Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

The utility 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, to acquir…

All services provided by the utility district that constitute public utility services within the meaning of § 39-1-2(20) or community antennae television systems (CATV) services within the meaning of § 39-19-1 shall be subject to the applicable jurisdictions of the public utiliti…

Upon April 4, 2001, ownership of the utility assets previously titled to, or otherwise owned or controlled by, the Pascoag fire district shall be transferred to the utility district, subject to any security interest of record relating to such utility assets, which security intere…

This chapter will be known and may be cited as the “District Management Authorities Act.”

Except as its powers may be limited by the petition, the district management authority will have the power: (1) To have perpetual succession unless a limited period of duration is stated in the petition; (2) To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in its corporate name; (3) To h…

The board of directors of the district management authority may adopt bylaws containing provisions for the regulation and management of the activities of the district management authority.

(a) The activities of the district management authority will be managed by a board of directors which will consist of nine (9) members. (b) All of the directors will be owners or tenants of real property (not exempt from taxation by law) located within the management district or …

(a) The officers of a district management authority will consist of a chairperson, a treasurer and a secretary, each of whom will be elected by the board of directors. Such other officers and assistant officers and agents as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by …

(a) Not later than sixty (60) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the district management authority will annually prepare an operating budget containing: (1) An estimate of surplus from its current fiscal year available for expenditure in the ensuing fiscal year; (2)…

Each district management authority will have the power to apportion the annual operating expenses of the district management authority among the owners of ratable real property, not otherwise exempt by law, located within the management district by a special tax assessment. The s…

The total of the special tax assessments levied on the ratable real property within the management district will not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total of the real property taxes levied on the ratable real property within the management district, not exempt from taxation by la…

The assessments made by any district management authority will be collected by the tax collector of the municipality within which the management district is located for the account of the district management authority. The assessments so collected will not be commingled with fund…

(a) Any person aggrieved on any ground whatsoever by any assessment against him or her by a district management authority in any municipality may within three (3) months after the last day appointed for the payment without penalty of the assessment, or the first installment of th…

The state and a district management authority may enter into agreements pursuant to which the state agrees with the district management authority that the district management authority will thereafter undertake services previously provided by the state in consideration of the sta…

(a) It is found and declared that: (1) The continued vitality of the business districts in the towns and cities of the state is essential to retaining existing businesses and attracting new enterprises. (2) The financial condition of certain of the larger municipalities of the st…

The services provided by a district management authority will be supplemental to the services otherwise provided by the municipality within the management district.

At any time after the approval of a petition and the creation of a district management authority, the boundaries of the management district and the purposes and powers of the district management authority may be amended by the filing of a petition for amendment. The petition will…

(a) Any district management authority may be dissolved and the designation of a management district terminated by ordinance or resolution of the city or town council of the municipality within which it is located adopted after public hearing as provided in § 45-59-6. (b) Any dist…

(a) Any notes or other obligations issued by any district management authority, their transfer and the income from the notes or obligations (including any profits made on the sale of the notes or obligations), will at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political …

Notes and other obligations of a district management authority will not be deemed to constitute the debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the municipality.

No member of the board of directors of a district management authority and no officer of an authority will be held civilly liable for any breach of his or her duties as such member or officer except for liability: (1) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve inten…

(a) District management authorities will be subject to the provisions of chapter 14.1 of title 37 (Minority Business Enterprise), chapter 2 of title 38 (Access to Public Records) and chapter 46 of title 42 (Open Meetings) of the general laws. District management authorities will …

Notice of the creation of a management district and a district management authority will be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality at some time subsequent to the approval of the petition by the city or town council as provided in § 45-5…

(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term: (1) “Chief elected officer” means the official, elected by the voters of a municipality or appointed by the members of the elected legislative body of the municipality, who exercises day-to-day executiv…

A management district may be created by an ordinance or resolution enacted by the city or town council of any municipality (as defined in § 45-59-3(5)) upon the written petition of persons owning real property located within the proposed district as provided in this chapter. A ma…

(a) The written petition will be signed by persons who own real property located within the proposed district, and if the petition provides for one or more subdistricts, within the subdistricts, constituting, in the aggregate, sixty percent (60%) of the aggregate assessed valuati…

(a) The city or town council to which the petition is submitted will forthwith and in any event no later than ninety (90) days after the receipt of the petition hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving comments from all interested persons on the approval of the petition…

(a) After the hearing, the city or town council may approve the petition by ordinance or resolution which will contain a finding to the effect that: (1) The petition has been submitted by persons who own real property located within the proposed district, and in any proposed subd…

The district management authority thus created will be a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality and agency of the municipality within which the management district is located but having a distinct legal existence from the municipality. It is hereby declared that in exe…

(a) Except as its purposes may be limited by the petition, the management district commission authority will have the following purposes within the management district: (1) To provide for the cleaning of the public streets and sidewalks and the removal of snow; (2) To provide for…

(a) There is created and established a body politic and corporate to be known as the “Block Island housing board” to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The board is constituted a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercis…

(a) There is created a special designated account to be known as the “Block Island housing fund.” The fund shall be administered by the board and expenditures from the fund are made only to implement and effectuate the policies and purposes of this chapter. Funds shall consist of…

(a) The board shall have all of the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, those general powers provided to a nonprofit corporation and including, without limiting the generality of t…

(a) In determining the allocation of funds available for the purposes of this chapter, the board shall evaluate each proposal on the basis of the following criteria which may include, but not be limited to: (1) The need for a timely response to unpredictable circumstances or spec…

At the end of each fiscal year which is defined to begin on July 1 and continue through June 30 of each year, the board shall submit a report concerning its activities to the town council. More frequent reports may be given as requested. The report shall include, but not be limit…

(a) It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that every owner is exercising a taxable privilege who engages in the business of renting, leasing, letting, or granting a license to use any living quarters or sleeping or housekeeping accommodations in, from, or a part of, …

(a) When receipt of consideration is by way of property other than money, the tax shall be levied and imposed on the fair market value of such nonmonetary consideration. (b) The owner of the seasonal rental shall remit the tax to the town treasurer for deposit into the Block Isla…

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special act, any ordinance adopted by any of the several cities or towns (whether adopted prior to or subsequent to the passage of this chapter) providing for the regulations of the parking of motor vehicles upon the public highway…

The schedule of fines for violation of any ordinance referred to in § 45-6.1-1 may provide for higher fines for the privilege of payment by mail than the fines imposed for payment in person, but no costs are imposed.

The ordinances referred to in § 45-6.1-1 shall provide that payments be addressed to the chief of police of the city or town or to a special court that may have been established in the city or town for the disposition of motor vehicle offenses.

(a) The ordinances referred to in § 45-6.1-1 establish times during which the privilege of paying the fine by mail may be exercised, but the time shall be not less than five (5) days from the date of the offense to the date of depositing the payment of the fine in a depository ma…

The ordinances referred to in § 45-6.1-1 provide that a notice of a violation of those ordinances be affixed to the motor vehicle which is the cause of the violation.

The notice referred to in § 45-6.1-6 states the specific violation charged, the schedules of fines for the violation, the time within which the privilege of paying the fine by mail may be exercised, and the place to which the fine may be mailed.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 45-6.1-1, any person is permitted to pay any fine, in person, imposed for the violation of any non-moving traffic ordinance in effect in the town of North Smithfield at the North Smithfield police department in addition to the methods permi…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Stormwater Management and Utility District Act of 2002.”

The general assembly hereby recognizes and declares that: (1) The general assembly finds that stormwater, when not properly controlled and treated, causes pollution of the waters of the state, threatens public health, and damages property. Stormwater carries pollutants and other …