R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-3.2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-3.2
§ 45-2-3.2. Availability of funds upon failure of city or town to approve annual appropriation.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided by a city or town charter, in an emergency caused by a failure of a city or town to approve an annual appropriation measure, the same amounts appropriated in the previous fiscal year shall be available for each department and division thereof, subject to monthly or quarterly allotments, in accordance with seasonal requirements, as determined by the city or towns chief financial officer; provided, that expenditures for payment of bonded indebtedness of the city or town and interest thereon shall be in such amounts as may be required, regardless of whether or not an annual appropriation ordinance is enacted by the city or town council.

(b) Whenever a state and local emergency is declared pursuant to §§ 30-15-9 and 30-15-12(b) that prevents a city, town, or fire district from approving an annual appropriation measure and tax levy to fund such appropriation in accordance with their city, town, or fire district charter, the city, town, or fire district, notwithstanding any city, town, or fire district charter provision to the contrary, may adopt an annual appropriation and tax levy or take any other action normally required at a financial town meeting or financial town referendum, by the governing body of the city or town through passage of a resolution or ordinance in the following manner:

(1) By continuing the city, town, or fire districts prior annual fiscal year appropriation measure and aggregate tax levy not exceeding the total levy of the prior fiscal year to support such annual appropriation; provided, that the appropriation and levy shall not extend beyond a city, town, or fire districts fiscal year as defined by the city, town, or district charter;

(i) Any partial levy adopted for a period of less than one fiscal year shall be credited against the final levy adopted by the city, town, or fire district in accordance with this section or the provisions as set forth in the city, town, or fire district charter.

(ii) If a city or town has conducted a revaluation of property pursuant to § 44-5-11.6, the city or town may use the property values of the most recent revaluation; provided, that the aggregate tax levy does not exceed the total levy of the prior fiscal year.

(2) By the adoption and passage of a new annual appropriation and tax levy by the city, town, or fire districts governing body; provided, that levy shall be subject to all of the provisions of § 44-5-2.

(c) Prior to the adoption of any appropriation or levy pursuant to subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section or conducting any business normally taken at a financial town meeting or financial town referendum, the governing body of the city, town, or fire district shall conduct a public hearing on the proposal or business to be considered. The public hearing may be conducted in any manner, including electronically or virtually, that enables public comment and participation. Notice of the public hearing shall be given by publication of a display advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, town, or fire district and by posting of the notice on the website if available, of the municipality or fire district at least ten (10) days before the date of the public hearing. The notice shall state the date and time of the public hearing and the methods of means of participation whether in person, virtually, and/or by submission of written comments.

(d) The chief executive officer of a city, town, or fire district shall have the power to, by executive order, extend, move, or continue any and all budget adoption procedures, including the date of any financial town meeting or financial town referendum, as set forth in any city, town, or fire district charter, until such time as the declared state or municipal emergency is lifted or expires.

(e) Any tax levy adopted pursuant to subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section shall be subject to all of the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-17 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-9 / Section 45-9-17
§ 45-9-17. Severability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions are held unconstitutional or invalid for any other reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all steps shall be taken which are necessary to meet constitutional requirements whether or not the steps are required by this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-37 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-37
§ 45-2-37. Town of Middletown  Municipal court.
Status: in_force

(a) The town council of the town of Middletown may establish a municipal court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housing ordinances of the town and any violation of the provisions of chapter 24.3 of this title, entitled the Rhode Island Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code; provided, however, that any defendant found guilty of any offense, excluding violation of the minimum housing ordinances or chapter 24.3 within the jurisdiction of the court, may within seven (7) days of conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the superior court for Newport county and be entitled in the latter court to a trial de novo; and provided further, however, that any defendant found guilty of any violation of a minimum housing ordinance or of chapter 24.3, may, within seven (7) days of the conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the second division of the district court and be entitled to a trial de novo in accordance with §§ 8-8-3(a)(4) and 8-8-3.2.

(b) With respect to violations of either municipal ordinances dealing with minimum housing or chapter 24.3 of this title dealing with housing maintenance and occupancy, the town council may also confer upon the municipal court, in furtherance of the courts jurisdiction, the power to proceed according to equity:

(1) To restrain, prevent, enjoin, abate, or correct a violation;

(2) To order the repair, vacation, or demolition of any dwelling existing in violation; or

(3) To otherwise compel compliance with all of the provisions of the ordinances and statutes.

(c) The town council of the town of Middletown is authorized and empowered to appoint a judge of the municipal court. The town council of that town is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances governing the personnel, operation, and procedure to be followed in the court and to establish a schedule of fees and costs, and to otherwise provide for the operation and management of the court. The municipal court may impose a sentence not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail and impose a fine of not in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. The court is empowered to administer oaths; compel the attendance of witnesses and punish persons for contempt; and to execute search warrants to the extent the warrants could be executed by a judge of the district court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-10.3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-10.3
§ 45-25-10.3. City of Cranston housing authority.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 45-25-10, commencing January 1, 2001, the housing authority of the city of Cranston is expanded in size from five (5) members to seven (7) members. The two (2) additional members shall be residents of public housing facilities in the city of Cranston. Each shall be appointed for a three (3) year term by the mayor who shall make the appointments from a list of persons nominated from the residents. The residents of each public housing facility shall by election nominate two (2) residents of that facility to the list every three (3) years, and the residents so elected to the housing authority shall each serve for three (3) years; provided, that no member of the housing authority shall serve more than three (3) consecutive three (3) year terms.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-1
§ 45-4-1. Officers to be elected.
Status: in_force

(a) The electors in each town shall, on their town election days, choose and elect as many town officers as are required by the laws of the state; that is to say, a moderator to preside in all the meetings of the town, and a town clerk, a town council to consist of not less than three (3) nor more than seven (7) members, a town treasurer, a town sergeant, a town sealer of weights and measures, one or more auctioneers, a number of assessors of taxes, not less than three (3) nor more than seven (7), as may be deemed necessary, one or more collectors of taxes, one or more corders of wood, one or more packers of fish, one or more poundkeepers, one sealer of leather, and as many constables, directors of public welfare, viewers of fences, gaugers of casks, and other officers as are required by law in the town and as each or any town has occasion for, including persons to superintend the building of chimneys and placing of stoves and stovepipes; provided, that in the town of East Greenwich no constables shall be elected under the provisions of this section.

(b) It is further provided that in the town of Burrillville no corders of wood, packers of fish, sealers of leather, gaugers of casks, and persons to superintend the building of chimneys and placing of stoves and stovepipes shall be elected under the provisions of this section.

(c) It is further provided that in the town of Exeter, no tax collector shall be elected under the provisions of this section. The town council of the town of Exeter shall amend the Exeter town ordinances to provide for and entitle the town council to appoint a tax collector who shall serve at the pleasure of the town council and who may be removed for cause shown pursuant to § 44-7-5. Qualifications for the position shall be set by the town council and compensation paid as approved by the town financial meeting. The tax collector shall perform all duties previously required of the elected tax collector in the town of Exeter and any other duties required by law.

(d) It is further provided that in the town of North Kingstown, no fence viewer shall be elected or appointed under the provisions of this section.

(e) It is further provided that in the town of North Kingstown, no sealer of weights and measures shall be elected or appointed under the provisions of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-4.3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-4.3
§ 45-12-4.3. Borrowing in anticipation of water and sewer tax and user charge revenue.
Status: in_force

Any city or town, by resolution of its city or town council, may authorize the issuance of notes in any fiscal year in anticipation of the receipt of water and sewer tax and user charge revenues, in a principal amount which, together with any money borrowed in anticipation of these revenues in any prior fiscal year that remains unpaid, shall not exceed in the aggregate eighty percent (80%) of the total amount of those revenues due or expected to be received during the fiscal year, as estimated by the director of finance or treasurer. Notes issued under this section are payable within one year from their dates and may be refunded; provided, that the period from the date of an original note to the maturity of any note issued to refund the same debt does exceed one year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-57-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-57 / Section 45-57-4
§ 45-57-4. Governing board  Elections  Officers.
Status: in_force

(a) The electors of the district shall at annual meetings elect a board of directors comprised of seven (7) electors of the district, and then shall elect from the duly elected directors a president, a vice president, a treasurer and a secretary.

(b) The directors shall serve for two year terms, and shall serve without compensation. No more than one elector from any lot of record may serve as a director at the same time.

(c) The board of directors constitute the governing board of the district, and the duties of the board are prescribed in this chapter, and may be further defined by the bylaws of the district consistent with this chapter.

(d) Any vacancy that may occur in the board of directors between annual meetings will be filled by some elector to be chosen by the other members of the board of directors to hold office until the next annual meeting, at which time the vacancy must be filled by a vote of the electors.

(e) The electors of the district may, at any meeting, adopt and ordain bylaws, and, from time to time, rescind or amend the bylaws, as they deem necessary and proper for the purposes of this chapter and not repugnant to this chapter and not inconsistent with any other law; provided that the electors may appoint such committees as they may deem necessary, and may fix the compensation, if any, of all agents and employees of the district.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-27 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-27
§ 45-25-27. Powers supplemental.
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by §§ 45-25-16  45-25-19 and §§ 45-25-24  45-25-26 are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-27-20 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-27 / Section 45-27-20
§ 45-27-20. Security for deposits by authority.
Status: in_force

The authority may by resolution provide that:

(1) All moneys deposited by it are secured by obligations of the United States or of the state, of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposits, or

(2) By any securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds within their control or by an undertaking with sureties approved by the authority, faithfully to keep and pay over, upon the order of the authority, those deposits and agreed interest. All banks and trust companies are authorized to give security for those deposits.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-14-1.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-14 / Section 45-14-1.1
§ 45-14-1.1. Recording of sewer system.
Status: in_force

Starting on January 1, 2012, all cities and towns that own, operate, manage or control a sewer system shall require as-built drawings and plans on any new sewer main extension to be submitted to the sewer authority. In addition, an as-built record drawing and plans shall be submitted to the sewer authority for any sewer main upgrade or repair that deviates in horizontal or vertical alignment from the existing sewer main horizontal or vertical alignment. The preparation and submission of such as-built drawings and plans shall be the responsibility of the person that each city and town has designated either by ordinance or by contract. All cities and towns shall determine the form in which such drawings and plans shall be submitted.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-26 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-26
§ 45-32-26. Resolution of necessity for acquisition.
Status: in_force

The necessity for the acquisition of real property, estate, or interest in it shall be conclusively presumed upon the adoption by the agency of a resolution which shall:

(1) Contain a description of the real property or any estate or interest in it sufficient in detail to permit an identification.

(2) Declare that the acquisition of the real property or any estate or interest in it is in the public interest and necessary for the public use.

(3) State that the real property or any estate or interest in it is included in a redevelopment project approved under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-44-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-44 / Section 45-44-9
§ 45-44-9. Compensation of board members  Secretary.
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall receive no compensation and shall, by majority vote, appoint a secretary of the board.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-20-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-20 / Section 45-20-3
§ 45-20-3. Other remedies unaffected.
Status: in_force

The remedy for review provided in this chapter is not exclusive of any other remedy or procedure otherwise available.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-34 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-34
§ 45-25-34. Employees of city housing authorities.
Status: in_force

Any housing authority as defined by the provisions of this chapter may elect to accept the provisions of chapter 21 of this title entitled Retirement of Municipal Employees by resolution adopted by the commissioners of the authority, the acceptance to be forwarded to the retirement board by the authority in the same manner as provided in § 45-21-4.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-49-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-49 / Section 45-49-4
§ 45-49-4. Transportation.
Status: in_force

(a) Any school district may elect to provide transportation to any child attending grades kindergarten through grade eight (8), between the school the child attends and a before or after school licensed child care location. School districts which elect to provide transportation between schools and licensed child care locations are eligible to receive state reimbursement for transportation under the state school aid program. School districts shall promulgate policies and procedures to govern any transportation program which they elect to provide.

(b) The department of elementary and secondary education shall urge all local school districts to ascertain the numbers of their students going to after school child care programs and investigate the feasibility of transporting children to licensed or certified child care providers within their district and within their established busing policy.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-27-18 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-27 / Section 45-27-18
§ 45-27-18. Validation of previous acts.
Status: in_force

(a) All proceedings, acts, and things undertaken or done before March 8, 1943, in or for the authorization, issuance, execution, sale, and delivery of notes and bonds by housing authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the development or construction of a housing project or projects, are hereby validated and declared legal in all respects.

(b) Any payments to public bodies in the state made by a housing authority before March 8, 1943, are validated and declared legal in all respects, and a housing authority is authorized to make payments to public bodies in the state in those amounts as it finds desirable, notwithstanding any statutory limitation on the amount of those payments.

(c) All notes and bonds issued by housing authorities before March 8, 1943, are validated and declared legal in all respects.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-41-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-41 / Section 45-41-5
§ 45-41-5. Expenses of operation.
Status: in_force

The city or town councils may, in their discretion, authorize the city or town treasurers to expend out of the funds moneys that may be necessary for any expenses of self insurance including administrative, legal, or other service expenses.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-24 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-24
§ 45-21-24. Adjustment of disability allowances on return to work  Discontinuance for refusal to submit to examination.
Status: in_force

(a) Should the beneficiary be engaged in a gainful occupation or should the beneficiary be offered service as a result of the placing of his or her name on a list of candidates, the retirement board shall adjust, and from time to time readjust, the amount of his or her disability allowance to an amount which, when added to the amount of compensation then earnable by the beneficiary, shall not exceed the rate of earnable compensation currently in force for the classification that the disability annuitant held prior to retirement.

(b) Should any disability annuitant under the minimum age of retirement refuse to submit to a medical examination in any year by a physician or physicians designated by the retirement board, the annuitants retirement allowance may be discontinued until the annuitants withdrawal of the refusal, and should the annuitants refusal continue for one year after a request has been made, all the annuitants rights in and to the retirement allowance may be revoked by the retirement board. A disability annuitant, reinstated to active service, shall be reinstated as a member and participate in the benefits of the retirement system to the same extent as any other member.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-35-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-35 / Section 45-35-1
§ 45-35-1. Authority to create commission  Purpose.
Status: in_force

City or town councils have the authority to create a commission, to be called the conservation commission, the purpose of which is to promote and develop the natural resources, protect the watershed resources, and preserve natural esthetic areas within municipalities. The commission shall conduct researches into its local land areas and seek to coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes, and may advertise, prepare, print, and distribute books, maps, charts, plans, and pamphlets which in its judgment it deems necessary for its work. It shall make and keep an index of all open spaces within the city or town, publicly or privately owned, including open marshlands, swamps, and other wetlands for the purpose of obtaining information on the proper use of those areas. It may recommend to municipal councils, boards, or agencies, a program for the better promotion, development, utilization, or preservation of open areas, streams, shores, wooded areas, roadsides, swamps, marshlands, and natural esthetic areas. It shall keep accurate records of its meetings and actions and file an annual report. It has power to appoint, subject to any personnel procurement program ordained by the city or town, clerks and other employees it may from time to time require.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-8
§ 45-5-8. Suspension or removal of surveyor of highways.
Status: in_force

In case of the incapacity of any surveyor of highways, or of any tyrannical and unwarrantable exercise by the surveyor of the powers of his or her office, the town council may, after giving the surveyor notice that the council deems reasonable, either suspend or altogether remove the surveyor from his or her office and appoint another in his or her place.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-62-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-62 / Section 45-62-5
§ 45-62-5. Indemnification.
Status: in_force

Any elected or appointed district official, employee, or member of the district is entitled to all the rights and benefits of indemnification, as provided by § 45-15-16.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-11 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-9 / Section 45-9-11
§ 45-9-11. Expenditures in excess of appropriations prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) No official of a city, town, or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer, budget commission, or receiver, except in the case of an emergency involving the health and safety of the people or the peoples property declared by the city or town council or fire district governing body, shall knowingly expend, or cause to be expended, in any fiscal year any sum in excess of that officials departmental or other governmental units appropriation duly made in accordance with the law, nor commit the city, town, or fire district, nor cause it to be committed, to any obligation for the future payment of money in excess of that appropriation, with the exception of court judgments.

(b) An official who intentionally violates this section shall be personally liable to the city, town, or fire district for any amounts expended in excess of an appropriation to the extent that the city, town, or fire district does not recover such amounts from the person or persons to whom such amounts were paid and shall not be indemnified by the city, town, or fire district for any such amounts. The superior court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate claims brought by the city, town, or fire district, or on the citys, towns, or fire districts behalf by a budget commission established under this chapter, and to order relief that the court finds appropriate to prevent further violations of this section. A violation of this section shall be sufficient cause for removal.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the word official shall mean a city, town, or fire district department head, permanent, temporary, or acting, including the superintendent of schools, and all members of municipal boards, committees, including the school committee, and commissions that recommend, authorize, or approve the expenditure of funds, and the word emergency shall mean a major disaster, including, but not limited to, flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm or other catastrophe, whether natural or otherwise, that poses an unexpected and immediate threat to the health and safety of persons or property.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-40-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-40 / Section 45-40-2
§ 45-40-2. Membership.
Status: in_force

The commission shall consist of four (4) to seven (7) members appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council, or by the town council, or by any authority designated in its city or town charter. The members of the commission are appointed for three (3) year terms, except that the initial appointments are for less than three (3) years to the end that the initial appointments are staggered and so that all subsequent vacancies do not occur at the same time. In the event of a vacancy, interim appointments may be made by the appointing authority to complete the unexpired term of the position. Of the members, two (2) shall be members of the city or town council, one shall be a member of the school committee, one shall be a fiscal or budget officer of the municipality, and the remaining members shall be residents of the municipality.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-37-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-37 / Section 45-37-6
§ 45-37-6. No authority to operate as a business.
Status: in_force

Neither the state nor any municipality has the power to operate an industrial facility owned by it as a business or in any manner except as its lessor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-68 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-68
§ 45-24-68. Appeals  Decisions and records of zoning board of review.
Status: in_force

In exercising its powers the zoning board of review may, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, reverse or affirm wholly or partly and may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may make any orders, requirements, decisions, or determinations that ought to be made, and to that end has the powers of the officer from whom the appeal was taken. All decisions and records of the zoning board of review respecting appeals shall conform to the provisions of § 45-24-61.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-44-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-44 / Section 45-44-5
§ 45-44-5. Conditional deed.
Status: in_force

Upon the approval of an applicant, as provided in § 45-44-11, the city or town shall execute a conditional deed to the assigned parcel to the applicant. Provided, that if the parcel to be conveyed is unimproved, the city or town may execute a deed conveying fee simple title to the applicant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-6 / Section 45-6-9
§ 45-6-9. Shut off of water supply for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments.
Status: in_force

(a) The Woonsocket city council is authorized to enact an ordinance to terminate the water supply service of any person assessed by the city of Woonsocket for water service for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments. The ordinance provides for the notification of the user of termination in the manner prescribed in the rules and regulations governing the termination of water services as issued by the division of public utilities and carriers.

(b) The ordinance may provide for the assessment of any fees, charges and assessments affiliated with the shut off and restoration of service.

(c) When service is provided to a residence occupied by a tenant, the tenant may, after paying the fees, charges and assessments in order to restore or prevent termination of service, deduct the amount paid from the rent due the landlord. The tenant shall provide the landlord with a copy of the receipt from the city when making a deduction from the rent.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-41-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-41 / Section 45-41-2
§ 45-41-2. Amount of fund.
Status: in_force

Self insurance funds may be established to insure the assets and liabilities of a city or town, not otherwise insured, to the extent determined by the city or town councils; provided, that these funds not exceed five percent (5%) of the total assessed valuation of real estate and tangible personal property in the cities or towns.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-41-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-41 / Section 45-41-4
§ 45-41-4. Investment of fund.
Status: in_force

(a) Moneys in the funds currently not needed to meet expenses and obligations of self insurance shall be deposited in a depository bank as designated by the city or town councils to the credit of the funds or may be invested by the city or town treasurers, with the approval of the city or town councils, in savings accounts or certificates of commercial or savings banks or trust companies, or in obligations of the United States or its agencies, or in any other short term investments, as would be made by prudent men or women of discretion and intelligence.

(b) Investment earnings of the funds are deemed receipts and become assets of the funds subject to the nonlapsing, revolving provisions of § 45-41-3.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-43-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-43 / Section 45-43-2
§ 45-43-2. Membership.
Status: in_force

Membership of the council consists of three (3) representatives from each city or town entering into the agreement. The three (3) regular members from each city and town are as follows:

(1) The chief executive or administrative head of the city or town.

(2) The council president or designee of the city or town.

(3) A third elected or appointed official in the city or town designated by the first two (2) regular members.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-20 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-20
§ 45-4-20. Combination of voting districts for 2019 special town council election in the town of Barrington.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary and solely for purposes of a 2019 special town council election, only the Barrington board of canvassers shall combine all town council districts into one voting district.

(b) Once the voting districts are combined, as provided in subsection (a), the local board shall advertise this one-time-only combination of districts, in a newspaper of general circulation in the town, no less than seven (7) days prior to the special election.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-30-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-30 / Section 45-30-9
§ 45-30-9. Determination of housing shortage by council.
Status: in_force

A housing authority may function upon a finding or determination by the governing body (which finding or determination is in lieu of any finding or determination required by the Housing Authorities Law, chapters 25  27 of this title, and is conclusive in any suit, action, or proceeding) that there exists or impends in the locality an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings available to persons engaged in national defense activities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-15 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-15
§ 45-29-15. Agreement between city and authority as to payments to city.
Status: in_force

An authority may petition the city which created it to institute proceedings under the provisions of §§ 45-29-13  45-29-32 to acquire property described in the petition which the authority certifies to be necessary for a project. If the petition is acted upon favorably by the city, there shall be a definite agreement entered into between the city and the authority in which shall be stated the amount to be paid by the authority to the city for the property, or in lieu of that, that the authority shall pay to the city all sums expended or required to be expended by the city in the acquisition of the property, and may require that the city receive, before proceeding with the acquisition of the property, assurances as to payment of reimbursement by the authority or otherwise as the city may deem advisable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-12 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-12
§ 45-21-12. Statements as to prior service.
Status: in_force

Under the rules and regulations that the retirement board adopts, each member who was an employee on or prior to the effective date of participation of the municipality by which the member is employed, and who became a member within the first year following that date, shall file a detailed statement of all service rendered by him or her as an employee prior to that date, whether the service is in an appointive or elective capacity, for which the employee claims credit, and of any other facts that the retirement board requires for the proper operation of the retirement system.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-58 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-58
§ 45-24-58. Administration  Application procedure.
Status: in_force

The zoning ordinance shall establish the various application procedures necessary for the filing of appeals, requests for variances, special-use permits, development plan reviews, and other applications that may be specified in the zoning ordinance as allowed by this chapter, with the zoning board of review, consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The zoning ordinance shall provide for the creation of appropriate forms, and for the submission and resubmission requirements, for each type of application required. A zoning ordinance may establish that a time period of a certain number of months is required to pass before a successive similar application may be filed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-16
§ 45-2-16. Naming of city or town constructions.
Status: in_force

Every city or town has the exclusive right, power, and authority to name any and all city or town sponsored projects, including, but not limited to, buildings, bridges, edifices, and any and all other construction or erection sponsored by the town or city and also including all projects constructed or erected pursuant to authority extended to municipal committees of city or town government, including, but not limited to, school committees or housing authorities. Each city and town may select committees through their representative councils for the purpose of determining the name to be selected.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-31-28 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-31 / Section 45-31-28
§ 45-31-28. Relocation payments authorized under federally assisted programs.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 45-31-26 and 45-31-27, every redevelopment agency created pursuant to § 45-31-9, as amended, has the power to make relocation payments under federally assisted programs undertaken by those agencies pursuant to the terms of title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, after January 2, 1971 [mostly omitted by 42 U.S.C. § 5316, which terminated the authority to make most grants or loans after January 1, 1975; see, however, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1452b, 1452c]; these payments may be made upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the agency of eligibility in accordance with the terms and in the amounts specified for moving and related expenses, replacement housing for homeowners, tenants and certain others, and losses resulting from relocation, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of that act entitled An Act to Provide for Uniform and Equitable Treatment of Persons Displaced From Their Homes, Business, or Farms by Federal or Federally Assisted Programs and to Establish Uniform and Equitable Land Acquisition Policies for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs enacted as Public Law 91-646, 91st congress [42 U.S.C. §§ 4621  4638], effective January 2, 1971.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-44 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-44
§ 45-23-44. General provisions  Physical design requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) All local regulations shall specify, through reasonable, objective standards and criteria, all physical design requirements for subdivisions and land-development projects that are to be reviewed and approved pursuant to the regulations. Regulations shall specify all requirements and policies for subdivisions and land-development projects that are not contained in the municipalitys zoning ordinance.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict a municipalitys right, within state and local regulations, to establish its own minimum lot size per zoning district in its town or city.

(c) The slope of land shall not be excluded from the calculation of the buildable lot area or the minimum lot size, or in the calculation of the number of buildable lots or units.

(d) Wetland buffers, as defined in § 2-1-20, shall be included in the calculation of a minimum lot area and in the total number of square feet or acres of a tract or parcel of land before calculating the maximum potential number of units or lots for development; provided, however, that this shall not apply to lots directly abutting surface reservoirs with direct withdrawals used for public drinking water. Nothing herein changes the definition and applicability of a buildable lot as set forth under § 45-23-60(a)(4); and nothing herein permits the disturbance of wetlands or wetland buffers or otherwise alters the provisions of the freshwater wetlands act, § 2-1-18 et seq.

(e) The requirements and policies may include, but are not limited to: requirements and policies for rights-of-way, open space, landscaping, connections of proposed streets and drainage systems with those of the surrounding neighborhood; public access through property to adjacent public property; and the relationship of proposed developments to natural and man-made features of the surrounding neighborhood.

(f) The regulations shall specify all necessary findings, formulas for calculations, and procedures for meeting the requirements and policies. These requirements and policies apply to all subdivisions and land development projects reviewed and/or administered under the local regulations.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-26-12 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-26 / Section 45-26-12
§ 45-26-12. Housing for people who are elderly  Disabled veterans.
Status: in_force

Every person, regardless of sex, who was disabled while serving in the military or naval service of the United States in the Spanish American war, the insurrection in the Philippines, the China relief expedition, World War I, World War II, or in any conflict or war, whether declared or undeclared, and who was honorably discharged, or who was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, or who, if not discharged, served honorably, shall, if that person meets all other qualifications in his or her application for placement in a public housing for people who are elderly project, be the first to be provided any available accommodations in a project regardless of any other prior applications.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-55-13.2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-55 / Section 45-55-13.2
§ 45-55-13.2. Exclusion of multi-cities or towns energy aggregation programs.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to entities organized for the purpose of negotiating the purchase of electric power pursuant to § 39-3-1.1, or energy or energy related services. Those entities are exempt from all provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-63 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-63
§ 45-2-63. Town of Richmond  Municipal court.
Status: in_force

(a) The town council of the town of Richmond may establish a municipal court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving violation of the town of Richmond code of ordinances, including any minimum housing ordinances of the town, and violations of the provisions of chapter 24.3 of this title, entitled the Rhode Island housing maintenance and occupancy code; provided, however, that any defendant found guilty of any violation of the Richmond code of ordinances, excluding any minimum housing ordinances, may, within seven (7) days of conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the superior court for Washington County and be entitled in the latter court to a trial de novo; and, provided further, however, that any defendant found guilty of any violation of any minimum housing ordinances or of chapter 45-23.3 may, within seven (7) days of the conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the fourth division of the district court and be entitled to a trial de novo in accordance with §§ 8-8-3(a)(4) and 8-8-3.2.

(b) With respect to violations of any minimum housing ordinance and violations of chapter 24.3 et seq. of this title dealing with housing maintenance and occupancy, the town council may also confer upon the municipal court, in furtherance of the courts jurisdiction, the power to proceed according to equity:

(1) To restrain, prevent, enjoin, abate, or correct a violation;

(2) To order the repair, vacation, or demolition of any dwelling existing in violation; and

(3) To otherwise compel compliance with all of the provisions of the ordinances and statutes.

(c) The municipal court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Rhode Island traffic tribunal to hear and adjudicate those violations enumerated in § 8-18-3. Adjudication of summons by the municipal court shall be in conformance with § 8-18-4. The municipal court shall hear and decide traffic matters in a manner consistent with the procedures of the traffic tribunal, and shall be subject to review by the chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal in accordance with § 8-18-11. Any person desiring to appeal an adverse decision of the municipal court for violations enumerated in § 8-18-3 may seek review thereof pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 31-41.1-8.

(d) The town council of the town of Richmond is authorized and empowered to appoint a judge and a clerk of the municipal court; to enact ordinances governing the personnel, operation, and procedure to be followed in the court; to establish a schedule of fees and costs; and to otherwise provide for the operation and management of the court. The municipal court may impose a sentence not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail and impose a fine not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) per violation, or both. The court is empowered to administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses, and punish persons for contempt and to execute search warrants to the extent the warrants could be executed by a judge of the district court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-10-13 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-10 / Section 45-10-13
§ 45-10-13. Costs of audits, installation of accounting systems, or other assistance.
Status: in_force

Each town or city for which an audit has been made, a system of accounting installed, or clerical or other assistance furnished, under the provisions of this chapter, shall pay to the general treasurer a sum equal to the actual cost to the state of any of these services as shown by the records of the state director of revenue and certified to by the director to the town or city treasurer and the general treasurer. The payments shall be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the treasurer of the town or city of the certificate of the state director of revenue.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-4
§ 45-25-4. Petition for establishment of authority  Notice of hearing.
Status: in_force

Any twenty-five (25) residents of a city may file a petition with the city clerk stating that there is a need for an authority to function in the city. Upon the filing of the petition, the city clerk shall give notice of the time, place, and purposes of a public hearing at which the council will determine the need for an authority in the city. The notice shall be given at the citys expense by publishing a notice, at least ten (10) days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city or, if there is no newspaper, by posting a notice in at least three (3) public places within the city, at least ten (10) days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-35-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-35 / Section 45-35-2
§ 45-35-2. Appointment of commission members.
Status: in_force

The commission shall consist of three (3) to seven (7) members appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council, or by the town council, or by any authority designated in its city or town charter. The members of the commission shall be appointed for three (3) year terms, except the initial appointments of some of the members shall be for less than three (3) years to the end that the initial appointments shall be staggered and so that all subsequent vacancies shall not reoccur at the same time. In the event of a vacancy, interim appointments may be made by the appointing authority to complete the unexpired term of the position. Duly incorporated and existing wildlife, conservation, sportsmens, horticultural, or like organizations may present to the appointing authority a list of qualified citizens from which lists the appointing authority must select at least three (3) members of the commission and from which list the appointing authority may select the remainder.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-16.2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-16.2
§ 45-21-16.2. Electronic funds transfer.
Status: in_force

All members of the municipal employees retirement system retiring under the provisions of this title on or after July 1, 1998, or joining the system pursuant to § 45-21.4-2 or § 45-21.4-3, are required to participate in electronic funds transfer and to supply the municipal employees retirement system with a bank routing number to effectuate a monthly transfer of benefits.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-1-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-1 / Section 45-1-1
§ 45-1-1. Boundaries remain as established.
Status: in_force

The extent and boundaries of the several cities and towns shall remain as now established by law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-3
§ 45-29-3. Resolution of necessity of acquisition  Statement of compensation estimated as just.
Status: in_force

The necessity for an acquisition as described in § 45-29-2 shall be conclusively presumed upon the adoption by the housing authority of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the land, or interest in it, described in the resolution is in the public interest and necessary for the public use, and that the land, or interest in it, is included in an approved project under the housing authority law. Within six (6) months, the authority shall cause to be filed in the land evidence records of the city, a copy of the resolution of the authority, together with a plat of the land, or interest in it described, and a statement, signed by the chairperson of the authority, that the land, or interest in it, is taken pursuant to the provisions of §§ 45-29-1  45-29-12. Thereupon, the authority shall file in the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest in it lies, a statement of the sum of money estimated by the authority to be just compensation for the land taken.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-3-18 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-3 / Section 45-3-18
§ 45-3-18. Regulation of meeting by moderator.
Status: in_force

Every moderator has the power to manage and regulate the business of each meeting, conforming to law, and to maintain peace and good order at the meeting.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-31.4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-31.4
§ 45-2-31.4. Business registration fee  Town of Richmond.
Status: in_force

(a) Every wholesale, retail, commercial, or manufacturing business located in Richmond, whether a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other business entity, shall register with the town clerk of the town of Richmond. The information provided upon registration shall include the name of the business, the name(s) of the owner, the type of business, the physical address, and the mailing address.

(b) The town council shall have the authority to establish, by ordinance, a fee for registration not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00).

(c) The town clerk shall issue a registration certificate to each registered business. The certificate shall be kept on the premises of the business. No business shall be allowed to register under a business name that is already registered.

(d) Businesses operating in Richmond on the effective date of an ordinance adopted pursuant to the authority of this statute shall be required to register within sixty (60) days of the day the ordinance takes effect. A business that changes its address shall be required to obtain a new registration certificate.

(e) The town council shall have the authority to provide, by ordinance, for a fine for failure to register a business. The fine shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each month, or fraction thereof, that the violation continues, provided, however, that the fine shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00). The fine shall enure to the town.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-8
§ 45-54-8. Acquisition and construction of projects  Lease or sale  Conveyance to corporation  Request for project.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to benefit the people of the municipality and to provide for their general health and welfare through economic development, and to maintain the high standards of a detention facility and public equipment, the corporation is authorized and empowered to acquire and construct a detention facility and to acquire public equipment; and to maintain, renovate, repair, and operate the detention facility and equipment; and to issue revenue bonds of the corporation, payable from the revenues derived from the leasing of these projects, to finance the projects. Development of these projects may be initiated by the corporation only upon request of the chief executive officer, if any, and the city or town council. Any request by the chief executive officer and the council to initiate a project pursuant to this chapter shall take the form of a proposal by the chief executive officer approved by the council. If there is no chief executive officer, development of these projects may be initiated by the corporation only upon the request of the city or town council. Any request by the city or town council to initiate a project pursuant to this chapter shall take the form of a resolution. The chief executive officer, if any, or a member of the council designated by the council, if there is no chief executive officer, is authorized to enter into a contract of lease for and on behalf of the city or town with the corporation for the leasing of any duly initiated projects, upon terms and conditions, that are agreed to by the chief executive officer, if any, or the council, if there is no chief executive officer, and the corporation.

(b) Without limiting the generality of the preceding, the corporation is expressly empowered to lease or sell a project or any part of it to the municipality. Any lease by the corporation to the municipality may be for any period, upon terms and conditions, with or without an option to purchase, that the corporation may determine.

(c) The provisions of any charter, other law, or ordinance, general, special, or local, or of any rule or regulation of the state or any municipality, restricting or regulating in any manner the power of any municipality to lease (as lessee or lessor) or sell property, real, personal, or mixed, do not apply to leases and sales made with the corporation pursuant to this chapter.

(d) Any municipality, notwithstanding any contrary provision of any charter, other law, or ordinance, general, special or local, or of any rule or regulation of the state or any municipality, is authorized and empowered to lease, lend, pledge, grant, or convey to the corporation at its request, upon terms and conditions that the chief executive officer, if any, with the concurrence of the council, or where no officer exists, the city or town council of the municipality, may deem reasonable and fair, and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality, any real property or personal property which may be necessary or convenient to effectuation of the authorized purposes of the corporation, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use; and, subject to the aforesaid, the city or town consents to the use of all lands owned by the city or town which are deemed by the corporation to be necessary for the construction or operation of any project.

(e) The corporation and any municipality are authorized and empowered to contract for the acquisition of any projects or portions of them by the federal government; and to contract with any state, federal, or municipal agency for the performance of any services essential or convenient to its purposes under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-14
§ 45-4-14. Powers of successor tax collectors.
Status: in_force

In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any collector of taxes, the collector who is appointed to complete the collection of taxes has the same power to collect taxes as is by law given to the collector first appointed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-65-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-65 / Section 45-65-5
§ 45-65-5. Actuarial valuation methodology.
Status: in_force

Actuarial methods used by the actuary in preparing an actuarial experience study or annual actuarial valuation shall be in compliance with accepted actuarial standards and applicable public pension accounting laws, rules and regulations. The actuary shall not, year to year, change actuarial methods for the sole purpose of achieving a more favorable funding or fiscal result. Any actuarial study shall be made by the actuary in good faith and in accordance with accepted actuarial standards.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-18-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-18 / Section 45-18-2
§ 45-18-2. Reports by fire company to council.
Status: in_force

Any volunteer fire company or organization may be required to present to the town or city council, whenever receiving any money or appropriated funds, a detailed statement of its assets and liabilities and an estimate of the probable current or operating expenses for a given period, and any other information about its financial condition that the town or city council may require.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59-13 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-59 / Section 45-59-13
§ 45-59-13. Officers.
Status: in_force

(a) The officers of a district management authority will consist of a chairperson, a treasurer and a secretary, each of whom will be elected by the board of directors. Such other officers and assistant officers and agents as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the board of directors at any time and in any manner that may be prescribed by the bylaws. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person.

(b) All officers and agents of the district management authority will have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the district management authority as may be provided in the bylaws, or as may be determined by resolution or vote of the board of directors, subject to any limitations on such authority contained in the bylaws.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-65 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-65
§ 45-2-65. Right to counsel.
Status: in_force

(a) If a city or town elects to prosecute a defendant with an offense that is punishable by imprisonment in any court created under the authority of this chapter, the court shall advise the defendant of his or her right to be represented by counsel and, if the defendant is indigent, the court shall assign counsel to represent the defendant at every stage of the proceeding. The right to counsel may be waived through a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver, in writing and duly executed on the record in open court.

(b) No defendant may be ordered detained at the adult correctional institution for violation of a court order entered as a result of an adjudication that is not punishable by imprisonment in the first instance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-55-13.3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-55 / Section 45-55-13.3
§ 45-55-13.3. Exclusion of multi-school district combined purchasing consortia.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to purchases and contracts entered into by those consortia established pursuant to § 16-2-9.2, and such entities shall be exempt from all provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-20-1.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-20 / Section 45-20-1.1
§ 45-20-1.1. Petition for judicial review of disciplinary action against police officers.
Status: in_force

(a) Any police officer or police officers, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any decision of the bureau of police and fire, or any similar department, board, or bureau of a city or town having control of the police department, or any other duly constituted authority within the police department of the city or town, which decision orders the dismissal, reduction in rank, suspension, fine, performance of extra hours of duty, loss of seniority rights, transfer with or without a reduction in pay, or reprimand, and the decision is based on charges involving violation of departmental regulations, may appeal the decision to the superior court of the state of Rhode Island for the county in which the city or town is located; provided, that no appeal is allowed unless all administrative remedies available under the municipal charter have been exhausted; and, provided, further, that an appeal does not stay the operation of the decision. Upon appeal, the police officer or police officers are entitled to a trial de novo before a justice of the superior court without a jury.

(b) The superior court may uphold the decision, reverse the decision, restore the police officer to the officers former rank, revoke the suspension, reduce the penalty, negate the transfer, or allow a transfer without loss of pay. If the decision is reversed or modified by the superior court, the police officer or police officers shall, to the extent that the decision is reversed or modified, be reimbursed monetarily or by compensatory time off for all loss of pay and/or extra duty hours performed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-56-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-56 / Section 45-56-6
§ 45-56-6. Tax levy for benefit of district.
Status: in_force

(a) An ordinance establishing a downtown center special services district shall provide the time and manner for determining the levy on real property within the district which is recommended by the board of commissioners of the district pursuant to § 45-56-2(5).

(b) In order to provide that different areas, and different land use categories, within the downtown center special services district may share equitably in the funding of the district in proportion to the different benefits to be derived, an ordinance establishing the downtown center special services district may divide the district into subdistricts, and the ordinance may further provide a separate basis for the determination of the levy recommended pursuant to § 45-56-2(5) on taxable interests in real property within each subdistrict.

(c)(1) An ordinance establishing the downtown center special services district may create, for taxing purposes only, different categories of land use within the district, and the ordinance may further provide a separate basis for the determination of the levy recommended pursuant to § 45-56-2(5) on each category of land use.

(2) If an ordinance establishing a district divides the district into subdistricts, and if the ordinance also creates different land use categories, the ordinance may also provide a basis for the determination of the levy recommended pursuant to § 45-56-2(5) on taxable interests in real property in a land use category in a subdistrict which is different from the basis for determining the levy recommended on taxable interests in real property in the same land use category in another subdistrict or in other subdistricts.

(d) An ordinance establishing the downtown center special services district shall provide that, when the board of commissioners of the district shall, in a timely manner, recommend to the legislative body of the municipality in which the district is located a levy upon the taxable interests in real property within the district, pursuant to § 45-56-2(5) and pursuant to the ordinance, it is the obligation of the legislative body to impose the levy as a municipal levy, and the levy shall be in addition to the regular municipal levy, and it is the obligation of the municipality to collect the levy for the benefit of the district. All moneys received by the board of commissioners of the district or by a municipality on behalf of the district shall be paid into the general fund of the municipality where an account is maintained of the moneys for the benefit of the district. Notwithstanding any provision of the general laws, public laws or any special act or any municipal charter to the contrary, the treasurer of the municipality shall disburse funds in accordance with an annual budget adopted by the board of commissioners of the district.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-7
§ 45-5-7. Town clerk pro tempore.
Status: in_force

Whenever it satisfactorily appears to the town council that the town clerk is disqualified, from any cause whatsoever, to exercise and perform the several duties of his or her office, it may and shall appoint a town clerk pro tempore, who is qualified as provided in this chapter, and is authorized to perform all the duties of town clerk, until the disability of the town clerk is, in the opinion of the town council, removed, or until a town clerk is legally elected by the town.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-47-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-47 / Section 45-47-5
§ 45-47-5. Certification in lieu of payment.
Status: in_force

Any taxing authority is authorized to certify that, in lieu of payment of all or part of the lien arising under this chapter, it has obtained satisfactory proof that the insured has or will repair or rebuild at the situs of the loss. This certification should be deemed adequate to permit payment of insurance proceeds to the insured.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-55-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-55 / Section 45-55-7
§ 45-55-7. Negotiations after unsuccessful competitive sealed bidding.
Status: in_force

(a) In the event that all bids submitted pursuant to competitive sealed bidding under § 45-55-5 result in bid prices in excess of the funds available for the purchase, and the purchasing officer determines in writing:

(1) That there are no additional funds available from any source to permit an award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder; and

(2) The best interest of the municipality will not permit the delay attendant to a resolicitation under revised specifications, or for revised quantities, under competitive sealed bidding as provided in § 45-55-5, then a negotiated award may be made as stated in subsections (b) or (c) of this section.

(b) Where there is more than one bidder, competitive negotiations pursuant to § 45-55-6, shall be conducted with the three (3) (two (2) if there are only two (2)) bidders determined, in writing, to be the lowest responsive and responsible bidders to the competitive sealed bid invitation. Competitive negotiations shall be conducted under the following restrictions:

(1) If discussions pertaining to the revision of the specifications or quantities are held with any potential offeror, all other potential offerors shall be afforded an opportunity to take part in the discussions; or

(2) A request for proposals, based upon revised specifications or quantities, shall be issued as promptly as possible, shall provide for an expeditious response to the revised requirements, and shall be awarded upon the basis of the lowest bid price, or lowest evaluated bid price submitted by any responsive and responsible offeror.

(c) When after competitive sealed bidding, it is determined, in writing, that there is only one responsive and responsible bidder, a noncompetitive negotiated award may be made with that bidder in accordance with § 45-55-8.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-6
§ 45-25-6. Denial of petition for establishment of authority.
Status: in_force

If the council, after a hearing as provided in § 45-25-5, determines that neither of the conditions enumerated in § 45-25-5 exist, it shall adopt a resolution denying the petition. After three (3) months have expired from the date of the denial of the petitions, subsequent petitions may be filed as previously stated, and new hearings and determinations made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-17 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-17
§ 45-21-17. Service retirement allowance.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon retirement from service after January 1, 1969, a member shall receive a retirement allowance which is a life annuity terminable upon death of the annuitant and is an amount equal to two percent (2%) of final compensation multiplied by the number of years of total service, not to exceed thirty-seven and one-half (37Â½) years for services on and prior to June 30, 2012. For service on and after July 1, 2012: (i) For members with fewer than twenty (20) years of total service as of June 30, 2012, a members retirement allowance shall be equal to one percent (1%) of the members final compensation multiplied by the members years of total service on and after July 1, 2012; and (ii) For members with twenty (20) or more years of total service as of June 30, 2012, a members retirement allowance shall be equal to one percent (1%) of the members average compensation multiplied by the members years of total service between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2015, and two percent (2%) of the members average compensation multiplied by the members years of total service on and after July 1, 2015. For purposes of computing a members total service under the preceding sentence, service purchases shall be included in total service only with respect to those service purchases approved prior to June 30, 2012, and those applications for service purchases received by the retirement system on or before June 30, 2012. In no event shall a members retirement allowance exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the members final compensation. Provided, however, that every person elected prior to July 1, 2012, who has served as a part time elected official of the city of Cranston for a period of ten (10) years, is entitled to receive, upon retirement from that part time service, and not being otherwise regularly employed by the city of Cranston in which that person has served, a service retirement allowance equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the salary received at the time of retirement by that part time elected official; and, provided, further, that if that person retires after a period of service greater than ten (10) years, the person is entitled to receive an additional service retirement allowance equivalent to five percent (5%) of the salary received at the time of retirement for each whole year of service, in excess of ten (10) years up to a maximum additional allowance equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the salary received.

(b) This section also applies to any former part time elected official of the city of Cranston who is presently receiving retirement benefits from the municipal retirement system.

(c) Every person elected prior to July 1, 2012, who serves or has served at least four (4) years as a part time elected official of the city of Cranston may include that persons years of service as a member of the general assembly, and any other credits acquired while serving as a legislator, when computing the persons period of service to the city of Cranston pursuant to the provisions of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-15-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-15 / Section 45-15-16
§ 45-15-16. Indemnity of public officials, employees, or elected officials.
Status: in_force

All town or city council or any fire district shall, by ordinance or otherwise, indemnify any and all police officers, firefighters, elected or appointed fire district officials, public employees, fire district employees, officials, members of boards, agencies and commissions appointed by town councils or any fire district or by any other person exercising appointing authority delegated to them by the town council; whether or not the police officers, firefighters, elected or appointed fire district officials, employees, officials, or members are paid, from all loss, cost, expense, and damage, including legal fees and court costs, if any, arising out of any claim, action, compromise, settlement, or judgment by reason of any intentional tort or by reason of any alleged error or misstatement or action or omission, or neglect or violation of the rights of any person under any federal or state law, including misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance or any act, omission, or neglect contrary to any federal or state law which imposes personal liability on any police officers, firefighters, elected or appointed fire district official, employee, official, or member, if the elected or appointed fire district official, employee, official, or member, at the time of the intentional tort or act, omission or neglect, was acting within the scope of his or her official duties or employment. The municipality or any fire district may decline to indemnify any elected or appointed fire district official, employee, official, or member for any misstatement, error, act, omission, or neglect if it resulted from willful, wanton, or malicious conduct on the part of the police officers, firefighters, elected or appointed fire district official, employee, official, or member. The indemnity shall be provided by the city or town council or any fire district on a case by case basis or by ordinance of general application. The ordinance or agreement to indemnify shall include, among other things, the provision of legal counsel at the expense of the city or town and/or the reimbursement for attorneys fees and other expenses incurred in connection with the conduct of the defense, including payment of the judgment. Any city or town council or any fire district may establish a fund into which it may deposit monies appropriated, from time to time, and the fund may be used to defer the costs incurred by any city or town in carrying out the purposes of this section. The amounts contained in that fund at the end of any fiscal year may be carried forward to subsequent fiscal years without any reappropriation except as otherwise shall be specifically provided by the ordinance creating that fund or funds. City or town councils shall extend the indemnity contained in this section to members of the school committee and any other person employed by the school department of any city or town and any person appointed to any board, agency, or commission by the school committee, whether or not the person is compensated for his or her services.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-7
§ 45-29-7. Petition for jury assessment of damages.
Status: in_force

Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate in or interested in any part of the land, or interest in it, taken pursuant to this chapter, who cannot agree with the authority for the price of the land, or interest in it, so taken in which he or she is interested as previously stated, may, within three (3) months after personal notice of the taking, or, if he or she has no personal notice, within one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution and statement referred to in § 45-29-3, apply by petition to the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest in it, lies, setting forth the taking of his or her land or interest in it, and praying for an assessment of damages by a jury.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-41-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-41 / Section 45-41-6
§ 45-41-6. Account  Annual audit.
Status: in_force

The city or town treasurers shall keep proper records of accounts and make an annual report of the funds condition to the city or town councils. In addition, the fund shall be audited annually in the same manner in which all other funds of the city or town are audited, and the results of the audit shall be included in an annual audited financial report.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-67-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-67 / Section 45-67-3
§ 45-67-3. Statement of purpose.
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to establish the Block Island utility district and to authorize and enable the utility district to provide utility products and services as may be authorized, from time to time, by the utility districts board of utility commissioners.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-51.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-51.1
§ 45-21-51.1. Optional annuity protection  Election of option by member.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon death of a member having (1) at least ten (10) years of membership service on or before June 30, 2012, or (2) for active contributing members on or after July 1, 2012, at least five (5) years of membership service, the spouse or domestic partner of the member has the option to elect to receive option one as provided in § 45-21-30 in lieu of a return of contributions, provided the spouse or domestic partner is the designated beneficiary of the members retirement account. The election is based upon the amount of retirement allowance or actuarial equivalent that may accrue at the date of death of the member.

(b) The election under option one for a person other than the spouse or domestic partner of the member may be made by the member, while in service; provided, that the member has (i) at least ten (10) years of membership service on or before June 30, 2012, and before retirement or (ii) for active contributing members on or after July 1, 2012, at least five (5) years of membership service and before retirement, on a form prescribed by the retirement board. The election is based upon the amount of retirement allowances or actuarial equivalents that may accrue at the date of death of the member; provided, that the election form is executed and filed with the retirement board prior to the date of death. The election may be revoked or modified by the member at any time prior to the date of retirement, on a form prescribed by the retirement board.

(c) Upon the death of a member, the option becomes effective thirty (30) days after the first day of the next calendar month following the date of death of the member if death occurs while in an employee status. Should death occur while in an inactive member status, the option under this section becomes payable on the first day of the next succeeding month that in which the designated beneficiary attains the age of sixty (60) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-10 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-10
§ 45-5-10. Fees for licenses and commissions issued to officers.
Status: in_force

Town councils and city councils are authorized to charge and collect for licenses and commissions issued to officers elected or appointed by them, fees that the town and city councils, respectively, fix by ordinance or resolution; provided, that the license fee for appointment of town constable with power to serve civil process in accordance with § 9-5-10.1 is not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-2
§ 45-32-2. Planning commission required.
Status: in_force

The community must have a planning commission.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-16-4.5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-16 / Section 45-16-4.5
§ 45-16-4.5. Immunity.
Status: in_force

No town constable, while serving or executing any process or writ issued by or returnable to the court, is liable in any civil action to respond in damages as a result of his or her acts of commission or omission arising directly out of his or her negligent serving or executing the process or writ except as provided in § 9-5-10.1. In the event a civil action is brought against a town constable as the result of the performance of his or her duties, the town constable is entitled to recover all costs and attorneys fees incurred by the constable incidental to the civil action.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-64 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-64
§ 45-2-64. Town of Coventry  Regulation of asphalt or continuous mixing facilities.
Status: in_force

(a) No asphalt batching or continuous mix facility shall be located in the town of Coventry in an area which is less than four thousand feet (4,000²) from any hospital, nursing home, school, area of critical environmental concern, watercourse, or area occupied by residential housing. Such distance shall be measured from the outermost perimeter of the facilities property line to the outermost point of such properties as mentioned herein.

(b) Any facility in operation, prior to the enactment of this section, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-30-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-30 / Section 45-30-1
§ 45-30-1. Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

It is found and declared that the national defense involves large increases in the military forces and personnel in this state, a great increase in the number of workers in already established industries and activities, and the bringing of a large number of workers and their families to new defense industries and activities in the state; that there exists or impends an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings available to these persons and their families in this state which impedes national defense; that it is imperative that action be taken immediately to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for these persons to enable the rapid expansion of national defense activities in this state, and to avoid a large labor turnover in defense industries which would seriously hamper their production; that the provisions hereinafter enacted are necessary to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities; and that these provisions are for the public use and purpose of facilitating national defense in this state. It is further declared to be the purpose of this chapter to authorize housing authorities to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid of the federal government, or to cooperate with or act as agents or lessees of the federal government, in the expeditious development or administration of projects to assure the availability, when needed, of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, and to make projects available to servicemen and returning veterans consistent with national defense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-7 / Section 45-7-9
§ 45-7-9. Microfilming of records.
Status: in_force

The town clerk or city clerk of any city or town may, with approval of the town council or city council, photograph, microphotograph, and/or microfilm all or any part of the records kept by the town clerk or city clerk or recorder of deeds in a manner and on film or paper that complies with the minimum standards of quality approved for photographic records by the National Bureau of Standards; and whenever these photographs or microphotographs or films shall be placed in conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving, examining, and using the same, the original records from which the photographs or microphotographs or films have been made, or any part thereof, may be put in storage anywhere in this state for safekeeping, and any photograph, microphotograph, or photocopy thereof, shall be admissible by any court of competent jurisdiction, the same as the original is now; provided, however, that the original may be ordered produced for good cause shown.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-65-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-65 / Section 45-65-1
§ 45-65-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Pathway to Retirement Security for Locally Administered Pension Funds Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-17 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-17
§ 45-4-17. Special statutes controlling.
Status: repealed

The provisions of this chapter are subject to the provisions of any special statutes respecting any particular town or city, none of which are repealed by this section; provided, that no elected or appointed official or member of a board or commission, or employee of any city or town, shall be disqualified in that capacity because he or she serves as a delegate to a constitutional convention of the state, or other unpaid position with the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-11 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-11
§ 45-29-11. Return of excess deposits to authority.
Status: in_force

Whenever, from time to time, the housing authority has satisfied the court that the amount deposited with the court is greater than is amply sufficient to satisfy the claims of all persons interested in the land, the court may order that the amount of the excess is repaid to the housing authority. Whenever the housing authority has satisfied the court that the claims of all persons interested in the land taken have been satisfied, the unexpended balance shall be paid immediately to the housing authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-46 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-46
§ 45-23-46. General provisions  Construction and/or improvement guarantees.
Status: in_force

(a) The local regulations shall require approval of the permitting authority of agreements for the completion of all required public improvements prior to final plan approval in the form of: (1) Completion of actual construction of all improvements; (2) Improvement guarantees; or (3) Combination thereof.

(b) Where improvements are constructed without a financial guarantee, the work is to be completed prior to final approval. All construction shall be inspected by the appropriate town staff or agents in a timely manner and approved under the direction of the administrative officer and according to local regulations.

(c) Improvement guarantees shall be in an amount and with all necessary conditions to secure for the municipality the actual construction and complete installation of all the required improvements, within the period specified by the permitting authority. The amount shall be based on actual cost estimates for all required public improvements and these estimates shall be reviewed and approved by the permitting authority. The permitting authority may fix the guarantee in a reasonable amount in excess of the estimated costs to anticipate for economic or construction conditions. Local regulations may include provisions for the review and/or upgrade of guarantees.

(d) The security shall be in the forms of financial instruments set forth in local regulations and shall enable the municipality to gain timely access to the secured funds, for cause. The local regulations shall provide at least three (3) acceptable forms of financial security and the approving authority shall not limit the security to one specific form of the acceptable forms set forth in the local regulations.

(e) The local regulations shall establish procedures for the setting of improvement guarantee amounts; for inspections of improvements; for acceptance of improvements by the municipality; and for the release of the improvement guarantees to the applicant. Procedures may include provisions for partial releases of the guarantees as stages of the improvements are completed, inspected, and approved under the coordination of the administrative officer and reported to the permitting authority.

(f) In the cases of developments and subdivisions that are being approved and constructed in phases, the permitting authority shall specify improvement guarantee requirements related to each particular phase.

(g) The permitting authority may also require maintenance guarantees to be provided for a one-year period subsequent to completion, inspection, and acceptance of the improvement(s) unless there are extenuating circumstances. Such maintenance guarantee shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the original guarantee amount, or the original cost of the public improvements if no guarantee was required.

(h) Procedures for the acceptance of required improvements shall stipulate that all improvements, once inspected and approved, shall be accepted by the municipality or other appropriate municipal agency for maintenance and/or part of the municipal system.

(i) The municipality is granted the power to enforce the guarantees by all appropriate legal and equitable remedies.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-39 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-39
§ 45-32-39. Owner defined.
Status: in_force

Owner for the purposes of §§ 45-32-24  45-32-38 means a person having an estate, interest, or easement in the real property or a lien, charge, or encumbrance on it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-30 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-30
§ 45-25-30. Payments in lieu of local property tax.
Status: in_force

The property of an authority is exempt from all local and municipal taxes. An authority shall pay to the city a sum fixed annually by the city. A city may:

(1) Fix a sum to be paid to it annually by an authority in respect of each project; or

(2) Agree that an authority not pay or be liable to pay any sum whatsoever in respect of a project or projects for any year or years; or

(3) Agree with an authority or government upon the sum to be paid by the authority for any year or years in respect of a project or projects, or accept or agree to accept a fixed sum or other consideration in lieu of the payment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-3
§ 45-4-3. Assistant moderator to preside over town business.
Status: in_force

Those towns mentioned in § 45-4-2 are authorized to elect an assistant moderator, who may preside at town meetings held on the same day as an election for the officers mentioned in § 17-18-5 is held, for the election of town officers and the transaction of town business, and with the power and authority in these town meetings as moderators would have.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-19-12 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-19 / Section 45-19-12
§ 45-19-12. Annuities to dependents of deceased fire fighters and appropriations to nondependent parents of deceased fire fighters.
Status: in_force

(a) If an active or retired member, of the fire force of a city or town or fire fighter for the town of North Smithfield is killed or dies from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty as a member or dies of a heart condition, respiratory ailments, or any condition derived from hypertension while still a member, or dies as a victim of homicide while still a member while not in the performance of his or her duty as a member, there shall be paid out of the fire fighters relief fund of Rhode Island to the following dependents of the deceased person, the following sums of money:

(1) To the widow or widower or domestic partner, an annuity not exceeding three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) a year, payable in the number of regular installments determined by the board and continuing as long as he or she remains unmarried or not in a domestic partnership and commencing with the date of death, but not more than six (6) months prior to the date of filing of the petition by the widow or widower or domestic partner;

(2) An additional annuity of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) a year, payable in the number of regular installments determined by the board, for each child of the deceased person during the time that the child is under the age of eighteen (18) years, or over the age and physically or mentally incapacitated from earning;

(3) If there is no widow or widower or domestic partner and no child, the total sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), payable in a lump sum for the benefit of the father and/or mother of the deceased, if not dependent upon him or her for support at the time of his or her death;

(4) If there is any child and no widow or widower or domestic partner or the widow or widower or domestic partner dies later, the sum and the annuity that should have been payable to the widow or widower or domestic partner had there been one or had he or she lived, to or for the benefit of the child or of the children, in equal shares during the previously stated time;

(5) If there is any child, and the widow or widower or domestic partner remarries or enters into a domestic partnership, in lieu of the previously stated annuity to him or her, an annuity not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) to or for the benefit of each child during the time previously stated; and

(6) If there is no widow or widower or domestic partner and no child, the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) payable in regular installments by the board of fire fighters relief, to or for the benefit of the father or mother of the deceased, if dependent upon him or her for support at the time of his or her death, and commencing with the date of death, but not more than six (6) months prior to the date of filing of the petition and continuing so long as the beneficiary is unable to support himself or herself and does not remarry or enter into a domestic partnership, an annuity not exceeding three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) a year, payable in the number of regular installments determined by the board.

(b) The amount of the annuity shall, from time to time, be determined within the limits previously stated by the board.

(c) The provisions of this section shall apply, in the case of any active or retired member of the fire force of any city or town or fire fighter for the town of North Smithfield who, from and after January 1, 1935, is killed or dies from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty, or dies of a heart condition, respiratory ailments, or any condition derived from hypertension. The provisions of this section shall only be construed to apply prospectively.

(d) The amount of the annuity shall not be reduced by reason of receipt of any annuity and/or other payments to any beneficiary from any other source.

(e) Upon the death of a member, the fire chief shall immediately notify the widow or widower or domestic partner of the member, in writing, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, of the widow or widowers or domestic partners possible eligibility for benefits under this chapter and the time restriction for filing a claim for the benefits.

(f) In the instance of a member who dies as a victim of homicide while still a member while not in the performance of his or her duty as a member, each and every benefit of this section shall be available to the widow, dependent children and/or family members, as aforementioned, commencing from the date of the homicide.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-25 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-25
§ 45-25-25. Loans by city to authority.
Status: in_force

Any city in which a housing authority has been created, has the power, from time to time, to lend or donate money to the authority or to agree to take that action. The housing authority, when it has money available, shall make reimbursements for all loans made to it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-13-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-13 / Section 45-13-7
§ 45-13-7. State mandated costs defined.
Status: in_force

State mandate means any state initiated statutory or executive action or rule, regulation or policy adopted by a state department or agency or a quasi-public department or agency that requires a local government to establish, expand, or modify its activities in a way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local government revenue sources where the expenditures are not otherwise reimbursed in whole. For the purpose of this chapter, a state mandate shall also mean any requirement, rule, or dictate by a regulator of a state agency. When state statutory, executive, or regulator actions or rules, regulations or policies are intended to achieve compliance with federal statutes or regulations or court orders, state mandates shall be determined as follows:

(1) Where the federal statute or regulations or court order is discretionary, the state statutory, executive, or regulator action shall be considered a state mandate for the purposes of §§ 45-13-7  45-13-10.

(2) Where the state statutory, executive, or regulator action or rule, regulation or policy exceeds what is required by the federal statute or regulation or court order, only the provisions of the state action which exceed the federal requirements shall be considered a state mandate for the purposes of §§ 45-13-7  45-13-10.

(3) Where the state statutory, executive, or regulator action or rule, regulation or policy does not exceed what is required by the federal statute or regulation or court order, the state action shall not be considered a state mandate for the purposes of §§ 45-13-7  45-13-10.

(4) Where the cost of a single state mandate does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) the state mandate shall not be reimbursable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-44-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-44 / Section 45-44-7
§ 45-44-7. Homestead board created.
Status: in_force

The city or town is authorized to create and appoint members of a board to be known as the homestead board, whose purposes are to administer the homestead program.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-5.4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-5.4
§ 45-12-5.4. Cities or towns with a population greater than 125,000 inhabitants  Variable rate obligations and interest exchange agreements.
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with the issuance of duly authorized bonds, notes or other obligations of a city or town with a population greater than one hundred twenty-five thousand (125,000) inhabitants, notwithstanding any other authority to the contrary, such bonds, notes or other obligations may be issued in the form of variable rate obligations, so-called. In connection therewith, any such city or town, acting through its finance director or treasurer, may enter into agreements with banks, trust companies or other financial institutions within or without the state, whether in the form of letters or lines of credit, liquidity facilities, insurance or other support arrangements. Any bonds, notes or other obligations issued as variable rate obligations shall bear such terms as may be fixed by the vote or resolution of the city or town authorizing the bonds, notes or other obligations, or in absence of foregoing such terms as the finance director or treasurer shall determine, including provisions for prepayment at any time with or without premium at the option of the city or town, may be sold at a premium or discount, and may bear interest or not and if interest bearing, may bear interest at such rate or rates variable from time to time as determined by such index, banking loan rate or other method specified in any such agreement. Any such agreement may also include such other covenants and provisions for protecting the rights, security and remedy of the lenders as may, in the discretion of the finance director or treasurer, be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law. The finance director or treasurer of the city or town may also enter into agreements with brokers for the placement or marketing of any such bonds, notes or other obligations issued as variable rate obligations.

(b) In addition, the finance director or treasurer of a city or town with a population greater than one hundred twenty-five thousand (125,000) inhabitants, with the approval of the city or town council, may from time to time, enter into and amend interest rate exchange agreements, including, but not limited to, interest rate caps, floors, collars, or swaps that the finance director or treasurer determines to be necessary or desirable for the purpose of generating savings, managing an interest rate, or similar risk that arises in connection with, or subsequent to or is incidental to the issuance, carrying or securing of variable rate obligations, fixed rate bonds or fixed rate obligations. Such interest rate exchange agreements shall contain such provisions, including payment, term, security, default and remedy provisions, and shall be with such parties, as the finance director or treasurer shall determine to be necessary or desirable after due consideration to the creditworthiness of those parties. Any municipal public buildings authority established pursuant to title 45, chapter 50 of the general laws and any redevelopment agency operating pursuant to title 45, chapter 31 of the general laws, which public buildings authority or redevelopment agency has been established by a city or town with a population greater than one hundred twenty-five thousand (125,000) inhabitants, shall also have the authority to enter into interest rate exchange agreements as set forth in this paragraph.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-22.5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-22.5
§ 45-12-22.5. Unbudgeted expenditures.
Status: in_force

A municipality shall not incur expenditures nor obligate the municipality to expend unbudgeted amounts in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) without first notifying the city or town council of such proposed expenditure and identifying the source of funding. Further, a school committee or school department shall not incur accumulated unbudgeted expenditures or obligations in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) without first notifying the chief financial officer of the municipality as to the proposed expenditure and identifying the source of funding. The financial officer shall include any such proposed expenditure in the monthly report required in § 45-12-22.2.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-19-18 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-19 / Section 45-19-18
§ 45-19-18. Pensions for certain police officers and fire fighters.
Status: in_force

Every police officer and fire fighter of any city or town who served the city or town for at least twenty-five (25) years, or is now or hereafter receiving a retirement allowance from a city or town retirement system after at least twenty-five (25) years membership in a system prior to retirement, or who was retired by a city or town retirement system because of a disability incurred as the result of an accident while in the performance of duty, may receive from the city or town an additional sum of money, assuring to the employee the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per month.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-60-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-60 / Section 45-60-6
§ 45-60-6. Imposition of seasonal rental tax, rate, procedure, enforcement, exemptions. [Contingent effective date; see notes.]
Status: in_force

(a) It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that every owner is exercising a taxable privilege who engages in the business of renting, leasing, letting, or granting a license to use any living quarters or sleeping or housekeeping accommodations in, from, or a part of, or in connection with any seasonal rental. However, any owner who rents, leases, lets, or grants a license to others to use, occupy, or enter upon any living quarters or sleeping or housekeeping accommodations in seasonal rentals and who exclusively enters into a bona fide written agreement for continuous residence for longer than six (6) months in duration at such property is not exercising a taxable privilege. For the exercise of such taxable privilege, a tax is hereby levied in an amount equal to no more than one percent (1%) of the actual rent received for such seasonal rental by owner. Such tax shall apply to seasonal rental whether or not there is in connection with any of the same any dining rooms, cafes, or other places where meals or lunches are sold or served to guests. For purposes of this chapter seasonal rental shall mean any home or apartment rented for six (6) months or less.

(b) The owner receiving the rent shall remit the tax to the town treasurer for deposit into the Block Island housing fund at the end of the rental season but no later than February 15th of the following year or at some other time as designated by the Block Island housing board.

(c) The tax levied by this section shall not apply to, be imposed upon, or collected from any person who shall have entered into a bona fide written lease for longer than six (6) months in duration for continuous residence at any one seasonal rental.

(d) The tax imposed by this section shall constitute a lien on the property on which the seasonal rental is located in the same manner as and shall be collectible as are liens authorized and imposed by chapter 9 of title 44.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-5.2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-5.2
§ 45-50-5.2. Interest of members or employees in property.
Status: in_force

No member or employee of an authority shall acquire any direct interest in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he or she have any direct or indirect interest in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any project. If any member or employee of an authority owns or controls a direct or indirect interest in any property, included or planned to be included in any project, he or she shall immediately disclose the interest, in writing, to the authority and the disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Failure to disclose the interest constitutes misconduct in office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-46.3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-46.3
§ 45-24-46.3. Special provisions  Transfer of development rights  Exeter.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other powers granted to towns and cities by this chapter to establish and administer transfer of development rights programs, the town council of the town of Exeter may provide by ordinance for the transfer of development rights, as a voluntary program available to developers and property owners, in the manner set forth in this section.

(b) For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meaning:

(1) Receiving area district means a zoning district, which is established and mapped pursuant to a transfer of development rights ordinance and superimposed on one or more zoning use districts or portions thereof, that is eligible to receive development rights through a major land development project review. As may be necessary or desirable to achieve the intended uses, density and intensity of use, a receiving area district may allow for additional development capacity and for increased lot building coverage and building envelope that are greater than those of the underlying zoning.

(2) Sending area district means a zoning district, which is established and mapped pursuant to a transfer of development rights ordinance and superimposed on one or more zoning use districts or a portion thereof, that is eligible to establish development rights that may eventually be transferred to a receiving area.

(c) The establishment, as provided for by this section, of a system for transfer of development rights within or between zoning districts, or a portion thereof, designated in the zoning ordinance shall be:

(1) For the purpose of providing developers and property owners the ability to establish, certify, purchase, sell, convey, and/or hold land development rights; and

(2) For one or more of the following purposes:

(i) Preserving sensitive resource areas in the community such as groundwater reserves, wildlife habitat, agricultural lands, and public access to surface waters;

(ii) Directing development away from sensitive resource areas to places better suited to increased levels of development such as established or proposed mixed use, commercial, village, or residential centers;

(iii) Directing development to areas served by existing infrastructure such as established roadways, public water supply systems, centralized sewer collection systems, public transit and other utilities; or

(iv) Shaping and balancing urban and rural development, and/or promoting a high level of quality in design in the development of private and public facilities and spaces.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-20 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-20
§ 45-5-20. Power of city and town councils to establish intermunicipal agreements for joint purchasing of common-use items.
Status: in_force

City and town councils may establish joint agreements between two (2) or more municipalities for the purpose of purchasing materials, supplies, tools, and other items common in usage between units of local government. City or town councils may, jointly or independently, seek the services of the division of purchases, department of administration, in procuring items necessary to the operation of the city or town which it governs and which items are common in usage to those procured by the state, and the division of purchasers shall, upon request, by a city or town council, furnish lists of supplies and equipment to city or town purchasing agents.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-10-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-10 / Section 45-10-1
§ 45-10-1. Power to petition for installation of system.
Status: in_force

The electors of any town or city qualified to vote on a proposition to impose a tax, or any town or city council, when legally assembled, may, by vote, petition the state director of revenue for the installation of an accounting system for the town or city.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-23 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-23
§ 45-50-23. Use of projects.
Status: in_force

The use of the facilities of the authority and the operation of its business are subject to the rules and regulations from time to time adopted by the authority; provided, that the authority not authorized to do anything which will impair the security of the holders of the obligations of the authority or violate any agreements with them or for their benefit.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-51-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-51 / Section 45-51-4
§ 45-51-4. Training and education.
Status: in_force

The municipal conservation members shall have formal training and/or education, to the extent feasible, and/or engage in continuing education in the areas of air pollution, water quality control, or the maintenance of the purity of drinking water supplies, and/or have familiarity with laws, rules, and regulations relating to them or qualifications approved by the council.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-18 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-18
§ 45-4-18. Application to voting machine meetings.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter govern elective meetings held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 19 of title 17, if and so far as they are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of chapter 19 of title 17.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-59 / Section 45-59-16
§ 45-59-16. Limit on assessments.
Status: in_force

The total of the special tax assessments levied on the ratable real property within the management district will not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total of the real property taxes levied on the ratable real property within the management district, not exempt from taxation by law, for the fiscal year of the municipality that ends within or with the fiscal year of the district management authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-26 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-26
§ 45-21-26. Ordinary death benefits.
Status: in_force

Upon the death of a member while in service, prior to retirement, from any cause other than accidental death arising directly out of and in the course of employment, a payment is made of the contributions of the member without interest. In addition, if the death of the member occurred while in an employee status, or while on an official leave of absence for illness from his or her position, which was not extended at the date of death for a continuous period in excess of one year, a death benefit is paid which equals eight hundred dollars ($800) for each completed year of total service, subject to a minimum payment of four thousand dollars ($4,000) and a maximum payment of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000). The payment of the accumulated contributions of the member and the death benefit shall be made to the person that the member has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the retirement board or, if the member has filed no nomination, or if the person so nominated has died, then to the estate of the deceased member.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-4
§ 45-32-4. Resolution or ordinance designating redevelopment area  Public hearing.
Status: in_force

The legislative body of the community must designate by resolution or ordinance one or more areas within the community as a redevelopment area or areas. (Whenever the word resolution is used, it means resolution or ordinance.) Each resolution shall include a description of the boundaries of the area or areas designated as a redevelopment area. Before passing a resolution, the legislative body or the committee thereof, to which the proposed resolution has been referred, shall give notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of a public hearing or hearings with reference to the resolution at which the recommendations of the planning commission developed in accordance with the provisions of § 45-32-3 shall be considered. The notice shall be published not less than once a week for three (3) successive weeks prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the community, or if no newspaper is published in the community, then in a newspaper of general circulation in the community. At the public hearing all interested persons or agencies shall have an opportunity to be heard and to submit communications in writing. The public hearing required by this section may be held jointly with the hearing upon a redevelopment plan for a project area, as provided in § 45-32-11, if the legislative body so directs. Any person, group, association, or corporation may, in writing, petition the legislative body to designate one or more areas within the community as redevelopment areas, and may submit, with their petition, plans, showing the proposed redevelopment of those areas or any part or parts of the areas.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-6 / Section 45-6-5
§ 45-6-5. Names of railroad stations.
Status: in_force

No railroad corporation shall affix a name to a new station or change the present name of any existing station, until after the new name has been approved by the town council of the town in which the station is located. Every railway company violating the provisions of this section shall pay a fine of one dollar ($1.00) for each days violation, and all costs for prosecution and conviction.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-8 / Section 45-8-3
§ 45-8-3. Settlement of accounts.
Status: in_force

The treasurers accounts shall be settled annually by the town council, or in any other way that the towns may severally direct. When settled, the treasurer shall retain all of his or her vouchers or receipts for the payments charged in the account, to be kept on file with the other papers of the treasurers office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-67-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-67 / Section 45-67-7
§ 45-67-7. Compensation of the board  Employees of the utility district.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the board of utility commissioners shall not be entitled to receive compensation for attendance at scheduled and special meetings of the board of utility commissioners, but shall be entitled to reimbursement of the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The salaries, compensation, and expenses of employees and agents of the utility district shall be paid solely out of funds of the utility district. No part of the earnings of the utility district shall inure to the benefit of any private person.

(b) The board may enter into employment contracts with its executive employees. The board shall have the authority to approve employee benefit plans, including fringe benefits such as, but not limited to, pension, health, disability, and other insurances.

(c) No member of the board of utility commissioners shall directly or indirectly engage or participate in the proceeds of any contract or agreement to supply anything of value or receive anything of value from the utility district. The prohibition set forth in this subsection may be waived by a vote of four (4) of the board of utility commissioners if, and only if, the board of utility commissioners shall have first obtained an opinion of the attorney general and/or the Rhode Island ethics commission based on full disclosure of all relevant facts that the waiver does not contravene state law and is otherwise in the best interests of the consumers served by the utility district.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-46 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-46
§ 45-32-46. Consent to inclusion of area in project of contiguous city or town.
Status: in_force

The legislative body of any community may by resolution consent to the inclusion of a part of the area under its jurisdiction in a contiguous project area to be developed by another community.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-16-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-16 / Section 45-16-2
§ 45-16-2. Bond of sergeants.
Status: in_force

Every town sergeant shall, at the time of his or her being sworn into office, give bond with sufficient sureties to the town treasurer in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), for the faithful performance of the duties of the town sergeants office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-57-12 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-57 / Section 45-57-12
§ 45-57-12. Exemption from liability.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person serving without compensation as a director, officer, or volunteer of the Winnisimet Farm Road District shall be liable to any person based solely on his or her conduct in the execution of the office or duty unless the conduct of the director, officer or volunteer with respect to the person asserting the liability constituted malicious, willful or wanton misconduct. As used in the section, compensation does not include a per diem or per meeting allowance, or reimbursement for out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in the service. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt a director, officer or volunteer from liability based upon his or her ownership and/or operation of a motor vehicle.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-64-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-64 / Section 45-64-1
§ 45-64-1. Power to assess charges against users.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers, privileges, prerogatives, and authority that are now granted to each city and town and fire district, or any agency of a city or town and fire district, in connection with fire alarm master box systems of these municipalities, each city and town and fire district is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances assessing users of master alarm fire box systems of the fire departments of the cities and towns and fire district, a charge not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for the use of said systems in an amount that recovers the cost to the city or town and fire district of the service rendered to the users. In enacting this ordinance, any city or town and fire district may also provide that all unpaid charges shall be a lien upon the real estate of the users.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-51-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-51 / Section 45-51-3
§ 45-51-3. Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The municipal conservation commission shall:

(1) Receive complaints from residents or businesses within the municipality regarding safety of drinking water, water quality, or clean air, or other pollutants affecting the environment.

(2) Investigate any complaints requested by a state regulatory agency.

(3) Prepare a report with an appraisal of the validity of the clean air or water problem, the responsible parties, the remedial action required, and identification of the state agency with jurisdiction over the problem, and submit the report to the city council and office of mayor or town administrator.

(4) Serve as liaison for the city or town with all agencies charged under state law with enforcement of all laws and regulations pertaining to air and water quality as stated in subdivision (3).

(5) Serve as advocate for the municipality and its residents before the agency under whose jurisdiction the problem falls; with the objective of securing remedial action.

(6) Assist the office of solicitor in taking legal action to secure court orders requiring the responsible state agency to take remedial action when the action has been unduly delayed or neglected by the agency.

(7) Conduct public information activities to inform the community of the availability of the services of the commission.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-6
§ 45-21-6. Settlement on withdrawal from system.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon withdrawal from the system, the retirement board retains in the system from contributions made by the members from the municipality and by the municipality the following amounts:

(1) An amount equal to the actuarial value, determined in accordance with the actuarial tables in use by the system, of the retirement and disability allowances in force, being paid to former employees of the municipality who were granted allowances as members of the system or to the beneficiaries of those members;

(2) An amount equal to the actuarial value of deferred annuities to members who have not retired but who have acquired a vested right to a retirement allowance who may desire to maintain that vested right; and

(3) An amount equal to the accumulated contributions of the members who have not acquired a vested right which shall be refunded to those members.

(b) Any remainder in the system after providing for the foregoing amounts shall be paid over to the municipality in such amount as the retirement board shall in its sole discretion determine to be prudent and legally permissible; provided, that if no remainder exists and a deficiency to pay those amounts has accumulated, the municipality is liable to the system for the amount of the deficiency as provided in this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-22 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-22
§ 45-50-22. Refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized to provide for the issuance of refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium or interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption purchase or maturity of the bonds, and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for the additional purpose of paying all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, or improving any project. The proceeds of bonds or notes issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds or notes may be applied, in the discretion of the authority, to the purchase, retirement at maturity, or redemption of the outstanding bonds or notes, either on their earliest or a subsequent redemption date, and may, pending that application, be placed in escrow. Any escrowed proceeds may be invested and reinvested in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, or in certificates of deposit, time deposits, or repurchase agreements fully secured or guaranteed by the state or the United States, or an instrumentality of either, maturing at a time or times appropriate to assure the prompt payment, as to principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the outstanding bonds or notes to be so refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of the proceeds and interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investments, may be returned to the authority for use by it in furtherance of its purposes. The portion of the proceeds of bonds or notes issued for the additional purpose of paying all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, developing, or improving any project may be invested and reinvested in obligations, securities, and other investments consistent, herewith, as shall be specified in the resolutions under which the bonds are authorized, and which shall mature not later than the times when the proceeds will be needed for these purposes. The interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investments, may be applied to the payment of all parts of the costs, or may be used by the authority otherwise in furtherance of its purposes. The issuance of the bonds, the maturities, and other details, the rights of the holders, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the authority, in respect to the bonds, are governed by the provisions of this chapter insofar as the provisions may be applicable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-26-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-26 / Section 45-26-2
§ 45-26-2. Authorities created  Resolution to allow functioning.
Status: in_force

(a) In each town of the state there is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority of the town (hereafter called town authority); provided, that the town authority does not transact any business or exercise its powers until or unless the town council of the town, by proper resolution, determines at any time that there is need for a town authority to function in the town.

(b) The town council shall give consideration to the need for a town authority (1) on its own motion or (2) upon the filing of a petition signed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the town asserting that there is need for a town authority to function in the town and requesting that the town council so declare.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-62 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-62
§ 45-21-62. Purchase of credits for continuous municipal service.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of the retirement laws of this state, any active member of the municipal employees retirement system who was sixty (60) years of age or greater when their employment commenced, and commenced employment before June 22, 1989, and was ineligible by state law from joining the retirement system, is allowed to purchase service credits for actual past employment. The number of years for which credits may be purchased is limited to the difference between the date upon which they commenced employment at sixty (60) years of age or greater and June 22, 1989, when they were required by law to join the retirement system. Purchase of past service credits shall be at the rate that contributions would have been calculated at the time of past service, plus interest.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-48-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-48 / Section 45-48-6
§ 45-48-6. Water shut off for nonpayment of charges.
Status: in_force

In the case of nonpayment of any water rates, charges, and penalties established and required to be paid to the district for water supplied or used by the owner, tenant, or occupant of any house, building, tenement, or estate, the district is authorized by its agents and servants to shut off the water as and when it may deem advisable, and the district shall not be compelled to supply water again to the owner, tenant, or occupant of the house, building, tenement, or estate, until all charges and penalties due and unpaid to the district have been paid in full.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-20 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-20
§ 45-32-20. Contents of adoptive ordinance.
Status: in_force

The adoption of a redevelopment plan by a legislative body shall be by ordinance. The ordinance shall:

(1) Designate the project by area, name, and number.

(2) Include findings that the project area is blighted and substandard and requires clearance, replanning, redevelopment, rehabilitation, or improvement or any combination of these remedies.

(3) State the purposes and intent of the legislative body with respect to the project area.

(4) Refer specifically to the determinations required in §§ 45-32-13  45-32-18.

(5) Incorporate by reference the redevelopment plan.

(6) Designate the approved plan as the official redevelopment plan for the project area.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-48-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-48 / Section 45-48-8
§ 45-48-8. Acquisition of land and rights of way.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire by agreement, purchase, or condemnation any land and rights of way that may be necessary for the purposes of the district. Whenever the district desires to take any land by condemnation, it shall file with the town clerk a description, plan, and statement of the land to be taken and a statement that the land is taken by the district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The statement shall be signed by the moderator and clerk of the district, and thereupon the district may commence proceedings for the acquisition of the land in accordance with the provisions of § 45-48-9.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-22.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-22.1
§ 45-12-22.1. Municipal deficits  Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of §§ 45-12-22.1  45-12-22.5 are to ensure that municipalities and school districts monitor financial operations on an ongoing basis, execute a rapid response to budget problems, and maintain a balanced budget in compliance with § 44-35-10. It is the intent of the legislature to require that municipalities and school districts:

(1) Prevent year-end deficits;

(2) Immediately address potential deficits;

(3) Immediately address actual year-end deficits; and

(4) Stabilize municipal and school district finances.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-54 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-54
§ 45-21-54. Reemployment of retired members.
Status: in_force

Any retired member of the system is permitted to reenter the service of the system for not more than seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits. Pension payments, however, are suspended when that period is exceeded. This seventy-five-day (75) rule shall not apply to police officers, as defined in § 28-9.2-3, for the purposes of their working private details, paid for by a nongovernmental entity. If the retired member continues in service beyond the seventy-five-day (75) period (with his or her annuity temporarily suspended) the member is not eligible for pension credit for the additional service, nor is the member required to make pension contributions for this service; provided, that any retired member of the system is permitted to serve as an elected city or town council member or school committee member and continues to be eligible for and receive the retirement allowance for service other than that as a council member or school committee member.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-23 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-23
§ 45-29-23. Deposit of appraisal amounts by city  Vesting of title.
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk of the court, in which the report described in § 45-29-22 is filed, shall give written notice to the city of the filing of the report, and the city shall, within ten (10) days or within a longer time, not exceeding thirty (30) days, that the court may fix, pay into the registry of the court for the county in which the land or any interest in the land is taken the total damages mentioned in the report, attributable to the taking, and thereupon the title to the lands and to the interests, for which payment into court has been made by the city, shall vest in the city.

(b) In the event that the city does not, within those ten (10) days or a longer period, not exceeding thirty (30) days, that the court shall fix, pay any amount for any given piece of land or interest in the land, into the registry of the court when so required, the proceedings relative thereto become null and void and the city shall not have any right in, nor any right to take, the land or interest in it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-33 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-33
§ 45-25-33. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences, or parts of chapters 25  27 of this title shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause, or provision of those chapters in any one or more instances or circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-14
§ 45-12-14. Replacement of lost or destroyed bond or note  Bond to indemnify city or town.
Status: in_force

Whenever the board is satisfied that any bond or note of the city or town has been lost or destroyed, the board may upon payment to it by the owner or holder of the bond or note, of a sum that it deems necessary to cover the actual expense involved and under such regulations and with such restrictions that it may prescribe, order the city treasurer or town treasurer and/or other officers of the city or town that the board may designate to issue a duplicate of the bond or note, payable at the same time, bearing the same rate of interest as the lost or destroyed bond or note, and marked as to show the number, if known, and date of the original bond or note. But no duplicate shall be issued until the owner of the lost or destroyed bond or note gives to the city treasurer or town treasurer a bond in double the amount of the lost or destroyed bond or note and of the interest which would accrue until the principal is due and payable, with two (2) sufficient sureties, both residents of the state, or with a surety company authorized to do business in this state, approved by the board, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the city or town from any claim or demand on account of the lost or destroyed bond or note.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-5
§ 45-25-5. Hearing on petition for establishment.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the date fixed for the hearing held upon notice as provided in this section, an opportunity to be heard is granted to all residents and taxpayers of the city and to all other interested persons. After the hearing, the council shall determine:

(1) Whether unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the city, and/or

(2) Whether there is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the city available for all the citys inhabitants.

(b) In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary, the council shall take into consideration the following: (1) the physical conditions and age of the building; the degree of overcrowding; (2) the percentage of land coverage; (3) the light and air available to the inhabitants of those dwelling accommodations; (4) the size and arrangement of the rooms; (5) the sanitary facilities; and (6) the extent to which conditions exist in those buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-39 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-39
§ 45-2-39. Care and repair of stone walls.
Status: in_force

The town or city council of each municipality and the state of Rhode Island shall by ordinance or by administrative order direct that their appropriate departments and employees exercise due care and caution while performing tasks of brush removal and cleaning in areas of stone walls and boundaries and require that any damage that they cause in the process of brush removal or cleaning be repaired immediately.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-20 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-20
§ 45-54-20. Bonds eligible for investment.
Status: in_force

The notes and bonds of the corporation are securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, and saving associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-23 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-23
§ 45-54-23. Transfers to governmental body.
Status: in_force

When all bonds issued under the provisions of the chapter for each specific project and their interest have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all the bonds and their interest to the maturity of the bonds have been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, the specific project financed under the provisions of this chapter may be transferred to the municipality leasing the project on terms and conditions and for consideration that the corporation determines. If the corporation is dissolved, all funds of the corporation not required for the payment of bonds shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality in which the corporation is established for the use of the municipality, and all property belonging to the corporation shall be vested in the municipality and delivered to it. No part of the net earnings of the authority shall be distributed to, or inure to the benefit of, any private person.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-25 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-25
§ 45-54-25. Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-53-3.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-53 / Section 45-53-3.1
§ 45-53-3.1. Formula to include non-income restricted multi-family rental units as low- and moderate-income housing.
Status: in_force

(a) In calculating the number of year-round housing units towards meeting the goals of an excess of ten percent (10%) of the year-round housing units consistent with local needs required pursuant to § 45-53-4, rental units in multi-family housing built after June 30, 2022, may be included as low- or moderate-income housing, in accordance with the following conditions:

(1) At least thirty percent (30%) of the units created are deed restricted for households earning not more than sixty percent (60%) of the area median income, adjusted for household size; or

(2) At least fifty percent (50%) of the units created are deed restricted for households earning not more than eighty percent (80%) of the area median income, adjusted for household size; and

(3) The proposed affordable units meet all other requirements of this chapter to be calculated as low- or moderate-income housing; and

(4) All non-deed restricted units developed under the same comprehensive permit shall be included in the low- and moderate-income housing inventory as one-half (0.5) units each.

(b) As used in this section and as applied to this chapter:

(1) Area median income (AMI) means area median household income as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for household size.

(2) Multi-family housing' means a building with three (3) or more residential dwelling units or two (2) or more buildings on the same lot with more than one residential dwelling unit in each building.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-38-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-38 / Section 45-38-4
§ 45-38-4. Acquisition by state.
Status: in_force

In the exercise of the powers conferred upon the state by § 45-38-3, title to any educational facility may be vested in the state or in a department, board, body, or commission of the state designated by the governor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-22.3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-22.3
§ 45-12-22.3. Year-end deficits.
Status: in_force

(a) If, at the end of any fiscal year, the chief financial official determines, based on available data, that it is likely the city or towns general fund or combined general fund and unrestricted school special revenue fund will incur a deficit, the municipality must notify the auditor general and the division of municipal finance within thirty (30) days and immediately develop a plan to eliminate the deficit. The plan shall provide for the elimination of the accumulated year-end deficit by annual appropriation, over no more than five (5) years, in equal or diminishing amounts. The plan shall indicate the necessary governmental approvals and procedures required, and shall include a legal opinion by municipal counsel that the proposed action is permissible under federal, state, and local law.

(b) The plan to eliminate the year-end deficit shall be submitted to the state auditor general for approval. The state auditor general shall determine whether the plan reasonably insures elimination of the accumulated deficit in accordance with the law in a fiscally responsible manner. The state auditor general may rely on the written representations made by the municipality in the plan and will not be required to perform an audit. The judgment of the state auditor general in applying this standard shall be conclusive.

(c) If the state auditor general determines the plan is insufficient and/or fails to adequately address the financial condition of the municipality, or if a plan is not submitted, then in such event, the state auditor general can petition the superior court for mandatory injunctive relief seeking to compel the municipality to submit a plan as required hereunder. The state auditor general shall also have standing to pursue the appropriate remedies identified in § 45-12-22.7.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-3.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-3.1
§ 45-2-3.1. Powers of certain towns.
Status: in_force

(a) The towns of Hopkinton, West Greenwich, Richmond, and Charlestown may, at any legal meeting, grant and vote sums of money that they judge necessary:

(1) For the purchase of sites for, and for the erection and repair of, town houses and other public buildings;

(2) For the support of schools, and purchase of sites for and the building and repair of schoolhouses; and for the establishing and maintaining of school libraries;

(3) For the use of hospitals, to be expended and paid under limitations and conditions prescribed from time to time by the town council;

(4) For the support and maintenance of the poor, and the purchase, erection, and repair of proper buildings for the accommodation of the poor, as well as for the purchase of proper sites for these buildings, and, if they judge expedient, of farms or farm lands, for the employment and support of paupers and others chargeable to them;

(5) For the purchase of proper sites for houses of correction and reform schools for juvenile offenders, and the purchase, erection, and repair of proper buildings, fixtures, and apparatus for these sites, and the purchase of lands for the employment and support of the inmates of these sites;

(6) For the laying out, making, repairing, and amending of highways;

(7) For the building, repairing, and amending of bridges;

(8) For the improvement, in any manner they may deem fit, of any property belonging to the town;

(9) For the public health, welfare, recreation, sanitation and landfill, public safety, fire protection, awards and ceremonies, transportation for any of its citizens, university of Rhode Island cooperative extension, mental health, child services, job development and training programs, energy conservation programs, medical and health clinics and services, athletics, and parks and libraries, including the granting and voting of sums to be paid to profit and non-profit corporations which may, in the opinion of those voting, provide any of these services to the town or towns;

(10) For any other services, expenses, or charges deemed to be in the best interests of the town or towns by a majority of those voting; the grant and vote by a majority of those voting is prima facie evidence that the expenditure and appropriation is permitted under this section; and

(11) For all necessary charges and expenses arising within the town, whether incidental or not to the items enumerated in this section.

(b) It shall be the duty of the appropriate elected and appointed officials of any town to carry into effect any and all authorized appropriations.

(c) Any grant, vote, or appropriation of sums already made for any of the above charges, expenses, and services by any of the towns are hereby ratified in every respect.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-48-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-48 / Section 45-48-9
§ 45-48-9. Construction and maintenance of pipes, aqueducts, and other structures.  Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

The district may within and without the district, and within the limits of the town of Burrillville, and without the consent of the town, drive, lay, make, construct, and maintain pipes, aqueducts, conduits, machinery, or other equipment or appliances, or authorize the construction and maintenance to be done, and regulate their use; and may carry any works to be constructed, or authorized to be constructed by it, over or under any highway, turnpike, railroad, or street, in any manner so as not to permanently obstruct or impede travel; and may enter upon and dig up any highway, turnpike, road, or street for the purpose of laying down pipes or building aqueducts, upon or beneath the surface or for the purpose of repairing the pipes or aqueducts, and, if in the course of the making, constructing, or repairing, any pipe, conduit, or other structure lawfully located in a highway, turnpike, road, or street is damaged, or if the location of the pipe, conduit, or other structure is changed, the district shall reimburse the owner of the pipe, conduit, or other structure for the damage, or for the expense of the change of location. The district shall restore the highway, turnpike, road, or street so dug up, to as good a condition as before the work was done. All pipes, conduits, aqueducts, machinery, implements, equipment, appliances, and all other property of the district, used by the district for the purposes provided for by this chapter, are exempt from all taxes and assessments for state, town, or district purposes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-46.2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-46.2
§ 45-24-46.2. Special provisions  Transfer of development rights  North Kingstown.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other powers granted to towns and cities by this chapter to establish and administer transfer of development rights programs, the town council of the town of North Kingstown may provide by ordinance for the transfer of development rights, as a voluntary program available to developers and property owners, in the manner set forth in this section.

(b) The establishment, as provided for by this section, of a system for transfer of development rights within or between zoning districts, or a portion thereof, designated in the zoning ordinance shall be:

(1) For the purpose of providing developers and property owners the ability to establish, certify, purchase, sell, convey, and/or hold land development rights; and

(2) For one or more of the following purposes:

(i) Preserving sensitive resource areas in the community such as groundwater reserves, wildlife habitat, agricultural lands, and public access to surface waters;

(ii) Directing development away from sensitive resource areas to places better suited to increased levels of development such as established or proposed mixed use, commercial, village, or residential centers;

(iii) Directing development to areas served by existing infrastructure such as established roadways, public water supply systems, centralized sewer collection systems, public transit and other utilities; or

(iv) Shaping and balancing urban and rural development; and/or promoting a high level of quality in design in the development of private and public facilities and spaces.

(c) For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meaning:

(1) Receiving area district means a zoning district, which is established and mapped pursuant to a transfer of development rights ordinance and superimposed on one or more zoning use districts or portions thereof that is eligible to receive development rights through a major land development project review. As may be necessary or desirable to achieve the intended uses, density and intensity of use, a receiving area district may allow for additional development capacity and for increased lot building coverage and building envelope that are greater than those of the underlying zoning.

(2) Sending area district means a zoning district, which is established and mapped pursuant to a transfer of development rights ordinance and superimposed on one or more zoning use districts or a portion thereof, that is eligible to establish development rights that may eventually be transferred to a receiving area.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-39-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-39 / Section 45-39-2
§ 45-39-2. Authorization to sell water.
Status: in_force

Every city, town, quasi municipal corporation, water district, authority, or any other agency of the state created by any special or general law, is authorized to sell water to any other city, town, quasi municipal corporation, water district, authority, or any other agency of the state created by any special or general law, in times of emergency or when, for any reason, the water supply of any city, town, quasi municipal corporation, water district, authority, or any other agency of the state created by any special or general law is endangered or rendered unusable and declared so by the city or town council, notwithstanding anything in the general or special laws, city or town ordinances, or city or town charters or charters of any quasi municipal corporation, water district, authority, or any other agency of the state created by any special or general law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-39-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-39 / Section 45-39-4
§ 45-39-4. Payment for hydrant rentals.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any general or special law relating to publicly owned water authorities, a municipality may provide by enactment of an ordinance and complying with the notice requirements of § 39-3-11.1, that the rental usage or fees for any fire hydrant within the municipality shall be the responsibility of the water ratepayers within the municipality which enacted the enabling ordinance, provided that this provision shall apply only where the municipality owns the water supplier and is the exclusive supplier of public water within the municipality.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-29 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-29
§ 45-50-29. Applicability of other laws.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for doing the things authorized by this chapter, and shall be regarded as supplemental and in addition to the powers conferred by other laws. The issuance of all bonds, notes, and other obligations of the authority under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other provisions of any charter or other laws, general, special, or local, or of any rule or regulation of the state or any municipality applicable to the issuance of bonds. No proceedings or notice or approval are required for the issuance of any bonds or any instrument of security for the bonds except as provided in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-33 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-33
§ 45-32-33. Payment of agreed price.
Status: in_force

If any person agrees with the agency for the price of the real property, or estate, or interest in it so taken, the court, upon application of all parties in interest, may order that the sum agreed upon be paid immediately from the money deposited, as the just compensation to be awarded in the proceedings, except as otherwise provided in § 45-31-19.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-16-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-16 / Section 45-16-14
§ 45-16-14. Unauthorized services of process.
Status: in_force

Any individual who serves, or attempts to serve, any writ or legal process for any court of this state, other than deputy sheriffs, and those town sergeants and town constables so authorized for this service pursuant to this chapter, or in accordance with the provisions of chapter 5 of title 9, or other individuals authorized by law or by rule of court shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and/or imprisoned for a term of not less than six (6) months, nor more than one year in prison, for each violation; provided, that this section does not apply to any city or town constable nor to any power or authority granted to them by any general or special law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-60-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-60 / Section 45-60-1
§ 45-60-1. Creation of board.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created and established a body politic and corporate to be known as the Block Island housing board to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The board is constituted a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the board of the powers conferred by this chapter are deemed and held to be the performance of an essential governmental function of the town of New Shoreham.

(b) The board shall consist of seven (7) members all of whom shall be year-round residents of Block Island.

(c) Three (3) members of the board will be elected at large on a nonpartisan ballot by the voters of the town of New Shoreham to four (4) year terms. Candidates receiving the three (3) highest vote totals will be elected. In the first election, three (3) members will be elected; the two (2) receiving higher vote counts for four (4) years; one receiving the third highest count to a two (2) year term. In subsequent elections, there will be two (2) openings, followed two (2) years later with one opening, each for four (4) year terms, provided, however, that the town council of the town of New Shoreham shall appoint these three (3) members until the first regular town election following the enactment of this chapter.

(d) The New Shoreham town council shall appoint four (4) other members for two (2) year terms. Two (2) members shall represent a conservation group and a housing advocacy group respectively, the third shall be knowledgeable in real estate in the town. The remaining member shall be from the community at large.

(e) Should a board member resign for health or other reasons, the town council will appoint a person to fill the unexpired term of the vacating board member.

(f) Annually, the board shall elect from among its members a chairperson and vice-chairperson. The board will appoint a treasurer who will maintain books of record in conjunction with the town treasurer. The board may elect any other officers it determines necessary. Meetings shall be held monthly, at a time to be determined by the board, at the call of the chairperson, or at the request of four (4) members. Four (4) members shall constitute a quorum and action taken by the board under the provisions of this chapter may be authorized by a majority of the members present and voting at any regular or special meeting.

(g) The board may appoint and employ an executive director on a full, part-time or contract basis, whose duties may include, but not be limited to:

(1) Supervise and administer allocations made through the trust fund in accordance with this chapter and with the rules and regulations of the board;

(2) Act as the chief administrative officer having general charge of the office and records;

(3) Act as executive secretary of the board; and

(4) Perform other duties as determined by the board which are in accordance with this chapter and with the rules and regulations of the board.

(h) The board shall hire legal counsel whose selection is subject to the approval for the town of New Shoreham for legal services.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-62-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-62 / Section 45-62-7
§ 45-62-7. Exemption from real and personal property taxes.
Status: in_force

The towns of Burriville and Glocester are authorized to enact ordinances which exempt from taxation real and personal property owned by a Dam Management District created pursuant to this chapter, said exemption to be limited to property that consists of the lake bed of the Pascoag Reservoir, also known as Echo Lake and property on which any dam, spillway and any appurtenant structures may be located as the same relate to the Pascoag Reservoir, also known as Echo Lake.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-36-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-36 / Section 45-36-2
§ 45-36-2. Conservation of open spaces.
Status: in_force

Any city, subject to the approval of its council, or any town, subject to the approval of the town council and financial town meeting, if it has one, may by purchase, bequest, gift, grant, devise, or lease, acquire land and improvements on it, rights of way, water riparian and other rights, easements, conservation easements, scenic easements, privileges, present and future estates, and interests of any kind or description in real property; and may enter into covenants and agreements with owners of land and owners of interests in land to maintain, improve, protect, and limit the future use of or otherwise conserve open spaces; and may enter into agreements or compacts with any other city or town for any purposes; provided, if an open space is to be acquired by the expenditure of public funds, the city or town shall, prior to the expenditure, obtain from the department of environmental management a statement, in writing, that the open space is not desired by the department for open space purposes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-65-10 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-65 / Section 45-65-10
§ 45-65-10. Oversight and report on the status of locally administered pension plans.
Status: in_force

(a) An advisory council regarding locally administered pension plans shall be established and consist of:

(1) The general treasurer, who shall serve as a chairperson;

(2) The auditor general;

(3) A representative of organized labor appointed by the governor;

(4) A representative of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns; and

(5) The director of revenue or designee who shall be from the office of municipal finance.

(b) On or before April 30 of each year, the advisory council shall provide to the governors office and to both chambers of the general assembly an annual report that shall include a performance dashboard of all pension plans used by either the state and/or any municipality or municipal employees, that sets forth for each plan:

(1) Fund performance for each plans most recently completed and previous five (5) and ten (10) fiscal years;

(2) The total percentage of the plan that is funded;

(3) The percentage of administrative costs of the fund as measured against the funds assets;

(4) Assumed and projected rates of return for the funds; and

(5) The municipalitys or communitys capacity to pay the municipalitys required funding payment as a percentage of their tax levy ratio.

(c) Cities and towns shall supply the information requested by the advisory council to furnish this report.

(d) The report shall be accompanied by an opinion prepared by the general treasurer regarding the sustainability of each plan and any potential areas of concern.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-7 / Section 45-7-4
§ 45-7-4. Bond of deputy  Revocation of appointment.
Status: in_force

Every town clerk appointing a deputy as provided in § 45-7-2 is responsible for the good conduct of the deputy and may take bond with surety for any penalty that the clerk may require, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office for the time during which the deputy exercises those duties. The clerk may revoke the appointment and cancel the bond, at the clerks discretion.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-26 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-26
§ 45-25-26. Resolution for action by state public body.
Status: in_force

The exercise by a state public body of the powers granted by this chapter may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of a state public body adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of the governing body, which resolution may be adopted at the meeting at which the resolution is introduced. The resolution or resolutions shall take effect immediately and need not be laid over or published or posted.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-35 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-35
§ 45-25-35. Indian housing authorities.
Status: in_force

(a) The city or town council of any city or town is authorized to create by ordinance an Indian housing authority consistent with the requirements of this chapter. Any Indian housing authority created under the terms of this chapter shall be organized for the purpose of directly or indirectly providing dwelling accommodations in a city or town for Indians of low income, within the meaning of and so as to qualify for funding under 24 Code of Federal Regulations Part 905.

(b) Any Indian housing authority created under this chapter shall consist of five (5) commissioners, three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the respective mayor, or elected town administrator, or if the municipality has no elected chief executive, by a majority of the city or town council, and two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the city or town council, each to serve a five (5) year term. At least three (3) commissioners must be duly enrolled members of a state or federally recognized Indian tribe and all commissioners must reside in the city or town. No person is barred from serving as a commissioner because he or she is a tenant or home owner in a dwelling directly or indirectly provided by the Indian housing authority.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the establishment of gaming facilities anywhere in the state of Rhode Island by any person.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-10-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-10 / Section 45-10-2
§ 45-10-2. Certification of vote to install system  Installation.
Status: in_force

Upon the passage of the vote petitioning the state director of revenue for the installation of a system of accounting as provided in § 45-10-1, the town or city clerk or any other person so authorized in that vote shall immediately forward by registered or certified mail to the director of revenue and to the town or city treasurer or any other person having custody of the accounts, a certified copy of the vote, and the director of revenue shall cause an accounting system to be installed in the town or city.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-27-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-27 / Section 45-27-14
§ 45-27-14. Limitation on remedies against property of authority.
Status: in_force

(a) No interest of the authority in any property, real or personal, is subject to sale by the foreclosure of a mortgage on it, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in the mortgage, except in the case of the mortgages provided for in § 45-27-10. All property of the authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the authority.

(b) No judgment against the authority shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal. The provisions of this section do not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose any mortgage of the authority provided for in § 45-27-10 and, in the case of a foreclosure sale, to obtain a judgment or decree for any deficiency due on the indebtedness secured by it and issued on the credit of the authority. The deficiency judgment or decree shall be a lien and charge upon the property of the authority, which may be levied on and sold by virtue of an execution or other judicial process for the purpose of satisfying that deficiency judgment or decree.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-4
§ 45-5-4. Continuation of business from time to time.
Status: in_force

Town councils sitting either for the transaction of council or probate business may continue from time to time any business pending before them which may be undisposed of and, whenever from any cause a quorum of the council is not present at the time for any regular meeting of the council, the council clerk shall continue all business and proceedings returnable to or pending before the council to the next regular meeting of the council. All parties in interest notified or cited to appear before the council shall be held to appear before the council at the time during which the proceedings or business may be continued, in the same way and with the same effect in all respects as they were held to appear at the meeting from which the business or proceedings were continued.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-10 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-10
§ 45-2-10. Election and appointment of officers and agents.
Status: in_force

Towns and cities may and shall elect all town and city officers as are, or may be, required by law, and may appoint any other officers as empowered by law, and any special agents for the transaction of any town or city business, not required by law to be performed by any officer known to the law, as they may deem expedient.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-6 / Section 45-6-4
§ 45-6-4. Names of localities within towns.
Status: in_force

Town councils are authorized to fix the names of the various localities within their respective towns.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-28-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-28 / Section 45-28-4
§ 45-28-4. Powers supplementary.
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-70-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-70 / Section 45-70-4
§ 45-70-4. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

The following persons shall be exempt from the educational requirements established pursuant to this chapter:

(1) The chief municipal officer of the city or town or person designated to serve on a planning board in an ex officio and non-voting capacity.

(2) Any person who offers satisfactory proof of having completed a course of study in land use law and planning within one year prior to January 1, 2023, that, in the determination of the director of the department of administration (the director) in consultation with the division of statewide planning, is equivalent to or more extensive than the course offered pursuant to the requirements of this chapter, will be exempt from the initial three (3) hours of training; however, remain subject to annual continuing education requirements. An appointee/reappointee must file with the city or town clerk a statement explaining why he or she is exempt from the initial introductory training following the effective date of this chapter [January 1, 2023].

(3) Any person who demonstrates that he or she is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) or has a masters or doctorate degree in planning from an accredited college or university will be exempt from the initial three (3) hours of training; however, remain subject to annual continuing education requirements. An appointee/reappointee must file with the city or town clerk a statement explaining why he or she is exempt from the initial introductory training following the effective date of this chapter [January 1, 2023].
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-21 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-9 / Section 45-9-21
§ 45-9-21. Exemption from liability and prosecution.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, neither the director of the department of revenue, nor any fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver or administration and finance officer or any managerial, professional or clerical staff hired, retained or employed by the director of the department of revenue or any fiscal overseer, budget and review commission, receiver or administration and finance officer under this chapter shall have any civil liability for any actions taken or omitted in the course of performing their official duties.

(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, neither the director of the department of revenue nor any fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver or administration and finance officer, nor any managerial, professional or clerical staff employed by the director of the department of revenue or any fiscal overseer, budget and review commission, receiver or administration and finance officer under this chapter shall be subject to prosecution or have any liability for misdemeanor violations of criminal laws for actions taken or omitted in the course of performing their official duties under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-32 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-32
§ 45-29-32. Evidence of value  Expediting proceedings  Increased value  Property devoted to other public use-Owner defined.
Status: reserved

In any proceedings for the assessment of compensation and damages for property taken or to be taken by eminent domain for an authority, the following provisions are applicable:

(a) Evidence of the price and other terms, upon any sale, or the rent reserved and other terms, upon any lease or tenancy, relating to any of the property taken or to be taken, or to any similar property in the vicinity when the sale or leasing occurred or the tenancy existed within a reasonable time of the trial, is admissible on direct examination.

(b) At any time during the pendency of an action or proceeding, a city or an owner may apply to the court for an order directing an owner or the city, as the case may be, to show cause why further proceedings should not be expedited, and the court may upon that application make an order requiring that the hearings proceed and that any other steps be taken with all possible expedition.

(c) For the purposes of §§ 45-29-13  45-29-32 the award of compensation shall not be increased by reason of any increase in the value of the property caused by the clearance, reconstruction, or proposed clearance or reconstruction under §§ 45-29-13  45-29-32 of the property or of the area in which the property is situated. No allowance shall be made for improvements begun on property, after notice to the owner of the property, of the institution of the proceeding to condemn the property.

(d) The facts may be proved bearing upon the unsanitary, illegal, or substandard condition of the premises notwithstanding that no steps have been taken by the department or offices having jurisdiction with a view to remedying or abating those conditions.

(e) If any of the property included within the project is devoted to a public use, it may nevertheless be acquired, provided that no property belonging to the city or to any government may be acquired without its consent, and that no property belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the division of public utilities or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over the corporation.

(f) The term owner, as used in this section, includes a person having an estate, interest, or easement in the property to be acquired or a lien, charge, or encumbrance on the property.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-18 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-18
§ 45-50-18. Remedies.
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or any of the coupons appertaining to them, and the trustee under the trust agreement or the resolution, except to the extent the rights given by this chapter may be restricted by the trust agreement or the resolution, may by civil action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted under this chapter or under the trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties, required by this chapter or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the authority or by any officer of the authority, including the fixing, charging, and collection of fees, rentals, and other charges.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-73 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-73
§ 45-24-73. Design standards required for accessory dwelling units  Consistent statewide treatment of accessory dwelling units required.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to § 45-24-37, one accessory dwelling unit (ADU) per lot shall be allowed by right under the following circumstances:

(1) On an owner-occupied property as a reasonable accommodation for family members with disabilities; or

(2) On a lot with a total lot area of twenty thousand square feet (20,000 sq. ft.) or more for which the primary use is residential; or

(3) Where the proposed ADU is located within the existing footprint of the primary structure or existing accessory attached or detached structure and does not expand the footprint of the structure.

(b) Uniform standards.

(1) A municipality may establish a maximum unit size for an ADU but such limitation must allow, subject to applicable dimensional requirements:

(i) A studio or one bedroom ADU of at least nine hundred square feet (900 sq. ft), or sixty percent (60%) of the floor area of the principal dwelling, whichever is less; and

(ii) A two-bedroom (2) ADU of at least twelve hundred square feet (1,200 sq. ft.), or sixty percent (60%) of the floor area of the principal dwelling, whichever is less.

(2) For all ADU applications, a municipality shall not:

(i) Restrict tenants based on familial relationships or age unless such restriction is necessary to comply with the terms of the federal subsidy related to affordability;

(ii) Charge application or permitting fees for the creation of an ADU that exceed those that would be charged for a new single-family dwelling;

(iii) Require infrastructure improvements in connection with the ADU, including, but not limited to, separate water or sewer service lines or expanded septic system capacity unless such improvements and/or modifications are required by an applicable state agency for compliance under state law or regulation, or to comply with building code requirements, or to address capacity or upgrades necessary to accommodate the ADU;

(iv) Discriminate against populations protected under state and federal fair housing laws;

(v) Impose dimensional requirements or other development standards on ADUs that in any instance exceed the requirements for an accessory structure in the same zoning district;

(vi) Require additional lot area, lot frontage, or lot width for conforming lots or legal nonconforming lots of record solely to accommodate an ADU;

(vii) Require zoning relief for ADU applications proposed within an existing footprint of the primary or accessory structure which is a legal nonconforming structure in order to address the existing dimensional nonconformity;

(viii) Require more than one off-street parking space per bedroom of the ADU;

(ix) Limit ADUs to lots with preexisting dwellings, or otherwise prohibit ADUs as part of applications for new primary dwelling units or subdivisions;

(x) Prohibit an ADU that otherwise complies with this chapter and applicable dimensional regulations from having up to two (2) bedrooms;

(xi) Require an ADU to be exclusively occupied by a household that is low- or moderate-income or less as defined by § 42-128-8.1, unless such ADU is part of an inclusionary zoning or comprehensive permit application; or

(xii) Revoke the permitted status or otherwise require the disassembly of a legally established ADU upon transfer of title or occupancy.

(3) An application for an ADU that is not allowed by right under this section, shall not, by itself, be reviewed as a minor land development or major land development project.

(4) A municipality shall allow ADUs as part of applications for new primary dwelling units or subdivisions. For proposed ADUs that are part of a larger development proposal, a municipality shall not count such ADUs toward density of the proposal for purposes of limiting the number of dwelling units allowed in such development proposal.

(i) Municipalities may utilize a unified development review process for any application that includes ADUs, regardless of whether a city or town has opted into the current unified development review statute.

(5) As part of the approval process, municipalities may exempt ADUs from all or part of utility assessment and/or tie in fees.

(6) Private restrictions on ADUs imposed by condominium associations, homeowner associations, or similar residential property governing bodies, which conflict with the provisions of this section or the definition of an ADU as set forth in § 45-24-31, shall be void as against public policy. Provided, however, if ADUs are allowed by condominium association covenants, homeowner association covenants, or similar residential property governing bodies, they shall be deemed in compliance with this subsection.

(7) The development of ADUs shall not be restricted by any locally adopted ordinance or policy that places a limit or moratorium on the development of residential units in land zoned for residential use.

(8) ADUs shall not be offered or rented for tourist or transient use or through a hosting platform, as such terms are defined in § 42-63.1-2.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-25 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-25
§ 45-12-25. Sale of bonds or notes at a discount.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions of general or special law enacted prior to January 1, 1982 which require bonds or notes of cities, towns, or other political subdivisions to be sold at not less than par or par and accrued interest, those bonds or notes may be sold at a discount. In case of a sale at discount, the discount shall be treated as interest paid in advance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-34-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-34 / Section 45-34-4
§ 45-34-4. Lease and equipment.
Status: in_force

Waste disposal agreements may provide for the lease of land by the municipality or municipalities from any person, or for the erection of buildings and facilities for disposal of waste by any person with provisions for the leasing of the facilities to the municipality or municipalities and with or without an option to purchase the land and/or facilities. The agreements may also provide for furnishings and equipment and other related facilities by a person by way of lease and, with or without, option for purchase during or at the termination of the lease by the municipality or municipalities. No lease entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be for a period extending beyond twenty-five (25) years from the date of entry.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-19-1.5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-19 / Section 45-19-1.5
§ 45-19-1.5. Examination of records.
Status: in_force

Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, legally liable for a lien or against whom a claim is asserted for compensation for injuries, is permitted to examine the records of any employer paying compensation pursuant to the provisions of § 45-19-1.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-58-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-58 / Section 45-58-2
§ 45-58-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or context:

(1) Fire district means the Pascoag fire district created by the act passed at the May session 1887, entitled An Act to Incorporate the Pascoag Fire District as thereafter amended and supplemented from time to time.

(2) Fire protection assets means that real property, facilities, equipment, statutory rights and privileges, and other tangible or intangible property of any kind whatever used in, or useful to, the conduct of the fire protection and prevention operations conducted prior to, on and after April 4, 2001 by the fire district.

(3) Qualified voter means any person whose name appears on an active account with the Pascoag utility district and who resides in the village of Pascoag or owns property in the village of Pascoag.

(4) Utility assets means that real property, personal property, rights in any real and personal property, facilities, equipment, contract rights, statutory rights and privileges, franchises and other tangible or intangible property of any kind whatever used in, or useful to, the conduct of the electric and water utility operations conducted prior to April 4, 2001 by the fire district, and on and after April 4, 2001 by the utility district.

(5) Utility bond obligations means the obligations represented by and inherent in any revenue or general obligation bond issued by the Pascoag fire district prior to April 4, 2001 for the purpose of financing any aspect of its electric or water utility system or operations, which obligations remain outstanding in any part as of April 4, 2001.

(6) Utility district means the Pascoag utility district, a quasi-municipal corporation, district and political subdivision of the state established and empowered by this chapter to:

(i) Succeed to and fulfill the electric and water utility functions, powers, rights, property and obligations heretofore held and fulfilled by the Pascoag fire district created by the act passed at the May session 1887, entitled An Act to Incorporate the Pascoag Fire District as thereafter amended and supplemented from time to time;

(ii) Exercise certain additional powers as a water supplier, an electric distribution company and as a nonregulated power producer; and

(iii) To provide additional utility services not inconsistent with the duties, powers and obligations of the utility district as defined in this section.

(7) Utility service area means that geographic area located within the boundaries of the Pascoag fire district, as established under the act passed at the May session 1887, entitled An Act to Incorporate the Pascoag Fire District as thereafter amended and supplemented from time to time.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-18.11 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-18.11
§ 45-25-18.11. Housing for people who are elderly  Posting of disabilities  Enforcement by local fire authorities.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon request of any tenant in a public housing for people who are elderly project, the managing authority shall post, on or near the exterior door of the apartment of the tenant, an indication of any disability of the tenant in a form and size that is immediately understood in the event of emergency or evacuation.

(b) The local fire authorities have the duty of accomplishing the purpose of this section, and of enforcing that purpose.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-3-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-3 / Section 45-3-5
§ 45-3-5. Notice of meetings.
Status: in_force

Town clerks shall cause the electors of their respective towns to be notified of every town meeting prescribed by law, and also of all other town meetings legally called.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-47-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-47 / Section 45-47-9
§ 45-47-9. Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

Insurers complying with this chapter, or attempting in good faith to comply with this chapter, are immune from civil and criminal liability, including withholding payment of any insurance proceeds pursuant to this chapter or releasing or disclosing any information pursuant to this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-28 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-28
§ 45-2-28. Charitable contributions.
Status: in_force

Any city or town may make a charitable contribution not in excess of one thousand dollars ($1000) to any incorporated charitable institution.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-15-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-15 / Section 45-15-8
§ 45-15-8. Recovery against town for damages from neglect to maintain highway or bridge.
Status: in_force

If any person receives or suffers bodily injury or damage to that persons property by reason of defect, want of repair, or insufficient railing, in or upon a public highway, causeway, or bridge, in any town which is by law obliged to repair and keep the same in a condition safe and convenient for travelers with their vehicles, which injury or damage might have been prevented by reasonable care and diligence on the part of the town, the person may recover, in the manner provided in this chapter, from the town, the amount of damages, sustained by the aggrieved person, if the town had reasonable notice of the defect, or might have had notice of the defect by the exercise of proper care and diligence on its part.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-9 / Section 45-9-4
§ 45-9-4. Approval of tax levy.
Status: in_force

A city, town, or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer or a budget commission, may not levy property taxes or motor vehicle excise taxes without prior approval of the division of municipal finance. Before the city, town, or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer or a budget commission, shall send out tax bills, the city, town, or fire district shall submit to the division of municipal finance a copy of its adopted municipal or fire district budget and such supporting revenue and expenditure information as the division of municipal finance shall prescribe for the succeeding fiscal year. The adopted municipal or fire district budget, and such supporting revenue and expenditure information as the division of municipal finance may prescribe, shall be submitted to the division of municipal finance no later than ten (10) days after the adoption of the budget. The division of municipal finance shall ascertain whether the budget for that fiscal year contains reasonable revenues from taxation and other sources to meet the appropriations and other amounts required by law to be raised, and the division of municipal finance shall report its conclusion to the director of revenue. If the director of revenue determines that the municipal or fire district budget as presented does not contain reasonable revenues from taxation and other sources to meet appropriations and other amounts required by law to be raised, the director of revenue shall certify this determination in writing and provide notice of the determination with a copy of the certificate to the auditor general, the governor, and the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees; and notify the city, town, or fire district that its tax levy has not been approved and that the city, town, or fire district is not authorized to mail or otherwise transmit tax bills to city or town taxpayers. If the director of revenue has made the foregoing determination, the city, town, or fire district shall prepare a revised budget for review and approval by the director of revenue.

The city, town, or fire district shall submit the reports required by §45-12-22.2 to the director of revenue, the division of municipal finance, the auditor general, the governor, and the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees.

The director of revenue may waive any reporting or filing requirements contained in this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-14-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-14 / Section 45-14-9
§ 45-14-9. Town of Coventry  Installment payments.
Status: in_force

The town of Coventry is hereby authorized to provide for the payment of sewer assessments in installment payments. The sewer assessments levied by the town of Coventry may be paid in as many as thirty (30) annual installments in accordance with the terms of the loan secured for sewer construction. In the case of installment payments, interest at a rate not to exceed a maximum rate of one and twenty-five hundredths percent (1.25%) above the average interest rate the town is charged on any loan used to fund the construction of the sewers shall be charged annually on the unbilled balance of the total sewer assessment. Such annual installment payments may be paid on a quarterly basis. Delinquent (penalty) interest shall be applied to the account if the annual installment payment is not received in full within a year. Delinquent interest shall be assessed in the same manner and at the same rate as established for the collection of real estate taxes. The unpaid balance of each sewer assessment shall bear interest at the rate determined by the town at the time of assessment; provided however, that the whole assessment against any parcel may be prepaid without interest at any time prior to the due date for the first installment payment. The unbilled balance of any sewer assessment, together with any outstanding annual installments and interest accrued to the date of payment, may be paid at any time.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-15 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-15
§ 45-4-15. Tenure of town officers.
Status: in_force

All town officers shall hold their offices until the next election of town officers, and thereafter until their successors are lawfully qualified to act, except where it is expressly provided to the contrary.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-41 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-41
§ 45-32-41. Proration of property tax.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute enacted before April 2, 1956, all taxes assessed against any real property acquired by the agency in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may be prorated in the following manner:

The owner of record on the date of assessment is responsible for the payment of those taxes from the date of assessment to the date of the taking of the property, and payment by the owner of record of those taxes allocable from the date of assessment to the date the agency acquires the real property, plus the payment of any other assessment constituting a lien on the property taken, discharges and releases the owner on the date of assessment from further liability with respect to taxes assessed against the real property taken, and thereafter the agency shall be responsible for the payment of those taxes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-21 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-21
§ 45-32-21. Responsibility for carrying out plan.
Status: in_force

After enactment of the ordinance described in § 45-32-20, the responsibility for carrying out the plan is vested in the agency.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-30 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-30
§ 45-2-30. Town of Narragansett  Municipal court.
Status: in_force

(a) The town council of the town of Narragansett may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housing ordinances of the town and any violation of the provisions of chapter 24.3 of this title, entitled the Rhode Island Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code; provided, however, that any defendant found guilty of any offense, excluding violations of the minimum housing ordinances or chapter 24.3 may, within seven (7) days of conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the superior court and be entitled in the latter court to a trial de novo; and provided further, however, that any defendant found guilty of any violation of a minimum housing ordinance or of chapter 24.3, may, within seven (7) days of conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the fourth division of the district court and be entitled to a trial de novo in accordance with §§ 8-8-3(a)(4) and 8-8-3.2.

(b) With respect to violations of either municipal ordinances dealing with minimum housing or chapter 24.3 et seq., of this title dealing with housing maintenance and occupancy, the town council may also confer upon the municipal court, in furtherance of the courts jurisdiction, the power to proceed according to equity:

(1) To restrain, prevent, enjoin, abate, or correct a violation;

(2) To order the repair, vacation, or demolition of any dwelling existing in violation; or

(3) To otherwise compel compliance with all of the provisions of those ordinances and statutes.

(c) The town council of the town of Narragansett is authorized and empowered to appoint a judge of the municipal court. The town council of the town is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances governing the personnel, operation, and procedure to be followed in the court and to establish a schedule of fees and costs and to otherwise provide for the operation and management of the court. The municipal court may impose a sentence not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail and impose a fine not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), or both. The court is empowered to administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses, and punish persons for contempt and to execute search warrants to the extent the warrants could be executed by a judge of the district court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-49 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-49
§ 45-24-49. Special provisions  Development plan review.
Status: in_force

(a) A zoning ordinance may permit development plan review of applications pursuant to § 45-23-50, for uses that are permitted by right under the zoning ordinance, but the review shall only be based on specific and objective guidelines which must be stated in the zoning ordinance. The permitting authority shall also be set forth in and be established by the zoning ordinance. A rejection of the application shall be considered an appealable decision pursuant to § 45-23-71.

(b) The permitting authority may grant relief from the zoning ordinance and may grant zoning incentives under specific conditions set forth in the zoning ordinance.

(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2023, ch. 308, § 2 and P.L. 2023, ch. 309, § 2.]
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-23 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-23
§ 45-32-23. Modification of plan.
Status: in_force

Upon the recommendation of the agency, a redevelopment plan may be modified at any time by the legislative body or by the legislative body at its own discretion. The legislative body may, at its discretion, hold a public hearing on the proposed modification provided, that, if the plan is modified after lease or sale by the agency of real property in the project area, the modification shall be subject to rights at law and in equity as the lessee or purchaser, or his or her successor or successors or assigns in interest, may be entitled to assert.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-19 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-19
§ 45-5-19. Appointment of municipal officer under home rule charter.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws providing for the appointment of a municipal officer by the mayor of a city or the president of a town council, if the home rule charter of any city or town adopted pursuant to article XIII of the Constitution of Rhode Island provides that an appointment of this officer shall be by the city or town council, then the officers appointment shall be made by the council.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-37-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-37 / Section 45-37-1
§ 45-37-1. Declaration of need and purpose.
Status: in_force

It is declared that there is a need for the development of industrial, manufacturing, commercial, and warehouse facilities to insure the continued growth and prosperity of the state, and of the cities and towns within the state. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide the state and its cities and towns with the power to acquire title by gift to one or more industrial facilities and to lease or sell those facilities to any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, public or private, so as to furnish an additional means for the development of industrial facilities without the use of public funds. It is further declared that the acquisition of title to those facilities and the lease or sale of those facilities, as provided under this chapter, is a public purpose and shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. However, competition between communities in this state merely for the purpose of seeking relocation of industrial facilities located in this state is contrary to the policy of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-5
§ 45-29-5. Service and publication of notice of taking of property.
Status: in_force

No sum paid into the court pursuant to § 45-29-4 shall be charged with clerks fees of any nature. After the filing of the copy, plat, and statement, pursuant to § 45-29-4, notice of the taking of the land, or interest in it, shall be served upon the owners of and persons having an estate in and interested in the land by the sheriff or his deputies of the county in which the land, or interest in it, lies, leaving a true and attested copy of the description and statement with each of those persons personally, or at their last and usual place of abode in this state with some person living there, and in case any of those persons are absent from this state and have no last and usual place of abode in the state occupied by any person, the copy shall be left with the persons, if any, in charge of or having possession of the land, or interest in it, taken of the absent persons if they are known to the officer; and after the filing of the resolution, plat, and statement, the secretary of the authority shall cause a copy of the resolution and statement to be published in some newspaper published in the county where the land, or interest in it, may be located at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-42-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-42 / Section 45-42-2
§ 45-42-2. Nonemergency police power.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and consistent with the provisions of chapter 40.1 of this title entitled Interlocal Contracting and Joint Enterprises, the chiefs of police of any city or town or any police department of a higher education institution may enter into an agreement, which is subject to approval by the appropriate city or town council by adoption of a resolution in support of it or by approval by the president of the higher education institution, by which the chief may request that the other city, town, or higher education institution police force provide assistance in a nonemergency situation for all those police services prescribed by law within any portion of the jurisdiction of the city or town, or campus of the chief granting the authority.

(b) The officers responding to the request and agreement shall have the same authority, powers, duties, privileges, and immunities for jurisdictional purposes as a duly appointed police officer of the city, town, or higher education institution making the request.

(c) All wage and disability payments, pension, workers compensation claims, medical expenses, or other employment benefits will be the responsibility of the employing agency, unless the requesting agency is reimbursed for those costs from any other source. Each agency shall be responsible for the negligence of its employees to the extent specified by law.

(d) A copy of any agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be provided to the superintendent of the Rhode Island state police.

(e) The governor shall have the authority to suspend an agreement entered into pursuant to this section upon a finding that the suspension is in the interest of public safety.