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RI Gen L § 42-11.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-4 - Partial payment.

§ 42-11.1-4. Partial payment.Partial payments shall be made by the state on partial deliveries or partial completion of services in accordance with the contract. Each completed delivery or service must be paid in accordance with the provisions of § 42-11.1-3.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-6 - Computation of interest payment.

§ 42-11.1-6. Computation of interest payment.(a) Interest payments on amounts due to a contractor according to this chapter shall be paid to the contractor for the period beginning on the date after the required payment date and ending on the day a proper invoice was approved for payment by the controller's office.(b) Each state department, agency, or project administering state funds shall calculate and pay interest upon payment of the principal sums due. Interest payment shall accompany payment of the net amount due for goods and service.(c) Agencies shall not require companies to petition, invoice, bill, or wait any additional days to receive interest due.(d) Interest shall be paid at a rate equal to the prime interest rate as reported on the money market page of the Wall Street Journal published on the first regular business day of each month.(e) Unpaid interest shall compound every month overdue.(f) Interest shall be paid from funds appropriated to the particular state agency with which a contract exists. If more than one state agency has caused a late payment, with respect to a particular contract, each state agency shall bear a proportionate share of the interest payment.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-7 - Determination of appropriations for interest payments.

§ 42-11.1-7. Determination of appropriations for interest payments.Except in situations when federal law or other provisions of this chapter require otherwise, an interest payment required by this chapter shall be paid from the same appropriation as that from which the related proper invoice is paid, provided, however, that the interest payment shall not reduce the amount of money that otherwise will be payable to the contractor under the terms of the relevant contract and that if the obligation to make an interest payment is incurred in whole or in part because it takes the controller's office more than seventeen (17) working days from the date it receives an approvable voucher from another state agency, excluding legal holidays, to process a contract payment, then the portion of the total interest payment that is attributable to delays by the controller's office shall be paid from funds made available to the controller's office. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the amount of money available from any above mentioned appropriation to the state agency which received the proper invoice is insufficient to pay the interest and if for any reason it is not feasible for the director of the budget to exercise the transfer or interchange authority, the director of the budget may issue a voucher or vouchers transferring or interchanging within a fund such amount as is needed to pay the interest to the appropriation within the fund from the unspent balance of any appropriation that is available to the same state agency. In exercising the latter transfer or interchange authority, the director of the budget shall transfer or interchange amounts that are not needed to accomplish the purposes for which the appropriation was made, except, however, the director of the budget may, to the extent he or she deems it practicable, transfer or interchange amounts from appropriations that otherwise would be available for the administration and operations of the state agency which incurred the interest payment. Any such voucher or vouchers issued by the director of the budget shall be sent to the state controller.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-8 - Exclusion of interest from reimbursement rates.

§ 42-11.1-8. Exclusion of interest from reimbursement rates.Any interest paid to a contractor under the provisions of this chapter shall not be included as revenue for the purposes of determining any reimbursement rates applicable to the contractor.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-9 - Disclaimer of state responsibility for interest payments incurred by contractors.

§ 42-11.1-9. Disclaimer of state responsibility for interest payments incurred by contractors.In the event that an interest payment is made by or incurred by a contractor in the course of transacting business with any entity other than a state agency, the interest shall not be an obligation of the state and the state shall not reimburse the contractor for the interest, nor shall any monies expended for the interest payments be counted toward any matching requirement applicable to grants or payments of state funds unless expressly permitted by statute or regulation.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-10 - Acceptance of payment.

§ 42-11.1-10. Acceptance of payment.The acceptance of payment, in whole or in part, by a contractor shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of interest otherwise due under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-11 - Chapter to control - Contractual waiver void.

§ 42-11.1-11. Chapter to control — Contractual waiver void.No contract entered into after January 1, 1988 shall contain any provision requiring the payment of interest in a manner inconsistent with this chapter, and any provision contained in the contract which waives the right to the payment of interest is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy and wholly void.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-12 - Judicial review.

§ 42-11.1-12. Judicial review.Any determination made by a state agency according to § 42-11.1-5(d) shall be subject to judicial review in a proceeding according to the procedures outlined in the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of this title. The proceedings shall only be commenced in the absence, or upon completion, of other review procedures specified in the applicable contract or by applicable regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-13 - Court actions or other legal processes.

§ 42-11.1-13. Court actions or other legal processes.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the liability of the state government, insofar as incurring an obligation to make an interest payment to a contractor under the terms of this chapter is concerned, shall not extend beyond the date of a notice of intention to file a claim, the date of a notice of a claim, or the date commencing a legal action for the payment of such interest, whichever occurs first. Any interest payment owed by the state government in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as of that date shall be paid as directed by the court and, to the extent that the interest payment is attributable to processing delays caused by the state agency which received the proper invoice or by processing delays caused by the controller's department, the interest payment shall be made from funds available to the state agency or to the controller's department at the time of final judgment.(b) With respect to the court actions or other legal processes referred to in this section, any interest obligation incurred by the state government after the date specified in this section in accord with any provision of law other than this chapter shall be determined as prescribed by that separate provision of law, shall be paid as directed by the court, and shall be paid from any appropriation available for that purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-14 - Inapplicability of chapter.

§ 42-11.1-14. Inapplicability of chapter.(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to payments due and owing by the state:(1) Under the eminent domain procedure law, chapter 6 of title 37;(2) As interest allowed on judgments rendered by a court according to any provision of law other than those provisions contained in this chapter;(3) To the federal government; to any state agency or its related instrumentalities; to any duly constituted unit of local government including, but not limited to, cities, towns, school districts, special districts, or any of their related instrumentalities; to any public authority or public benefit corporation; or to employees of state agencies when acting in, or incidental to, their public employment capacity;(4) To contractors of third party payment agreements;(5) To entities which receive state funds through any intermediary organization other than a state agency; or(6) In situations where the controller exercises a legally authorized set-off against all or part of the payment due the contractor.(b) The treasury department shall have three (3) working days to transmit payment following receipt of paperwork from the controller's office.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-15 - Quarterly reports of late payments and interest.

§ 42-11.1-15. Quarterly reports of late payments and interest.The department of administration shall file quarterly reports with the governor and general treasurer. Included in the report shall be:(a) The date and dollar amount of late payments by state and agency; and(b) The amount of interest paid.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.1 - Prompt Payment by Department of Administration|Section 42-11.1-16 - Partial payment - Certificate of continuance.

§ 42-11.1-16. Partial payment — Certificate of continuance.(a) A nonprofit provider who provides services to a state agency pursuant to an existing contract shall notify the state agency ninety (90) days prior to the termination of the existing contract of its (the nonprofit provider's) intent to enter into a new contract with the state agency to provide services. Notification shall be by certified mail, return receipt requested.(b) Within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the notification, the state agency shall enter into a new contract with the nonprofit provider or notify the nonprofit provider of its (the state agency's) intent to enter into a new contract or notify the nonprofit provider that it (the state agency's) will not enter into a new contract with the provider.(c) If the state notifies the nonprofit provider of its (the state agency's) intent to enter into a new contract, and a new contract has not been effectuated fifteen (15) days prior to the termination of the existing contract, then the state shall issue to the nonprofit provider a certificate of continuance. No more than four (4) certificates of continuance for each individual nonprofit provider may be issued in a fiscal year.(d) The certificate of continuance shall be valid for thirty (30) days, shall allow the nonprofit provider to continue to provide the services and shall pay the nonprofit provider a sum, at least, equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of the most recently expired contract between the state agency and the nonprofit provider.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 101, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 407, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-1 - Short title.

§ 42-11.2-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Affordable Housing Opportunity Act of 1988".History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-2 - Legislative purpose.

§ 42-11.2-2. Legislative purpose.The general assembly recognizes and declares the following purpose for enacting this chapter:(1) There exists a serious shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing units that are available at rents affordable to low-income families in Rhode Island. Many families are denied access to decent housing because they are unable to meet the higher cost of rent. Rising housing costs in Rhode Island force low-income families to live in unsafe, substandard units; commit such an unreasonably high percentage of their income for rent that they deprive themselves of the other necessities of life; or, worse, find themselves without housing. The inadequacy in the supply of decent, safe, and sanitary affordable rental housing endangers the public health and jeopardizes the public safety, general welfare, and good of the entire state.(2) Federal housing assistance programs have not been able to meet the need to preserve existing rental units or construct new rental units for occupancy by low-income families. There is a compelling need to provide housing for low-income families in the state of Rhode Island. A rental assistance program is hereby established to be administered by the executive department to help provide low-income families with the opportunity to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-4 - Rental assistance - Unit based subsidies.

§ 42-11.2-4. Rental assistance — Unit based subsidies.The executive department is hereby authorized to enter into contracts, not to exceed twenty (20) years in duration, to make rental assistance payments to eligible owners which acquire, construct, or substantially rehabilitate housing in which at least fifty percent (50%) of the units shall be available for occupancy by eligible tenants as defined in § 42-11.2-11. In determining which projects shall receive rental assistance payments, priority shall be given to applications which contemplate the greatest percentage of units in the development for occupancy by low income families.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-6 - Monthly assistance payments.

§ 42-11.2-6. Monthly assistance payments.The monthly rental assistance payments for units eligible for assistance under this chapter shall be the difference between the housing costs for the unit, and the rent the family is required to pay under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-7 - Required contract provisions.

§ 42-11.2-7. Required contract provisions.Contracts to make rental assistance payments under this chapter shall provide that:(1) The duration of rental assistance payments thereunder shall not exceed or extend beyond the duration of principal payments due and owing by the eligible owner upon the primary financing of the acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of the affected units.(2) The lease between the tenant and the eligible owner shall continue indefinitely unless the tenancy is terminated as provided in subdivision (3).(3) The eligible owner shall not terminate the tenancy during the term of any lease or at the end of any lease term except for serious or repeated violations of the terms and conditions of the lease, for violation of applicable state or local law, or for other good and substantial cause.(4) The obligations under the lease and rental agreement survive the sale of the units and shall be binding upon the new owner of the units.(5) The obligations under the contract between the eligible owner and the executive department shall survive the sale of the units subject to the contract and shall be binding upon any successor in interest of the eligible owner. The executive department shall cause a copy of the contract to be recorded in the land records office of the locality in which the assisted units are located within fifteen (15) days of execution of the contract.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-8 - Anti-displacement provisions.

§ 42-11.2-8. Anti-displacement provisions.The executive department shall administer the affordable housing opportunity program in a manner that will cause the least permanent displacement of persons occupying existing dwelling units which may be assisted under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-9 - Fair market rent.

§ 42-11.2-9. Fair market rent.The executive department shall determine a fair market rent for each unit assisted under this chapter in an amount that is no greater than the maximum fair market rent for the particular size unit as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Section 8 existing housing program under U.S.C. § 1437f at the time that the unit first receives assistance under this chapter. The executive department shall further establish a schedule of rent increases that fairly provide for demonstrated reasonable increases in operating expenses associated with the units assisted under this chapter; provided, however, that the fair market rent for any unit may not, at any time, exceed the then-current maximum fair market rent for the particular size unit as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-10 - Utility allowance.

§ 42-11.2-10. Utility allowance.(a) The executive department shall establish a schedule of utility allowances for units assisted under this chapter. The utility allowances shall be set at a level sufficient to provide for the costs of adequate heat, electricity and water for the various size dwelling units assisted under this chapter.(b) The executive department shall, at least annually, review the utility allowance levels established to ensure that they remain sufficient to cover the costs of adequate utilities for units assisted under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-11 - Tenant eligibility.

§ 42-11.2-11. Tenant eligibility.(a) In order to be eligible to reside in a unit assisted under this chapter, the tenant must be a low-income family as defined in § 42-11.2-3.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a tenant is eligible to reside in a unit assisted under this chapter if:(1) The tenant was a low-income family at the time the tenant initially moved into the unit assisted under this chapter; or(2) The tenant resided in the unit assisted under this chapter at the time that the unit first became assisted under this chapter.(c) (1) Any facility that operates in any manner as a homeless shelter and is located on state property that can accommodate up to five (5) homeless individuals shall not permit more than one bed to be utilized by persons registered, or who are required to register, as a sex offender under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction.(2) Any facility that operates in any manner as a homeless shelter and is located on state property that can accommodate not less than six (6) nor more than twenty (20) homeless individuals shall not permit more than two (2) beds to be utilized by persons registered, or who are required to register, as a sex offender under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction.(3) Any facility that operates in any manner as a homeless shelter and is located on state property that can accommodate at least twenty-one (21) and no more than fifty (50) homeless individuals shall not permit more than five (5) of the beds in the facility to be utilized to shelter persons who are registered, or are required to register, as a sex offender under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction.(4) Any facility that operates in any manner as a homeless shelter and is located on state property that can accommodate more than fifty (50) homeless individuals shall not permit more than ten percent (10%) of the beds in the facility to be utilized to shelter persons who are registered, or are required to register, as a sex offender under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction.(5) The state shall not establish nor maintain any homeless shelter within one thousand feet (1,000′) of a homeless shelter in existence as of January 1, 2017.(6) None of the limitations and restrictions in subsections (c)(1) through (c)(5) shall apply to any healthcare facility.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 392, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-12 - Admission and selection of tenants.

§ 42-11.2-12. Admission and selection of tenants.(a) Tenant selection shall be the responsibility of the owner, except that owners of units assisted under this chapter shall abide by the application and tenant selection policies and procedures established by the executive department.(b) The executive department shall develop application, waiting list, and tenant selection policies and procedures that are fair and reasonable and are consistent with the requirements of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-11.2-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-11.2 - Affordable Housing Opportunity|Section 42-11.2-13 - Tenant rent.

§ 42-11.2-13. Tenant rent.Each eligible tenant receiving benefits under this chapter shall pay thirty percent (30%) of his or her adjusted income for its housing costs. Any amounts paid on behalf of tenants under the rental assistance program shall not be considered in determining the amount of welfare or other public assistance to which they are entitled.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1.