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RI Gen L § 39-15-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply|Section 39-15-5 - Plat and description of property condemned.

§ 39-15-5. Plat and description of property condemned.The town, person, or corporation taking any property, estate, or right of property under the provisions of this chapter, shall first cause a plat with a description thereof to be made, which, with a certificate of the taking of the property, estate, or right of property, shall contain a list of the owners thereof and of the persons interested therein, so far as the owners or person interested therein may be known to the town, person, or corporation taking the property, estate, or right of property, and which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court for the county where the property or estate is located.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 123, § 4; C.P.A. 1905, § 1222; G.L. 1909, ch. 149, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 179, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 637, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-5.
RI Gen L § 39-15-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply|Section 39-15-6 - Notice of condemnation proceedings.

§ 39-15-6. Notice of condemnation proceedings.Upon the filing of any certificate, the clerk shall forthwith issue a notice to the several persons named in the certificate which shall contain the substance of the certificate, and also a notice of a time and place when the persons may appear in the court and be heard in reference to the necessity for the taking and the appointment of commissioners to appraise the damages accruing to them by virtue of the taking of their property, estate, or rights of property; and the clerk shall, for four (4) successive weeks thereafter, cause to be advertised in each issue of some newspaper published in the county a copy of the notice, requiring all persons interested in the premises to appear at the time and place, if they see fit, to be heard in the premises. The personal notice upon known parties shall be served as soon as may be, and at least twenty (20) days, before the time of the hearing, by some officer authorized to serve process or by some disinterested person.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 123, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 149, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 179, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 637, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-6.
RI Gen L § 39-15-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply|Section 39-15-7 - Hearing on condemnation - Commissioners to appraise damages - Award.

§ 39-15-7. Hearing on condemnation — Commissioners to appraise damages — Award.At the time mentioned in the notice given under the authority of § 39-15-6, or at such adjournment from the time as the court shall order, the court, after hearing the parties in interest therein who may desire to be heard, shall first adjudge whether the taking of the property, estate, or rights in question is a public necessity, and, if that shall be adjudged affirmatively, the property and rights of property shall from that time be deemed to have been taken, and the court shall then appoint three (3) suitable persons to be commissioners to appraise the damages sustained by any person whose property, estate, or rights of property shall have been taken for either or any of the purposes authorized in this chapter. The commissioners, after being duly sworn to the faithful discharge of their trust and giving due notice to the parties in interest, shall proceed to hear the parties with their allegations and proofs, and to examine the premises, and shall make up and return their award in the premises to the clerk of the superior court from which they received their appointment, with their fees marked thereon, which fees, being first allowed by the court, shall be forthwith paid by the town, person, or corporation taking the property, estate, or rights of property embraced in the award.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 123, § 5; C.P.A. 1905, § 1216; G.L. 1909, ch. 149, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 179, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 637, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-7; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 117.
RI Gen L § 39-15-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply|Section 39-15-8 - Jury trial on damages.

§ 39-15-8. Jury trial on damages.Upon the payment of the fees provided in § 39-15-7, the clerk of the superior court shall open the report of the commissioners, and the report may be examined by any person interested in the report. Any person or party aggrieved by any award of damages by the commissioners may claim a jury trial upon any item of damages thereby awarded, and may file his or her claim for the trial at any time within three (3) months from the opening of the report. The claim shall stand for trial by jury upon a proper issue based upon the claim, as other cases upon the docket of the court, and shall be tried in the court in every respect as other cases are there tried, including the right to object to rulings and to move for new trials for cause; and execution may be awarded thereon as in other cases; but if the party claiming the jury trial shall not therein obtain an award for damages more favorable to him or her than that given by the commissioners, he or she shall pay costs to the adverse party.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 123, § 6; C.P.A. 1905, § 1216; G.L. 1909, ch. 149, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 179, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 637, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-8.
RI Gen L § 39-15-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply|Section 39-15-9 - Judgment on award or verdict.

§ 39-15-9. Judgment on award or verdict.Whenever the report of the commissioners shall be received by the court and no right of trial by jury shall be claimed thereon, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the several claimants for the damages awarded to them respectively; and so shall enter judgment upon the verdict of the jury, subject to the right to apply for new trials for cause, upon the rendition of the verdict; and the court shall forthwith grant execution upon all such judgments.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 123, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 149, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 179, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 637, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-9.
RI Gen L § 39-15-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply|Section 39-15-10 - Amendment of proceedings.

§ 39-15-10. Amendment of proceedings.Any proceeding in taking any property or estate or rights of property, or in claiming damages therefor, or other proceeding under the provisions of this chapter, may at any stage of the proceeding, with the leave of the court, be amended upon such terms and conditions as to the court may appear to be just and proper.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 123, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 149, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 179, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 637, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-10.
RI Gen L § 39-15-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply|Section 39-15-11 - Grant of right to lay pipes and build reservoirs - Exemption from taxation.

§ 39-15-11. Grant of right to lay pipes and build reservoirs — Exemption from taxation.The town council of any town or the city council of any city may grant to any person or corporation the right to lay water pipes in any of the public highways of the town or city for supplying the inhabitants of the town or city with water, and may consent to the erection, construction, and the right to maintain a reservoir or reservoirs within the town or city, for such time and upon such terms and conditions as they may deem proper, including therein, the power and authority to exempt the pipes and reservoirs and the land and works connected therewith from taxation.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 37; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 51, § 42; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 42; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-11.
RI Gen L § 39-15-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply|Section 39-15-12 - Liability of landowner for water charges - Lien.

§ 39-15-12. Liability of landowner for water charges — Lien.The owner of any house, building, tenement, or estate shall be liable for the payment of the price or rent or rates fixed by any town, city, or incorporated fire district or water district for the use of water furnished by such town, city, fire district, or water district to the owner or occupant of the house, building, tenement, or estate; and the price, rent, or rates shall be a lien upon the house, building, tenement, and estate in the same way and manner as taxes assessed on real estate are liens, and, if not paid as required by the town, city, fire district, or water district, shall be collected in the same manner that taxes assessed on real estate are by law collected; provided, however, that the city of Cranston or any agency thereof may charge interest on delinquent payments at a rate of not more than twelve percent (12%) per annum; provided, however, that the city of Woonsocket or any agency thereof may charge interest on delinquent payments at a rate of not more than eighteen percent (18%) per annum.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 428, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 301, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 449, § 1; P.L. 1940, ch. 949, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-12; P.L. 1982, ch. 143, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 343, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-15.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15.1 - Water Suppliers Subject to Commission Rate Regulation|Section 39-15.1-1 - Purposes.

§ 39-15.1-1. Purposes.The purposes of this chapter are to:(1) Augment current principles for setting the rates of public utilities that are water suppliers that are subject to commission rate regulation in a manner that facilitates:(i) Managing demand, especially seasonal demand;(ii) Investing in infrastructure repair and replacement;(iii) Recovering the full costs, including capital and operational, of water systems through water system revenues; and(iv) Establishing operating capital and debt service of sufficient size; and(2) Provide an optional system for multiyear water rates that are adjustable in accordance with an approved rate plan.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-15.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15.1 - Water Suppliers Subject to Commission Rate Regulation|Section 39-15.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 39-15.1-2. Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Agricultural" shall mean commercial agricultural producers as defined in § 46-15.3-4(2).(2) "Commission" shall mean the public utilities commission established by chapter 1 of this title, with all powers set forth in chapter 1 of this title, including, but not limited to, the powers set forth in §§ 39-1-3 and 39-1-7, and in chapter 4 of this title, and subject to the provisions of chapter 5 of this title.(3) "Division" shall mean the division of public utilities and carriers.(4) "Water resources board" shall mean the water resources board having the duties set forth in chapter 15 of title 46.(5) "Water supplier" shall mean all water supply systems regulated by the public utilities commission including the Kent County Water Authority, Newport Water Department, Pawtucket Water Supply Board, Providence Water Supply Board, United Water Rhode Island, Woonsocket Water Department, and any future water supply system that meets the definition established in § 39-1-2(a)(20) pertaining to public utilities employed for the distribution of water to the consuming public.(6) "Water supply systems management plan" shall mean a water supply systems management plan prepared in accordance with § 46-15.3-5.1 and found by the water resources board, pursuant to the provisions of § 46-15.3-7.6, to be in compliance with the requirements for such plans.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-15.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-15.1 - Water Suppliers Subject to Commission Rate Regulation|Section 39-15.1-4 - Optional multiyear rate plans.

§ 39-15.1-4. Optional multiyear rate plans.(a) Water suppliers may, at their discretion, file with the commission a rate plan for a period not to exceed six (6) years, which rate plans shall set forth proposed rates:(1) That are adequate, as described in § 39-15.1-3(a), to pay for all reasonable costs of service associated with water supply during the period of the plan, and may include projections of cost increases, and are equitable as described in § 39-15.1-3(b);(2) That attribute the cost of increased seasonal demand to customers who or that contribute to increased seasonal demand and that may include conservation pricing pursuant to § 39-15.1-3(d);(3) That provide for infrastructure maintenance, repair, and replacement, especially in order to meet goals for reduction of leakage and the accounting of non-billed water, that are included in a water supply systems management plan; and(4) That provide for the establishment and maintenance of operating reserves, capital reserves, and debt-service reserves as described in § 39-15.1-3(a).(b) The commission shall approve or reasonably amend the plan and the rates proposed therein.(c) A water supplier with a multiyear plan approved by the commission may change its rates consistent with provisions of the plan, provided that a forty-five (45) day notice is given to the commission and the division, which notice shall state the amount of the proposed rate changes, the manner in which the proposed rate is consistent with the approved plan, and the purpose of the proposed rate change. The proposed rate change shall be effective sixty (60) days after the notice to the commission and the division, unless the commission shall decide that the proposed rate increase may be unreasonable or inconsistent with the approved plan, in which case the commission shall hold a hearing on the proposed rate increase and may approve, or reasonably amend the proposed rate increase. Notwithstanding the foregoing notice provision, the commission shall be bound by the suspension period set forth in § 39-3-11.(d) A water supplier may petition the commission for a modification to an approved plan, and the commission in hearing and deciding the petition need only consider those portions or elements of the plan affected by the proposed modification. The commission shall approve or reasonably modify the proposed modification. An approved modification shall become part of the plan for purposes of subsection (c) of this section.(e) Each water supplier with an approved plan shall report annually to the commission and the division with regard to performance under the plan, including rates, revenues derived from rates, expenditures necessary to pay for all reasonable costs of service; and the level and status of operating reserves, capital reserves, and debt-service reserves.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-16-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-1 - Definitions.

§ 39-16-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Authority" means the corporation created by § 39-16-3.(2) "Board" means the members of the authority.(3) "Bonds" means the bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter.(4) "District" means the Kent County water district.(5) "Property" means any or all of the properties of any water supply and distribution system or part thereof, including plants, works, and instrumentalities, and all properties used or useful in connection therewith, and all parts thereof and all appurtenances thereto, including lands, easements, rights in land and water rights, rights-of-way, contract rights, franchises, approaches, connections, dams, reservoirs, water mains and pipelines, pumping stations and equipment, or any other property incidental to and included in the system or part thereof situated within or without the district.(6) "Treasurer" means the treasurer of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-1; P.L. 2020, ch. 79, art. 1, § 9.
RI Gen L § 39-16-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-2 - District created.

§ 39-16-2. District created.There is hereby created a district to be known as the Kent County water district, whose boundaries shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Kent County. Notwithstanding any finding by any court to the contrary, the Kent County water district shall be a political subdivision of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-2; P.L. 1990, ch. 16, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-16-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-3 - Board created.

§ 39-16-3. Board created.A board to be known as the Kent County Water Authority is hereby created. The powers of the public benefit corporation shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board then in office.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-3; P.L. 1990, ch. 16, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-16-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-4 - Composition of board.

§ 39-16-4. Composition of board.(a) The board shall consist of seven (7) members, one member to be appointed by the town council of East Greenwich and two (2) members by the city council of the city of Warwick, and two (2) members each appointed by the town councils of the towns of Coventry and West Warwick. The successors of members shall be appointed by their respective city and town councils. A majority of the governing body appointing a member may remove the member for willful misconduct.(b) The members of the board shall appoint a member to serve as chair of the board, and the appointment shall be made at the board's first meeting after the effective date of this section. The chair appointed shall serve for a seven-year (7) term, at which time the board shall appoint a new chair. If a chair is unable to complete their term, a new chair shall be appointed to serve a seven-year (7) term.(c) Each member shall serve for a term of seven (7) years, except that all vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. A member shall hold office until his or her successor has been duly appointed and has qualified. Each member of the authority shall take an oath to administer the duties of his or her office faithfully and impartially, and the oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.(d) Four (4) members of the authority shall constitute a quorum and the vote of four (4) members shall be necessary for any action taken by the authority. No vacancy in the membership of the authority shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority.(e) In the event of a vacancy occurring in the board by reason of the death, resignation, or removal for willful misconduct of a member, the governing body of the town or city that appointed the member shall appoint a new member for the unexpired term.(f) In the month of January, the board shall make an annual report to the town councils of East Greenwich, West Warwick, and Coventry, and to the city council of Warwick, of its activities for the preceding fiscal year. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The authority shall cause an annual audit of the books, records, and accounts of the authority to be made.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-4; P.L. 1981, ch. 410, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 16, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 283, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 297, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 346, § 26.
RI Gen L § 39-16-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-5 - Officers and employees of board.

§ 39-16-5. Officers and employees of board.The chairperson of the board shall be selected by the majority vote of the members of the board. The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who may or may not be a member of the board, and other employees as may be necessary in its judgment, and fix their compensation. The board may provide, in the fixing of compensation, for a retirement program, commonly known as a pension plan, funded by individual or group insurance or annuity contracts or otherwise, for health and accident insurance, for life insurance, for hospital service commonly known as blue cross, and for physicians' service for any one or more or all of its employees; and the board is hereby authorized to expend the moneys of the authority for purposes and programs as it may deem advisable. These programs and purposes may be financed in full or in part by the moneys of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-5; P.L. 1962, ch. 41, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-16-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-6 - Compensation of members and agents.

§ 39-16-6. Compensation of members and agents.Each member of the board shall receive an annual salary not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year, and shall be entitled to reimbursement of his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties. The salaries, compensation, and expenses of all members, officers, employees, and agents shall be paid solely out of the funds of the authority. No part of the earnings of the authority shall inure to the benefit of any private person.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3592, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-6; P.L. 1969, ch. 22, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 16, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-16-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-7 - Business prohibited to members.

§ 39-16-7. Business prohibited to members.No member of the authority shall directly or indirectly engage in any contract or agreement for labor or for the supply of materials for construction or reconstruction of the physical assets of the authority or replacements or additions thereto.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3592, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-7.
RI Gen L § 39-16-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District|Section 39-16-9 - Application of public utility law - Rate determination.

§ 39-16-9. Application of public utility law — Rate determination.Notwithstanding the proviso contained in the definition of "public utility" in § 39-1-2, chapters 1 — 5 of this title shall apply to the water district created by this chapter and to the governing body thereof, and notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter with respect to fixing rates and collecting charges, rates and charges of the district and/or authority shall be established in accordance with and subject to the provisions of chapters 1 — 5. Until so established, the rates and charges that were in effect at the time when the authority acquired properties pursuant to the provisions of § 39-16-8, shall continue in full force and effect.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2876, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-9.