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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE

BOARD RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Senators Nesselbush, P Fogarty, Miller, Sosnowski, and Crowley

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 42-102-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-102 entitled "Rhode

Island Human Resource Investment Council [Effective until February 1, 2015]" is hereby

amended to read as follows:

     42-102-2. Composition of workforce board. [Effective February 1, 2015.] -- (a) The

workforce board shall be composed of twenty-one (21) twenty-two (22) members; one of whom

shall be the secretary of commerce, who shall be vice-chair; one of whom shall be the director of

the department of labor and training; one of whom shall be the commissioner of education; one of

whom shall be a representative of a public institution of higher education in Rhode Island; and

seventeen (17) eighteen (18) public members, eleven (11) of whom shall be representatives from

the employer community, in a manner that is representative of employers of different sizes and

sectors, including the nonprofit sector, provided that two (2) of the representatives from the

employer community shall be the chairs of Rhode Island's local workforce investment boards, or

their designees, appointed from among the employer community members of the local workforce

investment boards; four (4) of whom shall be representatives of organized labor; and two (2)

members shall be representatives of community-based organizations that provide or promote

workforce development service; and one member shall be a representative of a community-based

organization that provides substance use disorder recovery support services; appointed by the

governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The seventeen (17) eighteen (18) public

members shall be appointed in a manner that reflects the geographic diversity of the state, and at

least five (5) of whom shall be women; at least four (4) of whom shall be from minority

communities; and at least one of whom shall be a person with disabilities. The governor shall

appoint a chairperson from among the eleven (11) representatives of the employer community.

      (b) The board may establish an executive committee composed of members appointed by

the chair. The board may delegate to the executive committee any powers of the board except

those powers that are required by law to be exercised by the board. The chair may also appoint ad

hoc committees, workgroups, or task forces to assist the board as appropriate.

      (c) Members serving as of the effective date of this act on the state workforce investment

board established pursuant to Executive Order No. 05-18 ordered on September 22, 2005, shall

continue to serve their terms of office as members of the governor's workforce board established

under this chapter.

     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 -- GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE

BOARD RHODE ISLAND

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     This act would increase the number of the governor's workforce from twenty-one (21) to

twenty-two (22) and would add a member from a community-based organization that would

provide substance use disorder recovery support services.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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