§ 46-23-4.1 The commissioner of coastal
resources management. –
The council shall engage a commissioner of coastal resources management who
shall be an employee of the council and who shall not be a member of the
council. The commissioner shall coordinate and liaison with the director of the
department of environmental management, and his or her staff shall be at the
same staff level as the other commissioners and shall work directly with the
other commissioners. The commissioner of coastal resources management shall be
in the unclassified service. The duties and powers of the commissioner of
coastal resources management shall be determined by the council. The council
shall not engage a commissioner of coastal resources management for more than
five (5) years; provided, however, that the council may renew its contract with
the commissioner of coastal resources management.
(P.L. 1985, ch. 212, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 461, § 10.)