R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-16-4 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-16 / Section 39-16-4
§ 39-16-4. Composition of board.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall consist of seven (7) members, one member to be appointed by the town council of East Greenwich and two (2) members by the city council of the city of Warwick, and two (2) members each appointed by the town councils of the towns of Coventry and West Warwick. The successors of members shall be appointed by their respective city and town councils. A majority of the governing body appointing a member may remove the member for willful misconduct.

(b) The members of the board shall appoint a member to serve as chair of the board, and the appointment shall be made at the boards first meeting after the effective date of this section. The chair appointed shall serve for a seven-year (7) term, at which time the board shall appoint a new chair. If a chair is unable to complete their term, a new chair shall be appointed to serve a seven-year (7) term.

(c) Each member shall serve for a term of seven (7) years, except that all vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. A member shall hold office until his or her successor has been duly appointed and has qualified. Each member of the authority shall take an oath to administer the duties of his or her office faithfully and impartially, and the oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

(d) Four (4) members of the authority shall constitute a quorum and the vote of four (4) members shall be necessary for any action taken by the authority. No vacancy in the membership of the authority shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority.

(e) In the event of a vacancy occurring in the board by reason of the death, resignation, or removal for willful misconduct of a member, the governing body of the town or city that appointed the member shall appoint a new member for the unexpired term.

(f) In the month of January, the board shall make an annual report to the town councils of East Greenwich, West Warwick, and Coventry, and to the city council of Warwick, of its activities for the preceding fiscal year. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The authority shall cause an annual audit of the books, records, and accounts of the authority to be made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-38.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-38.1
§ 39-3-38.1. Rate adjustments  Purchase and sale of water between regulated water-supply boards.
Status: in_force

Regulated water-supply boards that purchase wholesale water from another regulated water-supply board may impose a retail rate increase provided the public utilities commission has approved the wholesale rate increase. The total amount of the retail rate so imposed shall not exceed the amount of the wholesale rate increase. The proposed retail rate increase to be applied by the wholesale purchaser shall be submitted no less than thirty (30) days prior to its effective date to the public utilities commission for its review and approval.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-4-12 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-4 / Section 39-4-12
§ 39-4-12. Payment of investigation expense by utility.
Status: in_force

If, upon a hearing and investigation, it shall be found that any rate, toll, charge, or joint rate or rates is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory or preferential or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this title, or that any regulation, measurement, practice, act, or service complained of is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, preferential, or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this title, or if it is found that any service is inadequate or that any reasonable service cannot be obtained, the public utility found to be at fault shall, if the commission finds the utility to have knowingly and intentionally violated the provisions, pay the expenses incurred by the division in the investigation and hearing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-1.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-2 / Section 39-2-1.1
§ 39-2-1.1. Services to new occupants.
Status: in_force

No public utility shall refuse to furnish services to new occupants at any premises on the grounds that the previous occupant has vacated the premises without paying the public utility for services furnished, provided that the service is not for the use or benefit of the previous occupant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-30 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-30
§ 39-1-30. Zoning review  Approval of ordinances and regulations.
Status: in_force

Every ruling, decision, and order of a zoning board of review and of a building, gas, water, health, or electrical inspector of any municipality affecting the placing, erection, and maintenance of any plant, building, wires, conductors, fixtures, structures, equipment, or apparatus of any company under the supervision of the commission, shall be subject to the right of appeal by any aggrieved party to the commission within ten (10) days from the giving of notice of the ruling, decision, or order. The commission, after hearing, upon notice to all parties in interest, shall, as speedily as possible, determine the matter in question, weighing the consideration of public convenience, necessity, and safety against the consideration of public zoning, and shall have jurisdiction to affirm or revoke or modify the ruling, decision, or order to make any order in substitution thereof. Every ordinance enacted, or regulation promulgated, by any town or city affecting the mode or manner of operation or the placing or maintenance of the plant and equipment of any company under the supervision of the commission, shall be subject to the right of appeal by any aggrieved party to the commission within ten (10) days from the enactment or promulgation. The commission, after a hearing, upon notice to all parties in interest, shall determine the matter giving consideration to its effect upon the public health, safety, welfare, comfort, and convenience.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-23 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-2 / Section 39-2-23
§ 39-2-23. Safe termination of service  Qualified employees.
Status: in_force

No gas company, as described in § 39-1-2(a)(20), shall allow employees to terminate, restore, or activate gas services unless those employees have gained relevant experience by working for a gas company at least two (2) years and have been properly trained in the safe termination or activation or restoration of gas services. The same criteria shall also apply to the periodic testing of meters. A certification process of gas service employees shall be established and enforced by the public utilities commission.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-11-10 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-11 / Section 39-11-10
§ 39-11-10. Continuation of certificate  Transfer  Rights conferred.
Status: in_force

All certificates issued by the administrator shall continue in force and effect until surrendered or revoked for cause. No certificate may be transferred except upon proper application and hearing, and upon a finding by the administrator that the transfer is consistent with the public interest. No certificate shall confer any proprietary, property, or exclusive rights in the use of any airspace, airport, or other air navigation facility.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-12-21.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-12 / Section 39-12-21.1
§ 39-12-21.1. Filing of contracts.
Status: in_force

Contracts entered into by a certified carrier shall be filed with the division of public utilities and carriers as part of the carriers tariffs and shall be subject to the divisions approval after public notification and public hearing by the division of public utilities and carriers as provided in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14-20 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-14 / Section 39-14-20
§ 39-14-20. Licensing of operators.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall operate a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle upon the public highways until the person shall have first obtained an operators license as provided for in chapter 10 of title 31.

(b) Further, no person shall operate a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle upon the highways until the person shall have first obtained a special license from the division of public utilities and carriers under such rules and regulations as the division of public utilities and carriers shall require.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-19-8.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-19 / Section 39-19-8.1
§ 39-19-8.1. Administrative civil penalties.
Status: in_force

The administrator may, in his or her discretion, in lieu of seeking a suspension or revocation of a certificate as conferred under this chapter, impose upon its regulated CATV companies an administrative penalty. Any CATV company that violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or any division order, rule, or regulation issued or promulgated under this chapter, or does any act prohibited in this chapter, or fails or refuses to perform any duty enjoined upon it for which a penalty has not been provided, is subject to a penalty of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and in the case of a continuing violation of any of the provisions of the chapter, every days continuance of a violation is a separate and distinct offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-19-11 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-19 / Section 39-19-11
§ 39-19-11. Right of cancellation.
Status: in_force

Subscribers to cable television may terminate service at any time by requesting disconnection and returning all equipment to the CATV company.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-27.3.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-27.3.1
§ 39-1-27.3.1. Option to return to standard offer.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may, notwithstanding the provisions of § 39-1-27.3, allow customers no longer eligible for standard-offer service to return to standard-offer service, subject to the process set forth in this section. The process shall be as follows: The commission shall hold hearings to determine whether there is a sufficient presence of nonregulated power producers offering reasonably priced power-supply service to customers in Rhode Island. If the commission determines that these market conditions are not present, the commission shall direct the electric distribution company to prepare and file a plan that creates an option for customers to return to the standard offer, including terms and conditions for customers returning and the manner in which the power supply will be procured. This plan may include term commitments or notice provisions before nonresidential customers are permitted to leave standard-offer service once they return. The commission shall conduct a hearing to review the electric distribution companys plan and issue an order approving the plan, including any modifications the commission deems appropriate.

(b) Once the plan is approved by the commission, the electric distribution company and the division shall jointly prepare a request for power-supply proposals (RFP) consistent with the commissions order, develop reasonable bidder qualifications, issue the RFP, review the bids, and jointly select a winning bidder or bidders to supply power. If the electric distribution company and the division mutually agree that the bids are unreasonably high, they shall have the discretion to reject all bids and re-issue an RFP at a later date that they deem appropriate. If the electric distribution company and the division cannot agree on any matter, the dispute shall be submitted to the commission for resolution. Once the winning bidder or bidders are selected, a supply contract or contracts on terms reasonably acceptable to the distribution company and the division will be executed by the electric distribution company and no further regulatory approval shall be required. However, the results of the bidding process shall be filed with the commission.

(c) All of the costs associated with the new supply contract(s) will be recovered through standard-offer rates and the electric distribution companys fully reconciling adjustment provision.

(d) The standard-offer rates for the residential customers returning to the standard offer shall be the same as the standard-offer rate paid by all other standard-offer customers. The standard-offer rates for the nonresidential customers returning to the standard offer shall be determined by the commission after the commission reviews the costs of the power supply resulting from the bid process. The rate for nonresidential customers returning to the standard offer may differ from those of other customers, if the commission deems the rate differential to be appropriate.

(e) Any customer returning to the standard offer may not enter into any agreement to use standard-offer service to arbitrage the market with any supplier while the customer is on the standard offer and it shall be unlawful for any nonregulated power producer to enter into such an agreement.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a legally enforceable entitlement for any supplier to require the electric distribution company to select any particular bid and/or sign a contract with the supplier.

(g) The requirements set forth in this section shall not apply to Pascoag Fire District or Block Island Power Company.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-11-14 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-11 / Section 39-11-14
§ 39-11-14. Revocation, suspension, or modification of certificate.
Status: in_force

Upon application of any person, or upon his or her own motion, and upon at least ten (10) days notice to the parties affected thereby, and for good cause, and after an opportunity for a hearing on the application, the administrator may revoke, suspend, alter, amend, or modify any and all of his or her orders and findings, but no certificate shall be amended, altered, modified, revoked, suspended, or impaired except after like notice and opportunity to be heard and upon clear proof of good, just, and sufficient cause.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14-4.2 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-14 / Section 39-14-4.2
§ 39-14-4.2. Registration and identification of taxicabs and limited public motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

Every taxicab and limited public motor vehicle engaged in the transportation of passengers for compensation over the highways of this state, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall apply to the administrator for the issuance of a vehicle identification device for the registration and identification of vehicles. The application shall be accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each identification device for which an application is made. All revenues received under this section shall be deposited as general revenues. The identification device shall be furnished annually to every carrier whose duty it shall be to apply therefor. It shall be unlawful for any taxicab or limited public motor vehicle to be engaged in transporting passengers for compensation without the owner thereof having applied for and received the required identification device, unless the vehicle is exempted from the provisions of this chapter. Each identification device shall be accompanied by a registration card issued by the administrator which shall be in the possession of the vehicles driver, when the vehicle is operating. Transfers of the identification device from one vehicle to another are hereby prohibited unless authorized by the administrator. The administrator, in his or her discretion, may refuse to reissue the identification device to the holder of any certificate or permit pending any complaint or hearing upon the question of revocation or suspension or in which such question is involved. The administrator shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the registration and identification of motor vehicles authorized for operation under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-19-9 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-19 / Section 39-19-9
§ 39-19-9. Administrative expenses  Assessment against franchise holders.
Status: in_force

(a) The administrator shall determine the expenses of the division of public utilities and carriers associated with the regulation of operational community antenna television systems, including the cost of division personnel and consultants performing duties directly associated with the systems for each upcoming year. The administrator shall apportion and assess one hundred percent (100%) of the expenses among the several operating CATV franchise holders located in this state in the proportion that the gross revenue of each CATV franchise shall bear to the gross revenues of all of the CATV franchises issued and operational; provided, however, that the sum so apportioned and assessed shall not exceed three percent (3%) of any individual CATV franchise holders gross revenues. The sum so apportioned and assessed shall be in addition to any taxes payable to the state under any other provision of law.

(b) CATV franchise awardees that have received compliance-order certificates but have not received operational certificates shall be assessed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for any fiscal year in which they are franchised but not in operation.

(c) The administrator shall apply any budgetary balance or shortfalls from the preceding annual assessment toward the next fiscal year assessment.

(d) Upon collection from the several franchise holders operating in this state, assessments shall be deposited in the public utilities commission funding account as established pursuant to § 39-1-23. The moneys deposited in the public utilities commission funding account pursuant to this section shall be expended at the discretion of the administrator for meeting CATV related operations expenses of the division.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-12-14 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-12 / Section 39-12-14
§ 39-12-14. Factors governing determination of just and reasonable rates  Burden of proof.
Status: in_force

In the exercise of power to prescribe just and reasonable rates and charges for the transportation of property by common carriers by motor vehicle, and classifications, regulations, and practices relating thereto, and to disallow rates filed by any carriers, the administrator shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the inherent advantages of transportation by the carriers; to the effect of rates upon the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed; to the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient transportation service of the carriers at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of the service; and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable the carriers under honest, economical, and efficient management to provide such service. In any proceeding to determine the justness and reasonableness of any rates or charges of any common carrier, there shall not be taken into consideration or allowed, as evidence or elements of value of the property of the carrier, either good will, earning power, or the certificate under which the carrier is operating. At any hearing involving a change in rates, charges, or classification, or in a rule, regulation, or practice, the burden of proof shall be upon the carrier to show that the proposed rule, changed rate, charge, classification, regulation, or practice is just and reasonable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-21-11 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-21 / Section 39-21-11
§ 39-21-11. Rules and regulations  Review.
Status: in_force

The division may adopt rules and regulations, or any amendment to existing rules and regulations, according to the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42. The division shall also give notice thereof, prior to the effective date thereof, by sending by registered or certified mail a copy thereof to each person interested therein who shall have registered with the division his or her name and address, with a request to be so notified. Review of the rules may be had as provided in chapter 35 of title 42.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-18-5 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-18 / Section 39-18-5
§ 39-18-5. Credit of state and political subdivisions not pledged.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, or of any political subdivision. All bonds shall contain, on the face thereof, a statement to the effect that neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof shall be obligated to pay the bonds, or the interest thereon, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds.

(b) All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the provisions of this chapter, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the authority hereunder beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided under the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-21-12 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-21 / Section 39-21-12
§ 39-21-12. Cost of E-911 service to provider.
Status: in_force

The telephone common carrier shall recover the necessary capital and operating costs of providing access for E-911 within the common carriers tariff rates for E-911 service. The common carrier is directed to establish and file with the public utilities commission a tariff with rates recovering the capital and operating costs of providing access to the network.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-12 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-12
§ 39-1-12. Prehearing procedure  Formulating issues  Copies of exhibits.
Status: in_force

Prior to the commencement of any formal hearing, the commission may, in its discretion, direct the parties or their attorneys to appear before it for a conference. At or before the conference, the commission may order any party to file a number of copies, as it may specify, of all exhibits it intends to use in the hearing, and the names and addresses of witnesses it intends to produce in its direct case, together with a short statement of the purposes of each exhibit and of the testimony of each witness. After entry of an order, a party shall not be permitted, except in the discretion of the commission, to introduce into evidence, in its direct case, exhibits that are not filed in accordance with the order. At the conference, the commission may designate a date before which it requires any party in interest to specify what items shown by the filed exhibits are conceded, and further proof of conceded items shall not be required. The commission may also require the parties to simplify the issues; to consider admissions of fact and of documents that will avoid unnecessary proof; and to limit the number of expert witnesses. The commission shall enter an order reciting the concessions and agreements made by the parties, and unless modified at the hearing to prevent manifest injustice, the hearing shall be controlled by the order.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-39 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-39
§ 39-3-39. Purchase of power from small production facilities by electric utilities.
Status: in_force

The public utilities commission shall require that all electric utilities subject to the Third supplementary decision and order in that matter entitled In Re: Arrangements between electric utilities and qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities Docket No. 1549 before the public utilities commission purchase additional power from small production facilities at the ceiling price established by each utility pursuant to the decision and order. The electric utilities subject to the decision and order shall purchase power under a standard contract and at the ceiling price from qualifying cogeneration facilities and qualifying small power production facilities, as defined in the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) (16 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.) with a capacity of ten megawatts (10 MW) or less that are located in the state. The electric utilities to the public utilities third supplementary decision and order issued in Docket No. 1549 shall not be required to enter into agreements at the ceiling price for more than two and one-half percent (2Â½%) of its peak load during the prior year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-6-24 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-6 / Section 39-6-24
§ 39-6-24. Redemption of franchise and property from sale on execution.
Status: in_force

The franchise and property of a railroad corporation may be redeemed by it, or any mortgagee thereof, from sale on execution by paying or tendering to the purchaser the sum paid therefor at the sale, with interest, at any time within sixty (60) days after the final determination of any appeal to reverse the judgment upon which the execution issued, or of any suit to test the validity of the sale, brought before the sale or within sixty (60) days thereafter; but nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing a sale.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-19-3 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-19 / Section 39-19-3
§ 39-19-3. Certificate required.
Status: in_force

No person or company shall operate a CATV service unless there shall be in force for the same a valid certificate issued by the administrator authorizing the operation. Every application for a certificate shall be filed with the administrator on a form provided by him or her and shall contain verified answers to such questions and such information as the administrator may propound or require and shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). All certificates shall be nonexclusive. Any additional certificate issued shall not contain terms or conditions more favorable or less burdensome than those imposed on the incumbent company. The administrator, within a reasonable time, shall fix the time and place of hearing on the application.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-18-18 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-18 / Section 39-18-18
§ 39-18-18. Action by resolution  Reports  Audits.
Status: in_force

(a) Any action taken by the authority under the provisions of this chapter may be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting, and each resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted.

(b) Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, the authority shall approve and submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the secretary of state, of its activities during that fiscal year. The report shall provide: an operating statement summarizing meetings or hearings held, including meeting minutes, subjects addressed, decisions rendered, permits considered and their disposition, rules or regulations promulgated, studies conducted, polices and plans developed, approved, or modified, and programs administered or initiated; a consolidated financial statement of all funds received and expended including the source of the funds, a listing of any staff supported by these funds, and a summary of any clerical, administrative, or technical support received; a summary of performance during the previous fiscal year including accomplishments, shortcomings and remedies; a synopsis of hearings, complaints, suspensions, or other legal matters related to the authority of the authority; a summary of any training courses held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; a briefing on anticipated activities in the upcoming fiscal year, and findings and recommendations for improvements. The report shall be posted electronically on the websites of the general assembly and the secretary of state pursuant to the provisions of § 42-20-8.2. The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this subsection.

(c) The director of administration shall cause an annual audit of the books, records, and accounts of the authority to be made and the costs thereof shall be treated as part of the cost of operation of the authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-13-17 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-13 / Section 39-13-17
§ 39-13-17. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

Every person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of public passenger transportation in the state of Rhode Island shall be and remain exempt from gasoline and diesel engine fuel taxes for such fuel as is consumed by its public passenger buses used exclusively in its public passenger transportation system, as distinguished from buses used for charter, contract, lease, or school transportation service, and shall be and remain exempt from the motor vehicle registration fees for each public passenger bus used exclusively in its public passenger transportation system as distinguished from buses used for charter, contract, lease, or school transportation service, as provided in § 31-6-1, as amended, in excess of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-13-12.2 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-13 / Section 39-13-12.2
§ 39-13-12.2. Registration and identification of vehicles.
Status: in_force

Every interstate motor carrier engaged in the transportation of passengers for compensation over the highways of this state, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall apply to the administrator for the issuance of a vehicle identification device for the registration and identification of vehicles. The application shall be accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of eight dollars ($8.00) for each identification device applied for. All intrastate carriers shall be assessed twenty dollars ($20.00) for each identification device for which an application is made; provided, however, that this fee shall not apply to any city or town, or any agency or department of any city or town of the state, or any nonprofit jitney service utilized for the transportation of senior citizens. All revenues received under this section shall be deposited as general revenues. The identification device shall be furnished annually to every carrier whose duty it shall be to apply therefor. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to be engaged in transporting passengers for compensation in either intrastate or interstate commerce without the owner thereof having applied for and received the required identification device, unless the vehicle is exempted from the provisions of this chapter. Each identification device shall be accompanied by a registration card issued by the administrator which shall be in the possession of the vehicles driver when the vehicle is in operation. Transfers of the identification device from one vehicle to another are hereby prohibited. The administrator in his or her discretion may refuse to reissue the identification device to the holder of any certificate, permit, or permit of registration, pending any complaint or hearing upon the question of revocation or suspension or in which the question is involved. The administrator shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the registration and identification of motor vehicles authorized for operation under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-8-5 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-8 / Section 39-8-5
§ 39-8-5. Railroads on highways subject to prescribed terms.
Status: in_force

All railroads upon any street or highway in any town or city in this state shall be laid out, constructed, used, and continued therein under the terms and conditions named in §§ 39-8-6  39-8-8.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-12-17 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-12 / Section 39-12-17
§ 39-12-17. Determination as to basis of contract rate.
Status: in_force

Any party in interest, whether as a contract carrier, common carrier, shipper, or otherwise, may, at any time, by petition or complaint, have determined whether a rate or charge prescribed for the contract carrier by the administrator, after a hearing, is based upon or includes services that the contract carrier is not required to perform under his or her contract for services. No rates or charges for contract carriers shall be prescribed by the administrator except after a hearing, notice of which has been given to the contract carriers and common carriers affected thereby, and to the shippers or to the public served by the contract carriers and common carriers. Upon a petition of not less than ten (10) persons operating as common or contract carriers in any natural subdivision, the administrator, after a hearing, and after notice to members of the natural subdivision in writing, or by publication, as the administrator may determine, shall prescribe the rates and charges, which shall not be less than the cost of performing the service, to be thereafter charged by all carriers operating within the natural subdivision for the particular type of service described in the petition, but the rates and charges shall not apply to members of the subdivision performing services other than those described in the petition.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-11 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-2 / Section 39-2-11
§ 39-2-11. Penalty for refusal of carrier to receive and transport.
Status: in_force

Every common carrier who shall refuse or neglect to receive and transport goods, wares, and merchandise in the manner as provided in this chapter shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-4-18 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-4 / Section 39-4-18
§ 39-4-18. Review of grade crossing ordinances.
Status: in_force

All orders, decisions, requests, or ordinances hereafter made by any town or city council under the provisions of §§ 39-8-2, 39-8-3, and 39-8-12, shall be subject to the supervision and control of the division as provided in this section. Upon the written complaint of any public utility, or by ten (10) qualified electors, residents of the town or city, the order of whose town or city council shall be drawn in question, upon the ground that the order, decision, request, or ordinance is unreasonable, the division shall set a hearing as provided in § 39-4-4, and if the commission shall find that the order, decision, request, or ordinance is unreasonable, the order, decision, request, or ordinance shall be void; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to take away or limit the existing powers of the town or city councils to abolish grade crossings.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-16-7 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-16 / Section 39-16-7
§ 39-16-7. Business prohibited to members.
Status: in_force

No member of the authority shall directly or indirectly engage in any contract or agreement for labor or for the supply of materials for construction or reconstruction of the physical assets of the authority or replacements or additions thereto.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-16-15 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-16 / Section 39-16-15
§ 39-16-15. Pledge not to alter rights of authority.
Status: in_force

The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the authority that the state will not limit or alter rights hereby vested in the authority until the bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installment of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any actions or proceedings by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully met and discharged.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-8-1.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-8 / Section 39-8-1.1
§ 39-8-1.1. Commission control of grade crossings.
Status: in_force

In the exercise of the police power of the state for the safety of its inhabitants, the general assembly vests in the commission the authority and power to determine the point at which and the manner in which any grade crossing of a railroad and a street shall be constructed and the jurisdiction to determine whether any crossing should be altered, relocated, abolished, or eliminated, and the manner and conditions under which the crossings shall be maintained, even if the order of the commission has the effect of depriving a municipality of control of its streets.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-2 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-2
§ 39-3-2. Persons and companies eligible for certificates.
Status: in_force

No certificate shall be issued to any person who is not a citizen resident within this state, or to any association, unless all members of the association are citizens of this state, or to any corporation unless the corporation has been created by special act of the general assembly upon petition for the same. Notice of the pendency of the petition shall be given in such manner as the general assembly may by general law or special act prescribe; provided, however, that the prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to any corporation lawfully doing business in this state as a public utility prior to March 1, 1926.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14-4.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-14 / Section 39-14-4.1
§ 39-14-4.1. Issuance of certificate to a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

A certificate shall be issued by the administrator, after a hearing, to any qualified applicant therefor, authorizing the whole or any part of the operations covered by the application, if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing, and able properly to perform the service proposed and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the requirements, orders, rules, and regulations of the administrator thereunder, and that the proposed service, to the extent to be authorized by the certificate, is or will be required by the present or future public convenience and necessity; otherwise the application shall be denied. Any certificate issued under this chapter shall specify the service to be rendered and, at the time of the issuance and from time to time thereafter, attached to the exercise of the privileges granted by the certificate, such reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations as the public convenience and necessity may from time to time require. Certificates issued under this chapter shall be renewed before the close of business on December 31 of each calendar year. The renewal fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100) and shall be submitted with the renewal form. All revenues received under this section shall be deposited as general revenues.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14-14 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-14 / Section 39-14-14
§ 39-14-14. Provisions supplemental  Powers of cities and towns.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 39-14-1  39-14-14 are hereby declared to be supplementary and in addition to the provisions of other chapters of this title, and of title 31, and of §§ 39-14-15  39-14-23. The cities and towns may continue to exercise by ordinance all lawful authority heretofore exercised by them, not inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-7-7 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-7 / Section 39-7-7
§ 39-7-7. Water in passenger cars.
Status: in_force

Every railroad corporation shall carry on each passenger car operated by steam a sufficient quantity of good water, with suitable vessels for using the water, and every railroad corporation refusing or neglecting to comply with the requirements of this section shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-13 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-2 / Section 39-2-13
§ 39-2-13. Admission of guide dogs.
Status: in_force

Any blind or deaf person, who uses the services of a seeing-eye guide dog, or personal-assistance animal or a hearing-ear signal dog, clearly identified as such by a yellow harness and trained by a recognized training agency or school, may enter any public facility of any public utility or common carrier in this state, and when riding on any bus or other public utility or common carrier engaged in the transportation of passengers, or when riding in any elevator in this state where a landlord has the elevator operated for the use of the landlords tenants and their visitors or while in any building in this state open to the public, may keep the animal in his or her immediate custody; and the person shall not be required to pay any charge or fare, for, or on account of, the transportation thereon of him or herself and any dog so accompanying him or her, in addition to the charge or fare lawfully chargeable for his or her own transportation; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to railroad sleeping, parlor, club, buffet, or lounge cars.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-22 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-22
§ 39-3-22. Security dividends  Distribution of proceeds of securities.
Status: in_force

No public utility shall declare any stock, bond, or scrip dividend or divide the proceeds of the sale of any stock, bond, or scrip among its stockholders without the consent and permission of the division.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-32-5 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-32 / Section 39-32-5
§ 39-32-5. Additional terms for collocation on authority poles and structures.
Status: in_force

(a) Within six (6) months of receiving its first request to collocate small wireless facilities on authority poles located within the public rights-of-way, but in no event later than April 1, 2018, an authority shall establish, by ordinance, regulation, or rule, nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral, and commercially reasonable rates, terms, and conditions for such collocation that are consistent with the provisions of this chapter. Aside from the application processing fee allowed under § 39-32-3, an authority shall not charge on an annual recurring basis more for such a collocation than one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) or the rate produced by applying the formula adopted by the Federal Communications Commission for telecommunications attachments under 47 U.S.C. § 224(e). The fee limitation shall not apply to authority structures.

(b) An authority shall authorize the collocation of small wireless facilities on authority poles not located within the public rights-of-way and on authority structures to the same extent the authority permits access to the poles and structures for other commercial projects or uses, and may authorize the collocation if the authority has not previously permitted access. The collocation shall be subject to reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates, terms, and conditions as provided by ordinance or in one or more agreements between the wireless provider and the authority. An authority may not charge on an annual recurring basis more for such a collocation than the amount charged for similar commercial projects or uses to occupy or use the same amount of space on similarly situated property.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-37.2 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-37.2
§ 39-3-37.2. Informational notice on electric bills.
Status: in_force

Every person or corporation who or that shall charge for the use of electricity furnished to any house, building, tenement, or estate shall conspicuously display upon the bill or statement for such electricity charges, the following information:

(1) The total number of kilowatt hours consumed;

(2) The base rate amount for the hours;

(3) Capacity cost adjustment;

(4) Fuel adjustment charge;

(5) Conservation costs;

(6) All applicable credits;

(7) Applicable streetlight rental costs;

(8) Applicable taxes; and

(9) All other costs, charges, or fees added to the bill or statement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-7 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-7
§ 39-1-7. Powers of commission  Seal.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall have the powers of a court of record in the determination and adjudication of all matters over which it is given jurisdiction. It may make orders and render judgments and enforce the same by any suitable process issuable by the superior court. The commission shall have an official seal, which shall have engraved thereon the words: State of Rhode Island. Public Utilities Commission Seal.

(b) The commission shall have the power to do a complete audit of the books of all public utilities doing business in this state. The audit shall consider the cost of energy acquisition and all other aspects that the commission deems necessary.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-21 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-21
§ 39-3-21. Penalty for false statements.
Status: in_force

Any director, president, secretary, manager, officer, or other official of any public utility who shall knowingly make any false statement to secure the issue of any stock, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, or who shall, by such false statement, procure the order of the division for the issue of any stock, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, or issue with knowledge of fraud, negotiate, or cause to be negotiated, any stock, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness in violation of §§ 39-3-15  39-3-23 shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions for not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-5-2 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-5 / Section 39-5-2
§ 39-5-2. Procedure in supreme court.
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of a proper petition for a writ of certiorari for review in the office of the clerk of the supreme court, the supreme court shall cause to be issued a writ of certiorari to the commission which shall require the commission within thirty (30) days to certify to the court a transcript of the evidence, a complete record of the hearing, and a copy of the decision or order of the commission. The clerk of the supreme court shall issue citations to all parties in interest, including the public utilities administrator, returnable at such time as in the discretion of the court shall be proper, and the court as soon as may be thereafter shall hear and determine the matter. The transcript of the testimony before the commission in the case, duly certified by the stenographer taking the testimony, and allowed by one of the commissioners, shall be admitted as testimony before the supreme court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-4-14 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-4 / Section 39-4-14
§ 39-4-14. Formal investigation  Notice to utility.
Status: in_force

If, after making a summary investigation, the division becomes satisfied that sufficient grounds exist to warrant a formal hearing being ordered as to the matters so investigated, it shall furnish to the public utility interested, a statement notifying the public utility of the matters under investigation. Ten (10) days after the notice has been given, the division may proceed to set a time and place for a hearing and investigation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-18-20 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-18 / Section 39-18-20
§ 39-18-20. Use of services of department of transportation.
Status: in_force

The authority shall use the services of the department of transportation in planning, designing, and constructing transportation services or facilities to the extent that these services are provided by the department of transportation. The authority may use any other services provided by the department of transportation. Nothing in this section shall modify any trust agreement entered into by the Rhode Island public transit authority in accordance with § 39-18-8, as amended prior to July 1, 1970.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-9-13 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-9 / Section 39-9-13
§ 39-9-13. Accounts of revenues.
Status: in_force

Every railroad corporation shall keep an account of the toll, freight, and passage money received at their depots and offices of receipt, and keep the same at all times in readiness for the examination of the general assembly, or the division of public utilities and carriers, or any committee that may be appointed by the general assembly.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-44 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-44
§ 39-3-44. Payment of public utility bills.
Status: in_force

All bills issued by a public utility as defined in § 39-1-2 shall be deemed paid upon the receipt of sufficient funds by an agent of the public utility authorized to accept such payment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-35 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-35
§ 39-3-35. Municipal rights and franchises subject to regulation.
Status: in_force

Every franchise granted to any public utility by any town or city and all contracts, ordinances, rules, regulations, and orders entered into or made by any town or city regulating the use and enjoyment of rights and franchises granted to any public utility or regulating, restricting, or affecting the operation of transit vehicles, under the provisions of any general or special law, shall be subject to the continuing control of the division in the exercise of the powers enumerated in chapters 1  5 of this title, and during the existence thereof, every franchise, contract, ordinance, rule, regulation, and order shall be deemed to include, and be subject to, the exercise by the division of any and all of the powers or regulations provided for in chapters 1  5 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-25 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-25
§ 39-3-25. Proceedings for approval of transactions between utilities.
Status: in_force

The proceedings for obtaining the consent and approval of the division for such authority shall be as follows: There shall be filed with the division a petition, joint or otherwise, as the case may be, signed and verified by the president and secretary of the respective companies clearly setting forth the object and purposes desired; stating whether or not it is for the purchase, sale, lease, or making of contracts or for any other purpose in § 39-3-24 provided; and also the terms and conditions of the same. The division shall upon the filing of the petition, if it deem a hearing necessary, fix a time and place for the hearing thereof. If, after the hearing, or, in case no hearing is required, the division is satisfied that the prayer of the petition should be granted; that the facilities for furnishing service to the public will not thereby be diminished; and that the purchase, sale, or lease and the terms thereof are consistent with the public interest, it shall make such order in the premises as it may deem proper and the circumstances may require.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-25-3 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-25 / Section 39-25-3
§ 39-25-3. Regulations on construction of high-voltage lines.
Status: in_force

The energy facility siting board established under § 42-98-5 is hereby authorized and directed to establish rules and regulations governing construction within the state of high-voltage transmission lines of sixty-nine (69) kV or greater.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-1.4 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-2 / Section 39-2-1.4
§ 39-2-1.4. Reasonable backup or supplemental rates.
Status: in_force

(a) Electricity produced by cogeneration and small power production can be of benefit to the public as part of the total energy supply of the entire electric grid of the state or consumed by a cogenerator or small power producer. Subject to compliance with applicable rules governing service, public utilities shall provide transmission or distribution service to enable a retail customer to transmit electrical power generated by the customer at one location to the customers facilities at another location, if the commission finds that the provision of this service, and the charges, terms, and other conditions associated with the provision of this service, are not likely to result in higher cost electric service to the utilitys general body of retail and wholesale customers or adversely affect the adequacy or reliability of electric service to all customers.

(b) Each electric distribution company shall provide backup and supplemental service to any customer who is self-generating electricity and meets reasonable interconnection requirements designed to protect the distribution and transmission system. The commission shall ensure that backup and supplemental rates made, exacted, demanded, or collected by any public utility from a customer who is self-generating shall be just and reasonable and may not be unduly discriminatory. Any backup and supplemental rate tariffs in effect as of May 2002 may remain in effect as designed through December 31, 2004. Commencing January 1, 2005, the backup and supplemental rates shall be cost-based but may be discounted as provided for in subsection (c); provided, however, that the John O. Pastore Center power plant shall be exempt from the backup or supplemental rates.

(c) Notwithstanding the rate design criteria set forth in subsection (b), the commission may permit or require discounted backup-distribution-service rates in order to encourage economically efficient cogeneration or small power-production projects if it finds these discounts to be in the public interest and/or contribute to system reliability procurement or least-cost procurement; provided, however, that any revenue not recovered by the electric distribution company as a result of these discounted distribution rates shall be accounted for and recovered in the rates assessed on all customers. The commission shall, in determining the public interest in distributed-generating facilities, consider reduced environmental impacts, increased energy efficiency, reduced transmission losses and congestion, effects on electric system reliability, and other factors the commission may deem relevant.

(d) The provisions of this section shall be effective as of January 1, 2005.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-12-19 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-12 / Section 39-12-19
§ 39-12-19. Revocation of contract carrier permit.
Status: in_force

Any contract carrier by motor vehicle who, during any period of not less than one year, fails or has failed to render any part of the service authorized by the contract carriers permit, except for the reason that the highways over which the contract carrier must operate are impassable because of floods, conditions of the highways, or for other reasonable causes, shall be deemed to have abandoned that part of the service authorized by the contract carriers permit; and if, after a hearing, the administrator finds that the carrier has so failed to render service in accordance with the contract carriers permit, and not for any reason set forth in the foregoing exceptions, the contract carriers rights thereto, to the extent of the contract carriers failure to render service, shall be forfeited; and the administrator shall reissue the contract carriers permit subject to the resulting limitations.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-15-7 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-15 / Section 39-15-7
§ 39-15-7. Hearing on condemnation  Commissioners to appraise damages  Award.
Status: in_force

At the time mentioned in the notice given under the authority of § 39-15-6, or at such adjournment from the time as the court shall order, the court, after hearing the parties in interest therein who may desire to be heard, shall first adjudge whether the taking of the property, estate, or rights in question is a public necessity, and, if that shall be adjudged affirmatively, the property and rights of property shall from that time be deemed to have been taken, and the court shall then appoint three (3) suitable persons to be commissioners to appraise the damages sustained by any person whose property, estate, or rights of property shall have been taken for either or any of the purposes authorized in this chapter. The commissioners, after being duly sworn to the faithful discharge of their trust and giving due notice to the parties in interest, shall proceed to hear the parties with their allegations and proofs, and to examine the premises, and shall make up and return their award in the premises to the clerk of the superior court from which they received their appointment, with their fees marked thereon, which fees, being first allowed by the court, shall be forthwith paid by the town, person, or corporation taking the property, estate, or rights of property embraced in the award.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-33 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-33
§ 39-1-33. Reports.
Status: in_force

The commission and division shall make reports due on the first day of June and the first day of December to the governor for transmittal to the general assembly, which shall contain summaries of every rate-case hearing, and/or order of the commission and division occurring in the period immediately preceding the first day of June and the first day of December.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-15-4 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-15 / Section 39-15-4
§ 39-15-4. Bond to pay damages for property taken.
Status: in_force

Whenever any property or estate or rights of property shall be taken under the provisions of this chapter for either of the purposes described in § 39-15-2 or § 39-15-3, and the person or corporation shall then, or at any time thereafter, be required by the owner of the property, estate, or right taken, to give bond with surety for the payment therefor, the person or corporation shall, without delay, give bond to the owner, with surety satisfactory to a justice of the superior court, conditioned to pay to the owner all damages that may be awarded him or her for the estate so taken.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-19 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-19
§ 39-3-19. Unauthorized securities.
Status: in_force

All stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, payable at periods of more than twelve (12) months after the date of issue thereof, issued by any public utility after April 30, 1936, without the consent or permission of the division, as provided in this chapter, shall be void and of no effect.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-35-1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-35 / Section 39-35-1
§ 39-35-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

When used in this chapter, these terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) Decommissioning means:

(i) The physical removal of all components of a solar photovoltaic system including, but not limited to, solar panels and associated anchoring systems and foundations, and other structures, buildings, roads, fences, cables, electrical components or associated facilities and foundations, to the extent the components of the system are not otherwise in, or proposed to be placed in, productive use;

(ii) Stabilization and/or revegetation of the site as necessary to minimize erosion and in compliance with all state and local laws; and

(iii) Disposal of all solid and hazardous waste in accordance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.

(2) Department means the Rhode Island department of environmental management.

(3) Ground-mounted solar system means a solar electric system that is structurally mounted on the ground and is not roof-mounted.

(4) Office means the Rhode Island office of energy resources.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-10-4 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-10 / Section 39-10-4
§ 39-10-4. Replacement of attorney on termination of power.
Status: in_force

If the attorney shall die or resign or be removed, the corporation, individual, or partnership shall make a new appointment, as provided in § 39-10-2, and file a copy with the secretary of state as provided in § 39-10-3, so that at all times there shall be within the state an attorney authorized as provided in § 39-10-2; and no power of attorney shall be revoked until after like power shall have been given to some competent person and a copy thereof filed as provided in § 39-10-3.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-30-5 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-30 / Section 39-30-5
§ 39-30-5. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-11-13 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-11 / Section 39-11-13
§ 39-11-13. Certification of established common carriers.
Status: in_force

Any common carrier in operation on or before April 23, 1944, shall be entitled to a certificate of convenience and necessity as a matter of right, and without proof of public convenience and necessity, authorizing it to continue operations over the route or routes and between the points it had been serving in intrastate commerce on or prior to April 23, 1944.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-8-1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-8 / Section 39-8-1
§ 39-8-1. Surfacing of highways crossed at grade.
Status: in_force

Every railroad corporation whose roadbed crosses the public highway at grade shall cause the crossing to be covered with suitable material for highway travel so that the surface of the highway at the crossing shall not at any time be lower than three-fourths (Â¾) of one inch (1") below the tops of the rails at the crossing; and every railroad that shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section, after being notified by the city or town council of the city or town wherein the crossing is located, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-42 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-42
§ 39-1-42. Access to telephone information services for persons with disabilities.
Status: in_force

(a) The public utilities commission shall establish, administer, and promote an information accessibility service that includes:

(1) A statewide telephone relay service and, through the competitive bidding process, contract for the administration and operation of such a relay system for utilization of the telecommunications network by persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired;

(2) The adaptive telephone equipment loan program capable of servicing the needs of persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, severely speech impaired, or those with neuromuscular impairments for use with a single-party telephone line, or wireless telephone, to any subscriber who is certified as deaf, hard of hearing, severely speech impaired, or with neuromuscular impairments by a licensed physician, audiologist, speech pathologist, or a qualified state agency, pursuant to chapter 23 of this title; and

(3) A telephone access to the text of newspaper programs to residents who are blind, deaf or blind, visually impaired, or reading impaired with a single-party telephone line.

(b) The commission shall establish, by rule or regulation, an appropriate funding mechanism to recover the costs of providing this service from each residence and business telephone access line or trunk in the state, including PBX trunks and centrex equivalent trunks and each service line or trunk, and upon each user interface number or extension number or similarly identifiable line, trunk, or path to or from a digital network. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall not be any additional funding mechanism used to charge each residence and business telephone access line or trunk in the state, including PBX trunks and centrex equivalent trunks and each service line or trunk, or upon each user interface number or extension number or similarly identifiable line, trunk, or path to or from a digital network, to recover the costs of providing the services outlined in subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3) above.

(c) The commission, with the assistance of the state commission on the deaf and hard of hearing, shall also develop the appropriate rules, regulations, and service standards necessary to implement the provisions of subsection (a)(1). At a minimum, however, the commission shall require, under the terms of the contract, that the relay service provider:

(1) Offer its relay services seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours a day, including holidays;

(2) Hire only qualified salaried operators with deaf language skills; and

(3) Maintain the confidentiality of all communications.

(d) The commission shall collect from the telecommunications service providers the amounts of the surcharge collected from their subscribers and remit to the department of human services an additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000) annually commencing in fiscal year 2005 for the adaptive telephone equipment loan program and forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to the department of human services for the establishment of a new telephone access to the text of newspaper programs. In addition, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall annually be remitted to the Rhode Island commission on the deaf and hard of hearing for an emergency and public communication access program, pursuant to § 23-1.8-4. The surcharge referenced hereunder shall be generated from existing funding mechanisms and shall not be generated as a result of any new funding mechanisms charged to each residence and business telephone access line or trunk in the state, including PBX trunks and centrex equivalent trunks and each service line or trunk, or upon each user interface number or extension number or similarly identifiable line, trunk, or path to or from a digital network.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-20 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-20
§ 39-3-20. Securities of foreign utilities.
Status: in_force

No foreign public utility corporation shall be required to apply to the division for authority to issue stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-24-2 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-24 / Section 39-24-2
§ 39-24-2. Filing by gas companies.
Status: in_force

Every gas company whose total annual sales in the preceding calendar year exceed five million cubic feet (5,000,000 cu. ft.) shall submit, every two (2) years, to the public utilities commission, a long-range energy plan for the five-year (5) period subsequent to the date the plan is submitted, and shall apprise the commission in the interim of any changes that substantially affect the plan. The public utilities commission shall by rule specify such information as it shall reasonably require, to include, but not be limited to, the companys peak demand forecasts, annual sales in cubic feet, major proposed additions to plant, and an analysis of the cost and financing of any proposed additions to plant or purchases. The filing shall include all assumptions and methodologies used by the company in formulating the plan.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-6-15 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-6 / Section 39-6-15
§ 39-6-15. Power to operate aircraft.
Status: in_force

Any railroad company incorporated under the laws of this state and operating a railroad in this state may acquire, own, maintain, and operate, either directly or through subsidiary corporations, aircraft for the transportation of passengers and property subject to provisions of all laws of this state relative to the operation of aircraft.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-7.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-7.1
§ 39-3-7.1. Prohibited practices.
Status: in_force

The use of master-meters, so-called, in apartment or tenement houses containing more than ten (10) apartments or dwelling units is hereby prohibited; provided, however, that this section shall only apply to apartment houses, construction of which is commenced after July 1, 1977. Each apartment or dwelling unit shall have a measuring device or meter for the purpose of measuring the electricity used only by that apartment. The commission shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the multifamily dwellings constructed for the exclusive use of persons who are elderly and/or disabled through public financing, whenever the organization sponsoring the construction shall elect to use a single meter for all, or designated portions, of the housing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-12-38.1 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-12 / Section 39-12-38.1
§ 39-12-38.1. Records and abstract of cases.
Status: in_force

A full record shall be kept by every court in this state of every case in which a person is charged with violation of any provision of this chapter, and an abstract of the record shall be sent by the court to the administrator within ten (10) days of the time when the case is disposed of. The abstract shall be made upon forms prepared by the administrator and shall include all necessary information as to the parties to the cause; the nature of the offense; the date of the hearing; the plea; the decision; the judgment and result; and every abstract shall be certified by the clerk of the court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-6-21 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-6 / Section 39-6-21
§ 39-6-21. Prior contracts for sale of equipment.
Status: in_force

Sections 39-6-19 and 39-6-20 shall not be held to invalidate or affect in any way any contract made prior to February 21, 1893, of the kind referred to in § 39-6-19, and any contract theretofore made may, upon compliance with the provisions of §§ 39-6-19 and 39-6-20, be recorded as provided in § 39-6-20.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-8-11 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-8 / Section 39-8-11
§ 39-8-11. Order to maintain electric signals at crossing.
Status: in_force

At any point where a highway, city or town way, or traveled place is crossed at the same level by a railroad where a gate or flagperson is not maintained, the commission may, after notice to and hearing of the railroad corporation whose road so crosses, direct that the crossing shall be furnished with electric signal or signals as they shall decide the better security of human life or the convenience of the public travel requires, and the corporation shall comply with the order. If the railroad corporation shall refuse or neglect to comply with the order within three (3) months from the date thereof, it shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day that the refusal or neglect shall continue unless it shall furnish reasons satisfactory to the commission for the refusal or neglect. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to affect §§ 39-8-9 and 39-8-10.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-20 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-20
§ 39-1-20. Assistance for investigations and hearings.
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission or the division shall conduct an investigation or hearing upon a proposal by a public utility to increase its rates, tolls, or charges, or to issue stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, or to merge or consolidate with another company, it may employ legal counsel, official stenographers, and expert witnesses, and may designate disinterested persons free from bias, prejudice, and pecuniary interest in the matter concerned, to examine into and testify regarding the matters involved and all collateral issues at all hearings and in any appeal procedures until final determination in law has been had.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14-21 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-14 / Section 39-14-21
§ 39-14-21. Penalty for violations.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 39-14-18  39-14-20(a) shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) for each violation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-7-12 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-7 / Section 39-7-12
§ 39-7-12. Catwalks and handrails on bridges.
Status: in_force

Every railroad corporation or railroad company operating a railroad within this state shall on and after September 1, 1993, maintain and construct a handrail and catwalk on each railroad bridge and/or trestle that is constructed or renovated for use by the railroad. The handrail and catwalk shall extend the full length of the bridge or trestle. Every railroad that shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each violation of this section shall be a separate offense. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a violation of this section shall be classified as a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-6-18 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-6 / Section 39-6-18
§ 39-6-18. Reduction of facilities by agreements  Filing of contracts.
Status: in_force

The facilities for travel and business on either of the roads of any corporations acting under the provisions of §§ 39-6-16  39-6-18 shall not be diminished by the terms or conditions of any agreement under this chapter, and copies of all contracts made under the provisions of the sections shall be filed with the division of public utilities and carriers within thirty (30) days after execution thereof, which shall set forth a full statement thereof in its next annual report.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-8-4 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-8 / Section 39-8-4
§ 39-8-4. Obstruction of highway crossings.
Status: in_force

No railroad corporation, nor its servants or agents, shall willfully or negligently obstruct or unnecessarily use or occupy a highway, city or town way, or street, nor in any case at a street or highway grade crossing, with cars or engines for more than five (5) minutes at one time; and whenever a highway, city or town way or street has been thus used or occupied with cars or engines, no railroad corporation shall again use or occupy the same with cars or engines until a sufficient time, not less than three (3) minutes, has been allowed for the passage across the railroad of such travelers as were ready and waiting to cross when the former occupation ceased. For every violation of the provisions of this section, the corporation shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-29-5 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-29 / Section 39-29-5
§ 39-29-5. Unaffected fees.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect, mandate, or prohibit the assessment of nondiscriminatory enhanced 911 fees, telecommunications education access fund fees, or telecommunications relay service fees.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-25 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-25
§ 39-1-25. Objection to assessments.
Status: in_force

Each company shall pay to the administrator the amount assessed against it or shall file with the commission its objections in writing setting out the grounds upon which it claims that the assessment is excessive, erroneous, unlawful, or invalid. The commission shall, within thirty (30) days from the receipt of the objection, hold a hearing and issue an order in accordance with its findings.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-15-9 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-15 / Section 39-15-9
§ 39-15-9. Judgment on award or verdict.
Status: in_force

Whenever the report of the commissioners shall be received by the court and no right of trial by jury shall be claimed thereon, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the several claimants for the damages awarded to them respectively; and so shall enter judgment upon the verdict of the jury, subject to the right to apply for new trials for cause, upon the rendition of the verdict; and the court shall forthwith grant execution upon all such judgments.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-9 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-9
§ 39-3-9. Testing of measuring devices.
Status: in_force

The division shall provide for the examination and testing of any and all appliances used for measuring any product or service of any public utility. Any consumer or user may have any appliances tested upon payment of the fees fixed by the division. The division shall declare and establish reasonable fees to be paid for the testing of appliances on the request of the consumers or users, the fee to be paid by the consumer or user at the time of his or her request, but to be paid by the public utility and repaid to the consumer or user if the appliances be found defective or incorrect or to the disadvantage of the consumer or user. A meter shall be deemed correct for the purpose of this section if it appears from the examination or test that it does not vary more than two percent (2%) from the standard approved by the division.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-26-7 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-26 / Section 39-26-7
§ 39-26-7. Renewable energy development fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby authorized and created within the Rhode Island commerce corporation a renewable energy development fund for the purpose of increasing the supply of NE-GIS certificates available for compliance in future years by obligated entities with renewable energy standard requirements, as established in this chapter. The fund shall be located at the Rhode Island commerce corporation. The Rhode Island commerce corporation shall administer the fund and adopt plans and guidelines for the management and use of the fund in coordination with the office of energy resources and the Rhode Island infrastructure bank.

(b) The Rhode Island commerce corporation shall enter into agreements with obligated entities to accept alternative compliance payments, consistent with rules of the commission and the purposes set forth in this section; and alternative compliance payments received pursuant to this section shall be trust funds to be held and applied solely for the purposes set forth in this section.

(c) The uses of the fund shall include but not be limited to:

(1) Stimulating investment in renewable energy development by entering into agreements, including multiyear agreements, for renewable energy certificates;

(2) Establishing and maintaining a residential renewable energy program using eligible technologies in accordance with § 39-26-5;

(3) Providing technical and financial assistance to municipalities for interconnection and feasibility studies, and/or the installation of renewable energy projects;

(4) Implementing and supporting commercial and residential property assessed clean-energy projects;

(5) Issuing assurances and/or guarantees to support the acquisition of renewable energy certificates and/or the development of new renewable energy sources for Rhode Island;

(6) Establishing escrows, reserves, and/or acquiring insurance for the obligations of the fund;

(7) Paying administrative costs of the fund incurred by the Rhode Island commerce corporation, the Rhode Island infrastructure bank, and the office of energy resources, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the income of the fund, including, but not limited to, alternative compliance payments. All funds transferred from the Rhode Island commerce corporation to support the office of energy resources administrative costs shall be deposited as restricted receipts.

(d) All applications received for the use of the fund shall be reviewed by the Rhode Island commerce corporation in consultation with the office of energy resources and the Rhode Island infrastructure bank.

(e) NE-GIS certificates acquired through the fund may be conveyed to obligated entities or may be credited against the renewable energy standard for the year of the certificate provided that the commission assesses the cost of the certificates to the obligated entity, or entities, benefiting from the credit against the renewable energy standard, which assessment shall be reduced by previously made alternative compliance payments and shall be paid to the fund.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-15-11 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-15 / Section 39-15-11
§ 39-15-11. Grant of right to lay pipes and build reservoirs  Exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

The town council of any town or the city council of any city may grant to any person or corporation the right to lay water pipes in any of the public highways of the town or city for supplying the inhabitants of the town or city with water, and may consent to the erection, construction, and the right to maintain a reservoir or reservoirs within the town or city, for such time and upon such terms and conditions as they may deem proper, including therein, the power and authority to exempt the pipes and reservoirs and the land and works connected therewith from taxation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14-7 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-14 / Section 39-14-7
§ 39-14-7. Display of certificate memorandum.
Status: in_force

The owner or operator of each taxicab or limited public motor vehicle subject to the provisions of §§ 39-14-3 and 39-14-4, shall display, in a conspicuous place therein, a memorandum issued by the division of the certificate provided for in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-20-3 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-20 / Section 39-20-3
§ 39-20-3. Powers of domestic electric utilities.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of any general or special law relating to the powers and authorities of domestic electric utilities or any limitation imposed by their charters (which are hereby amended), but subject to the provisions of this title and this chapter, a domestic electric utility shall have the following additional powers:

(1) Jointly or separately to plan, finance, construct, purchase, operate, maintain, use, share costs of, own, mortgage, lease, sell, provide services for, dispose of, or otherwise participate in electric-generating facilities, or portions thereof, within or without the state, or the product or service therefrom, or securities issued in connection with the financing of electric-generating facilities or portions thereof;

(2) To enter into and perform contracts for joint or separate planning, financing, construction, purchase, operation, maintenance, use, sharing costs of, ownership, mortgaging, leasing, sale, providing services for, disposal of, or other participation in electric-generating facilities, or portions thereof, within or without the state, or the product or service therefrom, or securities issued in connection with the financing of electric-generating facilities or portions thereof, including, without limitation, contracts for the payment of obligations imposed without regard to the operational status of a facility or facilities and contracts with domestic or foreign electric utilities for the sale or purchase of electricity from an electric-generating facility or facilities for long or short periods of time or for the life of a specific electric-generating unit or units; and

(3) To enter into and perform contracts for the transmission both within or without the state of the capacity and related energy from a specifically identified electric-generating facility, wherever located, to its own retail service territory, or to any purchaser of such capacity and related energy; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a domestic electric utility to sell electricity at wholesale or retail within or without this state unless:

(i) The sale is authorized under its charter or the general or special laws of this state other than this chapter; or

(ii) The sale constitutes a sale of capacity and related energy from a specifically identified electric-generating facility or a sale of economy, backup, and other energy therefrom.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-23-2 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-23 / Section 39-23-2
§ 39-23-2. Duties.
Status: in_force

The duties of the committee shall include but not be limited to advising on the implementation of the telecommunications device for the impaired distribution program authorized by § 39-1-42(a)(2), and providing periodic review of activities, policies, regulations, procedures, programs, and operation of the program.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-28-3 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-28 / Section 39-28-3
§ 39-28-3. Regulation.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any general or public law to the contrary, and with the exception of the provisions of § 39-28-4, no department, agency, commission, or political subdivision of Rhode Island shall enact, adopt, or enforce, either directly or indirectly, any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, standard, order, or other provision having the force or effect of law that regulates, or has the effect of regulating, the entry, rates, terms, or conditions of VoIP service or IP-enabled service.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-29 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-29
§ 39-3-29. Effect of failure to file agreements.
Status: in_force

Any contract or arrangement not filed with the division pursuant to § 39-3-28 shall be unenforceable in any court in this state, and payments thereunder may be disallowed by the division, unless the later filing thereof is approved in writing by the division.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-20-7 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-20 / Section 39-20-7
§ 39-20-7. Taxation.
Status: in_force

(a) The interests of domestic electric utilities and foreign electric utilities in all electric-generating facilities located in this state shall be liable to taxation by the cities and towns under the provisions of chapters 3  5 of title 44. To the extent that the interests may be exempt from taxation because: (1) The interests are owned by a quasi-municipal corporation that is exempt by the provisions of its charter from taxation by the city or town assessing the tax; or (2) The interests are owned by an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or entity that is exempt from taxation by any general or special law, the owners shall make payments to the city or town in lieu of those taxes in the same amounts as the taxes that would have been assessed were they not exempt. The payments in lieu of taxes to be made under this section shall be treated in the same manner as taxes for purposes of all procedural and substantive provisions of law, including appeals, now and hereafter in effect applicable to the levy, assessment, collection, cancellation, and abatement of the taxes.

(b) Legislative consent is hereby given to the application of the laws of other states with respect to taxation, payments in lieu of taxes, and the assessment thereof to any domestic electric utility that has acquired or has an interest in an electric-generating facility or a portion thereof without the state or is otherwise acting without the state pursuant to powers granted in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-38 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-1 / Section 39-1-38
§ 39-1-38. Liberal construction  Incidental powers  Severability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this title shall be interpreted and construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose. The commission and the division shall have, in addition to powers specified in this chapter, all additional, implied, and incidental power that may be proper or necessary to effectuate their purposes. No rule, order, act, or regulation of the commission and of the division shall be declared inoperative, illegal, or void for any omission of a technical nature. If any provision of this title, or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, or the application thereof to any company or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the title, rule, or regulation, and the application of the provision to other companies or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this title shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-4-4 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-4 / Section 39-4-4
§ 39-4-4. Notice of complaint  Time and place of hearing.
Status: in_force

The division shall, prior to a formal hearing, notify the public utility complained of that a complaint has been made, and ten (10) days after notice has been given, the division may proceed to set a time and place for a hearing and an investigation as hereinafter provided.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-5 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-3 / Section 39-3-5
§ 39-3-5. Petition for certificate of necessity  Notice of pendency.
Status: in_force

A petition in writing for the issuance of a certificate under § 39-3-1 shall first be filed with the division of public utilities and carriers by the public utility desiring to obtain the certificate. Upon receipt of the petition, the division shall fix a time and a place for a hearing thereon, and shall give such notice as it may prescribe of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereon to the petitioner, to the mayor of each city, and to the president of the town council of each town, in which the petitioner desires to furnish or sell gas or electricity, and to any public utility furnishing or selling gas or electricity in the town or city, and shall give a public hearing upon the petition. After the hearing the division of public utilities and carriers shall enter an order granting or refusing to grant the petition.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-26-10 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-26 / Section 39-26-10
§ 39-26-10. Severability and construction.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes thereof.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-18-8 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-18 / Section 39-18-8
§ 39-18-8. Trust agreement  Other security for bonds.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may pledge or assign the revenues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage any transit property or any part thereof. The trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including, without limitation, covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and conditions or limitations with respect to the issuance of additional bonds. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state that may act as depositary of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the authority. Any trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, any trust agreement or resolution may contain other provisions as the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the authoritys cost of operation and maintenance. Bonds may also be secured by insurance or by letters of credit, or in any other manner deemed appropriate by the authority not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, or may be unsecured.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-11-11 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-11 / Section 39-11-11
§ 39-11-11. Rates, fares, and charges.
Status: in_force

All common carriers subject to this chapter shall, before engaging in business, file with the administrator and keep open to public inspection at its offices and terminals schedules showing all rates, fares, and charges for transportation of passengers, or property, between different points on its route or routes, and also between points on its own route and on the routes of other common carriers, when a through route and joint rate have been established. No intrastate aircraft common carrier shall accept or receive any person or property for transportation until the requirements of this chapter have been complied with, and no carrier shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater or less or different remuneration therewith than the rates, fares, and charges that have been legally established and filed with the administrator; nor shall any carrier refund or remit in any manner or by any device any portion of the rates, fares, and charges so established. The administrator is vested with the power and authority to supervise, regulate, and fix, alter, and determine just, fair, reasonable, and sufficient rates, fares, charges, and classifications. No order of the administrator affecting rates, fares, and charges shall issue except after notice and hearing on the same, and any interested party may appear and take part in any proceedings.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-6-6 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-6 / Section 39-6-6
§ 39-6-6. Security for damages required before entry on land.
Status: in_force

No railroad corporation shall enter upon or use the land or materials located for the use of its railroad, except for the purpose of making surveys, until the corporation shall have given such security for the payment of all damages as shall be finally awarded for the land or materials, and for costs, as shall be required by the commissioners appointed to estimate damages; nor shall the corporation enter upon or use the land or materials unless, before the assessment by the commissioners, notice that security will be given on request in writing to the commissioners shall be served on all known persons interested in the land and materials, and residing within this state, by delivering to them or by leaving at their last and usual places of abode a written statement as provided in this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-11-21 — RI Code / Title 39 / Chapter 39-11 / Section 39-11-21
§ 39-11-21. Notice to interstate carriers of proceedings.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of receiving due notice of all proceedings before the administrator relating to aeronautics, the administrator is hereby authorized and directed to notify all holders of certificates issued under §§ 39-11-19 and 39-11-20 in the same manner as he or she is directed to notify holders of certificates issued under other provisions of this chapter.