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RI Gen L § 45-30-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-5 - Bonds as legal investments.

§ 45-30-5. Bonds as legal investments.Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority for a project developed or administered pursuant to this chapter are legal investments to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, bodies, and officers as bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law, chapters 25 — 27 of this title, for the development of a slum clearance or housing project for persons of low income.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-5.
RI Gen L § 45-30-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-6 - Validation of prior agreements.

§ 45-30-6. Validation of prior agreements.All bonds, notes, contracts, agreements, and obligations of housing authorities issued or entered into before May 1, 1951, relating to financing or undertaking (including cooperating with or acting as agent of the federal government in) the development or administration of any project to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, are hereby validated and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity or any want of statutory authority.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-6.
RI Gen L § 45-30-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-7 - Independent authorization - Restrictions of other laws inapplicable.

§ 45-30-7. Independent authorization — Restrictions of other laws inapplicable.This chapter constitutes an independent authorization for a housing authority to undertake the development or administration of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, as provided in this chapter, and to administer those projects, consistent with national defense needs, to house service personnel and returning veterans and their families. In exercising any powers or carrying out any authorization contained in this chapter, a housing authority is not subject to any limitations, restrictions, or requirements of other laws (except those relating to land acquisition) prescribing the procedure or action to be taken in the development or administration of any public works, including slum clearance and housing projects for persons of low income or undertakings or projects of municipal or public corporations or political subdivisions or agencies of the state, and may in its discretion, comply with any conditions, not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter, required by the federal government pursuant to federal law in any contract relating to projects developed or administered under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-7.
RI Gen L § 45-30-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-8 - Cooperation with federal government.

§ 45-30-8. Cooperation with federal government.A housing authority may exercise any or all of its powers, and may do any and all other things necessary or desirable to cooperate with or secure the financial aid of the federal government in the expeditious development or in the administration of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities and to house servicemen and returning veterans and their families, to act as agent or lessee for the federal government in the development or administration of those projects by the federal government, and to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-8.
RI Gen L § 45-30-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-9 - Determination of housing shortage by council.

§ 45-30-9. Determination of housing shortage by council.A housing authority may function upon a finding or determination by the governing body (which finding or determination is in lieu of any finding or determination required by the Housing Authorities Law, chapters 25 — 27 of this title, and is conclusive in any suit, action, or proceeding) that there exists or impends in the locality an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings available to persons engaged in national defense activities.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-9.
RI Gen L § 45-30-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-10 - Powers supplementary.

§ 45-30-10. Powers supplementary.The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as limiting any other powers of a housing authority.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-10.
RI Gen L § 45-30-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-30 - National Defense Housing Projects|Section 45-30-11 - Severability.

§ 45-30-11. Severability.Notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is declared to be the controlling legislative intent that if any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of that provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2763, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 45-30-11.
RI Gen L § 45-31-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-1 - Short title.

§ 45-31-1. Short title.Chapters 31 — 33 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Redevelopment Act of 1956".History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-1.
RI Gen L § 45-31-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-2 - Finding as to existence of substandard areas.

§ 45-31-2. Finding as to existence of substandard areas.It is found and declared that there exist in many communities in this state blighted and substandard areas, as defined in § 45-31-8, which constitute community liabilities requiring redevelopment in the interest of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the communities in which they exist and of the people of this state generally.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-2.
RI Gen L § 45-31-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-3 - Findings as to dangers from substandard areas.

§ 45-31-3. Findings as to dangers from substandard areas.It is further found:(1) That the existence of blighted and substandard areas constitutes a serious and growing menace which is injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the people of the communities in which they exist and of the people of the state generally;(2) That these areas present difficulties and handicaps which are beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power;(3) That these areas contribute substantially and increasingly to the problems of, and necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures for crime prevention, correction, prosecution and punishment, the treatment of juvenile delinquency, the preservation of the public health and safety, and the maintaining of adequate police, fire, and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;(4) That this menace is becoming increasingly direct and substantial in its significance and effect;(5) That these areas prevent the provision of critically needed standard living and working accommodations;(6) That the retardation of housing improvement and other essential community development is a direct and immediate result of these blighted and substandard areas;(7) That conditions of blight tend to foster the spread of these conditions to other areas; and(8) That the benefits which will result from the remedying of these conditions and the redevelopment of these blighted and substandard areas will accrue to all the inhabitants and property owners of the communities in which they exist and to the inhabitants of this state generally.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-3.
RI Gen L § 45-31-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-4 - Finding of obstacles to private redevelopment.

§ 45-31-4. Finding of obstacles to private redevelopment.It is further found and declared:(1) That it is impossible for private enterprise alone to remedy these conditions of blight without the additional aids granted by this chapter;(2) That these blighted and substandard conditions tend to further obsolescence, deterioration, and disuse because of the lack of incentive to the individual landowner and his or her inability to improve, modernize, or rehabilitate his or her own particular property while the condition of other neighborhood properties remains unchanged;(3) That, as a consequence, the process of deterioration of a blighted and substandard area frequently cannot be halted or corrected except by redevelopment of the entire area, or portions of the area; and(4) That in many instances the private assembly of the lands in blighted and substandard areas for the purposes of replanning and redevelopment is so difficult and costly that it is uneconomical and, as a practical matter, impossible for individual owners independently or collectively to undertake to remedy these conditions because of the lack of the legal power necessary for, and the excessive costs involved in, the private assembly and improvement of the real property of the area.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-4.
RI Gen L § 45-31-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-5 - Declaration as to methods to be used in redevelopment.

§ 45-31-5. Declaration as to methods to be used in redevelopment.It is further found and declared that in certain blighted and substandard areas, or portions of these areas, the physical conditions of the area and the area's relationship to the general plan for the community may be that the total public acquisition, clearance, and disposition of the entire area or an extensive portion of it may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of chapters 31 — 33 of this title; that other blighted and substandard areas, or portions of them, may be susceptible to rehabilitation and improvement to standard conditions, and the purposes of these chapters may be accomplished by the coordinated application of regulatory controls, together with redevelopment measures, short of total or extensive clearance of the entire area or portions of it.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-5.
RI Gen L § 45-31-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-6 - Public policy to assist in redevelopment.

§ 45-31-6. Public policy to assist in redevelopment.It is declared to be the policy of this state to protect and promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of the state, and particularly of the people of the communities of the state in which blighted and substandard areas exist, by the elimination and prevention of these areas through the utilization of all means appropriate for that purpose, thereby encouraging the provision of healthful homes, a decent living environment, and adequate places for employment of the people of this state and its communities in these areas through redevelopment. Moreover, it is the policy of this state to empower a redevelopment agency in a community of this state to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, properties in violation of the locality's or city's minimum housing code and transfer ownership of those properties to a limited equity housing cooperative incorporated in this state for the provision of adequate housing for low and/or moderate income residents. To this end it is declared that the powers conferred by chapters 31 — 33 of this title are necessary to effectuate the purposes of these chapters and are for public uses and purposes for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised, tax moneys and other public funds expended, and public credit pledged.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-6; P.L. 1986, ch. 256, § 6.
RI Gen L § 45-31-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-7 - Purposes of chapters.

§ 45-31-7. Purposes of chapters.It is declared that the purposes of chapters 31 — 33 of this title are the elimination and prevention of blighted and substandard areas and their replacement through redevelopment by well-planned, integrated, stable, safe, and healthful neighborhoods in the manner and by the means provided in these chapters, thereby carrying out the policy of this state, as declared in § 45-31-6.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-7.
RI Gen L § 45-31-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-9 - Agencies created.

§ 45-31-9. Agencies created.(a) There is created in each community a redevelopment agency to be known as the redevelopment agency of the community.(b) Redevelopment agencies may also be created by public law for the purposes of exercising the powers set forth in chapters 31-33 of this title, provided an ordinance of the legislative body of the community authorizes the exercise of the provisions of the public law for the purposes of these chapters. The provisions of §§ 45-31-12, 45-31-13, 45-31-14, 45-31-15, and 45-31-21 that are inconsistent with such a public law shall be deemed to be superseded by the public law and not applicable to the redevelopment agency thereby created, upon adoption ordinance putting into effect the purposes of the public law. Where authorized by such a special act, the term "blighted area and substandard area" shall be deemed to include areas where the presence of hazardous materials, as defined in § 23-19.14-2, impairs the use, reuse, or redevelopment of impacted sites.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-9; P.L. 2003, ch. 344, § 4; P.L. 2003, ch. 345, § 4; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 61.
RI Gen L § 45-31-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-10 - Resolution of need required for agency to function.

§ 45-31-10. Resolution of need required for agency to function.The agency of any community shall not transact any business or exercise any powers under chapters 31 — 33 of this title unless and until the legislative body of the community shall, by resolution declare at any time, that there is a need for a redevelopment agency to function in that community.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-10.
RI Gen L § 45-31-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-11 - Resolution conclusive as to capacity of agency.

§ 45-31-11. Resolution conclusive as to capacity of agency.In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to any contract by or on behalf of an agency, the agency is conclusively deemed to be become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the legislative body declaring the need for the redevelopment agency to function.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-11.
RI Gen L § 45-31-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-12 - Appointment and compensation of agency members.

§ 45-31-12. Appointment and compensation of agency members.When the legislative body of a community first adopts a resolution as provided for in § 45-31-10, the mayor or the president of the town council shall appoint five (5) resident electors of the community as members of the agency subject to the approval of the legislative body; provided, however, that if authorized by resolution of the legislative body at any time, the mayor or president of the town council shall appoint two (2) additional resident electors of the community as members of the agency, subject to the approval of the legislative body, for a total of seven (7) members. No member of the agency may be an elected officer or an employee of the community. The powers of the agency shall be vested in the members of the agency then in office. Members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, and may receive other compensation as the legislative body may prescribe. The redevelopment agency in the city of Providence shall consist of the mayor, ex officio, and seven (7) members. Five (5) of the members shall be resident electors of the city of Providence and appointed by the mayor; and shall serve for the term designated in § 45-31-13; and shall not be an elected officer or employee of the city of Providence. Two (2) members shall be members of the city council elected by that council from its members to serve for a term ending the first Monday in January, 1975; and shall thereafter be elected for a term of four (4) years. The powers of the agency shall be vested in the members then in office. Members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, and may receive other compensation as the legislative body may prescribe. Provided, further that the redevelopment agency in the town of Burrillville shall consist of seven (7) members, five (5) members of which shall be regular voting members whose tenure shall be in accordance with this section and two (2) members of which shall serve as alternate members whose term of appointment shall be two (2) years. Provided, further that the redevelopment agency in the town of Bristol shall consist of eight (8) members who are residents of the community, five (5) members of which shall be regular voting members whose tenure shall be in accordance with this section and three (3) members of which shall serve as alternate members whose term of appointment shall be two (2) years. Alternate members shall be designated as first alternate, second alternate, and third alternate and shall be allowed to participate in all agency affairs except that alternate members shall only be allowed to vote in their respective order as first, second, and third alternate in the event a regular voting member is unable to vote for any reason whatsoever.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-12; P.L. 1972, ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 357, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 369, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 429, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-13 - Tenure of agency members.

§ 45-31-13. Tenure of agency members.The members who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) years respectively. If a legislative body adopts a resolution increasing the number of agency members from five (5) to seven (7) resident electors as provided for in § 45-31-12, then the two (2) additional members shall be designated to serve for terms of one and two (2) years respectively. Thereafter members shall be appointed for a term of office of five (5) years, except that all vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. A member holds office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-13; P.L. 2001, ch. 357, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-14 - Officers of agency.

§ 45-31-14. Officers of agency.The agency shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members. The agency shall elect or appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the agency. The term of office of the chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary, unless otherwise prescribed by the legislative body of the community, shall be for the calendar year, or for that portion remaining after each officer is designated or elected.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-14.
RI Gen L § 45-31-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-15 - Suspension and removal of agency members.

§ 45-31-15. Suspension and removal of agency members.For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, a member of an agency may be suspended by the appointing authority. A member of an agency may be removed by the legislative body only after he or she has been given a copy of the charges against him, or her which copy shall be served on him or her at least ten (10) days prior to a public hearing, and after he or she has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel, at the hearing to be held within thirty (30) days after the date of the suspension.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-15.
RI Gen L § 45-31-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-16 - Continuation of agencies created under prior law.

§ 45-31-16. Continuation of agencies created under prior law.Any redevelopment agency created pursuant to prior law shall be and constitutes the redevelopment agency for the community within the meaning of chapters 31 — 33 of this title, and has all of the rights, powers, duties, and exemptions provided for a redevelopment agency under chapters 31 — 33 of this title, and, notwithstanding any other provision of those chapters, no other redevelopment agency shall be created for the community.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 90; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-16.
RI Gen L § 45-31-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-17 - Validation of prior acts.

§ 45-31-17. Validation of prior acts.All ordinances, resolutions, official acts, and determinations, and all other actions and proceedings taken or purporting to have been taken before April 2, 1956, under and pursuant to chapter 1802 of the Public Laws of 1946, as amended, and chapter 2574 of the Public Laws of 1950, by any community or redevelopment agency, are ratified, confirmed, and declared legal in all respects, and shall continue in effect under the provisions of chapters 31 — 33 of this title. The creation, establishment, and organization of any redevelopment agency authorized, or purporting to have been authorized, to transact business and exercise powers under chapter 1802 of the Public Laws of 1946, as amended, and chapter 2574 of the Public Laws of 1950, are hereby ratified, confirmed, and declared legal in all respects.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2574, § 87; P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 90; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-17.