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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 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Sheehan, McCaffrey, Felag, and Algiere | |
Date Introduced: March 29, 2017 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 12-1.2-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-1.2 entitled "State |
2 | Crime Laboratory" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 12-1.2-6. Candidates for director and other positions -- Selection -- Appointment -- |
4 | Dismissals. |
5 | (a) Candidates for the position of director and all other positions of the crime laboratory |
6 | may be recommended to the commission by the executive secretary and/or other members of the |
7 | commission as well as from all other sources. |
8 | (b) The director and all other positions of the state crime laboratory shall be considered |
9 | limited appointment positions of the board of governors for higher education employees of the |
10 | council on postsecondary education and shall be subject to all employment policies, practices and |
11 | procedures of the board of governors for higher education council on postsecondary education |
12 | and the University of Rhode Island. |
13 | (c) The appointive authority for the University of Rhode Island shall also be the |
14 | appointing authority for the position of director and all other positions of the state crime |
15 | laboratory subject to approval or disapproval by the commission. |
16 | 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 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY | |
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1 | This act would change the position of director and other positions of the state crime |
2 | laboratory from limited appointment positions of the board of governors to employees of the |
3 | council on postsecondary education. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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