TITLE 42
State Affairs and Government
CHAPTER 42-113
Rhode Island Housing and Conservation Trust Fund Act
SECTION 42-113-11
§ 42-113-11 Commission-housing and
conservation trust study commission.
(a) There is hereby created a "Housing and Conservation Trust Study Commission"
with thirteen (13) members as follows: the presiding officer, or the designee
of the presiding officer, of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Church
Community Housing Corporation, Grow Smart Rhode Island, the Housing Network,
the Rhode Island Association of Realtors, the Rhode Island Association of
Public Housing Authorities, the Rhode Island Builders Association, the Rhode
Island Chapter of the American Planning Association, the Rhode Island Council
of Land Trusts, the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation, the
Rhode Island Housing Resources Commission, the Rhode Island League of Cities
and Towns, and The Nature Conservancy. The representative of Grow Smart Rhode
Island shall call the organizational meeting of the commission, and the
commission shall elect from its members a chairperson, a vice chairperson and a
secretary.
(b) The purposes of the commission shall be:
(1) To study the potential contribution of land trust
mechanisms to the development of low and moderate income housing, to evaluate
appropriate organization structures and financing mechanisms for such land
trusts in Rhode Island, and assess the potential and viability of the housing
and conservation trust fund established by this chapter; and
(2) To report its findings and recommendations to the
governor, the speaker of the house and the senate president by February 1, 2006.
(c) The commission shall terminate on July 31, 2006.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2004, ch. 286, § 4; P.L. 2004, ch. 324, § 4; P.L. 2005, ch.
139, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 297, § 1.)
