Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

(a) There is hereby established a renewable ready fund within the Rhode Island infrastructure bank. (b) The purpose of the fund is to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to reduce the site preparation and interconnection costs for renewable energy development projec…

(a) The infrastructure bank, in consultation with the office, shall review and approve applications for financial assistance from the fund, subject to the availability of funds, upon the submission of a complete application from eligible entities to receive funds for a purpose co…

(a) Funds shall be used to cover the costs of connecting a renewable energy generation project to the electric distribution system on sites identified by the office and department and published on the list of eligible sites, and shall include, but not be limited to, the following…

(a) Real properties owned by the electric or gas distribution company may be eligible to be included on the eligible site list described in § 42-140.5-3(a) at their sole discretion. (b) The electric or gas distribution company is encouraged to lease these properties, following su…

The infrastructure bank, in consultation with the office, shall have the authority to adopt, amend, and implement such rules and regulations as may be necessary and desirable to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(a) A renewable energy resource, as defined in § 39-26-5, proposed to be located on a previously contaminated property shall be a by-right, permitted use under the zoning code for the municipality in which the renewable energy resource is proposed to be located. A renewable energ…

(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Market Stability and Reinsurance Act.” (b) The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the director to create the Rhode Island reinsurance program to stabilize health insurance rates and premiums in the individ…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Director” means the director of the Rhode Island health benefits exchange. (2) “Exchange” means the Rhode Island health benefits exchange established within the department of administration by § 42-157-1. (3) “Health insurance carrier” or “carrier” h…

(a) The director is authorized to establish and implement a state-based reinsurance program, to be known as the Rhode Island reinsurance program: (1) To provide reinsurance to carriers that offer health insurance coverage on the individual market in the state; (2) That meets the …

The director may: (1) Contract with the federal government or another unit of government to ensure coordination of the program; (2) Apply for any available federal funding for the program; (3) Undertake, directly or through contracts with other persons or entities, studies or dem…

(a) The health insurance market integrity fund is hereby established to provide funding for the operation and administration of the program in carrying out the purposes of the program under this chapter. (b) The director is authorized to administer the fund. (c) The fund shall co…

In accordance with § 42-157-5, the director may apply to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. § 18052 for a state innovation waiver to implement the program and seek federal pass-through funding for calendar years beginning January 1, 2020, and…

If the state innovation waiver request in § 42-157.1-6 is not approved, the director shall not implement the program or provide reinsurance payments to eligible carriers.

The general assembly hereby finds that there exists in this state undetermined numbers of homeless persons, many of whom suffer from chronic mental illness and disability, and that this condition exists among families and among individuals of all age groups without regard to ethn…

(a) There is hereby created a permanent council to be called the “Interagency Council on Homelessness” consisting of seventeen (17) members: (1) One of whom shall be the secretary of housing, or the secretary’s designee, who shall chair the council; (2) One of whom shall be the d…

The duties and responsibilities of the council shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Advise on and participate in the process led by the executive office of housing pursuant to § 42-167-1 to develop a strategic plan to end homelessness that will serve to reduce the number of …

Meeting and reporting requirements are as follows: (1) The council shall meet at least quarterly upon the call of the chair to fulfill its duties and responsibilities. The frequency of meetings may be adjusted based on the needs of the council; (2) The council shall report annual…

The Interagency Council on Homelessness will be advised by the Advisory Council on Housing and Homelessness.

(a) There is hereby created a permanent council to be called the “Interagency Council on Housing Production and Preservation” consisting of twelve (12) members: (1) One of whom shall be the director of the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, or the director’s d…

The purpose of the council is to work collaboratively across state departments and agencies to promote the development and preservation of housing across affordability levels, including low- and moderate-income (LMI) and market-rate housing, and tenure, including rental and homeo…

The council’s responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to: (1) Reducing barriers to the development of housing and streamlining the process to facilitate housing production; (2) Aligning state policies and programs to address the short- and long-term housing needs of a…

The council will be advised by the Advisory Council on Housing and Homelessness.

(a) The council shall meet at least quarterly to fulfill its duties and responsibilities. The frequency of meetings may be adjusted based on the needs of the council. (b) Forthwith upon the effective date of this chapter [June 29, 2025], the members of the council shall meet at t…

In order to handle minor environmental offenses in a fair and expeditious manner, the following environmental offenses are declared to be civil violations and shall be within the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal. Penalties assessed for violations shall correspond…

(a) The form of the summons and the complaint authorized by this section shall be used for all environmental civil violations specified in § 42-17.10-1. The summons and complaint to be issued to an alleged offender shall contain such information, and be in such form, as may be re…

Any enforcement officer of the department of environmental management, the chief executive officer of any other police department citing persons for environmental civil violations in accordance with § 42-17.10-1, peace officers and other individuals authorized to enforce civil vi…

If the alleged violator elects to dispose of the charge without personally appearing before the traffic tribunal, the alleged violator shall execute the form indicated and return it to the traffic tribunal not later than twenty (20) days from the date of the summons either by mai…

In the event the person charged with a violation does not pay the fine administratively in accordance with the provisions of § 42-17.10-3, then the person shall have waived the person’s right to dispose of the violation without personal appearance, and the person charged with the…

(a) Every hearing for the adjudication of a violation, as provided by this chapter, shall be held before a judge or magistrate of the traffic tribunal. The burden of proof shall be upon the state, and no charge may be established except by clear and convincing evidence. A verbati…

The Rhode Island family court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over violations of this chapter involving juveniles.

The Department of Environmental Management shall immediately suspend all license(s) and registration of a person issued by the Department, and shall deny access to all services and facilities owned or managed by the Department, upon certification of a clerk of the traffic tribuna…

(a) The director of the department of public safety in the director’s capacity as superintendent of the division of state police is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the installation, operation, and maintenance of a statewide dispatch and records management system (R…

(a) There is hereby established a board of advisors for the Rhode Island records management system. The board’s purpose shall be to advise the department of public safety on the implementation of this chapter. (b) The board shall include the following: One member who shall be a r…

(a) The RMS shall be responsible for safeguarding all collected information and shall comply with all state and federal privacy laws in order to protect privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties in the collection, use, analysis, retention, destruction, sharing, and disclo…

Any participating law enforcement agency shall be required to pay a user fee to be determined by the department of public safety in consultation with the board. Fees paid pursuant to this section shall be maintained in a restricted receipt account pursuant to this chapter for the…

There is hereby created a restricted receipt account within the general fund of the state to be known as the statewide records management system account. Fees collected pursuant to § 42-28.10-4 shall be deposited into this account and be used for costs associated with the system.…

The director of public safety shall annually provide a report to the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate. The report shall include and document the system’s annual activity including, but not limited to, the data reported and the number of reports entered into t…

This chapter shall be known as “The Quonset Development Corporation Act.”

The corporations shall comply with all applicable provisions of law, including, but not limited to: (1) Ethics, chapter 14 of title 36; (2) Open meetings, chapter 46 of this title; (3) Public records, chapter 2 of title 38; (4) Administrative procedures, chapter 35 of this title;…

(a) The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation Act. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this chapter, the corporation shall have the powers necessary to accomplish the purposes set forth in chapter 64 of this title and shall in the exercise of those powers conform with the oblig…

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law or ordinance, general, special or local, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.

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

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of the chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, se…

The enactment of this chapter shall constitute the approval and authorization of the general assembly to dissolve the Quonset/Davisville Management Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the economic development corporation, and the functions of the Quonset Davisville Management C…

(a) There is authorized, created, and established a public corporation of the state having a distinct legal existence from the state and not constituting a department of state government, which is a governmental agency and public instrumentality of the state, to be known as the “…

The corporation is authorized and established for the following purposes: (1) To develop, manage, and convey “Federal land” as defined in § 42-64-3(9) on behalf of the state, consistent with base reuse plans and plans duly adopted and/or ratified as provided for in this chapter. …