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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