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RI Gen L § 45-29-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-20 - Notice of hearing on property taken by city.

§ 45-29-20. Notice of hearing on property taken by city.Upon the filing in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the description, plat, and statement referred to in § 45-29-19, the court shall enter an order fixing the time when, and the place where, all persons interested in the land or any interest or estate in the land, in the description, plat, or statement set forth, may appear before the court and be heard with reference to the taking of the land, (but not later than fifteen (15) days from the filing), and the hearing shall take precedence over all other civil matters pending before the court, or if the superior court not in session in that county, in the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol. The clerk of the court for the county in which the land lies, shall then issue notice directed to the persons interested in the land or any interest or estate in it, containing a summary in substance of the description, plat, and statement so filed and a copy of the court order, all of which shall be served by publication for a time and in a newspaper or newspapers that the court prescribes, and in any other manner that the court may direct.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-20.
RI Gen L § 45-29-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-21 - Determination of necessity - Appointment and fees of appraisers.

§ 45-29-21. Determination of necessity — Appointment and fees of appraisers.At the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at any adjournment ordered by the court, the court after hearing the interested parties, and who may appear and desire to be heard, shall first determine whether the lands or the respective interests or estates in the lands in the description, plat, and statement set forth, are necessary or convenient to the city for the purposes specified in this chapter, and if it determines that the lands or any interests or estate in them are necessary or convenient, the court shall appoint the attorney general of the state of Rhode Island and two (2) wholly disinterested persons eminently skilled in the values or valuations of real estate in the locality of the real estate sought to be condemned, but not resident in that city, to serve as appraisers to value and estimate the damages sustained by reason of the taking, and the damages, if any, to the remainder of any land of any owner or of any interest therein, not taken. Vacancies among the appraisers shall be filled by the superior court upon application of any interested party and upon any notice that the court may direct. Their fees for services shall be fixed by the court and paid by the city.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-21.
RI Gen L § 45-29-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-22 - Proceedings and report by appraisers.

§ 45-29-22. Proceedings and report by appraisers.The appraisers appointed pursuant to § 45-29-21, after being sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, shall immediately view the premises, and within fourteen (14) days of appointment, and after notice as the superior court may prescribe, proceed to hear the parties in interest as to their respective damages for the taking, and if the taking is less than the whole, then the damages to the remainder by reason of the taking. Within thirty (30) days after the commencement of hearings, or any longer period that the court may permit, the appraisers, or a majority of them, shall file in the office of the clerk of the superior court for the county where the land lies, a written report of their doings and their estimate of the damages so sustained, stating the names of the owners, and a brief description of their respective rights and interests taken, and damages consequent thereon.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-22.
RI Gen L § 45-29-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-23 - Deposit of appraisal amounts by city - Vesting of title.

§ 45-29-23. Deposit of appraisal amounts by city — Vesting of title.(a) The clerk of the court, in which the report described in § 45-29-22 is filed, shall give written notice to the city of the filing of the report, and the city shall, within ten (10) days or within a longer time, not exceeding thirty (30) days, that the court may fix, pay into the registry of the court for the county in which the land or any interest in the land is taken the total damages mentioned in the report, attributable to the taking, and thereupon the title to the lands and to the interests, for which payment into court has been made by the city, shall vest in the city.(b) In the event that the city does not, within those ten (10) days or a longer period, not exceeding thirty (30) days, that the court shall fix, pay any amount for any given piece of land or interest in the land, into the registry of the court when so required, the proceedings relative thereto become null and void and the city shall not have any right in, nor any right to take, the land or interest in it.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-23.
RI Gen L § 45-29-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-24 - Notice of appraisers' report and payments to owners - Trial of objections to report.

§ 45-29-24. Notice of appraisers' report and payments to owners — Trial of objections to report.(a) Upon payment into court as previously stated of the several amounts estimated by the appraisers or by a majority of them, to be due respectively to the several owners, the clerk of the court shall immediately give notice as the court may order, to all parties claiming damages or any interest in them, of the filing of the report, notifying each of them to file within ten (10) days after service of notice as the court directs, if he or she sees fit, his or her objection to the report.(b) If, at the end of the period of ten (10) days, no objection is filed either by the city or by the owner with respect to the appraisal of his or her lands or his or her interest in them, the superior court shall, upon motion of the owner or of the city, order the amount of the award paid to the owners, and the payment shall be in full satisfaction of damages sustained by the taking. If at the end of that period, objection has been filed, the court shall nevertheless, after hearing the parties, order paid over to the owner of the land or interest in it, seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount of the appraisal of the land or interest, which sum, when paid, shall be irrecoverable, but without prejudice to the rights of the owner to sue for, and recover, any deficiency.(c) The objections to the report of the appraisers shall stand for trial and be tried in every respect as other civil actions, including the right to except to rulings, to apply for new trial for cause, and to prosecute exceptions in the supreme court, but if the appellant in those proceedings shall not obtain a gross award more favorable to the appellant than the award of the appraisers, the appellant shall pay the costs of the adverse party, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If the appellant obtains therein a gross award more favorable than the award of the appraisers, the appellant shall recover his or her costs from the adverse party unless otherwise ordered by the court; but costs exclude fees of counsel.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-24.
RI Gen L § 45-29-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-25 - Confirmation of appraisers' report - Use of deposit - Execution.

§ 45-29-25. Confirmation of appraisers' report — Use of deposit — Execution.(a) The report of the appraisers, after being so corrected in case of an appeal as to conform to the findings on appeal, shall be confirmed, and, thereupon, execution or executions shall issue accordingly, as upon a judgment in due course of law, with interest, at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date when the city became entitled to enter upon and take possession of and use the land or interest or estate in it.(b) The balance, if any, of any sum of money in the registry of the court after the payment to any claimant objecting, of the sum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the appraised value of his or her property condemned remains in the registry of the court, subject to its further order, and shall be ordered used in satisfaction of any unpaid part of final awards, respectively, with interest and costs, to the extent required. If the balance is insufficient, then execution shall issue against the city for the deficiency. Any excess not otherwise required shall be ordered repaid to the city or the authority depositing it. To avoid conflicting executions, the court may order executions to be issued in adjusted amounts.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-25.
RI Gen L § 45-29-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-26 - Representation of infants and people who are incompetent.

§ 45-29-26. Representation of infants and people who are incompetent.When the lands or any interest or estate in them in which any infant or other person not capable in law to act in his or her own behalf, or unascertained or not in being, is interested, are taken by the city under the provisions of §§ 45-29-13 — 45-29-32 the court, before which the proceedings for the taking are pending, may appoint a guardian ad litem or other representative for the infant or other person not in being or unascertained, and the guardian or representative may appear and be heard in behalf of the infant or other person at any stage of the proceedings. The guardian or representative may also, with the advice and consent of the court appointing him or her, release to the city all claims for damages for the lands of the infant or other person or for any interests or estate taken in them.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-26.
RI Gen L § 45-29-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-27 - Deposits to cover disputed title.

§ 45-29-27. Deposits to cover disputed title.If there is any dispute to the title of any lands or interests or estates in them taken under the provisions of §§ 45-29-13 — 45-29-32 or as to the persons entitled to receive the damages awarded for the taking, or the person entitled to receive the damages is unascertained or not in being, the city may pay the damages into the registry of the court, before which the proceedings are pending, with the same effect as to the title of the city to the lands or interests or estates in them as though the damages had been paid to the person or persons entitled to receive the damages. These sums shall be held in the registry of the court, subject to its further order upon proper application as justice may require.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-27.
RI Gen L § 45-29-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-28 - Consolidation of trial of conflicting claims.

§ 45-29-28. Consolidation of trial of conflicting claims.In the case of conflicting claims of ownership by two (2) or more claimants, the court may consolidate those claims and order them tried at the same time and by the same jury, and may frame all necessary issues for the trial. By agreement of parties, jury trial may be expressly waived.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-28.
RI Gen L § 45-29-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-29 - Access of city and appraisers to property taken.

§ 45-29-29. Access of city and appraisers to property taken.After the filing by the city of the surveys and maps mentioned in § 45-29-16, the city, its agents, and servants, may enter upon the premises included in them, for the purpose of making necessary surveys, examinations, estimates, and calculations, but always with the least possible annoyance to, and disturbance of, the owners and occupants thereof and their normal use and enjoyment of the premises, without in any instance being liable for trespass. Likewise, the appraisers, when appointed, their servants, agents, employees, and other persons as may be designated by the court, may enter upon the premises and examine every part of the premises to the extent required for a complete appraisal of the premises, but always with the least possible annoyance to, and disturbance of, the owners and occupants of the premises and their normal use and enjoyment of the premises, without in any instance being liable for trespass.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-29.
RI Gen L § 45-29-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-30 - Conveyance to authority of property condemned by city.

§ 45-29-30. Conveyance to authority of property condemned by city.The city shall transfer and convey to the authority all real property acquired by the city by condemnation for the authority, upon the authority paying to the city the amount agreed upon by the city and authority, or in the absence of an agreement, then upon paying all sums expended by the city in the acquisition of the property to be conveyed to the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-30.
RI Gen L § 45-29-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-31 - Taking of excess land - Disposition on completion of project.

§ 45-29-31. Taking of excess land — Disposition on completion of project.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.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-31.
RI Gen L § 45-29-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-32 - Evidence of value - Expediting proceedings - Increased value - Property devoted to other public use-"Owner" defined.

§ 45-29-32. Evidence of value — Expediting proceedings — Increased value — Property devoted to other public use-"Owner" defined.In any proceedings for the assessment of compensation and damages for property taken or to be taken by eminent domain for an authority, the following provisions are applicable:(a) Evidence of the price and other terms, upon any sale, or the rent reserved and other terms, upon any lease or tenancy, relating to any of the property taken or to be taken, or to any similar property in the vicinity when the sale or leasing occurred or the tenancy existed within a reasonable time of the trial, is admissible on direct examination.(b) At any time during the pendency of an action or proceeding, a city or an owner may apply to the court for an order directing an owner or the city, as the case may be, to show cause why further proceedings should not be expedited, and the court may upon that application make an order requiring that the hearings proceed and that any other steps be taken with all possible expedition.(c) For the purposes of §§ 45-29-13 — 45-29-32 the award of compensation shall not be increased by reason of any increase in the value of the property caused by the clearance, reconstruction, or proposed clearance or reconstruction under §§ 45-29-13 — 45-29-32 of the property or of the area in which the property is situated. No allowance shall be made for improvements begun on property, after notice to the owner of the property, of the institution of the proceeding to condemn the property.(d) The facts may be proved bearing upon the unsanitary, illegal, or substandard condition of the premises notwithstanding that no steps have been taken by the department or offices having jurisdiction with a view to remedying or abating those conditions.(e) If any of the property included within the project is devoted to a public use, it may nevertheless be acquired, provided that no property belonging to the city or to any government may be acquired without its consent, and that no property belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the division of public utilities or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over the corporation.(f) The term "owner", as used in this section, includes a person having an estate, interest, or easement in the property to be acquired or a lien, charge, or encumbrance on the property.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-32.
RI Gen L § 45-30-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-1 - Declaration of purpose.

§ 45-30-1. Declaration of purpose.It is found and declared that the national defense involves large increases in the military forces and personnel in this state, a great increase in the number of workers in already established industries and activities, and the bringing of a large number of workers and their families to new defense industries and activities in the state; that there exists or impends an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings available to these persons and their families in this state which impedes national defense; that it is imperative that action be taken immediately to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for these persons to enable the rapid expansion of national defense activities in this state, and to avoid a large labor turnover in defense industries which would seriously hamper their production; that the provisions hereinafter enacted are necessary to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities; and that these provisions are for the public use and purpose of facilitating national defense in this state. It is further declared to be the purpose of this chapter to authorize housing authorities to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid of the federal government, or to cooperate with or act as agents or lessees of the federal government, in the expeditious development or administration of projects to assure the availability, when needed, of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, and to make projects available to servicemen and returning veterans consistent with national defense.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-1.
RI Gen L § 45-30-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-2 - Definitions.

§ 45-30-2. Definitions.The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:(1) "Administration" means any and all undertakings necessary for management, operation, or maintenance, in connection with any project, and includes the leasing of any project (in whole or in part) from the federal government.(2) "Development" means any and all undertakings necessary for the planning, land acquisition, demolition, financing,construction, or equipment in connection with a project (including the negotiation or award of contracts), and includes the acquisition of any project (in whole or in part) from the federal government.(3) "Federal government" means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.(4) "Housing authority" means any housing authority created or established or hereafter created or established under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law, chapters 25 — 27 of this title, or under the provisions of §§ 45-30-7 — 45-30-9.(5) The development of a project is deemed to be "initiated" if a housing authority has issued any bonds, notes, or other obligations with respect to financing the development of that project of the housing authority, or has contracted with the federal government with respect to the exercise of powers under this chapter in the development of that project of the federal government.(6) "National defense period" means the period, as determined by a housing authority (which determination is conclusive in any suit, action, or proceeding), during which there exists or impends in the locality an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities.(7) "Persons engaged in national defense activities" include: persons in the military service of the United States; employees of the Department of Defense; and workers engaged or to be engaged in activities connected with and essential to national defense; and the families of those persons who are living with them.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-2.
RI Gen L § 45-30-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-4 - Cooperation of state public bodies.

§ 45-30-4. Cooperation of state public bodies.Any state public body, as defined in the Housing Authorities Law, chapters 25 — 27 of this title has the same rights and powers to cooperate with housing authorities, or with the federal government, with respect to the development or administration of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, or to provide housing for service personnel and returning veterans and their families, that the state public body has pursuant to that law for the purpose of assisting the development or administration of slum clearance or housing projects for persons of low income.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-4.