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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENTS OF STATE

GOVERNMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Lima, Lombardi, Marshall, O'Brien, and Edwards

     Date Introduced: January 22, 2016

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 42-6-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-6 entitled "Departments

of State Government" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     42-6-3. Appointment of directors. -- (a) At the January session following his or her

election to office, the governor shall appoint a director of administration, a director of revenue, a

director of public safety, a director of human services, a director of mental health, retardation, and

hospitals, a director of transportation, a director of business regulation, a director of labor and

training, a director of environmental management, a director for children, youth, and families, a

director of elderly affairs, and a director of corrections and a chief innovation officer. The

governor shall, in all cases of appointment of a director while the senate is in session, notify the

senate of his or her appointment and the senate shall, within sixty (60) legislative days after

receipt of the notice, act upon the appointment. If the senate shall, within sixty (60) legislative

days, vote to disapprove the appointment it shall so notify the governor, who shall forthwith

appoint and notify the senate of the appointment of a different person as director and so on in like

manner until the senate shall fail to so vote disapproval of the governor's appointment. If the

senate shall fail, for sixty (60) legislative days next after notice, to act upon any appointment of

which it has been notified by the governor, the person so appointed shall be the director. The

governor may withdraw any appointment of which he or she has given notice to the senate, at any

time within sixty (60) legislative days thereafter and before action has been taken thereon by the

senate.

      (b) Except as expressly provided in § 42-6-9, no director of any department shall be

appointed or employed pursuant to any contract of employment for a period of time greater than

the remainder of the governor's current term of office. Any contract entered into in violation of

this section after July 1, 1994 is hereby declared null and void.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENTS OF STATE

GOVERNMENT

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     This act would add a chief innovation officer to the governors list of appointments to be

made following an election to office.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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