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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 THE IMPOSITION,

AMOUNT, COLLECTION AND APPORTIONMENT OF ACCESS AND PARKING FEES AT

RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC BEACHES

     Introduced By: Senators E O`Neill, Cote, DiPalma, Sosnowski, and Sheehan

     Date Introduced: June 12, 2014

     Referred To: Placed on Senate Calendar

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

consisting of five (5) members: five (5) of whom shall be members of the Rhode Island Senate, to

be appointed by the President of the Senate.

     In lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a permanent advisory

commission, a legislative study commission, or any commission created by a General Assembly

resolution, the appointing authority may appoint a member of the general public to serve in lieu

of a legislator, provided that the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader of the political party

which is entitled to the appointment, consents to the member of the general public.

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

the imposition, amount, collection and apportionment of access and parking fees at Rhode Island

public beaches.

     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 7, 2015, and said commission shall expire on March 7, 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 THE IMPOSITION,

AMOUNT, COLLECTION AND APPORTIONMENT OF ACCESS AND PARKING FEES AT

RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC BEACHES

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

whose purpose it would be to study the imposition, amount, collection and apportionment of

access and parking fees at Rhode Island public beaches, and who would report back to the Senate

no later than January 7, 2015, and whose life would expire on March 7, 2015.

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