§ 22-9-1 - Notice to parties adversely affected by petitions.
SECTION 22-9-1
§ 22-9-1 Notice to parties adverselyaffected by petitions. – Whenever any petition presented to either house of the general assembly shallaffect the right or interest of any person other than the petitioner, thepetition shall be continued to the time as may be ordered by the house in whichit is presented, and notice of the pendency of the petition shall be ordered bythat house to be served, at the expense of the petitioner, upon the person whoshall be interested adversely to the petitioner in it, as by that house shallbe deemed reasonable and proper; but if the petitioner shall have served theadverse party with a copy of the petition thirty (30) days before thecommencement of the session of the general assembly at which the petition ispresented, with a notice of his or her intention to present the petition, andit shall be made to appear to the general assembly that the notice wasreasonable and proper, and was properly given, the petition may be consideredwhenever it is presented; but no petition affecting the interest of any city ortown shall be proceeded with at the session at which it shall be presented,unless notice of the petition, in the manner set forth in this section, shallhave been served upon the city or town council in open meeting sixty (60) daysprior to the presentation of the petition.