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RI Gen L § 45-58-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-2 - Definitions.

§ 45-58-2. Definitions.Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or context:(1) "Fire district" means the Pascoag fire district created by the act passed at the May session 1887, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Pascoag Fire District" as thereafter amended and supplemented from time to time.(2) "Fire protection assets" means that real property, facilities, equipment, statutory rights and privileges, and other tangible or intangible property of any kind whatever used in, or useful to, the conduct of the fire protection and prevention operations conducted prior to, on and after April 4, 2001 by the fire district.(3) "Qualified voter" means any person whose name appears on an active account with the Pascoag utility district and who resides in the village of Pascoag or owns property in the village of Pascoag.(4) "Utility assets" means that real property, personal property, rights in any real and personal property, facilities, equipment, contract rights, statutory rights and privileges, franchises and other tangible or intangible property of any kind whatever used in, or useful to, the conduct of the electric and water utility operations conducted prior to April 4, 2001 by the fire district, and on and after April 4, 2001 by the utility district.(5) "Utility bond obligations" means the obligations represented by and inherent in any revenue or general obligation bond issued by the Pascoag fire district prior to April 4, 2001 for the purpose of financing any aspect of its electric or water utility system or operations, which obligations remain outstanding in any part as of April 4, 2001.(6) "Utility district" means the Pascoag utility district, a quasi-municipal corporation, district and political subdivision of the state established and empowered by this chapter to:(i) Succeed to and fulfill the electric and water utility functions, powers, rights, property and obligations heretofore held and fulfilled by the Pascoag fire district created by the act passed at the May session 1887, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Pascoag Fire District" as thereafter amended and supplemented from time to time;(ii) Exercise certain additional powers as a water supplier, an electric distribution company and as a nonregulated power producer; and(iii) To provide additional utility services not inconsistent with the duties, powers and obligations of the utility district as defined in this section.(7) "Utility service area" means that geographic area located within the boundaries of the Pascoag fire district, as established under the act passed at the May session 1887, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Pascoag Fire District" as thereafter amended and supplemented from time to time.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 445, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 67.
RI Gen L § 45-58-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-3 - Statement of purpose.

§ 45-58-3. Statement of purpose.This chapter is intended to: (1) Establish the Pascoag utility district as the successor to the utility functions fulfilled prior to April 4, 2001, by the Pascoag fire district; (2) Provide for the orderly separation and transfer of those utility functions and related utility assets and utility bond obligations (without impairment thereof) from the Pascoag fire district to the utility district; (3) Provide for the retention and fulfillment of the fire protection functions and fire protection assets of the Pascoag fire district by the fire district; and (4) Authorize and enable the utility district to provide such other utility products and services as may be authorized, from time to time, by the utility district's board of utility commissioners.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 77, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 90, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-58-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-4 - Pascoag utility district established.

§ 45-58-4. Pascoag utility district established.There is hereby created a quasi-municipal corporation, district and political subdivision of the state, to be known as the Pascoag utility district, the boundaries of which shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the utility service area of the Pascoag fire district, as established under the act passed at the May session 1887, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Pascoag Fire District" as thereafter amended and supplemented from time to time and such other areas as provided for by this chapter. The utility district shall, upon April 4, 2001, have and succeed to the utility powers and functions heretofore held and exercised by the Pascoag fire district, and shall further have and be entitled to exercise the additional powers, rights and functions set forth in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-5 - Board of utility commissioners of the Pascoag utility district established.

§ 45-58-5. Board of utility commissioners of the Pascoag utility district established.There is hereby created a board to be known as the board of utility commissioners of the Pascoag utility district. The powers of the utility district as set forth in this chapter, or conferred on the utility district by operation of this chapter, shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of utility commissioners then in office; provided, however, that the board of utility commissioners in its discretion may delegate executive functions to general managers, by resolution, rule or otherwise.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 274, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 297, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-7 - Compensation of the board - Employees of the utility district.

§ 45-58-7. Compensation of the board — Employees of the utility district.(a) Each member of the board of utility commissioners shall be entitled to receive compensation of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for attendance at scheduled and special meetings of the board of utility commissioners, and shall be entitled to reimbursement of the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties. The salaries, compensation and expenses of all members and officers of the board, and all employees and agents of the utility district, shall be paid solely out of funds of the utility district. No part of the earnings of the utility district shall inure to the benefit of any private person.(b) The board shall appoint general managers and may enter into employment contracts with its executive employees. The board shall have the authority to approve employee benefit plans, including fringe benefits such as but not limited to pension and health and disability and other insurances.(c) No member of the board of utility commissioners shall directly or indirectly engage or participate in the proceeds of any contract or agreement to supply anything of value or receive anything of value from the utility district. The prohibition set forth in the subsection may be waived by a vote of five (5) members of the board of utility commissioners, if and only if the board of utility commissioners shall have first obtained an opinion of the attorney general and/or the Rhode Island ethics commission based on full disclosure of all relevant facts that the waiver does not contravene state law and is otherwise in the best interests of the consumers served by the utility district.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 274, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 297, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-8.1 - Limitation of powers.

§ 45-58-8.1. Limitation of powers.All services provided by the utility district that constitute public utility services within the meaning of § 39-1-2(20) or community antennae television systems (CATV) services within the meaning of § 39-19-1 shall be subject to the applicable jurisdictions of the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-9 - Separation of utility assets and fire protection assets.

§ 45-58-9. Separation of utility assets and fire protection assets.Upon April 4, 2001, ownership of the utility assets previously titled to, or otherwise owned or controlled by, the Pascoag fire district shall be transferred to the utility district, subject to any security interest of record relating to such utility assets, which security interests, if any, shall remain in full force and effect and be unimpaired by the transfer of ownership of the utility assets. All fire protection assets that are the property of Pascoag fire district on April 4, 2001 shall remain the property of the fire district. To the extent that individual assets presently titled to the Pascoag fire district cannot be classified as either utility assets or fire protection assets, the utility district and the fire district shall negotiate in good faith to transfer title to such assets to one entity or the other, with or without cost but in all cases preserving any applicable contract rights of third parties. The utility district and the fire district may agree to joint ownership or control of assets that cannot reasonably be classified as either utility assets or fire protection assets.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-10 - Succession of utility district to certain obligations of Pascoag fire district.

§ 45-58-10. Succession of utility district to certain obligations of Pascoag fire district.Upon April 4, 2001, the utility district shall:(1) Succeed to and become subject to the utility bond obligations heretofore imposed by any security interest or trust instrument upon the Pascoag fire district; and(2) Succeed to the precise position of Pascoag fire district, without any waiver or augmentation of that position whatsoever, as to each wholesale power purchase or power sales agreement heretofore entered into by the fire district, that position to include such rights, claims or defenses as Pascoag fire district may have had prior to April 4, 2001 with respect to any obligation of any such contract.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-12 - Money of the utility district.

§ 45-58-12. Money of the utility district.(a) All money of the utility district, from whatever source derived, shall be paid to the treasurer of the utility district. The money on receipt shall be deposited forthwith in a separate bank account or accounts. The money in the accounts shall be paid out with a check of the treasurer, on requisition by the utility district, or of any other person or persons that the utility district may authorize to make the requisitions. All deposits of money shall be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state, of a market value at all times not less than the amount of deposits, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give security for the deposits. The utility district shall have the power, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, to contract with the holders of any of its bonds as to the custody, collection, security, investment and payment of any money of the authority, or any money held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure the bonds, and to carry out any contract notwithstanding that the contract may be inconsistent with the previous provisions of this section. Money held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and deposits of money may be secured in the same manner as the money of the authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give security for the deposits.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, or any other provision of this chapter, the board of utility commissioners shall have the power to authorize by resolution a loan or advance from one utility fund of the utility district to another. Any such interfund advance or loan shall be for a term specified in the authorizing resolution of the board of utility commissioners and shall bear interest at a rate reasonably determined by the board of utility commissioners to be consistent with the public interest implicated in all funds involved in the interfund loan or advance; provided, however, that an interest rate set at the rate applicable to the utility district's most recent borrowing from a bank or other financial institution shall be presumptively reasonable as the rate of interest for an interfund loan or advance.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-13 - Alteration, amendment, repeal or severability.

§ 45-58-13. Alteration, amendment, repeal or severability.The right to alter, amend or repeal this chapter is reserved to the state, but no such alteration, amendment or repeal shall operate to impair the obligation of any contract made by the utility district under any power conferred by this chapter. If any section, clause, provision or term of this chapter shall be declared unconstitutional, void, ultra vires or otherwise ineffective in whole or in part, such determination of invalidity shall not otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-14 - Pascoag fire district.

§ 45-58-14. Pascoag fire district.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to effect in any way the continued existence and operation of the Pascoag fire district's fire prevention and suppression functions, its charter and/or bylaws governing the fire district.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-58-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District|Section 45-58-15 - Tax exemption.

§ 45-58-15. Tax exemption.It is hereby declared that the Pascoag utility district, in the carrying out of its quasi-municipal purposes, is in all respects providing essential services to the people of the state of Rhode Island that improves their health, safety and welfare. Accordingly, the district shall not be required to pay taxes, assessments or sums in lieu of taxes to the state of Rhode Island or any political subdivision thereof upon any of the property now owned or acquired in the future by the district, or under its jurisdiction and/or control, possession or supervision or upon its activities or operations, or upon any earnings, revenues, moneys or other income derived by the district. The bonds issued by the district and any income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation; provided, however, nothing in this section shall have any effect upon the water resources board, or the division of public utilities and carriers, and/or the public utilities commission's authority to impose regulation-related assessments and charges on Pascoag.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 147, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 445, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-59-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-59 - District Management Authorities|Section 45-59-1 - Short title.

§ 45-59-1. Short title.This chapter will be known and may be cited as the "District Management Authorities Act."History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-59-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-59 - District Management Authorities|Section 45-59-2 - Legislative findings and purpose.

§ 45-59-2. Legislative findings and purpose.(a) It is found and declared that:(1) The continued vitality of the business districts in the towns and cities of the state is essential to retaining existing businesses and attracting new enterprises.(2) The financial condition of certain of the larger municipalities of the state do not permit the continued provision of services which in the past have been provided for business districts and paid for by property taxes.(3) This circumstance emphasizes the importance of enabling public-private cooperation to provide security, cleaning and other services in these business districts in order to supplement, but not to substitute for, the services now being provided in by municipalities within these districts.(4) The establishment of district management authorities with the power to make special tax assessments, as provided in this chapter, will benefit the health, safety, welfare and prosperity of the people of this state.(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize towns and cities to create district management authorities for the purpose of providing the services and undertaking the activities described in this chapter to supplement the services provided by municipal governments.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-59-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-59 - District Management Authorities|Section 45-59-3 - Definitions and construction.

§ 45-59-3. Definitions and construction.(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:(1) "Chief elected officer" means the official, elected by the voters of a municipality or appointed by the members of the elected legislative body of the municipality, who exercises day-to-day executive authority over the municipality's affairs.(2) "District management authority" means a district management authority established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(3) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the municipality within which the management district is located; "first fiscal year" means the first full fiscal year after the fiscal year during which the management district is created; subsequent fiscal years are referred to in like manner.(4) "Management district" means a management district established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and, as the context may require, includes any subdistrict within the management district.(5) "Municipality" means a city or town of the state of Rhode Island having a population according to the most recent federal census of not less than one hundred thousand (100,000); however, notwithstanding the population requirement, the cities of Newport and Pawtucket shall be considered municipalities for purposes of this chapter. Where the context requires, "municipality" also means a city or town within which a management district is created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(6) "Real property" means land and buildings or structures located on the land but does not include lines, mains, poles, easements and rights-of-way owned by public utilities.(7) "State" means the state of Rhode Island.(b) References in this chapter to owners or tenants of real property located within a management district or residents of a management district, or managers of real property located within the management district will be construed to include shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers, employees or agents thereof.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 265, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 365, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 37, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-59-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-59 - District Management Authorities|Section 45-59-4 - Creation of district or subdistrict.

§ 45-59-4. Creation of district or subdistrict.A management district may be created by an ordinance or resolution enacted by the city or town council of any municipality (as defined in § 45-59-3(5)) upon the written petition of persons owning real property located within the proposed district as provided in this chapter. A management district may contain one or more subdistricts. A subdistrict may be created within an existing district by compliance with the provisions of §§ 45-59-5 and 45-59-6, but excluding § 45-59-5(a)(8), solely with respect to the proposed subdistrict. Any subdistrict will be managed by the district management authority having management authority over the district in which the subdistrict is located.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-59-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-59 - District Management Authorities|Section 45-59-6 - Public hearing on petition.

§ 45-59-6. Public hearing on petition.(a) The city or town council to which the petition is submitted will forthwith and in any event no later than ninety (90) days after the receipt of the petition hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving comments from all interested persons on the approval of the petition and the creation of a management district and a district management authority pursuant to the petition. Notice of the public hearing will be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks prior to the date of the hearing. The notice will state the date, time and place of the hearing and contain a description of the boundaries of the proposed district, sufficient to reasonably identify the boundaries of the proposed district, a statement to the effect that it is proposed to create a management district and a district management authority which will have the power to provide services within the management district and apportion the cost of services among the owners of real properly located in the district by means of a special tax assessment, and the office where a copy of the petition may be examined. No notice, other than the notice by publication referred to in this section to the owners of property within the proposed district is required. The boundaries of a district may be described by reference to streets or highways.(b) At any time prior to the passage of the ordinance or resolution, the petition may be modified or amended by the petitioners or by persons authorized to act on their behalf without further advertising, provided, however, that in the event such modification or amendment to the petition would either: (1) enlarge or add additional real property to the proposed district or (2) enlarge the purpose of the proposed district management authority or (3) lessen any limitation on the powers of the district management authority, a new public hearing will be held in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1.