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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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A N A C T
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MA NAGEMENT
COUNCIL
Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Miller, Euer, DiMario, McKenney, Gu, Valverde,
Felag, and Gallo
Date Introduced: February 16, 2023
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 46-23-4.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-23 entitled "Coastal 1
Resources Management Council" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
46-23-4.1. The commissioner of coastal resources management The executive director 3
of coastal resources management. 4
The council governor shall engage a commissioner appoint, with the advice and consent of 5
the senate, an executive director of coastal resources management who shall be an employee of the 6
council and who shall not be a member of the council. The commissioner executive director shall 7
coordinate and liaison with the director of the department of environmental management, and his 8
or her staff shall be at the same staff level as the other commissioners executive directors, and the 9
executive director shall work directly with the other commissioners division leaders. The 10
commissioner executive director of coastal resources management shall be in the unclassified 11
service. The duties and powers of the commissioner of coastal resources management shall be 12
determined by the council. The council shall not engage a commissioner of coastal resources 13
management for more than five (5) years; provided, however, that the council may renew its 14
contract with the commissioner of coastal resources management. The primary duty and 15
responsibility of the executive director shall be to continue planning for and management of the 16
resources of the state's coastal region. 17
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MA NAGEMENT
COUNCIL
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This act would create the appointment by the governor, with the advice and consent of the 1
senate, of an executive director of coastal resources management, who shall be an employee of the 2
coastal resources management council who shall coordinate and liaison with the director of the 3
department of environmental management, whose staff shall be at the same levels as other 4
executive directors; work directly with other division leaders; be in an unclassified service; and, 5
whose purpose would be to continue planning and management of coastal resources. 6
This act would take effect upon passage. 7
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