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RI Gen L § 46-25-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-22 - Payment of sewer user fees, charges and assessments.

§ 46-25-22. Payment of sewer user fees, charges and assessments.The commission shall proceed under the provisions of this chapter to collect the fees, charges, and assessments from any person so assessed. Each person so assessed shall pay the fees, charges, or assessments within the time frame prescribed by the rules and regulations of the commission. The commission may collect the fees, charges, and assessments in the same manner in which taxes are collected by municipalities, with no additional fees, charges, assessments, or penalties other than those provided for in chapter 9 of title 44. Provided, however, that such fees, charges and assessments against residential condominium occupants or residential condominium associations shall be set at a residential rate and not at a business, commercial, or other rate. All unpaid charges shall be a lien upon the real estate of the person.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 235, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 238, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-22.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-22.1 - Shut off of water supply for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments.

§ 46-25-22.1. Shut off of water supply for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments.(a) Notwithstanding the provision of § 46-25-22, the commission is authorized to order any water supplier which services any person assessed by the commission pursuant to § 46-25-22 to terminate the water supply service of any person for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments. The commission will abide by the rules and regulations of the public utilities commission governing water shut-offs.(b) Upon notification by the commission to terminate service, the water supplier shall within fourteen (14) days terminate said service and notify the commission that said termination has occurred. Upon notification by the commission, the water supplier shall restore the water supply in accordance with the water supplier's policy on water supply restoration.(c) The commission shall have the authority to assess any person any fees, charges and assessments affiliated with the shut off and restoration of service.(d) When service is provided to a residence occupied by a tenant, the tenant may, after paying the fees, charges and assessments in order to restore or prevent termination of service, deduct the amount paid from the rent due the landlord. The tenant shall provide the landlord with a copy of the receipt from the commission when making a deduction from the rent.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 350, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 60, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-23 - Repealed.

§ 46-25-23. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 46-25-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-24 - Appropriation of revenues.

§ 46-25-24. Appropriation of revenues.Except as provided in § 46-25-18, all moneys received by the commission for the use of the facilities of the project, shall be paid over to the executive director of the commission and deposited by him or her in the fund. All moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated, in addition to all other sums appropriated by the provisions of this chapter, to be expended by the commission for administration and all other expenses relating to the planning, constructing, equipping, operation, and maintenance of the project. Any unexpended balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward and made available for expenditure in the succeeding fiscal years.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 397, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-24.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-24.1 - Notice of entry.

§ 46-25-24.1. Notice of entry.Authorized agents and employees of the commission may enter upon any lands, waters and premises in the district for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, test pits, drillings, borings and examinations as the commission may deem necessary for the purposes of the Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor shall an entry for such purposes be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The commission shall give at least fifteen (15) days notice of its intent to enter such lands, waters or premises to the record owner(s) of the property and to the municipality wherein the property lies, and shall state in that notice the amount it proposes to pay as just compensation for such entry. Following such entry, the commission shall pay the amount of compensation previously proposed, and restore the property to its prior condition or shall reimburse the owner for any actual damage resulting to such lands, waters and premises as a result of such activities. If the owner of said lands believes that the amount paid is insufficient to provide just compensation, the owner may petition to the superior court to have the amount increased. The provisions of this section shall in no way expand the powers of the commission to take any of the properties investigated by eminent domain. Amounts to be paid as just compensation pursuant to this section shall be set by the commission in accordance with § 42-35-1 et seq.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 219, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-25.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-25.1 - Inspection powers.

§ 46-25-25.1. Inspection powers.(a) The commission is authorized to carry out all inspection, surveillance, and monitoring procedures necessary to determine, independent of information supplied by any person who discharges into the facilities of the project, compliance or noncompliance by the person with the pretreatment requirements prescribed by the commission.(b) The commission or the duly authorized employees and agents of the commission, upon presenting identification and appropriate credentials, are authorized:(1) To enter, without delay and at reasonable times, those premises (public or private) of any person or class of user, either receiving services from the commission or applying to services from the commission, in which a discharge source or treatment system is located or in which records required to be maintained pursuant to § 46-25-25, are kept;(2) During regular working hours and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, to have access to and to copy any records, inspect any monitoring equipment or method required pursuant to § 46-25-25, and sample any effluents which the owner or operator of the discharge source is required to sample under § 46-25-25, and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.(c) Any person obstructing, hindering, or in any way causing to be obstructed or hindered the commission or any of its employees or agents in the performance of their duties, or who shall refuse to permit the commission or any of its employees or agents entrance into any premises, buildings, plant, or equipment, or other places belonging to or controlled by the person, in the performance of his or her duties as such, shall be subject to the civil and criminal penalties set forth in §§ 46-25-25.2 and 46-25-25.3.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-25-25.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-25.2 - Civil penalties.

§ 46-25-25.2. Civil penalties.(a) Any person who shall violate the provisions of §§ 46-25-25 — 46-25-25.3, or of any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day for each violation.(b) The commission shall, in the same manner as cities and towns authorized under the provisions of § 45-6-2.3(a)(4), issue regulations to obtain actual costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the commission in seeking compliance, penalties, or damages.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 478; P.L. 1988, ch. 45, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 448, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-25.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-25.3 - Criminal penalties.

§ 46-25-25.3. Criminal penalties.(a) Any person who shall be found guilty of violating, willfully or with criminal negligence, any of the provisions of §§ 46-25-25 — 46-25-25.3 or of any permit, rule, or regulation issued pursuant thereto, or an order of the commission, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both a fine or imprisonment; and every person shall be deemed guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each day during which the violation shall be repeated or continued. Further, the person shall be liable for all damages directly related to the violation, including additional costs of handling and treating any prohibited wastes, and shall reimburse the commission for actual enforcement costs incurred by the commission, including reasonable attorney's fees and administrative costs.(b) No person shall knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under § 46-25-25 or 46-25-25.1 or by any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued under those sections, or shall falsify, tamper with, or knowingly render inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under those sections or by any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued under those sections.(c) No person shall discharge into any outlet within the district any sewage waste or other pollutants without a permit, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission.(d) No person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage waste or other pollutants within the district, except as otherwise provided by law or the rules and regulations of the commission.(e) No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently breach, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment or dump garbage, refuse, or other material on land or right-of-way which is a part of the facilities of the project.(f) No person shall uncover, make any connection with, or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any interceptor or appurtenance thereof, without first obtaining a written permit from the commission.(g) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted waters such as stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any facilities of the project other than those discharges as are connected to an existing (prior to May 1, 1982) combined sewer in those areas in which a combined sewer is the only available means for disposal of unpolluted waters.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 478, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 45, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 448, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-25.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-25.4 - Enforcement authority and procedure.

§ 46-25-25.4. Enforcement authority and procedure.(a) The commission shall have authority to seek legal or equitable relief in the federal court or in the superior court of Providence county to enforce the requirements of §§ 307(b) and (c), 402(b)(8) and other applicable sections of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., and any regulations implementing those sections or authorized by this chapter and/or by chapter 12 of this title. Whenever, on the basis of any information available to the commission, the commission has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has violated any provision of §§ 46-25-25 through 46-25-25.6 or any permit, rule, regulation or order issued pursuant thereto the commission may institute administrative, civil or criminal proceedings in the name of the commission. The commission shall not be required to enter into any recognizance or to give surety for costs prior to instituting such proceedings. The commission has the authority to order any person who violates any provision of §§ 46-25-25 through 46-25-25.6, any permit, rule, regulation or order issued pursuant thereto to cease and desist the violation, or to remedy the violation and to impose administrative penalties. The commission may impose administrative penalties only in accordance with the notice and hearing provisions of §§ 42-35-1 et seq., and 46-25-25, and the commission's rules and regulations. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to carry out all such criminal proceedings initiated by the commission.(b) The superior court for Providence County shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of §§ 46-25-25 — 46-25-25.6, and any rule, regulation, permit, or administrative order issued pursuant thereto. Proceedings for enforcement may be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the commission. In any proceeding on which injunctive relief is sought, it shall not be necessary for the commission to show that without that relief, the injury which will result will be irreparable or that the remedy at law is inadequate. Proceedings provided in this section shall be in addition to and may be utilized in lieu, of other administrative or judicial proceedings authorized by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 46, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 448, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-25.5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-25.5 - Public access to information.

§ 46-25-25.5. Public access to information.(a) Any permit, or permit application, or effluent data shall be available to the public for inspection and copying.(b) Other records, reports, or information obtained under this section also may be made available to the public for inspection and copying, provided, that upon a showing, satisfactory to the commission, by any person that the records, reports, or information or any part thereof, except as provided in subsection (a), would, if made public, divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of the person, the commission shall consider, treat, and protect the record, report, or information, or part thereof, as confidential; provided, however, that the record, report, or information accorded confidential treatment may be disclosed or transmitted to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of this state or of the United States concerned with carrying out § 46-25-25 et seq., or when relevant in any proceeding under those sections.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-25-25.6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-25.6 - Municipal ordinances.

§ 46-25-25.6. Municipal ordinances.(a) Any municipality within the district, which has connected or connects its sewers with the facilities of the project, shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations, pertaining to sewer usage, no less restrictive than the rules and regulations pertaining to sewer usage so adopted by the commission. The municipal rules and regulations shall include procedures for monitoring and enforcing compliance, and shall be submitted to the commission prior to their adoption. The commission shall have the authority to refuse service or connection to any municipality that fails to comply with this section.(b) The commission shall retain the authority to seek judicial relief for noncompliance by affected dischargers when any municipality has failed to seek that relief, or when the municipality has acted to seek that relief but has sought a penalty which the commission finds to be insufficient. Nothing in this section shall in any way limit the authority granted the commission under §§ 46-25-25 — 46-25-25.4.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-25-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-26 - Rules and regulations - Notice of rule review.

§ 46-25-26. Rules and regulations — Notice of rule review.The commission may adopt rules and regulations, or any amendment to existing rules and regulations, according to the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42. The commission shall also give notice thereof, prior to the effective date thereof, by sending, by registered or certified mail, a copy thereof to each person interested therein who shall have registered with the commission his or her name and address, with a request to be so notified. Review of those rules may be had as provided in chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-27 - Notice of rate hearings.

§ 46-25-27. Notice of rate hearings.Notice of proposed user charges and fees shall be provided for in the manner set forth in title 39, pursuant to the regulations of the public utilities commission.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 235, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-28 - Conduct of hearings.

§ 46-25-28. Conduct of hearings.At all hearings held under the provisions of this chapter, the commission and the members thereof, shall have the right to administer oaths. All persons testifying at the hearings shall do so under oath and under penalty of perjury. The commission shall have the right to issue subpoenas to compel the appearance of witnesses and/or the production of any books, records, or other documents. Any person may be represented by counsel at the hearing. The commission may adjourn the hearings from time to time, whenever the adjournment shall, in its opinion, be necessary or desirable. The testimony adduced at the hearing shall be transcribed by a stenographer.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-29 - Notice of decisions by commission.

§ 46-25-29. Notice of decisions by commission.Within a reasonable time following the conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall render its decision and findings and shall give notice thereof by publication in some newspaper published in the county of Providence, and by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail to each person interested therein who shall have registered with the commission his or her name and address with a request to be so notified.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-30 - Review of decisions.

§ 46-25-30. Review of decisions.Any person aggrieved by any decision may obtain a judicial review thereof in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-31 - Notice of hearings on orders.

§ 46-25-31. Notice of hearings on orders.Before adopting or entering any order applicable to any one or more specific persons, the commission shall give to each of the persons, by registered or certified mail, twenty (20) days' notice in writing of the time and place of a hearing to be afforded each of the persons should he or she or it desire the hearing. The notice shall state the time and place of the holding of the hearing.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-32 - Procedure for hearings on orders.

§ 46-25-32. Procedure for hearings on orders.The provisions of §§ 46-25-27 — 46-25-30 relative to hearings and judicial review, shall be applicable to all hearings and decisions under § 46-25-31.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-33 - Commission expenses as cost of project.

§ 46-25-33. Commission expenses as cost of project.The expenses of the commission in the performance of its duties hereunder shall be construed to be costs of operation and maintenance of the project.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-34 - Cooperation and coordination with other agencies.

§ 46-25-34. Cooperation and coordination with other agencies.In the performance of its duties hereunder, the commission shall be entitled to ask for and to receive from the Providence water supply board or any other commission, board, officer, or agency of the state, such information, cooperation, assistance and advice as shall be reasonable and proper in view of the nature of the functions. Each municipality within the district shall make available to the commission the names and addresses of the users of sewage services within the municipality, and shall assist the commission in providing administrative support for the billing of users at a reasonable cost to the commission.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 235, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 309, § 3.
RI Gen L § 46-25-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-35 - Legislative recommendations.

§ 46-25-35. Legislative recommendations.The commission may, from time to time, recommend to the general assembly the advisability of the enactment of any legislation relating to the project.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-36 - Liberal construction.

§ 46-25-36. Liberal construction.The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally in order to accomplish the purposes hereof, and where any specific power is given to the commission by the provisions hereof, the statement thereof shall not be deemed to exclude or impair any power otherwise in this chapter conferred upon the commission.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1.