Title 24, Title 24 Title 24

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the acquisition, construction, operation,…

Bonds issued by the authority 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, banking associations, investment companies, executor…

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, all bonds shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments under the laws of this state.

The authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium th…

Any action taken by the authority under the provisions of this chapter may be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting, and each resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted.

Within the first ninety (90) days of each fiscal year of the authority, the authority shall make an annual report to the governor of its activities for the preceding fiscal year. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations duri…

(a) Legislative findings. The general assembly finds as follows: (1) That all users of any tolled projects should be required to timely pay for the use of such projects; (2) That toll violators and toll evaders unfairly shift the financial burden of maintaining the tolled project…

(a) The registered owner of the motor vehicle shall be primarily responsible in all prosecutions brought pursuant to the provisions of §§ 24-12-37 and 24-12-37.1. (b) In all prosecutions of nonpayment of toll violations, there is a rebuttable presumption that the registered owner…

The state covenants and agrees with the holders of any bonds or obligations of the authority that the state will not authorize or permit the construction, operation, and maintenance of any additional facility for the transportation of passenger vehicles by any person or body othe…

When all bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all the bonds and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders,…

(a) The authority shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another as vice-chairperson and shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer who may or may not be members of the authority. Three (3) members of the authority shall constitute a quorum and the vote of three (3) …

(a) In case provision shall be made for the redemption of the outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of the Jamestown Bridge commission through the operation of the sinking fund for the bonds before the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of § 24-12-21, or in case …

All powers, control, and jurisdiction of and title to the Mount Hope Bridge is hereby affirmed as having vested in the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority as of June 1, 1964, and the transfer of funds to the authority by the trustee under the trust indenture securing the M…

(a) The authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance at one time or from time to time of bonds of the authority in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars ($17,500,000) for paying a part of the cost o…

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter, the authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance at one time or from time to time for completion of the Newport Bridge seven million dollars ($7,000,000) aggregate principal amount of bon…

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter, the authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance at one time or from time to time for completion of the Newport Bridge ten million dollars ($10,000,000) aggregate principal amount of bond…

All payments made by the authority to the general fund for amounts loaned to the authority for payments on bond interest paid on state guaranteed bonds, shall, if requested in writing by the director of administration, be deposited by the state controller to a restricted receipt …

All powers, control, and jurisdiction of and title to the Sakonnet River Bridge is authorized to be transferred to the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority. Beginning August 19, 2013, and concluding on June 30, 2014, the authority may charge and collect tolls for the use of…

All powers, control, and jurisdiction of and title to the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is authorized to be transferred to the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority.

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

All obligations of the Narragansett Bay Bridge authority created by chapter 2152 of the public laws of 1948 to repay any advances made to it by the Jamestown Bridge commission before January 1, 1954 shall be relinquished.

As the construction of a highway from a point at or near the Kingston interchange on state route 3 (the same being interstate route 95) to a point at or near the Jamestown Bridge is necessary to effectuate the powers granted by this chapter, the general assembly shall appropriate…

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

The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared to be the l…

All other general or special laws inconsistent with any provision of this chapter are hereby declared to be inapplicable to the provisions of this chapter.

In the event revenue bonds shall be issued in an amount estimated to be sufficient with any other available funds to pay the cost of constructing the Newport Bridge and opening the bridge for traffic, the authority shall cause a sufficient amount of the proceeds of the bonds as m…

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to prevent the economic harm to the town of Jamestown which will occur upon the opening of the Newport Bridge to traffic through loss of employment opportunities on the Jamestown and Newport ferries and the resultant dislocation…

In order to facilitate vehicular traffic, remove many of the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways in the state, alleviate the barriers caused by large bodies of water, and promote the agricultural and industrial development of the state, the Rhode Island turnpi…

(a) The department of transportation is hereby constituted as the agency for the authority in carrying out all of the powers to construct, acquire, operate, and maintain turnpikes and bridges as conferred by the general laws upon the authority. (b) Nothing in chapter 13 of title …

Any bridge constructed in replacement of the Jamestown Bridge, as defined in § 24-12-1(7), shall be named and known as the “Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge”.

(a) The directors of the department of transportation and department of environmental management are hereby authorized and directed to retain the state-owned land adjacent to the former Jamestown Bridge on the North Kingstown side of the former bridge for use as a public parking …

The Succotash Road Bridge in the town of South Kingstown shall be named and known as the “Norman Lavallee Bridge”.

The bridge on Board Street (route 114) in the town of Cumberland shall be named and known as the “William E. Powers Memorial Bridge”.

The route 99 Sayles Hill Road overpass in the town of Lincoln shall be named and known as the “Alfred U. Menard Memorial Bridge”.

The Newport Bridge shall hereafter be named and known as the “Claiborne Pell Bridge”.

The Greenwood Avenue bridge in the city of East Providence shall hereafter be known as the “Honorable John F. Conley Bridge”.

The bridge known as Bridge No. 5 on Post Road in the Apponaug section of the city of Warwick shall hereafter be known as the “General George S. Greene Memorial Bridge”.

The Crawford Street Bridge shall hereafter be named and known as the “Robert E. Rowan, P.E. Bridge”.

The state does pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued under this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders until those bonds or notes, together with the…

All towns, cities, and other political subdivisions and all public agencies and commissions of the state, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority at its request, upon such terms and condi…

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds pro…

All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the provisions of this chapter and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the authority under this chapter beyond the extent to which moneys shall have …

(a) The authority is hereby authorized and empowered: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2) To adopt an official seal and alter it at pleasure; (3) To maintain an office at such place or places within the state as it may design…

This act may be cited as the “Junkyard Control Act.”

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution, which is more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.

The director of transportation is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States secretary of commerce as provided by title 23, United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, and to take action …