Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

(a) The council of any city or town is authorized and empowered to establish by ordinance one or more dam management districts within the city or town; if the need for the management of a dam or dams is multi-municipal, a multi-municipal dam management district may be established…

All fees and charges assessed against any person in any district pursuant to this chapter shall constitute a lien upon that person’s real estate in the district for the space of three (3) years after the assessment, and, if the real estate is not alienated, then until the fees ar…

Any elected or appointed district official, employee, or member of the district is entitled to all the rights and benefits of indemnification, as provided by § 45-15-16.

Pascoag Reservoir Dam Management District created pursuant to this chapter shall be immune from civil liability for any tort committed upon any lake bed the Pascoag Reservoir Dam Management District may acquire, hold, use or lease pursuant to § 45-62-3.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the powers and duties of the department of environmental management, as they relate to dams, established pursuant to other provisions of law; nor shall this chapter be construed to affect the responsibilities of dam owners, est…

The towns of Burriville and Glocester are authorized to enact ordinances which exempt from taxation real and personal property owned by a Dam Management District created pursuant to this chapter, said exemption to be limited to property that consists of the lake bed of the Pascoa…

The general assembly hereby recognizes and declares that: (1) A stormwater control system which provides for the collection, treatment, storage and disposal of stormwater provides benefits and services to all property within a municipality. (2) Such benefits include, but are not …

(a) Subject to approval of the Rhode Island department of environmental management, where required by law or regulation, and where appropriate, to the approval of such other state and federal agencies having jurisdiction over the subject matter, the town of Middletown, is authori…

(a) The town of Middletown, by ordinance, is authorized to impose and collect a special assessment to defray the cost of construction of said stormwater control systems in areas not presently served by subsurface stormwater control systems. The town council shall prescribe a just…

The town council may, by ordinance, exempt from the payment of any and all assessments for the construction of stormwater control facilities hereunder, the land of any religious corporation on which are located buildings used solely for holding of religious services therein and a…

Upon petition of the owner of a lot of land of irregular shape or which is unduly above or below grade or which for any other reason is deemed to be inequitably charged or assessed under this chapter, the town council may adjust the charge or assessment on such lot or exempt such…

Nothing herein shall be construed to require the town of Middletown to install any storm water control facilities in any existing street and installation of such facilities shall be in the discretion of the town council.

In addition to the powers, privileges, prerogatives, and authority that are now granted to each city and town and fire district, or any agency of a city or town and fire district, in connection with fire alarm master box systems of these municipalities, each city and town and fir…

Each city and town and fire district may, by ordinance, define the person or persons, firm, corporation, partnership, individual, assignee, trustee, or other person upon whom a charge is assessed, and may adopt any other ordinances, rules, or regulations that may be necessary to …

If any part, subdivision, or section of this chapter is declared unconstitutional, the validity of the remaining parts shall not be affected.

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Pathway to Retirement Security for Locally Administered Pension Funds Act.”

(a) An advisory council regarding locally administered pension plans shall be established and consist of: (1) The general treasurer, who shall serve as a chairperson; (2) The auditor general; (3) A representative of organized labor appointed by the governor; (4) A representative …

The purpose of this chapter is to provide retirement security to current and retired municipal employees by codifying standards to promote the sustainability and longevity of pension plans established and administered by municipalities.

It is the intention of the general assembly to begin the process of ensuring the sustainability of locally administered pension plans and to advance and maintain the long-term stability of such plans. The general assembly finds and declares that: (1) Rhode Island law authorizes a…

As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Actuarial experience study” means a report provided by an actuary that includes a recent discussion of plan experience, recommendations for actuarial assumptions and methods, and information about…

Actuarial methods used by the actuary in preparing an actuarial experience study or annual actuarial valuation shall be in compliance with accepted actuarial standards and applicable public pension accounting laws, rules and regulations. The actuary shall not, year to year, chang…

(a) Every municipality that maintains a locally administered plan shall submit its initial annual actuarial valuation study to the study commission created herein under § 45-65-8 on or before April 1, 2012, and for each plan year ending on or after December 31, 2012, within six (…

(1) With respect to any municipality that fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter within the prescribed time, the general treasurer is authorized to withhold moneys due to the municipality from the state for any purpose other than education, including, but not limit…

A study commission for locally administered plans shall be established to review existing legislation and pension plan administrative practices and to make recommendations for the improved security and funding of locally administered plans and other post-retirement benefit obliga…

The holding of any section or sections or parts hereof to be void, ineffective, or unconstitutional for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part hereof. The state shall be an indispensable party in any action contesting the validity of this chapter.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Block Island Utility District Act of 2017.”

(a) The exemption waiver provided by the public utilities commission to BIPCo from the terms of § 39-1-27 shall also apply to the utility district and the public utilities commission shall have the authority to provide such other waivers from this section as may be in the public …

(a) The utility district shall have the power, and is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue its negotiable bonds for any of its corporate or district purposes and to secure the payment of the bonds in such manner and by such means as may be provided in the resolution or …

Neither the state nor the town of New Shoreham is liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds or notes of the utility district, or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever that may be undertaken by the ut…

(a) All money of the utility district, from whatever source derived, shall be paid to the treasurer of the utility district. The money on receipt shall be deposited forthwith in a separate bank account or accounts. The money in the accounts shall be paid out with a check of the t…

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

Upon dissolution or termination of the utility district, the assets of the utility district that remain after payment, or making provision for payment, of all bonds, notes, and other obligations of the utility district shall be distributed to the town of New Shoreham or as ordere…

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) “BIPCo” means the Block Island Power Company. (2) “BIPCo assets” means that real property, personal property, rights in any real …

This chapter is intended to establish the Block Island utility district and to authorize and enable the utility district to provide utility products and services as may be authorized, from time to time, by the utility district’s board of utility commissioners.

(a) There is hereby created a quasi-municipal corporation, having a distinct legal existence from the state, to be known as the Block Island utility district, the boundaries of which shall be coterminous with the boundaries of New Shoreham, Rhode Island. The utility district shal…

There is hereby created a board to be known as the board of utility commissioners of the Block Island utility district. The powers of the utility district as set forth in this chapter shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of utility commission…

(a) The board of utility commissioners shall consist of five (5) members, no less than three (3) of whom shall be residents of the town of New Shoreham as defined by the Revised Ordinances of the town of New Shoreham, Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-2. A majority of the board sha…

(a) Members of the board of utility commissioners shall not be entitled to receive compensation for attendance at scheduled and special meetings of the board of utility commissioners, but shall be entitled to reimbursement of the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the perf…

The utility district shall have the power: (1) To acquire the BIPCo assets and to assume the BIPCo debt obligations. The sale by voluntary purchase of such property and the assumption of such obligations shall be negotiated between BIPCo and the utility district; provided, howeve…

All services provided by the utility district that constitute public utility services within the meaning of § 39-1-2 shall be subject to the applicable jurisdictions of the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a predictable and universal process for obtaining a single permit that encompasses both building and electric permits for solar photovoltaic systems with municipalities.

When used in this chapter, these terms shall have the following meaning: (1) “Commission” means the Rhode Island state building code commission; (2) “Office” means the Rhode Island office of energy resources; and (3) “Solar energy permit” means a standard application used by muni…

(a) The office, in consultation with the commission, shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations that will create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application that municipalities will be required to use beginning on January 1, 2018. The office’s rules and regulations sh…

For the purposes of coastal hazards, including sea level rise and coastal flooding, the state’s twenty-one (21) coastal communities are authorized to adopt the coastal resources management council’s (CRMC) coastal hazard application process applicable to a local overlay district …

The purpose of this chapter is to establish requirements and standards for initial, biennial, and continuing education programs for members and alternate members of local planning boards or commissions or any combined boards or commissions or zoning boards or any historic distric…

This chapter shall apply to the following: (1) All members, including alternate members, of any local planning board or commission authorized pursuant to chapter 22 of this title. (2) All members, including alternate members, of any zoning board or commission authorized pursuant …