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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE

MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECT

OF WIND TURBINES ON ALL MARINE LIFE

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Price, Roberts, McNamara, Chippendale, and
Quattrocchi

     Date Introduced: January 30, 2019

     Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources

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     RESOLVED, That the special legislative commission created by resolution No. 322

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passed by the House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2018, and approved June 19,

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2018, entitled "House Resolution Creating a Special Legislative Commission to Study the Effect

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of Wind Turbines on All Marine Life" is hereby authorized to continue its study and make a

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report to the House of Representatives on or before April 30, 2019, and said commission shall

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expire on May 30, 2019; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the time for reporting authorized by resolution No. 322 passed by the

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House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2018, and approved June 19, 2018, be and

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the same is hereby rescinded.

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     RESOLVED, That the composition of said legislative commission is hereby amended by

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increasing the membership to seven (7) members, by adding two (2) new members: one of whom

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shall be the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, or

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designee; and one of whom shall be the President of the Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance, or

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designee.

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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

EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE

MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECT

OF WIND TURBINES ON ALL MARINE LIFE

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     This resolution would amend the membership of the special legislative commission to

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study the effect of wind turbines on all marine life, from five (5) members to seven (7) members,

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and would extend the reporting date from February 7, 2019, to April 30, 2019, and whose life

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would expire on May 30, 2019.

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