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RI Gen L § 45-26-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-26 - Town Housing Authorities|Section 45-26-13 - Housing for people who are elderly - Posting of disabilities - Enforcement by local fire authorities.

§ 45-26-13. Housing for people who are elderly — Posting of disabilities — Enforcement by local fire authorities.(a) Upon request of any tenant in a public housing for people who are elderly project, the managing authority shall post, on or near the exterior door of the apartment of the tenant, an indication of any disability of the tenant in a form and size that is immediately understood in the event of emergency or evacuation.(b) The local fire authorities have the duty of accomplishing the purpose of this section, and of enforcing that purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 181, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-26.1-1 - 45-26.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-26.1 - Mobile and Manufactured Home Park Rental Review Board|Section 45-26.1-1 - 45-26.1-4 - Repealed.

§ 45-26.1-1 — 45-26.1-4. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 45-27-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-1 - Types of bonds issuable - Pledge of revenues - Mortgages.

§ 45-27-1. Types of bonds issuable — Pledge of revenues — Mortgages.(a) The authority has power to issue bonds, from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. The authority also has power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. The authority may issue types of bonds that it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing), bonds on which the principal and interest are payable from income and revenues of the authority and from grants or contributions from the federal government or another source. The income and revenues securing the bonds may be:(1) Exclusively the income and revenues of the housing project financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds;(2) Exclusively the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects, whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds; or(3) The income and revenues of the authority generally.(b) The bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority or, in certain instances, a mortgage of any housing project, projects, or other property of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 13; P.L. 1939, ch. 726, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-1.
RI Gen L § 45-27-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-2 - Liability on bonds - Statutory limitations inapplicable.

§ 45-27-2. Liability on bonds — Statutory limitations inapplicable.Neither the commissioners of the authority nor any person executing the bonds is personally liable on the bonds by reason of their issuance. The bonds and other obligations of the authority (and the bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) are not a debt of the city, the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof, and neither the city or the county, nor the state or any political subdivision thereof, are liable thereon, nor in any event are the bonds or obligations payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the authority. The bonds do not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory, or charter debt limitation or restriction. Bonds may be issued under this chapter notwithstanding any debt or other limitation prescribed by any statute.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 13; P.L. 1939, ch. 726, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-2.
RI Gen L § 45-27-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-3 - Authorization, form, and terms of bonds.

§ 45-27-3. Authorization, form, and terms of bonds.The bonds of the authority are authorized by its resolution, and issued in one or more series, and bearing a date or dates, maturing at a time or times (not exceeding sixty (60) years from their respective dates), bearing interest at a rate or rates (not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum payable semiannually), in denominations (which may be made interchangeable), in forms, either coupon or registered, carrying registration privileges, executed in a manner, payable in a medium of payment, at a place or places, and subject to any terms of redemption (with or without premium) that the resolution or its trust indenture or mortgage may provide.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-3.
RI Gen L § 45-27-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-4 - Sale of bonds - Notice.

§ 45-27-4. Sale of bonds — Notice.The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at a price or prices that the authority determines.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-4; P.L. 1973, ch. 244, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 292, § 5.
RI Gen L § 45-27-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-5 - Interim certificates and temporary obligations.

§ 45-27-5. Interim certificates and temporary obligations.Pending the authorization, preparation, execution, or delivery of definitive bonds, the authority may issue interim certificates, or other temporary obligations to the purchaser of those bonds. The interim certificates, or other temporary obligations, shall be in a form, contain terms, conditions and provisions, bear a date or dates, and evidence agreements relating to their discharge or payment or the delivery of definitive bonds, as the authority may by resolution, trust indenture, or mortgage determine.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-5.
RI Gen L § 45-27-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-6 - Continuing validity of signatures of officers.

§ 45-27-6. Continuing validity of signatures of officers.In case any of the officers whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons cease to be officers before the delivery of the bonds, their signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until the delivery.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-6.
RI Gen L § 45-27-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-7 - Repurchase of bonds.

§ 45-27-7. Repurchase of bonds.The authority has power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase any bonds issued by it at a price not more than the principal amount of the bonds and the accrued interest; provided, that bonds payable exclusively from the revenues of a designated project or projects shall be purchased out of any revenues available therefor. All bonds so purchased shall be cancelled. This section does not apply to the redemption of bonds.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-7; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 59.
RI Gen L § 45-27-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-8 - Negotiability of bonds.

§ 45-27-8. Negotiability of bonds.Notwithstanding any provision of any law to the contrary, any bonds, interim certificates, or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter are fully negotiable.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-8.
RI Gen L § 45-27-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-10 - Mortgage of property.

§ 45-27-10. Mortgage of property.In connection with any project financed in whole or in part or otherwise aided by a government (whether through a donation of money or property, a loan, the insurance or guaranty of a loan, or otherwise), the authority also has power to mortgage all or any part of its property, real or personal, then owned or acquired:(1) To vest in a government the right, upon the happening of an event of default (as defined in the mortgage), to foreclose the mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings, so long as a government is the holder of any of the bonds secured by the mortgage.(2) To vest in a trustee or trustees the right, upon the happening of an event of default (as defined in the mortgage), to foreclose the mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings.(3) To vest in other obligees the right to foreclose the mortgage by judicial proceedings.(4) To vest in an obligee, including a government, the right in foreclosing any mortgage, to foreclose the mortgage as to all or part or parts of the property covered by the mortgage as the obligee (in its absolute discretion) elects; the institution, prosecution, and conclusion of foreclosure proceedings, and/or the sale of any parts of the mortgaged property shall not affect, in any manner or to any extent, the lien of the mortgage on the parts of the mortgaged property not included in the proceedings or not sold.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-10.
RI Gen L § 45-27-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-11 - Remedies of obligee.

§ 45-27-11. Remedies of obligee.An obligee of the authority has the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on the obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee:(1) By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding in law or equity (all of which may be joined in one action) to compel the authority, and its commissioners, officers, agents, or employees to perform each and every term, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of the authority, and to require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by chapters 25 — 27 of this title.(2) By suit, action, or proceeding in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of an obligee of the authority.(3) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to cause possession of any housing project or any part of it to be surrendered to any obligee having the right to possession pursuant to any contract of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-11.
RI Gen L § 45-27-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-12 - Remedies conferrable on obligee by housing authority.

§ 45-27-12. Remedies conferrable on obligee by housing authority.Any authority has power by its trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract to confer upon any obligee, holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, lease, or other obligations, the right upon the happening of an "event of default" as defined in the instrument:(1) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the authority or any part or parts of it. If the receiver is appointed, he or she may enter and take possession of the housing project or any part or parts of it, and operate and maintain the housing project, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges arising from it in the same manner as the authority itself might do, and keep those moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply them in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court directs.(2) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the authority and commissioners to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-12.
RI Gen L § 45-27-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-13 - Remedies cumulative.

§ 45-27-13. Remedies cumulative.All the rights and remedies conferred in this chapter are cumulative and in addition to all other rights and remedies that may be conferred upon an obligee of the authority by law or by contract with the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-13.
RI Gen L § 45-27-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-14 - Limitation on remedies against property of authority.

§ 45-27-14. Limitation on remedies against property of authority.(a) No interest of the authority in any property, real or personal, is subject to sale by the foreclosure of a mortgage on it, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in the mortgage, except in the case of the mortgages provided for in § 45-27-10. All property of the authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the authority.(b) No judgment against the authority shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal. The provisions of this section do not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose any mortgage of the authority provided for in § 45-27-10 and, in the case of a foreclosure sale, to obtain a judgment or decree for any deficiency due on the indebtedness secured by it and issued on the credit of the authority. The deficiency judgment or decree shall be a lien and charge upon the property of the authority, which may be levied on and sold by virtue of an execution or other judicial process for the purpose of satisfying that deficiency judgment or decree.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-14.
RI Gen L § 45-27-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-15 - Subordination of mortgage to government contract.

§ 45-27-15. Subordination of mortgage to government contract.The authority may agree in any mortgage made by it that the mortgage is subordinate to a contract for the supervision by a government of the operation and maintenance of the mortgaged property and the construction of improvements on it. In that event, any purchaser or purchasers at a sale of the property of an authority, pursuant to a foreclosure of the mortgage or any other remedy in connection with it, obtains title subject to the contract.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-15.
RI Gen L § 45-27-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-16 - Obligations in federal contracts.

§ 45-27-16. Obligations in federal contracts.In addition to the powers conferred upon the authority by other provisions of chapters 25 — 27 of this title, the authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project which the authority is authorized to undertake, to take over any land acquired by the federal government for the construction or operation of a housing project, to take over or lease or manage any housing project constructed or owned by the federal government, and to these ends, to enter into contracts, mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or other agreements that the federal government may require, including agreements that the federal government has the right to supervise and approve the construction, maintenance, and operation of the housing project. In any contract with the federal government for annual contributions to an authority, the authority may obligate itself (which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other laws) to convey to the federal government possession of or title to the project to which the contract relates, upon the occurrence of a substantial default (as defined in the contract) with respect to the covenants or conditions to which the authority is subject. The contract may further provide that in the case of a conveyance, the federal government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey, or otherwise deal with the project in accordance with the terms of the contract; provided, that the contract requires that, as soon as practicable after the federal government is satisfied that all defaults with respect to the project have been cured and that the project will be operated in accordance with the terms of the contract, the federal government shall reconvey to the authority the project as then constituted. It is the purpose and intent of chapters 25 — 27 of this title to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary to secure the financial aid and the cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, and operation of any housing project which the authority is empowered to undertake.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 22; P.L. 1950, ch. 2619, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-16.
RI Gen L § 45-27-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-17 - Validation of prior agreements.

§ 45-27-17. Validation of prior agreements.All agreements, and undertakings of housing authorities established pursuant to the housing authorities law, entered into before March 8, 1943, relating to financing or aiding in the development or operation of any housing projects, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) loan and annual contributions contracts, agency contracts, and leases, agreements with municipalities or other public bodies (including those pledged or authorized to be pledged for the protection of the holders of any notes or bonds issued by housing authorities or which are otherwise made a part of the contract with those holders of notes or bonds) relating to cooperation in aid of housing projects, furnishing of municipal services and facilities and the elimination of unsafe and unsanitary dwellings, and contracts for the construction of housing projects, together with all proceedings, acts, and things undertaken or done before March 8, 1943 with reference thereto, are hereby validated, and declared legal in all respects.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1271, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-17.
RI Gen L § 45-27-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-18 - Validation of previous acts.

§ 45-27-18. Validation of previous acts.(a) All proceedings, acts, and things undertaken or done before March 8, 1943, in or for the authorization, issuance, execution, sale, and delivery of notes and bonds by housing authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the development or construction of a housing project or projects, are hereby validated and declared legal in all respects.(b) Any payments to public bodies in the state made by a housing authority before March 8, 1943, are validated and declared legal in all respects, and a housing authority is authorized to make payments to public bodies in the state in those amounts as it finds desirable, notwithstanding any statutory limitation on the amount of those payments.(c) All notes and bonds issued by housing authorities before March 8, 1943, are validated and declared legal in all respects.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1271, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-18.
RI Gen L § 45-27-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-19 - Validation of defense housing activities.

§ 45-27-19. Validation of defense housing activities.All bonds, notes, contracts, agreements, and obligations of housing authorities issued or entered into before May 6, 1941, relating to financing or undertaking (including cooperating with or acting as an agent of the federal government in) the development or administration of any project to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, are validated and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity or any want of statutory authority.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1031, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-19.
RI Gen L § 45-27-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-20 - Security for deposits by authority.

§ 45-27-20. Security for deposits by authority.The authority may by resolution provide that:(1) All moneys deposited by it are secured by obligations of the United States or of the state, of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposits, or(2) By any securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds within their control or by an undertaking with sureties approved by the authority, faithfully to keep and pay over, upon the order of the authority, those deposits and agreed interest. All banks and trust companies are authorized to give security for those deposits.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-20.
RI Gen L § 45-27-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-27 - Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations|Section 45-27-21 - Bonds as legal investments.

§ 45-27-21. Bonds as legal investments.(a) Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this state, the state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds, belonging to them or within their control, in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to this chapter, or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any of its agencies, and the bonds and other obligations are authorized security for all public deposits.(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of bonds or other obligations; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 344, § 24; P.L. 1939, ch. 726, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 45-27-21.