Rhode Island § 45-3-4 § 45-3-4. Meetings other than elective.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 45-3-4 — § 45-3-4. Meetings other than elective.

Rhode Island § 45-3-4

Title 45Towns and cities

Ch. 45-3Town Meetings

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-3-4 (2026).

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§ 45-3-4. Meetings other than elective.
Town meetings, other than annual or biennial meetings, shall be held at the times
            that are, or may be, by the Constitution or by law required, or may be called in the
            manner provided in this chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of any state law or
            municipal charter provision to the contrary, whenever a state or local emergency is
            declared pursuant to §§ 30-15-9 and 30-15-12(b) that prevents a city, town, or fire district from conducting a town or district meeting
            pursuant to this chapter, except for a meeting pursuant to § 45-3-1, the governing body of any city, town, or fire district may provide, by resolution,
       

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§ 45-3-4. Meetings other than elective.

Town meetings, other than annual or biennial meetings, shall be held at the times that are, or may be, by the Constitution or by law required, or may be called in the manner provided in this chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of any state law or municipal charter provision to the contrary, whenever a state or local emergency is declared pursuant to §§ 30-15-9 and 30-15-12(b) that prevents a city, town, or fire district from conducting a town or district meeting pursuant to this chapter, except for a meeting pursuant to § 45-3-1, the governing body of any city, town, or fire district may provide, by resolution, for the convening of a town or district meeting by remote, electronic, virtual or other means provided that the governing body finds that the convening of a town meeting would jeopardize the public health or safety of persons within the city, town, or fire district.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 37, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 47, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 48, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 330, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-3-4; P.L. 2020, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 2020, ch. 19, § 2.