Title 46, Title 46 and Navigation

Any holder of bonds or notes issued under this chapter or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under a trust agreement or resolution securing the same, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by the trust agreement or resolution, may …

(a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and the purchase, lease, operation, and maintenance of projects by the board under this chapt…

Bonds and notes issued by the board hereunder are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, banks, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, savings institutions, …

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds and notes issued by the board hereunder, all the bonds and notes shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments under the laws of the state and investment securities under the Uniform Comme…

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds issued hereunder at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with a…

If the board shall be dissolved all funds of the board not required for the payment of bonds shall be paid to the general treasurer for the use of the state, and all property belonging to the board shall be vested in the state and delivered to it.

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law or ordinance, general, special or local, or of any municipal charter or of any rule or regulation of the state or any municipality, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.

The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the board pursuant to this chapter that the state will not alter or limit the rights hereby vested in the board to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with or for the benefit of the holders of b…

(a) If any provision of this chapter shall be held invalid in any circumstance, the invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or circumstances. (b) This chapter shall be construed in all respects so as to meet all constitutional requirements. In carrying out the purposes a…

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this chapter, nor any language contained therein, shall allow or permit any funds, proceeds, revenues, or other sums of money derived by, through, or from the issuance of revenue bonds as authorized under this chapter, to be used for…

The Rhode Island water resources board, established pursuant to this chapter and chapter 15 of this title, shall be the only designated agency which will administer those lands acquired for the Big River Reservoir as established under section 23 of chapter 133 of the Public Laws …

(a) There is hereby authorized, created and established a water resources board consisting of fifteen (15) members as follows: (1) Eleven (11) members shall represent the public and shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as herein provided; (…

(a) Each public member of the board, before entering upon his or her duties, shall take an oath to administer the duties of his or her office faithfully and impartially, and the oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. (b) No member of the board shall be in th…

Forthwith, and upon the enactment of this chapter, and annually in the month of March, thereafter, the board shall elect one of its public members as chairperson, one of its public members as vice chairperson, and shall also elect a secretary either from its membership or its tec…

(a) The members of the board shall serve without compensation. (b) The members of the board may also be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.

There is created a special fund called “water development fund”, a general revenue fund within the general fund, which shall record any net proceeds which may be paid to the state as a result of the lease of any reservoir sites or other facilities as may be acquired or constructe…

Each water providing and water supply company both public and private doing business in this state shall forward an annual report to the water resources board setting forth the status of any water supply within the company’s jurisdiction and control, and progress made towards ach…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, § 46-15.1-10, upon the effective date of this section, the water resources board (corporate), established as a body politic and corporate and public instrumentality pursuant to this chapter, shall be proh…

The purposes of the water resources board under this chapter shall be to carry out the powers and duties of the board set forth in this chapter, including, without limitation, to establish water supply facilities and lease those facilities to cities, towns, districts, and other m…

The phrase “water supply facilities” wherever appearing in this chapter and chapter 15 of this title means water reservoirs, wells and well sites, treatment, transmission or distribution systems, stream gauging stations, any and all real estate or interests in real estate held in…

(a) The board shall carry out its functions and shall have the following powers: (1) To adopt a seal and to alter the seal from time to time; (2) To sue and be sued; (3) To purchase, hold, and dispose of real and personal property, or interests therein, and to lease the property …

Upon the request of the Rhode Island rivers council, the board may exercise any powers set forth in § 46-15.1-5 on behalf of the Rhode Island rivers council in order to accomplish the purposes of the council.

(a) The board shall have the following additional duties: (1) Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, the board (corporate) shall submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the secretar…

The state properties committee is authorized on behalf of the state, from time to time, to sell and convey or lease to the board, for the purposes of this chapter, any property (which may include water sources or the right to take water) held by the state for water supply purpose…

(a) Any city, town, district, or other municipal, quasi municipal, or public or private corporation or company engaged in the water supply business in Rhode Island is authorized, from time to time, to sell or otherwise convey to the board any water supply facilities held by that …

(a) Except as otherwise provided by the board, the funds of the board under this chapter shall be in the custody of the treasurer of the board. The fiscal year of the board under this chapter shall end on June 30 of each calendar year. All payments by the board under this chapter…

The board may borrow money temporarily for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 15.3 of this title in anticipation of revenue or federal aid or in anticipation of the issue of bonds, and issue notes therefor. Notes issued in anticipation of revenue may not mature or be refund…