in which a particular form of gambling is authorized shall take effect until it has been approved by the majority of those e…