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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0513 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001945 |
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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 $1,500,000 TO THE OFFICE OF ENERGY |
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| 16 | 16 | | RESOURCES TO FUND GRANTS FOR SOLAR CANOP Y (OR SOLAR CARPORT) |
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| 17 | 17 | | PROJECTS |
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| 18 | 18 | | Introduced By: Senators Zurier, Ujifusa, Lauria, and Sosnowski |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Solar carports are overhead canopies built of steel that support solar panels 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | which collect sunlight, offering a more efficient and unobtrusive way to gather a renewable clean 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | energy source; and 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Rhode Island’s 2022-23 fiscal year ended with a surplus of more than $600 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | million; now, therefore be it 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of the surplus funds in the treasury 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | not otherwise appropriated from the fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of one million five hundred 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to The Office of Energy Resources to review and approve grants in 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the amount of up two thousand dollars ($2,000) per expected kilowatt generated for solar canopy 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (or solar carport) projects that are designed to generate fifty kilowatts (50kw)or greater; and the 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of properly authenticated vouchers. 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | LC001945 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LC001945 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 43 | 43 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 44 | 44 | | OF |
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| 45 | 45 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 46 | 46 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $1,500,000 TO THE OFFICE OF ENERGY |
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| 47 | 47 | | RESOURCES TO FUND GRANTS FOR SOLAR CANOP Y (OR SOLAR CARPORT) |
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| 48 | 48 | | PROJECTS |
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| 49 | 49 | | *** |
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| 50 | 50 | | This joint resolution would authorize an appropriation of $1,500,000 out of the 2022-1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2023 budget surplus to review and approve grants in the amount of up $2,000 per expected 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | kilowatt generated for solar canopy (or solar carport) projects. 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | LC001945 |
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