Chapter 243
2009 -- H 6309 AS AMENDED
Enacted 11/10/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
Introduced By: Representative Brian P. Kennedy
Date Introduced: June 23, 2009
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
"SECTION 1. Section 45-53-9 of the General Laws in
Chapter 45-53 entitled "Low and
Moderate Income
Housing" is hereby amended to read as follows:
45-53-9.
Oversight commission. -- (a) There
is hereby created an oversight commission
to be known as "The Housing Act of 2004
Implementation Oversight Commission" to consist of
eleven (11) fifteen
(15) members: chair of house corporations or designee; chair of senate
housing
and municipal government or designee; two (2) members of
the house appointed by the speaker,
one of whom shall be from the minority party; two (2)
members of the senate appointed by the
senate president, one of whom shall be from the minority
party; two (2) four (4) designees of the
president of the league of cities and towns, one two
(2) of whom shall be from a municipality
under twenty-five thousand (25,000) population, and one
two (2) of whom shall be from a
municipality of twenty-five thousand (25,000) population or over; the
executive director of Grow
Smart
the Rhode Island Builders Association and one representative each from the
Builders Association,
Island and Housing Network.
(b) The purposes of the
commission shall be: (1) to monitor and evaluate the
implementation of the act including the preparation and review, by
statewide planning, of local
plans; (2) to monitor the development and adoption of the
state strategic housing plan by the
housing resources commission and statewide planning; (3) to
review the progress reports
submitted by the housing resources commission; (4) to recommend
any changes that may be
needed in the law; and (5) to assess the need for resources
to accomplish housing objectives and
to make recommendations.
(c) Forthwith upon the
passage of this act [July 2, 2004] the members shall meet at the
call of the speaker, and shall elect from among themselves
co-chairs, who shall be legislators.
Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in the
manner as the original appointment.
(d) The commission is
empowered to appoint committees, which may include persons
who are not members of the commission. Five (5) members
of the commission shall constitute a
quorum. All departments and agencies of the state shall
furnish such advice and information,
documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as
necessary or desirable to
accomplish the purpose set forth in this section. The speaker is
hereby authorized and directed to
provide quarters for the commission. The commission shall
report findings and recommendations
to the general assembly annually on or before February
15. The commission shall expire on
March 31, 2009
March 31, 2010.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and shall
be retroactive to March 1,
2009.
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LC02858
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