2005 Rhode Island Code - § 23-18.3-1 — Establishment – Purpose – Membership – Compensation.

    (a) There is created a permanent joint legislative commission to study the location, condition, and inventory of historical cemeteries in Rhode Island and to make recommendations to the general assembly relative to historical cemeteries in Rhode Island.

   (b) The commission shall consist of nineteen (19) members all of whom shall be citizens and residents of this state. One shall be the director of veterans' cemeteries or his or her designee.

   (c) One shall be the director of the Rhode Island historical preservation commission or his or her designee.

   (d) One shall be the director of the Rhode Island Historical Society or his or her designee.

   (e) One representative of the League of Cities and Towns to be appointed by the governor who shall serve for one year.

   (f) In consultation with and upon the recommendation of local historical or preservation societies within each county, ten (10) members consisting of two (2) representatives from each county to be chosen as follows: one representative from each of the five (5) counties to be appointed by the speaker of the house and one representative from each of the five (5) counties to be appointed by the president of the senate who shall serve for two (2) years.

   (g) One member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker who shall serve for two (2) years and one member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate who shall serve for two (2) years.

   (h) Three (3) members of the public to be appointed by the governor who shall serve for two (2) years.

   (i) The members shall annually elect a chairperson of the commission who shall be a member of the general assembly. Any vacancy shall be filled by the authority making the original appointment. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation.