2013 -- S 0757 SUBSTITUTE A

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE

     Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, DiPalma, Lynch, Crowley, and Paiva Weed

     Date Introduced: March 13, 2013

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 23-27.3 of the General Laws entitled "State Building Code" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     23-27.3-108.2.4. Municipal advisory council on statewide permitting. -- (a) There is

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created and established a "municipal advisory council on statewide permitting," hereinafter

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referred to as the "council."

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     (b) The advisory council shall be composed of five (5) members appointed to the council

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by the governor. Each member of the council shall be an appointed or elected official of a Rhode

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Island city or town. The Rhode Island league of cities and towns may submit names for

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consideration for appointment. The governor shall select the chairperson. A member shall serve

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until his or her successor is appointed by the governor. Members shall receive no compensation

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for their services.

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     (c) The advisory council shall develop specific and comprehensive recommendations for

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a statewide process for electronic plan review, permit management, and inspection as required

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under subsections 23-27.3-108.2(c)(2), (3) and (e) and to encourage full participation in such a

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statewide process from every city and town in the state of Rhode Island. In addition, the council

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shall serve in an advisory capacity to the state building commissioner, state fire marshal and the

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office of regulatory reform within the department of administration.

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     (d) In furtherance of the purposes described in subsection (c), the council shall provide a

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report to the governor, the general assembly, and the building commissioner listing the number of

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cities and towns participating in the state’s efforts to improve e-permitting processes, the number

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of cities and towns not yet participating, and recommendations for increasing participation in the

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state’s efforts to improve e-permitting processes. The report shall be provided beginning July 1,

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2013, and at every three (3) month interval thereafter until the establishment of a statewide

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process as required under subsections 23-27.3-108.2(c)(2), (3) and (e) is completed.

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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 HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE

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     This act would establish a municipal advisory council on statewide permitting which

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would be composed of five (5) members appointed by the governor. Each member of the council

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would be an appointed or elected official of a Rhode Island city or town. The purpose of the

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council would be to develop recommendations to establish a statewide process for electronic plan

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review, encourage full participation of each city and town in the state and then until a statewide

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process is established, review which towns and cities are participating and which are not every

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three (3) months.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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