2022 -- S 2217 | |
======== | |
LC003880 | |
======== | |
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
____________ | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | |
COUNCIL | |
| |
Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Coyne, McCaffrey, Euer, Gallo, Seveney, Valverde, | |
Date Introduced: February 08, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 46-23-4.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-23 entitled "Coastal |
2 | Resources Management Council" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 46-23-4.1. The commissioner of coastal resources management. The executive |
4 | director of coastal resources management. |
5 | The council governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, an executive |
6 | director engage a commissioner of coastal resources management who shall be an employee of the |
7 | council and who shall not be a member of the council. The commissioner executive director shall |
8 | coordinate and liaison with the director of the department of environmental management, and his |
9 | or her staff shall be at the same staff level as the other commissioners executive directors, and the |
10 | executive director shall work directly with the other commissioners division leaders. The |
11 | commissioner executive director of coastal resources management shall be in the unclassified |
12 | service. The duties and powers of the commissioner of coastal resources management shall be |
13 | determined by the council. The council shall not engage a commissioner of coastal resources |
14 | management for more than five (5) years; provided, however, that the council may renew its |
15 | contract with the commissioner of coastal resources management. The primary duty and |
16 | responsibility of the executive director shall be to continue planning for and management of the |
17 | resources of the state's coastal region. |
| |
1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
======== | |
LC003880 | |
======== | |
| LC003880 - Page 2 of 3 |
EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | |
COUNCIL | |
*** | |
1 | This act would create the appointment by the governor, with the advice and consent of the |
2 | senate, of an executive director of coastal resources management, who shall be an employee of the |
3 | coastal resources management council who shall coordinate and liaison with the director of the |
4 | department of environmental management, whose staff shall be at the same levels as other |
5 | executive directors; work directly with other division leaders; be in an unclassified service; and, |
6 | whose purpose would be to continue planning and management of coastal resources. |
7 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
======== | |
LC003880 | |
======== | |
| LC003880 - Page 3 of 3 |