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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-2. - Jurisdiction over freeways.

§ 24-10-2. Jurisdiction over freeways.
The director of transportation shall have full power and authority to lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, discontinue, and regulate the use of freeways within this state in the same manner or manners in which the director may now lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, discontinue, and regulate the use of highways within this state. The director shall also have any and all other additional authority and power relative to such freeways as he or she now possesses relative to highways, including the authority and power to acquire or accept title to the lands or rights-of-way needed for freeways.
History of Section.
P.L. 1937, ch. 2537, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-3. - Extinguishment of easements — Regulation of access.

§ 24-10-3. Extinguishment of easements — Regulation of access.
Where an existing highway has been designated as or included within a freeway by the director, existing easements of access, light or air may be extinguished by purchase or by taking under eminent domain, in accordance with any existing method now exercised by the director in purchasing or taking land for highway purposes. Access to the freeway from any existing highway, road or street may be regulated and restricted by the director. Access to the freeway from any new highway, road or street shall be subject to the consent and approval of the director.
History of Section.
P.L. 1937, ch. 2537, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-4. - Commercial enterprises prohibited.

§ 24-10-4. Commercial enterprises prohibited.
No commercial enterprise involving the sale or distribution of any commodity or product used in, or for the servicing of, any motor vehicle shall be authorized or conducted by the director of transportation or by any agency or officer of the state, within or on the property acquired for or designated as a freeway, as defined in this chapter.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2392, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-5. - Fuel and service facilities adjacent to freeways.

§ 24-10-5. Fuel and service facilities adjacent to freeways.
(a)
In order to permit the establishment of adequate fuel and other service facilities by private owners or their lessees for the users of a freeway, the director of transportation shall provide for access roads within the state’s right-of-way of any freeway established or designated as provided in this chapter, at points which in his or her opinion, will best serve the public interest.
(b)
The location of fuel and other service facilities may be indicated to the users of the freeway by appropriate sign, the size, style, and specifications of which shall be determined by the director of transportation.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2392, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-6. - Chapter supplemental.

§ 24-10-6. Chapter supplemental.
This chapter shall be considered supplementary and in addition to any and all other powers now exercised by the director of transportation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1937, ch. 2537, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; redesignated § 5 by P.L. 1949, ch. 2392, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-7 - — 24-10-16. Repealed.

§ 24-10-7 — 24-10-16. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1963, ch. 155, §§ 1, 2; Repealed by P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 2, effective May 6, 1966. For present law, see §§ 24-10.1-1 — 24-10.1-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-17. - Soliciting rides in motor vehicles.

§ 24-10-17. Soliciting rides in motor vehicles.
(a)
Any person who endeavors by words, gestures, or otherwise to beg, invite, or secure transportation in any motor vehicle on any freeway within the state, except in the case of a bona fide emergency or in the case of sickness, is subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
(b)
Any person who endeavors to solicit a ride in a motor vehicle in the manner described in this section on the traveled portion of any other public highway in this state shall be subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 102; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 12, § 4; P.L. 2021, ch. 49, § 1, effective June 14, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 50, § 1, effective June 11, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-18. - Backing up prohibited.

§ 24-10-18. Backing up prohibited.
Any person who backs up a motor vehicle on a roadway or shoulder of any freeway within the state, shall be subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
History of Section.
P.L. 1970, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 63; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 12, § 4; P.L. 2021, ch. 49, § 1, effective June 14, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 50, § 1, effective June 11, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-19. - Advertising motor vehicles for sale on state highways.

§ 24-10-19. Advertising motor vehicles for sale on state highways.
Any person who parks a motor vehicle in a designated parking area provided by the state for a period in excess of twelve (12) hours, for the purpose of advertising the vehicle for sale shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 279, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10 - Freeways › Section 24-10-20. - Park and ride lots.

§ 24-10-20. Park and ride lots.
Park and ride lots, also known as fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities, are facilities which are intended to be used for the temporary parking of passenger vehicles and which are located and designed so as to facilitate the safe and convenient transfer of persons traveling in passenger vehicles to and from high occupancy vehicles and/or public mass transportation systems including rail. Any other vehicle parked and/or property, including but not limited to, boats or commercial type trailer boxes, stored at those lots will be fined and towed at owner’s expense. State and local law enforcement officials have authority to ticket and tow any vehicles under this statute. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
History of Section.
P.L. 2000, ch. 223, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 63; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 12, § 4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-1. - Declaration of policy.

§ 24-10.1-1. Declaration of policy.
In order to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles, to prevent confusion with respect to compliance with traffic lights, signs, signals and regulations, to promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel upon highways within this state and to protect the public investment therein, to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas, and in the general welfare of the people of this state, the general assembly declares it to be the policy of this state that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of the interstate, primary, secondary road systems within this state shall be regulated in accordance with the terms of this chapter and the regulations promulgated by the director of transportation pursuant thereto and finds that all outdoor advertising which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter is a public nuisance. It is the intention of the general assembly in this chapter to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor advertising consistent with the public policy relating to areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems as declared by congress in title 23 of the United States Code, Highways. Further, the general assembly declares the policy also to regulate other roads within the state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 70; P.L. 1990, ch. 305, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-2. - Definitions.

§ 24-10.1-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)
“Information center” means an area or site established and maintained as safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing such other information as the director of transportation may consider desirable.
(2)
“Interstate system” means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the director of transportation, and approved pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, Highways.
(3)(i)
“Maintenance” means the normal repair of outdoor advertising due to wear and tear. Maintenance shall not include the relocation nor the increase of advertisement size nor height. Maintenance shall not permit any alterations such as the addition of face lighting nor lit panels, moving parts, sparkling surfaces, cutouts nor temporary extensions of advertising space.
(ii)
Maintenance shall permit the change in the advertisement copy by means of trivision technology or other equivalent technology approved by the department of transportation and, if necessary, the federal highway administration; provided, however, for each sign using such technology two (2) valid permits for signs of equivalent size shall be required. Provided, further, however, that in the event that a person, firm or corporation does not hold more than one permit, only one permit for signs of equivalent size shall be required.
(4)
“Outdoor advertising” means an outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, structure, or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or information contents of which is visible from any place on the main-traveled way of the interstate, primary, or secondary systems.
(5)
“Primary systems” means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the director of transportation, pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, Highways.
(6)
“Safety rest area” means an area or site established and maintained within or adjacent to the right-of-way by or under public supervision or control, for the convenience of the traveling public.
(7)
“Secondary systems” means that portion of state maintained roads that are neither interstate nor primary roads.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 305, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 440, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-3. - Limitations of outdoor advertising devices.

§ 24-10.1-3. Limitations of outdoor advertising devices.
No outdoor advertising shall be erected in this state except the following:
(1)
Directional and other official signs and notices erected, maintained, or authorized by a public agency or body, which signs and notices shall include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders and scenic and historic attractions, as authorized or required by law.
(2)
Signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located, subject, however, to the national standards as promulgated pursuant to the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965.
(3)
Signs, displays, and devices advertising activities conducted on the property upon which they are located, subject, however, to the national standards as promulgated pursuant to the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965 including spacing requirements of the Rhode Island department of transportation rules and regulations governing outdoor advertising, except for signs that are allowed to be relocated as permitted in subsection (5).
(4)
Bus shelters erected under the authority of the state department of transportation or Rhode Island public transit authority which shall be permitted no more than one two (2) sided sign. Each sign face shall be no more than twenty-four (24) square feet in size.
(5)
Lawfully permitted signs, displays, and devices already in existence may be relocated to other permitted locations with the approval of the appropriate governmental agency(s), provided that the relocated outdoor advertising remains the same or smaller in size, and that such outdoor advertising conforms and is consistent with the municipal comprehensive plan and related zoning requirements.
(6)
This chapter shall not preclude the maintenance of existing outdoor advertising.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 268, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 305, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-4. - Regulation of advertising.

§ 24-10.1-4. Regulation of advertising.
The director of transportation is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations governing the issuance of permits for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising coming within the exceptions contained in subsections (1), (4) and (5) of § 24-10.1-3 consistent with the safety and welfare of the traveling public, and as may be necessary to carry out the policy of the state declared in this chapter, and consistent with the national standards promulgated by the secretary of commerce pursuant to title 23, United States Code. All permit fees collected pursuant to regulations promulgated under this section shall be deposited in the intermodal surface transportation fund.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-5. - Removal of nonconforming advertising.

§ 24-10.1-5. Removal of nonconforming advertising.
Any sign, display, or device lawfully in existence along the interstate system or the primary system on May 6, 1966 and which is not in conformity with the provisions contained in this chapter shall not be required to be removed until July 1, 1970. Any other sign, display, or device lawfully erected which does not conform to this chapter shall not be required to be removed until the end of the fifth year after it becomes nonconforming.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 62.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-6. - Compensation for removal of advertising.

§ 24-10.1-6. Compensation for removal of advertising.
(a)
Any person, firm, association, or corporation having any property interest either in any real property upon which is located any prohibited advertising sign, display, or device, or having any property interest in any prohibited advertising sign, display, or device, or having any property interest in both, shall be justly compensated by the director of transportation for any damages sustained by reason of the removal of the following prohibited advertising signs, displays, and devices:
(1)
Those lawfully in existence as of May 6, 1966.
(2)
Those lawfully on any highway made a part of the interstate or primary system on or after May 6, 1966 and before January 1, 1968.
(3)
Those lawfully erected on or after January 1, 1968.
(b)
Compensation is authorized to be paid only for the following:
(1)
The taking, by virtue of the enactment of this chapter, from the owner of a prohibited sign, display or device of all right, title, leasehold, and interest in the sign, display or device; and
(2)
The taking, by virtue of the enactment of this chapter, from the owner of the real property on which the prohibited sign, display, or device is located, of the right to erect and maintain such signs, displays, and devices thereon.
(c)
Any person or party so entitled to compensation who cannot agree with the director of transportation as to the amount of just compensation to which he or she is so entitled, by virtue of the enactment of this chapter, may within one year from the time that the removal of such advertising is required apply for the damages to the superior court in accordance with the procedures of §§ 37-6-18 through 37-6-23.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 268, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-7. - Unlawful advertising.

§ 24-10.1-7. Unlawful advertising.
Any advertising device which violates the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The director of transportation shall give thirty (30) days’ notice, by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the owner of the land on which the advertising device is located to remove the device if it is a prohibited device or cause it to conform to regulations if it is an authorized device. If the owner of the property fails to act within thirty (30) days as required in the notice, the director of transportation, or any of the director’s authorized subordinates, may enter upon the real property where the outdoor advertising is located and abate and remove it.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-8. - Penalty.

§ 24-10.1-8. Penalty.
Any person, firm, corporation, or association who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-9. - Interpretation.

§ 24-10.1-9. Interpretation.
(a)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or the general or public laws to the contrary, the director of the department of transportation shall not regulate any on-premise or off-premise non-commercial protected speech contained within any advertising display authorized by this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 305, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 202, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 234, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-10. - Advertising in safety rest areas.

§ 24-10.1-10. Advertising in safety rest areas.
In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the director of transportation is hereby authorized to maintain maps and to permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas, and to establish information centers at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing such other information as may be considered desirable.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-11. - Agreements with the United States authorized.

§ 24-10.1-11. Agreements with the United States authorized.
The director of transportation is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States secretary of commerce as provided by title 23, United States Code, relating to the control of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, including the establishment of information centers at safety rest areas, and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of such an agreement.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10.1-12. - Severability.

§ 24-10.1-12. Severability.
If any section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall be held either unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause or provision shall on account thereof be termed invalid or ineffective.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 117, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-11 - Jamestown Ferry [Repealed.] › Section 24-11-1 - — 24-11-29. Repealed.

§ 24-11-1 — 24-11-29. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1958, ch. 195, §§ 1, 4-10; P.L. 1960, ch. 25, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 63; Repealed by P.L. 2005, ch. 20, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 27, § 1, effective May 5, 2005.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-2. - Authority created — Composition.

§ 24-12-2. Authority created — Composition.
There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the “Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority.” The authority shall consist of five (5) members, including the director of transportation, who shall be a member ex officio, and four (4) members appointed by the governor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-3. - Appointment of authority members — Oath of office.

§ 24-12-3. Appointment of authority members — Oath of office.
(a)
During the month of March in each year, the successor of any member whose term is about to expire shall be appointed by the governor for a term of four (4) years commencing the first day of April then next ensuing, but any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term. Any member of the authority shall be eligible for reappointment.
(b)
Each appointed member of the authority before entering upon his or her duties shall take an oath to administer the duties of his or her office faithfully and impartially, and the oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-4. - Officers of authority — Quorum — Reimbursement of expenses of members.

§ 24-12-4. Officers of authority — Quorum — Reimbursement of expenses of members.
(a)
The authority shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another as vice-chairperson and shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer who may or may not be members of the authority. Three (3) members of the authority shall constitute a quorum and the vote of three (3) members shall be necessary for any action taken by the authority. No vacancy in the membership of the authority shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority. The members of the authority shall receive no salary for their services as authority members but shall be paid their necessary expenses while engaged in the performance of their duties, and the appointed members of the authority shall be paid the sum of forty dollars ($40.00) for each day or portion thereof in which they are engaged in the performance of their duties.
(b)
The secretary and the treasurer shall receive such salaries as shall be fixed by the authority from time to time.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-14-4; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 5; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-5. - Power to construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, maintain, repair, operate or manage projects or additional facilities and to issue bonds.

§ 24-12-5. Power to construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, maintain, repair, operate or manage projects or additional facilities and to issue bonds.
In order to facilitate vehicular traffic, remove many of the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways in the state, alleviate the barriers caused by large bodies of water, and promote the agricultural and industrial development of the state, the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority is hereby authorized and empowered: to construct the Newport Bridge, the turnpike, any portion thereof or any additional facility hereafter authorized to be constructed; to acquire the Mount Hope Bridge, to acquire the Sakonnet River Bridge, to acquire the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge and any additional facility hereafter authorized to be acquired; to maintain, construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, repair, operate or manage any project or projects; and to issue bonds of the authority as provided in this chapter to finance any project or projects; provided, however, that the Mount Hope Bridge shall only be acquired as provided for by § 24-12-40A.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-5; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 6; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 6; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 71; P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 36, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 20, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-6. - Grants or leases of state or municipal lands.

§ 24-12-6. Grants or leases of state or municipal lands.
All towns, cities, and other political subdivisions and all public agencies and commissions of the state, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority at its request, upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of the towns, cities, other political subdivisions or public agencies and commissions may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the authority, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use, and subject to the above provisions, the state hereby consents to the use of all lands owned by it, including lands lying under water, which are deemed by the authority to be necessary for the construction or operation of any project.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-6; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 154.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-7. - Revenue bonds not a debt of the state.

§ 24-12-7. Revenue bonds not a debt of the state.
Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor under the provisions of this chapter. All revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from the funds provided therefor under the provisions of this chapter, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds; provided, however, that any bonds issued under the provisions of § 24-12-40B of this chapter shall contain on the face thereof the statement required by § 24-12-40B.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-7; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 7; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-8. - Expenses limited to funds provided.

§ 24-12-8. Expenses limited to funds provided.
All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the provisions of this chapter and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the authority under this chapter beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-8; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 154.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-10. - Eminent domain power.

§ 24-12-10. Eminent domain power.
The authority shall have the right to acquire any land, or any interest therein, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, whenever it shall be determined by the authority that the acquisition of the land, or interest, is necessary for the construction or the operation of any project.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-11. - Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement of amount offered.

§ 24-12-11. Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement of amount offered.
The necessity for acquisition shall be conclusively presumed upon the adoption by the authority of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the land, or interest therein, described in the resolution is necessary for the construction or operation. Within six (6) months thereafter the authority shall cause to be filed in the land evidence records of the city or town in which the land is located a copy of the resolution of the authority, together with a plat of the land, or interest therein described, and a statement, signed by the chairperson of the authority, that the lands, or interests therein, are taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Thereupon the authority shall file in the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, a statement of the sum of money estimated by the authority to be just compensation for the land taken.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-12. - Taking of possession of lands.

§ 24-12-12. Taking of possession of lands.
Upon the filing of the copy of the resolution, plat, and statement in the land evidence records of the city or town, the filing in the superior court, of the statement, and the depositing in the superior court, to the use of the persons entitled thereto, of such sum as the court shall determine to be amply sufficient to satisfy the claims of all persons interested in the land (and the court may, in its discretion, take evidence on the question to determine the sum to be deposited), title to the land, or interest therein, shall vest in the authority in fee simple absolute and the authority thereupon may take possession of the land, or interest therein.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-13. - Deposits in court on eminent domain — Notice to owners — Agreement as to price.

§ 24-12-13. Deposits in court on eminent domain — Notice to owners — Agreement as to price.
No sum paid into the court as provided in § 24-12-12 shall be charged with clerk’s fees of any nature. After the filing of the copy, plat, and statement, notice of the taking of the land, or interest therein, shall be served upon the owners of and persons having an estate in and interested in the land by a member of the division of sheriffs, leaving a true and attested copy of the description and statement with each of the persons personally, or at their last and usual place of abode in this state with some person living there, and in case any of the persons are absent from this state and have no last and usual place of abode therein occupied by any person, the copy shall be left with the persons, if any, in charge of or having possession of the land, or interest therein, taken of the absent persons if the same are known to the officer; and after the filing of the resolution, plat and statement, the secretary of the authority shall cause a copy of the resolution and statement to be published in some newspaper published in the county where the land, or interest therein, may be located, at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks. If any person shall agree with the authority for the price of the land, or interest therein, so taken, the court upon the application of the parties in interest, may order that the sum agreed upon be paid immediately from the money deposited, as the just compensation to be awarded in the proceeding.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-13; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 154; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 53.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-14. - Jury trial on price of land.

§ 24-12-14. Jury trial on price of land.
Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate in or interested in any part of the land, or interest therein, so taken, who cannot agree with the authority for the price of the land, or interest therein, so taken in which he or she is interested may, within three (3) months after personal notice of the taking, or, if he or she have no personal notice, may within one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution and statement, apply by petition to the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, setting forth the taking of his or her land or interest therein, and praying for an assessment of damages by a jury. Upon filing of the petition the court shall cause twenty (20) days’ notice of the pendency thereof to be given to the authority by serving the chairperson or vice chairperson of the authority with a certified copy thereof, and may proceed after notice to the trial thereof; and the trial shall determine all questions of fact relating to the value of the land, or interest therein, and the amount thereof, and judgment shall be entered upon the verdict of the jury and execution shall be issued therefor against the money so deposited in court and in default thereof against any other property of the authority. In case two (2) or more conflicting petitioners make claim to the same land, or to any interests therein, or to different interests in the same parcel of land, the court upon motion shall consolidate their several petitions for trial at the same time by the same jury, and may frame all necessary issues for the trial thereof; and all proceedings taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over all other civil matters then pending before the court, or if the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, is not in session in the county, then the matter may be heard in the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-14.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-15. - Representation of incompetent landowners.

§ 24-12-15. Representation of incompetent landowners.
If any lands, or interests therein, in which any infant or other person not capable in law to act in his or her own behalf is interested, are taken by the authority under the provisions of this chapter, the superior court, upon the filing therein of any petition by or in behalf of an infant or other person, may appoint a guardian ad litem for the infant or other person, and the guardian may appear and be heard in behalf of the infant or other person; and the guardian may also with the advice and consent of the superior court and upon such terms as the superior court may prescribe, release to the authority all claims for damages for the lands of the infant or other person or for any interests therein. Any lawfully appointed, qualified, and acting guardian or other fiduciary of the estate of any infant or other person, with the approval of the court of probate within this state having jurisdiction to authorize the sale of lands and properties within this state of any infant or other person, may, before the filing of any petition, agree with the authority upon the amount of damages suffered by the infant or other person by any taking of his or her lands or of his or her interests in any lands, and may, upon receiving the amount, release to the authority all claims of damages of the infant or other person for the taking.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-15.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-16. - Repayment of excess deposits.

§ 24-12-16. Repayment of excess deposits.
Whenever from time to time the authority has satisfied the court that the amount deposited with the court is greater than is amply sufficient to satisfy the claims of all persons interested in the land, the court may order that the amount of any excess including any interest or increment on any sums so deposited shall be repaid to the authority. Whenever the authority has satisfied the court that the claims of all persons interested in the land taken have been satisfied, the unexpended balance including any interest or increment on any sums so deposited shall be paid immediately to the authority.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-16.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-17. - Expediting proceedings — Land devoted to public use — Outstanding interests.

§ 24-12-17. Expediting proceedings — Land devoted to public use — Outstanding interests.
In any proceedings for the assessment of compensation and damages for land or interest therein taken or to be taken by eminent domain by the authority the following provisions shall be applicable:
(1)
At any time during the pendency of an action or proceeding, the authority or an owner may apply to the court for an order directing an owner or the authority, as the case may be, to show cause why further proceedings should not be expedited, and the court may upon the application make an order requiring that the hearings proceed and that any other steps be taken with all possible expedition.
(2)
If any of the land, or interest therein, is devoted to a public use, it may nevertheless be acquired, and the taking shall be effective provided that no land or interest therein, belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the administrator of public utilities or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over the corporation. Any land, or interest therein, already acquired by the authority may nevertheless be included within the taking for the purpose of acquiring any outstanding interests in the land.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-17.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-18. - Bonds.

§ 24-12-18. Bonds.
(a) Issuance and sale of revenue bonds.
The authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance, at one time or in series from time to time, of revenue bonds of the authority for the purpose of paying all or a part of the cost of any one or more projects, the construction, reconstruction, renovation, acquisition, maintenance, repair, operation or management of which is authorized by this chapter, and making provision for working capital and a debt service reserve. The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided for the payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates per annum, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding fifty (50) years from their date or dates, as may be determined by the authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority prior to the issuance of the bonds. The authority may sell such bonds in such manner, either at public or private sale, and for such price, as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority.
(b) Form and execution of all bonds.
The authority shall determine the form and the manner of execution of all bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of the principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds, the signature or the facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until the delivery, and any bond may bear the facsimile signature of, or may be signed by, the persons as at the actual time of the execution of the bond shall be the proper officers to sign the bond although at the date of the bond the persons may not have been the officers. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form, and in certificated or book entry only form as the authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, for the reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as to both principal and interest, and for the interchange of registered and coupon bonds.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-18; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 11; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 11; P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 36, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 20, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-19. - Use of bond proceeds — Supplementary issues — Surplus proceeds.

§ 24-12-19. Use of bond proceeds — Supplementary issues — Surplus proceeds.
The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or projects for which the bonds shall have been issued, and shall be disbursed in the manner and under the restrictions, if any, as the authority may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement hereinafter mentioned securing the bonds; provided, however, that the amount of the proceeds of the revenue bonds of the first series as may be determined by the authority prior to the issuance of the bonds may be applied to the payment of engineering, financing, and legal services in connection with the financing and the construction of the Newport Bridge or the turnpike or both. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue, by error of estimates or otherwise, shall be less than the cost, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of the deficit, and, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference of priority of the bonds first issued. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the cost, the surplus shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund for the bonds or, if so authorized by the authority, may be applied to the payment of the cost of any project thereafter financed under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956; § 24-12-19; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-20. - Interim receipts or temporary bonds — Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds — Proceedings required by chapter exclusive.

§ 24-12-20. Interim receipts or temporary bonds — Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds — Proceedings required by chapter exclusive.
Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when the bonds shall have been executed and are available for delivery. The authority may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed or lost. Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this chapter without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-20.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority › Section 24-12-21. - Retirement of outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of Jamestown Bridge commission.

§ 24-12-21. Retirement of outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of Jamestown Bridge commission.
Within three (3) months prior to the estimated date of opening for traffic of the Newport Bridge, but not earlier than December 31, 1965, and in case provision shall not theretofore have been made for the redemption of the outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of the Jamestown Bridge commission through the operation of the sinking fund for the bonds, the authority may issue its revenue bonds in an amount sufficient, with other funds available for such purposes, to provide for the redemption of all of the outstanding bonds on their earliest redemption date, including the principal amount of the bonds, the premium required to be paid upon the principal amount on the redemption date and the interest to accrue on the principal amount to the redemption date, and upon there being deposited with the trustee under the trust indenture securing the outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds an amount sufficient, with other funds available for the purpose, to provide for the redemption, all other money then held by the trustee under the trust indenture shall be transferred to the appropriate funds created under the provisions of the resolution of trust agreement securing the revenue bonds of the authority.
History of Section.
P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-21; P.L. 1960, ch. 219, §§ 1, 13; P.L. 1963, ch. 165, § 12; P.L. 1965, ch. 43, § 5.