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RI Gen L § 24-12-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-6 - Grants or leases of state or municipal lands.

§ 24-12-6. Grants or leases of state or municipal lands.All towns, cities, and other political subdivisions and all public agencies and commissions of the state, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority at its request, upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of the towns, cities, other political subdivisions or public agencies and commissions may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the authority, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use, and subject to the above provisions, the state hereby consents to the use of all lands owned by it, including lands lying under water, which are deemed by the authority to be necessary for the construction or operation of any project.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-6; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 154.
RI Gen L § 24-12-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-7 - Revenue bonds not a debt of the state.

§ 24-12-7. Revenue bonds not a debt of the state.Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor under the provisions of this chapter. All revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from the funds provided therefor under the provisions of this chapter, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds; provided, however, that any bonds issued under the provisions of § 24-12-40B of this chapter shall contain on the face thereof the statement required by § 24-12-40B.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-7; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 7; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 7.
RI Gen L § 24-12-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-8 - Expenses limited to funds provided.

§ 24-12-8. Expenses limited to funds provided.All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the provisions of this chapter and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the authority under this chapter beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-8; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 154.
RI Gen L § 24-12-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-10 - Eminent domain power.

§ 24-12-10. Eminent domain power.The authority shall have the right to acquire any land, or any interest therein, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, whenever it shall be determined by the authority that the acquisition of the land, or interest, is necessary for the construction or the operation of any project.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-10.
RI Gen L § 24-12-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-11 - Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement of amount offered.

§ 24-12-11. Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement of amount offered.The necessity for acquisition shall be conclusively presumed upon the adoption by the authority of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the land, or interest therein, described in the resolution is necessary for the construction or operation. Within six (6) months thereafter the authority shall cause to be filed in the land evidence records of the city or town in which the land is located a copy of the resolution of the authority, together with a plat of the land, or interest therein described, and a statement, signed by the chairperson of the authority, that the lands, or interests therein, are taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Thereupon the authority shall file in the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, a statement of the sum of money estimated by the authority to be just compensation for the land taken.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-11.
RI Gen L § 24-12-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-12 - Taking of possession of lands.

§ 24-12-12. Taking of possession of lands.Upon the filing of the copy of the resolution, plat, and statement in the land evidence records of the city or town, the filing in the superior court, of the statement, and the depositing in the superior court, to the use of the persons entitled thereto, of such sum as the court shall determine to be amply sufficient to satisfy the claims of all persons interested in the land (and the court may, in its discretion, take evidence on the question to determine the sum to be deposited), title to the land, or interest therein, shall vest in the authority in fee simple absolute and the authority thereupon may take possession of the land, or interest therein.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-12.
RI Gen L § 24-12-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-13 - Deposits in court on eminent domain - Notice to owners - Agreement as to price.

§ 24-12-13. Deposits in court on eminent domain — Notice to owners — Agreement as to price.No sum paid into the court as provided in § 24-12-12 shall be charged with clerk's fees of any nature. After the filing of the copy, plat, and statement, notice of the taking of the land, or interest therein, shall be served upon the owners of and persons having an estate in and interested in the land by a member of the division of sheriffs, leaving a true and attested copy of the description and statement with each of the persons personally, or at their last and usual place of abode in this state with some person living there, and in case any of the persons are absent from this state and have no last and usual place of abode therein occupied by any person, the copy shall be left with the persons, if any, in charge of or having possession of the land, or interest therein, taken of the absent persons if the same are known to the officer; and after the filing of the resolution, plat and statement, the secretary of the authority shall cause a copy of the resolution and statement to be published in some newspaper published in the county where the land, or interest therein, may be located, at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks. If any person shall agree with the authority for the price of the land, or interest therein, so taken, the court upon the application of the parties in interest, may order that the sum agreed upon be paid immediately from the money deposited, as the just compensation to be awarded in the proceeding.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-13; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 154; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 53.
RI Gen L § 24-12-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-14 - Jury trial on price of land.

§ 24-12-14. Jury trial on price of land.Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate in or interested in any part of the land, or interest therein, so taken, who cannot agree with the authority for the price of the land, or interest therein, so taken in which he or she is interested may, within three (3) months after personal notice of the taking, or, if he or she have no personal notice, may within one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution and statement, apply by petition to the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, setting forth the taking of his or her land or interest therein, and praying for an assessment of damages by a jury. Upon filing of the petition the court shall cause twenty (20) days' notice of the pendency thereof to be given to the authority by serving the chairperson or vice chairperson of the authority with a certified copy thereof, and may proceed after notice to the trial thereof; and the trial shall determine all questions of fact relating to the value of the land, or interest therein, and the amount thereof, and judgment shall be entered upon the verdict of the jury and execution shall be issued therefor against the money so deposited in court and in default thereof against any other property of the authority. In case two (2) or more conflicting petitioners make claim to the same land, or to any interests therein, or to different interests in the same parcel of land, the court upon motion shall consolidate their several petitions for trial at the same time by the same jury, and may frame all necessary issues for the trial thereof; and all proceedings taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over all other civil matters then pending before the court, or if the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, is not in session in the county, then the matter may be heard in the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-14.
RI Gen L § 24-12-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-15 - Representation of incompetent landowners.

§ 24-12-15. Representation of incompetent landowners.If any lands, or interests therein, in which any infant or other person not capable in law to act in his or her own behalf is interested, are taken by the authority under the provisions of this chapter, the superior court, upon the filing therein of any petition by or in behalf of an infant or other person, may appoint a guardian ad litem for the infant or other person, and the guardian may appear and be heard in behalf of the infant or other person; and the guardian may also with the advice and consent of the superior court and upon such terms as the superior court may prescribe, release to the authority all claims for damages for the lands of the infant or other person or for any interests therein. Any lawfully appointed, qualified, and acting guardian or other fiduciary of the estate of any infant or other person, with the approval of the court of probate within this state having jurisdiction to authorize the sale of lands and properties within this state of any infant or other person, may, before the filing of any petition, agree with the authority upon the amount of damages suffered by the infant or other person by any taking of his or her lands or of his or her interests in any lands, and may, upon receiving the amount, release to the authority all claims of damages of the infant or other person for the taking.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-15.
RI Gen L § 24-12-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-16 - Repayment of excess deposits.

§ 24-12-16. Repayment of excess deposits.Whenever from time to time the authority has satisfied the court that the amount deposited with the court is greater than is amply sufficient to satisfy the claims of all persons interested in the land, the court may order that the amount of any excess including any interest or increment on any sums so deposited shall be repaid to the authority. Whenever the authority has satisfied the court that the claims of all persons interested in the land taken have been satisfied, the unexpended balance including any interest or increment on any sums so deposited shall be paid immediately to the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-16.
RI Gen L § 24-12-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-17 - Expediting proceedings - Land devoted to public use - Outstanding interests.

§ 24-12-17. Expediting proceedings — Land devoted to public use — Outstanding interests.In any proceedings for the assessment of compensation and damages for land or interest therein taken or to be taken by eminent domain by the authority the following provisions shall be applicable:(1) At any time during the pendency of an action or proceeding, the authority or an owner may apply to the court for an order directing an owner or the authority, as the case may be, to show cause why further proceedings should not be expedited, and the court may upon the application make an order requiring that the hearings proceed and that any other steps be taken with all possible expedition.(2) If any of the land, or interest therein, is devoted to a public use, it may nevertheless be acquired, and the taking shall be effective provided that no land or interest therein, belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the administrator of public utilities or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over the corporation. Any land, or interest therein, already acquired by the authority may nevertheless be included within the taking for the purpose of acquiring any outstanding interests in the land.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-17.
RI Gen L § 24-12-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-18 - Bonds.

§ 24-12-18. Bonds.(a) Issuance and sale of revenue bonds. The authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance, at one time or in series from time to time, of revenue bonds of the authority for the purpose of paying all or a part of the cost of any one or more projects, the construction, reconstruction, renovation, acquisition, maintenance, repair, operation or management of which is authorized by this chapter, and making provision for working capital and a debt service reserve. The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided for the payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates per annum, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding fifty (50) years from their date or dates, as may be determined by the authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority prior to the issuance of the bonds. The authority may sell such bonds in such manner, either at public or private sale, and for such price, as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority.(b) Form and execution of all bonds. The authority shall determine the form and the manner of execution of all bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of the principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds, the signature or the facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until the delivery, and any bond may bear the facsimile signature of, or may be signed by, the persons as at the actual time of the execution of the bond shall be the proper officers to sign the bond although at the date of the bond the persons may not have been the officers. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form, and in certificated or book entry only form as the authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, for the reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as to both principal and interest, and for the interchange of registered and coupon bonds.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-18; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 11; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 11; P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 36, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 20, § 3.
RI Gen L § 24-12-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-19 - Use of bond proceeds - Supplementary issues - Surplus proceeds.

§ 24-12-19. Use of bond proceeds — Supplementary issues — Surplus proceeds.The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or projects for which the bonds shall have been issued, and shall be disbursed in the manner and under the restrictions, if any, as the authority may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement hereinafter mentioned securing the bonds; provided, however, that the amount of the proceeds of the revenue bonds of the first series as may be determined by the authority prior to the issuance of the bonds may be applied to the payment of engineering, financing, and legal services in connection with the financing and the construction of the Newport Bridge or the turnpike or both. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue, by error of estimates or otherwise, shall be less than the cost, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of the deficit, and, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference of priority of the bonds first issued. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the cost, the surplus shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund for the bonds or, if so authorized by the authority, may be applied to the payment of the cost of any project thereafter financed under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956; § 24-12-19; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 12.
RI Gen L § 24-12-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-20 - Interim receipts or temporary bonds - Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds - Proceedings required by chapter exclusive.

§ 24-12-20. Interim receipts or temporary bonds — Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds — Proceedings required by chapter exclusive.Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when the bonds shall have been executed and are available for delivery. The authority may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed or lost. Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this chapter without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-20.
RI Gen L § 24-12-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-21 - Retirement of outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of Jamestown Bridge commission.

§ 24-12-21. Retirement of outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of Jamestown Bridge commission.Within three (3) months prior to the estimated date of opening for traffic of the Newport Bridge, but not earlier than December 31, 1965, and in case provision shall not theretofore have been made for the redemption of the outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of the Jamestown Bridge commission through the operation of the sinking fund for the bonds, the authority may issue its revenue bonds in an amount sufficient, with other funds available for such purposes, to provide for the redemption of all of the outstanding bonds on their earliest redemption date, including the principal amount of the bonds, the premium required to be paid upon the principal amount on the redemption date and the interest to accrue on the principal amount to the redemption date, and upon there being deposited with the trustee under the trust indenture securing the outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds an amount sufficient, with other funds available for the purpose, to provide for the redemption, all other money then held by the trustee under the trust indenture shall be transferred to the appropriate funds created under the provisions of the resolution of trust agreement securing the revenue bonds of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-21; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 13; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 12; P.L. 1965, ch. 43, § 5.
RI Gen L § 24-12-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority|Section 24-12-22 - Purchase of Jamestown-Newport ferry franchise.

§ 24-12-22. Purchase of Jamestown-Newport ferry franchise.In the event revenue bonds shall be issued in an amount estimated to be sufficient with any other available funds to pay the cost of constructing the Newport Bridge and opening the bridge for traffic, there shall be deposited with a bank or banks in the city of Newport or in the city of Providence for the credit of a special account in the name of the town of Jamestown, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) as the cost of the ferry franchise, and the money so deposited shall be held by the bank or banks in the name of the town of Jamestown for the benefit of the town until such time as the Newport Bridge shall be open for traffic. Upon the opening, the ferry franchise shall be transferred to the authority, and thereafter in consideration of the transfer of the ferry franchise, the money so deposited shall be applied, to the extent necessary, to the retirement of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the town of Jamestown incurred on account of ferry operations conducted by the Jamestown and Newport ferry company and any balance of the amount so deposited shall be paid to the treasurer of the town of Jamestown.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-22; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 14; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 13.