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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6018 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002342 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | OF ENVIRONMENTAL MAN AGEMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND |
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| 17 | 17 | | CONSERVATION OF FARM LANDS |
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| 18 | 18 | | Introduced By: Representatives McGaw, Caldwell, Cortvriend, Boylan, Shallcross |
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| 19 | 19 | | Smith, Ajello, Kazarian, Kislak, Craven, and Speakman |
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| 20 | 20 | | Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Rhode Islanders have overwhelmingly supported the preservation, 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | protection, and conservation of our farmlands; and 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Rhode Island has depleted the previously available funds that were used to 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | support the preservation, protection, and conservation of farmlands; and 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, In order to preserve, protect, and conserve Rhode Island’s farmlands, five 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | million dollars ($5,000,000) is urgently needed to rectify this situation; now, therefore be it 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for the preservation, protection 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and conservation of Rhode Island farmlands; and the state controller is hereby authorized and 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum. 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | LC002342 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LC002342 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 42 | 42 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 43 | 43 | | OF |
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| 44 | 44 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 45 | 45 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $5,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT |
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| 46 | 46 | | OF ENVIRONMENTAL MAN AGEMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND |
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| 47 | 47 | | CONSERVATION OF FARM LANDS |
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| 48 | 48 | | *** |
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| 49 | 49 | | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of five million dollars 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ($5,000,000) to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for the preservation, 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | protection, and conservation of Rhode Island farmlands. 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | LC002342 |
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