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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE OF

LICENSING BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS

     Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Craven, and Lima

     Date Introduced: March 10, 2017

     Referred To: House Corporations

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

consisting of seventeen (17) members: five (5) of whom shall be members of the House of

Representatives, not more than four (4) from the same political party, to be appointed by the

Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be the Executive Director of the Contractors'

Registration and Licensing Board, or designee; one of whom shall be the Director of the Rhode

Island Builders Association, or designee; one of whom shall be the Attorney General, or

designee; two (2) of whom shall be members of the Rhode Island Builders Association, to be

appointed by the Director of the Rhode Island Builders Association; three (3) of whom shall be

members of the general public, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one of whom shall

be a representative of organized labor, to be appointed by the President of the Rhode Island

Chapter of the AFL-CIO; one of whom shall be the President of the Associated Builders and

Contractors, Inc., or designee; one of whom shall be the Executive Director of the Rhode Island

Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, or designee; and one of whom shall

be the President of the Carpenters Local 94, or designee.

      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 appointment of the member of the general

public.

      The purpose of said commission shall be to examine the issue of licensing builders and

contractors.

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

the call of the Speaker of the House and organize and shall select, from among the legislators, 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 Speaker of the House 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

House of Representatives no later than February 8, 2018, and said commission shall expire on

May 8, 2018.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE OF

LICENSING BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS

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     This resolution would create a seventeen (17) member special legislative commission

whose purpose it would be to examine the issue of licensing builders and contractors, and who

would report back to the House of Representatives no later than February 8, 2018, and whose life

would expire on May 8, 2018.

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