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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

     Introduced By: Senators Picard, Paiva Weed, Sheehan, Pearson, and DaPonte

     Date Introduced: March 05, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Commerce

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

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

CHAPTER 11.4

GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIVENESS, EXPEDIENCY AND EFFICIENCY TEAM ACT

     42-11.4-1. Short title. -- This act shall be known and may be cited as the "GREET Act of

2015."

     42-11.4-2. Governmental responsiveness, expediency and efficiency team

established. -- The governmental responsiveness, expediency and efficiency team program,

(hereinafter, "GREET") is hereby established within the department of administration for the

purpose of utilizing the expertise of volunteer private-sector executives to help make state

governmental activities and practices more responsive, streamlined and accessible to private

citizens, organizations, and businesses.

     42-11.4-3. Duties of the director of administration. -- (a) The director of administration

shall create policies and procedures, by October 1, 2015, to utilize prospective current or former

executives in the GREET program, and shall coordinate a statewide approach to place qualified

executives on a voluntary basis without state renumeration in state agencies. The policies and

procedures shall include a means to ensure that any executive engaged in GREET shall not have a

conflict of interest with the activities or jurisdiction of the state agency where he or she is placed.

     (b) The director, in consultation with each state agency, shall identify goals, expected

outcomes, responsibilities and agency support available to the GREET executives during their

tenure.

     42-11.4-4. Objectives of GREET. -- (a) The GREET program will be designed to utilize

private sector executives to analyze, identify and make recommendations to the directors of state

agencies in the following areas:

     (1) Responsiveness: To implement consumer-friendly operations that will serve the

public, businesses and organizations in an efficient and professional manner.

     (2) Expediency: To streamline, eliminate, or modify potentially inefficient or duplicative

activities, processes and programs, if any, at the state agency in an effort to aggressively reduce

bureaucratic practices.

     (3) Efficiency: To adopt fundamental principles of Lean management processes that will

aid in identifying and eliminating wasted resources.

     (b) Any executive appointed as a GREET executive shall serve on a voluntary basis

without state renumeration.

     42-11.4-5 Reporting -- Beginning February 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the director

shall present a report on the status of the GREET program to the governor, the president of the

senate, and the speaker of the house. The report shall include the list of state agencies utilizing in

GREET executives to date, together with the system and management reform recommendations

and status of implementation, and other information as the director deems appropriate.

     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

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     This act would establish the governmental responsiveness, expediency and efficiency

team program to utilize private sector expertise on a voluntary basis, without state renumeration

to assist state agencies in making government more responsive, streamlined and accessible to

citizens and businesses.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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