§ 42-138-2 - Establishment of commission.
SECTION 42-138-2
§ 42-138-2 Establishment of commission.– (a) There is created the State of Rhode Island Abraham Lincoln bicentennialcommission, which shall be associated with the Rhode Island Historical Societyfor administrative purposes. The commission shall be composed of twenty-one(21) members, as follows:
(1) Two (2) members of the house of representatives, not morethan one from the same political party appointed by the speaker of the house;
(2) Two (2) members of the senate, not more than one from thesame political party appointed by the president of the senate;
(3) One member from the Rhode Island Council on theHumanities, appointed by the executive director of the council;
(4) One member from the Rhode Island economic developmentcorporation, appointed by the executive director;
(5) One member from the Rhode Island Historical Society,appointed by the executive director of that organization;
(6) One member from the historical preservation and heritagecommission, appointed by the executive director of the commission;
(7) One member from the Rhode Island state council on thearts, appointed by the executive director;
(8) One member from the Heritage Harbor Museum, appointed bythe executive director of the museum;
(9) One member from the Rhode Island Civil Rights Roundtable,appointed by the executive director of that organization;
(10) One member from the Lincoln Group of Boston, appointedby the president of that organization;
(11) One member from the Abraham Lincoln bicentennialcommission established by the United States Congress, appointed by theconcurrence of the chairs of that commission;
(12) One member from the board of regents for elementary andsecondary education, appointed by the chairperson of the board;
(13) One member from the board of governors for highereducation, appointed by the chairperson of the board;
(14) One member from the John Hay Library of SpecialCollections at Brown University which houses the McLellan Lincoln Collection,appointed by the president of Brown University;
(15) One member from the Providence Chapter of the NAACP,appointed by the executive director of that organization; and
(16) Four (4) public members from the state at large with ademonstrated interest in history and substantial knowledge and appreciation ofAbraham Lincoln, appointed by the governor.
(b) The chair of the commission shall be elected from amongthe membership by the commission members.