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| 2021 -- H 5469 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/23/2021 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ISSUES RELATING TO LATERAL ACCESS ALONG THE RHODE ISLAND SHORELINE |
Introduced By: Representatives Cortvriend, Handy, Tanzi, Fogarty, McGaw, McEntee, Carson, and Craven |
| Date Introduced: February 10, 2021 |
| RESOLVED, That a special legislative commission be and the same is hereby created |
| consisting of twelve (12) members: two (2) of whom shall be members of the House who |
| represent a coastal community, not more than one from the same political party, to be appointed |
| by the Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be a resident of a coastal community, to be |
| appointed by the Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be the Executive Director of the |
| Coastal Resources Management Council, or designee; one of whom shall be a representative from |
| the Rhode Island Realtors Association or a home owner's association, to be appointed by the |
| Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be a representative from the Marine Affairs Institute & |
| R.I. Sea Grant Legal program at Roger Williams University, to be appointed by the Speaker of |
| the House; one of whom shall be from the Department of Marine Affairs at the University of |
| Rhode Island, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be the Executive |
| Director of either Clean Ocean Access or Save the Bay, or designee, to be appointed by the |
| Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be a land use attorney, to be appointed by the Speaker |
| of the House; one of whom shall be the President of the Rhode Island Society of Professional |
| Land Surveyors, or designee; one of whom shall be a retired Rhode Island Judge, to be appointed |
| by the Speaker of the House; and one of whom shall be a representative of the Rhode Island |
| Attorney General's Office with experience in shoreline access issues, to be appointed by the |
| Attorney General. |
| 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 and provide |
| recommendations on the issues relating to lateral access along the Rhode Island shoreline. |
| Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at |
| the call of the Speaker of the House and shall organize and select a chairperson from among the |
| legislators. |
| 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 Speaker of the House 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 |
| House of Representatives no later than March 30, 2022, and said commission shall expire on June |
| 30, 2022. |
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