§ 23-19-8. Employment of executive director and support services — Books and records.
(a) The commissioners shall employ an executive director who shall administer, manage, and direct the offices and business of the corporation, subject to the policies, control, and direction of the commissioners. The commissioners may employ technical experts and other officers, agents, and staff, and fix their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The executive director and the technical experts, officers, agents, and staff and attorneys so employed shall not be subject to the provisions of the classified service. The board of commissioners may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees those administrative duties that it may deem proper to accomplish its purposes. The corporation may request that the director of the department of environmental management provide within the department of environmental management facilities, administrative support, staff services, and any other services that shall be necessary for the proper performance of the powers and duties of the corporation.
(b) The executive director shall also be the secretary and shall keep a record of the proceedings of the corporation and shall be custodian of all books, documents, and papers filed with the corporation and of its minutes, books, and seal. The executive director shall have the authority to cause to be made copies of all minutes and other records and documents of the corporation, and to give certificate under the seal of the corporation that the copies are true copies and all persons dealing with the corporation may rely upon the certificate, except in the case where a secretary’s certificate is required to attest to an action of the executive director, in which instance the deputy executive director shall have the authority to give certificate under the seal of the corporation as secretary.
History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 182, § 6; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 7: G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-19-8; P.L. 1998, ch. 277, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 341, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
Section 23-19-1. - Short title.
Section 23-19-1.1. - Mission statement.
Section 23-19-2. - Legislative findings.
Section 23-19-3. - Declaration of policy.
Section 23-19-4. - Legislative purposes of Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation.
Section 23-19-5. - Definitions.
Section 23-19-7. - Commissioners — Oath of office — Conflict of interest.
Section 23-19-8. - Employment of executive director and support services — Books and records.
Section 23-19-9. - Purposes of the corporation.
Section 23-19-10. - General powers and duties.
Section 23-19-10.1. - Construction of gas pipelines.
Section 23-19-10.2. - Solid waste disposal facilities — Sites — Eminent domain.
Section 23-19-10.3. - Highway construction — Eminent domain.
Section 23-19-11. - Planning requirements.
Section 23-19-11.1. - Initial resource recovery system development plan.
Section 23-19-11.2. - Improvements of the central landfill.
Section 23-19-11.3. - Central landfill — Water quality and public health.
Section 23-19-11.4. - Initial resource recovery facilities.
Section 23-19-13. - Municipal participation in state program.
Section 23-19-13.2. - Disposal of infectious and pathological waste.
Section 23-19-13.3. - Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts.
Section 23-19-13.5. - Interim rates.
Section 23-19-13.6. - Cover materials not permitted.
Section 23-19-14. - Bonds and notes of the corporation.
Section 23-19-15. - Short term notes.
Section 23-19-16. - Security for bonds or notes.
Section 23-19-17. - Capital reserve funds and appropriations.
Section 23-19-18. - Trust funds.
Section 23-19-19. - Remedies of bondholders and noteholders.
Section 23-19-20. - Pledge of the state.
Section 23-19-21. - Credit of state not pledged.
Section 23-19-22. - Notes and bonds as legal investments.
Section 23-19-24. - Reporting requirements.
Section 23-19-24.1. - Solid waste diversion — Economic impact and strategies reporting.
Section 23-19-25. - Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.
Section 23-19-26. - Tax exemption.
Section 23-19-27. - Severability.
Section 23-19-28. - Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.
Section 23-19-28.1. - Procedures to enforcement.
Section 23-19-29. - Liberal construction.
Section 23-19-30. - State central landfill — Annual liquid waste or sludge analysis.
Section 23-19-31. - Recycling facility at central landfill.
Section 23-19-32. - Grants-in-aid.
Section 23-19-33. - Bonus incentive program.
Section 23-19-34. - Central landfill buffer zone.
Section 23-19-34.1. - Removal of houses — Buffer zone.
Section 23-19-35. - Central landfill — Adjoining residential property.
Section 23-19-35.1. - Use of acquired property.
Section 23-19-36. - Central landfill — Funds for acquisition.
Section 23-19-37. - Financial accountability.
Section 23-19-38. - Report of the auditor general.
Section 23-19-40. - Utilization of buffer zone — Restrictions.