It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Sections 24-15-2 and 24-15-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 24-15 entitled "Scenic Highways" are hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 24-15-2. Definitions. -- ADD} As used in this chapter:

(a) "Board" means the scenic {DEL highways DEL} {ADD roadways ADD} board in the department of transportation.

(b) * * *

{ADD 24-15-10. Creation of board. -- ADD} There is hereby created within the department of transportation a scenic {DEL highway DEL} {ADD roadways ADD} board consisting of eleven (11) members as follows: one member shall be the director of the department of transportation; one member shall be the director of the department of environmental management; one member shall be the chairperson of the historic preservation commission; one member to be designated by the audubon society of Rhode Island; one member to be appointed by the senate majority leader; one member to be appointed by the senate minority leader; one member to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; one member to be appointed by minority leader of the house of representatives, {ADD and ADD} one {ADD member ADD} to be designated by the Rhode Island {DEL chamber of commerce DEL} {ADD builders association ADD} . The governor shall appoint two (2) members of the public to serve on the board as follows: one member to serve until the first day of June, 1986, and one member to serve until the first day of June, 1987, and all members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. In the month of May, 1986, and in the month of May in each year thereafter, the governor shall appoint successors to the public members of the board whose terms shall expire in such year, to hold office commencing on the first day of June in the year of appointment and until the first day of June in the third year of their respective appointments or until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy of a public member which may occur in the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. Each ex-officio member of the board may designate a subordinate within his or her department or agency to represent him or her at all meetings of the board. Forthwith upon June 28, 1995, the members of the board shall meet at the call of the director of the department of transportation and organize and shall select among themselves a chairperson. {ADD Forthwith upon passage of this bill, and every two (2) years thereafter, the members of the board shall meet at the call of the director of transportation and elect among themselves a chairperson and vice chairperson who shall hold office for two (2) years. ADD} The membership of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, and shall not be reimbursed for any expenses.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.