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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-2.5 - Prohibition on Contracting with Iran › Section 37-2.5-3. - Certain persons, entities prohibited from bidding on certain public contracts, maintenance of list.

§ 37-2.5-3. Certain persons, entities prohibited from bidding on certain public contracts, maintenance of list.
(a)
A person or entity that, at the time of bid or proposal for a new contract or renewal of an existing contract, is identified on a list created pursuant to subsection (b) as a person or entity engaging in investment activities in Iran as described in § 37-2.5-2(b), shall be ineligible to, and shall not, bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew, a contract with the state for goods or services.
(b)
Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act, the treasurer shall, using credible information available to the public, develop a list of persons or entities it determines engage in investment activities in Iran as described in § 37-2.5-2(b).
(c)
The treasurer shall update the list annually.
(d)
Before finalizing an initial list pursuant to subsection (b) or an updated list pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the treasurer shall do the following before a person or entity is included on the list:
(1)
Provide ninety (90) days written notice of its intent to include the person or entity on the list. The notice shall inform the person or entity that inclusion on the list would make the person or entity ineligible to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew, a contract for goods or services with the state; and
(2)
Provide a person or entity with an opportunity to comment in writing that it is not engaged in investment activities in Iran. If the person or entity demonstrates to the treasurer that the person or entity is not engaged in investment activities in Iran as described in § 37-2.5-2(b), the person or entity shall not be included on the list, unless the person or entity is otherwise ineligible to bid on a contract as described in § 37-2.5-5(a)(3).
(3)
The treasurer shall make every effort to avoid erroneously including a person or entity on the list.
History of Section.
P.L. 2013, ch. 173, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 225, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-2.5 - Prohibition on Contracting with Iran › Section 37-2.5-4. - Certification required.

§ 37-2.5-4. Certification required.
(a)
The state shall require a person or entity that submits a bid or proposal or otherwise proposes to enter into or renew a contract to certify, at the time the bid is submitted or the contract is renewed, that the person or entity is not identified on a list created pursuant to § 37-2.5-3(b) as a person or entity engaging in investment activities in Iran described in § 37-2.5-2(b).
(b)
The certification required shall be executed on behalf of the applicable person or entity, by an authorized officer or representative of the person or entity.
(c)
In the event that a person or entity is unable to make the certification required because it or one of its parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as defined in § 37-2.5-2(a)(4), has engaged in one or more of the activities specified in § 37-2.5-2(b), the person or entity shall provide to the state, prior to the deadline for delivery of such certification, a detailed and precise description of such activities, such description to be provided under penalty of perjury.
(d)
The certifications provided under subsection (a) of this section and disclosures provided under subsection (c) of this section shall be disclosed to the public.
History of Section.
P.L. 2013, ch. 173, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 225, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-2.5 - Prohibition on Contracting with Iran › Section 37-2.5-5. - False certification — Penalties.

§ 37-2.5-5. False certification — Penalties.
(a)
If the treasurer determines, using credible information available to the public and after providing ninety (90) days written notice and an opportunity to comment in writing for the person or entity to demonstrate that it is not engaged in investment activities in Iran, that the person or entity has submitted a false certification pursuant to § 37-2.5-4, and the person or entity fails to demonstrate to the treasurer that the person or entity has ceased its engagement in the investment activities in Iran within ninety (90) days after the determination of a false certification, the following shall apply:
(1)
Pursuant to an action under subsection (b) of this section, a civil penalty in an amount that is equal to the greater of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or twice the amount of the contract for which the false certification was made;
(2)
Termination of an existing contract with the state as deemed appropriate by the state; and
(3)
Ineligibility to bid on a contract for a period of three (3) years from the date of the determination that the person or entity submitted the false certification.
(b)
The treasurer shall report to the attorney general the name of the person or entity that the state determines has submitted a false certification under § 37-2.5-4, together with its information as to the false certification, and the attorney general shall determine whether to bring a civil action against the person or entity to collect the penalty described in subdivision (a)(1). Only one civil action against the person or entity to collect the penalty described in subdivision (a)(1) may be brought for a false certification on a contract. A civil action to collect such penalty shall commence within three (3) years from the date the certification is made.
History of Section.
P.L. 2013, ch. 173, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 225, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-2.5 - Prohibition on Contracting with Iran › Section 37-2.5-6. - Written notice to Attorney General.

§ 37-2.5-6. Written notice to Attorney General.
The governor shall submit to the attorney general of the United States a written notice describing this act within thirty (30) days after its effective date.
History of Section.
P.L. 2013, ch. 173, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 225, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-2.6 - Anti-Discrimination in State Contracts › Section 37-2.6-1. - Short title.

§ 37-2.6-1. Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Anti-Discrimination in State Contracts Act.”
History of Section.
P.L. 2016, ch. 477, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-2.6 - Anti-Discrimination in State Contracts › Section 37-2.6-2. - Definitions.

§ 37-2.6-2. Definitions.
(a)
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section as follows:
(1)
“Boycott” means to blacklist, divest from, sanction, or otherwise refuse to deal with a person, firm, or entity, or a public entity of a foreign state, when the action is based on race, color, religion, gender, or nationality of the targeted person, firm, entity, or public entity of a foreign state. Boycott does not include:
(i)
A decision based on a bona fide business or economic reasons;
(ii)
A boycott against a public entity of a foreign state when the boycott is applied in a nondiscriminatory manner; and
(iii)
Boycotts or divestments of particular jurisdictions that are specifically authorized or required by federal law or state law.
(2)
“Public entity” means the state, or any political subdivisions of the state, including, but not limited to, any of its agencies, departments, institutions, or school districts.
(3)
A “jurisdiction with whom the state can enjoy open trade” means states that are members of the World Trade Organization.
History of Section.
P.L. 2016, ch. 477, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-2.6 - Anti-Discrimination in State Contracts › Section 37-2.6-3. - Discrimination in state contracts prohibited.

§ 37-2.6-3. Discrimination in state contracts prohibited.
A public entity shall not enter into a contract with a business to acquire or dispose of supplies, services, information technology, or construction unless the contract includes a representation that the business is not currently engaged in, and an agreement that the business will not during the duration of the contract engage in, the boycott of any person, firm, or entity based in, or doing business with, a jurisdiction with whom the state can enjoy open trade, and/or the boycott of any public agencies, entities, or instrumentalities of the jurisdiction with whom the state can enjoy open trade.
History of Section.
P.L. 2016, ch. 477, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-2.6 - Anti-Discrimination in State Contracts › Section 37-2.6-4. - Applicability and exemptions.

§ 37-2.6-4. Applicability and exemptions.
This section shall not apply if a business fails to meet the requirements of § 37-2.6-3, but contracts to provide the goods or services for at least twenty percent (20%) less than the lowest certifying business. And provided further, this section shall not apply to contracts with a total potential value of less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
History of Section.
P.L. 2016, ch. 477, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3 - Acquisition of Federal Surplus Property [Repealed.] › Section 37-3-1 - — 37-3-9. Repealed.

§ 37-3-1 — 37-3-9. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1606, §§ 1-3; P.L. 1948, ch. 1988, § 1; G.L. 1956 § 37-3-1 — 37-3-8; P.L. 1977, ch. 162, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 1, effective July 1, 1992.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3.1 - Quonset Point Naval Air Station Property [Repealed.] › Section 37-3.1-1 - — 37-3.1-4. Repealed.

§ 37-3.1-1 — 37-3.1-4. Repealed.
History of Section.
Former §§ 37-3.1-1 — 37-3.1-4 (P.L. 1974, ch. 40, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 169, § 1) were repealed by P.L. 1975, ch. 249, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3.2 - Quonset Point Naval Air Station Property Lease › Section 37-3.2-1. - Definitions.

§ 37-3.2-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:
(1)
“Quonset Point buildings” means the buildings at the site of Quonset Point naval air station in the town of North Kingstown and situated on the reverter real property, or the surplus real property, including, without being limited to, the following: buildings number 1, 2, 16, 17, 60, 151, 374, 375, 406, 483, 484, 488, 536, 537, DG12 and DT38.
(2)
“Reverter real property” means that real property more fully described in P.L. 1939, ch. 696, together with all later additions or accretions thereto resulting from filling in or otherwise, title to which has reverted or will revert to the state pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1939, ch. 696.
(3)
“Reverter personal property” means the personal property (which may include any of the Quonset Point buildings to the extent that they are deemed to be personal property) located on the reverter real property.
(4)
“Surplus real property” means such real property as shall be transferred, assigned, or conveyed to the state by the United States pursuant to the provisions of § 13 (g) of the surplus property act of 1944, 50 U.S.C. App. § 1622 (g), or pursuant to the provisions of any other applicable law of the United States.
(5)
“Surplus personal property” means such personal property, in addition to the reverter personal property, as shall be transferred, assigned, or conveyed to the state by the United States pursuant to the provisions of § 13 (g) of the surplus property act of 1944 or pursuant to the provisions of any other applicable law of the United States.
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 249, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3.2 - Quonset Point Naval Air Station Property Lease › Section 37-3.2-2. - Acquisition of title to property.

§ 37-3.2-2. Acquisition of title to property.
Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the governor is authorized, empowered, and directed, with the approval of the state properties committee, to acquire, in the name of the state of Rhode Island, from the United States, title to the reverter personal property, the surplus real property, the surplus personal property, and the real and personal property located at the naval construction battalion center in the village of Davisville, town of North Kingstown, and the real and personal property located at the naval complex in the county of Newport.
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 249, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3.2 - Quonset Point Naval Air Station Property Lease › Section 37-3.2-3. - Lease of property.

§ 37-3.2-3. Lease of property.
(a)
The governor is authorized, empowered, and directed, with the approval of the state properties committee to enter into an agreement or agreements to lease, and then to lease, not more than approximately one hundred seventy-five (175) acres of land comprising part of the reverter real property and part of the surplus real property, together with the Quonset Point buildings and all other improvements on the real property, and any of the reverter personal property and the surplus personal property located on the real property or in those buildings or related to the use and occupation thereof, to electric boat division of general dynamics corporation, a Delaware corporation, for an initial term and one or more renewal terms not exceeding, in the aggregate, thirty (30) years and for rents and upon other terms, conditions, and agreements, including provisions with respect to arbitration of disputes, for other consideration, and with powers to assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of the leasehold estate, as the governor and the state properties committee shall approve.
(b)
If the Rhode Island economic development corporation, or any subsidiary corporation thereof, (the same being hereinafter referred to as “the corporation”) shall acquire title to any of the reverter real property, the reverter personal property, the surplus real property, the surplus personal property, or any other personal property, then, to that extent, the corporation shall be authorized and empowered, with the approval of the state properties committee, to enter into an agreement or agreements to lease, and then to lease (or, as to Rhode Island port authority and economic development corporation, to sublease through any subsidiary corporation thereof) not more than approximately one hundred seventy-five (175) acres of the land comprising part of the reverter real property and part of the surplus real property, together with the Quonset Point buildings and all other improvements on that real property, and any of the reverter personal property and the surplus personal property located on the real property or in the buildings or related to the use and occupation thereof, and any other personal property which it may acquire, to electric boat division of general dynamics corporation, a Delaware corporation, for an initial term and one or more renewal terms not exceeding, in the aggregate, thirty (30) years and for rents and upon other terms, conditions, and agreements, for other consideration, and with such powers to assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of the leasehold estate, as the corporation and the state properties committee shall approve.
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 277, § 8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3.2 - Quonset Point Naval Air Station Property Lease › Section 37-3.2-4. - Management of leased property.

§ 37-3.2-4. Management of leased property.
If the governor shall enter into an agreement or agreements to lease, or a lease, with electric boat division of general dynamics corporation, a Delaware corporation, pursuant to the authority hereinbefore conferred upon him or her, he or she shall further be authorized and empowered, with the approval of the state properties committee, to engage the Rhode Island economic development corporation, or any subsidiary corporation thereof, to manage for and on behalf of the state any property which shall be subject to an agreement or agreements to lease, or a lease, and, as agent of the state, to discharge the state’s responsibilities under that agreement or lease and exercise all authorities conferred upon the state thereby, upon the terms and conditions as the governor and the state properties committee shall approve.
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 249, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3.2 - Quonset Point Naval Air Station Property Lease › Section 37-3.2-5. - Transfer of property.

§ 37-3.2-5. Transfer of property.
The governor is authorized, empowered, and directed, with the approval of the state properties committee, to transfer, assign, and convey to the Rhode Island economic development corporation, or any subsidiary corporation thereof, any part or all of the property which is subject to an agreement or agreements to lease, or a lease, or which is intended to be subject to an agreement, agreements, or lease, all in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, upon such terms and conditions, and for such consideration, as the governor and the state properties committee shall approve, the property thereafter to be used or disposed of by the corporation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and its corporate purposes. The authority herein granted to the governor shall be in addition to any other authority conferred upon him or her by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 249, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3.2 - Quonset Point Naval Air Station Property Lease › Section 37-3.2-6. - State authorized to sue or be sued.

§ 37-3.2-6. State authorized to sue or be sued.
The state is authorized to sue, and consents to be sued, in its own name in connection with any of the foregoing.
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 249, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-3.2 - Quonset Point Naval Air Station Property Lease › Section 37-3.2-7. - Certain prior transactions ratified.

§ 37-3.2-7. Certain prior transactions ratified.
The execution and delivery by the governor, with the approval of the state properties committee, of a certain “instrument of severance and transfer of interests” dated November 11, 1975, and the execution and delivery by Quonset Point land corporation, a subsidiary public corporation of the Rhode Island economic development corporation, of a certain “instrument of severance” dated November 14, 1976, is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed in all respects.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 277, § 9; P.L. 1977, ch. 115, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-4 - Automotive Equipment › Section 37-4-1. - Maintenance and repair.

§ 37-4-1. Maintenance and repair.
Maintenance and repair of automotive equipment of the state, not otherwise or specifically assigned to any other department or agency by law, shall be vested in the department of administration, provided, however, that the maintenance and repair of motor vehicles used by the department of human services shall be vested in the department of human services.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 109; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 37-4-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-4 - Automotive Equipment › Section 37-4-2. - Automotive equipment fund established.

§ 37-4-2. Automotive equipment fund established.
The general treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to establish an account to be known as the “automotive equipment fund,” which shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1643, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-4-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-4 - Automotive Equipment › Section 37-4-3. - Transfers from motor equipment service rotary fund.

§ 37-4-3. Transfers from motor equipment service rotary fund.
From time to time, as the governor shall direct, there shall be transferred to the automotive equipment fund such portions of the surplus then remaining in the motor equipment service rotary fund previously established by executive order.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1643, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 37-4-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-4 - Automotive Equipment › Section 37-4-4. - Purchase of equipment.

§ 37-4-4. Purchase of equipment.
Within the limitation of the amounts available in the automotive equipment fund, the director of administration may from time to time provide for the replacement of outworn automotive equipment, and/or the purchase of new or used automobiles, trucks, and other equipment in the state auto pool.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1643, § 3; P.L. 1946, ch. 1764, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 37-4-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-4 - Automotive Equipment › Section 37-4-5. - Disbursements from fund.

§ 37-4-5. Disbursements from fund.
The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment from the automotive equipment fund of such sums as may from time to time be required under the provisions of this chapter, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the director of administration.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1643, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 37-4-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-4 - Automotive Equipment › Section 37-4-6. - Insurance coverage.

§ 37-4-6. Insurance coverage.
The state of Rhode Island shall be required to provide insurance coverage on all motor vehicles owned by the state and operated by the employees of the state of Rhode Island in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per person for personal injury, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per accident, and twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for property damage.
History of Section.
P.L. 1960, ch. 135, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation › Section 37-5-1. - Roads subject to supervision of department.

§ 37-5-1. Roads subject to supervision of department.
The department and director of transportation shall enforce the provisions of chapters 8 and 10 of title 24, all other provisions of the general laws and public laws relating to the care and maintenance of highways, roads, freeways, and bridges by the state, including the construction, reconstruction, care, and maintenance of park roads and parkways previously performed by the department of agriculture and conservation, and roads and driveways on the grounds of the university of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island college, the several state institutions, and other state property, unless otherwise provided by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 102; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2686, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-5-1; impl. am. P.L. 1959, ch. 44.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation › Section 37-5-2. - Maintenance and construction of roads — Regulation of use — Cooperation with other agencies.

§ 37-5-2. Maintenance and construction of roads — Regulation of use — Cooperation with other agencies.
(a)
The department shall maintain and construct highways, roads, freeways, bridges, and incidental structures, and shall make rules and regulations regarding the use of highways, roads, freeways, bridges, and structures. The department shall cooperate with the several cities and towns in the construction of highways, roads, freeways, and bridges, and with the federal government on federal aid projects. Whenever a public utility files an application with the department for permission to excavate a state maintained road in order to extend its service, the department shall send a notice by certified mail to the town or city clerk of the municipality in which the excavation is to take place.
(b)
Any contractor hired by the department to perform work shall notify a city or town that a subcontractor has been hired by the contractor to perform work in that city or town. The notification shall include the name and address of each contractor and subcontractor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 103; G.L. 1956, § 37-5-2; P.L. 1995, ch. 93, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 296, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation › Section 37-5-3. - Airports and aeronautics.

§ 37-5-3. Airports and aeronautics.
The department and director shall have supervision over the state airport at Hillsgrove, such other airports and landing fields as may be constructed or operated by the state, and all other aeronautics within the state, and shall enforce the provisions of chapters 2 and 4 of title 1.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 106; P.L. 1940, ch. 851, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 37-5-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation › Section 37-5-4. - State piers — Cooperation in river and harbor development.

§ 37-5-4. State piers — Cooperation in river and harbor development.
The department and director shall have jurisdiction over state pier no. 1 at Providence, state pier no. 2 at Pawtucket, and state piers no. 3 and no. 4 in the town of Narragansett. The department shall also cooperate with federal authorities in connection with river and harbor development; and shall also carry on all duties in connection with the opening of breachways in the several salt ponds of the state and for this purpose shall cooperate with federal authorities in connection with the breachways.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 107; G.L. 1956, § 37-5-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation › Section 37-5-5. - Repealed.

§ 37-5-5. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 108; G.L. 1956, § 37-5-5; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 15, § 4, effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation › Section 37-5-6. - Emergency public works powers.

§ 37-5-6. Emergency public works powers.
The department and director shall exercise and perform all the powers, duties, and functions now or formerly exercised or performed by the emergency public works commission, with the exception of the award of contracts for new buildings, which contracts shall be awarded by the department of administration, and the emergency public works commission is hereby abolished.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 110; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 37-5-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation › Section 37-5-7. - Commuter parking facilities.

§ 37-5-7. Commuter parking facilities.
The department and director are authorized to plan, construct, and maintain, or to enter into agreements with federal, state, or local governmental agencies in connection with commuter parking facilities at locations which would encourage the use of mass transportation and reduce peak traffic demands on highway systems. The provisions of the agreements may be carried out by the director with other governmental agencies as necessity, convenience, or economy requires. The director shall have authority to enter into agreements with federal agencies for federal financial aid and to do any and all other acts and things necessary or desirable to take advantage of the financial aid. Contracts for the construction shall be carried out in the manner provided by law for public works. The director may acquire in the name of the state such real property as is necessary to construct and maintain commuter parking facilities in the same manner and with like powers as authorized and exercised by the director in acquiring real property for state highway purposes in accordance with chapter 6 of title 37.
History of Section.
P.L. 1970, ch. 52, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation › Section 37-5-7.1. - Parking cash-out programs.

§ 37-5-7.1. Parking cash-out programs.
(a)
Each employer of fifty (50) persons or more, located within one-quarter (¼) of a mile of Rhode Island public transit service who provides a parking subsidy to employees, shall offer a parking cash-out program. “Parking cash-out program” means an employer-funded program under which an employer offers to provide a RIPTA monthly transit pass to an employee instead of the parking subsidy that the employer would otherwise pay to provide the employee with a parking space.
(b)
A parking cash-out program may include a requirement that employee participants certify that they will comply with guidelines established by the employer designed to avoid neighborhood parking problems, with a provision that employees not complying with the guidelines will no longer be eligible for the parking cash-out program.
(c)
As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)
“Employee” means an employee of an employer subject to this section;
(2)
“Parking subsidy” means the difference between the out-of-pocket amount paid by an employer on a regular basis in order to secure the availability of an employee parking space not owned by the employer and the price, if any, charged to an employee for use of that space.
(d)
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any employer who, on or before August 1, 2003, has leased employee parking, until the expiration of that lease or unless the lease permits the employer to reduce, without penalty, the number of parking spaces subject to the lease.
(e)
It is the intent of the general assembly, in enacting this section, that cash-out requirements shall apply only to employers who can reduce, without penalty, the number of paid parking spaces they maintain for the use of their employees and instead provide their employees the monthly transit pass described in this section.
(f)
Any city or town in which a commercial development will implement a parking cash-out program may grant to that development an appropriate reduction in the parking requirements otherwise in effect for new development. At the request of an existing commercial development that has implemented a parking cash-out program, the city or town may grant an appropriate reduction in the parking requirements otherwise applicable, based on the demonstrated reduced need for parking, and the space no longer needed for parking purposes may be used for other appropriate purposes.
History of Section.
P.L. 2004, ch. 285, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 315, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-1. - State properties committee — Composition.

§ 37-6-1. State properties committee — Composition.
There is hereby created and established a committee to be known as the state properties committee to act in cooperation with the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and agencies of the state for the purpose of acquiring, administering, and disposing of interests in land and other real property for the improvement of the administration of the state government, the advancement of commerce, and the protection and improvement of the health, welfare, and safety of the inhabitants of this state. The committee shall be composed of a member appointed by the director of the department of administration to serve as chairperson; the attorney general, serving ex-officio; the general treasurer, serving as a nonvoting ex-officio member; the director of the department of administration, serving ex-officio; and two (2) members representing the public, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The ex-officio members, including the chairperson, may from time to time designate a subordinate, from within his or her department or division, as a substitute member of the committee, in his or her stead, by filing a written notice thereof, in the office of the secretary of state. Any designation may be revoked at any time by filing a written revocation in the secretary of state’s office. The public member shall be appointed by the governor to serve for a term of three (3) years and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, the appointment to be made for a term commencing March 1, 1961, and each third year thereafter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-1; P.L. 1961, ch. 88, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 205, art. 11, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 315, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 160; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 78; P.L. 2006, ch. 408, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 502, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 350, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-1.1. - Reporting requirements.

§ 37-6-1.1. Reporting requirements.
Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, the committee shall approve and submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the secretary of state, of its activities during that fiscal year. The report shall provide an operating statement, summarizing meetings or hearings held, including meeting minutes, subjects addressed, decisions rendered, applications considered and their disposition, rules or regulations promulgated, studies conducted, policies and plans developed, approved, or modified, and programs administered or initiated; a consolidated financial statement of all funds received and expended including the source of the funds, a listing of any staff supported by these funds, and a summary of any clerical, administrative or technical support received; a summary of performance during the previous fiscal year, including accomplishments, shortcomings and remedies; a synopsis of hearings, complaints, suspensions, or other legal matters related to the authority of the counsel; a summary of any training courses held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; a briefing on anticipated activities in the upcoming fiscal year, and findings and recommendations for improvements. The report shall be posted electronically on the websites of the general assembly and the secretary of state pursuant to the provisions of § 42-20-8.2. The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for the enforcement of this provision.
History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 408, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 502, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-1.2. - Training requirements.

§ 37-6-1.2. Training requirements.
The committee shall conduct a training course for newly appointed and qualified members within six (6) months of their qualification or designation. The course shall be developed by the chair of the committee, be approved by the committee, and be conducted by the chair of the committee. The committee may approve the use of any committee and/or staff member and/or individuals to assist with training. The training course shall include instruction in the following areas: the provisions of chapters 42-46, 36-14 and 38-2; and the committee’s rules and regulations. The director of the department of administration shall, within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act [July 7, 2006], prepare and disseminate training materials relating to the provisions of chapters 42-46, 36-14, and 38-2.
History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 408, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 502, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-1.3. - Public disclosure of the management and disposal of property.

§ 37-6-1.3. Public disclosure of the management and disposal of property.
(a)
The state properties committee shall prepare and submit to the secretary of state quarterly a list containing:
(1)
Any and all action(s) taken or approval(s) given pursuant to Rhode Island general laws §§ 37-7-1, 37-7-2, 37-7-3, 37-7-5, 37-7-5.1, 37-7-8, and 37-7-9;
(2)
The name(s), including corporate and fictitious name(s), of all parties to any action taken or approval given;
(3)
The location, by number, street, and city/town, along with tax assessor’s plat and lot, of any property effected by any action taken or approval given;
(4)
The amount of payment or reimbursement paid or to be paid in each instance; and
(5)
Location of each document, deed, and/or other instrument of conveyance and demise of land or other real property sold or leased.
(b)
The secretary of state shall compile, publish, and make available for public inspection all lists prepared in accordance with this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 393, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-3. - Detail of state employees to duty with committee.

§ 37-6-3. Detail of state employees to duty with committee.
Upon request of the state properties committee, the head of any department, board, bureau, or commission of the state government shall detail to the committee any state employee under his or her supervision whose assistance as professional personnel, technician, or expert, or whose services as stenographer or clerical worker shall be deemed necessary or desirable to the work of the committee, for temporary duty with the committee for periods not exceeding two (2) weeks in any one case.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-4. - Powers and duties supplemental.

§ 37-6-4. Powers and duties supplemental.
The powers and duties vested in the state purchasing agent, the director of administration, and the attorney general by the provisions of this chapter and §§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-9 shall be construed to be in addition to any and all other powers and duties vested in them by any other general or public law, and not in substitution thereof.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-5. - Power of department and agency heads to acquire property for public use.

§ 37-6-5. Power of department and agency heads to acquire property for public use.
(a)
Whenever in the opinion of the head of any department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state government, hereinafter referred to as the acquiring authority, the acquisition of land or other real property or any interest, estate, or right therein is necessary or advantageous to the establishment, acquisition, construction, development, betterment, or maintenance of any governmental facility, public work, or public improvement, the acquiring authority shall be and hereby is authorized and empowered, within the limits of the appropriations that are available or that shall be made available, with the approval of the state properties committee, and in the case of purchases by or gifts or devises to the state, subject to the approval of the governor, to take in fee simple or otherwise in the name and for the benefit of the state of Rhode Island, by purchase, lease, gift, or devise lands and other real property and rights, interests, estates, easements, and privileges therein, and foreshore, riparian, and littoral rights thereto for the public use within the state of Rhode Island.
(b)
No acquiring authority shall relinquish riparian rights of Colt State Park or Poppasquash Road, Bristol to any entity for private use.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-5; P.L. 2005, ch. 432, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-6. - Notice to Rhode Island economic development corporation of proposed acquisition or disposal.

§ 37-6-6. Notice to Rhode Island economic development corporation of proposed acquisition or disposal.
Before acquiring and before disposing of any land or other real property or any interest, estate, or right therein, by conveyance, grant, lease, or license, except by license terminable by will, the acquiring authority shall give written notice of its contemplated or proposed action to the Rhode Island economic development corporation and afford the corporation a reasonable opportunity to study and make its recommendations thereon.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-7. - Consideration of public interest — Certificate that state employee is not interested in site selected.

§ 37-6-7. Consideration of public interest — Certificate that state employee is not interested in site selected.
In the selection of a site for acquisition for any public use, reference shall be had to the interest and convenience of the public, as well as to the best interests of the state government. The state properties committee shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to set aside any selection which in its opinion has not been made solely with reference thereto. Before any site shall be finally adopted, each and every state employee acting in the selection of the site shall make and file with the committee a certificate under penalty of perjury that he or she is not, at the time of making the certificate, and was not at the date of making the selection of the site, directly or indirectly, interested in the property selected for the same, and that he or she has not received and will not receive, either directly or indirectly, any inducement, commission, brokerage, fee, consideration, gift, or reward for or as a result of the selection or acquisition of the site.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-8. - Approval and filing of conveyances to state.

§ 37-6-8. Approval and filing of conveyances to state.
Every instrument conveying an interest in land or other real property to the state shall, prior to acceptance, be approved by the acquiring authority, and as to substance, by the director of administration, and as to form, by the attorney general, and a copy of each instrument of conveyance shall be filed with the general treasurer.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-9. - Acceptance of conveyances by treasurer.

§ 37-6-9. Acceptance of conveyances by treasurer.
The general treasurer is hereby directed, authorized, and empowered, with the approval of the acquiring authority, and subject to the approval of the state properties committee and of the governor, to receive, take title to, and hold in trust for the state, exempt from taxation, any gift, grant, or devise of lands or interests, estates, or rights, therein made for the purposes of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-10. - Acquisition of limited or encumbered title.

§ 37-6-10. Acquisition of limited or encumbered title.
Whenever in the opinion of the acquiring authority the purposes for which control over any land or other real property is needed are not essentially impaired by the acquisition of an interest in the land, or other real property less than a fee simple, or less than perpetual in duration, or subject to any easements or rights of way, or subject to reserved or outstanding interests or rights, and there is a substantial saving in cost by acquiring limited title or title subject to the encumbrances, reserved or outstanding interests or rights in the land or other real property, as compared with the cost of acquiring fee simple unencumbered title thereto, the acquiring authority shall be and hereby is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the state properties committee, to take and accept an interest less than a fee simple in the land or real property, or for a limited period of time, or subject to easements, rights of way, reserved or outstanding interests or rights, and the attorney general in that case may approve the limited title or title subject to easements, rights of way, reservations, or outstanding interests or rights.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-11. - Acquisition of outstanding interests limiting or encumbering title.

§ 37-6-11. Acquisition of outstanding interests limiting or encumbering title.
Whenever estates, rights, interests, easements, and privileges in lands or other real property can be acquired at prices reasonable in the judgment of the state properties committee, the acquiring authority is authorized and empowered to acquire the estates, rights, interests, easements, and privileges by purchase. The state controller, upon the passage of title to the state, is authorized and directed, upon receipt by him or her of proper and duly authenticated vouchers, to draw his or her order upon the general treasurer for the payment of the purchase price therefor out of the amount appropriated to the acquiring authority.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-12. - Examination of title by attorney general — Acquisition of title insurance.

§ 37-6-12. Examination of title by attorney general — Acquisition of title insurance.
The attorney general shall require the state purchasing agent to engage a title insurance company doing business within this state to furnish a certificate of title or to issue to the state a policy of title insurance covering the real estate, and the expense of procuring the certificate or title insurance policy shall be paid out of the appropriation made to the acquiring authority for the acquisition. No public money shall be expended upon any site or land purchased by, devised to, or conveyed as a gift to the state until the acquisition of such certificate of title or policy of title insurance.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-12; P.L. 2002, ch. 401, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 37 - Public Property and Works › Chapter 37-6 - Acquisition of Land › Section 37-6-13. - Authorization of condemnation for road purposes.

§ 37-6-13. Authorization of condemnation for road purposes.
Whenever in the opinion of the director of transportation the acquisition of land or other real property or any interest, estate, or right therein is necessary or advantageous for the establishing, laying out, widening, extending, relocating, regrading, straightening, or improving of any public highway, street, or parkway, or to secure more suitable lines, grades, or safety, the state properties committee may authorize the acquisition thereof by condemnation proceedings; provided, however, the state properties committee shall not authorize any land or estate owned and used by any railroad company to be taken by condemnation until after hearing before the division of public utilities and carriers and until the consent of the division of public utilities and carriers to the taking shall be given.
History of Section.
P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 37-6-13.