| Chapter 112 |
| 2022 -- S 2669 SUBSTITUTE B Enacted 06/21/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- BLACK REGIMENT MONUMENT COMMISSION |
Introduced By: Senators Seveney, DiPalma, and Euer |
| Date Introduced: March 10, 2022 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND |
| GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
| CHAPTER 77.2 |
| BLACK REGIMENT MONUMENT COMMISSION |
| 42-77.2-1. Establishment - Purpose. |
| There is established the Black Regiment Monument Commission, whose purpose and |
| function shall be to keep the memory of the Black Regiment alive and to ensure the proper upkeep |
| and maintenance of the Black Regiment Monument and surrounding park grounds. |
| 42-77.2-2. Membership and annual reports. |
| (a) The commission shall be comprised of four (4) members: |
| (1) The president of the Portsmouth town council, or designee member of the Portsmouth |
| town council; |
| (2) The director of the Rhode Island department of environmental management, or |
| designee; |
| (3) The president of the Newport County Branch - NAACP, or designee/member; and |
| (4) The director of the office of veterans' veterans services, or designee. |
| (b) The commission shall elect a chair, vice-chair, and a secretary on a biennial basis. |
| (c) Commission members shall be appointed initially for three-(3) year (3) terms and shall |
| be subject to reappointment or replacement every three (3) years by their appointing bodies. |
| Vacancies shall be filled by their appropriate appointing bodies as necessary in accordance with |
| membership demographics. |
| (d) The commission shall meet at least two (2) times per year, maintain minutes of |
| meetings, comply with open meetings laws and standards, and submit an annual report to the |
| president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. |
| 42-77.2-3. Duties of commission. |
| The duties of the commission shall be: |
| (1) The commission shall establish standards and procedures consistent with its purpose |
| and function. |
| (2) The commission shall approve of the use of the monument and grounds at Patriots Park, |
| including all ceremonies, commemorations, lectures, presentations, reenactment, signage, |
| adornments, and the like. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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| LC005421/SUB B |
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