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RI Gen L § 45-9-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-7 - Appointment of receiver.

§ 45-9-7. Appointment of receiver.(a) If the budget commission established by § 45-9-5 concludes that its powers are insufficient to restore fiscal stability to the city, town, or fire district, it shall so notify the director of revenue and shall forward to the director of revenue a statement of the reasons why it has been unable to restore fiscal stability to the city, town, or fire district. Upon receipt of such statement, the director of revenue shall terminate the existence of the budget commission, notwithstanding § 45-9-5, and the director of revenue shall appoint a receiver for the city, town, or fire district for a period as the director of revenue may determine. The director of revenue may, at any time, and without cause, remove the receiver and appoint a successor, or terminate the receivership.(b) The receiver shall have the following powers:(1) All powers of the fiscal overseer and budget commission under §§ 45-9-2 and 45-9-6. Such powers shall remain through the period of any receivership;(2) The power to exercise any function or power of any municipal or fire district officer or employee, board, authority or commission, whether elected or otherwise relating to or impacting the fiscal stability of the city, town, or fire district including, without limitation, school and zoning matters; and(3) The power to file a petition in the name of the city, town, or fire district under Chapter 9 of Title 11 of the United States Code, and to act on the city's, town's, or fire district's behalf in any such proceeding.(c) Upon the appointment of a receiver, the receiver shall have the right to exercise the powers of the elected officials under the general laws, special laws and the city, town, or fire district charter and ordinances and rules and regulations relating to or impacting the fiscal stability of the city, town, or fire district including, without limitation, school and zoning matters; provided, further, that the powers of the receiver shall be superior to and supersede the powers of the elected officials of the city, town, or fire district shall continue to be elected in accordance with the city or town or fire district charter, and shall serve in an advisory capacity to the receiver. The receiver shall allow the city's, town's, or fire district's elected officials to serve their constituents by providing advice to the receiver on the matters relating to the operation of the city, town, or fire district. In the event a conflict arises between the chief elected official or city or town council or fire district governing body and the receiver, the receiver's decision shall prevail. The director of revenue shall determine the salary of the receiver, which salary shall be payable by the city, town, or fire district.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 328, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 389, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-8 - Appointment of receiver in a fiscal emergency.

§ 45-9-8. Appointment of receiver in a fiscal emergency.In the event the director of revenue determines, in consultation with the auditor general, that a city, town, or fire district is facing a fiscal emergency and that circumstances do not allow for appointment of a fiscal overseer or a budget commission prior to the appointment of a receiver, the director of revenue may appoint a receiver without having first appointed a fiscal overseer or a budget commission.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-9 - Collective bargaining agreements.

§ 45-9-9. Collective bargaining agreements.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.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-11 - Expenditures in excess of appropriations prohibited.

§ 45-9-11. Expenditures in excess of appropriations prohibited.(a) No official of a city, town, or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer, budget commission, or receiver, except in the case of an emergency involving the health and safety of the people or the people's property declared by the city or town council or fire district governing body, shall knowingly expend, or cause to be expended, in any fiscal year any sum in excess of that official's departmental or other governmental unit's appropriation duly made in accordance with the law, nor commit the city, town, or fire district, nor cause it to be committed, to any obligation for the future payment of money in excess of that appropriation, with the exception of court judgments.(b) An official who intentionally violates this section shall be personally liable to the city, town, or fire district for any amounts expended in excess of an appropriation to the extent that the city, town, or fire district does not recover such amounts from the person or persons to whom such amounts were paid and shall not be indemnified by the city, town, or fire district for any such amounts. The superior court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate claims brought by the city, town, or fire district, or on the city's, town's, or fire district's behalf by a budget commission established under this chapter, and to order relief that the court finds appropriate to prevent further violations of this section. A violation of this section shall be sufficient cause for removal.(c) For the purposes of this section, the word "official" shall mean a city, town, or fire district department head, permanent, temporary, or acting, including the superintendent of schools, and all members of municipal boards, committees, including the school committee, and commissions that recommend, authorize, or approve the expenditure of funds, and the word "emergency" shall mean a major disaster, including, but not limited to, flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm or other catastrophe, whether natural or otherwise, that poses an unexpected and immediate threat to the health and safety of persons or property.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-12 - Conflicts with other laws.

§ 45-9-12. Conflicts with other laws.Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede any conflicting provisions of the city's, town's, or fire district's charter, local ordinance, rule or regulation.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-13 - Other state receivership laws inapplicable.

§ 45-9-13. Other state receivership laws inapplicable.No city, town, or fire district shall be placed into, or made subject to, either voluntarily or involuntarily, a state judicial receivership proceeding, and nothing in this act shall in any way pre-empt or restrict the powers and remedies available to a state-appointed receiver under Chapter 9 of Title 11 of the United States Code and the receiver's ability to exercise such powers and remedies on a city's, town's, or fire district's behalf in a federal proceeding filed under Chapter 9 of Title 11 of the United States Code.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-14 - No state guarantee.

§ 45-9-14. No state guarantee.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to pledge the credit and assets of the state to pay the obligations or indebtedness, including bonded indebtedness, of any municipality or fire district.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-15 - Inconsistent provisions.

§ 45-9-15. Inconsistent provisions.Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any charter, other laws, or ordinances, general, special, or local, or of any rule or regulation of the state or any municipality or fire district, the provisions of this chapter are controlling.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-16 - Liberal construction.

§ 45-9-16. Liberal construction.This chapter being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-17 - Severability.

§ 45-9-17. Severability.The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions are held unconstitutional or invalid for any other reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all steps shall be taken which are necessary to meet constitutional requirements whether or not the steps are required by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 24, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 27, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-18 - Additional powers of receiver.

§ 45-9-18. Additional powers of receiver.The receiver shall be entitled to exercise all powers under the general laws, this chapter, the state constitution, any special act, any charter provision or ordinance that any elected official or any body of the city, town, or fire district may exercise, acting separately or jointly; provided, however, that with respect to any such exercise of powers by the receiver, the elected officials or the body shall not rescind, nor take any action contrary to, such action by the receiver so long as the receivership continues to exist.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-19 - Expenditures by elected officials in excess of appropriations prohibited.

§ 45-9-19. Expenditures by elected officials in excess of appropriations prohibited.(a) No elected official of a city, town, or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer, budget commission, or receiver, except in the case of an emergency involving the health and safety of the people or the people's property declared by the city or town council or fire district governing body, shall knowingly expend, or cause to be expended, in any fiscal year any sum in excess of that official's departmental or other governmental unit's appropriation duly made in accordance with the law, nor commit the city, town, or fire district, nor cause it to be committed, to any obligation for the future payment of money in excess of that appropriation, with the exception of court judgments.(b) An elected official who intentionally violates this section shall be personally liable to the city, town, or fire district for any amounts expended in excess of an appropriation to the extent that the city, town, or fire district does not recover such amounts from the person or persons to whom such amounts were paid and shall not be indemnified by the city, town, or fire district for any such amounts. The superior court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate claims brought by the city or town, or on the city's, town's, or fire district's behalf by a budget commission established under this chapter, and to order relief that the court finds appropriate to prevent further violations of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-20 - Orders of the receiver.

§ 45-9-20. Orders of the receiver.In the event a receiver is appointed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, powers of the fire district governing body or powers of the city or town council exercisable by resolution or ordinance shall be exercised by order of the receiver.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-21 - Exemption from liability and prosecution.

§ 45-9-21. Exemption from liability and prosecution.(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, neither the director of the department of revenue, nor any fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver or administration and finance officer or any managerial, professional or clerical staff hired, retained or employed by the director of the department of revenue or any fiscal overseer, budget and review commission, receiver or administration and finance officer under this chapter shall have any civil liability for any actions taken or omitted in the course of performing their official duties.(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, neither the director of the department of revenue nor any fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver or administration and finance officer, nor any managerial, professional or clerical staff employed by the director of the department of revenue or any fiscal overseer, budget and review commission, receiver or administration and finance officer under this chapter shall be subject to prosecution or have any liability for misdemeanor violations of criminal laws for actions taken or omitted in the course of performing their official duties under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-9-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-22 - Indemnification.

§ 45-9-22. Indemnification.Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state shall indemnify, exonerate, defend, and hold harmless the director of the department of revenue and any fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver, or administration and finance officer, and any managerial, professional, or clerical staff hired, retained, or employed by the director of the department of revenue, or any fiscal overseer, budget and review commission, receiver, or administration and finance officer under this chapter, from all loss, cost, expense, and damage, including legal fees and court costs, if any, arising out of any contract, claim, action, compromise, settlement, or judgment by reason of any intentional tort or by reason of any alleged error or misstatement or action or omission, or neglect or violation of the rights of any person under any federal or state law, arising out of, or relating to, actions taken or omitted by such person under this chapter, except in the case of intentional malfeasance, malicious conduct, or gross negligence. The costs of such indemnity and defense shall be paid for solely from amounts available in the city's, town's, or fire district's general fund, from amounts appropriated by the general assembly for such purposes, or from other available funds to the extent permitted by law.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-9-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-9 - Budget Commissions|Section 45-9-23 - Litigation costs.

§ 45-9-23. Litigation costs.Unless such person shall be the prevailing party in a final non-appealable judgment, any person who violates this chapter or ignores a written demand made by a fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver or administration and finance officer acting within the scope of his or her duties, shall be required to pay the reasonable attorney fees incurred by the fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver or administration and finance officer and/or his or her counsel to seek enforcement of this chapter or compliance with such written demand.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-10 - Audit of Accounts and Installation of Systems|Section 45-10-1 - Power to petition for installation of system.

§ 45-10-1. Power to petition for installation of system.The electors of any town or city qualified to vote on a proposition to impose a tax, or any town or city council, when legally assembled, may, by vote, petition the state director of revenue for the installation of an accounting system for the town or city.History of Section.P.L. 1929, ch. 1422, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 347, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 347, § 5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3414, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-10-1; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 57; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 57.
RI Gen L § 45-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-10 - Audit of Accounts and Installation of Systems|Section 45-10-2 - Certification of vote to install system - Installation.

§ 45-10-2. Certification of vote to install system — Installation.Upon the passage of the vote petitioning the state director of revenue for the installation of a system of accounting as provided in § 45-10-1, the town or city clerk or any other person so authorized in that vote shall immediately forward by registered or certified mail to the director of revenue and to the town or city treasurer or any other person having custody of the accounts, a certified copy of the vote, and the director of revenue shall cause an accounting system to be installed in the town or city.History of Section.P.L. 1929, ch. 1422, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 347, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 347, § 5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3414, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-10-2; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 57; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 57.
RI Gen L § 45-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-10 - Audit of Accounts and Installation of Systems|Section 45-10-3 - Assistance in operation of system.

§ 45-10-3. Assistance in operation of system.Whenever a system of accounting has been installed under the provisions of this chapter, the town or city council of the municipality in which the system is installed may request the assistance of the state director of revenue in the operation of the system, and the state director of revenue shall furnish any temporary clerical assistance and other assistance as that in the director's judgment may be necessary.History of Section.P.L. 1929, ch. 1422, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 347, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 347, § 6; P.L. 1955, ch. 3414, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-10-3; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 57; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 57.
RI Gen L § 45-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-10 - Audit of Accounts and Installation of Systems|Section 45-10-4 - Annual post audit required.

§ 45-10-4. Annual post audit required.Each municipality and regional school district in the state, prior to the close of the fiscal year, shall retain the services of one or more independent certified public accountants holding a certificate from the state of Rhode Island, or from any other state with whom the state board of accountancy has a reciprocal relationship, to make a detailed post audit of the financial records of the municipality or regional school district for the preceding fiscal year in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards. School districts that are part of the primary government of a municipality shall be included in the municipality's post audit and shall not be required to obtain a separate post audit. The selection of auditors pursuant to this section shall be subject to the final approval of the state auditor general. The municipality or school district shall not engage the auditors or enter into a contract for those services until the auditor general gives his or her written authorization. The term school district shall include regional school districts. At the request of the auditor general, the audit firm for each municipality or school district shall release any and all information obtained in the course of the engagement to the Rhode Island state auditor general (or his or her designee). This information includes, but is not limited to, financial data, analysis, work papers, and memorandum. Audit work papers of the independent auditors shall be made available to the auditor general (or his or her designee) upon request. The request for such information by the auditor general shall be responded to promptly. Failure to provide this information shall constitute a breach of contract by the audit firm. The auditor general shall have standing to bring an action in the superior court to compel the audit firm to provide the information listed in this section. In addition the auditor general shall prescribe requirements for audits of fire districts conducted pursuant to § 44-5-69.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3414, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-10-4; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 31, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 324, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 414, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 353, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 2.