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RI Gen L § 24-18-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-18 - Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund|Section 24-18-3 - Definitions.

§ 24-18-3. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following terms, unless the context requires a different interpretation, shall have the following meanings:(1) "Agency" means the Rhode Island infrastructure bank as set forth in chapter 12.2 of title 46;(2) "Annual construction plan" means the finalized list of approved projects to commence construction each calendar year;(3) "Approved project" means any project approved by the agency for financial assistance;(4) "Department" means the department of transportation, or, if the department shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by chapter 5 of title 37 to the department shall be given by law;(5) "Eligible project" means an infrastructure plan, or portion of an infrastructure plan, that meets the project evaluation criteria;(6) "Financial assistance" means any form of financial assistance other than grants provided by the agency to a city or town in accordance with this chapter for all or any part of the cost of an approved project, including, without limitation, temporary and permanent loans, with or without interest, guarantees, insurance, subsidies for the payment of debt service on loans, lines of credit, and similar forms of financial assistance;(7) "Infrastructure plan" means a project proposed by a city or town that would make capital improvements to roads, bridges, and appurtenances thereto consistent with project evaluation criteria;(8) "Market rate" means the rate the city or town would receive in the open market at the time of the original loan agreement as determined by the agency in accordance with its rules and regulations;(9) "Project evaluation criteria" means the criteria used by the department to evaluate infrastructure plans and rank eligible projects and shall include, but not be limited to:(i) The extent to which the project generates economic benefits;(ii) The extent to which the project would be able to proceed at an earlier date;(iii) The likelihood that the project would provide mobility benefits;(iv) The cost effectiveness of the project;(v) The likelihood that the project would increase safety; and(vi) The project's readiness to proceed within the forthcoming calendar year.(10) "Project priority list" means the list of eligible projects ranked in the order in which financial assistance shall be awarded by the agency pursuant to § 24-18-7;(11) "Revolving fund" means the municipal road and bridge revolving fund established under § 24-18-4; and(12) "Subsidy assistance" means credit enhancements and other measures to reduce the borrowing costs for a city or town.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 20, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 14, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 480, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-18-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-18 - Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund|Section 24-18-4 - Establishment of the municipal road and bridge revolving fund.

§ 24-18-4. Establishment of the municipal road and bridge revolving fund.(a) There is hereby established a municipal road and bridge revolving fund. The agency shall establish and set up on its books the revolving fund, to be held in trust and to be administered by the agency solely as provided in this chapter and in any trust agreement securing bonds of the agency. The agency shall deposit the following monies into the fund:(1) Amounts appropriated or designated to the agency by the state for the purposes of this chapter;(2) Loan repayments and other payments received by the agency pursuant to loan agreements with cities and towns executed in accordance with this chapter;(3) Investment earnings on amounts credited to the fund;(4) Proceeds of bonds of the agency to the extent required by any trust agreement for such bonds;(5) Administrative fees levied by the agency;(6) Other amounts required by provisions of this chapter or agreement, or any other law or any trust agreement pertaining to bonds to be credited to the revolving fund; and(7) Any other funds permitted by law which the agency in its discretion shall determine to credit thereto.(b) The agency shall establish and maintain fiscal controls and accounting procedures conforming to generally accepted government accounting standards sufficient to ensure proper accounting for receipts in and disbursements from the revolving fund.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 20, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-18-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-18 - Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund|Section 24-18-6 - Payment of state funds.

§ 24-18-6. Payment of state funds.(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), upon the written request of the agency, the general treasurer shall pay to the agency, from time to time, from the proceeds of any bonds or notes issued by the state for the purposes of this chapter or funds otherwise lawfully payable to the agency for the purposes of this chapter, such amounts as shall have been appropriated or lawfully designated for the revolving fund. All amounts so paid shall be credited to the revolving fund in addition to any other amounts credited or expected to be credited to the revolving fund.(b) The agency and the state shall enter into, execute, and deliver one or more agreements setting forth or otherwise determining the terms, conditions, and procedures for, and the amount, time, and manner of payment of, all amounts available from the state to the agency under this section.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 20, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-18-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-18 - Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund|Section 24-18-7 - Procedure for project approval.

§ 24-18-7. Procedure for project approval.(a) By September 1, 2013, the department shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing the project evaluation criteria and the process through which a city or town may submit an infrastructure plan. By December 31, 2013, the agency shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this chapter which may include, without limitation, forms for financial assistance applications, loan agreements, and other instruments. All rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42.(b) Cities and towns shall submit infrastructure plans to the department in accordance with the department's rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.(c) The department shall evaluate all submitted infrastructure plans and, in accordance with the project evaluation criteria, identify all eligible projects, and after a public hearing, the department shall finalize and provide the agency and statewide planning with a project priority list. The agency shall not award financial assistance to any project not listed on the project priority list.(d) The agency shall not obligate more than fifty percent (50%) of available funding in any calendar year to any one city or town unless there are no other eligible projects on the project priority list.(e) Upon issuance of the project priority list, the agency shall award financial assistance to cities and towns for approved projects. The agency may decline to award financial assistance to an approved project that the agency determines will have a substantial adverse effect on the interests of holders of bonds or other indebtedness of the agency or the interests of other participants in the financial assistance program, or for good and sufficient cause affecting the finances of the agency. All financial assistance shall be made pursuant to a loan agreement between the agency and the city or town, acting by and through the officer or officers, board, committee, or other body authorized by law, or otherwise its chief executive officer, according to terms and conditions as determined by the agency, and each loan shall be evidenced and secured by the issue to the agency of city or town obligations in fully marketable form in principal amount, bearing interest at the rate or rates specified in the applicable loan agreement, and shall otherwise bear such terms and conditions as authorized by this chapter and/or the loan agreement.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 20, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 480, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-18-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-18 - Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund|Section 24-18-8 - Inspection of approved projects.

§ 24-18-8. Inspection of approved projects.For any approved project, the department shall have the authority to inspect the construction and operation thereof to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 20, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-18-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-18 - Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund|Section 24-18-9 - Expenses incurred by the department.

§ 24-18-9. Expenses incurred by the department.In order to provide for the expenses of the department under this chapter, the agency shall transfer to the department an amount from the revolving fund equal to the amount authorized by the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 20, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-18-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-18 - Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund|Section 24-18-10 - Severability.

§ 24-18-10. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 20, § 1.
RI Gen L § 25-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-1 - General holidays enumerated.

§ 25-1-1. General holidays enumerated.The first day of January or, in the event that day is a Saturday or Sunday, then state employees will celebrate the holiday on the following Monday (as New Year's Day), the third Monday of January (as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday), the third Monday of February (as Washington's Birthday), the fourth day of May (as Rhode Island Independence Day), the last Monday of May (as Memorial Day), the fourth day of July or, in the event that day is a Saturday or Sunday, then state employees will celebrate the holiday on the following Monday (as Independence Day), the second Monday of August (as Victory Day), the first Monday of September (as Labor Day), the second Monday of October (as Columbus Day), the eleventh day of November or, in the event that day is a Saturday or Sunday, then state employees will celebrate the holiday on the following Monday (as Veterans' Day), the twenty-fifth day of December, or in the event that day is a Saturday or Sunday, then state employees will celebrate the holiday on the following Monday (as Christmas Day), and each of the above days in every year, or when either of the above days falls on the first day of the week, then the day following it, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in each year in which a general election of state officers is held (as election day), the first day of every week (commonly called Sunday), and any other days as the governor or general assembly of this state or the president or the congress of the United States shall appoint as holidays for any purpose, days of thanksgiving, or days of solemn fast, shall be holidays.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 166, § 8; P.L. 1896, ch. 334, § 1; P.L. 1901, ch. 809, § 36; G.L. 1909, ch. 201, § 5; P.L. 1910, ch. 528, § 1; P.L. 1914, ch. 1053, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2099, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 228, § 5; P.L. 1936, ch. 2282, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 458, § 1; P.L. 1948, ch. 1995, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 25-1-1; P.L. 1966, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 62, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 329, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 319, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 73; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 25-1-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-1.1 - Display of the POW-MIA flag at State House.

§ 25-1-1.1. Display of the POW-MIA flag at State House.On each and every day of the year, the governor shall cause a display of the POW-MIA flag under the national flag at the State House from sunrise to sunset.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 502, § 1.
RI Gen L § 25-1-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-1.2 - Display of POW-MIA flag in cities and towns.

§ 25-1-1.2. Display of POW-MIA flag in cities and towns.Every city and town is authorized to display the prisoner of war and missing in action (POW-MIA) flag on one or more of the existing flagpoles in the city or town.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 250, § 1.
RI Gen L § 25-1-1.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-1.3 - Victory Day - Prohibition against use of other name for holiday.

§ 25-1-1.3. Victory Day — Prohibition against use of other name for holiday.No state or municipal governmental department or agency shall refer to the second Monday of August, "Victory Day" by any other name in an advertisement paid for by the department or agency.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 25-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-2 - Thanksgiving Day.

§ 25-1-2. Thanksgiving Day.The governor shall annually appoint a day of public thanksgiving, and shall announce the day by proclamation to the people of the state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 15, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 21, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 20, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 6, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 25-1-2.
RI Gen L § 25-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-3 - Saturday bank closing - Filing of resolution.

§ 25-1-3. Saturday bank closing — Filing of resolution.Any bank, savings bank, trust company, safe deposit company, building-loan association, national banking association, or federal savings and loan association doing business within the state of Rhode Island, or any branch or office of the institution, may remain closed on any Saturday or Saturdays upon the adoption of a resolution to close by the board of directors or their board of trustees and upon filing a copy of the resolution as required in this section. The resolution is deemed effective for the purposes of this section and § 25-1-4 only when a copy certified by the proper officer of the institution is filed in the office of the director of business regulation, and the resolution remains in full force and effect until a copy of a later resolution, certified in the same manner, terminating the prior resolution, is filed in the office of the director of business regulation.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 458, § 2; P.L. 1947, ch. 1817, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 25-1-3.
RI Gen L § 25-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-4 - Effect of Saturday closing on rights and obligations.

§ 25-1-4. Effect of Saturday closing on rights and obligations.Any Saturday upon which any bank, savings bank, trust company, safe deposit company, building-loan association, national banking association, or federal savings and loan association, or any branch or office of the institution shall remain closed pursuant to the provisions of § 25-1-3 and this section shall, with respect to the closed institution, branch, or office, be a holiday for the purpose of chapter 3 of title 6A. If any bank, savings bank, trust company, safe deposit company, building-loan association, national banking association, or federal savings and loan association, or any branch or office of the institution shall close on any Saturday pursuant to the provisions of § 25-1-3, any act which would be required to be performed on any Saturday at or by the institution, or any branch or office of the institution, if the institution, branch, or office of the institution were not closed, shall be performed on the next succeeding business day, and any act which would be authorized or permitted to be performed on any Saturday at or by the institution, or any branch or office of the institution, if the institution, branch, or office of the institution were not closed, may be performed on the next succeeding business day. No liability or loss of rights of any kind shall result from the failure to perform any of those acts while closed on any Saturday.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 458, § 2; P.L. 1947, ch. 1817, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 25-1-4.
RI Gen L § 25-1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-5 - Saturday closing of public offices.

§ 25-1-5. Saturday closing of public offices.The several administrative offices of state and municipal governments may remain closed on any Saturday or Saturdays by executive order of the governor in the case of state administrative government and in the case of a municipal government by the adoption of a resolution by the municipal council. Any Saturday when the several administrative offices of state, city, and town governments, or any branch, division, or independent agency of the state or municipality shall remain closed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall, with respect to the closed administrative office, branch, division, or independent agency of the state or municipality be a holiday for the purpose of chapter 3 of title 6A. If any state or municipal administrative offices, or any branch, division, or independent agency of the state or municipality shall close on any Saturday pursuant to the provisions of this section, any act which would be required to be performed on any Saturday at or by the administrative office, or any branch, division, or independent agency, of the state or municipality, if the administrative office, branch, division, or independent agency of the state or municipality were not closed, shall be performed on the next succeeding business day, and any act which would be authorized or permitted to be performed on any Saturday at or by the administrative office, or any branch, division, or independent agency of the state or municipality if the administrative office, branch, division, or independent agency were not closed, may be performed on the next succeeding business day. No liability or loss of rights of any kind shall result from the failure to perform any of those acts while closed on any Saturday.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 458, § 3; P.L. 1953, ch. 3075, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 25-1-5.
RI Gen L § 25-1-6 - 25-1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-6 - 25-1-8 - Repealed.

§ 25-1-6 — 25-1-8. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 25-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-1 - Holidays|Section 25-1-9 - City and town appropriations for public celebrations.

§ 25-1-9. City and town appropriations for public celebrations.The several cities and towns may annually appropriate and expend money for the celebration of public occasions.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 36, § 8; P.L. 1899, ch. 660, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 46, § 8; P.L. 1910, ch. 641, § 1; P.L. 1911, ch. 658, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 25-1-9; P.L. 1974, ch. 140, § 1.
RI Gen L § 25-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-2 - Days of Special Observance|Section 25-2-1 - Rhode Island Independence Day.

§ 25-2-1. Rhode Island Independence Day.The fourth day of May in each and every year is established, in this state, as a day for celebration of Rhode Island independence, being a just tribute to the memory of the members of our general assembly, who, on the fourth day of May, 1776, in the State House at Providence, passed an act renouncing allegiance of the colony to the British crown and by the provisions of that act declared Rhode Island sovereign and independent, the first official act of its kind by any of the thirteen (13) American colonies.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1591, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 64, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 66, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 21, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 25-2-1.
RI Gen L § 25-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-2 - Days of Special Observance|Section 25-2-2 - Artillery salute and display of flags on Independence Day.

§ 25-2-2. Artillery salute and display of flags on Independence Day.On each and every fourth day of May, except when the day falls on the first day of the week (commonly called Sunday), then on the day following, the governor shall cause salutes of thirteen (13) guns to be fired, at 12 o'clock, noon, by detachments of the state artillery at all places in the state where stationed, and shall cause a display of state and national flags on all armories and other state buildings from sunrise to sunset, in celebration of Rhode Island independence.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1591, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 64, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 66, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 21, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 25-2-2.
RI Gen L § 25-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-2 - Days of Special Observance|Section 25-2-3 - School observance of Rhode Island Independence Day.

§ 25-2-3. School observance of Rhode Island Independence Day.The teachers of the public schools shall annually prepare a program of patriotic exercises for the proper observance of Rhode Island independence in the schools.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1591, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 64, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 66, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 21, § 3; P.L. 1939, ch. 689, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 25-2-3.
RI Gen L § 25-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-2 - Days of Special Observance|Section 25-2-4 - Narragansett Indian Day.

§ 25-2-4. Narragansett Indian Day.The last Saturday before the second Sunday in August shall annually be set apart as a day to be known as the "Rhode Island Indian Day of the Narragansett tribe of Indians." The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places and otherwise commemorative of the Narragansett tribe of Indians.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 294, § 2; P.L. 1936, ch. 2331, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 646, § 2; P.L. 1945, ch. 1557, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 25-2-4.
RI Gen L § 25-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Chapter 25-2 - Days of Special Observance|Section 25-2-5 - Old Home Week designated.

§ 25-2-5. Old Home Week designated.The calendar week beginning with the first Sunday of July in each year, or any subsequent week during the months of July, August, or September in each year, is designated as "Old Home Week," and is set apart as a season during which cities and towns may conduct appropriate celebrations in honor of returning sons and daughters of the state and other invited guests and may hold exercises of historical interest.History of Section.P.L. 1907, ch. 1469, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 54, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 55, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 340, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 25-2-5.