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RI Gen L § 37-15.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-1 - Statement of policy.

§ 37-15.1-1. Statement of policy.Recognizing the ever increasing use of hard-to-dispose material by the people of Rhode Island as well as the fundamental need for a healthful, clean, and beautiful environment; and further recognizing that the proliferation and accumulation of hard-to-dispose material throughout this state impairs this need and constitutes a public health hazard; and further recognizing the need to conserve energy and natural resources; and further recognizing that there is an imperative need to anticipate, plan for, and accomplish effective control, recovery, and recycling of hard-to-dispose material, there is hereby enacted this "hard-to-dispose material control and recycling" chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-2 - Declaration of purpose.

§ 37-15.1-2. Declaration of purpose.(a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish programs to aid in the monitoring, tracking, reuse, recycling, and proper disposal of hard-to-dispose materials and to respond to clean-up activities associated with hard-to-dispose material by delegating to the department of environmental management the authority to:(1) Conduct a permanent and continuous program to control and remove hard-to-dispose materials generated within the state to the maximum practical extent possible;(2) Recover and recycle waste materials related to hard-to-dispose material;(3) Encourage waste reduction, recovery, and private recycling;(4) Increase public awareness of the need for recycling; and(5) To aid in the development of private and public sector facilities and programs for the monitoring, tracking, recycling, reuse, reduction, and proper disposal of hard-to-dispose material.(b) It is further the intent and purpose of this chapter to create jobs for employment in hard-to-dispose material cleanup and related activities and to encourage small, private recycling centers. This program shall include the compatible goal of recovery of recyclable material to conserve energy and natural resources wherever practicable. Every department of state government and all local governmental units and agencies of this state shall cooperate with the department of environmental management in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The intent of this chapter is to add to and to coordinate existing recycling hard-to-dispose material control and removal efforts, and to aid private and public efforts in the proper disposal, recycling, reuse, and reduction of hard-to-dispose material and not terminate or supplant those efforts.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-3 - Definitions.

§ 37-15.1-3. Definitions.As used in this chapter the following terms shall, where the context permits, be construed as follows:(1) "Community recycling center" means a central collection point in a community for hard-to-dispose material, or a point where those materials are taken after being collected to be processed.(2) "Department" means the department of environmental management.(3) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management.(4) "Hard-to-dispose of material" means and encompasses the following materials: petroleum-based or synthetic lubricating oils, including, but not limited to, lubricants in internal combustion engines; tires used on motorized vehicles and trailers, including cars, trucks, buses, and heavy construction equipment; glycol-based antifreeze and organic solvents. A petroleum-based or synthetic lubricating oil which is recycled and/or re-refined is not, nor shall it be considered, a hard-to-dispose material.(5) "Organic solvents" means any compounds of carbon which are liquids at standard conditions, and which are used as dissolvers, viscosity reducers, dilutents, thinners, reagents, or cleaning agents, (excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides, metallic carbonates, and ammonium carbonate) and which are listed as hazardous waste pursuant to the state hazardous waste program pursuant to chapter 19.1, title 23.(6) "Person" means any natural person, political subdivision, government agency, public or private corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, firm, individual proprietorship, or other entity whatsoever.(7) "Program" means those activities of the department to encourage, manage, and fund hard-to-dispose material control and recycling, and to aid in the monitoring and tracking, reduction, recycling, and reuse of hard-to-dispose material control and recycling pursuant to this chapter.(8) "Public place" means any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated by public or private interests.(9) "Recycling" means the reuse of recovered resources in manufacturing, agriculture, power production, or other processes.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-4 - Prohibitions.

§ 37-15.1-4. Prohibitions.No person shall throw, drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise dispose of hard-to-dispose material upon any public property in the state or in the waters of this state or upon private property in this state owned by him or her except:(1) When the property is designated by the state or by any of its agencies or political subdivisions for the disposal of hard-to-dispose material, and that person is authorized to use the property for that purpose; or(2) Into a receptacle which has been provided by or authorized by the department.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-5 - Revenue.

§ 37-15.1-5. Revenue.All assessments, fines, bail forfeitures, and other funds collected or received pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 115.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-6 - Allocation of funds.

§ 37-15.1-6. Allocation of funds.The department shall allocate and distribute money for the hard-to-dispose material program by way of grant to eligible persons for the following activities:(1) Establishing educational programs and technical assistance programs to assist in the collection, marketing, recycling, reuse, reduction, and safe disposal of hazardous material hard-to-dispose material.(2) Establishing a grant-in-aid program and research programs to assist in the collection, marketing, recycling, reuse, reduction, and proper disposal of hard-to-dispose material for both the public and private sectors.(3) Surveying, tracking, and monitoring hard-to-dispose material.(4) Establish or plan state owned and operated regional collection centers for hard-to-dispose material with priority given to household materials.(5) To supplement, not supplant, funds for the collection of used oil in the state's collection system.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 115.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-7 - Repealed.

§ 37-15.1-7. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 170, effective July 1, 1995.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-8 - Application procedure.

§ 37-15.1-8. Application procedure.(a) A person eligible to receive a grant, loan, or contract under this chapter, and the department's regulations adopted pursuant thereto, may make an application for the loan, grant, or contract in such form as may be required by the department.(b) The department shall grant or loan funds, and contract for services from the hard-to-dispose material account to eligible persons who have submitted an application for funds upon determining that the plan submitted by that person is qualified and suitable for purposes of the program.(c) The department shall require periodic reports to be filed by grant recipients. The department shall review, evaluate, and follow up on any actions taken by grant recipients to ensure that the purposes of this chapter are being achieved.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-9 - Duties of the department.

§ 37-15.1-9. Duties of the department.In addition to the foregoing, the department shall:(1) Serve as the coordinating agency between the various industry organizations seeking to aid in the hard-to-dispose material and recycling efforts;(2) Recommend to the governing bodies of all local governments that they adopt ordinances consistent with the provisions of this chapter;(3) Cooperate with all local governments to accomplish coordination of local hard-to-dispose material and recycling efforts;(4) Encourage, organize, and coordinate all voluntary local hard-to-dispose material and recycling campaigns seeking to focus the attention of the public on the programs of this state to control and remove hard-to-dispose material, and to foster recycling;(5) Investigate the availability of, and apply for funds available from any private or public source to be used in the program outlined in this chapter;(6) Develop statewide programs to increase public awareness of and participation in recycling, and to encourage community recycling centers, public participation in recycling and research and development in the field of hard-to-dispose material, and recycling, removal, and disposal of litter-related recycling materials;(7) Publish a timetable for the establishment of the state owned and operated regional collection centers.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-10 - Cooperation between industry and department.

§ 37-15.1-10. Cooperation between industry and department.To aid in the state hard-to-dispose material and recycling campaign, the general assembly requests that the various industry organizations which are active in hard-to-dispose material and recycling efforts provide active cooperation with the department so that the additional effect may be given to the hard-to-dispose material and recycling campaign of the state of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-15.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-15.1 - Hard-to-Dispose Material - Control and Recycling|Section 37-15.1-11 - Severability.

§ 37-15.1-11. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter or the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances is not affected.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-1 - Short title.

§ 37-16-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Public Works Arbitration Act".History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-3 - Application to subcontracts.

§ 37-16-3. Application to subcontracts.When a contract described in § 37-16-2 is in effect and any party thereto has entered into a subcontract to perform part of the work and/or furnish any materials in connection with the work described in the contract and the terms of the subcontract provide for arbitration of a dispute or claim concerning the performance or interpretation thereof, or the subcontract, expressly or by reference to the terms of the contract, provides that the parties to the subcontract shall comply with the arbitration provisions of the contract, the following shall apply when a request is made or an order of court is entered for arbitration either under the terms of the contract or subcontract.(1) When arbitration under the contract may adversely affect the interest of a party thereto because of the effect of an award of the arbitrator or arbitrators upon the performance or interpretation of the terms of a subcontract to which he or she is also a party, he or she may require any other party or all other parties to the subcontract to become a party or parties to the arbitration.(2) When a party to a subcontract makes a demand or an order of court is entered for arbitration under the terms of the subcontract which comply with the provision of this chapter, any party thereto who is also a party to the contract and whose rights under the contract may be adversely affected by the effect of an award of the arbitrator or arbitrators upon the performance or interpretation of the contract may require any other party to the contract to become a party to the arbitration.(3) When a party to a contract or to a subcontract is made a party to arbitration by virtue of the provisions of this section, he or she shall have all the rights of a party to arbitration as provided in this chapter except the appointment of an arbitrator. Provided, however, he or she may object to the arbitrators appointed by the parties in which event a single arbitrator shall be appointed as provided in § 37-16-2 in the petition of either of the original parties to arbitration. The award of the arbitrator or arbitrators shall be valid and shall be binding on him or her to the extent that it affects the performance or interpretation of the contract and/or subcontract to which he or she is a party. The award of the arbitrator or arbitrators may be enforced, modified, or vacated as this chapter provides an award made in an arbitration of a contract described in § 37-16-2 may be enforced, modified, or vacated.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-4 - Stay of legal proceedings pending arbitration.

§ 37-16-4. Stay of legal proceedings pending arbitration.If any suit or proceedings be brought upon any issue referable to arbitration under contract in writing providing for arbitration, the court in which the suit is pending upon being satisfied that the issue involved in the suit or proceedings is referable to arbitration under the contract, shall on application of one of the parties, stay the trial of the action until arbitration has been held.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-5 - Jurisdiction of superior court to enforce arbitration provision and awards.

§ 37-16-5. Jurisdiction of superior court to enforce arbitration provision and awards.The entering into a contract in writing providing for arbitration shall be deemed a consent of all parties, including those enumerated in § 37-16-2, thereto to the jurisdiction of the superior court of this state to enforce the arbitration provision and any award made pursuant to that provision. A party aggrieved by the failure, neglect, or refusal of another to perform under a contract providing for arbitration, may petition the superior court, or a judge thereof, for an order directing that arbitration proceed in the manner provided for in the contract. Five (5) days' notice in writing of the application shall be served upon the party in default. Service thereof shall be made in the manner specified in the contract, and if no manner specified therein, then in the manner provided by law for personal service of a summons, within or without the state, or substituted service of a summons, or upon satisfactory proof that the party aggrieved has been or will be unable with due diligence to make service in any of the foregoing manners, then notice shall be served in such manner as the court or judge may direct. A judge of the superior court shall hear the parties and upon being satisfied that there is no substantial issue as to the making of the contract or the failure to comply therewith, the court, or the judge thereof, hearing the application, shall make an order directing the parties to proceed to arbitration in accordance with the terms of the contract.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-6 - Trial upon evidence of substantial issue.

§ 37-16-6. Trial upon evidence of substantial issue.If evidentiary facts are set forth raising a substantial issue as to the making of the contract or the failure to comply therewith, the court, or the judge thereof, shall proceed immediately to the trial of the issues. Whenever an immediate trial is ordered, the order therefor shall provide that, if the court finds that a written contract providing for arbitration was made, and that there was a failure to comply therewith, the parties shall proceed with the arbitration in accordance with the terms of the contract and the order shall provide that if the court finds that there was no contract or failure to comply with the contract, then the proceeding shall be dismissed.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 165.
RI Gen L § 37-16-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-7 - Method of appointing arbitrators or umpire.

§ 37-16-7. Method of appointing arbitrators or umpire.If in the contract providing for arbitration, provision is made for a method of naming or appointing an arbitrator or arbitrators or an umpire, that method shall be followed, but if no method be provided therein, then the parties to the contract shall agree to the method of naming or appointing an arbitrator or arbitrators or an umpire and if the parties shall fail to agree, then the court or the judge thereof upon application of either of the parties after due notice to the other party shall appoint an arbitrator to hear the dispute.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-8 - Scheduling and notice of arbitration hearing - Adjournment.

§ 37-16-8. Scheduling and notice of arbitration hearing — Adjournment.Subject to the terms of the contract, if any are specified therein, the arbitrators selected as prescribed in this chapter must appoint a time and place for the hearing of the matters submitted to them, and must cause notice thereof to be given to each of the parties. They, or a majority of them, may adjourn the hearing from time to time upon the application of either party for good cause shown or upon their own motion, but not beyond the day fixed if a date in the contract, if any, for rendering their award, unless the time so fixed is extended by the written consent of the parties to the contract or their attorney, or the parties have continued with the arbitration without objection to adjournment.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-9 - Power of court to direct prompt hearing.

§ 37-16-9. Power of court to direct prompt hearing.The court shall have the power to direct the arbitrators to proceed promptly with the hearing and determination of the dispute, claim, or matter in question.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-10 - Arbitrator's oath - Waiver.

§ 37-16-10. Arbitrator's oath — Waiver.Before hearing any testimony, arbitrators selected as prescribed in this chapter must be sworn, by an officer authorized by law to administer an oath, faithfully and fairly to hear and examine the claim, dispute, or matter in question and to make a just award according to the best of their understanding, unless the oath is waived by the written consent of the parties to the contract or their attorneys or the parties have continued with the arbitration without objection to the failure of the arbitrators to take the oath.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-11 - Powers of arbitrators.

§ 37-16-11. Powers of arbitrators.The arbitrator or arbitrators selected as prescribed in this chapter, may require any person to attend before them as a witness; and he or she and they have, and each of them has, the same powers with respect to all the proceedings before them which are conferred upon a board or a member of a board authorized by law to hear testimony. All the arbitrators selected as prescribed in this chapter must meet together and hear all the allegations and proofs of the parties; but an award by a majority of them is valid.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 37-16-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 37 - Public Property and Works|Chapter 37-16 - Public Works Arbitration|Section 37-16-12 - Fees.

§ 37-16-12. Fees.In any proceeding under this chapter, unless the parties agree as to the arbitrator's or arbitrators' fees, the fees shall be fixed by the court or the judges thereof who shall require the payment equally by both parties of the arbitrators' fees.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1.