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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-5 - Permanent Noise Monitoring Act — Aircraft Operations Monitoring System › Section 1-5-1. - Establishment and installation of aircraft operations monitoring system.

§ 1-5-1. Establishment and installation of aircraft operations monitoring system.
(a)
The Rhode Island airport corporation is authorized and directed to coordinate with the federal aviation administration to complete a memorandum of agreement between the Rhode Island airport corporation and the federal aviation administration (FAA) to provide for the continuing acquisition of air traffic control radar records related to the operation of civil aircraft at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.
(b)
The Rhode Island airport corporation is authorized and directed to install an aircraft operations monitoring system (AOMS) that shall be capable of providing detailed and summary information related to the operation of aircraft at and in the vicinity of Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. The AOMS shall be capable of plotting and displaying over area mapping the ground-projected flight tracks and related altitudes of aircraft that use the airport. The system shall be capable of displaying flight tracks of individually identified aircraft based on time and location of operation. The system shall have the capability to produce data files in both digital and hard copy format.
(c)
The AOMS shall further be capable of producing summary reports that shall, at a minimum:
(1)
Relate aircraft location data derived from air traffic control radar with individual activity events, based on time and location within the airport environs;
(2)
Produce summary reports that disclose the use of runways by type of operation (landings or takeoffs), time of day, aircraft user group, and any other groupings that may from time to time become desirable at the option of the system user; and
(3)
Disclose the activity levels by aircraft types, including, but not limited to, operations by Part 36 stage, operations by jet and propeller-powered aircraft, by air carrier or private operators, all presented by periods of time selected by the system operator.
(d)
The AOMS reports shall be capable of expansion to provide additional data relating to flight track or corridor utilization, air traffic fix usage, and other information that may become desirable as a result of noise abatement and land use compatibility planning.
(e)
The AOMS shall be procured and in effect by June 30, 1999. Provided, that if the Rhode Island airport corporation is unable to complete a memorandum of agreement with the FAA as provided for in subsection (a) of this section by June 30, 1999, and the inability is not due to inaction by the corporation, then the director of the corporation may request the general assembly to extend the June 30, 1999 date as appropriate.
History of Section.
P.L. 1998, ch. 307, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 32, § 3, effective June 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 36, § 3, effective June 1, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-5 - Permanent Noise Monitoring Act — Aircraft Operations Monitoring System › Section 1-5-2. - Copies of reports to government entities.

§ 1-5-2. Copies of reports to government entities.
The Rhode Island airport corporation will prepare a report on a quarterly basis pertaining to the volume and quantity and flight track of air traffic at the Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in the city of Warwick, occurring during each quarter being reported on. These reports shall be submitted on a quarterly basis in each and every calendar year to: the office of the governor; the office of the president of the senate; the office of the senate minority leader; the office of the speaker of the house; the office of the house minority leader; and the Rhode Island department of environmental management and the mayors of the cities of Warwick and Cranston.
The report will include the total number of aircraft landings and departures, by aircraft type and time of day; an analysis of the amount of total usage of the runways during the reporting period; actual deviation from approved Part 150 departure and arrival flight paths by percent, runway, airline and time; and other information as may be desirable to ensure compliance with approved noise abatement and land use compatibility plans.
History of Section.
P.L. 1998, ch. 307, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 487, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 32, § 3, effective June 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 36, § 3, effective June 1, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-5 - Permanent Noise Monitoring Act — Aircraft Operations Monitoring System › Section 1-5-3. - Biannual public hearings.

§ 1-5-3. Biannual public hearings.
The Rhode Island airport corporation, on a biannual basis, beginning in January 2005, will present the reports provided for in § 1-5-2 to the general public at public hearings to be held within the cities of Warwick and Cranston. The Rhode Island airport corporation shall report findings based on performance standards and compliance with approved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 150 noise abatement measures.
History of Section.
P.L. 2004, ch. 487, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-1. - Definitions.

§ 1-6-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)
“Administrator” means the state tax administrator.
(2)
“District” means the Warwick airport parking district, being the district that runs from a point on Main Avenue in the city of Warwick at the southerly boundary of Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport, and westerly along Main Avenue to a point one-third (⅓) mile west of the intersection of Main Avenue with Post Road; turning thence northerly running along a line parallel to and one-third (⅓) mile west of Post Road to a point one mile north of the line of Airport Road; thence turning east running along a line parallel to and one-third (⅓) mile north of the line of Airport Road to Warwick Avenue; thence turning south along Warwick Avenue to Airport Road; thence turning west along Airport Road to the boundary of Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport; thence running southerly along the boundary of Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport to the point of beginning. If any parking facility (including entrances, driveways, or private access roads) is constructed partly within the district as so defined, the entire facility shall be treated as though within the district.
(3)
“Operator” means any person providing transient parking within the district.
(4)
“Permit fee” means the fee payable annually by an operator to the tax administrator in an amount equal to ten dollars ($10.00) for each space made, or to be made, available by the operator for transient parking during the period of a permit’s effectiveness, but not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each permit.
(5)
“Transient parking” means any parking for motor vehicles at a lot, garage, or other parking facility within the district for which a fee is collected by the operator, but excludes:
(i)
Parking for which the fee is charged and paid on a monthly or less frequent basis;
(ii)
Parking for any employee of the operator of the facility;
(iii)
Parking provided by any hotel or motel for registered guests;
(iv)
Parking provided by validation or having a validated rate, where the person providing the validation does not maintain a place of business at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.
(6)
“Transient parking receipts” means the gross receipts collected by an operator (excluding the surcharge imposed by this chapter) in consideration of the provision of transient parking.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 32, § 4, effective June 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 36, § 4, effective June 1, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-2. - Surcharge on transient parking in district.

§ 1-6-2. Surcharge on transient parking in district.
There is imposed on all transient parking in the district a surcharge in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of transient parking receipts. The surcharge shall be collected by the operator of each facility providing transient parking in the district and remitted by the operator to the tax administrator not later than the twentieth (20th) day of the month following the calendar month in which the transient parking was provided. The tax administrator may require the filing of any forms with any information that the tax administrator may reasonably determine is necessary to carry out the provisions of this statute. The surcharges collected by the tax administrator under this section shall be deposited upon receipt in a special account, denominated as the Warwick airport parking district account. At annual or more frequent intervals, amounts accumulated in the Warwick airport parking district account shall be remitted to the treasurer of the city of Warwick to be held as part of the general fund of the city of Warwick.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-3. - Permits for parking operations in district.

§ 1-6-3. Permits for parking operations in district.
(a)
Every person desiring to provide transient parking in the district shall file with the tax administrator an application for a permit for each place of business where transient parking will be provided. The application shall be in a form, include information, and bear any signatures that the tax administrator may require. There shall be no fee for this permit. Every permit issued under this chapter shall expire on June 30 of each year. Every permit holder desiring to renew a permit shall annually, on or before February 1 of each year, apply for renewal of its permit. The renewal permit shall be valid for the period of July 1 of that calendar year through June 30 of the subsequent calendar year, unless sooner canceled, suspended, or revoked. Upon receipt of the required application, the tax administrator shall issue to the applicant a permit. Provided, that if the applicant, at the time of making the application, owes any fee, surcharge, penalty, or interest imposed under the authority of this chapter, the applicant shall pay the amount owed.
(b)
Whenever any person fails to comply with any provision of this chapter, the tax administrator upon hearing, after giving the person at least five (5) days notice in writing, specifying the time and place of hearing and requiring the person to show cause why his or her permit or permits should not be revoked, may revoke or suspend any one or more of the permits held by the person. The notice may be served personally or by mail. The tax administrator shall not issue a new permit after the revocation of a permit unless the administrator is satisfied that the former holder of the permit will comply with the provisions of the ordinance.
(c)
The superior court of this state has jurisdiction to restrain and enjoin any person from engaging in business as an operator of a transient parking facility in the district without a parking operator’s permit or permits or after a transient parking facility operator’s permit has been suspended or revoked. The tax administrator may institute proceedings to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter. In any proceeding instituted under this section, proof that a person continues to operate a transient parking facility from the location to which a revoked parking operator’s permit was assigned, is prima facie evidence that the person is engaging in business as a parking operator without a parking operator’s permit.
(d)
Permit fees collected under the authority of this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the state.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 3, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-4. - Returns.

§ 1-6-4. Returns.
The administrator may require the filing of periodic reports, not more frequently than monthly, setting out any information that the tax administrator may require. The surcharge for the transient parking shown or which should be shown on the report shall be due with the report; provided, that if an operator will operate a transient parking facility for a period of less than one month, the administrator may require the filing of reports more frequently than monthly. The ordinance may authorize the tax administrator for good cause to extend the time for making any return or paying any amount required to be paid. Any person to whom an extension is granted shall pay, in addition to the surcharge, interest at the annual rate prescribed by § 44-5-9, or fraction of it, from the date on which the surcharge would have been due without the extension until the date of payment.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-6. - Transfer of parking facilities.

§ 1-6-6. Transfer of parking facilities.
Prior to the sale or transfer by any operator other than receivers, assignees under a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors, trustees in bankruptcy, or public officers acting under judicial process of a parking facility, the parking operator, at least five (5) days before the sale or transfer, must notify the tax administrator of the proposed sale or transfer. Whenever an operator makes a sale or transfer of a parking facility, all fees and surcharges must be paid at the time when the tax administrator is notified, or, if the tax administrator is not notified, at the time when the tax administrator should have been notified.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-8. - Regulations.

§ 1-6-8. Regulations.
The tax administrator may prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, to carry into effect the provisions of this section, which rules and regulations, when reasonably designed to carry out the intent and purpose of this section, are prima facie evidence of their proper interpretation. Those rules and regulations may from time to time be amended, suspended, or revoked, in whole or in part, by the tax administrator. The tax administrator may prescribe, and may furnish, any forms necessary or proper for the administration of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-9. - Nonresident operators.

§ 1-6-9. Nonresident operators.
Any operator who is not a resident of this state shall, as a condition precedent to engaging in the transient parking business and by engaging in that business, does consent that any process issued in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter may be served upon the director of business regulation as agent of that person. The process may be served by leaving a copy of the process in the hands of the director of business regulation or in the director’s office with someone in charge of the office. The service is sufficient service upon the person; provided, that notice of the service and a copy of the process, at least fifteen (15) days before the return day of the process, is sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, by the tax administrator or the tax administrator’s attorney of record, to the person’s last known address, and the sender’s registered or certified mail receipt of sending and the tax administrator’s or the administrator’s attorney’s affidavit of compliance are appended to the process and entered with the declaration. Service of process in the manner provided for in this section, under the circumstances specified in this section, is of the same force and validity as if served upon the operator personally within this state. Nothing in this section limits or affects the right to serve process upon a person not a resident of this state within this state in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-10. - Surcharges are trust funds of state.

§ 1-6-10. Surcharges are trust funds of state.
All surcharges collected by a parking facility operator in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and all surcharges collected by any parking facility operator from persons paying transient parking surcharges under color of these provisions, constitute a trust fund until paid to the tax administrator. That trust is enforceable against:
(1)
The parking facility operator;
(2)
Any officer, agent, servant, or employee of any parking facility operator responsible for either the collection or payment, or both, of the surcharge;
(3)
Any person receiving any part of the fund without consideration, or knowing that the parking facility operator or any officer, agent, servant, or employee of any corporate parking facility operator is committing a breach of trust; and
(4)
Their estates, heirs, and representatives.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District › Section 1-6-11. - Application to certain exempt entities.

§ 1-6-11. Application to certain exempt entities.
The surcharges authorized by § 1-6-2 shall apply notwithstanding § 42-64-20; provided, however, that the case of any transient parking facility operator as to which § 42-64-20 otherwise applies:
(1)
The transient parking facility operator shall not be required to pay any permit fee in connection with the application for, or issuance of, any transient parking facility permit;
(2)
The transient parking facility operator shall not be required to pay an amount greater than the surcharges actually collected by or on behalf of the transient parking facility operator. This provision shall apply notwithstanding the occurrence of any default by the transient parking facility operator;
(3)
If the transient parking facility operator is a quasi-public corporation, no court may order the corporation to collect the surcharges or the proper amount of them, but an injunction may issue, if otherwise justified, against any officer or employee of the operator;
(4)
Any assessment or order requiring the payment of surcharges shall be effective only against the trust funds established under § 1-6-10 and not against any other funds of the transient parking facility operator.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 424, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act › Section 1-7-2. - Legislative findings.

§ 1-7-2. Legislative findings.
The general assembly hereby finds and declares as follows:
(a)
Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport is located in a densely populated, primarily residential area of the city of Warwick.
(b)
Many of the airport operations and activities result in emissions of a number of air pollutants that may be harmful to public health.
(c)
Emissions of concern include, but are not limited to, those associated with “take-off” and “landing” activities of aircraft and emissions associated with the use of diesel engine ground support equipment.
(d)
A long-term air-quality monitoring program is necessary to collect the data needed to evaluate the impact of the airport emissions on air quality and public health.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 32, § 5, effective June 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 36, § 5, effective June 1, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act › Section 1-7-3. - Definitions.

§ 1-7-3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases, for the purposes of this chapter, have the following meanings:
(1)
“Corporation” means the Rhode Island airport corporation as established in § 1-2-1.1.
(2)
“Monitoring program” means the long-term, air-quality monitoring program as established by this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act › Section 1-7-4. - Air quality monitoring public advisory committee.

§ 1-7-4. Air quality monitoring public advisory committee.
An “air quality monitoring public advisory committee” shall be established to advise the corporation on the development and implementation of the long-term, air-quality monitoring program, and the preparation of annual work plans. The public advisory committee shall be made up of at least nine (9) public members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. In making those appointments, the governor shall give due consideration to include representatives from environmental advocacy organizations, health advocacy organizations, economic advocacy organizations, neighborhood organizations, academic institutions, and the city of Warwick. Members of the public advisory committee shall serve for terms of two (2) years. The governor shall convene the public advisory committee with sufficient time to enable it to perform its responsibilities under this chapter. The members of the public advisory committee shall receive no compensation for their services to the committee. The public advisory committee shall elect annually from among their members a chair, a vice chair, and any other officers it deems appropriate.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act › Section 1-7-5. - Health study.

§ 1-7-5. Health study.
(a)
The corporation shall provide the department of health with funding in an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), half to be paid in fiscal year 2008 and the other half to be paid in fiscal year 2009, which funds the department of health will use for an independent health study (the “study” or the “health study”) developed in consultation with the department of environmental management and the air-quality monitoring public advisory committee. The purpose of the study will be to determine whether and to what extent, air pollution generated by airport activities affects the health of area residents based, to the extent feasible, on established health benchmarks.
(b)
The study shall use the data collected from the first year of long-term, air-quality monitoring at the airport described in the previous sections to evaluate potential public health implications of emissions based, to the extent feasible, on established health benchmarks, and shall be completed and submitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate no later than May 30, 2009.
(c)
The corporation, the department of health, and the city of Warwick shall publish technical reports and scientific publications that resulted from this health study on their respective websites no later than July 31, 2019, and shall maintain them on their respective websites for at least five (5) years thereafter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 187, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 249, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act › Section 1-7-6. - Reporting.

§ 1-7-6. Reporting.
(a)
The corporation shall provide the department of environmental management with an inventory of greenhouse gas pollutants, including, but not limited to, carbon dioxide and methane, and an annual inventory of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide. The inventories of data generated in the prior calendar year shall be reported to the department of environmental management on or before March 30, 2009, and every March 30 thereafter.
(b)
Data generated from the permanent air-quality monitors shall be reported to the department of environmental management, the department of health, and to the city of Warwick on at least a quarterly basis and shall be used by the departments to continuously augment and update air-quality-monitoring studies conducted by the departments. The corporation shall publish the data on its website within thirty (30) calendar days of the end of the quarter.
(c)
The department of health shall prepare an annual report that shall contain the department’s findings, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations resulting from the data generated by and from the permanent air-quality monitors (the “monitors”), as well as a summary of the data collected from the monitors. The first such report shall be due on or before July 31, 2017, and on or before July 31 in 2018, 2019, and for any further year thereafter during which data is collected and reported pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b). Copies of these reports shall be provided by the required dates to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the office of the governor, the office of the attorney general, the airport corporation, and the offices of the mayor and the city council of the city of Warwick. The department of health, the airport corporation, and the city of Warwick shall publish these reports on their respective websites within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the reports.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 220, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 187, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 249, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act › Section 1-7-7. - Regulation and enforcement — Powers of the department of health and the department of environmental management.

§ 1-7-7. Regulation and enforcement — Powers of the department of health and the department of environmental management.
(a)
Nothing contained in this chapter shall diminish or abrogate the powers granted to the department of environmental management and the department of health pursuant to chapters 23 and 1 of title 23 as amended, respectively.
(b)
Any facilities under the jurisdiction of the corporation shall be subject, as otherwise provided in law, to the regulatory and enforcement requirements of the department of environmental management.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act › Section 1-7-8. - Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.

§ 1-7-8. Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.
(a)(1)
Willful noncompliance of this chapter that impairs the monitoring program herein established shall be considered a violation of a program requirement as described in § 23-23-14.
(2)
The attorney general of the state shall have the power to bring an action in the name of the state, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for restraining orders and injunctive relief to restrain and enjoin willful noncompliance of this chapter or for specific performance of the obligations of the corporation under this chapter.
(3)
Such willful noncompliance shall be punishable by a penalty as provided for in § 23-23-14(a).
(b)
Proceedings under this chapter shall be instituted and prosecuted by the attorney general. The superior court shall have the jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rules or regulations of the corporation under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-7 - The Permanent Air Quality Monitoring Act › Section 1-7-9. - Monitoring actions required and compliance — Sunset provision.

§ 1-7-9. Monitoring actions required and compliance — Sunset provision.
(a)
On or before January 31, 2017, and on or before January 31, 2018, and January 31, 2019, thereafter, the department of environmental management, the department of health, and the attorney general shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate, recommendations as to the continuation of the air monitoring required in this act.
(b)
Unless extended by the general assembly, the corporation’s obligation to operate and maintain the air monitoring system will cease on July 31, 2023; provided, this sunset date shall be dependent upon the corporation undertaking and completing the following actions prior to July 31, 2023:
(1)
As part of the long-term air-quality monitoring program, ambient air-quality monitors shall be set up in a network that shall include at least four (4) monitoring sites in the area of and surrounding Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. These monitors shall be designed, placed, and maintained so as to measure air-quality impacts from airport operations, including those impacts associated with planes operating on the extended runway and on neighborhoods adjacent to the airport facility, and at the Winslow Park playing fields. In addition to the quarterly summary reports prepared by the corporation based on this data, the corporation shall compile at least twenty (20) months of complete air quality monitoring data from these monitors and submit that data to the department of health prior to May 1, 2023, pursuant to § 1-7-6; and
(2)
The corporation shall comply with all other reporting and publishing requirements set forth in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 190, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 198, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 245, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 265, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 220, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 187, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 225, § 1, effective July 8, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 326, § 1, effective July 9, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-8 - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles › Section 1-8-1. - [Repealed.]

§ 1-8-1. [Repealed.]
History of Section.
P.L. 2016, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 261, § 1; repealed by P.L. 2023, ch. 125, § 1, effective June 19, 2023; repealed by P.L. 2023, ch. 126, § 1, effective June 19, 2023.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-8 - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles › Section 1-8-1.1. - Definitions.

§ 1-8-1.1. Definitions.
When used in this chapter:
(1)
“Municipality” means any city, town, or incorporated village within the state.
(2)
“Operate” or “operation” means to fly, pilot, control, direct, or program the flight of an unpiloted aircraft system.
(3)
“Unpiloted aerial vehicle” or “UAV” means a powered aerial vehicle that:
(i)
Does not carry a human operator and is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft;
(ii)
Uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift;
(iii)
Can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely;
(iv)
Weighs less than fifty-five pounds (55 lbs.).
(4)
“Unpiloted aircraft systems” or “UAS” means an unpiloted aerial vehicle and associated elements and support equipment required for the safe and efficient operation of the UAV.
History of Section.
P.L. 2023, ch. 125, § 2, effective June 19, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 126, § 2, effective June 19, 2023.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 1 - Aeronautics › Chapter 1-8 - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles › Section 1-8-1.2. - Regulation of unpiloted aircraft systems.

§ 1-8-1.2. Regulation of unpiloted aircraft systems.
(a)
Any operation of a UAV or UAS in the state shall comply with all applicable Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) requirements. Any UAV or UAS operating under the authority of the Armed Forces of the United States, Department of Homeland Security or any other federal agency having authority shall be exempt from this law.
(b)
Any person who operates a UAV or UAS in violation of this chapter shall be subject to penalty in accordance with § 1-4-19.
(c)
No municipality shall enact or enforce any ordinance regulating the operation of UAVs or UASs except as otherwise authorized by regulation or guideline promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration or the Rhode Island general laws.
History of Section.
P.L. 2023, ch. 125, § 2, effective June 19, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 126, § 2, effective June 19, 2023.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-5. - Agricultural institutes — Local associations.

§ 2-1-5. Agricultural institutes — Local associations.
The director of environmental management shall hold one agricultural institute in each county annually, either independently or in connection with any society, association, or other organization devoted to the same general objects, and may hold as many more as he or she deems expedient, and, as far as may be practicable, encourage state and local associations and societies in the interests of agriculture.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 201, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-6. - Annual report — Publications.

§ 2-1-6. Annual report — Publications.
The director of environmental management shall report annually to the general assembly at its January session. Two thousand (2,000) copies of the report shall be printed under the direction of the department of administration. The director shall distribute one copy of the report to each member of the general assembly, one to the city or town clerk of each town in the state for the use of the city or town, one to each public library, and a proper number to the University of Rhode Island, agricultural societies, farmers’ clubs and granges in the state, and shall make any exchanges with other like organizations as may be deemed expedient. The director may cause to be printed and distributed from time to time, in pamphlet form, an analysis of commercial fertilizers, and any other information that the interests of agriculture may require.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 201, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2686, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-8. - Promotion of Rhode Island grown farm products and Rhode Island seafood.

§ 2-1-8. Promotion of Rhode Island grown farm products and Rhode Island seafood.
The director of environmental management shall establish and administer a program to promote the marketing of Rhode Island seafood and farm products grown and produced in Rhode Island for the purpose of encouraging the development of the commercial fishing and agricultural sectors in the state. The director of environmental management shall:
(1)
Collect and diffuse timely information relative to the seasonal supply, demand and prevailing prices of seafood and farm products, both at wholesale and retail, the movement of seafood and farm products through commercial channels, and the quantities and conditions of seafood and farm products in dry and cold storage.
(2)
Assist and advise in the organization and maintenance of producers’ and consumers’ cooperative selling and buying associations.
(3)
Investigate the cost of distributing seafood and farm products, both at wholesale and retail, and to publish these findings that may be of practical interest to the public.
(4)
Furnish advice and assistance to the public with reference to buying of seafood and farm products and other matters relative to seafood and farm products.
(5)
Take those lawful measures that may be deemed advisable to prevent waste or uneconomical use of seafood and farm products.
(6)
Cooperate with various state and federal agencies having to do with seafood and farm products.
(7)
Conduct efforts to promote interaction and business relationships between farmers, fishermen and restaurants, grocery stores, institutional cafeterias and other potential institutional purchasers of Rhode Island seafood and Rhode Island grown farm products, including, but not limited to:
(i)
Organizing state-wide or regional events promoting Rhode Island grown or harvested seafood and farm products, where farmers, fishermen, and potential institutional customers are invited to participate. The director shall use his or her best efforts to solicit cooperation and participation from the farm, corporate, retail, wholesale and grocery communities in such advertising, internet-related and event planning efforts.
(8)
The director shall report annually to the general assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment on issues with respect to efforts undertaken pursuant to the requirements of this section. The director may adopt, in accordance with § 2-1-9, such regulations as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 241, § 34; P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-8; P.L. 2012, ch. 37, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 38, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-9. - Enforcement of marketing laws.

§ 2-1-9. Enforcement of marketing laws.
It is the duty of the director of environmental management to assist in the enforcement of the provisions of §§ 2-1-8 — 2-1-12, chapter 6 of this title and chapters 17 and 18 of title 21, and the provisions of any rule or regulations promulgated by the director of the department of environmental management to carry out those provisions. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum it may deem necessary to pay the salary and expenses of the director of environmental management.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 36, as enacted by P.L. 1926, ch. 789, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 1014, § 4; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-10. - Inspection powers.

§ 2-1-10. Inspection powers.
(a)
For the purpose of conducting inspections, the director of environmental management and the director of health, or any of his or her agents or deputies, have authority to enter, at any reasonable time, any building, storehouse, warehouse, cold-storage plant, packing house, stockyard, railroad yard, railroad car, or any other building or place where farm products are produced, kept, stored, or offered for sale, or to enter upon any farm land for the purpose of inspecting farm products.
(b)
The director of the department of environmental management, through the division of agriculture, shall continue to enforce the commercial growers of fruits and vegetables voluntary food safety program developed by the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture known as Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), and shall enforce the Food Safety Modernization Act as it pertains to commercial growers of fruits and vegetables.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 37, as enacted by P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-10; P.L. 2017, ch. 213, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 243, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-10.1. - Assent to food safety modernization act.

§ 2-1-10.1. Assent to food safety modernization act.
The state of Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “FDA Food Safety Modernization Act,” 21 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq., and the director of environmental management is authorized, empowered, and directed to:
(1)
Perform those acts relating to produce on the farm that may be necessary for the modernization of the safety of the food supply, as defined in that act of Congress, in compliance with that act and with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration that are consistent with that act; and
(2)
Perform those acts relating to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF) regulation in compliance with that act and with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration that are consistent with that act.
History of Section.
P.L. 2019, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 2023, ch. 197, § 1, effective June 21, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 198, § 1, effective June 21, 2023.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-11. - Administration of oaths — Subpoena of witnesses and papers.

§ 2-1-11. Administration of oaths — Subpoena of witnesses and papers.
The director of environmental management and the director of health have the power to administer oaths, summon and examine witnesses and order the production and examination of books, accounts, papers, records and documents in any proceeding within the jurisdiction of these directors. All subpoenas, and orders for the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents shall be signed and issued by the directors and served as subpoenas in civil cases in the superior court as now served, and witnesses so subpoenaed shall be entitled to the same fees for attendance and travel as provided for witnesses in civil cases in the superior court. If the person subpoenaed to attend before the directors fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance before the directors, without reasonable cause, refuses to be sworn, or to be examined, or to answer a legal and pertinent question, or if any person refuses to produce the books, accounts, papers, records and documents material to the issue, set forth in an order duly served on the person, the directors, as the case may be, may apply to any justice of the superior court for any county, upon proof by affidavit of the fact, for a rule or order returnable in not less than two (2) nor more than five (5) days, directing the person to show cause before the justice who made the order or any other justice, why the person should not be adjudged in contempt. Upon the return of the order, the justice before whom the matter is brought for a hearing shall examine under oath the person, and the person shall be given an opportunity to be heard, and if the justice determines that the person has refused without reasonable cause or legal excuse to be examined or to answer a legal and pertinent question, or to produce books, accounts, papers, records and documents, material to the issue, which the person was ordered to bring or produce, the justice may forthwith commit the offender to jail, to remain until the person submits to do the act which the person was required to do, or is discharged according to law.
History of Section.
G.L.1923, ch. 241, § 38, as enacted by P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-12. - Enforcement of provisions — Prosecutions.

§ 2-1-12. Enforcement of provisions — Prosecutions.
It is the duty of the director of environmental management and the director of health to enforce the provisions of §§ 2-1-8 — 2-1-12 and to prosecute every person, firm or corporation violating the provisions. If in the judgment of the directors any person, firm or corporation has deliberately violated the provisions of §§ 2-1-8 — 2-1-12 or of chapter 6 of this title or chapter 17 or 18 of title 21, the directors shall inform the attorney general who shall prosecute in the manner provided by law. Whenever any prosecution takes place, the director of environmental management and the director of health, or any of his or her agents or deputies, are not required to give surety for the payment of costs.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 39, as enacted by P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry › Chapter 2-1 - Agricultural Functions of Department of Environmental Management › Part 2 - Freshwater Wetlands › Section 2-1-19. - Public policy on freshwater wetlands.

§ 2-1-19. Public policy on freshwater wetlands.
It is the public policy of the state to preserve the purity and integrity of the freshwater wetlands, buffers, and floodplains of this state. The health, welfare, and general well-being of the populace and the protection of life and property require that the state restrict the uses of freshwater wetlands, buffers, and floodplains and, in the exercise of the police power, regulate activities in jurisdictional areas and as otherwise provided for hereunder consistent with this chapter.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 2-1-19; P.L. 1971, ch. 213, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 218, § 1.