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2002 SESSION

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HB 183 Churches; quantity of real property trustees may hold.

Introduced by: Harry J. Parrish | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Religious and charitable matters; quantity of real property trustees may hold. Authorizes trustees of a church to take and hold in any city or town not more than 50 acres of land at any one time, provided such acreage is to be devoted exclusively, and is subsequently so devoted, to (i) a church building, chapel, cemetery; (ii) offices exclusively used for administrative purposes of the church; (iii) a Sunday school or parochial school building or playgrounds thereof; (iv) parking lots for the convenience of those attending any of the foregoing; (v) administrative offices located on such church property leased by the church to a nonprofit hospital; or (vi) a church manse, parsonage or rectory. The bill also provides for the Office of the Attorney General to intervene on behalf of any city, town or county to enforce the statutory provisions limiting the real and personal property that churches may own.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/02/02 027830880  pdf
• 02/14/02  Senate: Floor sub #1 printed (Colgan) 023320880-S1  pdf
• 02/15/02  Senate: Floor substitute #2 printed (Colgan) 023859880-S2  pdf
• 03/07/02  House: Conference substitute printed 023552504-H1  pdf
• 03/14/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB183ER)  pdf
• 04/09/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments rejected
• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/02/02 027830880
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/15/02  House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/16/02  House: Read first time
• 01/17/02  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/18/02  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/21/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/21/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/06/02  Senate: Reported from General Laws (9-Y 2-N 1-A)
• 02/08/02  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/02  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/12/02  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/13/02  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/14/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/14/02  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/14/02  Senate: Amendment by Sen. Newman withdrawn
• 02/14/02  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/14/02  Senate: Floor sub #1 printed (Colgan) 023320880-S1
• 02/15/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/15/02  Senate: Reading of substitute #1 waived
• 02/15/02  Senate: Substitute #1 by Sen. Colgan withdrawn 023320880-S1
• 02/15/02  Senate: Floor substitute #2 printed (Colgan) 023859880-S2
• 02/15/02  Senate: Reading of substitute #2 waived
• 02/15/02  Senate: Substitute #2 offered by Sen. Colgan 023859880-S2
• 02/15/02  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/18/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/18/02  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/18/02  Senate: Substitute by Sen. Colgan agreed to 023859880-S2
• 02/18/02  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute 023859880-S2
• 02/18/02  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (34-Y 5-N 1-A)
• 02/18/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (34-Y 5-N 1-A)
• 02/19/02  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/20/02  House: Senate substitute rejected by House (20-Y 77-N 1-A)
• 02/20/02  House: VOTE: (20-Y 77-N 1-A)
• 02/22/02  Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 02/25/02  House: House acceded to request
• 02/26/02  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 02/26/02  Senate: Senators: Colgan, Newman, Whipple
• 03/04/02  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/04/02  House: Delegates: Parrish, Byron, Griffith
• 03/07/02  Senate: Reading of conference report waived
• 03/07/02  House: Conference substitute printed 023552504-H1
• 03/07/02  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 03/07/02  Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 03/07/02  House: Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 4-N)
• 03/07/02  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 4-N)
• 03/14/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB183ER)
• 03/18/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/18/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/19/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/08/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 796 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/09/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)