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RI Gen L § 37-16-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-13 - Validity of awards.

§ 37-16-13. Validity of awards.An award shall be valid and enforceable according to its terms and under the provisions of this chapter, without previous adjudication of the existence of a contract to arbitrate, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of this section:(1) A party who has participated in any of the proceedings before the arbitrator or arbitrators may object to the confirmation of the award only on one or more of the grounds hereinafter specified (provided that he or she did not continue with the arbitration with notice of the facts or defects upon which his or her objection is based) because of a failure to comply with § 37-16-8 or with § 37-16-10 or because of the improper manner of the selection of the arbitrators.(2) A party who has not participated in any of the proceedings had before the arbitrator or arbitrators and who has not made or been served with an application to compel arbitration under § 37-16-5 may also put in issue the making of the contract or the failure to comply therewith, either by a motion for a stay of the arbitration or in opposition to the confirmation of the award. If a notice shall have been personally served upon that party of an intention to conduct the arbitration pursuant to the provisions of a contract specified in the notice, then the issues specified in this subdivision may be raised only by a motion for a stay of the arbitration, notice of which motion must be served within ten (10) days after the service of the notice of intention to arbitrate. The notice must state in substance that unless within ten (10) days after its service, the party served therewith shall serve a notice of motion to stay the arbitration, he or she shall thereafter be barred from putting in issue the making of the contract or the failure to comply therewith. The arbitration hearing shall be adjourned upon service of the notice pending the determination of the motion. Where the opposing party, either on a motion for a stay or in opposition to the confirmation of an award, sets forth evidentiary facts raising a substantial issue as to the making of the contract or the failure to comply therewith, an immediate trial of the same shall be had. In the event that the party is unsuccessful he or she may, nevertheless, participate in the arbitration if the same is still being carried on.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-14 - Arbitration under chapter deemed special proceeding - Jurisdiction of superior court.

§ 37-16-14. Arbitration under chapter deemed special proceeding — Jurisdiction of superior court.Arbitration of a claim, dispute, or matter in question under a contract described in this chapter shall be deemed a special proceeding of which the superior court for Providence County shall have jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-15 - Procedure for hearing of application to court.

§ 37-16-15. Procedure for hearing of application to court.Any application to the court, or a judge thereof, hereunder shall be made and heard in the manner provided by law for the making and hearing of motions, except as otherwise herein expressly provided.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-16 - Form of award.

§ 37-16-16. Form of award.To entitle the award to be enforced, as prescribed in this chapter, it must be in writing and within the time limited in the contract, if any, subscribed by the arbitrator or arbitrators making it and either filed in the office of the clerk of the court having jurisdiction as provided in § 37-16-14 or delivered to one of the parties or his or her attorney.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-17 - Court order confirming award.

§ 37-16-17. Court order confirming award.At any time within one year after the award is made, as prescribed in § 37-16-16, any party to the contract by the terms of which arbitration was had, may apply to the court having jurisdiction as provided in § 37-16-14 for an order confirming the award. Thereupon the court must grant the order unless the award is vacated, modified, or corrected, as prescribed in §§ 37-16-18 and 37-16-19 or unless the award is unenforceable under the provisions of § 37-16-13. Notice of the motion must be served upon the adverse party or parties or his or her or their attorneys, as prescribed by law for service of notice of a motion upon an attorney in an action in the same court.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-18 - Court order vacating award.

§ 37-16-18. Court order vacating award.In any of the following cases, the court must make an order vacating the award, upon the application of any party to the controversy which was arbitrated.(1) When the award was procured by fraud.(2) Where the arbitrator or arbitrators exceeded their powers, or so imperfectly executed them, that a mutual, final, and definite award upon the subject matter submitted was not made.(3) If there was no valid contract, and the objection has been raised under the conditions set forth in § 37-16-13.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-19 - Rehearing after vacation of award.

§ 37-16-19. Rehearing after vacation of award.Where an award is vacated, the court in its discretion may direct a rehearing either before the same arbitrator or arbitrators or before a new arbitrator or arbitrators to be chosen in the manner provided in the contract for the selection of the original arbitrator or arbitrators or as provided for in § 37-16-7 and any provision limiting the time in which the arbitrator or arbitrators may make a decision shall be deemed applicable to the new arbitration and shall commence from the date of the court's order.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-20 - Court order modifying or correcting award.

§ 37-16-20. Court order modifying or correcting award.In any of the following cases, the court must make an order modifying or correcting the award, upon the application of any party to the contract by the terms of which the arbitration was held.(1) Where there was an evident miscalculation of figures or an evident mistake in the description of any persons, thing, or property referred to in the award.(2) Where the arbitrator or arbitrators have awarded upon a matter not submitted to them, not affecting the merits of the decision upon the matter submitted.(3) Where the award is imperfect in a matter of form not affecting the merits of the controversy, and, if it had been a master's report the defect could have been amended or disregarded by the court.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-21 - Notice of motion to vacate, modify, or correct an award.

§ 37-16-21. Notice of motion to vacate, modify, or correct an award.Notice of a motion to vacate, modify, or correct an award must be served upon all adverse parties, or their attorneys, within sixty (60) days after the award is filed or delivered, as prescribed by law for service of notice of a motion upon an attorney in an action; except that in opposition to a motion to confirm an award, any of the grounds specified in § 37-16-18 may be set up. For the purpose of the motion, any judge who might make an order to stay the proceedings in an action brought in the same court may make an order to be served with the notice of motion staying the proceedings of an adverse party or parties to enforce the award.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 81, § 10.
RI Gen L § 37-16-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-22 - Entry of judgment - Costs.

§ 37-16-22. Entry of judgment — Costs.Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying, or correcting an award, judgment may be entered in conformity therewith, except as is otherwise prescribed in this chapter. Costs of the application and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and disbursements, may be awarded by the court in its discretion. If awarded, the amount thereof must be included in the judgment.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-23 - Filing of papers after judgment.

§ 37-16-23. Filing of papers after judgment.(a) Immediately after entering judgment, the clerk must attach together and file the following papers:(1) The contract, and each written extension of the time, if any, within which to make the award.(2) The award.(3) Each notice, affidavit, or other paper used upon an application to confirm, modify, or correct the award, and a copy of each order of the court upon the application.(4) A copy of the judgment.(b) The judgment may be docketed as if it was rendered in an action.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-24 - Effect of judgment.

§ 37-16-24. Effect of judgment.The judgment so entered has the same force and effect, in all respects as, and is subject to all the provisions of law relating to a judgment in an action. The judgment may be enforced as if it had been rendered in an action in the court in which it is entered.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-25 - Appeals.

§ 37-16-25. Appeals.An appeal may be taken from an order made in a proceeding under this chapter, or from a judgment entered upon an award. The proceedings upon the appeal, including the judgment thereupon and the enforcement of the judgment, are governed by the provisions of statute and rule regulating appeal in actions as far as they are applicable.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-26 - Satisfaction of award.

§ 37-16-26. Satisfaction of award.(a) An award which requires the payment of a sum of money by a city, town, the state, or any body described in § 37-16-2 created or organized by or through the authority of any of them, shall be satisfied to the extent of payment of that sum by payment thereof to the party to whom the award was made by the treasurer or officer exercising the duties of a treasurer thereof from its general funds.(b) An award which requires the payment of a sum of money to a city, a town, or the state or any body described in § 37-16-2 created or organized by or through the authority of any of them shall be satisfied to the extent of payment of that sum by payment thereof to its treasurer or officer exercising the duties of a treasurer thereof who shall deposit the same in its general funds.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-27 - Application to sureties.

§ 37-16-27. Application to sureties.(a) If a contractor principal on a bond furnished to guarantee performance or payment on a construction contract and the claimant are parties to a written contract with a provision to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising under the contract, or subject to arbitration as provided in § 37-16-2(b), the arbitration provisions shall apply to the surety for all disputes involving questions of the claimant's right of recovery against the surety. Either the claimant, the contractor principal, or surety may demand arbitration in accordance with the written contract or as provided in § 37-16-2(b) if applicable in one arbitration proceeding, provided that the provisions of § 37-16-3 shall be applicable to any demand for arbitration. The arbitration award shall decide all controversies subject to arbitration between the claimant, on the one hand, and the contractor principal and surety on the other hand, including all questions involving liability of the contractor principal and surety on the bond, but a claimant must file suit for recovery against the surety within the time limits set forth in §§ 37-12-2 and 37-12-5. The arbitration shall be in accordance with this chapter and the court shall enter judgment thereon as provided therein.(b) The arbitrator or arbitrators, if more than one, shall make findings of fact as to the compliance with the requirements for recovery against the surety, and those findings of fact shall be a part of the award binding on all parties to the arbitration.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 397, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-17-1 - 37-17-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-17 - Physically Handicapped - Architectural Standards - Public Financed Buildings|Section 37-17-1 - 37-17-19 - Repealed.

§ 37-17-1 — 37-17-19. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1956, §§ 37-17-1 — 37-17-19; P.L. 1969, ch. 222, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 235, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1981, ch. 236, § 6. For powers of the state building standards committee, see § 23-27.3-100.1.5.
RI Gen L § 37-18-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-18 - Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation|Section 37-18-1 - Short title.

§ 37-18-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation Act".History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 116, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-18-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-18 - Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation|Section 37-18-2 - Definitions.

§ 37-18-2. Definitions.(a) "Corporation" means the Narragansett Indian land management corporation established by § 37-18-3.(b) "Federal recognition" means the formal acknowledgement of the existence of an American Indian tribe pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1707 and 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 83.(c) "Improvement" means land preparation and provision of public improvements such as streets, sewers, and water lines needed for commercial and residential development.(d) "Indian" means those descendants of the individuals named on the list established pursuant to the Acts of 1880, ch. 800, § 4.(e) "Indian corporation" means the Rhode Island non-business corporation known as the Narragansett Tribe of Indians.(f) "Land use plan" means the plan established by the division of statewide planning and accepted by the town and the corporation.(g) "Secretary of the interior" means the secretary of the United States department of the interior.(h) "State" means the state of Rhode Island.(i) "Town" means the town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 116, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 386, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-18-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-18 - Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation|Section 37-18-3 - Corporation established - Passage to state upon cessation of business.

§ 37-18-3. Corporation established — Passage to state upon cessation of business.(a) Subject to the provisions of § 37-18-12, there is hereby authorized, created, and established a permanent, public corporation of the state having a distinct legal existence from the state and not constituting a department of state government, to be known as the "Narragansett Indian land management corporation" with such powers as are set forth in this chapter for the purposes of acquiring, managing, and purchasing real property as provided in § 37-18-6(d).(b) It is the intent of the general assembly by the passage of this chapter to vest in the corporation all powers, authority, rights, privileges, and titles which may be necessary to enable it to accomplish the purposes herein set forth.(c) If, for any reason, the corporation shall cease entirely and continuously to conduct or be involved in any business whatsoever in furtherance of its purposes, all its duties, purposes, rights, and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state and the lands shall be held in trust for the Indians, as defined in this chapter, subject to the provisions of §§ 37-18-12 and 37-18-13.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 116, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 386, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-18-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-18 - Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation|Section 37-18-4 - Purposes.

§ 37-18-4. Purposes.The corporation is authorized, created and established for the following purposes:To manage and hold the real property acquired pursuant to the provisions of §§ 37-18-6(d) and 37-18-7 for the benefit of the descendants of those individuals of Indian ancestry set forth in the list established pursuant to P.L. 1880, ch. 800, § 4.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 116, § 4.
RI Gen L § 37-18-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-18 - Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation|Section 37-18-7 - Transfer of property - Restrictions on use.

§ 37-18-7. Transfer of property — Restrictions on use.(a) Subject to the provisions of §§ 37-18-12, 37-18-13, and 37-18-14, upon the adoption of a land use plan accepted by the town and the corporation pursuant to § 37-18-10 and the satisfaction of the requirements set forth in § 37-18-8, the governor is authorized, empowered, and directed to transfer, assign, and convey to the corporation in fee simple all the right, title, and interest of the state in and to the following approximately nine hundred (900) acres of real estate located in the town;(1) The Indian Cedar Swamp management area;(2) Indian Burial Hill; and(3) The state land around Deep Pond.(b) Provided, however, that the state shall retain control of and public access shall be guaranteed to an adequate fishing area within the state land around Deep Pond, and provided, further, that the governor is only authorized, empowered, and directed to transfer, assign, and convey to the corporation the real estate which is located around Deep Pond upon the governor's making a finding that the required and appropriate federal approval of the transfer has been obtained so that the transfer will not affect, in any adverse manner, any benefits received by the state under the Pittman Robertson Act, 16 U.S.C. § 669 et seq. and the Dingell Johnson Act, 16 U.S.C. § 777 et seq.(c) Upon the same findings and determinations outlined above, the governor is authorized, empowered, and directed to transfer, assign, and convey to the corporation and its assigns a mutually acceptable exclusive (except as to lateral crossing) right and easement to pass by foot and vehicle over a forty-five foot (45′) wide strip of state land located within the town between Kings Factory Road and Watchaug Pond, and to use an area at the end of the strip sufficiently large for the parking of automobiles and the launching of boats.(d) The authority herein granted to the governor shall be in addition to any other authority conferred upon him or her by law. The real estate conveyed by the state to the corporation pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be held in perpetuity for conservation purposes and shall not be improved or developed by the corporation.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 116, § 7; P.L. 1985, ch. 386, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-18-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-18 - Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation|Section 37-18-8 - Hunting, fishing, and trapping.

§ 37-18-8. Hunting, fishing, and trapping.The corporation shall have the right to make rules and regulations regarding fish and game conservation on real estate held by the corporation; provided, however, that the corporation shall not issue those rules and regulations until it has consulted with the director of environmental management, and further provided that the corporation shall impose minimum standards for safety of persons and protection of wildlife and fish stock.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 116, § 8.
RI Gen L § 37-18-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-18 - Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation|Section 37-18-9 - Exemption from taxation - Payments in lieu of taxes.

§ 37-18-9. Exemption from taxation — Payments in lieu of taxes.(a) The corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect to any property of the corporation levied by the town.(b) The corporation shall make payments in lieu of real property taxes and assessments to the town with respect to income producing projects of the corporation located in the town, and for police, fire, sanitation, health protection, and municipal services provided by the town to the real estate held by the corporation in the town. The payments in lieu of taxes shall be in such amounts as shall be agreed upon by the corporation and the town.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 116, § 9.
RI Gen L § 37-18-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-18 - Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation|Section 37-18-10 - Land use plan.

§ 37-18-10. Land use plan.(a) All real property owned and held by the corporation shall be subject to a land use plan prepared by the office of state planning within the department of administration. No less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the land owned by the corporation, exclusive of the real property described in § 37-18-7, shall not be improved and developed and shall be held in perpetuity for conservation purposes, and the real property to be held in perpetuity for conservation purposes shall be delineated in the land use plan. The land use plan shall be mutually acceptable to the corporation and the town. Acceptance by the town of the plan shall not be unreasonably withheld. Upon acceptance of the plan by the town, the town shall amend its zoning ordinance adopted pursuant to chapter 24 of title 45 so as to conform to the plan. The zoning ordinance as amended shall govern the land use of real property owned by the corporation and the ordinance shall not be further amended in a manner inconsistent with the plan without the consent of the corporation; provided, however, that the ordinance shall not be amended in any manner affecting the land designated in the land use plan for conservation purposes.(b) The corporation shall not be entitled to use any portion of the real property to be owned and held by the corporation until such time as the land use plan is adopted by the corporation and accepted by the town.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 116, § 10.