| Chapter 269 |
| 2023 -- H 5966 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/22/2023 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL |
Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Potter, Cortvriend, Chippendale, Marszalkowski, Knight, Hull, and Speakman |
| Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 46-23-4.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-23 entitled "Coastal |
| Resources Management Council" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 46-23-4.1. The commissioner of coastal resources management The executive |
| Executive director of coastal resources management. |
| The council governor shall engage a commissioner appoint, with the advice and consent of |
| the senate, an executive director of coastal resources management who shall be an employee of the |
| council and who shall not be a member of the council. The commissioner executive director shall |
| coordinate and liaison with the director of the department of environmental management, and his |
| or her the executive director’s staff shall be at the same staff level as the other commissioners |
| executive directors, and the executive director shall work directly with the other commissioners |
| division leaders. The commissioner executive director of coastal resources management shall be in |
| the unclassified service. The duties and powers of the commissioner of coastal resources |
| management shall be determined by the council. The council shall not engage a commissioner of |
| coastal resources management for more than five (5) years; provided, however, that the council |
| may renew its contract with the commissioner of coastal resources management. The primary duty |
| and responsibility of the executive director shall be to continue planning for and management of |
| the resources of the state's coastal region. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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