04-R 376

2004 -- H 8703

Enacted 06/25/04

H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL HOUSE COMMISSION TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A

COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF AQUACULTURE AND SEAFOOD COMMERCE

Introduced By: Representatives Naughton, Malik, Anguilla, Long, and Crowley

Date Introduced: June 25, 2004

     RESOLVED, That a special house commission be and the same is hereby created

consisting of sixteen (16) members: one (1) of whom shall be a member of the House of

Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one (1) of whom shall be the

Aquaculture Initiative Coordinator from the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management

Council, or designee; one (1) of whom shall be the Aquaculture Coordinator from the

Department of Environmental Management, or designee; one (1) of whom shall be the Director

of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, or designee; one (1) of whom shall be

the Director of the Rhode Island Division of Agriculture, or designee; one (1) of whom shall be

an aquaculture grower in the State of Rhode Island, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House;

one (1) of whom shall be an aquaculture wholesaler in the State of Rhode Island, to be appointed

by the Speaker of the House; one (1) of whom shall be a Rhode Island shellfisherman, to be

appointed by the Speaker of the House; two (2) of whom shall be faculty members of the

Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science at the University of Rhode Island, to be

appointed by the Department Chairperson; one (1) of whom shall be a natural resource

economist, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one (1) of whom shall be a business

marketing expert, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one (1) of whom shall be a the

Director of the Environmental and Economic Development Center at Roger Williams University,

or designee; one (1) of whom shall be a member of the faculty of the Environmental and

Economic Development Center at Roger Williams University, to be appointed by Director of the

Center; one (1) of whom shall be the Director of the Rhode Island Sea Grant, or designee; and

one (1) of whom shall be the Executive Director of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association,

or designee.

     In lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a permanent advisory

commission, a legislative study commission, or any commission created by a general assembly

resolution, the appointing authority may appoint a member of the general public to serve in lieu

of a legislator; provided, that the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader of the political party

which is entitled to the appointment consent to the appointment of the member of the general

public.

     The purpose of said commission shall be to develop, promote and stimulate a

comprehensive system of aquaculture and seafood commerce.

     Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at

the call of the Speaker of the House and organize and shall select, from among the members, a

chairperson. Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original

appointment.

     The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information, documentary

and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or desirable by the

commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution.

     The Speaker of the House is hereby authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters

for said commission; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the

House of Representatives no later than May 31, 2005 and said commission shall expire on July

31, 2005.

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LC03682

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