S2553

	2026 -- S 2553
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

	Introduced By: Senator Linda L. Ujifusa
	Date Introduced: February 13, 2026
	Referred To: Senate Finance
	(by request)
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 30-15 of the General Laws entitled "Emergency Management" is
2	hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	30-15-46. Funding to support mutual aid control centers.
4	(a) The general assembly shall make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty
5	thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency in the executive
6	department and created pursuant to the provisions of §30-15-5, to assist with emergency
7	communications during major or multiple emergency incidents or when a community has
8	exhausted its emergency resources and has requested assistance by the control centers under their
9	mutual aid agreement.
10	(b) These funds shall be distributed annually as follows:
11	(1) An amount of not less than twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) to the
12	communities designated as metro control, east bay control, northern control, and southern control;
13	and
14	(2) An amount of not less than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) to the
15	communities designated as back-up control centers.
16	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 MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
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1	This act would require the general assembly to make an annual appropriation of not less
2	than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency to assist
3	with emergency communications during major or multiple emergency incidents.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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