TITLE 45

Towns and cities

CHAPTER 45-13.1

State-local Relations Commission

SECTION 45-13.1-3



   § 45-13.1-3  Membership. –

(a) The commission shall be composed of seventeen (17) members, as follows:



   (1) The president of the Rhode Island League of Cities and

Towns or his or her designee, and the president of the Rhode Island Association

of School Committees, or his or her designee;



   (2) Three (3) state executive officials appointed by the

governor, one of whom is the chief of the office of municipal affairs in the

department of administration, division of planning;



   (3) Three (3) state representatives appointed by the speaker

of the house, not more than two (2) from the same political party;



   (4) Two (2) state senators, or other persons appointed by the

president of the senate, not more than one from the same political party;



   (5) The executive director for the League of Cities and

Towns, and the executive director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure

Council and the executive director of the Rhode Island Association of School

Committees;



   (6) One member who shall represent local school committees to

be appointed by the speaker of the house, and one member who shall represent

local school committees to be appointed by the president of the senate;



   (7) Two (2) members who shall represent local municipal

governments, one member to be appointed by the speaker of the house and one

member who shall be appointed by the president of the senate.



   (b) The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson,

a vice chairperson, and a secretary by a majority vote of the commission.



   (c) Should any member cease to be an elected official,

officer, or employee of the unit or agency he or she is appointed to represent,

his or her membership on the commission shall terminate immediately and a new

member shall be appointed in the same manner as his or her predecessor to fill

the unexpired term.



   (d) The commission shall be subject to review by the

legislative oversight commission as defined in chapter 14 of title 22.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1988, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 142; P.L. 2003, ch.

232, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 248, § 1.)