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Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act, 2024 P.L. Ch. 67 & 68 Pursuant to the recently-enacted Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act, 2024 P.L. Ch. 67 & 68, the Department of Business Regulation will begin licensing retailers, sales representatives, and other entities involved with the sale or lease of residential solar energy systems on March 1, 2025. The Department is currently preparing regulations and guidance necessary to implement the provisions of this Act. If you have any questions or complaints relating to the regulation of solar retailers, please email the Department at DBR.Solar@dbr.ri.gov. Stay tuned for further updates.
Boards and Commissions Boards and Commissions at the Department of Business Regulation (DBR) post all public meeting agendas and minutes on the website of the Rhode Island Secretary of State. Please review and click on the below link to the Secretary of State’s website to review its agenda, minutes and information regarding upcoming meetings. In addition, you may click on the applicable links below to the Rhode Island General Laws (RIGL) to search the Board or Commission in which you have an interest and to review the underlying statutory authority for each Board or Commission. https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/openmeetings Auto Collision Repair Licensing Advisory Board Statutory Authority RIGL 5-38-2: § 5-38-2 - Duties of department of business regulation. Board of Accountancy Statutory Authority RIGL 5-3.1-4: § 5-3.1-4 - Board of accountancy. Board of Examination and Registration of Architects Statutory Authority RIGL 5-1-3: § 5-1-3 Board - Membership - Appointments and term. Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects Statutory Authority RIGL 5-51-2: § 5-51-2 Board - Creation - Composition - Appointment, terms, and qualifications of members - Duties - Compensation. Board of Registration for Professional Engineers Statutory Authority RIGL 5-8-3: § 5-8-3 Board - Creation - Duties - Composition - Appointments - Terms Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors Statutory Authority RIGL 5-8.1-5: § 5-8.1-5 Board of registration for professional land surveyors - Membership, appointments, terms, and vacancies Certified Constables' Board Statutory Authority RIGL 9-5-10.6 Certified Constables' Board Real Estate Appraisers Board Statutory Authority RIGL 5-20.7-4: § 5-20.7-4 Creation of board - Composition - Appointment, terms and compensation of members. Real Estate Commission Statutory Authority RIGL 5-20.5 § 5-20.5-12 Creation of board - Composition - Appointment, terms and compensation of members