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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HISTORIAN LAUREATE OF

RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representative Nicholas A. Mattiello

     Date Introduced: January 11, 2012

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND

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GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter:

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     CHAPTER 100.1

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HISTORIAN LAUREATE OF RHODE ISLAND

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     42-100.1-1. Historian laureate. – There is hereby created the post of historian laureate

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of Rhode Island.

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     42-100.1-2. Appointment. – The historian laureate shall be appointed for a term of five

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(5) years by the secretary of state.

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     42-100.1-3. Compensation. – The historian laureate shall receive no compensation.

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     42-100.1-4. Qualifications. – The historian laureate must have earned recognition and

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distinction as the author of authoritative books or essays about the history of Rhode Island; or

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served in a leadership position in staging commemorative public observances pertaining to

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various aspects of the history of Rhode Island; or taught and lectured about the history of Rhode

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Island to the general public.

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     42-100.1-5. Duties. – The duties of the historian laureate shall include delivering

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historical lectures about pertinent aspects of Rhode Island history at important state historical

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ceremonies and observances at the request of the governor, the speaker of the house, the president

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of the senate, the chief justice of the supreme court, or the secretary of state; furnishing historical

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information or advice to the above-named officers upon request; reading and editing state-

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sponsored historical publications for accuracy upon request; and such other duties pertaining to

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the dissemination of information about Rhode Island history and heritage as the above-mentioned

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officers may from time-to-time require.

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     42-100.1-6. Certification. – The secretary of state shall issue to the appointee a

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certificate bearing the seal of the state upon which is designated the name of the appointee, the

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words "historian laureate of Rhode Island," and the term of office set forth from beginning to

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ending month and year of service.

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     42-100.1-7. Position of honor. -- The position of historian laureate shall be honorific

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only, and shall not confer official status upon any historical writings, lectures, or pronouncements

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of the laureate; nor shall the statements or views of the laureate be regarded as the official

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position of the state in any court of law; nor the position of any of the state officers enumerated

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above in section 42-100.1-5.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HISTORIAN LAUREATE OF

RHODE ISLAND

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     This act would establish the position of historian laureate in Rhode Island.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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