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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-7.1. - Powers relative to acquisition and operation of housing projects.

§ 42-55-7.1. Powers relative to acquisition and operation of housing projects.
The corporation shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the following powers in addition to others granted in this chapter:
(1)
To acquire on either a temporary or long-term basis, in its own name, from any person, joint venture, partnership, trust, association, firm, corporation, municipality, municipal agency or entity, governmental agency, housing sponsor, or other legal entity or combination thereof by grant, purchase, transfer, foreclosure, or otherwise, housing projects or any interest or any option in housing projects, and to sell, assign, exchange, transfer, mortgage, or encumber housing projects or any interest in housing projects and to accomplish any of the foregoing by public or private sale, with or without public bidding, notwithstanding the provisions of other laws;
(2)
To own, hold, clear, and improve, in its own name, housing projects or any interest in housing projects;
(3)
To construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, alter, repair, or provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any housing project;
(4)
To operate, manage, and control housing projects, in its own name, and to do all things necessary and incidental to the ownership of housing projects, including making rules and regulations;
(5)
To lease, with or without an option to purchase, all or any part of a housing project to any person, firm, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, municipal or state entity, or corporation. The lease may provide for the assumption by the lessee of the management and control of the housing project, as well as the right of the lessee to collect all revenues;
(6)
To finance the acquisition and operation of housing projects in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that prior to the corporation issuing any obligations, it makes the findings as provided in subdivisions (1), (2), and (4) of § 42-55-12;
(7)
To enter into all agreements and contracts with third parties, including owners, residents, housing sponsors, and tenants of housing projects, necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section, including the power to enter into leases, joint ventures, reverse annuity agreements, sales agreements, equity participation agreements, and mortgage agreements; and
(8)
To enter into partnership agreements as a general or limited partner with any housing sponsor as a general or limited partner; these partnerships may exercise any and all of the powers granted to partnerships under the laws of this state, as well as exercise all of the rights, duties, and privileges of a housing sponsor under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 295, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-11. - Admission and income limitations relative to housing developments.

§ 42-55-11. Admission and income limitations relative to housing developments.
(a)
Admission to housing developments financed or insured by corporation mortgage loans or by the proceeds of mortgage loans purchased by the corporation or the proceeds of a loan to a mortgage lender or financed by the proceeds of obligations issued by the corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be limited primarily to persons or families of low and moderate income.
(b)
The corporation shall approve a residential selection plan submitted by a housing sponsor for a housing development to be financed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The corporation shall make and publish regulations from time to time governing the terms of the resident selection plans. These plans shall include criteria for resident selection which establish income limits for eligible residents which may vary with the size and circumstances of the person or family. Subject to the approval of the corporation, resident selection plans may provide, with respect to dwelling accommodations, that any local housing authority created pursuant to the Rhode Island law in the municipality in which the housing development is located, shall have the right to designate residents, who are otherwise eligible for these accommodations as they become available, either in the initial occupancy of the housing development, or as vacancies occur.
(c)
The corporation shall by rules and regulations provide for the periodic examination of the income of any person or family residing in any housing development financed with a loan from the corporation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 128, § 5; P.L. 1982, ch. 295, § 8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-12. - Procedure prior to financing of housing developments undertaken by housing sponsors.

§ 42-55-12. Procedure prior to financing of housing developments undertaken by housing sponsors.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the corporation is not empowered to finance any housing development undertaken by a housing sponsor pursuant to §§ 42-55-6 and 42-55-7 unless, prior to financing any housing development under this chapter, the corporation finds:
(1)
That there exists a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing at rentals or prices which persons and families of low or moderate income can afford within the general housing market area to be served by the proposed housing development;
(2)
That private enterprise and investment have been unable, without assistance, to provide an adequate supply of decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the general housing market area at prices which persons or families of low and moderate income can afford or to provide sufficient mortgage financing for residential housing for occupancy by those persons or families;
(3)
That the housing sponsor or sponsors undertaking the proposed housing development in this state will supply well-planned, well designed housing for persons or families of low and moderate income and that those sponsors are financially responsible institutions;
(4)
That the housing development to be assisted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter will be of public use and will provide a public benefit;
(5)
That the housing development will be undertaken and the housing sponsor or sponsors regulated pursuant to the authority and within the restrictions provided for by this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-13. - Bonds and notes.

§ 42-55-13. Bonds and notes.
(a)(1)
The corporation shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue from time to time its negotiable notes and bonds, whether tax exempt or taxable in the principal amount that the corporation shall determine to be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving any of its corporate purposes including the payment of interest on the notes and bonds of the corporation, establishment of reserves to secure those notes and bonds including the reserve funds created pursuant to § 42-55-14, and all other expenditures of the corporation incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers.
(2)
The corporation shall have the power, from time to time, to issue (i) notes to renew notes and (ii) bonds to pay notes, including the interest on these notes and, whenever it deems refunding expedient, to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and to issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any of its corporate purposes.
(3)
Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by resolution of the corporation, every issue of its notes and bonds shall be general obligations of the corporation payable out of any revenues or moneys of the corporation, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular notes or bonds pledging any particular revenues.
(4)
Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this section, proceeds of bonds issued by the corporation may be used to finance any housing development that constitutes a qualified residential rental project under § 142 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 142, and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
(b)
The notes and bonds shall be authorized by resolution or resolutions of the corporation, shall bear the date or dates and shall mature at the time or times that the resolution or resolutions may provide, except that no bond shall mature more than sixty-five (65) years from the date of its issue. The bonds may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination of bonds. The notes and bonds shall bear interest at the rate or rates, be in the denominations, be in the form, either coupon or registered, carry the registration privileges, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment, at the place or places within or without the state and be subject to the terms or redemption that the resolution or resolutions may provide. The notes and bonds of the corporation may be sold by the corporation, at public or private sale, at the price or prices that the corporation shall determine.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 295, § 9; P.L. 1987, ch. 287, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-15. - Issuance of refunding obligations.

§ 42-55-15. Issuance of refunding obligations.
The corporation may provide for the issuance of refunding obligations for the purpose of refunding any obligations then outstanding which have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of those obligations and for any corporate purpose of the corporation. The issuance of those obligations, the maturities and other details, the rights of the holders, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the corporation in respect of the refunding obligations shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter which relate to the issuance of obligations, insofar as those provisions may be appropriate.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-16. - Sale of refunding obligations.

§ 42-55-16. Sale of refunding obligations.
Refunding obligations issued as provided in § 42-55-15 may be sold or exchanged for outstanding obligations issued under this chapter and, if sold, the proceeds may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption, or payment of outstanding obligations. Pending the application of the proceeds of any refunding obligations, with any other available funds, to the payment of the principal, accrued interest, and any redemption premium on the obligations being refunded, and, if provided or permitted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of refunding obligations or in the trust agreement securing the refunding obligations, to the payment of any interest on the refunding obligations and any expenses in connection with the refunding, the proceeds may be invested in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and the interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States which shall mature or which shall be subject to redemption by their holders, at the option of those holders, not later than the dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accruing on the proceeds, will be required for the purposes intended.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-18. - Pledge of the state.

§ 42-55-18. Pledge of the state.
The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the corporation to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of those holders until those notes and bonds, together with their interest, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of those holders, are fully met and discharged. The corporation is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of those notes or bonds.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-19. - Credit of state not pledged.

§ 42-55-19. Credit of state not pledged.
Obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability or obligation of the state or of any political subdivision of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision of the state but shall be payable solely from the revenues or assets of the corporation. Each obligation issued under this chapter shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the corporation shall not be obligated to pay the obligation or the interest on the obligation except from the revenues or assets pledged and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or of any political subdivision of the state is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-20. - Notes and bonds as legal investments.

§ 42-55-20. Notes and bonds as legal investments.
The notes and bonds of the corporation shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of this state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking institutions including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The notes and bonds are also made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-22. - Annual reports.

§ 42-55-22. Annual reports.
The corporation shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the governor, general treasurer and the general assembly. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement of the corporation during that year. The corporation shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each fiscal year.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-22.2. - Fair housing policy reports.

§ 42-55-22.2. Fair housing policy reports.
The corporation shall administer all of its programs and activities relating to housing or community development in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of chapter 37 of title 34 (Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act). The corporation shall annually report to the general assembly on the measures it has taken affirmatively to further the policies of chapter 37 of title 34. The corporation shall compile a biennial affirmative action report which will indicate the extent of minority participation in the following corporation programs:
(1)
Homeownership Programs
(i)
First Homes
(ii)
Buy-It-Fix-It
(iii)
Mortgage Credit Certificates;
(2)
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage;
(3)
Home Repair Program
(i)
Owner occupants
(ii)
Tenants;
(4)
Rental Housing Development
(i)
Family
(ii)
Elderly;
(5)
Emergency Housing Assistance.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 442, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-22.3. - Emergency housing assistance.

§ 42-55-22.3. Emergency housing assistance.
The department of human services shall administer the emergency housing assistance program in accordance with the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation rules and regulations and contracts with community action program agencies, as those rules and regulations may be currently in force and effect. In so far as the board of directors may authorize funds for the support of this program, the receipt of those funds shall be deposited as general revenues and appropriated to the department of human services for the support of the program.
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art 40, § 165.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-23. - Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.

§ 42-55-23. Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.
The corporation is authorized to accept any moneys appropriated from time to time by the general assembly for effectuating its corporate purposes including, without limitation, the payment of the initial expenses of administration and operation and the establishment of reserves or contingency funds to be available for the payment of the principal of and the interest on any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the corporation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-24. - Tax exemption.

§ 42-55-24. Tax exemption.
The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their wellbeing and prosperity and for the improvement of their social and economic conditions, and the corporation, or any subsidiary thereof created or authorized pursuant to § 42-55-5.1, shall not be required to pay any tax or assessment on any property owned by the corporation or by any subsidiary thereof under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income from the property; nor shall the corporation or any subsidiary thereof be required to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind on account of instruments recorded by it or on its behalf. Any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the corporation or any subsidiary thereof under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer, and the income from them (including any profits made on their sale), shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 2023, ch. 79, art. 6, § 2, effective June 16, 2023.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-24.1. - Allocation of tax credits.

§ 42-55-24.1. Allocation of tax credits.
The corporation shall be the sole and exclusive agent for the allocation of all federal tax credits for low-income housing under 26 U.S.C. § 42. The corporation shall have all of the powers necessary to effectuate those allocations, including without limitation, the power to adopt rules, regulations, and policies regarding those allocations.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 287, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-26. - Qualified mortgage bonds.

§ 42-55-26. Qualified mortgage bonds.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 103A(g) (26 U.S.C. § 103 A(g)) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by § 1102(a) of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-499), the applicable limit of qualified mortgage bonds that may be issued by the corporation in any calendar year shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the state ceiling for that year.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 295, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 42-44-28.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-27. - Lead paint removal revolving fund.

§ 42-55-27. Lead paint removal revolving fund.
(a)
There is created, as a separate fund within the treasury, the lead paint removal revolving fund. The fund shall consist of any sums that the state may from time to time appropriate, as well as money received from donations, gifts, bequests, or otherwise from any public or private source, which money is intended to implement and encourage lead paint removal.
(b)
The treasurer shall contract with the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation for the administration and disbursement of funding. The Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation shall adopt rules and regulations in conjunction with the department of health and appropriate community groups consistent with the purposes of this section and the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of this title, which provide for the orderly and equitable disbursement and repayment of funds.
(c)
All funds placed in the lead paint removal fund shall be made available:
(1)
To make loans to individuals and non-profit organizations for the purpose of reducing lead hazards in housing units for Rhode Islanders; and
(2)
To fund improvements to residential property in conjunction with lead paint reduction as necessary to conduct lead hazard reduction.
(d)
Loans made available under the provisions of this section may be made directly, or in cooperation with other public and private lenders, or any agency, department, or bureau of the federal government or the state.
(e)
The proceeds from the repayment of any loans made for that purpose shall be deposited in and returned to the lead paint revolving fund to constitute a continuing revolving fund for the purposes provided in this section.
(f)
The department of health and the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, in coordination with cities and towns, shall take any action necessary to obtain federal assistance for lead hazard reduction to be used in conjunction with the lead paint removal revolving fund.
History of Section.
P.L. 1998, ch. 393, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-28. - Inconsistent provisions in other laws superseded.

§ 42-55-28. Inconsistent provisions in other laws superseded.
Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, general, special, or local, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-55-26.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-29. - Liberal construction.

§ 42-55-29. Liberal construction.
Neither this chapter nor anything contained in this section is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the corporation might otherwise have under any laws of this state, and this chapter is cumulative to those powers. The corporation shall use its restricted fund balances only (i) for the provision of housing, including, but not limited to, the acquisition, retention, rehabilitation, construction, development, operation, and maintenance of housing units for low and moderate income persons; activities that support and assist the development of housing for low and moderate income persons; and the incidental expenses related to the financing of those activities and (ii) for the general administrative costs of the corporation. This chapter does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative authority for doing the things authorized hereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. The issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations of the corporation under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other state law applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations, and contracts for the construction and acquisition of any housing developments undertaken pursuant to this chapter need not comply with the provisions of any other state law applicable to contracts for the construction and acquisition of state owned property. No proceedings, notice, or approval under chapter 35 of title 42 or otherwise, shall be required for the issuance of any bonds, notes, and other obligations, any instrument as security therefor, or in connection with the adoption of any bond resolution, except as is provided in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-55-25; P.L. 1987, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 270, 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55 - Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation › Section 42-55-30. - Severability.

§ 42-55-30. Severability.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 262, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-55-27.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55.1 - Housing Trust Fund › Section 42-55.1-2. - Definitions.

§ 42-55.1-2. Definitions.
Terms used in this chapter shall be defined as follows:
(1)
“Limited equity housing cooperative” means a cooperative housing association or corporation organized and operated primarily for the benefit of low and moderate income persons, having articles of incorporation approved by the executive director of the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, and whose equity, after allowance for maximum transfer value of its stock, is permanently dedicated to providing housing to persons of low or moderate income or to a charitable purpose.
(2)
“Mutual housing association” means a nonprofit corporation, incorporated pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 and having articles of incorporation approved by the executive director of the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, having as one of its purposes the prevention and elimination of neighborhood deterioration and the preservation of neighborhood stability by affording community and resident involvement in the provision of high quality, long-term housing for low and moderate income families in which residents:
(i)
Participate in the ongoing operation and management of that housing;
(ii)
Have the right to continue residing in the housing for as long as they comply with the terms of their occupancy agreement; and
(iii)
Do not possess an equity or ownership interest in the housing.
(3)
“Nonprofit housing development corporation” means a nonprofit corporation, which has been approved as a 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) corporation by the Internal Revenue Service, and which is organized and operated primarily for the purpose of providing housing for low and moderate income persons.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 617, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55.1 - Housing Trust Fund › Section 42-55.1-3. - Housing trust fund development assistance.

§ 42-55.1-3. Housing trust fund development assistance.
(a)
The Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation is authorized and directed to provide financial assistance, in the form of grants, loans, or any combination of these, to mutual housing associations, nonprofit housing development corporations and/or limited equity housing cooperatives, and other qualified persons and entities pursuant to § 42-55.1-1, for use in the purchase, acquisition, construction and/or production of decent, safe, and sanitary rental and home ownership housing, affordable to low and moderate income persons and families in Rhode Island.
(b)
The Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation is authorized and directed to promulgate those rules and regulations that may be necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. These rules and regulations shall include, but need not be limited to:
(1)
Application procedures for mutual housing associations, nonprofit housing development corporations, limited equity housing corporations and other qualified persons and entities seeking financial assistance under this section;
(2)
Specific criteria for use in evaluating applications for financial assistance under this chapter, which criteria shall be designed to maximize the availability of affordable rental and home ownership housing in this state and the efficient use of monies available for that purpose in the housing trust fund;
(3)
Reasonable mandatory requirements and restrictions designed to assure that any housing that may be purchased, acquired, constructed and/or produced with financial assistance under these provisions will be maintained and operated in a fair, decent, safe, and sanitary manner;
(4)
Standards for the corporate governance of entities, mutual housing associations, and limited equity housing cooperatives, including provisions for management services; and
(5)
Standards and application procedures including those rules and regulations that are necessary to establish either a line of credit or a blanket construction loan fund that provide financial assistance to qualified sponsors undertaking the development and construction of four (4) or more residential properties for sale to persons and families of low and moderate income in Rhode Island.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 617, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 296, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 431, § 4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-55.1 - Housing Trust Fund › Section 42-55.1-4. - Annual report.

§ 42-55.1-4. Annual report.
On or before January 15 of each calendar year, the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation shall submit an annual report to the governor and to the general assembly, detailing its implementation of this chapter and its administration of the housing trust fund during the preceding calendar year.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 617, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-1. - Declaration of policy.

§ 42-56-1. Declaration of policy.
(a)
The general assembly finds and declares that:
(1)
The state has a basic obligation to protect the public by providing institutional confinement and care of offenders and evidence-based probation and parole supervision and, where appropriate, treatment in the community;
(2)
Efforts to rehabilitate and restore criminal offenders as law-abiding and productive members of society are essential to the reduction of crime;
(3)
Maintaining the quality and effectiveness of correctional institutions and rehabilitative services, both inside and outside correctional institutions, deserves priority consideration as a means of lowering crime rates and of preventing offenders, particularly youths, first-offenders, and misdemeanants, from becoming trapped in careers of crime; and
(4)
Correctional institutions, supervision, and services should be so diversified in program and personnel as to facilitate individualized treatment.
(b)
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a department of state government to provide for the supervision, custody, care, discipline, training, and treatment of persons committed to state correctional institutions or on probation or parole, so that those persons may be prepared for release, aftercare, and supervision in the community.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 343, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 349, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-2. - Establishment of department — Director.

§ 42-56-2. Establishment of department — Director.
There is established within the executive branch of state government a department of corrections. The department shall be headed by a director of corrections, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 42-6-3.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-3. - Transfer of functions from the department of human services.

§ 42-56-3. Transfer of functions from the department of human services.
There are transferred to the director of the department of corrections:
(1)
All of the functions of the division of correctional services formerly of the department of human services, including the administration of interstate compacts and all other officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, or commissions of the division of correctional services.
(2)
Those functions of the department of social and rehabilitative services which were administered through or with respect to the division of correctional services to include generally and specifically, the correctional institutions, the probation services, and other similar functions.
(3)
So much of other functions or parts of functions of the director of the department of human services as is incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 158, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 208, § 3; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 29, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-4. - Organization of department.

§ 42-56-4. Organization of department.
All of the functions, services, and duties of the department of corrections shall be organized by the director with the approval of the governor according to the following divisions:
(1)
Institutions/operations shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the administration generally and specifically of the state’s correctional institutions, and other similar or appropriate functions as determined by the director with the approval of the governor.
(2)
Administration shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the administration generally and specifically of all central management, financial, personnel, and budgetary functions, the provisions of central technical services and other services concerned with the business and servicing operations of the department, planning and research, management information systems, human resources, training, and labor relations, and those other similar or appropriate functions that are determined by the director with the approval of the governor.
(3)
Rehabilitative services shall include industries, health services, intermediary sanctions (including, but not limited to, half-way houses, day reporting centers, home confinement, probation, parole, restitution, and community service) and work release, and any other programs of intermediate punishments established pursuant to the provisions of § 12-19-23.2.
(4)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all of the functions, services, and duties of the department of corrections may be, from time to time, reorganized by the director with the approval of the governor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 205, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 29, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-5. - Director to be the appointing authority.

§ 42-56-5. Director to be the appointing authority.
The director of the department of corrections, subject to the provisions of chapter 4 of title 36, shall be the appointing authority for all employees of the department, and he or she may assign this function to those subordinate officers and employees that may to him or her seem feasible or desirable. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director shall appoint the assistant directors in charge of the divisions of the department created pursuant to § 42-56-4, as amended. The assistant director, institution/operations, the assistant director, rehabilitative services, and the assistant director, administration, shall be in the unclassified service, shall serve at the pleasure of the director, and shall be subject to the authority and supervision of the director who may assign to them those tasks and functions that the director deems appropriate in order to ensure the proper management and administration of the department.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 214, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-6. - Management of institutions.

§ 42-56-6. Management of institutions.
The director, or his or her designee, shall have the management, supervision, and control of the adult correctional institutions. The department or the appropriate division of the department also shall operate and repair the buildings, grounds, and other physical property at those institutions.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 496, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-8. - Departmental seal.

§ 42-56-8. Departmental seal.
The department shall have a seal which shall have engraved upon it the words “Department of Corrections, State of Rhode Island,” and the seal shall be affixed to all written contracts which the department is authorized and directed to make under the provisions of this chapter, and the contracts shall be signed by the director of the department. The seal shall also be affixed to those other orders and papers issued by the department that the department may by rule or order direct.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-9. - Authority of department broadly construed.

§ 42-56-9. Authority of department broadly construed.
The omission in this chapter of a citation of any general law or public law now in force which makes it mandatory upon or permissive for any department, division, or other agency of the state to perform certain functions which by this act are assigned or transferred to the department of corrections shall not (unless otherwise clearly intended) suspend or annul the right of the department of corrections to carry out those functions.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 14.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-14. - Buildings and grounds comprising institutions.

§ 42-56-14. Buildings and grounds comprising institutions.
The buildings comprising the state prison, men’s reformatory, reformatory for women, the county jail in the county of Providence, all of which are located in Cranston, and the grounds surrounding those buildings and any other buildings and grounds, wherever located, that shall be maintained for those purposes, are declared to be the adult correctional institutions of the state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-14.1. - Statutory references to former institutions.

§ 42-56-14.1. Statutory references to former institutions.
Whenever, in any general or special law, reference is, or shall be, made to the state prison, the men’s reformatory, the reformatory for women, the Providence County jail, or the jail or jails in the several counties, that reference shall mean, and be construed to mean, the adult correctional institutions of the state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-15. - References to jailers and jail keepers.

§ 42-56-15. References to jailers and jail keepers.
Whenever, in any general or special law, reference is, or shall be, made to the keeper of the Providence County jail, and/or to a jailer of any jail in any of the several counties, that reference shall mean, and be construed to mean, the director of corrections, or his or her designee.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-16. - Deputy warden and employees, women’s division, adult correctional institutions.

§ 42-56-16. Deputy warden and employees, women’s division, adult correctional institutions.
The director of corrections shall appoint a deputy warden, women’s division, adult correctional institutions, who under the direction of the director, shall have the control and management of the division. The director shall appoint any other assistants and employees who may be deemed necessary for the proper management of the women’s division.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-17. - Identification and description of inmates.

§ 42-56-17. Identification and description of inmates.
(a)
The director of corrections, or the director’s designee, shall cause prisoners confined under sentence in the adult correctional institutions to be physically and factually described in accordance with accepted criminal identification standards for the identification of criminals. The director of corrections, or the director’s designee, shall cause identification to be made by a person or persons in the official service of the state, and shall prescribe rules and regulations for keeping accurate records at those institutions, and for classifying and indexing the records.
(b)
The department of corrections shall collect the following information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), ethnicity, and level of education, and publish a summary of such information on an annual basis.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 2023, ch. 169, § 1, effective June 20, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 170, § 1, effective June 20, 2023.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-19. - Educational and vocational training unit.

§ 42-56-19. Educational and vocational training unit.
To most effectively assist the vocational and educational rehabilitation of each person imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions or any juvenile placed in the custody of the department, there shall be within the department of corrections an educational and vocational training unit whose duties it shall be to determine the needs and the aptitude of that person and to furnish the means that shall be best designed to effect the rehabilitation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-20. - Care and employment of short term prisoners.

§ 42-56-20. Care and employment of short term prisoners.
In the case of any person sentenced to imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions for a term of one year or less, he or she shall be classified and placed in any custodial care and employment that shall be deemed appropriate by the director.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-20.5. - Establishment of a women’s transitional housing facility.

§ 42-56-20.5. Establishment of a women’s transitional housing facility.
(a)
There is established within the department of corrections a women’s transitional housing facility that shall operate as a re-entry program for women as part of their prison sentence, available only to women who participate in treatment while incarcerated. The house will be a staff secure facility with twenty-four (24) hour seven (7) day per week supervision. Security measures will include an alarm system, bed checks, work/school/home visits, random urine tests and room searches. While in the program, offenders will work with staff and probation counselors to develop plans for follow-up service and activities after release. Upon discharge, probation counselors will monitor follow-up plans in conjunction with case managers.
(b)
The re-entry program shall consist of life training skills including, but not limited to, parenting, money management, housing and employment, with an emphasis on vocational and educational assessment counseling, training, and job development and placement. In addition, the program shall offer alcoholism/addictive treatment, health education, group and family counseling, parenting education, counseling for sexual abuse, and domestic violence and mental health care.
(c)
There shall be acquired an appropriate residential unit to house twelve (12) to fifteen (15) women, consisting of at least eight (8) bedrooms sufficient to house two (2) women each, a dining area and kitchen to seat up to fifteen (15) women, visiting areas, children’s visiting space, group and individual treatment rooms, and administrative areas for staff and records.
History of Section.
P.L. 2000, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 230, § 1.