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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRIVATIZATION OF STATE

SERVICES

     Introduced By: Senators Felag, Lanzi, Ciccone, Miller, and McCaffrey

     Date Introduced: February 28, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Finance

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 42-148 of the General Laws entitled "Privatization of State

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Services" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     42-148-10. Long-term private contractor employee(s). -- Notwithstanding any general

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or public laws to the contrary, any private contract or employee who has worked more than thirty-

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six (36) months whether or not consecutive, at a state department, performing services similar to

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or in substitution of work normally performed by state employees within that department, shall be

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automatically converted to a fully funded full-time equivalent position within that department as

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long as the salary and benefits to be paid to the converted employee are less than the price of a

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three (3) year average cost that the state had paid the private contractor for his or her services.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRIVATIZATION OF STATE

SERVICES

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     This act would enable a three (3) year private contractor employee, performing state

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employee work, to be automatically converted to a funded full-time equivalent position as long as

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it would be in the state’s financial interest.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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