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RI Gen L § 37-6.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.1 - Relocation Payments|Section 37-6.1-8 - Rules and regulations.

§ 37-6.1-8. Rules and regulations.(a) To carry into effect the provisions of this chapter, the director of transportation is authorized to make such rules and regulations as he or she may determine to be necessary to assure:(1) That the payments authorized by this chapter shall be fair, reasonable, and as uniform as practicable;(2) That a displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for a person by this chapter shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, may be paid in advance; and(3) That any person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for a payment authorized by this chapter, or the amount of a payment, may have his or her application reviewed by the director of transportation or his or her designated representative.(b) The director of transportation may make such other rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter as he or she deems necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter.(c) The director of transportation, in order to achieve a uniform administration of related federal and state laws, may adopt all or any part of applicable federal rules and regulations relating to the subject matter of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 218, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-6.1-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.1 - Relocation Payments|Section 37-6.1-8.1 - Compliance with federal law.

§ 37-6.1-8.1. Compliance with federal law.The state of Rhode Island and any and all of its agencies and departments are hereby authorized to comply fully with the pertinent provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq., and any subsequent amendments thereto, by making all of the payments authorized and set forth in the federal act and by providing any and all of the services as set forth in the federal act.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 19, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-6.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.1 - Relocation Payments|Section 37-6.1-9 - Definitions.

§ 37-6.1-9. Definitions.As used in the preceding sections of this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) "Business" means any lawful activity conducted primarily:(i) For the purchase and resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property;(ii) For the sale of services to the public; or(iii) By a nonprofit organization.(2) "Displaced person" means any person who moves from real property on or after August 23, 1968, as a result of the acquisition or reasonable expectation of acquisition of real property, which is subsequently acquired in whole or in part by the state for a highway, or as the result of the acquisition by the state for a highway of other real property on which the person conducts a business or farm operation. A person who moves from real property which is subsequently acquired for a state highway as a result of the "reasonable expectation of acquisition of the real property" is one who moves from the property (i) after notification by the department of transportation that the property is to be acquired for a project or after the location of the highway has been definitely established and approved by the department of transportation and (ii) within twelve (12) months before the property is scheduled to be taken by the state; provided that a person who moves onto real property within twelve (12) months before the property is scheduled to be taken by the state and moves from the property more than ninety (90) days before the property is scheduled to be taken by the state is not a displaced person for the purposes of this chapter. Any person who moves from the property prior to acquisition thereof by the state, in order to be eligible for payment under this chapter shall, prior to the removal, notify the department of transportation in writing thereof and receive the certificate of the department of transportation as to his or her eligibility as a displaced person for the purposes of this chapter subject to the subsequent acquisition of the property by the state.(3) "Family" means two (2) or more individuals living together in the same dwelling unit who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship.(4) "Farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing those products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support.(5) "Person" means:(i) Any individual, partnership, corporation, or association which is the owner of a business;(ii) Any owner, part owner, tenant, or sharecropper who operates a farm;(iii) An individual who is the head of a family; or(iv) An individual not a member of a family.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 161.
RI Gen L § 37-6.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.1 - Relocation Payments|Section 37-6.1-10 - Reservoir program - Relocation payments.

§ 37-6.1-10. Reservoir program — Relocation payments.The water resources board is hereby authorized to approve the payment by the general treasurer upon orders drawn by the state controller of relocation payments to eligible owner and nonowner persons, families, business concerns, and nonprofit organizations for their reasonable and necessary moving expenses caused by their displacement from real property acquired by the state in conjunction with any federal or state reservoir program.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 279, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-6.1-5; P.L. 1969, ch. 218, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-6.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.1 - Relocation Payments|Section 37-6.1-11 - Reservoir program - Rules and regulations for relocation payments - Maximum payments.

§ 37-6.1-11. Reservoir program — Rules and regulations for relocation payments — Maximum payments.Payments under § 37-6.1-10 shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the water resources board and shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200) in the case of an individual or family, or three thousand dollars ($3,000) in the case of a business concern (including the operation of a farm) or nonprofit organization. In the case of a business (including the operation of a farm) and in the case of a non-profit organization, the allowable expenses for transportation under this section shall not exceed the cost of moving fifty (50) miles from the point from which the business or organization is being displaced. The rules and regulations may include provisions authorizing relocation payments to be made to individuals and families of fixed amounts (not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) in any case) in lieu of their respective, reasonable, and necessary moving expenses.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 279, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-6.1-6; P.L. 1969, ch. 218, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-6.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.1 - Relocation Payments|Section 37-6.1-12 - Severability.

§ 37-6.1-12. Severability.The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any of its provisions are adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, this shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 218, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-6.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.2 - Scenic Enhancement and Rest and Recreation Areas Along Federal Aid Highways|Section 37-6.2-1 - Legislative declaration.

§ 37-6.2-1. Legislative declaration.The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty within and adjacent to federal aid highways within this state and the development of publicly owned rest and recreation areas, sanitary, and other facilities within or adjacent to the right of way of highways for the accommodation of the traveling public promotes the public safety, health, and general welfare.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-6.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.2 - Scenic Enhancement and Rest and Recreation Areas Along Federal Aid Highways|Section 37-6.2-2 - Power of director of transportation to acquire property.

§ 37-6.2-2. Power of director of transportation to acquire property.The director of transportation is hereby authorized to acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation, in accordance with chapter 6 of this title, any interest, estate, or right in and to real property adjacent to or within federal aid highways of this state so as to improve strips of land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty within and adjacent to highways, or for the establishment of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas, sanitary, and other facilities within or adjacent to the right of way of the highways reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-6.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.2 - Scenic Enhancement and Rest and Recreation Areas Along Federal Aid Highways|Section 37-6.2-3 - Agreements with federal authorities.

§ 37-6.2-3. Agreements with federal authorities.The director of transportation is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the U. S. secretary of transportation as provided by 23 U.S.C. § 319 relating to landscaping, scenic enhancement, or the establishment of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas, sanitary, and other facilities reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public in areas within or adjacent to federal aid highways within this state.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-6.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-6.2 - Scenic Enhancement and Rest and Recreation Areas Along Federal Aid Highways|Section 37-6.2-4 - Severability.

§ 37-6.2-4. Severability.If any section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall be held either unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause, or provision shall on account thereof be termed invalid or ineffective.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-7-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-1 - Rental of acquired land pending application to public use.

§ 37-7-1. Rental of acquired land pending application to public use.The acquiring authority with the approval of the state properties committee is authorized, whenever title to land and other real property is acquired by the state by purchase, gift, devise, or condemnation, to rent the land or any building or buildings thereon not reserved by the vendor, donor, or devisor until the use of the land or the removal of the structures becomes necessary to the purpose for which the land or other real property is acquired. The amount to be charged for rental shall in each instance be approved by the state purchasing agent and the receipts therefor shall be deposited with the general treasurer.History of Section.P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 37-7-1; P.L. 1968, ch. 257, § 2.
RI Gen L § 37-7-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-2 - Use or sale of products of state owned land.

§ 37-7-2. Use or sale of products of state owned land.Whenever any clay, gravel, sand, rock, earth, mineral, or other natural resource obtained from the soil or water of state owned real property, or any outgrowth, harvest, crop, agricultural, fishery, or forestry product, or any other produce found in, produced from, or grown in the soil or water of state owned real property, or any other yield or issue of state owned real property, shall become available to the acquiring authority and shall not be required for use by it, the acquiring authority shall forthwith notify the state purchasing agent who may requisition the same or any part thereof for use by any other department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state, or may sell the products or any part thereof to the highest bidder at public sale after giving public notice thereof by having the notice posted in some suitable public place for at least two (2) full business days before the sale, or at a private sale for not less than its appraisal value, or may, with the approval of the state properties committee, dispose of the products in such other manner and upon such terms and conditions as may in his or her judgment be most advantageous to the public interest.History of Section.P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 37-7-2.
RI Gen L § 37-7-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-4 - Land taken for improvements adjacent to roads.

§ 37-7-4. Land taken for improvements adjacent to roads.Whenever land is taken for the establishing, laying out, widening, extending, or relocating of public highways, streets, places, parks, or parkways, the acquiring authority may take more land and property than is needed for actual construction; provided, however, that the additional land and property so acquired or taken shall be no more in extent than would be sufficient to form suitable building sites abutting on the public highway, street, place, park, or parkway. After so much of the land and property has been appropriated for the public highway, street, place, park, or parkway as is needed therefor, the remainder may be held and improved by the acquiring authority for any public purpose or purposes, or may, with the approval of the state properties committee, be sold or leased for value, with or without suitable restrictions, and in the case of any sale or lease, the person or persons from whom the remainder was taken shall have the first right to purchase or lease the property upon such terms as the acquiring authority, with the approval of the state purchasing agent, is willing to sell or lease the property. The first right to purchase or lease shall be conclusively presumed to have been waived in the event that a written offer to sell or lease the property, containing the terms of the offer, shall have been sent by registered or certified mail to the last known address of the person or persons from whom the remainder was taken and the offer shall not have been accepted within thirty (30) days from the date of the mailing, and provided further that in the event the person or persons from whom the land was originally purchased refuse or waive their right to repurchase, or lease the land or property, the city or town wherein the land is situated shall have the second right to purchase or lease the land and property upon the same terms and conditions as the acquiring authority was willing to sell or lease the land or property to the original owners thereof. A second right to purchase or lease the land or property shall be conclusively presumed to have been waived in the event a written offer to sell or lease the land or property, containing the terms of the offer, shall have been sent by registered or certified mail to the city or town clerk, as the case may be, wherein the land and property are situated and the offer shall not have been accepted within thirty (30) days from the date of the mailing.History of Section.P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 17; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-7-4; P.L. 1966, ch. 203, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-7-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-5.1 - Lease or sale of property to refunding bond authority - Proceeds - Restricted receipt account.

§ 37-7-5.1. Lease or sale of property to refunding bond authority — Proceeds — Restricted receipt account.Whenever the state leases, sells, or conveys property, real, personal, or mixed to the refunding bond authority under the provisions of chapter 14 of this title, in connection with a project authorized under the provisions of chapter 14 of this title, all money received by the state from the lease, sale, or conveyance, shall, if requested in writing by the director of administration, be deposited by the state controller to a restricted receipt account. The money and interest or income earned from their investment shall be administered and used solely to meet the state's obligation to the refunding bond authority in connection with the project. However, this section shall not prohibit or limit the state from appropriating such additional funds as may be necessary to carry out the lease arrangement with the refunding bond authority. Upon the termination of the state's lease arrangement with the refunding bond authority and the transfer of the project to the state, any money remaining unexpended in the restricted receipt account shall be transferred to the state's general fund for the general purposes of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 167, art. 28, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-7-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-6 - Transfer of land between departments and agencies.

§ 37-7-6. Transfer of land between departments and agencies.The governor, upon the request in writing of any interested general officer or the head of any department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state government, may execute a certificate transferring custody, control, and supervision over any land, and all buildings and improvements thereon and other real property, title to which is vested in the state of Rhode Island, or the title to which will be vested in the state upon completion of any condemnation or other proceeding then pending, from the department, board, bureau, commission, or agency exercising custody, control, or supervision to another department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state government.History of Section.P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 37-7-6.
RI Gen L § 37-7-6.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-6.1 - Conveyances and grants to fire districts.

§ 37-7-6.1. Conveyances and grants to fire districts.(a) Every fire district shall have the power and authority to purchase and/or receive gratuitously any tangible personal property state surplus property made available for sale or gift by the state.(b) Any state chartered fire district whose electors have been authorized to assess and collect taxes may apply to any appropriate department, board, bureau, or other agency of this state for a grant of money to be expended on equipment or other property used in connection with and for the work of extinguishing fires and suppressing fire hazards. The department, board, bureau, or agency shall not require as a condition to awarding the grant that the fire district have the approval of its town or city council for the expenditure.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 303, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 377, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-7 - Filing, publication, and recording of transfers between departments and agencies - Costs.

§ 37-7-7. Filing, publication, and recording of transfers between departments and agencies — Costs.The governor shall file the certificate referred to in § 37-7-6 with the secretary of state who shall place the certificate on file and who shall cause a true copy of the certificate to be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county in which the land or property is situated, and shall file a certified copy of the certificate for record in the office of the recorder of deeds or town clerk in the city or town where the land or property is situated. The date and hour of the filing of the certified copy shall be noted thereon, and the filing shall be deemed to constitute a transfer of the custody, control, and supervision over the land described therein in accordance with the provisions of the certificate as of the day and hour noted upon the certified copy. No fee shall be charged or collected for the filing or recording. The cost of the publication shall be borne by the department, board, bureau, commission, or agency to which custody, control, or supervision has been transferred.History of Section.P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 37-7-7; P.L. 1982, ch. 380, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-8 - Grant of easements and rights of way over acquired lands.

§ 37-7-8. Grant of easements and rights of way over acquired lands.Whenever, in the opinion of the acquiring authority, an easement or right of way may be granted in land owned or held by the state without thereby jeopardizing the interests of the state, and the granting of the easement or right of way will be for the public good, the acquiring authority, with the approval of the state properties committee, is hereby authorized and empowered to grant the easement or right of way by proper instrument, approved as to substance by the director of administration and as to form by the attorney general, for such consideration, and in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as may, in the judgment of the state purchasing agent, be most advantageous to the public interest.History of Section.P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 37-7-8.
RI Gen L § 37-7-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-10 - Vesting of title in successor to public office.

§ 37-7-10. Vesting of title in successor to public office.Upon the resignation, death, or removal from office for any cause of any governmental official, appointed or elected under the laws of this state or the laws of the United States of America, the title to all real estate and interest in real estate vested in or owned by the official in his or her governmental capacity or by virtue of his or her office, shall vest, transfer, and pass to his or her duly elected or appointed successor in office.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 488, § 6; P.L. 1951, ch. 2765, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-7-10.
RI Gen L § 37-7-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-7 - Management and Disposal of Property|Section 37-7-11 - Delegation of powers over real estate by federal officer.

§ 37-7-11. Delegation of powers over real estate by federal officer.Any governmental official duly appointed or elected under the laws of the United States of America, who by law is authorized to take and hold title to real estate by virtue of his or her office, may if authorized by the laws of the United States of America, by power of attorney duly executed, acknowledged, and recorded, delegate to any of his or her subordinates, the power to manage, contract to sell, sell, mortgage, or lease any real estate so held by him or her and to execute, acknowledge, and deliver in the name of the official any deed, conveyance, mortgage, lease, or other instrument necessary to effectuate the contract, sale, mortgage, or lease.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 488, § 7; P.L. 1951, ch. 2765, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-7-11.