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RI Gen L § 34-44.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-44.1 - The Rhode Island Museum Property Act|Section 34-44.1-7 - Application of conservation measures to property on loan to a museum.

§ 34-44.1-7. Application of conservation measures to property on loan to a museum.(a) Unless a written loan agreement provides otherwise, a museum may apply conservation or protective measures to, or dispose of, undocumented property or property on loan to the museum without the lender's or claimant's permission or formal notice if immediate action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum, or because the property on loan has become a hazard to the health and safety of the public or to the museum's staff, and if one of the following applies:(1) The property poses an immediate risk of harm to the museum's staff or collection or to the general public, in which case the museum may dispose of the property without delay and shall notify the lender or claimant of the action taken within thirty (30) days; or(2) The museum is unable to contact the lender at the address on record for the lender within three (3) days before the time the museum determines action is necessary; or(3) The lender does not: (i) Respond or agree to the conservation or protective measures recommended by the museum; and (ii) Does not or is unable to terminate the loan and take possession of such property within the time the museum determines that action is necessary.(b) If a museum applies conservation or protective measures to any property on loan to the museum under this section, unless the written loan agreement for the property provides otherwise, the museum shall acquire a lien on the property in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the museum for any conservation or protective measures taken.(c) The museum shall not be liable for injury to or loss of any property that was on loan to the museum and for which conservation or protective measures were taken under this section, if the museum: (1) Had a reasonable belief at the time the conservation or protective measures were taken that such measures were necessary to protect the property or other property in the possession of the museum, or that the property was a hazard to the health and safety of the public or museum staff, and (2) Exercised reasonable care in the choice and application of the conservation and protective measures.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 219, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-44.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-44.1 - The Rhode Island Museum Property Act|Section 34-44.1-8 - Scope.

§ 34-44.1-8. Scope.(a) The provisions of this chapter shall:(1) Not be construed to abrogate the rights and obligations of a lender, claimant or museum identified in a written loan agreement, unless the requirements of § 34-44.1-2 have been fulfilled;(2) Not preclude a museum from availing itself of any other means of establishing or perfecting title to property in the possession of the museum.(b) This chapter applies to all property held by or in the custody of a museum on or after the effective date of the chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 219, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-45-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-1 - Short title.

§ 34-45-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 1988".History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 508, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-45-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-2 - Legislative findings.

§ 34-45-2. Legislative findings.(a) The general assembly recognizes, finds and declares that:(1) There exists a serious shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary rental units that are available at rents affordable to low and moderate income families in Rhode Island. Many families are denied access to decent housing because they are unable to meet the higher cost of rent. Rising housing costs in Rhode Island force low and moderate income families to live in unsafe, substandard units; commit such an unreasonably high percentage of their income for rent that they deprive themselves of the other necessities of life; or, worse, find themselves without housing. The inadequacy in the supply of decent, safe and sanitary affordable rental housing endangers the public health and jeopardizes the public safety, general welfare, and good of the entire state.(2) Approximately sixty-seven hundred (6,700) units of housing in sixty-five (65) developments in Rhode Island which are presently affordable to low and moderate income families are in danger of becoming unaffordable due to expiring use restrictions on the property. Low income housing units insured or assisted under §§ 221(d)(3) and 236 of the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq., could be lost as a result of the termination of low income affordability restrictions; low income housing units produced with assistance under § 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(c), could be lost as a result of the expiration of the rental assistance contracts; and rural low income housing financed under § 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, 12 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq., are threatened with loss as a result of the prepayment of mortgages by owners. The loss of this privately owned and federally assisted housing, which would occur in a period of sharply rising rents on unassisted housing and extremely low production of additional low rent housing, would inflict unacceptable harm on current tenants and would precipitate a grave crisis in the supply of low income housing that was neither anticipated nor intended when contracts for these units were entered into.(b) There is, therefore, a compelling need to preserve the affordability of these rental housing units to low and moderate income persons and families in Rhode Island in order to prevent the displacement of these persons and families and to assure an adequate supply of affordable housing for these persons and families in Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 508, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-45-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-3 - Legislative purpose.

§ 34-45-3. Legislative purpose.It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a mechanism which will, to the fullest extent possible: (1) preserve the availability and affordability to low and moderate income persons and families of currently available federally insured and assisted housing in the state, and (2) avoid the involuntary displacement of tenants currently residing in federally insured and assisted housing.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 508, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-45-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-5 - Notice of termination of section 8 contract.

§ 34-45-5. Notice of termination of section 8 contract.(a) Not less than two (2) years prior to terminating any contract under which rental assistance payments are received under § 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f, an owner shall provide written notice to the corporation, specifying the reasons for the termination with sufficient detail to enable the corporation to evaluate whether the termination is lawful and whether there are additional actions that can be taken by the corporation to avoid the termination. The corporation shall review the owner's notice, and shall consider whether there are additional actions that can be taken by the corporation to avoid the termination.(b) Within thirty (30) days of the owner's notice the corporation shall issue a written finding of the legality of the termination and the reasons for the termination, including the actions considered or taken to avoid the termination.(c) For purposes of this section, "termination" means the expiration of the § 8 assistance contract or an owner's refusal to renew the § 8 assistance contract.(d) Within twenty-four (24) hours of providing the corporation with the notice required by this section, the owner shall:(1) Send a copy of the notice, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the tenant association of the development, and(2) Post a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place in common areas of the development.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 508, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 493, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-45-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-6 - Notice of discontinuance.

§ 34-45-6. Notice of discontinuance.(a) Not less than two (2) years prior to:(1) Selling, leasing, or disposing of prepaying obligations secured by a federally insured or assisted development in a manner which would result in either:(i) A discontinuance of the use of the development as a federally insured or assisted housing development, or(ii) Cause the termination or expiration of any use restrictions which apply to the development; or(2) Recording a declaration of condominium, pursuant to chapter 36.1 of this title,With respect to all or any portion of a federally insured or assisted development, the owner shall provide written notice of such sale, lease, disposition, or prepayments to:(i) Each tenant of the development,(ii) The tenant association of the development,(iii) The corporation,(iv) The department,(v) The housing authority of the city or town in which the development is located, and(vi) The city or town council of the city or town in which the development is located.(b) A copy of any notice required by this section shall be filed in the land evidence records of the city or town in which the development is located.(c) No sale, lease, or disposition of or prepayment of any obligations secured by a federally insured or assisted development in a manner which would result in either:(1) A discontinuance of the use of the development as a federally insured or assisted housing development; or(2) Cause the termination or expiration of any use restrictions which apply to the development,Shall be valid unless the notices required by this section shall have first been provided and filed as required hereunder.(d) The declaration of a condominium of a federally insured or assisted development which is otherwise valid will not be invalid under this section if consummated within two (2) years of notice if the owner records an agreement to maintain existing use restrictions with regard to those units which are federally insured or assisted for the duration of the two (2) year notice period in the appropriate office of land records and provide the corporation with a copy of that agreement.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 508, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 493, §§ 1, 3.
RI Gen L § 34-45-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-7 - Opportunity to purchase.

§ 34-45-7. Opportunity to purchase.No owner shall:(1) Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, or prepay any obligation secured by, a federally insured or assisted development in a manner which would result in either:(i) A discontinuance of the use of the development as a federally insured or assisted housing development or a development that was federally insured or assisted within the preceding two year period, or(ii) Cause the termination of any use restrictions which apply to the development, or(2) Record a declaration of condominium, pursuant to chapter 36.1 of this title, with respect to all or any portion of a federally insured or assisted development, or(3) Terminate any contract subject to the provisions of § 34-45-5 of this chapter unless he or she shall have first provided each of the persons and entities listed below an opportunity to purchase the development at a price and upon terms which represent a bona fide offer to sell, in compliance with the provisions of § 34-45-8. The persons and entities to whom such an opportunity to purchase shall be provided are:(i) The tenant association of the development,(ii) The corporation,(iii) The housing authority of the city or town in which the development is located, and(iv) The municipal government of the city or town in which the development is located.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 508, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 493, §§ 1, 4; P.L. 2006, ch. 267, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 295, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-45-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-9 - Waiver of rights.

§ 34-45-9. Waiver of rights.(a) Any party to whom notice is required to be given may waive their rights at any time pursuant to a written waiver signed by a duly authorized representative, which waiver shall terminate all of their rights under this chapter.(b) For the purposes of the chapter, termination or expiration of a use restriction or a Section 8 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f) assistance contract does not include a termination or expiration which is immediately succeeded, without lapse, by an agreement or contract which embodies terms no less favorable to the tenants residing in the federally insured or assisted rental units than the prior agreement or contract.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 493, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-45-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-10 - Rule making.

§ 34-45-10. Rule making.(a) The department shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include but need not be limited to:(1) Specific procedural safeguards to assure that every person and entity upon whom a right of first refusal is conferred by this chapter, in accordance with the order and priorities established by § 34-45-8(c), is afforded a fair and reasonable opportunity to exercise their right; and(2) Provisions as may be necessary or appropriate to assure that a person upon whom a right of first refusal is conferred by this chapter shall be permitted:(i) Not less than sixty (60) days from receipt of any bona fide offer made pursuant to § 34-45-8 within which to accept the offer, and(ii) Not less than one hundred twenty (120) days from his or her acceptance of the offer within which to secure financing as may be necessary therefor.(b) Within sixty (60) days after June 10, 1988, the department shall publish a form containing a summary of rights and obligations pursuant to this chapter, and sources of technical assistance, which shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding counseling, subsidy programs, relocation services, housing purchase and rehabilitation financing, formation of tenant organizations, purchase of developments and conversion of developments to cooperative ownership.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 508, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 493, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-45-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing|Section 34-45-12 - Severability.

§ 34-45-12. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this chapter, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been entered.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 508, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 493, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-46-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-46 - Dry Dock Facilities|Section 34-46-1 - Short title.

§ 34-46-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Rhode Island Dry Dock Facilities Act".History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 369, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-46-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-46 - Dry Dock Facilities|Section 34-46-2 - Definitions.

§ 34-46-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) "Default" means the failure to pay obligations incurred by the storage of a vessel and associated charges.(2) "Dry dock" means any space and/or real property designed and/or used for the purpose of renting or leasing storage space for vessels.(3) "Facility" means a marina, boatyard, or marine repair facility that provides, as part of its commercial operation, the storage of vessels.(4) "Last known address" means that address provided by the owner in the latest storage agreement or the address provided by the owner in a subsequent notice of a change of address.(5) "Lien holder" means a person holding a security interest.(6) "Operator" means the proprietor, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a dry dock facility, his or her agent, or any other person authorized by him or her to manage the facility or to receive rent from the owner under a rental agreement.(7) "Owner" means a person, other than a lienholder, having a property interest in or title to a vessel. The term includes a person entitled to use or have possession of a vessel subject to an interest in another person, reserved, or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but it does not include a lessee under a lease not intended as security.(8) "Personal property" means movable property not affixed to land and includes, but is not limited to equipment, goods, furniture, and household items whether affixed to the vessel or not.(9) "Storage agreement" means any written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions concerning the storage of a vessel in a dry dock facility.(10) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water and any personal property located thereon and shall include its appurtenances.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch 369, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 102, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 103, § 1, effective July 1, 2021.
RI Gen L § 34-46-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-46 - Dry Dock Facilities|Section 34-46-3 - Lien.

§ 34-46-3. Lien.(a) Lien created. A facility operator has a lien on a vessel stored at that facility for storage charges, labor, or other charges and for expenses reasonably incurred in the sale of that vessel under the provisions of this chapter.(b) Exclusion. This chapter does not create a lien on a documented vessel subject to a preferred ship mortgage or other preferred maritime lien pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 31301 et seq.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 162, § 3.
RI Gen L § 34-46-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-46 - Dry Dock Facilities|Section 34-46-4 - Notice of lien.

§ 34-46-4. Notice of lien.(a) A vessel owner must be notified of the lien created by this chapter before enforcement of the lien by a facility operator. Notification of the lien created by this chapter is satisfied by:(1) Written storage agreement. A written storage agreement signed by the vessel owner that includes the following language in bold, capitalized font: "BEWARE — THE VESSEL AND ITS CONTENTS MAY BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION FOR FAILURE TO PAY STORAGE CHARGES PURSUANT TO THE DRY DOCK FACILITIES ACT, CHAPTER 46 OF TITLE 34."; or(2) Written notice of lien. Written notification of the lien sent by the facility operator to the last known address of the vessel owner and, where applicable, to the last known address of the person or entity the facility operator has on record as being responsible for the vessel, if different from the vessel's registered owner.(b) A facility operator who does not have a written storage agreement that includes a notice of the lien created by this chapter may not initiate an enforcement action under § 34-46-5 until thirty (30) days after the delivery of written notice of the lien pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 162, § 3; P.L. 2021, ch. 102, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 103, § 1, effective July 1, 2021.
RI Gen L § 34-46-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-46 - Dry Dock Facilities|Section 34-46-6 - Cessation of enforcement actions.

§ 34-46-6. Cessation of enforcement actions.A facility operator shall cease enforcement actions immediately upon any of the following:(1)  Payment by owner. The vessel owner pays the facility operator the full amount necessary to satisfy the lien on the date payment is tendered. At any time before the conclusion of a sale conducted under this chapter, the vessel owner may redeem the vessel by paying the full amount of the lien on the date payment is tendered;(2) Payment by other lienholders. A person other than the facility operator who has a lien on the vessel pays the facility operator the full amount necessary to satisfy the lien held by the facility operator. Upon payment by a lienholder of record, the facility operator shall hold the vessel for the benefit of and at the direction of that lienholder and may not deliver possession of the vessel to the vessel owner. Unless the facility operator and the lienholder enter into a new storage agreement, the lienholder shall arrange removal of the vessel from the facility forthwith; or(3) Initiation of civil action. An owner of a vessel or one claiming ownership rights in the vessel files in a court of competent jurisdiction and serves on the facility operator, not less than ten (10) days before the scheduled date of sale, a complaint against the facility operator relating to the obligations incurred by the storage of the vessel or any claims related to the vessel and in such complaint objects to the enforcement of the lien and sets forth the legal reasons why the lien should not be enforced. The enforcement action shall not resume until either the civil action is resolved or the court enters an order permitting the enforcement action to proceed.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 162, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 20; P.L. 2021, ch. 102, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 103, § 1, effective July 1, 2021.
RI Gen L § 34-46-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-46 - Dry Dock Facilities|Section 34-46-7 - Rental agreements - Notice of this chapter.

§ 34-46-7. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 369, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-46-5; P.L. 1994, ch. 162, § 1; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 102, § 2, effective July 1, 2021; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 103, § 2, effective July 1, 2021.
RI Gen L § 34-47-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-47 - Aircraft Repair Liens|Section 34-47-1 - Storage and liens.

§ 34-47-1. Storage and liens.Persons, including, but not limited to, the state government and any of its departments, commissions, divisions, agencies or branches thereof, maintaining public landing, parking, storage, and tie-down facilities for the landing, parking, storage, and tie-down of aircraft brought to their premises on an airport or placed in their care by or with the consent of the owners thereof, shall have a lien upon such aircraft for proper charges due them for the landing, parking, storage, and tie-down and care of the same.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 356, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-47-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-47 - Aircraft Repair Liens|Section 34-47-2 - Repair liens.

§ 34-47-2. Repair liens.Any person who lawfully repairs an aircraft within this state has a lien upon the aircraft for proper charges due to him, made with the consent of the owners of the aircraft.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 356, § 1.