| Chapter 330 |
| 2016 -- H 8180 Enacted 07/07/2016 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY REFORM ACT |
| Introduced By: Representatives Carson, Ajello, McEntee, McKiernan, and Almeida |
| Date Introduced: May 06, 2016 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 42-64.13 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Regulatory |
| Reform Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 42-64.13-11. Statewide solar permitting. -- (a) No later than December 31, 2016, the |
| office of regulatory reform in consultation with the task force established in subsection (b), shall |
| prepare and submit to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house, a report |
| with recommendations for a statewide permitting process for small residential- and small |
| commercial-rooftop solar projects. |
| (b) The office of regulatory reform shall establish a task force and appoint members and, |
| at a minimum, shall include: |
| (1) The commissioner of the office of energy resources, or designee; |
| (2) At least five (5) municipal representatives; and |
| (3) A representative from a clean-energy, regional business association. |
| (c) Implementation. The commissioner of the office of energy resources, in consultation |
| with the director of the office of regulatory reform, shall submit to the governor, the senate |
| president, and the speaker of the house, proposed legislation establishing a statewide permitting |
| process as recommended in the report issued pursuant to subsection (a) no later than January 31, |
| 2017. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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