Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

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…

It is the purpose of this chapter to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage, and, thereby, to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to for…

This chapter may be cited as the “Rhode Island Interlocal Cooperation Act”.

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term “public agency” means any political subdivision of this state, any agency of the state government or of the United States, and any political subdivision of another state. (b) The term “state” means a state of the United States.

(a) Any power or powers, privileges, or authority, exercised or capable of exercise by a public agency of this state, may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of any other state or of the United States, and to the extent that laws of the other state or of…

Prior to its entry into force, an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall be filed with the keeper of local public records and with the secretary of state. In the event that an agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter is between or among one or more public agencies o…

In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this chapter deals in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condi…

Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to this chapter may appropriate funds and sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking, by providing pers…

Any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which any of the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform; provided, that the contract is author…

(a) There is created a body corporate and public and a political subdivision of the state, a special water district to be known as the West Greenwich water district located in the town of West Greenwich established for the purpose of providing adequate water supply to the residen…

(a) For the purpose of raising money to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the district is authorized and empowered to issue bonds and notes in anticipation of bonds. The bonds and notes may be issued hereunder as general obligations of the district or as special obligatio…

The district may also provide by resolution for the issuance, from time to time, of temporary notes in anticipation of the revenues to be collected or received by the district in any year, or in anticipation of the receipt of federal, state or local grants or other aid. Notes iss…

(a) The principal of premium, if any, and interest on all bonds and notes issued under the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be general obligations of the district or shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor from revenues as herei…

The district may issue refunding bonds and notes for the purpose of paying any of its bonds or notes at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds and notes may be issued at a time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds or notes as the distric…

The district may at any time deposit with a trustee, a sum sufficient, with amounts then on deposit, including the debt service reserve fund, to purchase direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States of America which are adequate to pay the entire principal amount of the …

Bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued or entered into under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any city or town, but shall be payable solely from the revenues of the district. Al…

All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the issue of bonds or notes or as revenues or otherwise, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.

The bonds and notes issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies in their commercial departments, savings banks, co-opera…

Bonds and notes may be issued under this chapter without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the state or the town, including the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities pursuant to chapters 1 — 5 of t…

Except as may be required by chapter 15.3 of title 46, the district and all its revenues, income and real and personal property shall be exempt from taxation and from betterments and special assessments and the district shall not be required to pay any tax, excise or assessment t…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the powers of the district shall be exercised by a board of three (3) members, each of whom shall be a resident of the district. These members shall be appointed by the town administrator of the town, subject to approval by the town c…

If any person maliciously or wantonly destroys or damages any hydrant, pipe, aqueduct, conduit, machinery, equipment, appliance, or other property of the district used for the purposes provided for in this chapter, that person, whether principal or accessory, forfeits to the dist…

The district shall at all times keep full and accurate accounts of its receipts, expenditures, disbursements, assets and liabilities, which shall be open to inspection by any officer or duly appointed agent of the state or the town.

Upon termination or dissolution of the district, the title to all funds and other properties owned by it which remain after payment of all bonds and notes and other obligations of the district shall vest in the town.

Except as otherwise provided herein, any provisions of any special law and part of any special law and all ordinances and parts of ordinances pertaining to the water works system which are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be inoperative and cease to be effec…

The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an exclusive, additional, alternative and complete method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to, and not in derogation of, powers conferred upo…

The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the district that the state will not limit or alter rights hereby vested in the district until the bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, together wit…

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the district and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.

This chapter shall be construed in all respects to meet all constitutional requirements. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all steps shall be taken which are necessary to meet constitutional or other legal requirements whether or not these steps are exp…

(a) The chairperson of the board shall be selected by the majority vote of the members of the board. The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer who may or may not be members of the board. (b) The board may from time to time hire, transfer or otherwise appoint or employ l…

The members of the board shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties under this chapter. Each member may be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties as approved by the board.

The board shall have all the rights and powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate this chapter, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights and powers: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its bu…

In addition to the powers of the district otherwise provided herein, the district shall have the following powers and shall be subject to the following limitations: (1) The district is authorized and empowered to fix, revise, charge, collect and abate fees, rates, rents, assessme…

(a) The district is authorized to obtain and maintain for the district a supply of water for the extinguishing of fire and for distribution to the inhabitants of the district, for domestic use and for other purposes, and may obtain that water by the establishment of its own works…

(a) If for any of the purposes of this act, the district shall find it necessary to acquire any real property, whether for immediate or future use, the district may find and determine that the property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, is required for the acqui…

The district may within and without the district, and within the limits of the town of West Greenwich, and without the consent of the town, drive, lay, make, construct, and maintain pipes, aqueducts, conduits, machinery, or other equipment or appliances, or authorize the construc…

There is established within the department of elementary and secondary education an “Early Childhood Foundation” for the purpose of providing technical assistance and seed grants to local school districts in support of their efforts to develop: (1) Preschool education for familie…