AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Provides the general assembly make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency to assist with emergency communications during major or multiple emergency incidents.)

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Introduced By:
Representatives Cortvriend, and McGaw

Date Introduced:
February 06, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Chapter 30-15 of the General Laws entitled "Emergency Management" is
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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
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30-15-46. Funding to support mutual aid control centers.

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(a) The general assembly shall make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty
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thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency in the executive
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department and created pursuant to the provisions of §30-15-5, to assist with emergency
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communications during major or multiple emergency incidents or when a community has
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exhausted its emergency resources and has requested assistance by the control centers under their
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mutual aid agreement.
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(b) These funds shall be distributed annually as follows:
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(1) An amount of not less than twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) to the
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communities designated as metro control, east bay control, northern control, and southern control;
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and
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(2) An amount of not less than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) to the
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communities designated as back-up control centers.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
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This act would require the general assembly to make an annual appropriation of not less
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than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency to assist
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with emergency communications during major or multiple emergency incidents.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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