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RI Gen L § 45-31-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-18 - Resident attorneys.

§ 45-31-18. Resident attorneys.Each agency shall appoint, in writing, some competent person or persons resident in this state as its resident attorney or attorneys with authority to accept service of process against that agency in this state, and upon any of whom all process against the agency in this state may be served. The power of attorney shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and state the name and address of the resident attorney. If the resident attorney dies, resigns, or moves from the state, the agency shall immediately make a new appointment as prescribed and immediately file the power of attorney in the office of the secretary of state. No power of attorney shall be revoked until after a like power has been given to some other competent attorney resident in this state and filed as prescribed. Service of process upon the resident attorney is deemed sufficient service upon the agency.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 39; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-18.
RI Gen L § 45-31-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-19 - Interest of officers and employees in project area properties.

§ 45-31-19. Interest of officers and employees in project area properties.No officer or employee of the community or of the agency who in the course of his or her duties is required to participate in the formulation of plans or policies for the redevelopment of a project area, or to approve those plans or policies, shall acquire any interest in any property included within a project area within the community. If the officer or employee owns or has any financial interest, direct or indirect, in any property included within a project area, he or she shall immediately disclose, in writing, the interest to the legislative body of the community, and the disclosure shall be entered in the minutes of the agency and of the legislative body. Failure to disclose the interest constitutes misconduct in office. No payment shall be made to any member or officer of an agency for any property or interest in property acquired by the agency from the member or officer, unless the amount of the payment is fixed by court order in eminent domain proceedings, or unless the payment is unanimously approved by the legislative body.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-19.
RI Gen L § 45-31-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-20 - Administrative appropriations.

§ 45-31-20. Administrative appropriations.When the agency created for any community becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, the legislative body of the community may at that time, and from time to time thereafter, make an estimate of the amount of money required for the administrative purposes of the agency and may appropriate amounts to the agency as it deems necessary.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 35; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-20.
RI Gen L § 45-31-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-21 - Budgetary control of agencies.

§ 45-31-21. Budgetary control of agencies.Each agency transacting any business and exercising any powers shall annually submit to the legislative body of the community a proposed budget of its administrative expenses. The budget is subject to changes as the legislative body may prescribe, and its preparation and adoption, and the adoption of any changes in the budget, shall be subject to the same rules which are applicable to other agencies and departments of the community which are subject to budgetary control. No adoption is effective unless it is concurred in by the membership of the legislative body.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-21.
RI Gen L § 45-31-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-22 - Periodical reports.

§ 45-31-22. Periodical reports.Each agency transacting any business and exercising any powers shall file with the legislative body a detailed report of all its transactions, including a statement of all revenues and expenditures, at monthly, quarterly, or annual intervals as the legislative body may prescribe.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 37; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-22.
RI Gen L § 45-31-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-23 - Real property exempt from process.

§ 45-31-23. Real property exempt from process.All real property of an agency is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, except as provided by §§ 45-32-24 — 45-32-39 and §§ 45-33-5 — 45-33-15 and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the real property of the agency, nor any judgment against an agency be a charge or lien upon its real property; provided, that the provisions of this section do not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage, deed of trust, or other encumbrance of an agency or the right of any obligee to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an agency on its rents, fees, or revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 85; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-23.
RI Gen L § 45-31-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-24 - Deactivation or substitution of agency.

§ 45-31-24. Deactivation or substitution of agency.At any time after two (2) years after adopting a resolution declaring that there is need for an agency to function in a community, the legislative body of the community, if the agency has not redeveloped or acquired land for, or commenced the redevelopment of a project or entered into any contracts for redevelopment, may by resolution declare that there is no further need for the agency in the community. Thereupon, the offices of the members of the agency shall be vacated and the capacity of the agency to transact business or exercise any power shall be suspended and remain suspended until the legislative body adopts a resolution declaring the need for the agency to function. However, the Narragansett town council may act as that town's agency during periods when there are no specific projects that are active.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-24; P.L. 1986, ch. 100, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-25 - Severability.

§ 45-31-25. Severability.If any provision of chapters 31 — 33 of this title, or the application of that provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapters, or the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 93; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-25.
RI Gen L § 45-31-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-26 - Relocation payments authorized - Definitions.

§ 45-31-26. Relocation payments authorized — Definitions.Every redevelopment agency created pursuant to § 45-31-9 has the power to make relocation payments to transients or eligible individuals, families, and business concerns for moving expenses and losses of property resulting from their displacement by any redevelopment project undertaken pursuant to the provisions of chapters 31 — 33 of this title subsequent to January 1, 1961, subject to the following conditions:Definitions:(1) "Business concern" includes a corporation, firm, partnership, individual, or other entity engaged in some type of business or profession necessitating fixtures, equipment, stock in trade, or other tangible property for the carrying on of the business or profession. Nonprofit organizations and institutions such as churches and hospitals are included.(2) "Eligible individual or family" means an individual or family owning furniture in housing accommodations.(3) "Family" means a group of two (2) or more persons living together and related by blood, marriage, or adoption; or two (2) or more single persons not related by blood, marriage or adoption, who are living together in a single housekeeping unit.(4) "Individual" means a person who is not a member of a family as defined in subdivision (3).(5) "Occupied room" includes all furnished rooms except bathrooms, hallways, and closets.(6) "Relocation payments" means payments by a redevelopment agency to transients, eligible individuals or families, and business concerns for their reasonable and necessary moving expenses and any actual direct losses of personal property to business concerns, except good will or profit, resulting from their displacement from any redevelopment project.(7) "Transient" means a displaced individual or family not owning furniture but occupying housing accommodations.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 9, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-27 - Payments made subject to rules and regulations.

§ 45-31-27. Payments made subject to rules and regulations.Upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the agency of the fact of relocation, there may be paid to each individual, transient, or family, a sum of money in accordance with a schedule of payments adopted by the agency based upon the number of occupied rooms. In the case of business concerns, the sum of money to be paid is based upon the actual necessary moving expense incurred and any direct losses sustained to personal property, but not goods kept for sale, good will, or profit. These payments are made subject to rules and regulations that may be prescribed by the agency, and shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) in the case of each transient, individual, or family, or seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in the case of each business concern.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 9, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 607, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies|Section 45-31-28 - Relocation payments authorized under federally assisted programs.

§ 45-31-28. Relocation payments authorized under federally assisted programs.Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 45-31-26 and 45-31-27, every redevelopment agency created pursuant to § 45-31-9, as amended, has the power to make relocation payments under federally assisted programs undertaken by those agencies pursuant to the terms of title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, after January 2, 1971 [mostly omitted by 42 U.S.C. § 5316, which terminated the authority to make most grants or loans after January 1, 1975; see, however, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1452b, 1452c]; these payments may be made upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the agency of eligibility in accordance with the terms and in the amounts specified for moving and related expenses, replacement housing for homeowners, tenants and certain others, and losses resulting from relocation, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of that act entitled "An Act to Provide for Uniform and Equitable Treatment of Persons Displaced From Their Homes, Business, or Farms by Federal or Federally Assisted Programs and to Establish Uniform and Equitable Land Acquisition Policies for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs" enacted as Public Law 91-646, 91st congress [42 U.S.C. §§ 4621 — 4638], effective January 2, 1971.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 130, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 45-31.1-1. Declaration of policy.It is found and declared that there exist in the communities of the state certain areas which are basically sound residential areas, but are evidencing the early signs of deterioration and blight because of conditions attributable to noncompliance with provisions of codes of the communities, and if allowed to continue, will create a "deteriorated blighted area" as defined in § 45-31-8(6) as amended, and that a project of intensified code enforcement is required to assure the continuing stability of these areas.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-2 - Redevelopment agency to carry out code enforcement project programs.

§ 45-31.1-2. Redevelopment agency to carry out code enforcement project programs.Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the "Redevelopment Act of 1956" as amended, the redevelopment agency of each community is empowered to plan and execute projects for the enforcement of all the codes of the community relating to the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of the community with the approval of the legislative body.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-3 - Selection of code enforcement areas - Formulation of plans.

§ 45-31.1-3. Selection of code enforcement areas — Formulation of plans.The redevelopment agency shall, at the direction of the legislative body of the community, select one or more code enforcement areas and formulate a plan for each area.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-4 - Prior action required.

§ 45-31.1-4. Prior action required.The redevelopment agency of the community shall not undertake the execution of code enforcement project activities until the legislative body of the community directs the redevelopment agency by ordinance or resolution to undertake those activities.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-5 - Public hearing.

§ 45-31.1-5. Public hearing.The legislative body of the community, or a committee thereof, may, at its discretion, hold a public hearing on the adoption of a code enforcement project program, and shall set a time and fix a place for the public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation not less than once a week for three (3) successive weeks.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-6 - Powers of redevelopment agency.

§ 45-31.1-6. Powers of redevelopment agency.Each redevelopment agency has all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-7 - Cooperation by public bodies.

§ 45-31.1-7. Cooperation by public bodies.For the purpose of further aiding and cooperating to accomplish the purpose of this chapter, any public body may upon terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:(1) Cause services to be furnished the redevelopment agency of the character which the public body is otherwise empowered to furnish.(2) Grant or contribute funds to a redevelopment agency or enter into an agreement with the redevelopment agency to furnish funds or other assistance.(3) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the redevelopment agency to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-8 - Appropriation and loans by cities and towns.

§ 45-31.1-8. Appropriation and loans by cities and towns.Any community is authorized to appropriate moneys raised by taxes or other funds, and may lend or give the moneys to any redevelopment agency to assist in the carrying out of the purposes and provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-9 - Financial assistance by other public bodies.

§ 45-31.1-9. Financial assistance by other public bodies.In addition to the powers conferred upon a redevelopment agency by other provisions of this chapter, a redevelopment agency is empowered to borrow money or accept financial or other assistance from the federal or state government or any public body for or in aid of the provisions of this chapter, and, to these ends, comply with conditions attached to them, not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter with the approval of the legislative body.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.1 - Redevelopment Code Enforcement|Section 45-31.1-10 - Definitions.

§ 45-31.1-10. Definitions.The following definitions govern the terms included in this chapter:(1) "Codes" means any and all rules, resolutions, regulations, and/or ordinances of the community involving, directly or indirectly, the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the community.(2) "Community" means a city or town.(3) "Federal government" means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.(4) "Legislative body" means the city council or town council.(5) "Redevelopment agency" means that agency created by § 45-31-9 as amended.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.2 - Uniform Relocation Payments|Section 45-31.2-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 45-31.2-1. Declaration of policy.The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by the relocation agency. The policy shall be uniform as to (1) relocation payments, (2) advisory assistance, and (3) assurance of availability of standard housing.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 129, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.2 - Uniform Relocation Payments|Section 45-31.2-2 - Definitions.

§ 45-31.2-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the term:(1) "Business" means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily:(i) For the purchase, sale, lease, and rental of personal and real property, and for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property;(ii) For sale of services to the public;(iii) By a nonprofit organization; or(iv) Solely for the purposes of § 45-31.2-3(a), for assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection and maintenance of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not the display or displays are located on the premises on which any of those activities are conducted.(2) "Displaced person" means any person who, on or after January 2, 1971, moves from real property, or moves his or her personal property from real property, as a result of the acquisition of that real property, in whole or in part, or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project undertaken by a relocation agency; and, solely for the purposes of §§ 45-31.2-3(a) and (b) and 45-31.2-6(a) and (b), as a result of the acquisition of or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate other real property, on which the person conducts a business or farm operation, for the program or project.(3) "Farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing those products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support.(4) "Nonprofit organization" means any nonbusiness corporation duly organized under chapter 6 of title 7.(5) "Person" means any individual partnership, corporation, or association.(6) "Relocation agency" means any agency, state or local, receiving federal assistance to carry out a relocation program.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 129, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-31.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-31.2 - Uniform Relocation Payments|Section 45-31.2-3 - Moving and related expenses.

§ 45-31.2-3. Moving and related expenses.(a) If a relocation agency acquires real property for public use, it shall make fair and reasonable relocation payments to displaced persons and businesses as required by this chapter, for:(1) Actual reasonable expenses in moving him or herself, his or her family, business, farm operation, or other personal property;(2) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses required to relocate the property, as determined by the relocation agency; and(3) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm.(b) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a), who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (a), may receive a moving expense allowance, determined according to a schedule established by the relocation agency, not to exceed the amount established by the federal law; and a dislocation allowance of an amount established by federal law.(c) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a), who is displaced from his or her place of business or from his or her farm operation and who elects to accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a), may receive a fixed payment in an amount equal to the average annual net earnings of the business or farm operation, except that the payment shall not be less than an amount established by the federal law nor more than an amount established by the federal law. In the case of a business, no payment shall be made under this subsection unless the relocation agency is satisfied that the business (1) cannot be relocated without a substantial loss of its existing patronage, and (2) is not a part of a commercial enterprise having at least one other establishment not being acquired by the state, which is engaged in the same or similar business. For purposes of this subsection, the term "average annual net earnings" means one-half (½) of any net earnings of the business or farm operation, before federal, state, and local income taxes, during the two (2) taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year in which the business or farm operation moves from the real property acquired for the project, or during another period that the agency determines to be more equitable for establishing the earnings, and includes any compensation paid by the business or farm operation to the owner, the owner's spouse, or the owner's dependents during that period.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 129, § 1.