Rhode Island § 43-3-25 § 43-3-25. Effective date of statutes.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 43-3-25 — § 43-3-25. Effective date of statutes.

Rhode Island § 43-3-25

Title 43Statutes and Statutory Construction

Ch. 43-3Construction and Effect of Statutes

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-3-25 (2026).

Text

§ 43-3-25. Effective date of statutes.
(a) Every statute enacted on or prior to July 1 in a calendar year, which does not expressly
            prescribe the time it shall go into operation, shall take effect on the first day
            of July of the calendar year of its enactment into law by the general assembly. Any
            bill enacted after July 1 in a calendar year, which does not expressly prescribe the
            time it shall go into operation, shall take effect on the date of passage of the bill.
         
(b) For any statute enacted which requires any new expenditure of money or any increased
            expenditure of money by a city or town which states tha

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§ 43-3-25. Effective date of statutes.

(a) Every statute enacted on or prior to July 1 in a calendar year, which does not expressly prescribe the time it shall go into operation, shall take effect on the first day of July of the calendar year of its enactment into law by the general assembly. Any bill enacted after July 1 in a calendar year, which does not expressly prescribe the time it shall go into operation, shall take effect on the date of passage of the bill.

(b) For any statute enacted which requires any new expenditure of money or any increased expenditure of money by a city or town which states that it shall take effect upon passage, the effective date shall be deemed to mean July 1st of the calendar year following the year of enactment unless a specific date of enactment is stated.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 26, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 32, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 32, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 309, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 43-3-25; P.L. 1985, ch. 99, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 349, § 1.