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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HISTORIAN LAUREATE OF | |
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Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, and Felag | |
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Date Introduced: February 14, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND |
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GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
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CHAPTER 100.1 |
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HISTORIAN LAUREATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
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42-100.1-1. Historian laureate. – There is hereby created the post of historian laureate |
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of Rhode Island. |
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42-100.1-2. Appointment. – The historian laureate shall be appointed for a term of five |
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(5) years by the secretary of state. |
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42-100.1-3. Compensation. – The historian laureate shall receive no compensation. |
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42-100.1-4. Qualifications. – The historian laureate must have earned recognition and |
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distinction as the author of authoritative books or essays about the history of Rhode Island; or |
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served in a leadership position in staging commemorative public observances pertaining to |
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various aspects of the history of Rhode Island; or taught and lectured about the history of Rhode |
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Island to the general public. |
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42-100.1-5. Duties. – The duties of the historian laureate shall include delivering |
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historical lectures about pertinent aspects of Rhode Island history at important state historical |
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ceremonies and observances at the request of the governor, the speaker of the house, the president |
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of the senate, the chief justice of the supreme court, or the secretary of state; furnishing historical |
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information or advice to the above-named officers upon request; reading and editing state- |
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sponsored historical publications for accuracy upon request; and such other duties pertaining to |
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the dissemination of information about Rhode Island history and heritage as the above-mentioned |
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officers may from time-to-time require. |
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42-100.1-6. Certification. – The secretary of state shall issue to the appointee a |
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certificate bearing the seal of the state upon which is designated the name of the appointee, the |
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words "historian laureate of Rhode Island," and the term of office set forth from beginning to |
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ending month and year of service. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HISTORIAN LAUREATE OF | |
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RHODE ISLAND | |
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This act would establish the position of historian laureate in Rhode Island. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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