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RI Gen L § 45-38.1-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-38.1 - Health And Educational Building Corporation|Section 45-38.1-25 - Institution for higher education powers.

§ 45-38.1-25. Institution for higher education powers.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any participating institution for higher education has the power to borrow money from the corporation, make education loans, and take all other actions and do those things that are necessary or convenient to consummate the transactions contemplated under this chapter. It is lawful for the corporation to establish, charge, contract for, and receive any amount or rate of interest or compensation with respect to corporation loans or education loans, and it shall also be lawful, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to make corporation loans or education loans at a rate of interest which may, during the life of the loans, be varied or revised upon terms or conditions that may be established by the corporation. It is also lawful for any institution of higher education to charge, contract for, and receive any amount or rate of interest or compensation, including amounts or rates of interest which may be varied or revised upon those terms or conditions that may be established by the institution, with respect to education loans.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 301, § 8; P.L. 1991, ch. 292, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-38.1-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-38.1 - Health And Educational Building Corporation|Section 45-38.1-26 - Transfer of fund balances.

§ 45-38.1-26. Transfer of fund balances.The corporation, by a vote of its board of directors, may at any time, upon receipt of a written request to do so by the governor, transfer to the state, either to the general fund account or any restricted receipt account established by the general assembly specified in any request, any monies constituting unencumbered fund balances of the corporation which the board of directors determines to be surplus to the needs of the corporation. Any determination made by the board shall be deemed final and conclusive and not subject to review directly or indirectly.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 480, § 12.
RI Gen L § 45-38.1-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-38.1 - Health And Educational Building Corporation|Section 45-38.1-27 - Development of Narragansett Brewery site.

§ 45-38.1-27. Development of Narragansett Brewery site.(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any general law or special law to the contrary, it is a corporate purpose of the corporation to finance the development of the site of the former Narragansett Brewery in the city of Cranston as a multi-purpose facility to be used as a center for economic development, biotechnology research, education, health care, governmental, and other similar uses. For purposes of this section the definition of the word "project" as provided in § 45-38.1-3(18) includes structures and facilities suitable for use by institutions for higher education, health care facilities, governmental entities, and private non-profit users, including, but not limited to, uses as administration buildings, offices, libraries, laboratories, research facilities, classrooms, athletic facilities, maintenance, storage or utility facilities, and other structures or facilities related to the project or required or useful for the operation of the project, including parking and other facilities or structure essential or convenient for the orderly operation of the project, and also includes equipment and machinery and other similar items necessary or convenient for the operation of the project and the manner for which its use is intended.(b) For purposes of this section and for purposes of the development of the project, wherever the terms "participating institution for higher education", "participating hospital", or "participating health care provider" appear in this chapter, those terms mean and include the board of governors for higher education of the state or any one or more public bodies, natural persons, firms, associations, corporations and business trusts designated by the board of governors. Bonds issued for the project are not subject to the requirements of § 45-38.1-20 and shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). Repayment of the bonds is limited to revenue and income generated by the project.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 294, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-38.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-38.2 - School Building Authority Capital Fund|Section 45-38.2-1 - Definitions.

§ 45-38.2-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following terms, unless the context requires a different interpretation, shall have the following meanings:(1) "Application" means a project proposed by a city, town, or LEA that would make capital improvements to public school facilities consistent with project evaluation criteria and chapter 41.1 of title 16-7;(2) "Approved project" means any project approved for financial assistance by the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education;(3) "Corporation" means the Rhode Island health and educational building corporation as set forth in chapter 38.1 of title 42;(4) "Department" means the department of elementary and secondary education as established under title 16;(5) "Eligible project" means an application, or a portion of an application, that meets the project evaluation criteria and approved by the council on elementary and secondary education;(6) "Financial assistance" means any form of financial assistance provided by the corporation to a city, town, or LEA in accordance with this chapter for all or any part of the cost of an approved project, including, without limitation, loans, guarantees, insurance, subsidies for the payment of debt service on loans, lines of credit, and similar forms of financial assistance;(7) "Fund" means the school building authority capital fund;(8) "LEA" means a local education agency, a public board of education, school committee or other public authority legally constituted within the state for administrative control or direction of one or more Rhode Island public elementary or secondary schools;(9) "Market rate" means the rate the city, town, or LEA would receive on the open market at the time of the original loan agreement as determined by the corporation in accordance with its rules and regulations;(10) "Project evaluation criteria" means the criteria used by the school building authority to evaluate applications and rank eligible projects;(11) "Project priority list" means the list of eligible projects approved by the council on elementary and secondary education ranked in the order in which financial assistance shall be awarded by the corporation; and(12) "Subsidy assistance" means the credit enhancements and other measures to reduce the borrowing costs for a city, town, or LEA.History of Section.P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 9, § 4.
RI Gen L § 45-38.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-38.2 - School Building Authority Capital Fund|Section 45-38.2-2 - School building authority capital fund.

§ 45-38.2-2. School building authority capital fund.(a) There is hereby established a school building authority capital fund. The corporation shall establish and set up on its books the fund, to be held in trust and to be administered by the corporation as provided in this chapter. This fund shall be in addition to the annual appropriation for committed expenses related to the repayment of housing aid commitments. The corporation shall deposit the following monies into the fund:(1) The difference between the annual housing aid appropriation and housing aid commitment amounts appropriated or designated to the corporation by the state for the purposes of the foundation program for school housing; provided that for FY 2019 and FY 2020 that amount shall be used for technical assistance to districts pursuant to § 16-105-3(7);(2) Loan repayments, bond refinance interest savings, and other payments received by the corporation pursuant to loan or financing agreements with cities, towns, or local education agencies executed in accordance with this chapter;(3) Investment earnings on amounts credited to the fund;(4) Proceeds of bonds of the corporation issued in connection with this chapter to the extent required by any trust agreement for such bonds;(5) Administrative fees levied by the corporation, with respect to financial assistance rendered under this chapter and specified in § 45-38.2-3(a)(4), less operating expenses;(6) Other amounts required by provisions of this chapter or agreement, or any other law or any trust agreement pertaining to bonds to be credited to the fund; and(7) Any other funds permitted by law which the corporation in its discretion shall determine to credit thereto.(b) The corporation shall establish and maintain fiscal controls and accounting procedures conforming to generally accepted government accounting standards sufficient to ensure proper accounting for receipts in and disbursements from the school building authority capital fund.(c) The school building authority shall establish and maintain internal controls to ensure that local education agencies are providing adequate asset protection plans, all local education agencies have equal access and opportunity to address facility improvements on a priority basis, and to ensure that funding from the school building authority capital fund has the greatest impact on facility gaps in state priority areas. The school building authority will also manage necessity of school construction approvals in accordance with the funding levels set forth by the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 9, § 4; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 9, § 4.
RI Gen L § 45-39-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-39 - Sale of Water|Section 45-39-1 - Declaration of need and purpose.

§ 45-39-1. Declaration of need and purpose.It is declared that, due to the unpredictability of nature, various cities and towns in this state have been unable to supply sufficient water to meet the needs of their inhabitants, and that, from time to time, the lack of water has produced grave emergencies for which there has been no legal solution. It is further declared that it is the purpose of this chapter to alleviate this problem.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch.199, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-39-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-39 - Sale of Water|Section 45-39-2 - Authorization to sell water.

§ 45-39-2. Authorization to sell water.Every city, town, quasi municipal corporation, water district, authority, or any other agency of the state created by any special or general law, is authorized to sell water to any other city, town, quasi municipal corporation, water district, authority, or any other agency of the state created by any special or general law, in times of emergency or when, for any reason, the water supply of any city, town, quasi municipal corporation, water district, authority, or any other agency of the state created by any special or general law is endangered or rendered unusable and declared so by the city or town council, notwithstanding anything in the general or special laws, city or town ordinances, or city or town charters or charters of any quasi municipal corporation, water district, authority, or any other agency of the state created by any special or general law.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 65, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-39-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-39 - Sale of Water|Section 45-39-3 - Repealed.

§ 45-39-3. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 45-39-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-39 - Sale of Water|Section 45-39-4 - Payment for hydrant rentals.

§ 45-39-4. Payment for hydrant rentals.Notwithstanding any general or special law relating to publicly owned water authorities, a municipality may provide by enactment of an ordinance and complying with the notice requirements of § 39-3-11.1, that the rental usage or fees for any fire hydrant within the municipality shall be the responsibility of the water ratepayers within the municipality which enacted the enabling ordinance, provided that this provision shall apply only where the municipality owns the water supplier and is the exclusive supplier of public water within the municipality.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 189, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 278, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-39.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-39.1 - Municipal Water Supplies|Section 45-39.1-1 - Purpose.

§ 45-39.1-1. Purpose.The purpose of this chapter are:(1) To clarify the powers and duties of city and town councils with regard to water suppliers, and(2) To establish municipal water supplies as enterprise funds. This chapter shall not alter, abrogate, or diminish the duties of water suppliers established elsewhere in the general or public laws or supersede or alter or abrogate powers and duties set forth in chapter 39-15.1.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-39.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-39.1 - Municipal Water Supplies|Section 45-39.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 45-39.1-2. Definitions.(1) "Agricultural" shall mean commercial agricultural producers as defined in 46-15.3-4(2).(2) "Commission" means the public utilities commission established by chapter 39-1;(3) "Council" means the city council of any city and the town council of any town;(4) "Municipal water supply" means a department, board, commission, authority, or agency of a city or town, which does not have a separate corporate existence from the city or town, that is a water supplier as defined in subdivision 46-15.3-5.1(a)(2);(5) "Water resources board" means the water resources board established pursuant to chapter 46-15; and(6) "Water supply systems management plan" means a water supply systems management plan prepared in accordance with the requirements of §§ 46-15.3-5.1 — 46-15.3-7History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-39.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-39.1 - Municipal Water Supplies|Section 45-39.1-3 - Power of councils.

§ 45-39.1-3. Power of councils.In addition to and consistent with any power provided by a law or charter provision, councils shall have the power to:(1) Plan, in a manner consistent with the provision of chapter 45-22.2, and provide for water supply or municipal water supply within the city or town or any portion or area thereof;(2) Adopt, fix and amend rates as set forth by section 45-39.1-5, unless such rates are subject to the approval of the commission or are governed by another provision of law or charter;(3) Control water usage within the city or town in order to provide for the adequacy, availability, and/or safety of water supply; and adopt such measures as may be necessary to make such restriction effective; such restrictions shall not be less than or inconsistent with any standards adopted by the water resources board and shall incorporate the priority given to agriculture pursuant to subdivision 46-15.7-1(b)(5); and(4) Approve the submission, by the city or town, of a water supply system management plan to the water resources board pursuant to section 46-15.3-5.1.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-39.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-39.1 - Municipal Water Supplies|Section 45-39.1-4 - Organization.

§ 45-39.1-4. Organization.Notwithstanding any provision of law, charter, or ordinance, to the contrary not later than July 1, 2010, each municipal water supply shall be organized, operated, and accounted for as an enterprise fund; provided, however, that the requirements of this section shall not be deemed to abrogate or impair any agreement, decision, rate, or order in effect on July 1, 2009.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 2.
RI Gen L § 45-40-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40 - Interlocal Cooperation Commissions|Section 45-40-1 - Authority to create commission - Purpose.

§ 45-40-1. Authority to create commission — Purpose.(a) City or town councils have the authority to create a commission, to be called the interlocal cooperation commission, the purpose of which is to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage, and to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities.(b) The commission shall conduct researches into the local governmental functions of its own and local communities. It may recommend to its council or any political subdivision of this state or another state, and to any agency of the state government or of the United States, programs to accomplish its purpose. It shall keep accurate records of its meetings and actions and file an annual report. It has power to appoint, subject to any personnel procurement program ordained by the city or town, any clerks and other employees that it may from time to time require.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40 - Interlocal Cooperation Commissions|Section 45-40-2 - Membership.

§ 45-40-2. Membership.The commission shall consist of four (4) to seven (7) members appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council, or by the town council, or by any authority designated in its city or town charter. The members of the commission are appointed for three (3) year terms, except that the initial appointments are for less than three (3) years to the end that the initial appointments are staggered and so that all subsequent vacancies do not occur at the same time. In the event of a vacancy, interim appointments may be made by the appointing authority to complete the unexpired term of the position. Of the members, two (2) shall be members of the city or town council, one shall be a member of the school committee, one shall be a fiscal or budget officer of the municipality, and the remaining members shall be residents of the municipality.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40 - Interlocal Cooperation Commissions|Section 45-40-3 - Studies with others.

§ 45-40-3. Studies with others.Subject to the approval of the city or town council, the commission may join in research and studies with others, and may receive gifts of funds to conduct the studies or to further its aims and purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40 - Interlocal Cooperation Commissions|Section 45-40-4 - Meetings - Records.

§ 45-40-4. Meetings — Records.All meetings of the commission are open to the public, and any person or his or her constituted representative, is entitled to appear and be heard on any matter before the commission before it reaches its decision. All records of its proceedings, resolutions, and actions are open to public view.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40.1 - Interlocal Contracting and Joint Enterprises|Section 45-40.1-1 - Legislative purpose.

§ 45-40.1-1. Legislative purpose.It is the purpose of this chapter to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage, and, thereby, to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40.1 - Interlocal Contracting and Joint Enterprises|Section 45-40.1-2 - Short title.

§ 45-40.1-2. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Rhode Island Interlocal Cooperation Act".History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40.1 - Interlocal Contracting and Joint Enterprises|Section 45-40.1-3 - "Public agency" defined.

§ 45-40.1-3. "Public agency" defined.(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term "public agency" means any political subdivision of this state, any agency of the state government or of the United States, and any political subdivision of another state.(b) The term "state" means a state of the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40.1 - Interlocal Contracting and Joint Enterprises|Section 45-40.1-5 - Filing, status, and actions.

§ 45-40.1-5. Filing, status, and actions.Prior to its entry into force, an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall be filed with the keeper of local public records and with the secretary of state. In the event that an agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter is between or among one or more public agencies of this state and one or more public agencies of other states or of the United States, the agreement shall have the status of an interstate compact, but in any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation of the compact or liability under it, the public agencies party to it shall be real parties in interest, and the state may maintain an action to recoup or otherwise make itself whole for any damages or liability which it may incur by reason of being joined as a party. The action shall be maintainable against any public agency or agencies whose default, failure, or performance, or other conduct, caused or contributed to the incurring of damage or liability by the state.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40.1 - Interlocal Contracting and Joint Enterprises|Section 45-40.1-6 - Additional approval in certain cases.

§ 45-40.1-6. Additional approval in certain cases.In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this chapter deals in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having power of control, and shall be approved or disapproved by him, her or it, as to all matters within his, her or its jurisdiction, in the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing the action of the attorney general pursuant to § 45-40.1-4. The requirement of submission and approval is in addition to, not in substitution for, the requirement of submission to and approval by the attorney general.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 45-40.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 45 - Towns and Cities|Chapter 45-40.1 - Interlocal Contracting and Joint Enterprises|Section 45-40.1-7 - Appropriations, furnishing of property, personnel, and service.

§ 45-40.1-7. Appropriations, furnishing of property, personnel, and service.Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to this chapter may appropriate funds and sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking, by providing personnel or services for it as may be within its legal power to furnish.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 415, § 1.