2014 -- S 2886

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY CHANGES TO JOINT

TORTFEASORS

     Introduced By: Senator Michael J.McCaffrey

     Date Introduced: April 09, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     RESOLVED, That a special legislative commission be and the same is hereby created

consisting of five (5) members: three (3) of whom shall be members of the Senate, not more than

two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; one of

whom shall be a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, to be designated by the President

of the Rhode Island Bar Association; and one of whom shall be the Dean of the Roger Williams

University School of Law, or designee.

     The purpose of said commission shall be to make a comprehensive study and make

recommendations for proposed changes to § 10-6-7 of the Rhode Island General Laws.

     Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at

the call of the President of the Senate and organize and shall select a chairperson.

     Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment.

     The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

     All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information,

documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or

desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution.

     The Joint Committee on Legislative Services is hereby authorized and directed to provide

suitable quarters for said commission; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the

Senate no later than January 6, 2015, and said commission shall expire on March 6, 2015.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY CHANGES TO JOINT

TORTFEASORS

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     This resolution would create a five (5) member special legislative study commission

whose purpose it would be to study proposed changes to § 10-6-7 of the Rhode Island General

Laws, and who would report back to the Senate no later than January 6, 2015, and whose life

would expire on March 6, 2015.

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