R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-56-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-56 / Section 45-56-7
§ 45-56-7. Dissolution of downtown center special services district.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after the downtown center special services district has been established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the district may be dissolved in any one of the following ways:

(1) By the adoption of an ordinance repealing the ordinance establishing the downtown center special services district; or

(2) If the district is not divided into subdistricts pursuant to § 45-56-6(b) and if the ordinance establishing the district does not create different land use categories pursuant to § 45-56-6(c), by the holding of a referendum by the board of commissioners of the district among all the holders of record of taxable interests in real property within the district on the question of whether the district shall be dissolved, provided a majority of those holders responds affirmatively or provided the holders of taxable interests in real property, the assessments of which constitute more than one-half (Â½) of the total of all assessments for all taxable interests in real property within the district, respond affirmatively; or

(3) If the district is divided into subdistricts pursuant to § 45-56-6(b), and if the ordinance establishing the district does not create different land use categories pursuant to § 45-56-6(c)(1), by the holding by the board of commissioners of the district of a separate referendum among all the holders of record of taxable interests in the real property within each subdistrict on the question of whether the district shall be dissolved, provided a majority of those holders in a subdistrict responds affirmatively or provided the holders of taxable interests in real property within a subdistrict, the assessments of which constitute more than one-half (Â½) of the total of assessments for all taxable interests in the real property within the subdistrict, respond affirmatively; or

(4) If the district is not divided into subdistricts pursuant to § 45-56-6(b) and if the ordinance establishing the district creates different categories of land use within the district pursuant to § 45-56-6(c)(1), a separate referendum is held among all the holders of record of taxable interests in the real property in each land use category in the district on the question of whether the district shall be dissolved, and unless a majority of holders in a land use category responds affirmatively and unless the holders of taxable interests in real property in a land use category, the assessment of which constitute more than one-half (Â½) of the total of assessments for all taxable interests in real property in the land use category within the district, respond affirmatively; or

(5) If the district is divided into subdistricts pursuant to § 45-56-6(b) and if the ordinance establishing the district creates different categories of land use within the district pursuant to § 45-56-6(c)(1), a separate referendum is held among all the holders of taxable interests in real property in each land use category in each subdistrict on the question of whether the district shall be dissolved, and unless a majority of holders in a land use category in a subdistrict responds affirmatively or unless the holders of taxable interests in real property in a land use category in a subdistrict, the assessments of which constitute more than one-half (Â½) of the total of assessments for all taxable interests within the land use category within the subdistrict, respond affirmatively.

(6) At any referendum held under this section, all residents of the town of Westerly, residing in the town and qualified voters, and who reside in the district or subdistrict as the case may be, have the right to vote and the referendum shall not take effect unless a majority of all voters respond affirmatively.

(b) The board of commissioners of the downtown center special services district in question shall determine the manner in which any referendum held pursuant to subsections (a)(2)  (a)(5) shall be conducted. A referendum may be conducted by mail.

(c) If the downtown center special services district is dissolved pursuant to subsection (a), the board of commissioners of the district shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the district as of the end of the then current fiscal year of the district. If, after the dissolution of a downtown center special services district, the district has liabilities, whether fixed or contingent, the legislative body of the municipality in which the district was located has the authority to impose, in addition to the regular municipal levy, a levy on the real property within the district, in the same manner as is provided for the determination of the levy by the board of commissioners of the district in the ordinance establishing the district, for as many years as the liabilities remain outstanding, and the levy shall be calculated to produce enough revenue to satisfy and release the liabilities as they become due, and the revenues shall be deposited into the general fund of the municipality and shall be utilized by the municipality, at the direction of its chief executive officer, solely for the purposes stated in this section. If, after the dissolution of the downtown center special services district, the district has assets which remain following the winding up of the affairs of the downtown center special services district, the assets shall be transferred to the municipality within which the district was located.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-7
§ 45-54-7. Exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state and for the facilitation of the conduct of their public business, and as the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance by the corporation of the projects defined in this chapter will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the corporation is not required to pay any taxes or assessments upon the projects or upon any property acquired, or upon the income from the projects, or any other state or local tax of any kind or description, nor is the corporation required to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind or description, and the bonds, issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer, and the income from them (including any profit made on the sale) at all time free from taxation by the state, or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state, excepting estate taxes, and the corporation shall pay property taxes and assessments on its properties located outside the boundaries of the city or town whose council established the corporation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-20 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-20
§ 45-21-20. Ordinary disability allowance.
Status: in_force

Upon retirement for ordinary disability, a member receives a retirement allowance equal to the rate prescribed for service retirement subject to the provisions of § 45-21-31; provided that no member retiring with less than ten (10) years of total service receives a benefit less than the member would have received if the member had ten (10) years of total service.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-31-25 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-31 / Section 45-31-25
§ 45-31-25. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of chapters 31  33 of this title, or the application of that provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapters, or the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-41.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-41.1
§ 45-21-41.1. Municipality payment of member contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) Each municipality, pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 414(h)(2) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, may, pursuant to appropriate legal action by the municipality, pick up and pay the contributions which would be payable by the employees as members under § 45-21-41. The contributions so picked up shall be treated as employer contributions in determining tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code; however, each municipality shall continue to withhold federal and state income taxes based upon these contributions until the Internal Revenue Service rules that pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 414(h)(2) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, these contributions shall not be included as gross income of the employee until the time they are distributed. Employee contributions which are picked up pursuant to this section shall be treated and identified as member contributions for all purposes of the retirement system except as specifically provided to the contrary in this section.

(b) Member contributions picked up by a municipality shall be paid from the same source of funds used for the payment of compensation to a member. A deduction shall be made from a members compensation equal to the amount of the employees contributions picked up by the employees municipal employer. This deduction, however, shall not reduce the employees compensation for purposes of computing benefits under the retirement system pursuant to this chapter. Picked up contributions shall be submitted to the retirement system in accordance with the provisions of § 45-21-41 on the date contributions are withheld but no later than three (3) business days following the pay period ending in which contributions were withheld.

(c) Every employer is required to deduct and withhold member contributions and to transmit same to the retirement system and is hereby made liable for the contribution. In addition, any amount of employee contributions actually deducted and withheld shall be deemed to be a special fund in trust for the benefit of the member and shall be transmitted to the retirement system as set forth herein.

(d) The liability of an employer who fails to segregate the trust funds, or refuses to deduct and withhold member contributions from its employees, is enforceable by the retirement board through an appropriate action in the superior court. The general treasurer is also authorized to deduct the amount due from any money due the employer from the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-30 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-30
§ 45-21-30. Optional benefits on service retirement.
Status: in_force

(a) A beneficiary, or, if the beneficiary is an incompetent, then his or her spouse or domestic partner, or if he or she has no spouse or domestic partner, a guardian of the beneficiarys estate, may elect to receive a benefit in a retirement allowance, payable throughout life, or the beneficiary may then elect to receive the actuarial equivalent, at that time, of the beneficiarys retirement allowance in a lesser retirement allowance as determined by actuarial calculation, which shall be payable throughout life with the provision that:

(1) Option 1. A reduced retirement allowance payable during the beneficiarys life, with the provisions that after the beneficiarys death, it shall continue during the life of and be paid to the person that the beneficiary has nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement board at the time of retirement; or

(2) Option 2. A reduced retirement allowance payable during the beneficiarys life, with the provision that after the beneficiarys death an allowance equal to one-half (Â½) of the beneficiarys reduced allowance shall continue during the life of and be paid to the person that the beneficiary has nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the board at the time of retirement.

(b) This section does not apply to any person who elects the social security supplemental option related in § 45-21-17.2.

(c) This section is exempt from the provisions of §§ 45-13-6  45-13-10.

(d) If prior to July 1, 2012, a member elected an optional form of benefit other than a life annuity in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) or (2) above, the member may elect to change his or her form of benefit to a life annuity by filing an election with the retirement board on or before June 30, 2013, provided that the members beneficiary is still alive at the time the election is filed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-62-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-62 / Section 45-62-6
§ 45-62-6. Powers of department and responsibilities of dam owners retained.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the powers and duties of the department of environmental management, as they relate to dams, established pursuant to other provisions of law; nor shall this chapter be construed to affect the responsibilities of dam owners, established pursuant to chapter 19 of title 46, absent the establishment of a district.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-25 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-25
§ 45-32-25. Property devoted to other public use.
Status: in_force

If any of the real property, estate, or interest in it, included within the project area is devoted to a public use, it may nevertheless be acquired, and the taking shall be effective; provided, that no real property or estate or interest in it belonging to a city or town or to the state government shall be acquired without its consent, and that no real property or estate or interest in it belonging to a public utility may be acquired without the approval of the division of public utilities or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over the utility. Any real property or estate, or interest in it, already owned or acquired by the agency may nevertheless be included within the taking for the purpose of acquiring any outstanding interest in the real property.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-33-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-33 / Section 45-33-14
§ 45-33-14. Tax exemption of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds of an agency are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose, and, together with interest and income, are exempt from all taxes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-52 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-52
§ 45-2-52. Town of Jamestown  Municipal Court.
Status: in_force

(a) The town council of the town of Jamestown may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including, but not limited to, municipal code violations, animal regulation violations, minimum housing ordinances of the town and any violation of the provisions of chapter 24.3 of this title, entitled the Rhode Island Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code; and, if but only if, jurisdiction is specifically conferred by a vote of the town council, traffic and parking violations; provided, however, that any defendant found guilty of any offense, excluding violations of the minimum housing ordinances or chapter 24.3 within the jurisdiction of the court, may within seven (7) days of the conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the superior court and be entitled in the latter court to a trial de novo; and provided further, however, that any defendant found guilty of any violation of a minimum housing ordinance or of chapter 24.3, may within seven (7) days of conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the second division of the district court and be entitled to a trial de novo in accordance with §§ 8-8-3(a)(4) and 8-8-3.2.

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

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

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

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

(c) The town council of the town of Jamestown is authorized and empowered to appoint a judge of the municipal court. The judge shall serve for a term of two (2) years, or concurrent with the term of each appointing council. The town council of the town is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances governing the personnel, operation, and procedure to be followed in the court and to establish a schedule of fees and costs, and to otherwise provide for the operation and management of the court. The municipal court may impose sentences not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail and impose fines not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), or both. The court is empowered to administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses, and punish persons for contempt, and to authorize and execute search warrants to the extent the warrants could be authorized and executed by a justice of the district court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-16
§ 45-50-16. Revenues.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is authorized and empowered to fix, revise, and collect from time to time, subject to the provisions of this chapter, fees, rentals, and other charges for the use of projects of, or the services rendered by, the authority to pay:

(1) The cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project or projects or portion or portions of them; and

(2) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds and notes as the bonds and notes become due and payable, and to create reserves for these purposes.

(b) The fees, rentals, and other charges are not subject to supervision or regulation by any commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state or of any municipality or other political subdivision of the state.

(c) The revenues derived from the project or projects or portion or portions of them, in connection with which the bonds or notes have been issued, may be pledged as provided in the resolution or the trust agreement. The pledge is valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the rentals, revenues, or other moneys pledged, and received by the authority, are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery or further act, and the lien of any pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the claims. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the authority. The use and disposition of revenues are subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust agreement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-60 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-60
§ 45-2-60. City of Pawtucket  Licenses.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Rhode Island general or public laws to the contrary, all licenses in the city of Pawtucket which must be granted by the city council may be granted by the Pawtucket city council sitting as the Pawtucket board of license commissioners.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-22-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-22 / Section 45-22-8
§ 45-22-8. Reports.
Status: in_force

A planning board or commission shall report annually to its appointing authority, summarizing its work of the preceding year and recommending programs, plans, and actions for future development. All studies, plans, and reports of the planning board or commission shall be submitted to the appointing authority and to any other designated agency or official, and shall, with the approval of the appointing authority, be published and made available to the public.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-50 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-50
§ 45-32-50. Calculation of interest under condemnation.
Status: in_force

Upon recovery of final judgment of condemnation paid by the agency under this chapter, execution shall be issued and judgment computed in the same manner as provided for in § 37-6-23.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-48-10 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-48 / Section 45-48-10
§ 45-48-10. Taxes  Assessments  Penalty for nonpayment.
Status: in_force

The qualified voters of the district, at any of the meetings of the district, have power to order taxes, and provide for assessing and collecting the taxes on the ratable real estate and tangible personal property of the district, as it deems necessary for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining a supply of water and distributing the water for the extinguishing of fire; for power, domestic, and other uses; for establishing and maintaining and constructing water works and driving wells, and operating the water works and wells; for acquiring and leasing real estate and other property and property rights necessary for a water supply, and laying and maintaining pipes, conduits, aqueducts, and other structures connected with them, and purchasing implements, machinery, and other appliances; for the payment of the current expenses of the district; for the payment of officers, employees, and other agents as the district is authorized to elect, appoint, or otherwise choose under this chapter; and for the payment of any indebtedness that has been or may be incurred by the district; and the taxes so ordered shall be assessed by the assessors of the district on the taxable inhabitants and the property in the district according to the last valuation made by the assessors of the district on the taxable inhabitants and the property in the district according to the last valuation made by the assessors of the town next previous to the assessment, adding, however, any taxable property which may have been omitted by the town assessors or afterwards acquired, and in all cases where the town assessors have included property within and without the district in one valuation, the assessors of the district shall make an equitable valuation of that portion of the property lying within the district; and in the assessing and collecting of the taxes proceedings shall be had by the officers of the district, as near as may be, as are required to be held by the corresponding officers of towns in assessing and collecting town taxes; and the collector of taxes for the district shall, for the purpose of collecting taxes assessed by the district, have the same powers and authority as are now by law conferred on collectors of taxes for towns in this state. The district may provide for a deduction, from the tax assessed against any person if paid by an appointed time, or for a penalty, by way of percentage on the tax if not paid at the appointed time, not exceeding twelve percent (12%) per annum, as it deems necessary to insure punctual payment; provided, that the tax assessed in any one year under the provisions of this section shall not exceed ten (10) mills on each dollar of the valuation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-55-13 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-55 / Section 45-55-13
§ 45-55-13. Exclusion of state mandated costs.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 through 45-13-10 do not apply to this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-48 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-48
§ 45-23-48. Special provisions  Phasing of projects.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may provide for the preliminary and final review stages, and for the construction of major land developments and subdivisions, to be divided into reasonable phases.

(b) When local regulations allow development phasing, the regulations must require the following:

(1) Approval of the entire site design first as a master plan. Thereafter the development plans may be submitted for preliminary and/or final review and/or approval by phase(s).

(2) General standards and regulations for determining physical limits of phases, completion schedules, and guarantees, for allowing progression to additional phases, for allowing two (2) or more phases to proceed in review or construction simultaneously, for interim public improvements or construction conditions, for changes to master or preliminary plans and may include other provisions as necessitated by local conditions.

(3) The master plan documents may contain information on the physical limits of the phases, the schedule and sequence of public improvement installation, improvement guarantees, and the work and completion schedules for approvals and construction of the phases.

(c) Vesting. The master plan remains vested as long as it can be proved, to the satisfaction of the planning board, that work is proceeding on either the approval stages or on the construction of the development as shown in the approved master plan documents. Vesting extends to all information shown on the approved master plan documents.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-10-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-10 / Section 45-10-6
§ 45-10-6. Contents of audit report.
Status: in_force

The audit report referred to in this chapter shall include for each fund of the city or town and for each public industry maintained or operated by the city or town:

(1) Financial statements for the fiscal year prepared in accordance with the reporting requirements prescribed in § 45-10-5.1, together with the auditors report thereon;

(2) A statement as to uncollected taxes outstanding at the close of the last fiscal year according to the years for which the taxes were assessed;

(3) A statement as to debts incurred during the last fiscal year which were unpaid at the end of the year;

(4) Statements as to each public industry maintained or operated by the city or town of expenditures for construction and for equipment for that year;

(5) A statement of the public debt evidenced by notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness, issued and outstanding of the city or town showing as to each item of public debt the authorization date of the debt, the purpose for which authorized, the amount authorized, the date of issue, and amount issued, the interest rate, the amount owing on account of the debt at the close of the fiscal year, and the amount, if any, at that time of the sinking fund established for the retirement of the debt;

(6) A statement of the sinking funds for the payment of the public debt of the city or town, showing how these funds are constituted and invested at the close of the fiscal year; and

(7) Suggestions developed during the course of the audit for improvements in procedures and controls.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-16-4.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-16 / Section 45-16-4.1
§ 45-16-4.1. License and bond of town constables.
Status: in_force

All town constables, except police and special constables as provided for in this chapter, shall be certified by the department of business regulation in order to serve civil process and execute writs as provided in §§ 9-5-10 and 9-5-10.1.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-10-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-10 / Section 45-10-14
§ 45-10-14. Appropriations and disbursements.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that it deems necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and the state director of revenue is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of these sums or so much of them as may from time to time be required.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-33-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-33 / Section 45-33-5
§ 45-33-5. Power to issue bonds  Revenue and mortgage bonds.
Status: in_force

An agency has power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. The term bonds means and includes the notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness which an agency is authorized to issue pursuant to chapters 31  33 of this title. An agency also has power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An agency may issue those types of bonds as it may determine, including bonds on which the principal and interest are payable:

(1) Exclusively from the income and revenues of the development project or projects financed with the proceeds of those bonds, or with the proceeds together with financial assistance from the city, state, or federal governments in aid of the projects;

(2) Exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated redevelopment projects whether or not they were financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds;

(3) From its revenues generally;

(4) From any contributions or other financial assistance from the city, state, or federal governments; or

(5) By any combination of these methods. Any of the bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any revenues or by an encumbrance (whether by mortgage, deed of trust, or otherwise) of any redevelopment project, projects, or other property of the agency.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59-25 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-59 / Section 45-59-25
§ 45-59-25. Exemption from liability.
Status: in_force

No member of the board of directors of a district management authority and no officer of an authority will be held civilly liable for any breach of his or her duties as such member or officer except for liability: (1) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, or (2) for any transaction from which such member or officer derived an improper personal benefit, or (3) for any malicious, willful or wanton act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-26-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-26 / Section 45-26-6
§ 45-26-6. Area of operation.
Status: in_force

The area of operation of a town authority includes all of the town for which it is created; provided, that no authority operates in any area in which an authority already established is operating without the consent by resolution of the authority already operating in that area.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-16
§ 45-5-16. Appeals from orders and decrees.
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by any order or decree of a town council may appeal to the superior court for the county in which the town is located, within forty (40) days after the order or decree is made, unless another provision is made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-15 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-15
§ 45-54-15. Negotiable instruments.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the preceding provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, all bonds are deemed to be negotiable instruments under the laws of this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-18.6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-18.6
§ 45-25-18.6. Power of board.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall:

(1) Advise the housing authority on matters concerning the general welfare of the tenants of housing projects and facilities.

(2) Review and veto rules of the housing authority promulgated in accord with § 45-25-18.1 prior to publication.

(3) Meet on a regular basis with available federal, state, and local government officials or their representatives to propose and develop specific legislation designed to alleviate the problems of those tenants living on fixed or limited incomes, and to transmit all proposals to the appropriate government representatives for consideration.

(b) Final determinations reached on matters heard by way of review are binding on the housing authority.

(c) The power of review and veto is exercised by a two-thirds ( ) majority of those present and voting.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-14
§ 45-32-14. Provision for expenditure of money.
Status: in_force

If the plan provides for the expenditure of any money by the community, the legislative body shall provide for the expenditure at the time or in connection with the approval of the plan; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter enlarges the power of a town council to make an appropriation which has not been approved by a financial town meeting.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-16
§ 45-12-16. Interest rate.
Status: repealed

Any provisions of general or special law enacted prior to February 21, 1970, which limit the rate of interest to be paid on any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of a city, town, or other political subdivision are repealed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-52 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-52
§ 45-21-52. Automatic increase in service retirement allowance.
Status: in_force

(a) The local legislative bodies of the cities and towns may extend to their respective employees automatic adjustment increases in their service retirement allowances, by a resolution accepting any of the plans described in this section:

(1) Plan A. All employees and beneficiaries of those employees receiving a service retirement or disability retirement allowance under the provisions of this chapter on December 31 of the year their city or town accepts this section, receive a cost of living adjustment equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) per year of the original retirement allowance, not compounded, for each calendar year the retirement allowance has been in effect. This cost of living adjustment is added to the amount of the retirement allowance as of January 1 following acceptance of this provision, and an additional one and one-half percent (1.5%) is added to the original retirement allowance in each succeeding year during the month of January, and provided, further, that this additional cost of living increase is three percent (3%) for the year beginning January 1 of the year the plan is accepted and each succeeding year.

(2) Plan B. All employees and beneficiaries of those employees receiving a retirement allowance under the provisions of this chapter on December 31 of the year their municipality accepts this section, receive a cost of living adjustment equal to three percent (3%) of their original retirement allowance. This adjustment is added to the amount of the retirement allowance as of January 1 following acceptance of this provision, and an additional three percent (3%) of the original retirement allowance, not compounded, is payable in each succeeding year in the month of January.

(3) Plan C. All employees and beneficiaries of those employees who retire on or after January 1 of the year following acceptance of this section, on the first day of January next following the date of the retirement, receive a cost of living adjustment in an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the original retirement allowance.

(b) In each succeeding year in the month of January, the retirement allowance is increased an additional three percent (3%) of the original retirement allowance, not compounded.

(c) This subsection (c) shall be effective for the period July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015.

(1) Notwithstanding any other subsections of this section, and subject to subsection (c)(2) below, for all present and former employees, active and retired members, and beneficiaries receiving any retirement, disability or death allowance or benefit of any kind by reason of adoption of this section by their employer, the annual benefit adjustment provided in any calendar year under this section shall be equal to (A) multiplied by (B) where (A) is equal to the percentage determined by subtracting five and one-half percent (5.5%) (the subtrahend) from the Five-Year Average Investment Return of the retirement system determined as of the last day of the plan year preceding the calendar year in which the adjustment is granted, said percentage not to exceed four percent (4%) and not to be less than zero percent (0%), and (B) is equal to the lesser of the members retirement allowance or the first twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of retirement allowance, such twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) amount to be indexed annually in the same percentage as determined under (c)(1)(A) above. The Five-Year Average Investment Return shall mean the average of the investment returns of the most recent five (5) plan years as determined by the retirement board. Subject to subsection (c)(2) below, the benefit adjustment provided by this subsection (c)(1) shall commence upon the third (3rd) anniversary of the date of retirement or the date on which the retiree reaches their Social Security retirement age, whichever is later; or for municipal police and fire retiring under the provisions of chapter 21.2 of this title, the benefit adjustment provided by this subsection (c)(1) shall commence on the later of the third (3rd) anniversary of the date of retirement or the date on which the retiree reaches age fifty-five (55). In the event the retirement board adjusts the actuarially assumed rate of return for the system, either upward or downward, the subtrahend shall be adjusted either upward or downward in the same amount.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (c)(3) the benefit adjustments provided under this section for any plan year shall be reduced to twenty-five percent (25%) of the benefit adjustment for each municipal plan within the municipal employees retirement system unless the municipal plan is determined to be funded at a Funded Ratio equal to or greater than eighty percent (80%) as of the end of the immediately preceding plan year in accordance with the retirement systems actuarial valuation report as prepared by the systems actuary, in which event the benefit adjustment will be reinstated for all members for such plan year.

In determining whether a funding level under this subsection (c)(2) has been achieved, the actuary shall calculate the funding percentage after taking into account the reinstatement of any current or future benefit adjustment provided under this section.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(2), for each municipal plan that has a Funded Ratio of less than eighty percent (80%) as of June 30, 2012, in each fifth plan year commencing after June 30, 2012, commencing with the plan year ending June 30, 2017, and subsequently at intervals of five (5) plan years, a benefit adjustment shall be calculated and made in accordance with subsection (c)(1) above until the municipal plans Funded Ratio exceeds eighty percent (80%).

(d) This subsection (d) shall become effective July 1, 2015.

(1)(A) As soon as administratively reasonable following the enactment into law of this subsection (d)(1)(A), a one-time benefit adjustment shall be provided to members and/or beneficiaries of members who retired on or before June 30, 2012, in the amount of two percent (2%) of the lesser of either the employees retirement allowance or the first twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of the members retirement allowance. This one-time benefit adjustment shall be provided without regard to the retirees age or number of years since retirement.

(B) Notwithstanding the prior subsections of this section, for all present and former employees, active and retired employees, and beneficiaries receiving any retirement, disability or death allowance or benefit of any kind by reason of adoption of this section by their employer, the annual benefit adjustment provided in any calendar year under this section for adjustments on and after January 1, 2016, and subject to subsection (d)(2) below, shall be equal to (I) multiplied by (II):

(I) shall equal the sum of fifty percent (50%) of (i) plus fifty percent (50%) of (ii) where:

(i) is equal to the percentage determined by subtracting five and one-half percent (5.5%) (the subtrahend) from the five-year average investment return of the retirement system determined as of the last day of the plan year preceding the calendar year in which the adjustment is granted, said percentage not to exceed four percent (4%) and not to be less than zero percent (0%). The five-year average investment return shall mean the average of the investment returns of the most recent five (5) plan years as determined by the retirement board. In the event the retirement board adjusts the actuarially assumed rate of return for the system, either upward or downward, the subtrahend shall be adjusted either upward or downward in the same amount.

(ii) is equal to the lesser of three percent (3%) or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) as published by the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics determined as of September 30 of the prior calendar year.

In no event shall the sum of (i) plus (ii) exceed three and one-half percent (3.5%) or be less than zero percent (0%).

(II) is equal to the lesser of either the members retirement allowance or the first twenty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars ($25,855) of retirement allowance, such amount to be indexed annually in the same percentage as determined under (d)(1)(B)(I) above.

The benefit adjustments provided by this subsection (d)(1)(B) shall be provided to all retirees entitled to receive a benefit adjustment as of June 30, 2012, under the law then in effect, and for all other retirees the benefit adjustments shall commence upon the third anniversary of the date of retirement or the date on which the retiree reaches their Social Security retirement age, whichever is later; or for municipal police and fire retiring under the provisions of § 45-21.2-5(b)(1)(A), the benefit adjustment provided by this subsection (d)(1)(B) shall commence on the later of the third anniversary of the date of retirement or the date on which the retiree reaches age fifty-five (55); or for municipal police and fire retiring under the provisions of § 45-21.2-5(b)(1)(B), the benefit adjustment provided by this subsection (d)(1)(B) shall commence on the later of the third anniversary of the date of retirement or the date on which the retiree reaches age fifty (50).

(2) Except for municipal employees and/or beneficiaries of municipal employees who retired on or before June 30, 2012, the benefit adjustments under subsection (d)(1)(B) for any plan year shall be reduced to twenty-five percent (25%) of the benefit adjustment for each municipal plan within the municipal employees retirement system unless the municipal plan is determined to be funded at a funded ratio equal to or greater than eighty percent (80%) as of the end of the immediately preceding plan year in accordance with the retirement systems actuarial valuation report as prepared by the systems actuary, in which event the benefit adjustment will be reinstated for all members for such plan year. Effective July 1, 2024, the funded ratio for each municipal plan within the municipal employees retirement system, calculated by the systems actuary, of equal to or greater than eighty percent (80%) for the benefit adjustment to be reinstated for all members for such plan year shall be replaced with seventy-five percent (75%).

In determining whether a funding level under this subsection (d)(2) has been achieved, the actuary shall calculate the funding percentage after taking into account the reinstatement of any current or future benefit adjustment provided under this section.

(3) Effective for members and/or beneficiaries of members who retired after June 30, 2012, or on or before June 30, 2015, the dollar amount in (d)(1)(B)(II) of twenty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars ($25,855) shall be replaced with thirty-one thousand and twenty-six dollars ($31,026) until the municipal plans funded ratio exceeds eighty percent (80%). Effective July 1, 2024, the funded ratio for each municipal plan within the municipal employees retirement system, calculated by the systems actuary, of exceeding eighty percent (80%) for the benefit adjustment to be reinstated for all members for such plan year shall be replaced with seventy-five percent (75%).

(e) Upon acceptance of any of the plans in this section, each employee shall on January 1 next succeeding the acceptance, contribute by means of salary deductions, pursuant to § 45-21-41, one percent (1%) of the employees compensation concurrently with and in addition to contributions otherwise being made to the retirement system.

(f) The city or town shall make any additional contributions to the system, pursuant to the terms of § 45-21-42, for the payment of any benefits provided by this section.

(g) The East Greenwich town council shall be allowed to accept Plan C of subsection (a)(3) of this section for all employees of the town of East Greenwich who either, pursuant to contract negotiations, bargain for Plan C, or who are non-union employees who are provided with Plan C and who shall all collectively be referred to as the Municipal-COLA Group and shall be separate from all other employees of the town and school department, union or non-union, who are in the same pension group but have not been granted Plan C benefits. Upon acceptance by the town council, benefits in accordance with this section shall be available to all such employees who retire on or after January 1, 2003.

(h) Effective for members and/or beneficiaries of members who have retired on or before July 1, 2015, and without regard to whether the retired member or beneficiary is receiving a benefit adjustment under this section, a one-time stipend of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be payable within sixty (60) days following the enactment of the legislation implementing this provision, and a second one-time stipend of five hundred dollars ($500) in the same month of the following year. These stipends shall not be considered cost of living adjustments under the prior provisions of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-19-4.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-19 / Section 45-19-4.1
§ 45-19-4.1. Tuition to children of police officers dying or disabled as a result of service.
Status: in_force

(a) If an active member of the police force of a city or town is killed, dies, or becomes totally and permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty as a member, or dies of a heart condition or any condition derived from hypertension while still a member, there shall be paid out of the general fund of the state of Rhode Island the charges for the tuition of children of the deceased or totally and permanently disabled police officer and/or the spouse of a police officer killed in the line of duty. The benefits are extended to the children and/or spouse who are attending or may attend the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, or any other college or university operated by the state; provided, that the child has entered the institution while between the ages of sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21); and provided, further, that the aid granted is available to the child and/or spouse for the period of time that may equal the normal time for completing the courses regularly offered by the institution, but in no case more than four (4) years.

(b) For the purpose of this section, the words police officer mean and include any member of the state police, any correctional officer within the department of corrections, or the police of any city or town regularly employed at a fixed salary or wage. Furthermore, this excludes auxiliary and volunteer police officers of city, town, or state police. For the purpose of this section, the words totally and permanently disabled mean any impairment of mind or body making it impossible for one to follow continuously a gainful occupation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-42.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-42.1
§ 45-21-42.1. Payment of administrative expenses of the retirement board and maintaining the retirement system  Restricted receipt account.
Status: in_force

There is transferred to the restricted receipt account established in § 36-8-10.1 up to a maximum of seventeen and one-half (17.5) basis points (0.175%), where one hundred (100.0) basis points equals one percent (1.0%), of the average total investments before lending activities of the municipal employees retirement system of the state of Rhode Island as reported in the annual report of the auditor general for the next preceding five fiscal years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-13-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-13 / Section 45-13-14
§ 45-13-14. Adjustments to tax levy, assessed value, and full value when computing state aid.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the director of revenue computes the relative wealth of municipalities for the purpose of distributing state aid in accordance with title 16 and the provisions of § 45-13-12, the director shall base it on the full value of all property except:

(1) That exempted from taxation by acts of the general assembly and reimbursed under § 45-13-5.1, which shall have its value calculated as if the payment in lieu of tax revenues received pursuant to § 45-13-5.1, has resulted from a tax levy;

(2) That whose tax levy or assessed value is based on a tax treaty agreement authorized by a special public law or by reason of agreements between a municipality and the economic development corporation in accordance with § 42-64-20 prior to May 15, 2005, which shall not have its value included;

(3) That whose tax levy or assessed value is based on tax treaty agreements or tax stabilization agreements in force prior to May 15, 2005, which shall not have its value included;

(4) That which is subject to a payment in lieu of tax agreement in force prior to May 15, 2005;

(5) Any other property exempt from taxation under state law;

(6) Any property subject to chapter 27 of title 44, taxation of Farm, Forest, and Open Space Land; or

(7) Any property exempt from taxation, in whole or in part, under the provisions of subsections (a)(51), (a)(66), or (c) of § 44-3-3, § 44-3-47, § 44-3-65, § 44-5.3-1, or any other provision of law that enables a city, town, or fire district to establish a tangible personal property exemption, which shall have its value calculated as the full value of the property minus the exemption amount.

(b) The tax levy of each municipality and fire district shall be adjusted for any real estate and personal property exempt from taxation by act of the general assembly by the amount of payment in lieu of property tax revenue anticipated to be received pursuant to § 45-13-5.1 relating to property tax from certain exempt private and state properties, and for any property subject to any payment in lieu of tax agreements, any tax treaty agreements or tax stabilization agreements in force after May 15, 2005, by the amount of the payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to such agreements.

(c) Fire district tax levies within a city or town shall be included as part of the total levy attributable to that city or town.

(d) The changes as required by subsections (a) through (c) of this section shall be incorporated into the computation of entitlements effective for distribution in fiscal year 2007-2008 and thereafter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-8 / Section 45-8-7
§ 45-8-7. Liability for default of deputy  Bond  Revocation of appointment  Tenure.
Status: in_force

Every town treasurer appointing a deputy as provided in § 45-8-6 is liable for any misconduct, neglect, or default of the deputy, and shall take bond with surety satisfactory to the town council in any amount of penalty that the treasurer may require for the benefit of the town, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office for the time during which the deputy exercises those duties. The treasurer may revoke the appointment and cancel the bond at his or her discretion. In no event shall the deputy hold office beyond the tenure of office of the appointing town treasurer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-57 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-57
§ 45-2-57. Town of Richmond  Noise pollution.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety and general welfare, the town council of the town of Richmond shall have the power in accordance with the provisions of this section to establish by ordinance standards for the control of noise originating within the limits of the town. Without limiting the generality of the aforementioned, such ordinance shall:

(1) Establish standards for the control of noise originating within the limits of the town by setting maximum permissible sound levels for various activities and noise sources in order to protect the public health, safety and general welfare, provided that the regulation of noise from any particular source has not been preempted by state or federal law or regulation;

(2) Regulate noise pollution based on factors including but not limited to the volume of the noise, the intensity of the noise, whether the nature of the noise is usual or unusual, whether the origin of the noise is natural or unnatural, the volume and intensity of the background noise, if any, the proximity of the noise to residential dwellings, the location from which the noise emanates, the density of inhabitation of the area within which the noise emanates, the time of day or night the noise occurs, the duration of the noise, whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent or constant, and whether the noise is produced by a commercial or noncommercial activity;

(3) Establish use districts for regulation of noise, establish maximum permissible sound levels according to receiving land use, and provide that measurement of sound or noise shall be made with a sound level meter and octave band analyzer meeting the standards prescribed by the American Standards Association;

(4) Include definitions of words, terms and phrases necessary for the enforcement of the ordinance, and provide that definitions of technical terms not defined in the ordinance shall be obtained from publications of acoustical terminology issued by American National Standards Institute or its successor body;

(5) Provide that limitations shall not apply to sound from certain sources, including but not limited to emergency vehicles and snow removal equipment;

(6) Provide for enforcement by police department and/or by the town solicitor, who may institute an action for injunctive relief together with an action for penalties in the case of continuing violations;

(7) Provide the town council with the authority to grant sound variances after a public hearing, establish criteria for the granting of such variances and providing the town council with the authority to impose conditions on such variances; and

(8) Establish penalties for violation consistent with those established by state law for violation of municipal ordinances, provide the police department with the authority to issue warnings and cease and desist orders, and provide that each day of noise disturbance shall be considered a separate offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-32 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-32
§ 45-2-32. Town of Charlestown  Municipal court.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(d) The town council of the town of Charlestown is authorized and empowered to appoint a judge of the municipal court. The town council of the town is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances governing the personnel, operation, and procedure to be followed in the court and to establish a schedule of fees and costs, and to otherwise provide for the operation and management of the court. The municipal court may impose a sentence not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail and impose a fine of not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), or both. The court is empowered to administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses, and punish persons for contempt, and to authorize and execute search warrants to the extent the warrants could be authorized and executed by a justice of the district court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-19-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-19 / Section 45-19-16
§ 45-19-16. Presumption of disability in the line of fire fighting duty.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or to any state or municipal retirement system, any city or town may, by ordinance, provide that every condition of impairment of health caused by smoke inhalation of the lungs or respiratory tract, resulting in total disability or death to a uniformed member of a paid fire department, is presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty as a result of the inhalation of noxious fumes or poisonous gases, unless the contrary is shown by competent evidence; provided, that the person benefiting by the presumption passes a physical examination upon entry into service or subsequent to entry an examination failed to reveal any evidence of the condition.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-8
§ 45-50-8. Reimbursement for expenses.
Status: in_force

The members shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties under this chapter, but each member shall be reimbursed for his or her reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out his or her duties under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-8-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-8 / Section 45-8-2
§ 45-8-2. Annual statement of accounts.
Status: in_force

Town treasurers shall, at the annual town meeting, make a statement of their accounts in writing, showing the several sums received and paid by them during the previous year, and showing, in account details, the purpose for which the payments were made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-21 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-21
§ 45-54-21. Limitation of powers.
Status: in_force

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of any bonds or notes issued by the corporation, that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the corporation to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders until those bonds or notes, together with their interest, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders, are fully met and discharged. The corporation is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of the bonds or notes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-2
§ 45-4-2. Meetings not to interfere with elections.
Status: in_force

In towns not divided into voting districts, and in which town meetings for the election of town officers and for the transaction of town business are held on the same day as an election for the officers mentioned in § 17-18-5 is held, the town meetings shall be held and conducted so as not to interfere or conflict with the provisions of chapters 2  4 of title 17.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-19 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-19
§ 45-50-19. Exemptions from taxation.
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter are, in all respects, for the benefit of the people of the municipality and the state of Rhode Island and for the facilitation of the conduct of their public business; and as the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance by the authority of the projects defined in this chapter constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the authority is not required to pay any taxes or assessments upon the projects or upon any property acquired or used by the authority under the provisions of this chapter, or upon the income from the projects, or any other state or local tax of any kind or description, nor is the authority be required to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind or description, and the bonds, issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale of the bonds) are at all times free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state, excepting estate taxes; and the authority shall pay property taxes and assessments on its properties located outside the boundaries of the city or town whose council established the authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-56 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-56
§ 45-23-56. Administration  Technical review committee.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality may establish a technical review committee(s) of not fewer than three (3) members, to conduct technical reviews of applications subject to their jurisdiction. The administrative officer shall serve as chairperson. Membership of this committee, to be known as the technical review committee, or design review committee, may include, but is not limited to, members of the planning board, planning department staff, other municipal staff representing departments with responsibility for review or enforcement, conservation commissioners, public members, or other duly appointed local public commission members.

(b) If a municipality establishes a technical review committee or committees, the planning board shall adopt written procedures establishing the committees responsibilities.

(c) The technical review committee(s) has the authority to issue approvals, make findings, and provide recommendations as specifically set forth in this chapter.

(d) Reports of the technical review committee to the planning board shall be in writing and kept as part of the permanent documentation on the development application. In no case shall the recommendations of the technical review committee be binding on the planning board in its activities or decisions. All reports of the technical review committee shall be made available to the applicant prior to the meeting of the planning board at which the reports are first considered.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-49 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-49
§ 45-2-49. Town of Burrillville  Municipal court.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

(c) The town council of the town of Burrillville is authorized and empowered to appoint a judge and clerk of the municipal court. The town council of the town is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances governing the personnel, operation, and procedure to be followed in the court and to establish a schedule of fees and costs and to provide for the operation and management of the court. The municipal court may impose a fine not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500). The court is empowered to administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses, and punish persons for contempt.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-15-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-15 / Section 45-15-7
§ 45-15-7. Judicial order assessing tax to pay judgment.
Status: in_force

In case the electors, or the city council, upon due warning given them, shall not take due and effectual care to reimburse, pay, or satisfy the treasurer the money, costs, and charges by the treasurer expended, or recovered against the treasurer, upon complaint filed with the superior court at any time after this, by the treasurer or by the person recovering the judgment named in § 45-15-6, setting forth the facts, the court may order the assessors of the town or city to assess upon the ratable property, and the collector to collect, a tax sufficient for the payment of the judgment, with all incidental costs and charges, and the expense of assessing and collecting the tax.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-12.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-12.1
§ 45-21-12.1. Credit for service as a teacher or state employee.
Status: in_force

Any member who has rendered service as a teacher, as defined under the provisions of chapters 16 and 17 of title 16, or as a state employee, as defined by the provisions of chapters 8 to 10 of title 36, is entitled to credit for that service for the various purposes of this system; provided, that the member was a contributing member for that period. All contributions made by the member for those periods of service shall be transferred in to this system and the retirement system shall calculate the full actuarial value of the accrued benefit with the former employer. If the full actuarial value of the accrued benefit with the former employer is greater than the total employee contributions transferred, the retirement system shall also transfer the difference between the full actuarial value of the accrued benefit with the former employer and the employees contributions from the account of the former employer to the account of the current employing municipality. In any case in which a member has received a refund or refunds of contributions made to the system, the allowance of the previously stated credit for service is conditioned upon the repayment of the refund or refunds, including regular interest from the date of refund to the date of repayment. Any service as defined in this section for which no contributions were made, may be granted; provided, that the member pays to the retirement system a lump sum payment equal to the amount had he or she been a member during that period, plus interest as defined in this section. Effective July 1, 2012, any purchase requested under this paragraph shall be made by a member at full actuarial cost. The retirement board shall fix and determine rules and regulations that are needed to govern the provisions of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-3
§ 45-12-3. Statements to accompany bills to general assembly to authorize indebtedness.
Status: in_force

Whenever any bill is presented to either house of the general assembly to authorize any city or town to issue bonds or other indebtedness, every such bill shall be accompanied by a resolution or ordinance of the city or town council to the general assembly stating the purpose for which the proceeds from the sale of the bonds or other indebtedness are to be used.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-9 / Section 45-9-16
§ 45-9-16. Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-30-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-30 / Section 45-30-7
§ 45-30-7. Independent authorization  Restrictions of other laws inapplicable.
Status: in_force

This chapter constitutes an independent authorization for a housing authority to undertake the development or administration of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, as provided in this chapter, and to administer those projects, consistent with national defense needs, to house service personnel and returning veterans and their families. In exercising any powers or carrying out any authorization contained in this chapter, a housing authority is not subject to any limitations, restrictions, or requirements of other laws (except those relating to land acquisition) prescribing the procedure or action to be taken in the development or administration of any public works, including slum clearance and housing projects for persons of low income or undertakings or projects of municipal or public corporations or political subdivisions or agencies of the state, and may in its discretion, comply with any conditions, not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter, required by the federal government pursuant to federal law in any contract relating to projects developed or administered under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-31-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-31 / Section 45-31-3
§ 45-31-3. Findings as to dangers from substandard areas.
Status: in_force

It is further found:

(1) That the existence of blighted and substandard areas constitutes a serious and growing menace which is injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the people of the communities in which they exist and of the people of the state generally;

(2) That these areas present difficulties and handicaps which are beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power;

(3) That these areas contribute substantially and increasingly to the problems of, and necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures for crime prevention, correction, prosecution and punishment, the treatment of juvenile delinquency, the preservation of the public health and safety, and the maintaining of adequate police, fire, and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;

(4) That this menace is becoming increasingly direct and substantial in its significance and effect;

(5) That these areas prevent the provision of critically needed standard living and working accommodations;

(6) That the retardation of housing improvement and other essential community development is a direct and immediate result of these blighted and substandard areas;

(7) That conditions of blight tend to foster the spread of these conditions to other areas; and

(8) That the benefits which will result from the remedying of these conditions and the redevelopment of these blighted and substandard areas will accrue to all the inhabitants and property owners of the communities in which they exist and to the inhabitants of this state generally.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-12 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-12
§ 45-12-12. City and town boards to authorize duplicate bonds.
Status: in_force

The mayors, city clerks, and city treasurers of every city, and the presidents of the town councils, the town clerks, and the town treasurers of every town, are hereby severally constituted boards, each referred to in §§ 45-12-13 and 45-12-14 as the board, to carry out the provisions of those sections.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-15.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-15.1
§ 45-2-15.1. Police officers and firefighters  Residency within municipality or state not required.
Status: repealed

Notwithstanding any prior ratification and validation by the general assembly of any home rule charter provision requiring that police officers and firefighters reside within the employing city, town, or state of Rhode Island, no home rule charter provision shall require that a police officer or firefighter reside within the city, town, or state of Rhode Island as a condition of appointment or continued employment. Any prior ratification and validation by the general assembly of a home rule charter provision requiring residency within a city, town, or the state of Rhode Island as a condition for employment of a police officer or firefighter is hereby expressly repealed by the general assembly; further, no city or town council shall make or ordain any ordinance requiring a police officer or firefighter to reside within the employing city, town, or state of Rhode Island as a condition of appointment or continued employment. Any existing ordinance requiring a police officer or firefighter to reside within the employing city, town, or state of Rhode Island as a condition of appointment or continued employment is hereby considered contrary to the laws of this state and is thus void as being in violation of state law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-17 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-17
§ 45-29-17. Payment of agreed price by city.
Status: in_force

After the filing of surveys or maps, the city and any owner of, or person entitled to, any estate in, or interested in, any part of the land described in the filing, may agree upon the price of the property or easement or right in the property, and that price shall immediately be paid to the owner by the city upon suitable conveyance and/or release of the estate or interest to the city by the owner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-10.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-10.1
§ 45-25-10.1. Present appointments unaffected.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in § 45-25-10 shall in any way alter any other part or provision of this title, chapter, or section, or any appointments heretofore or hereafter made thereunder, all of which remain in full force and effect.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-40 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-40
§ 45-24-40. General provisions  Alteration of nonconforming development  Alteration of uses established by variance or special use permit.
Status: in_force

(a) A zoning ordinance may permit a nonconforming development to be altered under either of the following conditions:

(1) The ordinance may establish a special-use permit, authorizing the alteration, which must be approved by the zoning board of review following the procedure established in this chapter and in the zoning ordinance; or

(2) The ordinance may allow the addition and enlargement, expansion, intensification, or change in use, of nonconforming development either by permit or by right and may distinguish between the foregoing actions by zoning districts.

(b) The ordinance may require that the alteration more closely adheres to the intent and purposes of the zoning ordinance.

(c) A use established by variance or special use permit shall not acquire the rights of this section, unless allowed by specific provisions of a municipal zoning ordinance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-48-13 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-48 / Section 45-48-13
§ 45-48-13. Malicious damage  Civil and criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

If any person maliciously or wantonly destroys or damages any hydrant, pipe, aqueduct, conduit, machinery, equipment, appliance, or other property of the district used for the purposes provided for in this chapter, that person, whether principal or accessory, forfeits to the district, to be recovered by an action of trespass on the case, treble the amount of damages which appear to have been sustained, and shall also be liable to indictment, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned not more than one year, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-63-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-63 / Section 45-63-6
§ 45-63-6. Stormwater control system in existing street.
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall be construed to require the town of Middletown to install any storm water control facilities in any existing street and installation of such facilities shall be in the discretion of the town council.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-46-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-46 / Section 45-46-6
§ 45-46-6. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or any rule or determination made under this chapter, or application to any person, agency, or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter and its application to any person, agency, or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The invalidity of any section or sections of this chapter shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-4.5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-4.5
§ 45-12-4.5. Relationship to charters.
Status: in_force

Any city or town is authorized to issue debt by resolution under and in accordance with the procedures of §§ 45-12-4, 45-12-4.1, 45-12-4.2, 45-12-4.3, 45-12-4.4 and 45-12-5.2 notwithstanding any provision of its charter to the contrary.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-41-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-41 / Section 45-41-8
§ 45-41-8. Severability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions is held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-5
§ 45-50-5. Appointment of authority members.
Status: in_force

When the council of a city or town first adopts a resolution as provided for in § 45-50-3, the elected chief executive officer, in cities and towns having a popularly elected chief executive officer, shall appoint five (5) resident electors of the city or town as members of the authority. The appointments shall be subject to approval by the city or town council where required by the charter. In cities and towns where there is no popularly elected chief executive officer, the city or town council shall appoint five (5) resident electors of the city or town as members of the authority. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to an authority authorized pursuant to § 45-50-3(c), in which case the public law providing for the exercise of the powers of the authority by a body corporate and politic shall apply and be considered definitive.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-65-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-65 / Section 45-65-2
§ 45-65-2. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide retirement security to current and retired municipal employees by codifying standards to promote the sustainability and longevity of pension plans established and administered by municipalities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-19-12.3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-19 / Section 45-19-12.3
§ 45-19-12.3. Tuition to disabled fire fighters.
Status: in_force

(a) If an active member of the fire force of a city or town or crash rescue crew persons of the state of Rhode Island becomes totally and permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty as a member, or if any member of the fire force of a city or town or crash rescue crew persons of the state of Rhode Island becomes totally and permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his or her duty, there shall be paid, out of the general fund of the state of Rhode Island, the charges for the tuition of totally and permanently disabled fire fighters. The benefits are extended to members who are attending or may attend the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, or any other college or university operated by the state; provided, that the aid granted in this section is available for a period of time that equals the normal time for completing the courses regularly offered by the institution, but in no case more than four (4) years.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the words members of fire force mean and include any member of a fire force or crash rescue crew persons of any city or town regularly employed at a fixed salary or wage; this includes auxiliary and volunteer fire fighters and crash rescue crew persons of any city, town or state fire fighting department.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59-19 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-59 / Section 45-59-19
§ 45-59-19. Agreements with the state.
Status: in_force

The state and a district management authority may enter into agreements pursuant to which the state agrees with the district management authority that the district management authority will thereafter undertake services previously provided by the state in consideration of the states paying to the district management authority of such sums as the parties may agree to.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-3.3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-3.3
§ 45-2-3.3. Background checks.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, any person seeking to work or volunteer for a municipal recreation department, or any municipal recreation department having the written authorization of a person seeking to work or volunteer for the municipal recreation department, may request a Rhode Island criminal history background check from their local police department for that person. The Rhode Island criminal history background check shall be a certified true copy of the criminal record report and shall bear indicia of authenticity including being printed on local police department letterhead with a raised seal and bearing the signature of a duly appointed local police officer.

Further, notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, any person seeking to work or volunteer for a fire department or fire district located in the town of Burrillville, or any fire department or fire district having the written authorization of a person seeking to work or volunteer for the fire department or fire district located in the town of Burrillville, may request a Rhode Island criminal history background check from the Burrillville Police Department for that person. The Rhode Island criminal history background check shall be a certified true copy of the criminal record report and shall bear indicia of authenticity including being printed on Burrillville Police Department letterhead with a raised seal and bearing the signature of a duly appointed Burrillville Police Officer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-31-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-31 / Section 45-31-8
§ 45-31-8. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following definitions and general provisions govern the construction of chapters 31  33 of this title:

(1) Agency means a redevelopment agency created by this chapter.

(2) Arrested blighted area means any area that, by reason of the existence of physical conditions, including, but not by way of limitation, the existence of unsuitable soil conditions, the existence of dumping or other unsanitary or unsafe conditions, the existence of ledge or rock, the necessity of unduly expensive excavation, fill or grading, or the necessity of undertaking unduly expensive measures for the drainage of the area or for the prevention of flooding or for making the area appropriate for sound development, or by reason of obsolete, inappropriate, or otherwise faulty platting or subdivision, deterioration of site improvements, inadequacy of utilities, diversity of ownership of plots, or tax delinquencies, or by reason of any combination of any of the foregoing conditions, is unduly costly to develop soundly through the ordinary operations of private enterprise and impairs the sound growth of the community. An arrested blighted area need not be restricted to, or consist entirely of, lands, buildings, or improvements that, of themselves, fall within this definition, but may consist of an area in which these conditions exist and injuriously affect the entire area.

(3) Blighted and substandard area includes a slum blighted area, a deteriorated blighted area, or an arrested blighted area, or any combination of these areas. Blighted and substandard area shall also include those areas where hazardous materials, as defined in § 23-19.14-3, are present, regardless of whether or not the entire area contains the hazardous materials.

(4) Bonds of agency means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by an agency pursuant to §§ 45-33-5  45-33-15.

(5) Community means a city or town.

(6) Deteriorated blighted area means any area in which there exists buildings or improvements, either used, or intended to be used, for living, commercial, industrial, or other purposes, or any combination of these uses, that by reason of:

(i) Dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence;

(ii) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces, and recreation facilities;

(iii) High density of population and overcrowding;

(iv) Defective design or unsanitary or unsafe character or conditions of physical construction;

(v) Defective or inadequate street and lot layout; and

(vi) Mixed character, shifting, or deterioration of uses to which they are put, or any combination of these factors and characteristics, are conducive to the further deterioration and decline of the area to the point where it may become a slum blighted area as defined in subdivision (18), and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the inhabitants of the community and of the state generally. A deteriorated blighted area need not be restricted to, or consist entirely of, lands, buildings, or improvements which of themselves are detrimental or inimical to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, but may consist of an area in which these conditions exist and injuriously affect the entire area.

(7) Federal government means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(8) Legislative body means the city council or town council.

(9) Obligee of the agency or obligee include any bondholder, trustee or trustees for any bondholder, or lessor demising to the agency property used in connection with a redevelopment project or any assignee or assignees of that lessor, and the federal government.

(10) Planning commission or commission means a planning commission or other planning agency established under any state law or created by or pursuant to the charter of the community.

(11) Project area means all or any portion of a redevelopment area. A project area may include lands, buildings, or improvements which of themselves are not detrimental or inimical to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or otherwise fall within the definition of a blighted or substandard area, but whose inclusion is necessary, with or without change in their conditions or ownership, for the effective redevelopment of the area of which they are a part.

(12) Public hearing means a hearing before a legislative body or before any committee of the legislative body to which the matter to be heard has been referred.

(13) Real property means lands, including lands underwater and waterfront property, buildings, structures, fixtures, and improvements to the lands, and every estate, interest, privilege, easement, franchise and right, legal or equitable, including rights of way, terms for years and liens, charges or encumbrances by way of judgment, attachment, mortgage, or otherwise, and the indebtedness secured by liens.

(14) Redevelopment means the elimination and prevention of the spread of blighted and substandard areas. Redevelopment may include the planning, replanning, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing, equipping, clearance, sale, lease, or other disposition, or any combination of these, of land, buildings, or other improvements for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, institutional, public, or other purposes, including the provision of streets, utilities, recreational areas, and other infrastructure and other open spaces consistent with the needs of sound community growth in accordance with the communitys general plan and carrying out plans for a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements, and may include such other acts within a redevelopment area permitted pursuant to chapters 31 through 33, inclusive, of this title as determined by the legislative body to be consistent with the purposes of chapters 31 through 33, inclusive, of this title.

(15) Redevelopment area means any area of a community that its legislative body has determined includes a blighted and substandard area whose redevelopment is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in this chapter.

(16) Redevelopment plan means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for a redevelopment project, that:

(i) Conforms to the general plan for the community as a whole; and

(ii) Is sufficiently complete to indicate land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the project area, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plans relationship to definite local objectives, respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements.

(17) Redevelopment project means any work or undertaking of an agency pursuant to chapters 31  33 of this title.

(18) Slum blighted area means any area in which there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, either used or intended to be used for living, commercial, industrial, or other purposes, or any combination of these uses, which by reason of: (i) Dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence; (ii) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces, and recreation facilities; (iii) High density of population and overcrowding; (iv) Defective design or unsanitary or unsafe character or condition of physical construction; (v) Defective or inadequate street and lot layout; and (vi) Mixed character or shifting of uses to which they are put, or any combination of these factors and characteristics, are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, and crime; injuriously affect the entire area and constitute a menace to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the inhabitants of the community and of the state generally. A slum blighted area need not be restricted to, or consist entirely of, lands, buildings, or improvements that of themselves are detrimental or inimical to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, but may consist of an area in which these conditions predominate and injuriously affect the entire area.

(19) State government means the state of Rhode Island, or any agency or instrumentality of the state, corporate or otherwise.

(20) State public body means the state, or any city or town or any other subdivision or public body of the state or of any city or town.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-27 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-27
§ 45-2-27. City of Central Falls  Municipal court.
Status: in_force

(a) The city council of the city of Central Falls may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housing ordinances, of that city and any violation of the provisions of chapter 24.3 of this title, entitled the Rhode Island Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code, and there is conferred upon that court concurrent jurisdiction with the traffic tribunal to hear and determine causes involving the violation of § 31-20-17; provided, however, that any defendant found guilty of any offense, excluding violations of the minimum housing ordinances or chapter 24.3 may, within seven (7) days of conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the superior court and be entitled in the latter court to a trial de novo; and provided further, however, that any defendant found guilty of any violation of a minimum housing ordinance or of chapter 24.3, may, within seven (7) days of conviction, file an appeal from the conviction to the fifth division of the district court and be entitled to a trial de novo in accordance with §§ 8-8-3(a)(4) and 8-8-3.2.

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

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

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

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

(c) The city council of the city of Central Falls is authorized and empowered to appoint a judge of the municipal court. The city council of the city is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances governing the personnel, operation, and procedure to be followed in the court and to establish a schedule of fees and costs and to otherwise provide for the operation and management of the court. The municipal court may impose a sentence not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail and impose a fine not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), or both. The court is empowered to administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses, and punish persons for contempt, and to execute search warrants to the extent the warrants could be executed by a judge of the district court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-57 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-57
§ 45-23-57. Administration  The board of appeal.
Status: in_force

The city or town council shall establish the city or town zoning board of review as the board of appeal to hear appeals of decisions of the administrative officer on administrative matters, interpretations and determinations made pursuant to § 45-23-36. This section shall not apply to decisions of the administrative officer made pursuant to § 45-23-38 or § 45-23-50 which approve or deny an application.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-15 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-15
§ 45-5-15. Bonds given to council.
Status: in_force

In every case where bonds are required by law to be given to any town council, they may be given to the town council by name, without naming the persons at the time constituting the town council, and may be sued in the same manner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-31.6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-31.6
§ 45-2-31.6. Business registration  Town of Cumberland.
Status: in_force

(a) All sole proprietorships, partnerships, or any other form of business entity not filed at, or registered with, the secretary of state, shall register their business, company, trade, or office situated in the town of Cumberland with the town clerk of the town of Cumberland. Each registration shall contain the name of the firm or business; the name of the owner(s) or operator(s) of the firm or business; the location of the business; the type of business to be conducted; and other basic information required by the town clerk.

(b) There shall be a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each registration.

(c) Upon registration of a business, a registration certificate shall be issued to the registrant. No other business of the same trade name shall be allowed to register once a certificate of registration has been issued without the approval of the prior registrant in writing. Every registration certificate shall expire the 31st day in December and shall be renewed annually upon payment of the required fee. No certificate shall be renewed if the business fails to provide proof from the tax collector that all municipal taxes have been paid to date. Every certificate of registration shall be placed in a conspicuous location in each business establishment.

(d) Any business required to obtain a liquor, victualling, or any other license to operate under any other section of the general laws shall be exempt from paying the fee required by this statute.

(e) Any person, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for each offense. Any fine imposed under this statute and/or the ordinance promulgated by the town council pursuant to this section may be appealed to the Cumberland municipal court. The fines shall inure to the town and each day that the violation continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-58-8.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-58 / Section 45-58-8.1
§ 45-58-8.1. Limitation of powers.
Status: in_force

All services provided by the utility district that constitute public utility services within the meaning of § 39-1-2(20) or community antennae television systems (CATV) services within the meaning of § 39-19-1 shall be subject to the applicable jurisdictions of the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-16
§ 45-54-16. Refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

The corporation is authorized to provide for the issuance of refunding bonds of the corporation for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon or interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase, or maturity of the bonds and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for the additional purpose of paying all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, or improving any project. The proceeds of bonds or notes issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds or notes may be applied, in the discretion of the corporation, to the purchase, retirement at maturity, or redemption of the outstanding bonds or notes either on their earliest or a subsequent redemption date, and may, pending that application, be placed in escrow. Any escrowed proceeds may be invested and reinvested in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, or in certificates of deposit, time deposits, or repurchase agreements fully secured or guaranteed by the state or the United States, or an instrumentality of either, maturing at the time or times appropriate to assure the prompt payment, as to principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the outstanding bonds or notes to be so refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of the proceeds, and interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investments, may be returned to the corporation for use by it in furtherance of its purposes. The portion of the proceeds of bonds or notes issued for the additional purpose of paying all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, developing, or improving any project may be invested and reinvested in obligations, securities, and other investments consistent herewith, that are specified in the resolutions under which the bonds are authorized, and which shall mature not later than the times when the proceeds will be needed for these purposes. The interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investments may be applied to the payment of all parts of the costs, or may be used by the corporation in furtherance of its purposes. The issuance of the bonds, the maturities, and other details, the rights of the holders, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the corporation in respect to all of the above shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter insofar as the provisions may be applicable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-17 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-17
§ 45-5-17. Claim and prosecution of appeals.
Status: in_force

The appeal shall be claimed within forty (40) days by the filing with the town or city clerk of a written claim of appeal and the payment to the clerk at that time of the lawful fees for a copy of the record of the proceeding appealed from. Within fifty (50) days from the date of the determination appealed from the appellant shall file a copy of the record of the proceeding appealed from, together with a specific statement of the appellants reasons of appeal, in the clerks office of the superior court for the county, to which reasons the appellant shall be restricted, unless for cause shown, and with or without terms, the superior court allows amendments of the appeal and additions to it. Notice of the appeal shall be given in the same manner, and the assignment day of the appeal shall be the same, as is provided for probate appeals, and any justice of the superior court may, with or without terms, extend the time for filing a copy of the record and for making service or further service of the notice of the appeal.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-29 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-29
§ 45-12-29. Agreements relating to tax and securities compliance rebate to federal government.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of general or special law, cities, towns and other political subdivisions of this state may enter into agreements to comply with federal tax and securities laws and may rebate to the United States Treasury from available sources, any income from investments (including gains from the disposition of investments) of proceeds of bonds or notes to the extent deemed necessary to exempt (in whole or in part) the interest paid on the bonds or notes from federal income taxation. The term of any such agreement may extend to a date six (6) years after the final maturity of the bonds or notes to which the agreement relates.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-41-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-41 / Section 45-41-3
§ 45-41-3. Payment to and from fund.
Status: in_force

The self insurance funds shall be used by the cities or towns as nonlapsing, revolving funds for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. To these funds may be charged any and all expenses of a city or town relating to the insurance of its assets and liabilities not otherwise insured, the expenses having been adjudged against the city or town by due process of law or deemed valid claims by the city or town council sitting as a claim board, and to this fund shall be credited all receipts of moneys as may have been adjudged in the favor of the city or town by due process of law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-68-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-68 / Section 45-68-3
§ 45-68-3. Renewable energy permit.
Status: in_force

(a) The office, in consultation with the commission, shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations that will create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application that municipalities will be required to use beginning on January 1, 2018. The offices rules and regulations shall be adopted no later than November 1, 2017.

(b) The office shall establish an advisory group for the purpose of creating a statewide solar energy permit application form.

(c) The advisory group shall include the following members and may be expanded by the office in its discretion, to include other personnel with experience and/or expertise in the area of solar energy:

(1) A renewable energy developer with expertise in residential solar photovoltaic installation;

(2) A renewable energy developer with expertise in commercial solar photovoltaic installations; and

(3) Three (3) municipal officials with expertise in building and electric permitting processes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-5.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-5.1
§ 45-2-5.1. Westerly municipal land trust.
Status: in_force

The town council of the town of Westerly is hereby authorized and permitted to exercise its discretion to transfer and convey certain real estate to the Westerly Municipal Land Trust, without monetary consideration, provided that such real estate shall be of such character and condition as shall be appropriate of the purposes of said Land Trust, and provided further that such real estate shall be conveyed to said Land Trust with the express restriction that the same shall not be further transferred or conveyed to any other person or entity for value or otherwise, without the express approval of said town council, and, in the event of a sale, all procedures for the sale of municipal real estate shall be applied and the proceeds thereof shall be deemed the property of the town of Westerly.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-35-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-35 / Section 45-35-4
§ 45-35-4. Meetings  Records.
Status: in_force

All meetings of the commission are open to the public and any person or that persons duly constituted representative is entitled to appear and be heard on any matter before the commission before it reaches its decision. All records of its proceedings, resolutions, and actions are open to public view.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59-11 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-59 / Section 45-59-11
§ 45-59-11. Bylaws.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the district management authority may adopt bylaws containing provisions for the regulation and management of the activities of the district management authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-26-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-26 / Section 45-26-8
§ 45-26-8. Cooperation of state public bodies.
Status: in_force

State public bodies have the same rights and powers to aid and cooperate with town authorities that state public bodies have with respect to housing authorities in cities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-43-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-43 / Section 45-43-6
§ 45-43-6. Finances  Annual report.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing bodies of the member governments may appropriate funds to meet the expenses of the council. Services of personnel, use of equipment and office space, and other necessary services may be accepted from members as part of their financial support.

(b) The council may accept funds, grants, gifts, and services from the government of the United States or its agencies, from this state or its departments, agencies, or instrumentalities, or from any other governmental unit whether participating in the council or not, and from private and civic sources.

(c) It shall make an annual report of its activities to the member governments and to the director of the state department of administration.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-67-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-67 / Section 45-67-5
§ 45-67-5. Board of utility commissioners of the Block Island utility district established.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a board to be known as the board of utility commissioners of the Block Island utility district. The powers of the utility district as set forth in this chapter shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of utility commissioners then in office; provided, however, that the board of utility commissioners in its discretion may delegate executive functions to managers, by resolution, rule, or otherwise.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-6
§ 45-54-6. Powers.
Status: in_force

Except to the extent inconsistent with any specific provision of this chapter, the corporation has the power:

(1) To sue and be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name;

(2) To have a seal, which may be altered at pleasure, and to use the seal by causing it or a facsimile to be impressed, affixed, or in any other manner reproduced. The seal shall be clearly distinguishable from the seal of any city or town;

(3) To maintain an office at a place or places that it may designate within the boundaries of the city or town whose council established the corporation;

(4) To determine the location and character of any project to be financed under the provisions of this chapter, not inconsistent with local zoning ordinances;

(5) To purchase, hold, and use any property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest in it, necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes for the corporation, and to mortgage, lease, or sell any of that property;

(6) To acquire, whether by purchase, lease, gift, exchange, or otherwise, and to construct, reconstruct, improve, erect, maintain, operate, manage, equip, and furnish, one or more projects, including all real, personal, or mixed properties which it may deem necessary in connection with that, and regardless of whether or not the project or projects shall then be in existence or shall then be partially or wholly constructed;

(7) To lease, as lessor, to any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, any or all of its projects, and to charge and collect rent for them, and to terminate any lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations of the lease;

(8) To lease, as lessee, any property, real, personal or mixed, or any interest in property;

(9) To sell, exchange, mortgage, donate, and convey any or all of its properties whenever it finds an action to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the corporation was established;

(10) To grant options to purchase any of its projects on whatever terms it may deem advisable, and to grant options to renew any leases entered into by it in connection with any of its projects on any terms it may deem advisable;

(11) To issue bonds of the corporation for the purpose of carrying out any of its purposes, payable solely from the revenues pledged by the bonds for their payment, and to refund its bonds, all as provided in this chapter;

(12) As security for the payment of the principal and interest on any bonds so issued and any agreements made in connection with that, to mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects, or any part or parts of them, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, to pledge their revenues and receipts or from an interest of the bonds, and to assign or pledge the income received by virtue of the lease or leases;

(13) To borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of bonds for any of its purposes, and to issue notes, certificates, or other evidences of the borrowing, upon terms as may be authorized by resolution of the corporation;

(14) To make and enter into all contracts, leases, and other agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter; provided, that those contracts, leases, and other agreements with the federal government or other federal agency are governed by federal procurement procedures, and other contracts, leases, or other agreements are governed by the procurement requirements of the municipality, if any.

(15) Without limitation of the preceding, to borrow money from, to receive and accept grants for or in aid of construction or acquisition of projects authorized under this chapter from, and to enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with, the federal government or any federal agency; and to receive and accept from the state or any municipality, and from any other source, aid or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value; to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which the grants and contributions may be made;

(16) To combine for financing purposes any two (2) or more projects authorized to be acquired or constructed under the provisions of this chapter;

(17) To employ, in its discretion, attorneys, accountants, architectural and engineering consultants, and other officers, employees, or agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and to fix their compensation;

(18) To acquire in the name of the corporation by purchase or otherwise, on terms and conditions and in the manner that it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the rights of condemnation in the manner provided in § 45-54-9, public or private lands, or parts of them or rights in them, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, and interests as it may deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter; provided, that all public property damaged in carrying out the powers granted by this chapter is restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable;

(19) To do all other acts and to do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers given and granted in this chapter;

(20) To provide for the care, custody, control and transportation of all detainees or inmates committed to detention or incarceration at any project and to take all necessary steps to maintain security, safety and order, to prevent escapes from any project, to take all necessary precautions to prevent the occurrence or spread of any disorder, riot, or insurrection of any project, including, but not limited to, the development, planning and coordination of emergency riot procedures, and take suitable measures for the restoration of order;

(21) To establish and enforce standards for each project;

(22) To establish and fund training and education programs for employees, under the direction of the warden, the curriculum for which to be approved annually by the police officers commission on standards and training, and to hire, promote, transfer, assign, and retain employees for the operation of each project and suspend, demote, discharge, or take other necessary disciplinary action with regard to such employees;

(23) To determine the methods, means, and personnel by which the operation of each project is to be conducted;

(24) To relieve employees of duty because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons;

(25) To investigate grievances of its employees and to inquire into alleged misconduct by employees;

(26) To make and promulgate necessary rules and regulations incident to the corporations exercise of its powers and the performance of the corporations duties, including, but not limited to, rules and regulations regarding nutrition, sanitation, safety, discipline, recreation, religious services, communication and visiting privileges, classification, education, training, employment, care, and custody for all persons detained at any project; and

(27) To delegate any or all of the above referenced powers to its duly designated agents, servants, consultants or employees at its discretion, who being so designated may exercise said power(s) on behalf of the corporation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-35 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-35
§ 45-21-35. Legal adviser  General treasurer  Executive director  Assistant director.
Status: in_force

There shall be a legal counsel to the board appointed by the general treasurer. The general treasurer is the ex-officio chairperson of the retirement board and the treasurer of the retirement board and he or she shall be responsible for appointing the custodian. There shall be an executive director appointed by the retirement board in charge of the administration of the retirement system and who shall serve as secretary to the retirement board. In addition, the retirement board shall appoint an assistant director to serve as director and/or secretary in the absence of the director.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-67-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-67 / Section 45-67-1
§ 45-67-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Block Island Utility District Act of 2017.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-22 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-5 / Section 45-5-22
§ 45-5-22. Collective bargaining fiscal impact statements.
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to executing any collective bargaining agreement between a city or town and representatives of police personnel, firefighters, and/or other municipal employees, (other than teachers and/or other school employees), the city or town council shall prepare or cause to be prepared a collective bargaining fiscal impact statement. These statements shall set forth, in dollar amounts, estimates of the fiscal impact, during the term of the proposed agreement. No comment or opinion relative to the merits of the terms of the contract shall be included, except that technical or mechanical errors or defects may be noted.

(b) The fiscal impact statement and the awarded contract shall be publicized and shall be made immediately available upon ratification of the contract.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-55-8.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-55 / Section 45-55-8.1
§ 45-55-8.1. Qualification-based selection of architects and engineers.
Status: in_force

(a) When the purchasing agent determines that the city or town needs the services of a professional architect or engineer, the purchasing agent shall follow the qualification-based selection process for the procurement of architectural and engineering consulting services.

(b) Federal requirements. In the procurement of architectural, engineering, and consulting services and in the awarding of contracts, the city or town shall comply with federal law and regulations including, but not limited to, Pub. L. No. 92-582 (Federal Architect-Engineer Selection Law, Brooks Law, 40 U.S.C. § 541) and take all necessary steps to adapt its rules, specifications, policies, and procedures accordingly to remain eligible for federal aid.

(c) Prequalification. Cities and towns may establish procedures to prequalify firms seeking to provide architectural, engineering, and consultant services or may use prequalification lists from other state agencies to meet the requirements of this section.

(d) No city or town, prior to selecting a firm for negotiation during procurement under this section, shall seek formal or informal submission of verbal or written estimates of costs or proposals in terms of dollars, hours required, percentage of construction cost, or any other measure of compensation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-57-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-57 / Section 45-57-6
§ 45-57-6. Powers of governing board with approval of electors.
Status: in_force

The board of directors, when authorized by majority vote of the electors voting upon a proposition, have the power:

(a) To acquire real property by purchase at prices or amounts authorized by duly adopted proposition;

(b) To sell, transfer or permanently dispose of any real property, on such terms and conditions and at such prices as shall by proposition be authorized;

(c) To take any further or additional action which, under the provisions of this chapter, must first be authorized by the adoption of a proposition.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-19-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-19 / Section 45-19-9
§ 45-19-9. Fire fighters protected  Relief to volunteer fire fighters injured in line of duty  Physicians written report.
Status: in_force

Officers and members in active service in all incorporated protective departments cooperating with fire departments, and any person performing the duties of a fire fighter in a town or city having no organized or permanent fire department, are entitled to the benefits of that service; provided, that whenever any member of any volunteer fire company or call fire company, whether the company is incorporated or not, becomes either wholly or partially incapacitated from earning a livelihood by reasons of injuries received in the performance of his or her duties, the bureau may, in its discretion, make a regular monthly payment of relief to the member from the fund of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for any one month, and may continue the monthly payments so long as the bureau deems the relief fitting and necessary in each particular case; and provided, further, that any member, receiving benefits under this section, shall file with the secretary of the fire fighters relief fund of Rhode Island, sixty (60) days after his or her discharge by the members attending physician, a written report signed by the physician giving the date, duration, and nature of injuries and other details pertaining to the injuries.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-53-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-53 / Section 45-53-8
§ 45-53-8. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or determination made under this chapter, or its application to any person, agency, or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, regulation, or determination, and the application of the provision to other persons, agencies, or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. The invalidity of any section or sections, or part of any section or sections, of this chapter shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-43 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-43
§ 45-2-43. Right of way tree planting.
Status: in_force

Cities and towns may appropriate resources to be used under the direction of the tree warden in planting shade trees upon land adjoining public right of ways, at a distance not exceeding twenty (20) feet from the public ways, that will function as public trees by improving, protecting, shading or beautifying the right of way; provided, that the written consent of the owner of the adjoining land is first obtained.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-54-28 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-54 / Section 45-54-28
§ 45-54-28. Construction.
Status: in_force

Whenever the context permits in this chapter, the use of the plural includes the singular and the plural, and the use of any gender is deemed to include all genders.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-13 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-13
§ 45-25-13. Interest of commissioners or employees in property.
Status: in_force

No commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property, included or planned to be included, in any project, nor shall he or she have any interest direct or indirect in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project. If any commissioner or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest direct or indirect in any property, included or planned to be included, in any housing project, that person shall immediately disclose the interest, in writing, to the authority and the disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Failure to disclose the interest constitutes misconduct in office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-2
§ 45-2-2. Power to tax property.
Status: in_force

Towns and cities may raise by a tax on real or personal estate, or on both, any money necessary to pay town or city debts, or to defray the charges and expenses of the town or city as described in this chapter; and may include the towns or citys proportion of any state tax which may be assessed, in the assessment of the town or city tax, and pay the tax out of the town or city treasury; provided, that the tax is voted on at a legal meeting of the electors of the town or city.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-76 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-76
§ 45-24-76. Accessory dwelling units annual reporting.
Status: in_force

(a) Each municipality within the state shall furnish to the department of housing information on:

(1) Any ordinances enacted related to accessory dwelling units, including those that implement this section of law during the previous calendar year;

(2) All accessory dwelling units permitted during each of the two (2) previous calendar years; and

(3) All accessory dwelling units issued a certificate of occupancy during each of the two (2) previous calendar years.

(b) Municipalities shall provide the information in subsection (a) annually by February 1. The department of housing shall produce an annual report of municipal activity related to accessory dwelling units, with the information identified in subsection (a) on a statewide basis and disaggregated by municipality and shall provide a copy of the report to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, and the secretary of housing by March 1.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59-20 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-59 / Section 45-59-20
§ 45-59-20. Agreements with municipalities.
Status: in_force

The services provided by a district management authority will be supplemental to the services otherwise provided by the municipality within the management district.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-7
§ 45-25-7. Establishment and incorporation of authority.
Status: in_force

(a) If it determines that either or both of the conditions enumerated in § 45-25-5 exist, the council shall adopt a resolution so finding (which need not go into any detail other than the mere finding) and shall cause notice of the determination to be given to the mayor, who shall thereupon appoint, as provided in this section five (5) commissioners to act as an authority. The commission shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic upon the completion of the taking of the following proceedings:

(b) The commissioners shall present to the secretary of state an application signed by them, which must state (without any detail other than the mere recital):

(1) That a notice has been given and public hearing held as provided in § 45-25-5, that the council determined the validity of the petition after the hearing, and that the mayor has appointed them as commissioners;

(2) The name, and official residence, of each of the commissioners, together with a certified copy of the appointment evidencing their right to office, the date and place of induction into and taking oath of office, and that they desire the housing authority to become a public body and a body corporate and politic under this chapter;

(3) The term of office of each of the commissioners;

(4) The name which is proposed for the corporation; and

(5) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation.

(c) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the commissioners before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take and certify oaths, who shall certify upon the application that he or she personally knows the commissioners and knows them to be the officers as asserted in the application, and that each is subscribed and sworn thereto in the officers presence. The secretary of state shall examine the application, and if the secretary finds that the name proposed for the corporation is not identical with that of a person or of any other corporation of this state or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, the secretary shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of record in the secretarys office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-31.3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-31.3
§ 45-2-31.3. Business registration fee  Town of Smithfield.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided herein, the owner and operator of each wholesale, retail, commercial, professional service, and manufacturing business, whether sole proprietorships, partnership, corporations, or any business entity, shall register their business situated in the town of Smithfield with the tax assessor of the town of Smithfield. Each registration shall contain the name of the business, the name of the owner(s) and operator(s) of the business, the type of business to be conducted, and other basic information as required by said tax assessor.

(b) There shall be a fee for each registration and for each annual renewal thereof. The registration fee shall be five ($5.00) dollars. It shall be unlawful for a person to own or operate a business described herein in the town of Smithfield without a registration certificate issued hereunder.

(c) Upon proper registration of a business, a registration certificate shall be issued to the registrant by the tax assessor. No other business of the same trade name shall be allowed to register once a certificate of registration has been issued without the approval of the prior registrant in writing. Every registration certificate shall expire the 31st day in December and shall be renewed annually upon payment of the required fee. No certificate shall be issued or renewed if the business fails to provide proof from the tax collector that all municipal taxes assessed to the business, including municipal taxes assessed to any prior business owned or operated by one or more of the principals of the registrant at the same physical location, have been paid to date. Every certificate of registration shall be kept in a conspicuous location on the premises of each business establishment.

(d) Any business required to obtain a liquor, victualling, or any other license to operate under any other section of the general laws, a condition of which is the prior payment of Smithfield municipal taxes, shall be exempt from the requirements of this statute.

(e) Any person, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each month or fraction thereof that the violation continues; provided, however, that the fine shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300). The Rhode Island district court and the Smithfield municipal court shall have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this statute. In addition to imposing the fines provided for herein, the Rhode Island district court and the Smithfield municipal court may order the closure of any business described herein until a registration certificate is obtained. The fines shall inure to the town.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-37-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-37 / Section 45-37-7
§ 45-37-7. Tax exemption and payment for services in lieu of taxes.
Status: in_force

Any industrial facility owned by the state or a municipality, as provided in § 45-37-3, is declared to be public property and is exempt from all taxes and special assessments of any municipality; provided, that in lieu of taxes and special assessments, the state or the municipality shall require any lessee, sublessee, or occupant of the industrial facility to make payments annually to the municipality in which an industrial facility is located for its just share of the public expense, including, but not limited to, education, highway maintenance, fire and police protection and other similar public expenses and governmental services; and provided, further, that the governor, or his or her designee, or the governing body of the municipality determines, after a hearing, that these payments constitute a just share of the public expense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-33 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-33
§ 45-23-33. General provisions  Required contents of local regulations.
Status: in_force

The local regulations consist of the regulations and other text, together with charts, graphs, appendices and other explanatory material. All local regulations include, at a minimum, the elements listed below and as further described in this chapter:

(1) Statement of enabling authority for land development and subdivision derived from § 45-23-25 et seq.;

(2) Statement of the city or town enabling ordinance as specified in § 45-23-51;

(3) Statement of purpose and consistency with the comprehensive plan, the zoning ordinance and other federal, state and local land use regulations;

(4) Definitions;

(5) General provisions;

(6) Special provisions;

(7) Procedures for review and approval of plats and plans;

(8) Procedures for recording of plats and plans;

(9) Procedures for guarantees of public improvements;

(10) Procedures for waivers and modifications;

(11) Procedures for enforcement and penalties;

(12) Procedures for the adoption of the regulations and amendments;

(13) Procedures for the administration of the regulations and amendments;

(14) Procedures for appeals;

(15) Design and public improvement standards for all districts within the municipality;

(16) Construction specifications for improvement standards; and

(17) Specification of all application documents and other documents to be submitted.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-27-21 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-27 / Section 45-27-21
§ 45-27-21. Bonds as legal investments.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this state, the state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds, belonging to them or within their control, in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to this chapter, or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any of its agencies, and the bonds and other obligations are authorized security for all public deposits.

(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of bonds or other obligations; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-56-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-56 / Section 45-56-2
§ 45-56-2. Powers of the downtown center special services district.
Status: in_force

The downtown center special services district constitutes a body politic and corporate and the ordinance establishing the district confers upon the district the following powers and other powers as are provided in the chapter:

(1) To sue or be sued;

(2) To acquire, hold and convey any estate, real or personal;

(3) To contract;

(4) To borrow money, provided any obligation incurred for this purpose is discharged not more than one year after it was incurred, and the district may pledge any revenues to be received pursuant to § 45-56-6 against the obligation;

(5) To recommend to the legislative body of the municipality in which the district is located the imposition of a levy upon the taxable interests in real property within the district, the revenues from which may be used in carrying out any of the powers of the district;

(6) To construct, own, operate and maintain public improvements; and

(7) To provide, within the district, some or all of the other services which the municipality is authorized to provide, except that the ordinance may not confer upon the district the power to provide elementary or secondary public education services; and, provided, further, that the ordinance may not confer upon the district the power to provide services which are then being provided within any portion of the area included in the district by any multi-town body or authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-31-10 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-31 / Section 45-31-10
§ 45-31-10. Resolution of need required for agency to function.
Status: in_force

The agency of any community shall not transact any business or exercise any powers under chapters 31  33 of this title unless and until the legislative body of the community shall, by resolution declare at any time, that there is a need for a redevelopment agency to function in that community.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-59 / Section 45-59-2
§ 45-59-2. Legislative findings and purpose.
Status: in_force

(a) It is found and declared that:

(1) The continued vitality of the business districts in the towns and cities of the state is essential to retaining existing businesses and attracting new enterprises.

(2) The financial condition of certain of the larger municipalities of the state do not permit the continued provision of services which in the past have been provided for business districts and paid for by property taxes.

(3) This circumstance emphasizes the importance of enabling public-private cooperation to provide security, cleaning and other services in these business districts in order to supplement, but not to substitute for, the services now being provided in by municipalities within these districts.

(4) The establishment of district management authorities with the power to make special tax assessments, as provided in this chapter, will benefit the health, safety, welfare and prosperity of the people of this state.

(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize towns and cities to create district management authorities for the purpose of providing the services and undertaking the activities described in this chapter to supplement the services provided by municipal governments.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-33-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-33 / Section 45-33-1
§ 45-33-1. Establishment of revolving fund.
Status: in_force

The legislative body of any community, at any time after it has adopted a resolution declaring that there is a need for an agency to function in the community, may establish a redevelopment revolving fund. For the purpose of raising moneys to be deposited in that fund, the community may appropriate tax money or other funds, and/or issue and sell its general obligation or revenue bonds, and the moneys shall be used to effectuate the purposes and the provisions of chapters 31  33 of this title, upon resolution of the legislative body.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-53 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-53
§ 45-2-53. Town of North Kingstown  Fence viewer.
Status: in_force

The town of North Kingstown is authorized not to elect or appoint a fence viewer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-14-8 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-14 / Section 45-14-8
§ 45-14-8. City of Woonsocket  Interest on delinquent payments.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or public law to the contrary, the city of Woonsocket or any agency of the city may charge interest on delinquent payments for sewer assessment or sewer service charges at a rate not exceeding eighteen percent (18%) per annum.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-3-19 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-3 / Section 45-3-19
§ 45-3-19. Disorderly conduct at meeting.
Status: in_force

If any person conducts himself or herself in a disorderly manner in any town, representative district, or voting district meeting, the moderator may order that person to withdraw from the meeting; and, on the persons refusal, may order the town sergeant, or any town constable present, or any other persons, to take him or her from the meeting and to confine him or her in some convenient place until the meeting is adjourned. The person refusing to withdraw shall, for each offense, be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-5
§ 45-21-5. Procedure for withdrawal of municipality.
Status: in_force

A municipality may withdraw from the retirement system established by this chapter or may withdraw any of its departments or agencies by the same procedure provided in § 45-21-4 for acceptance of the chapter; provided, that the withdrawal does not relieve the municipality from the liabilities arising from retirement allowances, annuities, or other benefits already granted or determined, or rights and expectatives relative thereto that have become vested in employees of that municipality or in the survivors of those employees, which are discharged by the payment by the retirement system to the employees or beneficiaries concerned, computed according to the actuarial tables in use by the system; and provided, further, that the withdrawal is conditioned upon the written approval of a majority of the employees in the department or agency.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-31 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-31
§ 45-25-31. Annual report.
Status: in_force

The authority shall, at least once a year, file with the mayor of the city a report of its activities for the preceding year, and make any recommendations with reference to any additional legislation or other action that may be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of chapters 25  27 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-38 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-38
§ 45-32-38. Orders as to charges on lands.
Status: in_force

The superior court has power to make orders with respect to encumbrances, liens, taxes, and other charges on the land, if any, as that are just and equitable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-20 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-20
§ 45-25-20. Subjection to local building and planning regulations.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by § 45-25-21, all housing projects of an authority are subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-16 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-4 / Section 45-4-16
§ 45-4-16. Filling of vacancies in office.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a vacancy occurs in any office by death, removal out of town, resignation, or by neglect or refusal to qualify, or for any other cause, the town council may fill the office until the next town meeting for the election of officers. Whenever from any cause there are vacancies in the town council of any town, so that there are not sufficient members to form a quorum, the town clerk shall call a special town meeting in the manner provided by law for calling special town meetings, at which meeting, or at any subsequent meeting called for that purpose, vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for the election of officers.

(b) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the town council of the town of West Warwick, and the town council for any reason fails to fill the vacancy within thirty (30) days after the office becomes vacant, then the town clerk shall call for a special election in the manner provided by law; however, no special election shall be called where the vacancy occurs within nine (9) months of the next general election.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-26-10 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-26 / Section 45-26-10
§ 45-26-10. Rural housing.
Status: in_force

Any housing authority, which has rural areas under its jurisdiction, may undertake the provision of housing for families of low income in those rural areas, and may comply with any conditions required by the federal government pursuant to federal law in any contract for financial assistance with the authority concerning those undertakings.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-30-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-30 / Section 45-30-6
§ 45-30-6. Validation of prior agreements.
Status: in_force

All bonds, notes, contracts, agreements, and obligations of housing authorities issued or entered into before May 1, 1951, relating to financing or undertaking (including cooperating with or acting as agent of the federal government in) the development or administration of any project to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, are hereby validated and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity or any want of statutory authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-42 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-42
§ 45-21-42. Contributions by municipalities.
Status: in_force

(a) Each municipality shall make contributions to the system to provide for the remainder of the obligation for retirement allowances, annuities, and other benefits provided in this chapter, after applying the accumulated contributions of the members, interest income on investments of the system, and other income accruing to the system. These contributions shall, in any event, be sufficient to establish and maintain a reserve equal to the sum of:

(1) The full credits for accumulated contributions in the members contribution reserve described in § 45-21-43;

(2) The present value, determined in accordance with the actuarial tables in use by the system, of the retirement allowances, disability allowances, accidental death benefits, and other benefits in force, chargeable to the retirement reserve described in § 45-21-43; and

(3) The present value of deferred annuities to members who have acquired a vested right under the provisions of § 45-21-18.

(b) The rate of contribution on the part of each municipality, to meet its obligations under this chapter, is the rate certified by the retirement board at the date of participation of the municipality. The rate is redetermined at least once every five (5) years and certified by the retirement board, upon recommendation of the actuary, following an evaluation and analysis of the operating experience of the system and of the assets, liabilities, and reserves of the system. Nothing contained in this chapter is deemed to impose any obligation upon any municipality for service which may have been rendered by an employee of one municipality in behalf of another municipality.

(c) In case of failure of any city or town to pay to the state the amounts due from it under this title within the time prescribed, the general treasurer is hereby authorized to deduct that amount from any moneys due the city or town from the state for any purpose other than for education.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, the payment of the contributions for the employers share shall be remitted to the retirement board on the date contributions are withheld but no later than three (3) business days following the pay period ending in which contributions were withheld.

(e) This section is not subject to §§ 45-13-7  45-13-10, as amended.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-9
§ 45-32-9. Optional features of redevelopment plans.
Status: in_force

A redevelopment plan may, without limitation, provide for the following:

(1) A program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and other improvements within the project area in accordance with the redevelopment plan; and/or

(2) Acquisition of single or scattered parcels of real property within the project area and demolition or removal of buildings or improvements where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessen density, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed community facilities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-31 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-31
§ 45-29-31. Taking of excess land  Disposition on completion of project.
Status: in_force

Whenever any property is acquired pursuant to the provisions of §§ 45-29-13  45-29-32 for any project or projects, a city may acquire, or take in fee, more land and property than is needed for the actual project or projects; provided, that the additional land and property authorized to be acquired or taken, is no more than is reasonably required for the protection and suitable development of the project or projects. The excess land and property shall be included in the description, plat, and statement referred to in § 45-29-19, and shall be taken with the other land included in the description, plat, and statement. After so much of the land and property has been appropriated for the project or projects as is needed, the excess land and property so taken in fee may be held and improved by the authority for any one of its purposes authorized under the housing authorities law, or may be leased, sold, or otherwise disposed of by the authority with or without restrictions. In the case of a lease, sale, or disposition, the person or persons from whom the additional land and property was taken shall have the first right to purchase, lease, or acquire it upon terms and conditions as the city or authority is willing to sell, lease, or dispose of it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-61 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-61
§ 45-23-61. Procedure  Precedence of approvals between planning board and other local permitting authorities.
Status: in_force

(a) Zoning board.

(1) Where an applicant requires both a variance from the local zoning ordinance and planning board approval, the application shall be reviewed under unified development review pursuant to §§ 45-23-50.1 and 45-24-46.4.

(2) Where an applicant requires both a special-use permit under the local zoning ordinance and planning board approval, the application shall be reviewed under unified development review pursuant to §§ 45-23-50.1 and 45-24-46.4.

(b) City or town council. Where an applicant requires both planning board approval and council approval for a zoning ordinance or zoning map change, the applicant shall first obtain an advisory recommendation on the zoning change from the planning board, as well as conditional planning board approval for the first approval stage for the proposed project, which may be simultaneous, then obtain a conditional zoning change from the council, and then return to the planning board for subsequent required approval(s).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-37-2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-37 / Section 45-37-2
§ 45-37-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms have the following meanings:

(1) Governing body means the board or body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality are vested.

(2) Industrial facility means any land, any building, or other improvement, and all real and personal properties, including, but not limited to, machinery and equipment deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which are suitable for use for manufacturing, warehousing, or other industrial or commercial purposes, but does not include raw materials, work in process, or stock in trade.

(3) Municipality means any city or town in the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-5
§ 45-12-5. Sale of evidences of indebtedness  Annual payments  Terms.
Status: in_force

(a) A city or town which has authorized the borrowing of money under the provisions of this chapter may sell the bonds, notes, or other evidence of the indebtedness authorized at public or private sale, or may use these in payment of its debts. The bonds of each issue may be issued in the form of serial bonds or term bonds or a combination thereof and shall be payable either by maturity of principal in the case of serial bonds or by mandatory serial redemption in the case of term bonds, in annual installments of principal, the first installment to be not later than five (5) years and the last installment not later than thirty (30) years, after the dated date of the bonds. All such bonds of a particular issue may be issued in the form of zero coupon bonds, capital appreciation bonds, serial bonds or term bonds or a combination thereof. Annual installments of principal may be provided for by maturity of principal in the case of serial bonds or by mandatory serial redemption in the case of term bonds. The amount of principal appreciation each year on any bonds, after the date of original issuance, shall not be considered to be principal indebtedness for the purposes of any constitutional or statutory debt limit or any other limitation. The appreciation of principal after the date of original issue shall be considered interest. Only the original principal amount shall be counted in determining the principal amount so issued and any interest component shall be disregarded.

(b) The manner of sale, denominations, maturities, interest rates and the uses of the proceeds thereof (including, but not limited to, the costs of issuance and capitalized interest) and other terms, conditions, and details of any bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued under this section may be fixed by the ordinance or resolution of the city or town council authorizing the issue or by separate resolution of the city or town council or, to the extent provisions for these matters are not so made, they may be fixed by the officers authorized to sign the bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness. The officers authorized to sign the bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness on behalf of the city or town are authorized to execute such instruments, documents or other papers as they deem necessary or desirable to effectuate the issuance of the bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness and are also authorized to take all actions and execute all documents or agreements necessary to comply with federal tax and securities laws, including rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any similar rule or regulation now or hereafter adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which documents or agreements may have a term coextensive with the maturity of the bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness authorized hereby and to execute and deliver a continuing disclosure agreement or certificate in connection with the bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness.

(c) Pending any authorization or issue of bonds hereunder or pending or in lieu of any authorization or issue of notes hereunder, the city or town council, to the extent that bonds or notes may be issued hereunder, may, by resolution apply funds in the treasury of the city or town to the purposes for which bonds or notes will be issued, such advances to be repaid without interest from the proceeds of bonds or notes subsequently issued or from the proceeds of applicable federal or state assistance or from other available funds.

(d) Any accrued interest received upon the sale of bonds or notes hereunder shall be applied to the payment of the first interest due thereon. Any premium arising from the sale of bonds or notes hereunder shall, in the discretion of the finance director or treasurer, be applied to the cost of preparing, issuing and marketing bonds or notes hereunder to the extent not otherwise provided, to the payment of project costs, to the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds or notes issued hereunder or to any one or more of the foregoing. The cost of preparing, issuing and marketing bonds or notes hereunder may also, in the discretion of the finance director or treasurer, be met from bond or note proceeds exclusive of premium and accrued interest or from other moneys available therefor. Any balance of bond or note proceeds remaining after payment of the cost of the project and the cost of preparing, issuing and marketing bonds or notes hereunder shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds or notes issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by applicable federal laws, any earnings or net profit realized from the deposit or investment of funds may, upon receipt, be added to and dealt with as part of the revenues of the city or town from property taxes. In exercising any discretion under this section, the finance director or treasurer shall be governed by any instructions adopted by resolution of the city or town council.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-23 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-23
§ 45-12-23. Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

The income from any bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by any city, town, or other political subdivision, under the provisions of this chapter or any other general or special law, shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-7 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-7
§ 45-2-7. Providence school land unaffected.
Status: in_force

Nothing in §§ 45-2-5 and 45-2-6 shall be construed to amend the provisions of § 15 of chapter 680 of the Public Laws of 1925, entitled An Act Relative to the Management and Support of the Public Schools of the City of Providence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-10 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-29 / Section 45-29-10
§ 45-29-10. Representation of infants and people who are incompetent.
Status: in_force

If any lands, or interests in them, in which any infant or other person not capable in law to act in his or her own behalf is interested, are taken by the authority under the provisions of §§ 45-29-1  45-29-12 the superior court, upon the filing of a petition by or in behalf of the infant or other person, may appoint a guardian ad litem for that infant or other person, and the guardian may appear and be heard in behalf of the infant or other person; and the guardian may also, with the advice and consent of the superior court and upon terms that the superior court may prescribe, release to the authority all claims for damages for the lands of the infant or other person or for any interests in them. Any lawfully appointed, qualified, and acting guardian or other fiduciary of the estate of an infant or other person, with the approval of the court of probate within this state having jurisdiction to authorize the sale of lands and properties within this state of the infant or other person, may, before the filing of the petition, agree with the authority upon the amount of damages suffered by the infant or other person by any taking of his or her lands or of his or her interests in any lands and may, upon receiving that amount, release to the authority all claims of damages of the infant or other person for the taking.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-70 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-70
§ 45-24-70. Appeals  Priority in judicial proceedings.
Status: in_force

Upon the entry of any case or proceeding brought under the provisions of this chapter, including pending appeals and appeals subsequently taken to the court, the court shall, at the request of either party, advance the case, so that the matter is afforded precedence on the calendar and shall be heard and determined with as little delay as possible.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-18 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-18
§ 45-25-18. Tenant selection.
Status: in_force

In the operation or management of housing projects, the authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selections: (1) it may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations of housing projects only to persons who lack the amount of income necessary (as determined by the housing authority undertaking the project) to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding; and (2) it may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations only at rentals within the financial reach of that person; provided, that an authority may agree to conditions as to tenant eligibility or preference required by the federal government pursuant to federal law in any contract for financial assistance with the authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-1
§ 45-50-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Public Buildings Authorities Law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-25-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-25 / Section 45-25-14
§ 45-25-14. Removal of commissioners from office.
Status: in_force

(a) The mayor and/or town council may remove a commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but only after the commissioner has been given a copy of the charges against him or her (which may be made by the mayor) at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing and has an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. Any obligee of the authority may file with the mayor and/or town council written charges that the authority is willfully violating any law of the state or any term, provision or covenant in any contract to which the authority is a party. The mayor and/or town council shall give each of the commissioners a copy of the charges at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing and an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel, and shall, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the charges, remove any commissioners of the authority who is found to have acquiesced in any willful violation; provided, that nothing in this section prevents the mayor of any city or the town council of any town from suspending a commissioner from his or her office and duties pending the removal hearing.

(b) A commissioner is deemed to have acquiesced in a willful violation by the authority of a law of this state or of any term, provision, or covenant contained in a contract to which the authority is a party, if, before a hearing is held on the charges against him or her, he or she has not have filed a written statement with the authority of his or her objections to, or lack of participation in the violation.

(c) In the event of the removal of any commissioner, the mayor and/or town council shall file in the office of the city clerk a record of the proceedings together with the charges made against the commissioners and the findings.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-33 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-33
§ 45-2-33. Additional substance abuse prevention assessment.
Status: in_force

(a) Each city, town, or municipal court shall impose, in addition to all other assessments, a substance abuse prevention assessment of thirty dollars ($30.00) to be levied against those speeding violations enumerated within §§ 31-41.1-4 or those violations of any city, town, or municipal ordinance, the essential elements of which are the same or similar to the offenses listed in §§ 31-41.1-4. The imposed and collected additional assessment of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be forwarded by the city, town, or municipality to the office of substance abuse in the executive department, state of Rhode Island, within ten (10) business days of the close of the citys, towns, or municipalitys fiscal quarter. The department of health shall deposit the assessment into the general fund.

(b) Whenever there occurs a violation of any city, town, or municipal ordinance which purports to regulate the reasonable and prudent speed at which a vehicle may be driven on a road as road is defined in § 31-1-23, then, in addition to the fine and/or punishment imposed by the city, town, or municipal ordinance, the city, town, or municipal court shall impose an additional substance abuse prevention assessment, of thirty dollars ($30.00). The imposed and collected assessment shall be forwarded by the city, town, or municipality to the department of health, state of Rhode Island, within ten (10) business days of the close of the citys, towns, or municipalitys fiscal quarter. The department of health shall deposit the assessment into the general fund. The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 through 45-13-9 do not apply to this section.

(c) Whenever there occurs a violation of a city, town, or municipal ordinance for a motor vehicle offense other than those similar to the offenses listed within § 31-41.1-4 or standing violations proscribed by ordinance, the city, town, or municipal court, shall impose an additional substance abuse prevention assessment of thirty dollars ($30.00). The imposed and collected assessment shall be forwarded by the city, town or municipality to the office of substance abuse, state of Rhode Island, within ten (10) business days of the close of the citys, towns, or municipalitys fiscal quarter. The department of health shall deposit the assessment into the general fund.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-16-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-16 / Section 45-16-5
§ 45-16-5. Liability for neglect in serving process.
Status: in_force

Every town sergeant or town constable who neglects or refuses to serve any process issuing from lawful authority, directed to him or her to serve and execute, or who is guilty of neglect or misfeasance in executing the duties of his or her office (having in all civil cases, paid or tendered unto him or her, his or her legal fees, if he or she demands legal fees for serving and executing the process), is liable to the party aggrieved for the damages that he or she has sustained by the neglect, refusal, or misfeasance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-46 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-46
§ 45-21-46. Forfeiture for fraudulent claims.
Status: in_force

Every person who knowingly or willfully makes or presents or in any way procures the making or presentation of any false or fraudulent affidavit or affirmation concerning any claim for retirement allowance or payment of retirement allowance, shall, in every case, forfeit a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to be sued and recovered by and in the name of the retirement board, and when recovered paid over to and become a part of the funds of the retirement system.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-24.1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-24.1
§ 45-32-24.1. Finding with respect to use of the power of eminent domain with respect to recreational redevelopment projects that create and/or preserve jobs within the state and projects financed with incremental tax revenues.
Status: in_force

(a) The general assembly hereby determines and declares that the financing, construction, and development of recreational projects (as defined in § 42-34-6), with planned redevelopment of the surrounding project area, and projects financed with incremental tax revenues pursuant to chapters 31, 32, 33, 33.2, and 33.4 of title 45 in municipalities with a population greater than 60,000 but less than 80,000 that will create and/or preserve jobs within the state, are public uses of statewide concern and are in the interest of, and for benefit of, the citizens of the state, and will contribute substantially to the social and economic well-being of the citizens of the state and significantly enhance the economic development and employment opportunities within the state; and

(b) The general assembly hereby determines and declares that government support in facilitating the presence of recreational projects (as defined in § 42-34-6), with planned redevelopment of the surrounding project area and projects financed with incremental tax revenues pursuant to chapters 31, 32, 33, 33.2, and 33.4 of title 45 in municipalities with a population greater than 60,000 but less than 80,000, and the creation and/or preservation of jobs within the state, provides to the state and its citizens highly valued intangible benefits that increase and/or improve the quality of life and civic relationships of their citizens.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-73 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-73
§ 45-23-73. Appeals to the superior court  Priority in judicial proceedings.
Status: in_force

Upon the entry of any case or proceeding brought under the provisions of this chapter, including pending and future appeals taken to the court, the court shall, at the request of either party, advance the case, so that the matter is afforded precedence on the calendar and be heard and determined with as little delay as possible.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-55-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-55 / Section 45-55-5
§ 45-55-5. Competitive sealed bidding.
Status: in_force

(a) Contracts exceeding the amount provided by § 45-55-9 shall be awarded by competitive bidding unless they are professional engineering/architectural services pursuant to § 45-55-8.1 and it is determined in writing that this method is not practicable. Factors to be considered in determining whether competitive sealed bidding is practicable shall include whether:

(1) Specifications can be prepared that permit award on the basis of either the lowest qualified bid price or the lowest qualified evaluated bid price; and

(2) The available sources, the time and place of performance, and other relevant circumstances as are appropriate for the use of competitive sealed bidding.

(b) The invitation for bids shall state whether award shall be made on the basis of the lowest bid price or the lowest evaluated or responsive bid price. If the latter basis is used, the objective measurable criteria to be utilized shall be stated in the invitation for bids, if available.

(c) Adequate public notice of the invitation for bids shall be given a sufficient time prior to the date stated in the notice for the opening of bids. Notice may include publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state as determined by the purchasing officer for the municipality not less than seven (7) days nor more than twenty-one (21) days before the date set for opening of the bids. The purchasing officer may make a written determination that the twenty-one (21) day limitation needs to be waived. The written determination shall state the reason why the twenty-one (21) day limitation is being waived and shall state the number of days, giving a minimum and maximum, before the date set for the opening of bids when public notice is to be given.

(d) Bids shall be opened publicly in full view of the public at the time and place designated in the invitation for bids. Each bid, together with the name of the bidder, shall be recorded and an abstract made available for public inspection. Subsequent to the awarding of the bid, all documents pertinent to the awarding of the bid shall be made available and open to public inspection and retained in the bid file.

(e) The contract shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by written notice to the responsive and responsible bidder whose bid is either the lowest bid price, or lowest evaluated or responsive bid price.

(f) Correction or withdrawal of bids may be allowed only to the extent permitted by regulations issued by the purchasing officer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-37 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-37
§ 45-23-37. General provisions  Administrative subdivision.
Status: in_force

(a) Any applicant requesting approval of a proposed administrative subdivision, as defined in this chapter, shall submit to the administrative officer the items required by the local regulations.

(b) The application shall be certified, in writing, as complete or incomplete by the administrative officer within a fifteen (15) day period from the date of its submission according to the provisions of § 45-23-36(c).

(c) Review process:

(1) Within fifteen (15) days of certification of completeness, the administrative officer, or the technical review committee, shall review the application and approve, deny or refer it to the planning board with recommendations. The officer or committee shall report its actions to the planning board at its next regular meeting, to be made part of the record.

(2) If no action is taken by the administrative officer or the technical review committee within the fifteen (15) days, the application shall be placed on the agenda of the next regular planning board meeting.

(d) If referred to the planning board, the board shall consider the application and the recommendations of the administrative officer and/or the technical review committee and either approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application within sixty-five (65) days of certification of completeness. Failure of the planning board to act within the prescribed period constitutes approval of the administrative subdivision plan and a certificate of the administrative officer as to the failure of the planning board or committee to act within the required time and the resulting approval shall be issued on request of the applicant.

(e) Denial of an application by the administrative officer and/or the technical review committee is not appealable and requires the plan to be submitted as a minor subdivision application.

(f) Any approval of an administrative subdivision shall be evidenced by a written decision which shall be filed and posted in the office of the city or town clerk.

(g) Approval of an administrative subdivision expires ninety (90) days from the date of approval unless within that period a plat in conformity with that approval is submitted for signature and recording as specified in § 45-23-64.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-26-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-26 / Section 45-26-5
§ 45-26-5. Procedure for establishment and incorporation of town authority.
Status: in_force

The findings of each town council declaring the need for a town authority shall be made in the same manner and degree as is required for each city council in § 45-25-7, and each town authority shall secure its certificate of incorporation in the manner prescribed for housing authorities for cities in § 45-25-7.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-29 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-29
§ 45-32-29. Addition to or return of deposits.
Status: in_force

Whenever, from time to time, the agency has satisfied the court that the amount deposited with the court is either greater than required or is insufficient to satisfy the claims of all persons interested in the real property, the court may order that the amount of the excess be repaid to the agency or may order additional sums deposited as the court deems necessary. Whenever the agency has satisfied the court that the claims of all persons interested in the real property taken have been satisfied, the unexpended balance shall be repaid immediately to the agency.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-2-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-2 / Section 45-2-14
§ 45-2-14. City of Central Falls  Police court.
Status: in_force

(a) The city council of the city of Central Falls may by ordinance confer upon the police court of the city of Pawtucket original jurisdiction to hear and determine criminal causes involving the violation of any ordinance of the city of Central Falls; provided, that any defendant found guilty of any offense within the jurisdiction by the court may within seven (7) days of the conviction file an appeal from the conviction to the superior court and be entitled in the latter court to a trial de novo.

(b) The city council of the city of Central Falls is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances governing the procedure to be followed in the court, the appointment of personnel, and the duties and qualifications of personnel, to establish a schedule of fees and costs, and to otherwise provide for the operation and management of the court not inconsistent with Pawtucket ordinances governing court management.

(c) The police court may impose a sentence not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail and impose a fine not in excess of two hundred dollars ($200), or both. The court is empowered to administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses, and punish persons for contempt. The court is to be held in the city of Pawtucket.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-17.2 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-17.2
§ 45-21-17.2. Social security supplemental option.
Status: in_force

(a) In lieu of the retirement on service allowance, a vested member who retires in accordance with § 45-21-16 may choose an optional form of retirement benefit known as the social security supplemental option.

(b) This option provides for the payment of a larger benefit before the attainment of age sixty-two (62) and a reduced benefit thereafter. The reduced amount is equal to the benefit before age sixty-two (62), including cost of living increases, reduced by the members estimated social security benefit payable at age sixty-two (62). Benefits payable under this option before and after the attainment of age sixty-two (62) are actuarially determined to be equivalent to the lifetime service retirement allowance as determined in § 45-21-17.

(c) Election of this social security supplemental option is available only to members with ten (10) or more years of contributing service on or before June 30, 2012, who elect the service retirement allowance set forth in § 45-21-17.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-17 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-17
§ 45-32-17. Finding as to federal aid.
Status: in_force

If the plan provides for financial aid from the federal government, that provision of the plan shall not be approved by the legislative body unless it finds that the financial aid from the federal government provided for in the plan is necessary to enable the land in the project area to be redeveloped in accordance with the redevelopment plan.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-50-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-50 / Section 45-50-4
§ 45-50-4. Resolution conclusive as to capacity of authority.
Status: in_force

In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to any contract by or on behalf of an authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the city or town council declaring the need for the authority to function and upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the public finance management board approving the creating of the authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-5 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-9 / Section 45-9-5
§ 45-9-5. Reports of fiscal overseer and appointment of budget and review commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The fiscal overseer shall report in writing to the division of municipal finance if the fiscal overseer concludes that the city, town, or fire district: (1) Is unable to present a balanced municipal or fire district budget; (2) Faces a fiscal crisis that poses an imminent danger to the safety of the citizens of the city, town, or fire district, or their property; (3) Will not achieve fiscal stability without the assistance of a budget commission; or (4) That the tax levy of the fiscal year should not be approved.

(b) If the fiscal overseer believes, at any time, that a budget commission should be appointed, the fiscal overseer may report that belief to the division of municipal finance.

(c) If the fiscal overseer reports to the division of municipal finance under subsections (a) or (b), the director of revenue may immediately abolish the fiscal overseer and appoint a budget commission.

(d) A budget commission shall have all of the powers and duties set forth in §§ 45-9-3 and 45-9-6.

(e) If a budget commission has not been appointed, and if the division of municipal finance determines that the city, town, or fire district has taken steps necessary to achieve long-term fiscal sustainability and no longer requires active state oversight, the director of revenue may abolish the fiscal overseer.

(f) If the division of municipal finance notifies the director of revenue in writing that the city, town, or fire district is unable to achieve a balanced municipal budget, then the director of revenue shall establish a budget commission.

(g) Upon joint request by a citys or towns elected chief executive officer and city or town council, or, for a fire district, the request of the governing body as established by charter, which request is approved by the division of municipal finance, the director of revenue, in consultation with the auditor general, may establish a budget commission for such city, town, or fire district.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-35 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-35
§ 45-24-35. General provisions  Definitions.
Status: in_force

A zoning ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall provide definitions for words or terms contained in the ordinance where it is deemed appropriate. Words or terms contained in any zoning ordinance, whether or not defined in the ordinance, that are substantially similar to words or terms defined in § 45-24-31 shall be construed according to the definitions provided in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-59 / Section 45-59-14
§ 45-59-14. Annual budget.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than sixty (60) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the district management authority will annually prepare an operating budget containing:

(1) An estimate of surplus from its current fiscal year available for expenditure in the ensuing fiscal year;

(2) An estimate of receipts for the ensuing fiscal year from the special tax assessment provided for in this chapter;

(3) An estimate of receipts for the ensuing fiscal year from all other sources; and

(4) An estimate of expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year for the carrying on of the district management authoritys activities including debt service, if any.

(b) Prior to the adoption of the budget, the district management authority will hold a public hearing thereon at which all interested persons may be heard. Notice of the public hearing will be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks prior to the date of the hearing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-47 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-23 / Section 45-23-47
§ 45-23-47. General provisions  Requirements for dedication of public land  Public improvements and fees.
Status: in_force

Where a municipality requires, as a condition of approval of a proposed land development or subdivision project, dedication of land to the public, public improvements, payment-in-lieu of dedication or construction, or payment to mitigate the impacts of a proposed project, local regulations must require the following:

(1) All required public improvements must reflect the character defined for that neighborhood or district by the communitys comprehensive plan;

(2) The need for all dedications of land to the public and for payments-in-lieu of dedications must be clearly documented in the adopted plan of the community, i.e., the comprehensive plan and the capital improvement plan;

(3) No dedications of land to the public or payments-in-lieu of dedications may be required until the need for the dedications are identified and documented by the municipality, the land proposed for dedication is determined to be appropriate for the proposed use, and the formulas for calculating a payment-in-lieu of dedication have been established in the local regulations;

(4) All dedications, improvements, or payments-in-lieu of dedication or construction, for mitigation of identified negative impacts of proposed projects must meet the previously stated standards. Furthermore, the significant negative impacts of the proposed development on the existing conditions must be clearly documented. The mitigation required as a condition of approval must be related to the significance of the identified impact; and

(5) All payment-in-lieu of dedication or construction to mitigate the impacts of the proposed development shall be kept in restricted accounts and shall only be spent on the mitigation of the identified impacts for which it is required.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-45 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-45
§ 45-32-45. Joint action by different cities and towns.
Status: in_force

Two (2) or more communities may jointly exercise the powers granted under chapters 31  33 of this title and, in that case the planning commissions, legislative bodies, and agencies may hold joint hearings and meetings, or the legislative bodies of the communities, acting separately, may each designate the agency of one of the communities to act as the agency of all the communities interested. In this event, the designated agency shall cooperate with the planning commission of each community in formulating redevelopment plans, and, whenever a redevelopment plan is submitted to the legislative body, each planning commission shall report to the legislative body of its community within thirty (30) days on the redevelopment plan and its conformity to the master or general plan of the community.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-33-4 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-33 / Section 45-33-4
§ 45-33-4. Appropriations, borrowing, and loans by cities and towns.
Status: in_force

Any community in this state is authorized to appropriate moneys raised by taxes or other funds, including, but not limited to, funds in the redevelopment revolving fund, and to borrow money as provided in chapters 31  33 of this title, and may lend or give the money to any redevelopment agency established by it for the purpose of acquiring property in any project area or for the clearance and preparation of any project area for redevelopment or for financing, or otherwise assisting in the carrying out of any redevelopment plan or to effectuate the purposes and provisions of chapters 31  33 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-21-3 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-21 / Section 45-21-3
§ 45-21-3. Effective date of operations.
Status: in_force

The retirement system created in this chapter begins operations when at least five (5) municipalities, having a combined number of eligible employees for participation in the system of not less than one hundred fifty (150), have accepted the provisions of this chapter, and the effective date of operations shall be the first day of July following the date when these conditions have been fulfilled.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-22 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-22
§ 45-32-22. Further proceedings as to redevelopment  Actions to contest validity.
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of the redevelopment plan, further proceedings with reference to the redevelopment of the project area may be commenced immediately by the agency. Actions to contest the validity of the proceedings prescribed by §§ 45-32-11  45-32-21 must commence within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the redevelopment plan, and no action thereafter commenced shall raise any question concerning the validity of the proceedings and the adoption of the redevelopment plan provided for in the foregoing provisions of this chapter and chapter 31 of this title. After the expiration of that period of thirty (30) days, the validity of the proceedings and the adoption of the redevelopment plan shall be conclusively presumed. Any petition to stay the agency from proceeding with the redevelopment plan shall be assigned for hearing by the superior court of the county within which the land lies within seven (7) days from the date of filing, and all proceedings under this chapter shall take precedence over all civil suits pending before the court. The court, after formal hearing, may deny the petition or enjoin the agency from proceeding further, in whole or in part, or may make another order that it deems appropriate.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-55-15 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-55 / Section 45-55-15
§ 45-55-15. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this chapter are for any reason adjudged unconstitutional or otherwise invalid in any court, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause or provisions of this chapter in any one or more instances or circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-57-1 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-57 / Section 45-57-1
§ 45-57-1. Creation  Corporate powers.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created a special preservation and management district to be known as the Winnisimet Farm Road District.

(b) The district consists of those lots of record listed on the town of Tiverton tax assessors plat map 1-7 Block 179, including cards numbered:

1 1a 2 2a 3 3a 3b 4 4a 5 6 7 7a 8 8a 9 9a 10 10a 11a 11b 12 12a 13 13a 14 14a 15 15a 16 16a 17 17a 20 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 67a 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 74a

(c) The district includes privately owned lots as well as common properties owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association, including ponds, beach accesses, open land and streets and associated improvements, to wit, Hamilton Circle, Indian Point Road, Penny Pond Road, Winnisimet Drive, Arrowhead Drive and Sachem Road.

(d) Lots owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association as common property are not lots of record for purposes of voting rights or assessments.

(e) Should any lots be created for future individual ownership, either from common property owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association, or from privately owned property, such newly created lots will be lots of record under the provisions of this act, with future owners incurring all rights and obligations of this chapter.

(f) As used in this chapter, the term Winnisimet Farm Association means that neighborhood association previously incorporated under the laws of this state as a nonprofit corporation, which corporation owns the common properties and roads within the district.

(g) The district may have a common seal, sue and be sued, and enjoy the powers generally incident to corporations.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-13-6 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-13 / Section 45-13-6
§ 45-13-6. Purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of §§ 45-13-7  45-13-10, to control state mandates on towns and cities, to identify and report on all state mandates, and to establish a system for the reimbursement to towns and cities for the cost of state mandates.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-24 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-32 / Section 45-32-24
§ 45-32-24. Power of eminent domain.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, each agency has the right to acquire all or any part of the real property or any estate or interest in it within a project area, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, whenever it is judged by the agency that the acquisition of the real property or any estate or interest in it is in the public interest and necessary for the public use.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-9-9 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-9 / Section 45-9-9
§ 45-9-9. Collective bargaining agreements.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding chapter 7 of title 28 or any other general or special law or any charter or local ordinance to the contrary, new collective bargaining agreements, and any amendments, to new or existing collective bargaining agreements, (collectively, collective bargaining agreements) entered into by the city, town, or fire district or the school department, shall be subject to the approval of the fiscal overseer, budget commission, or receiver if the fiscal overseer, budget commission, or receiver is in effect at the time. No collective bargaining agreement shall be approved under this section unless the fiscal overseer, budget commission, or receiver has participated in the negotiation of the collective bargaining agreement and provides written certification to the director of revenue that after an evaluation of all pertinent financial information reasonably available, the citys, towns, or fire districts financial resources and revenues are, and will continue to be, adequate to support such collective bargaining agreement without a detrimental impact on the provision of municipal or fire district services. A decision, by the fiscal overseer, budget commission, or receiver, to disapprove of a collective bargaining agreement under this section shall be made in a report to the parties; provided, however, that the report shall specify the disapproved portions of the agreement and the supporting reasons for the disapproval. This section shall not be construed to authorize a fiscal overseer, a budget commission, or a receiver under this chapter to reject or alter any existing collective bargaining agreement, unless by agreement, during the term of such collective bargaining agreement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-27-12 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-27 / Section 45-27-12
§ 45-27-12. Remedies conferrable on obligee by housing authority.
Status: in_force

Any authority has power by its trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract to confer upon any obligee, holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, lease, or other obligations, the right upon the happening of an event of default as defined in the instrument:

(1) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the authority or any part or parts of it. If the receiver is appointed, he or she may enter and take possession of the housing project or any part or parts of it, and operate and maintain the housing project, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges arising from it in the same manner as the authority itself might do, and keep those moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply them in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court directs.

(2) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the authority and commissioners to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-12-15 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-12 / Section 45-12-15
§ 45-12-15. Contractual debts unimpaired.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall exempt a city or town from its liability to pay debts contracted for purposes for which it may lawfully expend money.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-31-14 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-31 / Section 45-31-14
§ 45-31-14. Officers of agency.
Status: in_force

The agency shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members. The agency shall elect or appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the agency. The term of office of the chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary, unless otherwise prescribed by the legislative body of the community, shall be for the calendar year, or for that portion remaining after each officer is designated or elected.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-36 — RI Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45-24 / Section 45-24-36
§ 45-24-36. General provisions  Division into districts.
Status: in_force

A zoning ordinance divides a city or town into zoning use districts, which may include overlay districts and floating zone districts, of the number, kind, type, shape, and area suitable to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Regulations and standards shall be consistent for each land use, type of development, or type of building or structure within a district, but may differ from those in other districts. Zoning use districts shall be depicted by type and location on the zoning map.