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RI Gen L § 45-28-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-28 - Extraterritorial Powers of Housing Authorities|Section 45-28-1 - Definitions.

§ 45-28-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the term "housing authority" means a housing authority established pursuant to the housing authorities law (chapters 25 — 27 of this title); and the term "governing body" means in the case of a city, the council, board, or other body charged with governing the city, and, in the case of a town, the town council.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1274, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-28-1.
RI Gen L § 45-28-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-28 - Extraterritorial Powers of Housing Authorities|Section 45-28-2 - City or town authority for extension of operations.

§ 45-28-2. City or town authority for extension of operations.(a) For the purpose of cooperating with and assisting cities and towns, a housing authority may exercise its powers in the territory within the boundaries of any city or town not included in the area in which the housing authority is then authorized to function, or in any designated portion of that territory, after the governing body of the city or town, as the case may be, adopts an ordinance or resolution declaring that there is a need for the authority to function in the territory or in a designated portion of it.(b) If a housing authority has previously been authorized to exercise its powers in the territory or designated portion, the ordinance or resolution shall not be adopted unless the housing authority finds that ultimate economy would thereby be promoted, and the housing authority shall not initiate any housing project in that territory or designated portion after the adoption of the ordinance or resolution.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1274, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-28-2.
RI Gen L § 45-28-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-28 - Extraterritorial Powers of Housing Authorities|Section 45-28-3 - Taking of real property for authority.

§ 45-28-3. Taking of real property for authority.Any city or town may take real property located in it for a housing authority exercising its powers in the city or town, and the taking (and the conveyance of the property to the housing authority) shall be in the manner provided in §§ 45-29-13 — 45-29-32; provided, that in the case of a taking by a town, the functions prescribed in these sections for officers of a city shall be performed by the town council.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1274, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-28-3.
RI Gen L § 45-28-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-28 - Extraterritorial Powers of Housing Authorities|Section 45-28-4 - Powers supplementary.

§ 45-28-4. Powers supplementary.The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1274, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-28-4.
RI Gen L § 45-29-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-1 - Definitions.

§ 45-29-1. Definitions.Insofar as they are applicable, the definitions contained in § 45-25-3 are adopted as definitions for §§ 45-29-1 — 45-29-12.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-1.
RI Gen L § 45-29-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-2 - Power of authority to take by eminent domain.

§ 45-29-2. Power of authority to take by eminent domain.Any housing authority created under any housing authorities law, now in force or hereafter enacted, may take by eminent domain any land, or any interest in it, situated within the city or town where that authority is located, whenever it is judged by the authority that the acquisition of the land, or interest in it, is necessary for a housing project.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 1; P.L. 1947, ch. 1860, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-2; P.L. 1964, ch. 15, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-29-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-3 - Resolution of necessity of acquisition - Statement of compensation estimated as just.

§ 45-29-3. Resolution of necessity of acquisition — Statement of compensation estimated as just.The necessity for an acquisition as described in § 45-29-2 shall be conclusively presumed upon the adoption by the housing authority of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the land, or interest in it, described in the resolution is in the public interest and necessary for the public use, and that the land, or interest in it, is included in an approved project under the housing authority law. Within six (6) months, the authority shall cause to be filed in the land evidence records of the city, a copy of the resolution of the authority, together with a plat of the land, or interest in it described, and a statement, signed by the chairperson of the authority, that the land, or interest in it, is taken pursuant to the provisions of §§ 45-29-1 — 45-29-12. Thereupon, the authority shall file in the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest in it 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. 1941, ch. 1030, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-3.
RI Gen L § 45-29-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-4 - Vesting of title to land taken by authority.

§ 45-29-4. Vesting of title to land taken by authority.Upon the filing of the copy of the resolution, plat, and statement in the land evidence records of the city, the filing in the superior court of the statement, as described in § 45-29-3, and the depositing in the superior court, to the use of the persons entitled to this, of a sum that the court determines 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 in it, shall vest in the authority in fee simple absolute, and the authority thereupon may take possession of the land, or interest in it.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-4.
RI Gen L § 45-29-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-5 - Service and publication of notice of taking of property.

§ 45-29-5. Service and publication of notice of taking of property.No sum paid into the court pursuant to § 45-29-4 shall be charged with clerk's fees of any nature. After the filing of the copy, plat, and statement, pursuant to § 45-29-4, notice of the taking of the land, or interest in it, shall be served upon the owners of and persons having an estate in and interested in the land by the sheriff or his deputies of the county in which the land, or interest in it, lies, leaving a true and attested copy of the description and statement with each of those persons personally, or at their last and usual place of abode in this state with some person living there, and in case any of those persons are absent from this state and have no last and usual place of abode in the state 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 in it, taken of the absent persons if they 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 in it, may be located at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-5.
RI Gen L § 45-29-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-6 - Payment of agreed price for land.

§ 45-29-6. Payment of agreed price for land.If any person agrees with the authority for the price of the land, or interest in it, taken pursuant to this chapter, 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. 1941, ch. 1030, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-6.
RI Gen L § 45-29-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-7 - Petition for jury assessment of damages.

§ 45-29-7. Petition for jury assessment of damages.Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate in or interested in any part of the land, or interest in it, taken pursuant to this chapter, who cannot agree with the authority for the price of the land, or interest in it, so taken in which he or she is interested as previously stated, may, within three (3) months after personal notice of the taking, or, if he or she has no personal notice, within one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution and statement referred to in § 45-29-3, apply by petition to the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest in it, lies, setting forth the taking of his or her land or interest in it, and praying for an assessment of damages by a jury.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-7.
RI Gen L § 45-29-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-8 - Jury trial of damages - Payment.

§ 45-29-8. Jury trial of damages — Payment.Upon filing of the petition referred to in § 45-29-7, the superior court shall cause twenty (20) days' notice of the pendency of the petition to be given to the authority by serving the chairperson of the authority with a certified copy of the petition, and may proceed after that notice to the trial; and the trial shall determine all questions of fact relating to the value of the land, or interest in it, and the amount thereof, and judgment shall be entered upon the verdict of the jury, and execution issued against the money so deposited in court and in default against any other property of the authority.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-8.
RI Gen L § 45-29-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-9 - Consolidation of trials - Precedence in court.

§ 45-29-9. Consolidation of trials — Precedence in court.In case two (2) or more conflicting petitioners make claim to the same land, or to any interests in it, or to different interests in the same parcel of land, the superior 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. All proceedings taken pursuant to the provisions of §§ 45-29-1 — 45-29-12 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 in it, lies, not in session in that county, then the petition may be heard in the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-9; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 108.
RI Gen L § 45-29-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-10 - Representation of infants and people who are incompetent.

§ 45-29-10. Representation of infants and people who are incompetent.If any lands, or interests in them, 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 §§ 45-29-1 — 45-29-12 the superior court, upon the filing of a petition by or in behalf of the infant or other person, may appoint a guardian ad litem for that 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 terms that 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 in them. Any lawfully appointed, qualified, and acting guardian or other fiduciary of the estate of an 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 the infant or other person, may, before the filing of the 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 that amount, release to the authority all claims of damages of the infant or other person for the taking.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-10.
RI Gen L § 45-29-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-11 - Return of excess deposits to authority.

§ 45-29-11. Return of excess deposits to authority.Whenever, from time to time, the housing 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 the excess is repaid to the housing authority. Whenever the housing authority has satisfied the court that the claims of all persons interested in the land taken have been satisfied, the unexpended balance shall be paid immediately to the housing authority.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-11; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 60.
RI Gen L § 45-29-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-12 - Expediting proceedings - Taking of land devoted to other public use - "Owner" defined.

§ 45-29-12. Expediting proceedings — Taking of land devoted to other public use — "Owner" defined.In any proceedings for the assessment of compensation and damages for land or interest in it taken or to be taken by eminent domain by an authority, the following provisions are 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 that 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 in it, included within the project is devoted to a public use, it may nevertheless be acquired, and the taking shall be effective, provided that no land, or interest in it, belonging to the city or to any government shall be acquired without its consent, and that no land or interest in it belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the division of public utilities or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over that corporation. Any land, or interest in it, already acquired by the authority may nevertheless be included within the taking for the purpose of acquiring any outstanding interests in the land.(3) The term "owner", as used in this section, includes a person having an estate, interest, or easement in the land to be acquired or a lien, charge, or encumbrance on it.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-12.
RI Gen L § 45-29-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-13 - Power of city to take property for authority.

§ 45-29-13. Power of city to take property for authority.Any city from time to time may take real property located in it improved or unimproved, for an authority created by it under any housing authorities law of this state now in force or enacted in the future.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-13.
RI Gen L § 45-29-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-14 - Resolutions of necessity for acquisition by city.

§ 45-29-14. Resolutions of necessity for acquisition by city.Before any city exercises the power of eminent domain, the authority requesting it must first adopt a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described in the resolution is in the public interest and necessary for the public use, and that the property is included in an approved project under the housing authorities law, and after the adoption by the city of a like resolution.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-14.
RI Gen L § 45-29-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-15 - Agreement between city and authority as to payments to city.

§ 45-29-15. Agreement between city and authority as to payments to city.An authority may petition the city which created it to institute proceedings under the provisions of §§ 45-29-13 — 45-29-32 to acquire property described in the petition which the authority certifies to be necessary for a project. If the petition is acted upon favorably by the city, there shall be a definite agreement entered into between the city and the authority in which shall be stated the amount to be paid by the authority to the city for the property, or in lieu of that, that the authority shall pay to the city all sums expended or required to be expended by the city in the acquisition of the property, and may require that the city receive, before proceeding with the acquisition of the property, assurances as to payment of reimbursement by the authority or otherwise as the city may deem advisable.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-15.
RI Gen L § 45-29-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-16 - Maps and surveys filed by authority.

§ 45-29-16. Maps and surveys filed by authority.Upon the passage of a resolution by the city granting the petition, the authority shall cause two (2) surveys or maps of the property described in the petition to be made, one shall be filed in the land evidence records of the city and the other in the office of the authority. The filing of the surveys or maps shall be conclusive evidence of the acceptance by the authority of the terms and conditions of the resolution.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-16.
RI Gen L § 45-29-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-17 - Payment of agreed price by city.

§ 45-29-17. Payment of agreed price by city.After the filing of surveys or maps, the city and any owner of, or person entitled to, any estate in, or interested in, any part of the land described in the filing, may agree upon the price of the property or easement or right in the property, and that price shall immediately be paid to the owner by the city upon suitable conveyance and/or release of the estate or interest to the city by the owner.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-17.
RI Gen L § 45-29-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-18 - Time allowed for commencement of condemnation proceedings by city.

§ 45-29-18. Time allowed for commencement of condemnation proceedings by city.The power to condemn shall not be exercised by the city unless proceedings to condemn have been begun by it within the next six (6) months after the filing of the surveys or maps as provided in § 45-29-16.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-18.
RI Gen L § 45-29-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-29 - Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects|Section 45-29-19 - Filing of plat and statement by city - Service and publication of notice.

§ 45-29-19. Filing of plat and statement by city — Service and publication of notice.(a) Subject to the previously stated provisions, the city shall commence proceedings to condemn by filing in the records of land evidence for the city, a description of the property to be taken and a plat of it, and a statement that the property is desired to be taken by condemnation pursuant to the provisions of §§ 45-29-13 — 45-29-32, and shall simultaneously file in the office of the clerk of the superior court in and for the county in which the lands or any interest in the lands are located, a like description, plat, and statement, all of which shall be signed by the mayor of the city.(b) Notice of the taking of the property desired to be condemned shall be served upon the owners of, and persons having an estate in, and interested in the land, by the city sergeant of the city, by leaving a true and attested copy of the description and statement with each of those persons personally, or at the last and usual place of abode of those persons, respectively, in this state, with some person living there; and in case those persons are absent from this state and/or have no last and usual place of abode in this state occupied by any person, or in case the whereabouts of any person shall be unknown to the city sergeant, the copies shall be left with the persons, if any, in charge of or having possession of the property, and another copy shall be mailed by the city sergeant postpaid to absent persons, at their last known addresses, respectively, to the extent that the addresses are known to the city sergeant.(c) Upon the filing of the description, plat, and statement, the city clerk shall cause them to be published in some newspaper published in the city, or if none, then in some newspaper published in the county, in which the lands are located, at least twice a week for three (3) successive weeks.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2256, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 345, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-19.