Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island H8580: AN ACT RELATING TO THE NORTH TIVERTON FIRE DISTRICT (Amends the act which incorporated the North Tiverton fire district and reduces the number of tax assessors, subsequent to any voluntary resignations, from six (6) to four (4) after the annual 2026 meeting.)
Status: Chaptered, June 26, 2026
What the bill says
An Act to Incorporate the North Tiverton Fire District and to Furnish a Supply of Water to the Town of Tiverton," as amended by chapter 1117 of the public laws, 1927, by chapter 971 of the public laws, 1940, by chapter 1828 of the public laws, 1947, by an act passed at the January session, 1948, approved April 15, 1948, by chapter 2815 of the public laws, 1951, by an act passed at the January session, 1956, approved March 30, 1956, by the acts and resolves of 1975, by chapter 7 of the public laws of 1982, and by chapter 32 of the public laws, 1993, and by chapter 42 of the public laws, 2002, i…
From the introduced text, May 22, 2026:
An Act to Incorporate the North Tiverton Fire District and to Furnish a Supply of Water to the Town of Tiverton," as amended by chapter 1117 of the public laws, 1927, by chapter 971 of the public laws, 1940, by chapter 1828 of the public laws, 1947, by an act passed at the January session, 1948, approved April 15, 1948, by chapter 2815 of the public laws, 1951, by an act passed at the January session, 1956, approved March 30, 1956, by the acts and resolves of 1975, by chapter 7 of the public laws of 1982, and by chapter 32 of the public laws, 1993, and by chapter 42 of the public laws, 2002, is hereby further amended to read in full as follows: Section 1. (a) All that portion of the town of Tiverton except the area described in subsection (b) hereof is hereby incorporated into the existing North Tiverton Fire District. (b) Beginning at a point in the easterly shoreline of Mount Hope Bay, said point being located where the westerly extension of the southerly line of Carey Lane intersects with the easterly shoreline of Mount Hope Bay, thence southerly along the easterly shoreline of Mount Hope Bay to a point where the easterly shoreline of Mount Hope Bay becomes the northerly shoreline of Nannaquaket Pond, thence …