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RI Gen L § 39-16-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-10 - Power to issue bonds - Pledge of revenues.

§ 39-16-10. Power to issue bonds — Pledge of revenues.The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds for any of its corporate purposes and to secure the payment of the bonds as may be provided in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the bonds. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by the authority, every issue of bonds by the authority shall be general obligations payable out of any moneys, earnings, or revenues of the authority, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds pledging any particular moneys, earnings, or revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-10.
RI Gen L § 39-16-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-13 - Tax exemption.

§ 39-16-13. Tax exemption.It is hereby declared that the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state and for the improvement of their health, welfare, and prosperity, and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter, and the state covenants with the holders of the bonds that the authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments or sums in lieu of taxes, except as provided in § 39-16-14, to the state or any political subdivision thereof upon any of the property acquired by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or upon its activities in the operation and maintenance of the property or upon any earnings, revenues, moneys, or other income derived by the authority, and that the bonds of the authority and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-13; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 118.
RI Gen L § 39-16-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-14 - Payments in lieu of taxes.

§ 39-16-14. Payments in lieu of taxes.The authority shall pay annually, having first made provision for the payment of principal and interest on any bonds outstanding and any other charges payable from revenues due in such year as may be provided in the resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds, in lieu of any property tax, as a charge upon its earnings or revenues, to each city, town, or district, a sum equal in amount to any property tax levied on any property by or on behalf of the city, town, or district during the year next preceding the acquisition of such property by the authority. The authority shall have no power to levy or collect ad valorem property taxes.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-14.
RI Gen L § 39-16-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-15 - Pledge not to alter rights of authority.

§ 39-16-15. Pledge not to alter rights of authority.The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the authority that the state will not limit or alter rights hereby vested in the authority until the bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installment of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any actions or proceedings by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully met and discharged.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-15.
RI Gen L § 39-16-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-16 - Bonds as legal investments.

§ 39-16-16. Bonds as legal investments.The bonds are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions; all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business; all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business; all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries; and all other persons, whomsoever, who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are also hereby made securities that may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state, and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this state is now or may hereafter be authorized.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-16.
RI Gen L § 39-16-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-17 - Money of authority.

§ 39-16-17. Money of authority.All money of the authority, from whatever source derived, shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority. The money on receipt shall be deposited forthwith in a separate bank account or accounts. The money in the accounts shall be paid out on check of the treasurer, on requisition by the authority, or of such other person or persons as the authority 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 equal at all times to the amount of deposits, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give security for the deposits. The authority shall have 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 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 money of the authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give security for the deposits.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-17.
RI Gen L § 39-16-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-18 - Right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter.

§ 39-16-18. Right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter.The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is hereby expressly reserved, but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall operate to impair the obligation of any contract made by the authority under any power conferred by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-18.
RI Gen L § 39-16-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-19 - Severability.

§ 39-16-19. Severability.If any section, clause, provision, or term of this chapter shall be declared unconstitutional and ineffective in whole or in part, then to the extent that it is not unconstitutional and ineffective it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause, provision, or term shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-19.
RI Gen L § 39-16-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-20 - Supplementary powers.

§ 39-16-20. Supplementary powers.The authority, in addition to any other powers granted in this chapter, has the following powers in order to assist it in setting rates:(1) To conduct examinations and hearings and to hear testimony and take proof, under oath or affirmation, at public or private hearings, on any matter material for its information and necessary to carry out the terms of this chapter;(2) To issue subpoenas, necessary to carry out the terms of this chapter, requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers pertinent to any hearing before the authority, or before one or more of the members of the authority appointed by it to conduct the hearing; and(3) To apply to any court, having territorial jurisdiction of the offense, to have punished for contempt any witness who refuses to obey a subpoena, or who refuses to be sworn or affirmed to testify, or who is guilty of any contempt after summons to appear.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 16, § 2.
RI Gen L § 39-16-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-21 - Transfer on dissolution.

§ 39-16-21. Transfer on dissolution.If the authority shall be dissolved, all funds of the authority, not required for the payment of bonds or other debts of the authority, the disposition of which is not otherwise governed by contracts to which the authority may be party, shall be paid to the towns of East Greenwich, Coventry, and West Warwick and the city of Warwick and, except as provided in this chapter, all property belonging to the authority shall be vested in the above-mentioned municipalities and delivered to them.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 16, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 118.
RI Gen L § 39-16-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-22 - Notes.

§ 39-16-22. Notes.The authority may, by resolution, authorize the issue from time to time of interest bearing or discounted notes in anticipation of the issue of bonds. Temporary notes issued under this section shall be signed by the chairperson and the treasurer of the authority and shall be payable within five (5) years of their respective dates, but the principal of and interest on notes issued for a shorter period may be renewed or paid from time to time by the issue of other notes under this section, provided the period from the date of the original note to the maturity of any note issued to renew or pay the same debt or the interest thereon shall not exceed five (5) years. All other terms and conditions of the notes shall be set by the authority in the resolution authorizing issuance.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 16, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 118.
RI Gen L § 39-17-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-17 - Franchises|Section 39-17-1 - Power of town or city to grant franchises.

§ 39-17-1. Power of town or city to grant franchises.Any town or city, by vote of the town council or city council, may pass ordinances or make contracts to be executed by its proper officers, granting rights and franchises in, over, or under the streets and highways in the town or city to the corporations, as are provided for in § 39-17-2, and for the purposes and upon the condition specified in this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 91, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 103, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 126, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-17-1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 119.
RI Gen L § 39-17-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-17 - Franchises|Section 39-17-2 - Purposes for which permitted - Duration - Protection of existing businesses - Landowner's rights.

§ 39-17-2. Purposes for which permitted — Duration — Protection of existing businesses — Landowner's rights.Any grants, whether by ordinance or by contract, may confer upon any corporation created by the general assembly for the purpose of distributing water, or for the purpose of producing, selling, and distributing currents of electricity to be used for light, heat, or motive power, or for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, and distributing illuminating or heating gas, or for the purpose of operating street railways by any motive power, or for the purpose of operating telephones, the exclusive right, for a time not exceeding twenty-five (25) years, to erect, lay, construct, and maintain for the purposes for which the corporation is created, poles, wires, pipes, conduits, rails, or cables, with necessary and convenient appurtenances as may be required for the conduct of the business of the corporation, in, over, or under the streets of the town or city; provided, however, that no grant of exclusive rights or franchises for any of the purposes described in this section shall be made by any city or town where, at the time a corporation created for the same purpose, or a person duly authorized by law to use the streets for such purpose, shall be in actual use and enjoyment of the rights, except to the corporation or person already carrying on business in the city or town; and provided, further, that whenever in any city or town more than one corporation shall at the time be in actual use and enjoyment of portions of the streets and highways for any of the purposes described in this section, no exclusive right or franchise shall be granted to either without the consent of the other; and provided, further, that no grant shall prevent any town or city from permitting any person or corporation to use streets or highways for any of the purposes described in this section in order to connect and serve any two (2) or more estates owned by the person or corporation.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 77, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 91, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 103, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 126, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 39-17-2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 119; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 15.
RI Gen L § 39-17-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-17 - Franchises|Section 39-17-3 - Franchise tax payable to city or town.

§ 39-17-3. Franchise tax payable to city or town.Every corporation that shall accept exclusive rights or franchises granted by ordinance or contract under the provisions of this chapter, shall make and render to the treasurer of the town or city granting the same, on or before the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October in every year, returns, verified by the oath of its president or treasurer, of the gross earnings of the corporation within the town or city for the period of three (3) months next preceding the first day of January, April, July, and October in the same year, and shall at the time pay to the town or city treasurer, in full payment for the rights and franchises granted under this chapter, a special tax upon the gross earnings at a rate not exceeding three percent (3%) upon the gross earnings of the corporation within the town or city in that year.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 77, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 91, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 103, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 126, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 39-17-3; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 119.
RI Gen L § 39-17-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-17 - Franchises|Section 39-17-4 - Apportionment of gross earnings among cities and towns.

§ 39-17-4. Apportionment of gross earnings among cities and towns.In case any corporation shall do business in more than one town or city, and it shall be unable to ascertain the amount of its gross earnings in each town or city separately from actual accounts kept thereof, its returns of gross earnings to be made as provided in § 39-17-3 shall state the gross earnings of its entire business and the length of its wires, pipes, mains, or tracks in the streets and highways of each town or city, and the gross earnings from its business in the town or city shall be taken to be that proportion of the whole gross earnings that the length of its wires, pipes, mains, or tracks in the streets and highways of the city or town bears to the total length of all its wires, pipes, mains, or tracks in streets and highways.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 77, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 91, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 103, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 126, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 39-17-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 119.
RI Gen L § 39-17-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-17 - Franchises|Section 39-17-5 - Delinquencies in franchise tax.

§ 39-17-5. Delinquencies in franchise tax.In case any corporation shall neglect to make payment of the quarterly tax as provided in § 39-17-3, the town or city treasurer may collect and recover of the corporation, as other taxes are collectible, double the amount of the special tax shown to be due by the last preceding quarterly return of the corporation.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 77, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 91, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 103, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 126, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 39-17-5; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 119.
RI Gen L § 39-17-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-17 - Franchises|Section 39-17-6 - Rate increases during term of franchise.

§ 39-17-6. Rate increases during term of franchise.No corporation which shall acquire exclusive rights or franchises under the provisions of this chapter, shall at any time during the continuance thereof charge for its product, wares, or service, to any town or city or the inhabitants thereof, any greater price than the price actually charged by it at the time of the granting of the rights or franchises, both prices being reckoned in United States gold coin of the standard weight and fineness in force at the time of the granting of the right or franchise, or in the equivalent thereof in actual value in other lawful money of the United States.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 77, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 91, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 103, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 126, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 39-17-6.
RI Gen L § 39-17-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-17 - Franchises|Section 39-17-7 - Town regulatory powers - Appeal.

§ 39-17-7. Town regulatory powers — Appeal.The use and enjoyment of all rights and franchises granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations and orders, controlling the extent and quality of construction and service to be maintained by the corporation to which such rights are granted, and prescribing the location and arrangement of its tracks, poles, wires, or conduits, and their appurtenances, as are, or may be from time to time, enacted by the town or city councils. In case any regulation or enactment shall seem to any corporation to be unreasonable, the corporation, within thirty (30) days after the same has been passed, may complain to the division of public utilities and carriers setting forth that the regulation or order is not reasonable in the premises; and thereupon the division shall proceed to hear and determine the matter in accordance with the provisions of chapter 4 of this title; subject, however, to the right of appeal to the superior court contained in chapter 5 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 77, § 5; C.P.A. 1905, § 1107; G.L. 1909, ch. 91, § 5; P.L. 1912, ch. 795, § 52; G.L. 1923, ch. 103, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 126, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 39-17-7.
RI Gen L § 39-17-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-17 - Franchises|Section 39-17-8 - Charges for use of streets.

§ 39-17-8. Charges for use of streets.No city or town shall make any charge to any corporation for the use of its streets except under and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; provided, that any city or town may require that any street railway company shall continue to conform to any existing requirements as to paving and keeping in repair the streets and highways.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 77, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 91, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 103, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 126, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 39-17-8.
RI Gen L § 39-18-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-18 - Rhode Island Public Transit Authority|Section 39-18-1 - Definitions.

§ 39-18-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning:(1) "Authority" means the Rhode Island public transit authority created by § 39-18-2, or, if the authority shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof, or upon whom the powers of the authority given by this chapter shall be given by law.(2) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, including temporary notes of the authority issued in anticipation of revenues to be received by the authority or in anticipation of the receipt of federal, state, or local grants or other aid.(3) "Municipality" means any town, city, or subdivision thereof.(4) "Transit property" means and includes any property, whether real or personal, and any apparatus and equipment used or useful in the operation of a motor bus, water, or rail passenger transportation line or system, and includes any rights or franchises to operate any passenger transportation line or system, but it does not include other property or assets.History of Section.P.L. 1964, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 127, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 256, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-18-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-18 - Rhode Island Public Transit Authority|Section 39-18-1.1 - Findings.

§ 39-18-1.1. Findings.It is hereby found and declared as follows:(1) Rhode Island has had a long and rich legacy of providing public transit services that contribute to the fabric of the state;(2) Public transit continues to evolve and can play increasingly important roles in the future;(3) Public transit services provide benefits to the quality of communities by curtailing energy consumption, helping people participate in their communities by offering mobility options, defining spaces and promoting sound urban design, and linking activity centers to support social networks;(4) Pedestrian access and safety is crucial to supporting public transit services;(5) One of the values of an improved public transit system is the generation of investment and wealth in areas served by the system;(6) The state's public transit system should provide a variety of mobility options for people that include services for people with special needs, and services to tourism destinations, employment and retail centers, education institutions and other modes of transportation including rail, air, and water transportation services;(7) The use of technology is vital for making informed decisions about existing and future public transit services and for providing efficient, user responsive public transit; and(8) The state in partnership with local communities should support the legacy of public transit services in Rhode Island and improve, expand, and augment that system to meet the needs of the people in the twenty-first (21st) century.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 504, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 518, § 2.