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RI Gen L § 42-11.2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-14 - Regulations.

§ 42-11.2-14. Regulations.The executive department shall promptly develop regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of this title. These regulations may include the establishment of priorities for review of applications from owners in furtherance of the legislative purpose of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-15 - Annual report.

§ 42-11.2-15. Annual report.On or before January 15 of each calendar year, the executive department shall publish an annual report regarding its administration of the affordable housing opportunity program established under this chapter during the preceding calendar year, and shall include, at a minimum, the following:(1) The number of applications for assistance under this chapter received by the executive department.(2) The number of applications receiving a commitment for assistance under this chapter by the executive department.(3) For each application received by the executive department, the following information:(i) The name, address, and telephone number of the applicant;(ii) The date of submission of the application;(iii) The name and address of all persons or entities having an ownership interest or other equity interest in the property which is the subject of the application for assistance;(iv) The total number of dwelling units contained in the development;(v) The total number of units for which assistance under this chapter is sought;(vi) The address or location of the property which is the subject of the application;(vii) Whether the application is for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of currently available dwelling units;(viii) The number of elderly units, units accessible to people with disabilities and family units for which assistance under this chapter is sought;(ix) Whether the application received a commitment for assistance under this chapter; and(x) If the application did not receive a commitment for assistance, a short statement of the reasons why assistance was not or will not be provided.(4) The total number of units which have received assistance under this chapter since the inception of the affordable housing opportunity program.(5) Total funding remaining under the affordable housing opportunity program for the current fiscal year.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 114; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 114.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-16 - Funding.

§ 42-11.2-16. Funding.Seventy percent (70%) of all funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be designated for contracts entered into with eligible owners pursuant to § 42-11.2-3(b)(1), and thirty percent (30%) of all such funds shall be designated for contracts entered into with eligible owners pursuant to § 42-11.2-3(b)(2).History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.3 - Motor Vehicles Owned by a Governmental Body|Section 42-11.3-1 - Definitions.

§ 42-11.3-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings unless otherwise specified:(1) "General officer" means the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the general treasurer.(2) (i) "Governmental body" means any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution, legislative body, agency, government corporation, including, without limitation, the council on postsecondary education and council on elementary and secondary education or other establishment of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the state.(ii) "Governmental body" also means the Rhode Island industrial recreational building authority, the Rhode Island commerce corporation, the Rhode Island industrial facilities corporation, the Rhode Island refunding bond authority, the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, the Rhode Island solid waste management corporation, the Rhode Island public transit authority, the Rhode Island student loan authority, the Howard development corporation, the water resources board, the Rhode Island health and education building corporation, the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority, the Blackstone Valley district commission, the Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission, Rhode Island telecommunications authority, the convention center authority, channel 36 foundation, their successors and assigns, and any other body corporate and politic which has been here before or which is hereinafter created or established within this state excepting cities and towns.(3) "Own" means control and the intent to control and includes any type of arrangement, including by way of illustration, and not by limitation, a lease arrangement, whereby an employee of a governmental body is supplied principal or exclusive use of a motor vehicle by his or her employer.(4) "Law enforcement officer" means an individual: (i) who is employed on a full-time basis by a governmental body that is responsible for the prevention or investigation of crime involving injury to persons or property (including the apprehension or detention of persons for such crimes); (ii) who is authorized by law to carry firearms, execute search warrants, and to make arrests (other than merely a citizen's arrest); and (iii) who regularly carries firearms (except when it is not possible to do so because of the requirements of undercover work). The term law enforcement officer shall include an arson investigator if the investigator otherwise meets these requirements.(5) "Commuting" means driving a motor vehicle owned by a governmental body to and from the work place and the employee's residence.(6) "Employee" means an individual who works for a governmental body not less than thirty-five (35) hours a week.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 68, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 100, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 17.
RI Gen L § 42-11.3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.3 - Motor Vehicles Owned by a Governmental Body|Section 42-11.3-2 - Registration of vehicles owned by a governmental body.

§ 42-11.3-2. Registration of vehicles owned by a governmental body.Every motor vehicle owned by a governmental body shall be registered in accordance with § 31-3-11.1, permanent registration and plates, or § 31-3-15, special plates for state officers and mayors. Vehicles used by law enforcement officers engaged in undercover operations are exempt from this section.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 68, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 100, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.3 - Motor Vehicles Owned by a Governmental Body|Section 42-11.3-3 - Identification of vehicles owned by a governmental body.

§ 42-11.3-3. Identification of vehicles owned by a governmental body.The division of motor vehicles shall issue a distinctive colored plate for vehicles owned by a governmental body. The division of motor vehicles shall determine the color of the plate. Each vehicle owned by a governmental body shall display a decal on the rear window. The decal shall state: "Please report misuse" and the telephone number established for reporting shall be inserted. Unmarked law enforcement vehicles and the directors of various state departments are exempt from the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 68, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 100, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.3 - Motor Vehicles Owned by a Governmental Body|Section 42-11.3-4 - Reimbursement of governmental body for commuting mileage.

§ 42-11.3-4. Reimbursement of governmental body for commuting mileage.(a) The user of a vehicle owned by a governmental body shall reimburse, on a monthly basis, costs incurred as a result of the use of the vehicle in commuting. No vehicle may be used for commuting except upon written approval of the employee's appointing authority and the director of administration. That approval will terminate on December 31 of each year but may be annually renewed. Cost shall be determined by multiplying the number of miles by the rate set forth in 26 U.S.C. § 162.(b) The general officers, law enforcement officers, and the directors of the various state departments are exempt from this section provided however, that the use of a vehicle by a general officer for political purposes is subject to this section.(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2000, ch. 100, § 1.](d) The director of each governmental body shall submit to the director of administration, the house fiscal advisory staff and the senate fiscal advisory staff the name and address of each user of a vehicle owned by a governmental body that is subject to recall at any time.(e) (1) Except for the following circumstances, the director of a governmental body shall not require an employee to use a vehicle owned by a governmental body for commuting purposes:(i) Vehicles assigned to law enforcement officers;(ii) Vehicles assigned to employees who are on emergency response status; the need for these employees to respond to emergencies in an assigned vehicle must be clearly established and must be clearly beneficial to the state;(iii) Vehicles assigned to employees which serve as the employee's primary office; the employees must work outside their work location for at least eighty percent (80%) of the workweek;(iv) Vehicles assigned to employees in situations where it is clearly more beneficial for the state if the employee goes directly from his or her residence to a temporary or seasonal work site;(v) Vehicles assigned to employees who are using the vehicle on a per trip basis and are required to use the vehicle either before or after regular working hours; and(vi) Specially equipped vehicles assigned to employees who are required to work with the vehicle after their regular working hours.(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (e)(1), no employee shall use a vehicle owned by a governmental body for commuting purposes except upon the written recommendation of the appointing authority and the written approval of the director of administration. Any approval will terminate on December 31 of each year, but may be annually renewed.(3) Employees who have received approval to use an assigned vehicle for commuting purposes pursuant to this subsection are not required to reimburse the state for the use.(f) Nothing in this section affects the obligations of the vehicle operator as set forth in 26 U.S.C. § 280F.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 68, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 100, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.3 - Motor Vehicles Owned by a Governmental Body|Section 42-11.3-5 - Annual report.

§ 42-11.3-5. Annual report.The director of administration shall annually in the month of January submit a report to the house fiscal advisory staff and the senate fiscal advisory staff on motor vehicles owned by a governmental body. The report shall identify the vehicle, the principal driver of the vehicle, the mileage incurred by the vehicle during the previous calendar year, the miles attributable to commuting in the previous calendar year, the maintenance record and cost of maintenance of the vehicle during the previous year and such other information as the director of administration requires.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 68, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.3 - Motor Vehicles Owned by a Governmental Body|Section 42-11.3-6 - Rules and regulations.

§ 42-11.3-6. Rules and regulations.The director of administration shall promulgate rules and regulations that are necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 68, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.4 - The Rhode Island Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program|Section 42-11.4-1 - Establishment.

§ 42-11.4-1. Establishment.The Rhode Island municipal infrastructure grant program is hereby created within the Rhode Island infrastructure bank. The Rhode Island infrastructure bank shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, without limiting the generality of the preceding statement, the authority to:(1) Issue public infrastructure grants to municipalities and other public instrumentalities for design, construction, building, land acquisition, rehabilitation, repair, and other improvements to publicly owned infrastructure including, but not limited to, sewers, utility extensions, streets, roads, curb-cuts, parking, water-treatment systems, telecommunications systems, transit improvements, and pedestrian ways;(2) Assist municipalities to advance projects that support job creation and expansion, housing development and rehabilitation, community development projects in areas or districts that communities have determined are best suited to efficiently accommodate future growth and redevelopment, largely in previously developed areas with some level of existing or planned infrastructure;(3) Establish a fund within the Rhode Island infrastructure bank to receive and disburse such funds as may be available for the purpose of the program, subject to the provisions of this section;(4) Make and enter into binding commitments to provide grants to municipalities and other pubic instrumentalities from amounts on deposit in the program fund;(5) Engage the services of third-party vendors to provide professional services;(6) Establish one or more accounts within the fund; and(7) Such other authority as granted to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank under this chapter and chapter 12.2 of title 46.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 9, § 3, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 42-11.4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.4 - The Rhode Island Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program|Section 42-11.4-2 - Eligibility.

§ 42-11.4-2. Eligibility.Eligible public infrastructure projects authorized by this chapter shall be located on public land or on public leasehold, right-of-way or easement. A project that uses grants to municipalities for public infrastructure provided by this chapter shall be procured by a municipality in accordance with chapter 55 of title 45.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 225, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.4 - The Rhode Island Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program|Section 42-11.4-3 - Solicitations.

§ 42-11.4-3. Solicitations.(a) There shall be at least one open solicitation period each year to accept and consider new applications. The Rhode Island infrastructure bank shall provide not less than eight (8) weeks' notice before an open solicitation period. The Rhode Island infrastructure bank shall review and approve all applications for projects to be financed through the Rhode Island municipal infrastructure grant program. All grant awards shall be made after consultation with the Rhode Island division of statewide planning.(b) An eligible city or town, acting by and through its municipal officers or by and through any agency designated by the municipal officers to act on their behalf, may apply to the program for a grant in a specific amount to fund a specified project. Two (2) or more municipalities may apply jointly, with one municipality acting as fiscal agent. The grants may be made in addition to other forms of local, state, and federal assistance. Receipt of a grant that is part of a joint application shall not preclude a municipality from receiving additional funds under a separate application.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 9, § 3, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 42-11.4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.4 - The Rhode Island Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program|Section 42-11.4-4 - Rules and regulations.

§ 42-11.4-4. Rules and regulations.The Rhode Island infrastructure bank shall establish rules and regulations to govern the application and distribution of grants under the program, to include, but not be limited to, provisions for joint applications by two (2) or more eligible municipalities for a single project serving those municipalities. The rules and regulations shall include the criteria upon which the applications shall be judged including, but not limited to: a minimum project readiness standard; overall spending targets by project type; preferences for projects that align with the state's prevailing economic development plan; and other preferences applying to that funding round.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 9, § 3, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 42-11.4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.4 - The Rhode Island Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program|Section 42-11.4-5 - Reports.

§ 42-11.4-5. Reports.The Rhode Island infrastructure bank shall report annually to the governor, speaker of the house, president of the senate, and the chairs of the house committee on finance, senate committee on finance, house committee on oversight, senate committee on government oversight, house committee on municipal government, senate committee on housing and municipal government, and the permanent joint committee on economic development. The report shall include a list and description of all projects that received grant funds under the program; the amount of the grant awarded to the project; other sources of public funds that supported the project; and a detailed analysis of the economic impact of each project including, where applicable, the number of construction and full-time equivalent jobs to be created, number of housing units to be created, the private investment in the project, and the expected tax revenue generated from the project.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 9, § 3, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 42-12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-12 - Department of Human Services|Section 42-12-1 - Department of human services.

§ 42-12-1. Department of human services.(1) There is hereby established within the executive branch of state government a department which shall be known as the department of human services. The department shall be headed by a director of human services who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.(2) The director shall carry out all of the provisions of all of the general and public laws heretofore carried out by the department of education and the director of social welfare with relation to:(a) Vocational rehabilitation;(b) Division of correctional services; and(c) Division of community services, whose several functions are by this chapter transferred to the department of human services.History of Section.Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 42-12-1; P.L. 1977, ch. 142, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-12-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-12 - Department of Human Services|Section 42-12-1.1 - Transfer of functions from the department of education.

§ 42-12-1.1. Transfer of functions from the department of education.There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of human services:(1) Those functions formerly administered by the department of education with respect to vocational rehabilitation;(2) All functions of vocational rehabilitation formerly of the department of education and of all other officers, employees, agencies and advisory councils, committees or commissions of vocational rehabilitation;(3) So much of other functions, or parts of functions, of the department of education as is incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subdivisions (1) and (2).History of Section.Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 42-12-1.1; P.L. 1977, ch. 142, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-12-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-12 - Department of Human Services|Section 42-12-1.2 - Transfer of functions from the former department of social welfare.

§ 42-12-1.2. Transfer of functions from the former department of social welfare.There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of human services:(1) Those functions of the former department of social welfare which were administered through or with respect to the division of correctional services to include generally and specifically, the correctional institutions, the probation services and other similar functions (titles 8, 12, 13 and 40); and the division of community services to include generally and specifically the administration of all forms of relief, child welfare services and other related services (titles 8, 14, 30 and 40);(2) All functions of the division of correctional services and division of community services formerly of the department of social welfare including the administration of interstate compacts and of all other officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees or commissions of the division of correctional services and division of community services;(3) So much of other functions or parts of functions of the former director of the department of social welfare as is incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subdivisions (1) and (2).History of Section.Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 42-12-1; P.L. 1977, ch. 142, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-12-1.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-12 - Department of Human Services|Section 42-12-1.3 - Transfer of functions from the department of elderly affairs.

§ 42-12-1.3. Transfer of functions from the department of elderly affairs.There is hereby transferred from the department of elderly affairs to the department of human services the following function: to provide and coordinate the "elderly/disabled transportation" program including a passenger cost sharing program as defined and provided for under rules and regulations promulgated by the department.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 5, § 10.
RI Gen L § 42-12-1.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-12 - Department of Human Services|Section 42-12-1.4 - Repealed.

§ 42-12-1.4. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 7, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 4, § 13, effective June 24, 2016.