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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6342 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002879 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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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 | | H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | CREATING A LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMISSION TO EVALUATE AND PROVIDE |
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| 16 | 16 | | RECOMMENDATIONS ON P ROPER FOREST MANAGEM ENT FOR FIRE PREVENTION |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Cotter, Chippendale, Casimiro, Spears, Kennedy, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Speakman, and Carson |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: April 28, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Actively managing forests can actually help restore ecosystem health, 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | improve habitat quality and reduce severe fire risks; and 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Accurately diagnosing and managing these forest health threats is the first 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | step to protecting forests from harm ensuring they will grow into the future; now, therefore be it 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | RESOLVED, That a special legislative commission be and the same is hereby created 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | consisting of twelve (12) members: two (2) of whom shall be members of the House of 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Representatives, not more than one from the same political party, to be appointed by the Speaker 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the House; one of whom shall be the Director of the RI Department of Environmental 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Management, or designee; one of whom shall be the Director of the Rhode Island Emergency 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Management Agency, or designee; one of whom shall be the President of the Rhode Island State 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Association of Fire Fighters, or designee; one of whom shall be a member of the Forest 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Conservation Commission, to be appointed by the Director of the RI Department of 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Environmental Management; one of whom shall be the Executive Director of the Rhode Island 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Land Trust Council, or designee; one of whom shall be the President of the Rhode Island Forest 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Conservators Organization, or designee; one of whom shall be the President of the Rhode Island 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc., or designee; one of whom shall be the former Rhode Island Chief 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of Forestry, or designee; one of whom shall be a member of the Rhode Island Association of 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Conservation Districts, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; and one of whom shall be 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the State Director of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), or designee. 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC002879 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | 45 | | In lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a legislative study 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | commission, or any commission created by a General Assembly resolution, the appointing 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | authority may appoint a member of the general public to serve in lieu of a legislator; provided 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | that, the majority leader or the minority leader of the political party which is entitled to the 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | appointment consents to the appointment of the member of the general public. 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | The purpose of said commission shall be to find solutions for proper forest management 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | for fire prevention in Rhode Island. 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services. 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information, 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution. 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | The Speaker of the House is hereby authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | for said commission; and be it further 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | RESOLVED, That the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | House of Representatives no later than February 28, 2024, and said commission shall expire on 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | April 30, 2024. 16 |
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| 62 | 62 | | LC002879 |
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| 66 | 66 | | LC002879 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 68 | 68 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 69 | 69 | | OF |
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| 70 | 70 | | H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 71 | 71 | | CREATING A LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMISSION TO EVALUATE AND PROVIDE |
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| 72 | 72 | | RECOMMENDATIONS ON P ROPER FOREST MANAGEM ENT FOR FIRE PREVENTION |
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| 73 | 73 | | *** |
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| 74 | 74 | | This resolution would create a twelve (12) member legislative commission whose 1 |
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| 75 | 75 | | purpose it would be to evaluate and provide recommendations on proper forest management for 2 |
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| 76 | 76 | | fire prevention, and who would report back to the House no later than February 28, 2024, and 3 |
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| 77 | 77 | | whose life would expire on April 30, 2024. 4 |
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| 79 | 79 | | LC002879 |
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