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RI Gen L § 46-12.8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-2 - Definitions.

§ 46-12.8-2. Definitions.(a) "Agency" means the Rhode Island infrastructure bank.(b) "Approved project" means any project or portion thereof of a governmental unit or privately organized water supplier that has been issued a certificate of approval by the department for assistance through the agency; and, notwithstanding the foregoing, shall include safe drinking water projects funded outside of the drinking water state revolving fund without the requirement of the issuance of a certificate of approval.(c) "Department" means the department of health.(d) "Local governmental obligations" means bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in fully marketable form issued by a governmental unit to evidence a loan from the agency in accordance with this chapter or otherwise as provided herein.(e) "Local governmental unit" means any town, city, district, commission, agency, authority, board of other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state or of any political subdivision thereof responsible for the ownership or operation of water supply facilities within the state.(f) "Obligations of private water companies" means bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, of private water companies, in fully marketable form.(g) "Privately organized water supplier" means any water company not owned or operated by a local governmental unit, existing under the laws of the state, and in the business of operating a safe drinking water facility.(h) "Water supply facility or facilities" means water reservoirs, wells and well sites, transmission or distribution system, any and all real estate or interests in real estate held in connection therewith, all equipment and improvements held in connection therewith, and any property or interests therein, real, personal or mixed, used or held on to be used in connection therewith.(i) "Financial assistance" means any form of financial assistance other than grants provided by the agency to a local governmental unit or private water company in accordance with this chapter for all or any part of the cost of an approved project, including, without limitation, temporary and permanent loans, with or without interest, grants, guarantees, insurance, subsidies for the payment of debt service on loans, lines of credit, and similar forms of financial assistance; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of capitalization grant awards made available to the agency pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5), or as otherwise required in connection with other capitalization grant awards made available to the agency, financial assistance shall also include principal forgiveness and negative interest loans.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 5, art. 3, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 179, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 14, § 19.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-6 - Authorization to expend funds available for local grants.

§ 46-12.8-6. Authorization to expend funds available for local grants.In addition to the financial assistance provided by the agency to local governmental units and private water companies for approved projects in accordance with this chapter, the department is hereby authorized to expend funds otherwise available for grants to local governmental units and private water companies to the extent permitted by federal and state law. The department is authorized and directed to expend funds from its portion of federal capitalization grants to conduct baseline testing of the drinking-water-supply systems of each local governmental unit responsible for the ownership or operation of water supply facilities within the state, or privately organized water suppliers, that provide drinking water to more than one municipality, for compliance with all state and federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to lead and copper levels in drinking water supplies. The department is further authorized and directed to expend funds from its portion of federal capitalization grants to conduct testing of water supplies at all public schools serving students from pre-K to grade 12 and state-licensed daycare facilities in the state of Rhode Island for compliance with all state and federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to lead and copper levels in drinking water supplies. The department shall report its findings to the speaker of the house and senate president by April 30, 2017, which report shall include a plan for ensuring compliance with all state and federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to lead and copper levels in drinking water supplies.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 439, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 440, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-9 - Power of local governmental units to issue limited obligations payable from drinking water system revenues.

§ 46-12.8-9. Power of local governmental units to issue limited obligations payable from drinking water system revenues.(a) If required by the applicable loan agreement, and notwithstanding any general or special law, municipal charter, ordinance or local law to the contrary, local governmental obligations may be authorized and issued as limited obligations payable solely from drinking water system revenues pledged to their payment in accordance with § 46-12.8-10. Notwithstanding § 45-12-2 or any general or special law, municipal charter, ordinance or local law to the contrary, all local governmental units shall have the power to authorize and issue local governmental obligations payable solely from drinking water system revenues pursuant to this section without limit as to amount, and the amount of principal and premium, if any, and interest on the obligations shall not be included in the computation of any limit on the indebtedness of the local governmental unit or on the total taxes which may be levied or assessed by the local governmental unit in any year or on any assessment, levy, or other charge made by the local governmental unit on any other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state. Limited obligations shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of the legislative body of the local governmental unit, notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, municipal charter, ordinance or local law requiring further approval of general obligations of the local governmental unit and this chapter shall constitute the bond act for the authorization and issuance of the local governmental obligations payable solely from drinking water system revenues by local governmental units. Any local governmental obligations issued in accordance with this section that are payable solely from drinking water system revenues shall recite on their face that they are limited obligations payable solely from drinking water system revenues pledged to their payment and that they are not secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the local governmental unit.(b) The authorization, issuance and sale of local governmental obligations in accordance with this section, the maturity or maturities and other terms of the obligations, the security for the obligations, the rights of the holders of the obligations, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the local governmental unit in respect of the same, and the form details and manner of sale of the obligations shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to local governmental obligations generally to the extent applicable and not inconsistent with this section.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 359, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-12 - Refunding bonds.

§ 46-12.8-12. Refunding bonds.The agency may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds issued pursuant to this chapter at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption or purchase and retirement. Refunding bonds may be issued at such times at or prior to the maturity, redemption, or purchase and retirement of the refunded bonds as the board of directors deems to be in the interest of the agency. Refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide for payment of the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest or discount accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of the bonds, the costs of issuance of the refunding bonds, the expenses of paying, redeeming, or purchasing the bonds being refunded, the costs of holding and investing proceeds of refunding bonds pending payment, redemption, or purchase and reserves for debt service or other expenses from the proceeds of refunding bonds as may be required by a trust agreement securing the bonds. Pending application, the proceeds of the refunding bonds may be placed in escrow. The issue and sale of refunding bonds, the maturities, and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the agency in respect of the same shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as this chapter may be applicable.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-13 - Bonds eligible for investment.

§ 46-12.8-13. Bonds eligible for investment.Bonds issued by the agency under this chapter and local governmental obligations issued hereunder are hereby made securities in which all public officers and agencies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies in their commercial departments, savings banks, cooperative banks, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds and local governmental obligations are hereby made securities which may properly be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer of any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state or any political subdivision is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 44.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-14 - No additional consent required.

§ 46-12.8-14. No additional consent required.Except as provided in this section, bonds of the agency, local governmental obligations and obligations of private water companies may be issued under this chapter without obtaining the consent of any executive office, department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any condition, or acts other than those proceedings, conditions, or acts which are specifically required therefor hereunder or under any applicable bond act, and the validity of and security for any bonds issued by the agency pursuant to this chapter, and any local governmental obligations issued in accordance herewith, shall not be affected by the existence or nonexistence of any consent or other proceedings, conditions, or acts. Nothing in this chapter shall exempt the agency from the provisions of chapter 10.1 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-15 - Bonds not obligations of the state.

§ 46-12.8-15. Bonds not obligations of the state.Bonds issued by the agency under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any of its political subdivisions, but shall be payable solely from the revenues, funds, assets, and other property of the agency from which they are made payable pursuant to this chapter. Bonds issued by the agency under the provisions of this chapter shall recite that neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof shall be obligated to pay the bonds, 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 interest on the bonds. Further, every bond shall recite whether it is a general obligation of the agency, or a special obligation thereof payable solely from particular revenues, funds, assets, or other property pledged to its payment.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-16 - Lien status recording.

§ 46-12.8-16. Lien status recording.(a) Notwithstanding any provision of any other law, including the Uniform Commercial Code:(1) Any pledge or assignment of revenues of any kind, funds, loan agreements, local governmental obligations, obligations of private water companies, property, or assets made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the agency, any local governmental unit, or any privately organized water supplier hereunder, shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise, whether or not the parties have notice thereof, and shall be deemed continuously perfected from the time it is made;(2) No filing of any kind with respect to a pledge or assignment need be made under the Uniform Commercial Code, or otherwise;(3) Unless otherwise provided in the loan agreement, a pledge of revenues of any kind shall be deemed to include a pledge of any accounts or general intangibles from which the pledged revenues are derived, whether existing at the time of the pledge or thereafter coming into existence, and whether held at the time of the pledge or thereafter acquired by the agency, local governmental unit or privately organized water supplier, and the proceeds of the accounts or general intangibles; and(4) The pledge of revenues of any kind, accounts, and general intangibles shall be subject to the lien of the pledge without delivery or segregation, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of contract or tort or otherwise against the agency or local governmental unit.(b) A pledge of revenues of any kind under this chapter shall constitute a sufficient appropriation thereof for the purposes of any provision for appropriation, and the revenues may be applied as required by the pledge without further appropriation.(c) For the purposes of this section the word "pledge" shall be construed to include the grant of a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-17 - Bonds and local government obligations as investment securities.

§ 46-12.8-17. Bonds and local government obligations as investment securities.Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds or local governmental obligations issued hereunder, all bonds and local governmental obligations shall be deemed to be investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-18 - Proceeds received by agency as trust funds.

§ 46-12.8-18. Proceeds received by agency as trust funds.All money received by the agency pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the issue of bonds or as revenues or otherwise, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-19 - Tax exemption.

§ 46-12.8-19. Tax exemption.Bonds issued by the agency and local governmental obligations issued by any local governmental unit in accordance with this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be exempt from taxation by and within the state. The agency shall not be required to pay any taxes, assessments, or excises upon its income, existence, operation, or property.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-20 - Duration of agency - Termination.

§ 46-12.8-20. Duration of agency — Termination.The agency and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law; provided, however, that no such law shall take effect so long as the agency shall have the bonds outstanding in accordance with this chapter, unless adequate provision has been made for the payment or satisfaction thereof. Upon termination of the agency, the title to all funds and other properties owned by it, which remain after provision for payment or satisfaction of all bonds of the agency, shall vest in the state. The obligations, debts, and liabilities of the agency shall be assumed by and imposed upon the state, and shall be transferred to the general treasurer or to such other successor as the general assembly may designate.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-21 - Record keeping financial statements.

§ 46-12.8-21. Record keeping financial statements.The agency shall, at all times, keep full and accurate accounts of its receipts, expenditures, disbursements, assets, and liabilities with respect to the agency's administration of the safe drinking water revolving loan fund which shall be open to inspection by any officer or duly appointed agent of the state. The agency shall submit an annual report, in writing, to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate. The report shall include financial statements relating to the operations, properties, and expenditures of the agency with respect to the agency's administration of the safe drinking water revolving loan fund maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, so far as applicable, and audited by an independent certified public accounting firm.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 149.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-22 - Supplemental powers - Inconsistent laws.

§ 46-12.8-22. Supplemental powers — Inconsistent laws.The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional, alternative, and complete method for accomplishing the purposes of this chapter, and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to, and not in derogation of, powers conferred upon the agency, the department, local governmental units and private water companies by other laws; provided, however, that insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any general or special law, municipal charter, administrative order or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. Any amounts appropriated by this chapter to the agency or the department shall be in addition to any other amounts appropriated to the agency or the department by any other law.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-23 - Compliance with federal law.

§ 46-12.8-23. Compliance with federal law.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this chapter are limited to the extent required by applicable federal law, as in effect from time to time.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.8-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.8 - Water Projects Revolving Loan Fund|Section 46-12.8-24 - Severability - Liberal construction.

§ 46-12.8-24. Severability — Liberal construction.The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any provision hereof shall be held invalid in any circumstances, any invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or circumstances. This chapter shall be construed in all respects so as to meet any constitutional requirements. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all steps shall be taken which are necessary to meet constitutional requirements. This chapter shall be construed liberally in aid of its purpose and legislative findings.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.9 - Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Act|Section 46-12.9-1 - Short title.

§ 46-12.9-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Act".History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 144, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-12.9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-12.9 - Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank Financial Responsibility Act|Section 46-12.9-2 - Legislative findings.

§ 46-12.9-2. Legislative findings.The general assembly finds: (1) That a state administered underground storage tank (UST) clean-up fund is needed to provide an effective mechanism for USTs owners to comply with financial responsibility requirements and to insure that the environmental and public health impacts of UST leaks are addressed in an effective and timely manner.(2) Certain tank owners must be able to demonstrate one million dollars ($1,000,000) of liability coverage to satisfy the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (40 CFR Part 280.90 et seq., as published in the Federal Register dated October 26, 1988 and by Final Rule dated February 18, 1993). Specifically the EPA requirement is that certain tank owners must demonstrate financial responsibility of up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) per incident and up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate for damages. Failure by the state to create a state-sponsored fund will result in enforcement action by the EPA which can include both financial penalties against tank owners and closure of tanks, if the owner fails to demonstrate financial responsibility.(3) The Rhode Island economic development corporation recently concluded that failure by the state of Rhode Island to enact a state fund will adversely impact the state's economy by eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) annually.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 328, § 1.