Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

All programs and funding proposals shall conform to applicable federal law, rules, and regulations. The department shall promulgate state rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Included within said rules and regulations shall be a provision requiring any…

If a part of this chapter is held unconstitutional or invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid or unconstitutional part remain in effect. If a part of this chapter is held unconstitutional or invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effe…

(a) In any fiscal year when the department fails to complete appropriate bridge maintenance, no new construction and design contracts subject to reporting under § 42-13.1-16 shall be awarded for the subsequent year or until proof of appropriate bridge maintenance is provided. (b)…

The department shall submit to the office of management and budget, the house fiscal advisor, and the senate fiscal advisor, a report on the progress of implementation of this chapter within thirty (30) days of the close of each of the fiscal quarters of each year. The reports sh…

No bid under this chapter shall be deemed complete nor awarded if the bid fails to include a specific written plan for the bidder to be in conformity with § 37-14.1-6, ensuring that minority business enterprises reach a minimum of ten percent (10%) of the dollar value of the bid.…

The general assembly finds that: (1) The state of Rhode Island, through the Rhode Island department of transportation (“the department”), funds the reconstruction, replacement, and maintenance of all bridges in Rhode Island, except the Newport Bridge, the Mount Hope Bridge, the J…

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning: (1) “Availability payment” means a payment by the department under a contract for a toll facility or any other facility that i…

(a) The department is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the privilege of traveling on Rhode Island bridges to provide for replacement, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of Rhode Island bridges. The tolls shall be fixed after conducting a cos…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this statute, the department is expressly prohibited from collecting tolls hereunder on other vehicles, herein defined to include motorcycles, passenger cars, and all other vehicles classed one through seven (7) pursuant to the Federal High…

(a) There is hereby created a special account in the intermodal surface transportation fund, as established in § 31-36-20, to be known as the Rhode Island bridge replacement, reconstruction, and maintenance fund (“the fund”). (b) The fund shall consist of all those monies receive…

The director of the department may designate any Rhode Island bridge on the National Highway System as a toll bridge in order to facilitate the financing of replacement, reconstruction, and maintenance of Rhode Island’s system of bridges.

The department’s authority to fix and adjust the amount of tolls shall be determined by the costs of replacement, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of Rhode Island’s system of bridges and/or any portion or portions thereof, including costs associated with the acquisition…

All revenue collected pursuant to this chapter and deposited to the Rhode Island bridge replacement, reconstruction, and maintenance fund shall be used to pay the costs associated with the operation and maintenance of the toll facility, and the replacement, reconstruction, mainte…