09-R080
2009 -- S 0099 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 03/05/09
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N
CREATING A
SPECIAL SENATE COMMISSION TO STUDY MUNICIPAL SHARED
SERVICES
Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Jabour, Paiva-Weed, Connors, and Sosnowski
Date Introduced: January 29, 2009
RESOLVED,
That a special Senate commission be and the same is
hereby created
consisting of eleven (11) members: three (3) of whom shall be
members of the Senate, not more
than two (2) from the same political party, to be
appointed by the President of the Senate; one of
whom shall be the chief of the division of municipal
finance, or designee; one of whom shall be
the tax administrator, or designee; one of whom shall be
the executive director of the Rhode
Island League of Cities and
Towns, or designee; one of whom shall be the executive director of
the Government Financial Officers Association, or
designee; one of whom shall be the president
of the Rhode Island Tax Collector’s Association, or
designee; one of whom shall be the
chairperson of the Aquidneck Island
Planning Commission, or designee; one of whom shall be
the executive director of the
and one of whom shall be a member of labor to be
appointed by the president of the
AFL-CIO.
In
lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a permanent advisory
commission, a legislative study commission, or any commission
created by a General Assembly
resolution, the appointing authority may appoint a member of the
general public to serve in lieu
of a legislator; provided, that the majority leader or
the minority leader of the political party
which is entitled to the appointment consents to the
appointment of the member of the general
public.
The
purpose of said commission shall be to make a comprehensive study of municipal
services and of the concept and feasibility of municipal
shared services. The goal of such
municipal shared services would be to enable cities and towns
to operate in a more economic,
efficient, and effective manner in relation to the services
they provide to members of their
respective communities.
Upon
passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at the
call of
the President of the Senate and organize and shall
select, from among the legislators, a
chairperson.
Vacancies
in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment.
The membership of said
commission shall receive no compensation for their services. All
departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice
and information, documentary and
otherwise to said commission and its agents as is deemed
necessary or desirable by the
commission; to facilitate the purposes of this resolution.
The
Joint Committee of Legislative Services is hereby authorized and directed to
provide
suitable quarters for said commission; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the commission shall report its findings and
recommendations to the
Senate no later than
January 30, 2010, and said commission shall expire on June 15, 2010.
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