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Rhode Island Const. art. 13, § 6 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 13 / Section 6
Â Charter commissions.
Status: in_force

### Section 6. Charter commissions.

Every city and town shall have the power to adopt a charter in the following manner: Whenever a petition for the adoption of a charter signed by fifteen percent of the qualified electors of a city, or in a town by fifteen percent, but not less than one hundred in number, of those persons qualified to vote on any proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money shall be filed with the legislative body of any city or town the same shall be referred forthwith to the canvassing authority which shall within ten days after its receipt determine the sufficiency thereof and certify the results to the legislative body of said city or town. Within sixty days thereafter the legislative body of a city shall submit to its qualified electors and the legislative body of a town shall submit to the electors of said town qualified to vote upon a proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money the following question: Shall a commission be appointed to frame a charter? and the legislative body of any city or town shall provide by ordinance or resolution a method for the nomination and election of a charter commission to frame a charter consisting in a city of nine qualified electors and in a town of nine electors of said town qualified to vote upon a proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money who shall be elected at large without party or political designation and who shall be listed alphabetically on the ballot used for said election. Such ordinance or resolution shall provide for the submission of the question and the election of the charter commission at the same time. Upon approval of the question submitted the nine candidates who individually receive the greater number of votes shall be declared elected and shall constitute the charter commission.
Rhode Island Const. art. 13, § 4 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 13 / Section 4
Â Powers of general assembly over cities and towns.
Status: in_force

### Section 4.Â Powers of general assembly over cities and towns.

The general assembly shall have the power to act in relation to the property, affairs and government of any city or town by general laws which shall apply alike to all cities and towns, but which shall not affect the form of government of any city or town. The general assembly shall also have the power to act in relation to the property, affairs and government of a particular city or town provided that such legislative action shall become effective only upon approval by a majority of the qualified electors of the said city or town voting at a general or special election, except that in the case of acts involving the imposition of a tax or the expenditure of money by a town the same shall provide for the submission thereof to those electors in said town qualified to vote upon a proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of Â money.
Rhode Island Const. art. 13, § 11 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 13 / Section 11
Â Judicial powers unaffected by article.
Status: in_force

### Section 11.Â Judicial powers unaffected by article.

The judicial powers of the state shall not be diminished by the provisions of this article.
Rhode Island Const. art. 6, § 7 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 6 / Section 7
Â Rules of houses â€” Contempt.
Status: in_force

### Section 7.Â Rules of houses â€” Contempt.

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.
Rhode Island Const. art. 12, § 3 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 12 / Section 3
Donations.
Status: in_force

### Section 3. Donations.

All donations for the support of public schools, or for other purposes of education, which may be received by the general assembly, shall be applied according to the terms prescribed by the donors.
Rhode Island Const. art. 9, § 4 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 9 / Section 4
Reprieves.
Status: in_force

### Section 4. Reprieves.

The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, after conviction, in all cases, except those of impeachment, until the end of the next session of the general assembly.
Rhode Island Const. art. 1, § 24 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 1 / Section 24
Rights not enumerated â€” State rights not dependent on federal rights.
Status: in_force

### Section 24. Rights not enumerated â€” State rights not dependent on federal rights.

The enumeration of the foregoing rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people. The rights guaranteed by this Constitution are not dependent on those guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
Rhode Island Const. art. 4, § 8 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 4 / Section 8
Â Voter registration lists.
Status: in_force

### Section 8.Â Voter registration lists.

It shall not be necessary for the town or ward clerks to keep and transmit to the general assembly a list or register of all persons voting for general officers; but the general assembly shall have power to pass such laws on the subject as it may deem expedient.
Rhode Island Const. art. 6, § 17 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 6 / Section 17
Â Borrowing in anticipation of receipts.
Status: in_force

### Section 17.Â Borrowing in anticipation of receipts.

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 fiscal year, and, in anticipation of receipts from other sources, additional sums of money, not exceeding ten percent of the receipts from such other sources during the said next prior fiscal year; provided, that the aggregate of all such borrowings shall not exceed a sum equal to thirty percent of the actual receipts from taxes during the said next prior fiscal year. Any money so borrowed in anticipation of such receipts shall be repaid within the fiscal year of the state in which such borrowings take place. No money shall be so borrowed in anticipation of such receipts in any fiscal year until all money so borrowed in all previous fiscal years shall have been repaid.
Rhode Island Const. art. 4, § 5 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 4 / Section 5
Â Special elections to fill general assembly vacancies.
Status: in_force

### Section 5.Â Special elections to fill general assembly vacancies.

When a senator or representative-elect shall die, remove from the state, refuse to serve, become insane, or be otherwise incapacitated, or when at an election for any senator or representative no person shall receive a plurality of the votes cast, a new election shall be held. A vacancy in the senate or house of representatives shall be filled at a new election. The general assembly shall provide by general law for the holding of such elections at such times as to insure that each town and city shall be fully represented in the general assembly during the whole of every session thereof so far as is practicable. Every person elected in accordance with this section shall hold office for the remainder of the term or for the full term, as the case may be, of the office which that person is elected to fill, and until a successor is elected and Â qualified.
Rhode Island Const. art. 10, § 2 — Rhode Island Constitution / Article 10 / Section 2
Jurisdiction of supreme and inferior courts â€” Quorum of supreme court.
Status: in_force

### Section 2. Jurisdiction of supreme and inferior courts â€” Quorum of supreme court.

The supreme court shall have final revisory and appellate jurisdiction upon all questions of law and equity. It shall have power to issue prerogative writs, and shall also have such other jurisdiction as may, from time to time, be prescribed by law. A majority of its judges shall always be necessary to constitute a quorum. The inferior courts shall have such jurisdiction as may, from time to time, be prescribed by law.