S0095

	2017 -- S 0095
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY
	REFORM ACT

	Introduced By: Senators Archambault, Sosnowski, Miller, Conley, and Kettle
	Date Introduced: February 01, 2017
	Referred To: Senate Commerce
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 42-64.13 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Regulatory
2	Reform Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	42-64.13-12. Duty to streamline and coordinate interagency regulation for green
4	industries.
5	The office of regulatory reform shall, in consultation with the departments of
6	environmental management, labor and training, revenue, and the coastal resources management
7	council, and plant-based and agriculture industry representatives, to reduce burdensome
8	regulations, improve interagency efficiency, and coordinate the regulatory process to facilitate
9	further economic growth within plant-based industries and agriculture.
10	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 - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY
	REFORM ACT
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1	This act would require the office of regulatory reform, in consultation with various state
2	departments and plant-based and agriculture industry representatives, work to facilitate economic
3	growth within plant-based industries and agriculture.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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