ARTICLE 14. - VOTING PROCEDURES AT FINANCIAL TOWN MEETINGS

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--- (6) --- State Law reference— Town meetings generally, G.L. 1956, § 45-3-1 et seq.

Sec. 1. - Special vote required on appropriations.#

In the event any motion or resolution is presented to the annual financial town meeting the purpose of which is to increase the amount of any appropriation proposed by the town administration or to appropriate any money not proposed in the budget presented by the town administration, and such motion or resolution is seconded by not less than twenty-five (25) qualified electors present and adopted by an affirmative standing vote of not less than two-thirds of the qualified electors present, said motion or resolution shall be referred to a meeting of taxpayers of the town to be held on a date seven days after the annual meeting at which the motion or resolution was presented and adopted, at which meeting all taxpaying voters of the town of West Warwick shall be eligible to vote on any such proposition by secret ballot.

(Laws 1956, ch. 3629, § 1; Laws 1967, ch. 47, § 1)

Sec. 2. - Procedure for special vote.#

In the event of the introduction of any such motion or resolution referred to in section 1, the town clerk shall give notice of the time and place of said meeting in some newspaper of general circulation in the town, and shall provide ballot boxes for the purpose of receiving the votes of the taxpayers, and shall cause to be printed ballots containing the substance of any motion or resolution so proposed providing upon said ballot the means of expressing the voters' choice thereon in printed boxes marked "Yes" and "No." The town clerk shall provide for the opening of the polls at 9:00 a.m. and for the closing of the polls at 9:00 p.m., on the date provided, and shall provide proper receptacles for the receipt of the taxpayers' ballots. At the closing of the polls said ballots shall be counted by the moderator of the town meeting and the town clerk, in public, and the results of the vote shall be publicly announced and recorded. If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the motion or resolution it shall be valid and effective. If a majority of the votes are cast against the motion or resolution, or in the event of a tie vote, said motion or resolution shall be recorded as defeated.

(Laws 1956, ch. 3629, § 2)

Sec. 3. - Special vote on bond issues.#

All proposals presented at the annual financial town meeting for the issuance of bonds not proposed by the town administration shall be referred to the above adjourned financial town meeting in the manner above provided.

(Laws 1956, ch. 3629, § 3; Laws 1967, ch. 47, § 2)

Sec. 4. - Other business not affected.#

The introduction or presentation of any such motion or resolution requiring a vote of all the taxpaying voters on a subsequent day shall not in any way restrict or interfere with the other business properly before the meeting. Said business may proceed without interruption and shall be disposed of according to law.

(Laws 1956, ch. 3629, § 4)

Sec. 5. - When act effective; repealer.#

This act shall take effect upon its passage and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

(Laws 1956, ch. 3629, § 5)