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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

     

     Introduced By: Senators McKenney, and Valverde

     Date Introduced: June 11, 2024

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     RESOLVED, That the special joint legislative commission created by resolution No. 443

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passed by the House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14,

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2023, entitled “Joint Resolution Creating a Special Joint Legislative Commission to Study and

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Provide Recommendations to Protect Our Environment and Natural Resources from Plastic

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Bottle Waste”, and passed by the Senate at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14,

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2023, entitled “Joint Resolution Creating a Special Joint Legislative Commission to Study and

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Provide Recommendations to Protect Our Environment and Natural Resources from Plastic

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Bottle Waste” is hereby authorized to continue its study and make a report to the General

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Assembly on or before April 25, 2025, and said commission shall expire on April 30, 2025; and,

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be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the purpose of said commission is hereby amended to include glass,

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aluminum, and nips in the product list that the state needs to identify pathways to improve its

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ability to address and recycle; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That said commission is hereby amended by increasing the membership to

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twenty (20), one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and one of whom shall

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be appointed by the President of the Senate; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the time for reporting authorized by resolution No. 443, passed by the

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House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14, 2023, and

 

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passed by the Senate at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14, 2023, be and the

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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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     This resolution would extend the reporting and expiration dates and amend the purpose

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and membership of the joint commission to study and provide recommendations to protect our

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environment from bottle waste by adding glass and aluminum to the list and increasing the

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membership from eighteen (18) to twenty (20), and would report back by April 25, 2025, and

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expire on April 30, 2025.

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