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RI Gen L § 42-64.11-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.11 - Jobs Growth Act|Section 42-64.11-4 - Partial modification of performance-based compensation.

§ 42-64.11-4. Partial modification of performance-based compensation.(a) Fifty percent (50%) of the performance-based compensation realized by an eligible employee in any credit year shall be allowed as a modification decreasing adjusted gross income and alternative minimum income for purposes of the personal income tax.(b) The modification provided under subsection (a) shall be taken into account in determining withholding under § 44-30-71 to be deducted by a fully-certified company with respect to performance-based compensation paid to eligible employees.(c) The amount of income, otherwise qualifying as performance-based compensation, derived from employer granted stock options is subject to the fifty percent (50%) modification provided for in subsection (a) only to the extent that the same amount is subject to tax under § 42-64.11-5.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 53, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 54, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.11-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.11 - Jobs Growth Act|Section 42-64.11-5 - Tax on employing unit.

§ 42-64.11-5. Tax on employing unit.For any taxable year beginning in a credit year, each employing unit (within the meaning of subsection 28-42-3(17) that is a certified company or one of its affiliated entities shall each pay a tax equal to five percent (5%) of the aggregate performance-based compensation paid to its eligible employees for the credit year. The tax shall be reported at the same time as tax on the employing unit may be due to be reported under chapter 11, 13, 13.1, 14, or 17 of title 44, or, if the employing unit is not taxable under those chapters, at such time as the tax administrator may prescribe. The tax imposed by this section shall not be offset by credits provided under those sections or any other provision of law.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 53, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 54, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.11-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.11 - Jobs Growth Act|Section 42-64.11-6 - Regulatory authority.

§ 42-64.11-6. Regulatory authority.(a) The Rhode Island economic development corporation may promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary and appropriate to carry out its functions under this chapter.(b) The tax administrator may adopt such regulations as he or she deems necessary and appropriate in connection with the taxes imposed and modifications granted herein. Appropriate adjustments shall be made for short taxable years.(c) All submissions made by an eligible company hereunder shall be subscribed under penalties of perjury.(d) By filing an application, the eligible company authorizes the department of labor and training and the division of taxation to disclose to the Rhode Island economic development corporation such data relating to the eligible company and its affiliated entities as may be necessary to verify the information in the initial application or an updated application. Information submitted by an eligible company under this chapter to the Rhode Island economic development corporation, the division of taxation, or the department of labor and training shall be deemed tax return information exempt from disclosure under § 38-2-2(4)(i)(O) (relating to tax returns).History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 53, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 54, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-1 - Short title.

§ 42-64.12-1. Short title.This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Home and Business Protection Act of 2008."History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-2 - Legislative findings.

§ 42-64.12-2. Legislative findings.The general assembly finds and declares that:(a) Eminent domain is an inherent and historic attribute of the sovereign power of government and has been affirmed as such by federal and state courts.(b) The general assembly has delegated eminent domain powers over the years to an array of entities including, but not limited to, departments, agencies, authorities, corporations, instrumentalities, and political subdivisions of the state;(c) The functions of government have changed over the years and continue to evolve in manners which affect and can potentially affect the use of eminent domain powers delegated by the general assembly;(d) Among the broad and more recently evolved powers of government are those pertaining to economic development purposes;(e) The U.S. Supreme Court in Kelo v. City of New London both affirmed the use of eminent domain powers for economic development purposes, and encouraged states to define and limit the exercise of eminent domain for economic development purposes.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-3 - Purposes of chapter.

§ 42-64.12-3. Purposes of chapter.The purposes of this chapter are to set forth permissible uses of eminent domain power and to define, limit and restrict the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-4 - Applicability.

§ 42-64.12-4. Applicability.The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all departments, agencies, authorities, corporations, instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state and to all other entities that have been delegated eminent domain powers by state law.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-5 - Definitions.

§ 42-64.12-5. Definitions.The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:(a) "Economic development" means the mobilization of intellectual, human, capital, physical and natural resources to generate marketable goods and services for purposes including, but not limited to, creating jobs, economic and employment opportunities, tax base, and wealth.(b) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, firm, corporation, association, partnership, or public or private entity.(c) "Plan" or "development plan" means a plan that substantially conforms to the requirements of subsection 42-64.12-7(a) of this chapter, which plan may be prepared and adopted pursuant to other applicable provisions of law.(d) "Property" means land or other real property or any interest, estate, or right therein.(e) "Public ownership and use" means the right of a public body to possess, use, and/or enjoy property in order to conduct a governmental function or to provide for a public activity.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-6 - Permissible uses of eminent domain powers.

§ 42-64.12-6. Permissible uses of eminent domain powers.All entities delegated eminent domain powers under the laws of this state may exercise such powers consistent with other restrictions and limitations established by law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, to acquire property for the following purposes:(a) Providing for public ownership and use;(b) Providing for transportation infrastructure including, but not limited to, roads, highways, bridges, and associated ramps;(c) Providing for public utilities, including telecommunications, and for common carriers;(d) Eliminating an identifiable public harm and/or correcting conditions adversely affecting public health, safety, morals, or welfare, including, but not limited to, the elimination and prevention of blighted and substandard areas, as defined by chapter 45-31, and correcting conditions of environmental contamination that pose a significant risk to the public health, correcting and repairing facilities, and correcting conditions from damages that result from a declared disaster;(e) Providing good and marketable title that is free and clear of liens and encumbrances when property is to be acquired or is to be conveyed for any of the purposes set forth in subsections (a) — (d) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-7 - Restricted use of eminent domain powers.

§ 42-64.12-7. Restricted use of eminent domain powers.No entity subject to the provisions of the chapter shall exercise eminent powers to acquire any property for economic development purposes unless it has explicit authority to do so and unless it conforms to the provisions of this section.(a) Plan. The entity shall have a plan for the proposed development, which shall be approved by the governing body of the entity prior to the initiation of any eminent domain proceeding, which plan shall set forth the purposes of the development, the intended benefits to the community, the necessary infrastructure improvements, the presence and correction of any substandard conditions and/or environmental hazards, and the parcels which will be acquired in order to effectuate the plan. In addition, the plan shall include provisions and/or analyses which can support a rational-basis determination that potential takings by eminent domain inure a preponderance of benefits, to the public with only incidental, benefits to a private party or parties. The plan shall only be adopted after public notice of not less than fourteen (14) days, a public hearing and a period for public comment of not less than thirty (30) days. Where other applicable planning requirements are established by law, those planning requirements shall not be deemed to be superceded by the requirements of this subsection, provided, that the plan prepared pursuant to such planning requirements substantially address the matter specified in this subsection and the opportunity for public review and comment is no less than that provided for by this subsection.(b) Notice. The entity shall give the owner(s) of property which may be acquired by eminent domain advanced notice of the potential taking and shall provide the opportunity to sell the property for a negotiated, mutually agreed upon price.(c) Except for taking of temporary easements and partial takings subject to the provisions of § 42-64.12-10, no local government entity shall implement any eminent domain proceeding for economic development purposes unless the acquisition of the property by eminent domain has been approved by the city or town council, and no state government entity shall implement any eminent domain proceeding for economic development purposes unless the acquisition of the property by eminent domain has been approved by an act of the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-8 - Compensation for eminent domain takings for economic development purposes.

§ 42-64.12-8. Compensation for eminent domain takings for economic development purposes.Owners of property taken for economic development purposes shall be compensated for:(a) A minimum of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the fair market value of the real property.(b) Expenses incidental to transfer of ownership to the acquiring entity, including, but not limited to, recording fees and transfer taxes, evidence of title and surveys and legal descriptions, penalty costs and other charges for prepaying mortgages entered into in good faith, a pro rata share of any prepaid property taxes or assessments for public utilities.(c) Relocation expenses, including, but not limited to, actual, reasonable and necessary moving and reestablishment expenses.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-8.1 - Compensation for eminent domain takings for economic development purposes.

§ 42-64.12-8.1. Compensation for eminent domain takings for economic development purposes.Residents who are tenants of property taken for economic development purposes shall be compensated for:(a) A minimum of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of one month's rent of such dwelling.(b) Relocation expenses, including, but not limited to, actual, reasonable and necessary moving and reestablishment expenses.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-9 - Powers of local redevelopment.

§ 42-64.12-9. Powers of local redevelopment.The provisions of this chapter with the exception of subsection 42-64.12-7(c) shall not be deemed to abrogate or diminish the powers heretofore exercised by local redevelopment agencies, as provided for in chapters 45-31 and 45-32 of the general laws, to undertake redevelopment projects.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-10 - Temporary easements and partial takings.

§ 42-64.12-10. Temporary easements and partial takings.The planning requirements and the restrictions established by this chapter shall not apply to condemnations for easements or other partial takings for less than five (5) years duration where the effect of the taking is not the ousting of the owner from possession or the displacing of a lawful occupant.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.12-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.12 - Eminent Domain|Section 42-64.12-11 - Severability.

§ 42-64.12-11. Severability.If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, any invalidity shall not affect the provisions of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-1 - Short title.

§ 42-64.13-1. Short title.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act of 2010."History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 259, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-2 - Legislative findings.

§ 42-64.13-2. Legislative findings.The general assembly finds and declares that:(1) Rhode Island is facing an economic and fiscal crisis and is suffering high unemployment and other ill effects from the national recession that persists at the time of the passage of this act;(2) Rhode Island maintains regulatory processes and permitting procedures that, while often protecting the public welfare, health and safety, are often inefficient, inconsistent with other state policies and not always aligned with municipal and community development goals;(3) The result of inefficiencies, inconsistencies and misalignments often result in delayed or forgone permitting and regulatory opportunities for businesses desiring to retain or create jobs in Rhode Island; and(4) Rhode Island can more efficiently and consistently implement its regulatory and permitting frame work in order to enhance economic development, community development and the overall health and welfare of its citizens.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 259, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-3 - Purposes of chapter.

§ 42-64.13-3. Purposes of chapter.The purposes of this chapter are to create within the office of management and budget, the office of regulatory reform that will facilitate the regular review of Rhode Island's regulatory processes and permitting procedures; report thereon in an effort to improve them; and assist and facilitate economic development opportunities within the regulatory and permitting processes and procedures that exist within Rhode Island state and municipal government.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 445, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 489, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 492, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 14, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 58.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-4 - Applicability.

§ 42-64.13-4. Applicability.The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all departments, agencies, authorities, corporations, instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state, to all other entities that have been delegated regulatory and permitting authority under state law, and all municipalities within the state, including their boards and commissions with regulatory and permitting authority and responsibilities.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 259, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-5 - Creation of the office of regulatory reform.

§ 42-64.13-5. Creation of the office of regulatory reform.The office of management and budget shall create an office of regulatory reform that shall be adequately staffed and supervised in order to fulfill its functions as set forth in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 445, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 489, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 492, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 14, § 6.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-6 - Director of office of regulatory reform.

§ 42-64.13-6. Director of office of regulatory reform.The office of regulatory reform shall be managed by a director of office of regulatory reform who shall report to the director of the office of management and budget.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 445, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 489, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 492, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 14, § 6.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-8 - Regulatory analysis responsibilities.

§ 42-64.13-8. Regulatory analysis responsibilities.The office of regulatory reform shall have the following regulatory analysis and reporting responsibilities:(1) The office of regulatory reform shall, upon the conclusion of each fiscal year, prepare and publish a report on the regulatory processes of state and municipal agencies and permitting authorities through a review and an analysis of proposed and existing rules and regulations to: (i) Encourage agencies to eliminate, consolidate, simplify, expedite, or otherwise improve permits, permitting procedures, and paperwork burdens affecting businesses, municipal government undertakings, industries, and other matters of economic development impact in the state; (ii) Analyze the impact of proposed and existing rules and regulations on matters such as public health, safety and welfare, including job creation, and make recommendations for simplifying regulations and regulatory processes of state and municipal agencies and permitting authorities; (iii) Propose to any state or municipal agency consideration for amendment or repeal of any existing rules or procedures that may be obsolete, harmful to the economy or job growth in the state, or excessively burdensome with respect to any state or federal statutes or regulations; and (iv) Assist and coordinate with all agencies during the periodic review of rules required by § 42-35-3.4 of the administrative procedures act.(2) The ombudsman of the department of business regulation shall implement the provisions of § 42-35.1-1, entitled small business regulatory fairness and administrative procedures, and shall be the small business regulatory enforcement office pursuant to § 42-35.1-5.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 445, § 3; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 18.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-9 - Municipal regulatory liaison.

§ 42-64.13-9. Municipal regulatory liaison.Each city or town in Rhode Island may at its option designate in writing submitted to the office of regulatory reform a regulatory liaison who shall be charged with the responsibility of coordinating regulatory and permitting matters within that city or town with the office of regulatory reform.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 259, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-11 - Statewide solar permitting.

§ 42-64.13-11. Statewide solar permitting.(a) No later than December 31, 2016, the office of regulatory reform in consultation with the task force established in subsection (b), shall prepare and submit to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house, a report with recommendations for a statewide permitting process for small residential- and small commercial-rooftop solar projects.(b) The office of regulatory reform shall establish a task force and appoint members and, at a minimum, shall include:(1) The commissioner of the office of energy resources, or designee;(2) At least five (5) municipal representatives; and(3) A representative from a clean-energy, regional business association.(c) Implementation. The commissioner of the office of energy resources, in consultation with the director of the office of regulatory reform, shall submit to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house, proposed legislation establishing a statewide permitting process as recommended in the report issued pursuant to subsection (a) no later than January 31, 2017.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 330, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-64.13-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-64.13 - Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act|Section 42-64.13-12 - Duty to streamline and coordinate interagency regulation for green industries.

§ 42-64.13-12. Duty to streamline and coordinate interagency regulation for green industries.The office of regulatory reform shall, in consultation with the departments of environmental management, labor and training, revenue, and the coastal resources management council, and plant-based and agriculture industry representatives, reduce burdensome regulations, improve interagency efficiency, and coordinate the regulatory process to facilitate further economic growth within plant-based industries and agriculture.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 268, § 1.