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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0539 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001963 |
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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 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO PROVIDE |
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| 16 | 16 | | DIRECTION AND PROPOS ALS FOR LEGISLATION, METRICS, AND PROGRESS IN |
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| 17 | 17 | | REDUCING RACIAL DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION |
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| 18 | 18 | | Introduced By: Senators Mack, Britto, Acosta, Euer, McKenney, Kallman, LaMountain, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bell, and Gu |
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| 20 | 20 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 2023 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 24 | 24 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | otherwise appropriated for fiscal year 2023-2024, a sum sufficient to establish a commission 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | composed of persons from diverse racial backgrounds and cultures and who were formerly 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | incarcerated in the State of Rhode Island. The purpose of this commission shall be to provide 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | direction and proposals for legislation, metrics, and progress in reducing racial disparity in the 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | number of individuals who are subject to incarceration in this state, including, but not limited to, 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | those persons incarcerated by the department of correction. The state controller is hereby 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | so much thereof as maybe from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | vouchers. 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | LC001963 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LC001963 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 42 | 42 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 43 | 43 | | OF |
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| 44 | 44 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 45 | 45 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO PROVIDE |
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| 46 | 46 | | DIRECTION AND PROPOS ALS FOR LEGISLATION, METRICS, AND PROGRESS IN |
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| 47 | 47 | | REDUCING RACIAL DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION |
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| 48 | 48 | | *** |
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| 49 | 49 | | This joint resolution would authorize the appropriation of a sum that is sufficient to 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | establish a commission composed of persons from diverse racial backgrounds and cultures and who 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | were formerly incarcerated in the State of Rhode Island. The purpose of this commission would 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | be to provide direction and proposals for legislation, metrics, and progress in reducing racial 4 |
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| 53 | 53 | | disparity in the number of individuals who are subject to incarceration in this state, including, but 5 |
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| 54 | 54 | | not limited to, those persons incarcerated by the department of correction. 6 |
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| 56 | 56 | | LC001963 |
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