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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Keable, Tomasso, Guthrie, Winfield, and Carnevale

     Date Introduced: April 17, 2014

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 42-17.1-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-17.1 entitled

"Department of Environmental Management" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     42-17.1-8. Designation and assignment of functions. -- Whenever the duties of the head

of any existing department, division, board, commission, or other agency or of any other officer

are prescribed by law, and the duties of such person have been or shall in the future be transferred

to the department of environmental management under this chapter, the director of the department

of environmental management may designate some officer or other subordinate within his or her

department to perform such duties; provided, however, that any other provision of this chapter

notwithstanding, the functions, powers and duties of the chief of the division of parks and

recreation as set forth in title 32, entitled "Parks and Recreational Areas," as amended, in chapter

22.5 of title 23, entitled "Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving," as amended, and in any other

general or public law, and the functions, powers, and duties of the chief of the division of harbors

and rivers as set forth in title 46, entitled "Waters and Navigation," as amended, and in any other

general or public law, shall not be diminished; provided further, however, that all planning and

law enforcement functions, powers, duties, and personnel shall be transferred to the divisions

established by sections 42-17.1-4(E) and 42-17.1-4(F) of this chapter. Provided, oversight of and

over all freshwater lakes, streams, and ponds within the state shall be with a newly created

position within the water resources division.

     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 - DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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     This act would create a new position within the water resources division of DEM which

would have oversight over all freshwater lakes, streams, and ponds within the state.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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