Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding House Bill 83-H-5640, In re, H-5640
Decision Date | 08 March 1984 |
Docket Number | No. 83-491-A,H-5640,83-491-A |
Parties | In re REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION REGARDING HOUSE BILL 83- |
Court | Rhode Island Supreme Court |
Governor of the State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations
We received from your Excellency, pursuant to section 2 of Article XII of the amendments to the State Constitution, a request for our advice on the constitutionality of P.L.1983, ch. 284, "An Act Relating to Stock Savings Banks," which became effective on May 19, 1983 without your signature.
Specifically, you have requested our advice upon the following questions:
We have received amici curiae briefs from both the Attorney General and the Mutual Savings Bank Association of Rhode Island. After completing our research and analyzing the arguments of these amici curiae, we are of the opinion that this request is not appropriate.
As a preliminary matter, our affirmative response to these questions requires us to make the determination that depositors of a mutual savings bank have a protected property interest under either the Federal or State Constitutions. Such a determination cannot be made without our exercise of the fact-finding power of the court. This we may not do in rendering an advisory opinion. Advisory Opinion to the Governor, 113 R.I. 586, 597, 324 A.2d 641, 647 (1974); see Opinion to the Governor, 96 R.I. 358, 364-65, 191 A.2d 611, 614 (1963). ." Advisory Opinion to the Governor, 113 R.I. at 597, 324 A.2d at 648.
A second reason also prohibits our positive response to your inquiry. We only advise the chief executive in those instances when the questions propounded have "a bearing upon a present constitutional duty presently awaiting performance by the Governor * * *."...
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