§ 42-98-6 - Holding over in office. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 42-98-6

   § 42-98-6  Holding over in office. –When the term of office of a member of the siting board expires or otherwiseterminates, and that person has participated in hearing all or a substantialpart of the evidence in a proceeding before the board, that person shall remaina member of the siting board for the sole purpose of completing the hearing anddeciding the matter pending and signing the findings, orders, and judgments inthe proceeding. For these services, the person shall be paid necessary expensesas fixed by the siting board as composed following the expiration of thatperson's term of office. For this purpose, a proceeding shall be deemedcompleted when the siting board enters its final decision therein regardless ofwhether that decision is or may be appealed to the supreme court and the caseremanded to the siting board for further proceedings.