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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6414 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC003021 |
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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 $300,000 TO ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY FOR |
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| 16 | 16 | | THE ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL BUSINESS START-UP CLINIC |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representative Jose F. Batista |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: May 17, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, The State has demonstrated a commitment to encourage establishment and 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | growth of start-up businesses, particularly start-ups that are minority business enterprises as 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | defined in chapter 14.1 of title 37, by establishing a Minority Business Accelerator and providing 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | funding for it in the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget; and 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, The State provided funding of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | from the Minority Business Accelerator to Roger Williams University School of Law for 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | development of and first-year operations for the Business Start-Up Clinic within the Roger 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Williams University School of Law in the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget; and 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, It is necessary and essential to continue funding the Business Start-Up 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Clinic at Roger Williams University School of Law for an additional year for the purpose of 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | sustainably building and maintaining operations; now, therefore be it 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ($300,000) to Roger Williams University School of Law for the Roger Williams University 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Business Start-Up Clinic; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 46 | 46 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 47 | 47 | | OF |
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| 48 | 48 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 49 | 49 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $300,000 TO ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY FOR |
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| 50 | 50 | | THE ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL BUSINESS START-UP CLINIC |
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| 52 | 52 | | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $300,000 to Roger 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Williams University for the Roger Williams University Law School Business Start-Up Clinic. 2 |
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