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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

COUNCIL

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Potter, Cortvriend, Chippendale, Marszalkowski,
Knight, Hull, and Speakman

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2023

     Referred To: House State Government & Elections

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 46-23-4.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-23 entitled "Coastal

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Resources Management Council" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     46-23-4.1. The commissioner of coastal resources management The executive director

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of coastal resources management.

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     The council governor shall engage a commissioner appoint, with the advice and consent of

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the senate, an executive director of coastal resources management who shall be an employee of the

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council and who shall not be a member of the council. The commissioner executive director shall

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coordinate and liaison with the director of the department of environmental management, and his

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or her staff shall be at the same staff level as the other commissioners executive directors, and the

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executive director shall work directly with the other commissioners division leaders. The

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commissioner executive director of coastal resources management shall be in the unclassified

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service. The duties and powers of the commissioner of coastal resources management shall be

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determined by the council. The council shall not engage a commissioner of coastal resources

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management for more than five (5) years; provided, however, that the council may renew its

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contract with the commissioner of coastal resources management. The primary duty and

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responsibility of the executive director shall be to continue planning for and management of the

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resources of the state's coastal region.

 

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     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 WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

COUNCIL

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     This act would create the appointment by the governor, with the advice and consent of the

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senate, of an executive director of coastal resources management, who shall be an employee of the

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coastal resources management council who shall coordinate and liaison with the director of the

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department of environmental management, whose staff shall be at the same levels as other

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executive directors; work directly with other division leaders; be in an unclassified service; and,

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whose purpose would be to continue planning and management of coastal resources.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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