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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0579 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002186 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- COMMITTEES AND STAFF |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Burke, Ciccone, and Pearson |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 22-6-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 22-6 entitled "Committees 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | and Staff" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 22-6-15. Annual appropriations. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sum that shall be necessary to carry out 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | the provisions of §§ 22-6-10 — 22-6-14 and § 22-6-16. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 22-6 of the General Laws entitled "Committees and Staff" is hereby 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | amended by adding thereto the following section: 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 22-6-16. Nonprofit funding transparency. 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Any nonprofit entity, as a condition to requesting state grants or funding from the general 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | assembly, shall submit to the general assembly and post on their website, a complete and detailed 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | list consisting of the ten (10) highest paid director, officer and employee salaries, costs, benefits 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | including, but not limited to, health insurance and rental cars, and any and all forms of 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | compensation provided to those individuals in the organization. Any other sources of funding, 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | including fundraising, endowments, trusts, memorial giving and/or any and all activities that fund 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the nonprofit entity shall also be included in the disclosure. 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | LC002186 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC002186 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 45 | 45 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 46 | 46 | | OF |
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| 47 | 47 | | A N A C T |
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| 48 | 48 | | RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- COMMITTEES AND STAFF |
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| 49 | 49 | | *** |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act would require any nonprofit, as a condition for requesting state funds from the 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | general assembly, to submit and to post on their website, a detailed list of ten of their highest paid 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | director, officer and employee salaries, and any forms of compensation provided to those 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | individuals. It would further require the disclosure to include fundraising, endowments, trusts, 4 |
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| 54 | 54 | | memorial giving and/or any and all activities that fund the nonprofit. 5 |
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| 55 | 55 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | LC002186 |
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