Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

The corporation is, subject to the period of limitations set forth in § 9-1-25, liable in actions of tort only to the extent that those actions do not arise from the performance of any functions found or deemed to be essential or discretionary governmental functions. Any recovery…

The corporation shall submit to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, and the chief elected official of the towns of North Kingstown, East Greenwich, and Jamestown, and of any other town or city in which the corporations owns or manages real propert…

This chapter may be cited as the “Jobs Growth Act.”

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Affiliated entity” of an eligible company means any partnership, limited liability company, trust, or corporation having employees in the state: (i) if the eligible corporation owns at least fifty perce…

(a) An eligible company may submit an initial application for certification with the Rhode Island economic development corporation. The application shall specify the name of the eligible company, its affiliated entities, and its base employment. (b) To qualify as a provisionally-…

(a) Fifty percent (50%) of the performance-based compensation realized by an eligible employee in any credit year shall be allowed as a modification decreasing adjusted gross income and alternative minimum income for purposes of the personal income tax. (b) The modification provi…

For any taxable year beginning in a credit year, each employing unit (within the meaning of § 28-42-3(17) that is a certified company or one of its affiliated entities shall each pay a tax equal to five percent (5%) of the aggregate performance-based compensation paid to its elig…

(a) The Rhode Island economic development corporation may promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary and appropriate to carry out its functions under this chapter. (b) The tax administrator may adopt such regulations as the tax administrator deems necessary and appropriate…

No modifications shall be allowed, no applications shall be certified, and no taxpayers certified prior to January 1, 2026, shall pay the tax under this chapter for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.

This act shall be known as and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Home and Business Protection Act of 2008.”

The planning requirements and the restrictions established by this chapter shall not apply to condemnations for easements or other partial takings for less than five (5) years’ duration where the effect of the taking is not the ousting of the owner from possession or the displaci…

If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, any invalidity shall not affect the provisions of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provision…

The general assembly finds and declares that: (1) Eminent domain is an inherent and historic attribute of the sovereign power of government and has been affirmed as such by federal and state courts. (2) The general assembly has delegated eminent domain powers over the years to an…

The purposes of this chapter are to set forth permissible uses of eminent domain power and to define, limit, and restrict the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all departments, agencies, authorities, corporations, instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state and to all other entities that have been delegated eminent domain powers by state law.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section: (1) “Economic development” means the mobilization of intellectual, human, capital, physical and natural resources to g…

All entities delegated eminent domain powers under the laws of this state may exercise such powers consistent with other restrictions and limitations established by law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, to acquire property for the following purposes: (1) Providing for public owner…

(a) No entity subject to the provisions of the chapter shall exercise eminent powers to acquire any property for economic development purposes unless it has explicit authority to do so and unless it conforms to the provisions of this section. (b) Plan. The entity shall have a pla…

Owners of property taken for economic development purposes shall be compensated for: (1) A minimum of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the fair market value of the real property. (2) Expenses incidental to transfer of ownership to the acquiring entity, including, but not limit…

Residents who are tenants of property taken for economic development purposes shall be compensated for: (1) A minimum of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of one month’s rent of such dwelling. (2) Relocation expenses, including, but not limited to, actual, reasonable and necessary…

The provisions of this chapter with the exception of § 42-64.12-7(d) shall not be deemed to abrogate or diminish the powers heretofore exercised by local redevelopment agencies, as provided for in chapters 31 and 32 of title 45 of the general laws, to undertake redevelopment proj…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act of 2010.”

(a) The general assembly finds and declares: (1) Under § 42-17.1-2, the director of the department of environmental management is charged with regulating septic systems, alterations of freshwater wetlands, and other activities that may impact waters of the state; under chapter 23…

(a) No later than December 31, 2016, the office of regulatory reform in consultation with the task force established in subsection (b), shall prepare and submit to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house, a report with recommendations for a statewide perm…

The office of regulatory reform shall, in consultation with the departments of environmental management, labor and training, revenue, and the coastal resources management council, and plant-based and agriculture industry representatives, reduce burdensome regulations, improve int…

The office of regulatory reform is authorized and empowered to ensure all regulations use appropriate disability language, as required by § 43-3-7.1.

The general assembly finds and declares that: (1) Rhode Island is facing an economic and fiscal crisis and is suffering high unemployment and other ill effects from the national recession that persists at the time of the passage of this act; (2) Rhode Island maintains regulatory …

The purposes of this chapter are to create within the office of management and budget, the office of regulatory reform that will facilitate the regular review of Rhode Island’s regulatory processes and permitting procedures; report thereon in an effort to improve them; and assist…

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all departments, agencies, authorities, corporations, instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state, to all other entities that have been delegated regulatory and permitting authority under state law, and all municipalitie…

The office of management and budget shall create an office of regulatory reform that shall be adequately staffed and supervised in order to fulfill its functions as set forth in this chapter.

The office of regulatory reform shall be managed by a director of office of regulatory reform who shall report to the director of the office of management and budget.

The office of regulatory reform shall have the following powers: (1) The director of the office of regulatory reform is authorized to intervene or otherwise participate in any regulatory or permitting matter pending before any executive branch agency or department or before any m…

The office of regulatory reform shall have the following regulatory analysis and reporting responsibilities: (1) The office of regulatory reform shall, upon the conclusion of each fiscal year, prepare and publish a report on the regulatory processes of state and municipal agencie…

Each city or town in Rhode Island may at its option designate in writing submitted to the office of regulatory reform a regulatory liaison who shall be charged with the responsibility of coordinating regulatory and permitting matters within that city or town with the office of re…

This chapter shall be known as, “The I-195 Redevelopment Act of 2011.”

The rate of tax payable by an eligible life sciences company and each of its eligible subsidiaries for any taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2011, on its net income pursuant to the provisions of § 44-11-2(a), shall be reduced by the amount specified in § 42-64.14-11; …

(a) The amount of the rate reduction specified in § 42-64.14-10 for any eligible life sciences company for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2012, shall be based upon the aggregate amount of new employment of the eligible life sciences company and its eligible su…

(a) An eligible life sciences company may elect to determine its “base employment” for the purposes of this chapter on January 1 of any year subsequent to 2011, rather than on January 1, 2011. As a result of the election, rules comparable to those set forth elsewhere in this chap…

(a) The commission shall exercise its powers in a manner consistent with development plans approved for the I-195 redevelopment district by the commission. Such plans may be prepared without limitation by the commission in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter. Developmen…

The commission shall make as a condition to the sale or lease of any parcel of I-195 surplus land, as defined in § 37-5-8, or any portion thereof, to any not-for-profit, organization or entity that is otherwise exempt from municipal real estate taxes including, without limitation…

When a development plan is proposed that includes properties from both the I-195 surplus land and abutting property, and there is actual or contemplated identical ownership of both the I-195 surplus land and the abutting property, then the abutting property shall be subject to al…

The commission 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 city. The commission shall report annually on: (1)…

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

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 development within the district that are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be inoperative and cease to …

The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the commission that the state and the city will not limit or alter rights hereby vested in the commission, which affect the capacity or ability of the commission…

(a) The relocation of interstate route 195 within the city of Providence has resulted in the creation of surplus parcels of land available for sale and commercial, institutional and residential development and beneficial reuse, including without limitation to support or encourage…