Chapter 329
2013 -- H 5266 AS AMENDED
Enacted 07/15/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
WATERS AND NAVIGATION --
Introduced By: Representatives Ucci, Corvese, Lombardi, O'Brien, and Carnevale
Date Introduced: February 06, 2013
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Sections 46-25-6 and 46-25-7 of the General Laws
in Chapter 46-25
entitled "Narragansett Bay Commission" are hereby
amended to read as follows:
46-25-6.
Composition of commission -- Appointment of members. --
(a) The
commission shall consist of twenty-three (23) nineteen
(19) members to be appointed in the
following manner: ten (10) members shall be appointed by the
governor from the public as herein
provided. Two (2) members shall be appointed by the mayor of
the city of
member each shall be appointed by the mayor of the town of
town of
administrator of the town of Lincoln, mayor of the city of
Two (2) members of the house of
representatives to be appointed by the
speaker, and two (2) members of the senate to be appointed by
the president of the senate.
(b) The appointments to
the commission shall be made as follows:
(1) The governor shall
appoint two (2) members of the commission to serve until the first
day of April, 1981, two (2) members to serve until the
first day of April, 1982, four (4) members
to serve until the first day of April, 1983, one member
to serve until the first day of April 1993,
one member to serve until the first day of April 1994,
and all to serve until their successors are
appointed and qualified. In the month of March in each year
thereafter, the governor, with the
advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint successors
to the members of the commission
whose term is expiring in that year, each member so
appointed to hold office for a three (3) year
period commencing on the first day of April in the year of
appointment and continuing until the
first day of April in the third year after his or her
appointment and until his or her successor is
appointed and qualified. Any vacancy for a public member, which
may occur in the commission,
shall be filled by the governor for the remainder of the
unexpired term.
(2) The mayor of the
city of
serve until the first day of April, 1982, and one member to
serve until the first day of April, 1983,
and all to serve until their successors are appointed and
qualified. The mayor of the town of
first day of April, 1981, each member so appointed shall
serve until his or her successor is
appointed and qualified. The Mayor of the city of
commission to serve until the first day of April, 1993, and such
member so appointed shall serve
until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. The
town administrator of the town of
Lincoln and the mayor of the city of
commission to serve until the first day of April, 1994, and each
member so appointed shall serve
until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. The
mayors of the town of
the city of
first day of April, 1995, and each member so appointed
shall serve until his or her successor is
appointed and qualified. In the month of March in each year
thereafter, the respective mayors and
town administrator shall appoint a successor to the member
of the commission whose term is
expiring, each member so appointed to hold office for a three
(3) year period, commencing on the
first day of April in the year of appointment and
continuing until the first day of April in the third
year after his or her appointment and until his or her
successor is appointed and qualified. The
legislative members so appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives and the president
of the senate shall hold office for a three (3) year
period and until their successor is appointed and
qualified. Any
vacancy which may occur in the commission shall be filled by the appointing
authority who originally appointed the member, and the
appointment shall be for the remainder of
the unexpired term.
(3) Members of the
commission shall be eligible for reappointment.
46-25-7. Officers
of the commission -- Quorum and vote required. -- Forthwith, after
May 16, 1980, and annually in the month of April
thereafter, the commission shall elect one of its
members as chairperson, and one of its members as vice
chairperson. Twelve (12) A simple
majority of the
members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy in the
membership of the commission shall impair the right of a quorum
to exercise all the rights and
perform all of the duties of the commission.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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