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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE | |
PURPOSE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION | |
TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT | |
AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE | |
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Introduced By: Senators McKenney, and Valverde | |
Date Introduced: June 11, 2024 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | RESOLVED, That the special joint legislative commission created by resolution No. 443 |
2 | passed by the House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14, |
3 | 2023, entitled “Joint Resolution Creating a Special Joint Legislative Commission to Study and |
4 | Provide Recommendations to Protect Our Environment and Natural Resources from Plastic |
5 | Bottle Waste”, and passed by the Senate at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14, |
6 | 2023, entitled “Joint Resolution Creating a Special Joint Legislative Commission to Study and |
7 | Provide Recommendations to Protect Our Environment and Natural Resources from Plastic |
8 | Bottle Waste” is hereby authorized to continue its study and make a report to the General |
9 | Assembly on or before April 25, 2025, and said commission shall expire on April 30, 2025; and, |
10 | be it further |
11 | RESOLVED, That the purpose of said commission is hereby amended to include glass, |
12 | aluminum, and nips in the product list that the state needs to identify pathways to improve its |
13 | ability to address and recycle; and be it further |
14 | RESOLVED, That said commission is hereby amended by increasing the membership to |
15 | twenty (20), one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and one of whom shall |
16 | be appointed by the President of the Senate; and be it further |
17 | RESOLVED, That the time for reporting authorized by resolution No. 443, passed by the |
18 | House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14, 2023, and |
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1 | passed by the Senate at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14, 2023, be and the |
2 | same is hereby rescinded. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE | |
PURPOSE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION | |
TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT | |
AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE | |
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1 | This resolution would extend the reporting and expiration dates and amend the purpose |
2 | and membership of the joint commission to study and provide recommendations to protect our |
3 | environment from bottle waste by adding glass and aluminum to the list and increasing the |
4 | membership from eighteen (18) to twenty (20), and would report back by April 25, 2025, and |
5 | expire on April 30, 2025. |
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