Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

(a) The council shall have the following duties: (1) Assess, integrate, and coordinate climate change efforts throughout state agencies to reduce emissions, strengthen the resilience of communities and infrastructure, and prepare for the effects on climate change, including, but …

To support the council’s work, state agencies shall: (1) Assist the council in implementing the provisions of this chapter; (2) Develop short- and long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies and track the progress of these strategies; (3) Lead by example and, to the ma…

There is hereby established a restricted receipt account in the general fund of the state and housed in the budget of the department of administration entitled “RGGI-executive climate change coordinating council projects.” The express purpose of this account is to record receipts…

(a) The Rhode Island executive climate change coordinating council advisory board is hereby established. The advisory board shall have fourteen (14) members. Six (6) members shall be appointed by the governor, four (4) of whom shall be representatives of city or town government, …

(a) The Rhode Island executive climate change council science and technical advisory board is hereby established. The science and technical advisory board shall have nine (9) members, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Four (4) members shall be f…

The council and advisory board shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 46 of this title (the open meetings act) and chapter 2 of title 38 (the access to public records act). Any rules and regulations, or any amendments to rules and regulations, to carry out the requirements…

No later than May 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the council shall issue a report of its findings, recommendations, and progress on achieving the purposes and requirements of this chapter.

Addressing the impacts on climate change shall be deemed to be within the powers, duties, and obligations of all state departments, agencies, commissions, councils, and instrumentalities, including quasi-public agencies, and each shall exercise among its purposes in the exercise …

Mandatory targets for emissions reduction: It is hereby established that the state shall reduce its statewide greenhouse gas emissions to the targets set forth in § 42-6.2-2(a)(2)(i), as those targets may from time to time be revised, and that achieving those targets shall be man…