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RI Gen L § 46-23.1-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.1 - The Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund|Section 46-23.1-5.1 - Eligibility.

§ 46-23.1-5.1. Eligibility.In order to be eligible for direct grant assistance from the fund, applicants must demonstrate all of the following:(1) Demonstrate the ability to accomplish the project;(2) Compliance with any applicable element of the state estuary and coastal habitat restoration strategy; and(3) Successful completion of an estuary and coastal habitat restoration application as developed by the technical committee, and a favorable recommendation of grant assistance from the technical committee to the council.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-23.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.1 - The Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund|Section 46-23.1-6 - Interim project approval.

§ 46-23.1-6. Interim project approval.Prior to formal adoption of the statewide coastal and estuarine habitat restoration strategy individual projects that meet the definition of restoration contained in § 46-23.1-2 and have been previously identified by state or federal agencies may be approved by the program, in consultation with the technical advisory committee. Such projects may be submitted for funding as described in § 46-23.1-5(3)(i).History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-23.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.2 - The Comprehensive Watershed and Marine Monitoring Act of 2004|Section 46-23.2-1 - Title.

§ 46-23.2-1. Title.The chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Comprehensive Watershed and Marine Monitoring Act of 2004."History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 210, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-23.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.2 - The Comprehensive Watershed and Marine Monitoring Act of 2004|Section 46-23.2-2 - Legislative findings.

§ 46-23.2-2. Legislative findings.(a) The general assembly finds and declares that there is a need for an environmental monitoring system in the state that is capable of:(1) Measuring the changing conditions in the functionality and health of the waters of the state, including, but not limited to, Narragansett Bay and its watersheds, with one purpose being identifying and predicting potential problems in the marine and freshwater habitats;(2) Providing a data-based management system that employs central database via the internet to store an internet-based electronic system to monitor, store and disseminate the analysis of this data to decision-makers and the public;(3) Establishing a mechanism to coordinate and make consistent, monitoring efforts between government agencies, municipalities, nonprofit organizations and universities; and(4) Providing the comprehensive data needed to assess a sudden perturbation in the marine and freshwater environments and to contribute to efforts of disaster prevention, preparedness, response and recovery as defined in chapter 15 of title 30 entitled "The Rhode Island Emergency Management Act."(b) The general assembly recognizes and declares that the health of the waters of the state, including, but not limited to, Narragansett Bay and its watersheds needs to be monitored comprehensively on a long-term basis in order to be proactive in planning and responsive to potential problems in the environment, including those that may arise due to a changing climate. The availability of consistent environmental data supports planning and management and provides resource managers, decision-makers and citizens with information on how marine and freshwater habitats are responding to management programs and what adjustments need to be made to existing programs or what new programs must be implemented to achieve healthy marine and freshwater environments.(c) The general assembly recognizes the need for an integrated mechanism by which individual monitoring efforts can be coordinated and managed as a system in which the functionality of Narragansett Bay, its watersheds and other watersheds are measured and individual planning and management efforts are adjusted to respond to support effective environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 16, § 4.
RI Gen L § 46-23.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.2 - The Comprehensive Watershed and Marine Monitoring Act of 2004|Section 46-23.2-3 - Purpose.

§ 46-23.2-3. Purpose.The purpose of this chapter is to establish a comprehensive watershed and marine monitoring system that provides consistent and useful data to resource managers, decision-makers and the public concerning the health of the marine environment of the state. The Rhode Island environmental monitoring collaborative is hereby established with the purposes of organizing, coordinating, maintaining and supporting the watershed and marine monitoring system of the state.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 210, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-23.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.2 - The Comprehensive Watershed and Marine Monitoring Act of 2004|Section 46-23.2-4 - Definitions.

§ 46-23.2-4. Definitions.For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(1)"Collaborative" means a group of organizations, agencies and individuals assembled for the purposes of organizing, coordinating, maintaining and supporting the watershed and marine monitoring programs within Narragansett Bay and the watersheds of the state.(2)"Monitoring program" means any scientific or educational data collection activity that measures the changing conditions in, and the functionality and health of the waters of the state.(3)"Perturbation" means a disturbance in the natural environment that is produced from some force additional to that which causes the natural state of that environment.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 210, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-23.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.2 - The Comprehensive Watershed and Marine Monitoring Act of 2004|Section 46-23.2-5 - The Rhode Island environmental monitoring collaborative - Creation.

§ 46-23.2-5. The Rhode Island environmental monitoring collaborative — Creation.(a) There is hereby authorized, created and established the "Rhode Island environmental monitoring collaborative" (also known as the "collaborative") with such powers as are set forth in this chapter, for the purposes of organizing, coordinating, maintaining and supporting the environmental monitoring systems within Narragansett Bay, its watersheds and other watersheds in Rhode Island. The collaborative shall consist of ten (10) members, one representative from each of the following: Coastal Institute at the University of Rhode Island ("URI") Bay Campus (chair); coastal resources management council; department of environmental management, water quality; department of environmental management, fisheries; department of health; URI Watershed Watch; URI Graduate School of Oceanography; Narragansett Bay commission; Statewide Planning Program (RIGIS) Division; and URI Environmental Data Center. Members of the collaborative shall serve without salary but may be paid expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.(b) The collaborative shall work with other organizations and agencies that monitor Narragansett Bay and its watersheds to perform the powers and duties established herein. These include, but are not limited to, the Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey, Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, Brown University, Roger Williams University, Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Save the Bay, Rhode Island Sea Grant, URI Cooperative Extension, and the Rhode Island Rivers Council.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 16, § 4.
RI Gen L § 46-23.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.2 - The Comprehensive Watershed and Marine Monitoring Act of 2004|Section 46-23.2-7 - Assistance by state officers, departments, boards and commissions.

§ 46-23.2-7. Assistance by state officers, departments, boards and commissions.(a) All state agencies may render any services to the collaborative within their respective functions as may be requested by the collaborative.(b) Upon request of the collaborative, any state agency is authorized and empowered to transfer to the collaborative any officers and employees as it may deem necessary from time to time to assist the collaborative in carrying out its functions and duties under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 210, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-23.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-23.2 - The Comprehensive Watershed and Marine Monitoring Act of 2004|Section 46-23.2-8 - Severability.

§ 46-23.2-8. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 210, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-1 - Definitions.

§ 46-24-1. Definitions.(a) The term "authority" means the corporation created by § 46-24-2.(b) The term "board" means the members of the authority.(c) The term "participating community" means the towns of Coventry, West Warwick, and Scituate, and the cities of Warwick and Cranston.(d) The term "project" means the Pawtuxet River authority project.(e) The term "property" means any or all properties of any public works facilities or part thereof, including plants, works, instrumentalities, incinerators, waste disposal facilities, and all properties used or useful in connection therewith and all parts thereof and all appurtenances thereto, including lands, easements, rights, and lands and water rights, rights of way, contract rights, franchises, approaches, connections, sewer mains, and pipe lines, or any other property incidental to and included in any garbage disposal or incinerator system or part thereof situated within or without the authority's jurisdiction.(f) The term "public works" means and include any function which may be performed by any governmental agency, proprietary or otherwise.(g) The term "treasurer" means the treasurer of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-2 - Pawtuxet River authority created.

§ 46-24-2. Pawtuxet River authority created.A board to be known as the Pawtuxet River authority is hereby created. The board shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corporation, and shall serve as the governing body of the authority for the purposes of this chapter. The powers of the corporation shall be vested in and exercised by the majority of the members of the board hereby created and in office.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-3 - Composition of board.

§ 46-24-3. Composition of board.(a) The board shall consist of fifteen (15) members, three (3) members to be appointed by the presidents of the town councils of Coventry, West Warwick, and Scituate, respectively, and three (3) members each to be appointed by the mayors of the cities of Warwick and Cranston. Each member so appointed shall serve for three (3) years beginning on the first day of June, except that in the case of the first members appointed, one from each of the above named participating towns and cities shall serve until June 1, 1973, one until June 1, 1974, and one until June 1, 1975. Members shall be appointed during the month of May of each year by the appointing authority, and in the event of a vacancy occurring in the board by reason of the death, resignation, or otherwise of a member, the appointing authority of the town or city, which appointed the member, shall appoint a new member for the unexpired term.(b) There shall be minority representation on the board as follows: one of the three (3) members from Warwick and Cranston shall be of the political party other than that of the mayor, and in Coventry, West Warwick, and Scituate, one member each shall be of the political party not having a majority of the members of each respective town council. The mayor or the president of the town council shall appoint to the authority a member or members thereof, to represent the city or town, chosen from lists of qualified electors submitted by the respective chairpersons of the city or town political committee, which lists shall contain the names of five (5) times the number of persons to be appointed. These lists shall be submitted on or before May 1 in the year in which a member is to be appointed for a full term; provided, that in the event of a vacancy by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, the lists shall be submitted within ten (10) days after the vacancy shall occur; provided, further, that for the initial appointments hereunder, the lists shall be submitted within thirty (30) days after May 1, 1972.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-4 - Compensation of board and agents.

§ 46-24-4. Compensation of board and agents.Each member of the board shall receive an annual salary not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per year and shall be entitled to reimbursement of his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties. The salaries, compensation, and expenses of all members, officers, employees, and agents shall be paid solely out of the funds of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-5 - Officers and employees of board.

§ 46-24-5. Officers and employees of board.The chairperson of the board shall be selected by the majority vote of the members of the board. The board shall appoint a secretary and treasurer who may, or may not, be members of the board and such other employees as may be necessary in its judgment and fix their compensation.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-6 - Business prohibited to members.

§ 46-24-6. Business prohibited to members.No member of the Pawtuxet River authority shall directly or indirectly engage in any contract or agreement for labor, supply of materials for construction, or reconstruction of the physical assets of the district or replacements or additions thereto. No person holding elective office in the participating communities or the general assembly of the state of Rhode Island shall be eligible to be a member of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-7 - Fiscal year.

§ 46-24-7. Fiscal year.The fiscal year of the authority shall be from July 1 to June 30.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-8 - Annual reports.

§ 46-24-8. Annual reports.The board, during May of each year, shall submit to the councils of the participating cities and towns a report showing actual expenditures for the preceding ten (10) months, and the projected expenditures for the final two (2) months of its fiscal year, as well as a proposed budget for the next fiscal year. This annual report shall include, in addition, a request for any necessary contributions.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-10 - Tax exemption.

§ 46-24-10. Tax exemption.It is hereby declared that the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of Rhode Island for the improvement of their health, welfare, and prosperity, and the authority will perform an essential government function in the exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter, and the state of Rhode Island covenants that the authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments or sums in lieu of taxes, except as provided in § 46-24-11, to the state or any political subdivision thereof upon any of the property acquired by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision, or upon its activities in the operation and maintenance of the property, or upon any earnings, moneys, revenues, or other income derived by the authority, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-11 - Payments in lieu of taxes.

§ 46-24-11. Payments in lieu of taxes.The authority shall pay annually in lieu of any property tax, as a charge upon its earnings and revenues, to each city, town, and district, or other district, a sum equal in amount to any property tax levied on any property by or on behalf of the town or district during the year next preceding the acquisition of the property by the authority. The authority shall have no power to levy or collect ad valorem property taxes.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-12 - Subcommittees.

§ 46-24-12. Subcommittees.The board may create such subcommittees as may be necessary to carry out its duties, except that all powers shall be reserved to the entire board.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-13 - Meetings.

§ 46-24-13. Meetings.(a) The board shall meet at least once a month at a place within the participating communities, and all meetings shall be open to the public, and all decisions shall be made public; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall prohibit the board from closing a meeting to the public when the nature of the item under discussion involves personnel or other matters which, in the interest of the public welfare, should remain confidential.(b) Special meetings may be called by the chairperson upon at least twenty-four (24) hours notice by either regular mail or by telephone or by a majority of the members presenting to the chairperson a petition signed by each of them setting forth the purpose of the meeting.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-14 - Quorum.

§ 46-24-14. Quorum.The majority of the members of the committee shall be required to transact any business.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-15 - Offices.

§ 46-24-15. Offices.Upon organization, the authority shall proceed to lease, rent, or buy facilities that are necessary to establish a permanent office which shall be open at reasonable business hours to the public.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-16 - Merit system.

§ 46-24-16. Merit system.The authority is authorized to establish by resolution a personnel merit system for its employees.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-17 - Money of the authority.

§ 46-24-17. Money of the authority.All money of the authority from whatever source derived, shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority. The money on receipt shall be deposited forthwith in a separate bank account or accounts. The money in the account shall be paid out on a check of the treasurer on requisition by the authority, or of such other person or persons as the authority may authorize to make the requisitions. All deposit of the money shall be secured by obligations of the United States or the state of Rhode Island with a market value equal at all times to the amount of deposits, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give securities for any deposits. The authority shall have power as to the custody, collection, security, investment, and payment of any money within its jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 147, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-18 - Funding of authority's operations.

§ 46-24-18. Funding of authority's operations.The cost of the operation of the authority shall be borne equally by the member towns and cities, and they shall each annually appropriate a sum sufficient to pay its proportionate share of the operation of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-19 - Right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter.

§ 46-24-19. Right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter.The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is hereby expressly reserved, but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall operate to impair the obligation of any contract made by the authority under any power conferred by this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-24-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-24 - Pawtuxet River Authority|Section 46-24-20 - Severability.

§ 46-24-20. Severability.If any section, clause, provision, or term of this chapter shall be declared unconstitutional and ineffective in whole or in part then, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional and effective, it shall be valid and effective, and no other section, clause, provision, or term shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 111, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-25-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission|Section 46-25-1 - Short title.

§ 46-25-1. Short title.This chapter is known as the "Narragansett Bay Commission Act".History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 278, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 307, § 2.