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H 5336 - Coastal Resources Management Council - Rhode Island Key Vote

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Title: Coastal Resources Management Council

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill outlining the scope of responsibilities and reorganization of the Coastal Resource Management Council (State Agency which regulates business along Rhode Islands coast).

Highlights:

-Outlines scope of responsibilities of Coastal Resource Management Council (primarily the management of the resources of the state's coastal region) (Sec. 2). -Mandates the creation of a map representing broad interests of constituency of entire State of Rhode Island (citing areas of ecological value and determining location of economic opportunity) (Sec. 2). -Grants the Council authority to approve, modify, set conditions for, or reject the design, location, construction, alteration, and operation of specified activities or land uses when related to a water area within the agency's jurisdiction. The uses and activities are limited to power generating over forty (40) megawatts and desalination plants; chemical or pretroleum processing, transfer, or storage; minerals extraction; shoreline protection facilities (Sec. 2). -Requires cities or towns that own the land near CRMC designated rights-of-way to allocate enough land as is deemed for parking (Sec.1).

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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Full Bill Text

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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