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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0740 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001567 |
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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 STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- FORT ADAMS FOUNDATIO N |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senator Dawn M. Euer |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: March 22, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 19 | 19 | | (Dept. of Environmental Management) |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 42-57-1 and 42-57-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-57 entitled 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | "Fort Adams Foundation" are hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 42-57-1. Foundation created. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Fort Adams foundation (“the foundation”) is created a body, corporate and politic, to 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | promote interest in and to plan, develop, coordinate, encourage, facilitate, set standards, and 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | programs and projects relating to the restoration, renovation, reconstruction, and use of the 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | historical Fort Adams structure State Park. 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 42-57-3. Organization of foundation. 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) The foundation shall consist of the director of the department of environmental 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | management, or his or her designee, a representative of the division of parks and recreation 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | appointed by the director of the department of environmental management and four (4) three (3) 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | public members, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. In making 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | appointments under this section, the governor shall solicit and give due consideration to the 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | recommendations of the following persons, communities and organizations: 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) Rhode Island historical preservation commission; 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) City of Newport; and 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) Fort Adams Trust board of directors; and. 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (4) Chief of the department of environmental management division of parks and recreation. 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (5) [Deleted by P.L. 2013, ch. 146, § 1 and P.L. 2013, ch. 196, § 1]. 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (6) [Deleted by P.L. 2013, ch. 146, § 1 and P.L. 2013, ch. 196, § 1]. 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (7) [Deleted by P.L. 2013, ch. 146, § 1 and P.L. 2013, ch. 196, § 1]. 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (8) [Deleted by P.L. 2013, ch. 146, § 1 and P.L. 2013, ch. 196, § 1]. 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (9) [Deleted by P.L. 2013, ch. 146, § 1 and P.L. 2013, ch. 196, § 1]. 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | In making appointments under this section, the governor shall also give due consideration 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | to the appointment of persons with expertise and experience in the fields of American history, 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | military history, historic preservation, museums, education, historic architecture and/or 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | engineering. 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) The director of the department of environmental management, or his or her designee 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | shall act as chairperson. 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (c) The power of the foundation shall vest in and be exercised by or under the authority of 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | its members, three (3) of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (d) Employees of the foundation shall be selected and appointed by the foundation, and 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | shall be vested with those powers and duties that the foundation may determine. 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (e) All appointed members of the foundation as of the effective date of this act shall cease 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | to be members of the foundation as of the effective date of this act. The governor shall thereupon 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | nominate four (4) three (3) members: one of whom shall serve an initial term of one year; one of 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | whom shall serve an initial term of two (2) years; and two (2) one of whom shall serve an initial 18 |
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| 62 | 62 | | terms term of three (3) years. Thereafter, all appointed members shall be appointed to serve three 19 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (3) year terms. In the event the senate is not in session on the effective date of this act, the governor 20 |
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| 64 | 64 | | may make temporary appointments which shall only be in effect until such time as the senate 21 |
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| 65 | 65 | | reconvenes at which time the governor shall appoint four (4) three (3) members. 22 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 23 |
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| 73 | 73 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 74 | 74 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 75 | 75 | | OF |
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| 76 | 76 | | A N A C T |
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| 77 | 77 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- FORT ADAMS FOUNDATIO N |
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| 78 | 78 | | *** |
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| 79 | 79 | | This act would amend the composition of the Fort Adams foundation to include a 1 |
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| 80 | 80 | | representative from the division of parks and recreation in place of a member of the public. 2 |
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| 81 | 81 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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