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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0203 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000936 |
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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 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MA NAGEMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | COUNCIL |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Miller, Euer, DiMario, McKenney, Gu, Valverde, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Felag, and Gallo |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Section 46-23-4.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-23 entitled "Coastal 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Resources Management Council" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 46-23-4.1. The commissioner of coastal resources management The executive director 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | of coastal resources management. 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The council governor shall engage a commissioner appoint, with the advice and consent of 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the senate, an executive director of coastal resources management who shall be an employee of the 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | council and who shall not be a member of the council. The commissioner executive director shall 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | coordinate and liaison with the director of the department of environmental management, and his 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | or her staff shall be at the same staff level as the other commissioners executive directors, and the 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | executive director shall work directly with the other commissioners division leaders. The 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | commissioner executive director of coastal resources management shall be in the unclassified 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | service. The duties and powers of the commissioner of coastal resources management shall be 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | determined by the council. The council shall not engage a commissioner of coastal resources 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | management for more than five (5) years; provided, however, that the council may renew its 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | contract with the commissioner of coastal resources management. The primary duty and 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | responsibility of the executive director shall be to continue planning for and management of the 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | resources of the state's coastal region. 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC000936 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | LC000936 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 51 | 51 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 52 | 52 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 53 | 53 | | OF |
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| 54 | 54 | | A N A C T |
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| 55 | 55 | | RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MA NAGEMENT |
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| 56 | 56 | | COUNCIL |
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| 57 | 57 | | *** |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would create the appointment by the governor, with the advice and consent of the 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | senate, of an executive director of coastal resources management, who shall be an employee of the 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | coastal resources management council who shall coordinate and liaison with the director of the 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | department of environmental management, whose staff shall be at the same levels as other 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | executive directors; work directly with other division leaders; be in an unclassified service; and, 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | whose purpose would be to continue planning and management of coastal resources. 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 7 |
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