Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is reserved to the state, but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall operate to impair the obligation of any contract made by the electric and water district under any power conferred by this chapter. If any section, claus…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect in any way the continued existence and operation of the Harrisville fire district’s fire prevention and suppression functions, its emergency medical, rescue, and ambulance services, its charter and/or bylaws governing the fire …

It is hereby declared that the Clear River electric and water district, in the carrying out its quasi-municipal purposes, is in all respects providing essential services to the people of the state of Rhode Island that improves their health, safety, and welfare. Accordingly, the e…

Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or context: (1) “Electric and water district” means the Clear River electric and water district, a quasi-municipal corporation, district, and pol…

This chapter is intended to: (1) Establish the Clear River electric and water district as the successor to the utility functions fulfilled prior to January 1, 2025, by the Pascoag utility district and the Harrisville fire district; (2) Provide for the orderly separation and trans…

There is hereby created a quasi-municipal corporation, district, and political subdivision of the state, to be known as the Clear River electric and water district, the boundaries of which shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the utility service area of the Pascoag Fire Di…

There is hereby created a board to be known as the board of utility commissioners of the Clear River electric and water district. The powers of the electric and water district as set forth in this chapter, or conferred on the electric and water district by operation of this chapt…

(a) The board of utility commissioners shall consist of not more than seven (7) nor less than five (5) members. Four (4) members of the board shall constitute a quorum and a vote of four (4) members shall be necessary for all action taken by the board unless the board consists of…

(a) Each member of the board of utility commissioners shall be entitled to receive compensation of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year and not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year for attendance at scheduled and special meetings of the board of utili…

The electric and water district shall have the power: (1) To acquire real or personal property and tangible or intangible personal property by voluntary purchase from the owner or owners of the property, and to the extent that the board of utility commissioners deems it advisable…

All services provided by the electric department of the electric and water district that constitute public utility services within the meaning of § 39-1-2 or community antennae television systems (CATV) services within the meaning of § 39-19-1 shall be subject to the applicable j…

Upon January 1, 2025, ownership of the utility assets previously titled to, or otherwise owned or controlled by, the Pascoag utility district and the Harrisville fire district shall be transferred to the electric and water district, subject to any security interest of record rela…