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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- STATE FORESTS AND FORESTRY

PROJECTS

     

     Introduced By: Representative Megan L. Cotter

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2025

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 2-10 of the General Laws entitled "State Forests and Forestry

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

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     2-10-14. Expansion of department of environmental management personnel.

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     The general assembly shall appropriate, in the fiscal year 2026 budget, a sum sufficient to

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fund ten (10) additional full-time equivalent ("FTE") positions, to be assigned to the department of

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environmental management (the "department"). It is the intent of the general assembly that these

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positions be used in part to focus, support, and expand on the department's efforts in the areas of

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woodlands, forests, and forestry projects.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- STATE FORESTS AND FORESTRY

PROJECTS

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     This act would direct the general assembly to appropriate in the fiscal year 2026 budget, a

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sum sufficient to fund ten additional full time equivalent ("FTE") positions to be assigned to the

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department of environmental management (the "department"), with the intent to support and

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expand the department's efforts in the areas of forests and forestry projects.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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