2005 Rhode Island Code - § 23-27.3-100.1.4 — Appointment and qualifications of the committee.

    (a) The building code standards committee shall be composed of twenty-five (25) members, residents of the state; twenty-three (23) of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Eight (8) members are to be appointed for terms of one year each, seven (7) for a term of two (2) years each, and eight (8) for terms of three (3) years each. Annually, thereafter, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint members to the committee to succeed those whose terms expired; the members to serve for terms of three (3) years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Two (2) members shall be architects registered in the state; three (3) shall be professional engineers registered in the state, one specializing in mechanical, one specializing in structural, and one specializing in electrical engineering; one landscape architect, registered in the state, one full-time certified electrical inspector; two (2) shall be builders or superintendents of building construction; one shall be a public health official; one shall be a qualified fire code official; two (2) shall be from the Rhode Island building trades council; one shall be a holder of Class "A" electrician's license; one shall be a master plumber; two (2) shall be from the general public; three (3) shall be building officials in office, one from a municipality with a population of sixty thousand (60,000) persons or more, one from a municipality with a population of over twenty thousand (20,000) persons but less than sixty thousand (60,000), and one from a municipality with a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) persons; one shall be a member of the state senate, appointed by the president of the senate, and one shall be a member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker, and one shall be a minimum housing official in office from one of the local municipalities. Within thirty (30) days of May 25, 1988, the governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, two (2) residents of the state who shall be persons with disabilities as defined in § 28-5-6(4), one of whom shall be appointed for a term of one year, and one of whom shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. Within thirty (30) days of May 25, 1988, the governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, one landscape architect in the state who shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.

   (b) All members, except members of the state senate and the members of the house of representatives shall have no less than five (5) years practical experience in his or her profession or business. The committee shall elect its own chairperson, and adopt rules and regulations for procedure. The state building commissioner shall serve as the executive secretary to the committee. The committee shall have the power, within the limits of appropriations provided therefor, to employ such assistance as may be necessary to conduct business.

   The state housing and property maintenance code subcommittee shall be composed of nine (9) members, residents of the state. Five (5) of these members are to be current members of the state building code standards committee and are to be appointed by that committee. The four (4) remaining members are to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The four (4) appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall initially be appointed on a staggered term basis, one for one year, one for two (2) years, and two (2) for three (3) years. Annually thereafter, the building code standards committee, and the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the subcommittee members, for which they are respectively responsible, to succeed those whose terms have expired; the members to serve for terms of three (3) years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Of the members appointed by the committee one shall be a full-time certified electrical inspector; one shall be a master plumber and mechanical equipment expert, one shall be a builder or superintendent of building construction, one member shall be a qualified state fire code official, one shall be a property manager, and one shall be a current minimum housing official from a local municipality. The four (4) members to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall all be current minimum housing officials from local municipalities. One shall be from a municipality with a population of sixty thousand (60,000) persons or more, two (2) from municipalities with a population of over twenty thousand (20,000) persons but less than sixty thousand (60,000), and one from a municipality with a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) persons.