Title 37, Title 37 Property and Works

(a) The corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect to any property of the corporation levied by the town. (b) The corporation shall make payments in lieu of real property taxes and assessments to the town with respect to income producing …

(a) All land acquired by the state or any subdivision thereof for the development of the “Big River Reservoir” so-called, including any land acquired by the Big River — Wood River Reservoir Site Acquisition Act, P.L. 1964, ch. 133, shall not be sold nor shall the land be develope…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Steel Products Procurement Act.”

(a) This chapter shall be deemed to be an exercise of the police powers of the state for the protection of the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the state. (b) It is hereby determined by the general assembly of Rhode Island and declared as a matter of legislati…

(a) Every public agency shall require that every contract document for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, improvement, or maintenance of public works contain a provision that if any steel products are to be used or supplied in the performance of the contract on…

No public agency shall authorize, provide for, or make any payments to any person under any contract containing the provision required by § 37-2.1-3 unless the public agency is satisfied that the person has fully complied with that provision. Any payments made to any person by an…

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) “Person” means natural persons as well as corporations, partnerships, business units, and associations; (2) “Publi…

This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Minority Business Development Compliance Act”.

(a) All sums appropriated for minority business development compliance account shall be used for the primary purpose of developing the monitoring and compliance functions relating to equal opportunity laws and the state’s minority business enterprise programs. The purpose of the …

This chapter shall be known as the “Disability Business Enterprises Act.” The purpose of this chapter is to carry out the state’s policy of supporting the fullest possible participation of small disadvantaged businesses owned and controlled by persons with disabilities in state f…

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Persons with disabilities” or “person with a disability” shall mean any individual who has a physical or menta…

(a) It is the policy of the state of Rhode Island that small disadvantaged disability businesses shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of procurements and projects as outlined in this chapter. This chapter shall apply to any and all state purchasing…

(a) There is hereby established within the governor’s commission on disabilities a committee, consisting of seven (7) persons, to be known as the disability business enterprise committee. (b) The committee, shall consist of the director of the department of human services or his …

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any business whose primary business is road or highway construction.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Government Oversight and Fiscal Accountability Review Act.”

The legislature finds and declares that using private contractors to provide public services normally provided by public employees does not always promote the public interest. To ensure that citizens of this state receive high quality public services at low costs, with due regard…

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Agency” includes any executive office, department, division, board, commission, or other office or officer in the executive branch of the government. (2) “Person” includes an individual, institut…

Each private contractor shall file a copy of each executed subcontract or amendment to the subcontract with the agency, which shall maintain the subcontract or amendment as a public record, as defined in the access to public records act. (1) Audits. Privatization contracts shall …

(a) All contractors performing work on municipal and state construction projects with a total project cost of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, shall have an OSHA “ten (10) hour construction safety program” for their on-site employees. The training program shall ut…

The director of the department of labor and training and his/her designees shall have the authority to administer oaths to witnesses at a hearing, which the department has authorized by law to conduct, and any other oaths authorized or administered by the department.

Any person, firm, entity or corporation who has been assessed a penalty may appeal such to the director within twenty (20) days of receipt of the cease and desist order. The director of the department of labor and training shall refer said appeal to the board. The board, upon com…

Any person, firm, entity, or corporation who has violated chapter 23 of title 37, whether duly registered with the office of the secretary of state or not, and has been assessed a fine by the director of labor and training, is hereby required to submit penalties due to the depart…

(a) There is hereby established, within the Division of Professional Regulation, a Board of Safety Awareness, hereinafter referred to as “the board”, which shall at all times consist of nine (9) qualified electors of the state, all of whom shall have successfully completed the OS…

(a) “On-site Employee” may be regarded as any private person or entity bound by a contractual agreement to provide goods or services to a contractor/developer who must physically enter the place where work is being performed or business being conducted; provided, however, this ch…

The following individuals are exempt from the requirements of the OSHA ten (10) hour construction safety program: (1) Law enforcement officers dealing with traffic control and/or jobsite security; (2) All relevant federal, state and municipal government inspectors.

The Board of Safety Awareness has endorsed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Outreach Training Program as the training program through which OSHA authorizes trainers to teach ten (10) hour and thirty (30) hour construction industry occupational safety and…

No person, firm, entity, or corporation shall enter into, engage in, solicit, advertise, bid for, or work on municipal and/or state construction projects with a total project cost of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more unless that person, firm, entity or corporation h…

Authorized staff of the department shall have the right and authority to enter, during times at which work is actually being performed all municipal and state construction projects for the purpose of ascertaining compliance.

Authorized staff of the department shall enforce all provisions of law relative to the certification of the successful completion of the OSHA ten (10) hour construction safety program. Whenever a complaint is made to the director that the provisions of this chapter are being viol…

The department of labor and training shall have the power to subpoena and bring before it or the board of safety awareness any witness to give testimony either orally or by deposition, or both.

The words defined in this section have the meanings set forth below whenever they appear in this chapter, unless context in which they are used clearly requires a different meaning or a different definition as prescribed for a particular section, group of sections, or provision: …

(a) There is created the habilitation procurement board within the division of purchasing and general services of the department of administration. The board shall be composed of the following five (5) members: (1) The chief purchasing officer as defined in subdivision 37-2-7(3) …

(a) This section shall not apply with respect to the procurement of any commodity which is available for procurement from an entity established pursuant to chapter 7 of title 13 (“Prisoner Made Goods”) or chapter 9 of title 40 (“Services for People who are Blind or Visually Impai…

This act shall be known and may be cited as “The Green Buildings Act.”

It is hereby found and declared as follows: (1) Energy costs for public buildings and public projects are skyrocketing and will likely continue to increase. (2) Energy use by public buildings and public projects contributes substantially to the problems of pollution and global wa…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Construction” means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing forty percent (40%) or more of any public structures, public buildings, public real property or other public impro…

(a) All public major facility projects of the state, public agencies, municipalities and political subdivisions shall be designed and constructed to at least the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES, as provided herein, certified or an equivalent high-performance gr…

(a) The department shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to enforce this section by January 1, 2023. Those regulations shall include how the department will determine whether a project qualifies for an exception from the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and S…

No person, corporation, or entity shall be held liable for the failure of a public major facility project to meet the LEED, LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES certified standard or other standards established for the project as long as a good faith attempt was made to a…

It is hereby found by the general assembly as follows: (1) In imposing sanctions on Iran, the United States Congress and the President of the United States have determined that the illicit nuclear activities of Iran, combined with its development of unconventional weapons and bal…

(a) As used in this act, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Energy sector” of Iran means activities to develop, invest in, explore, refine, transfer, purchase or sell petroleum, gasoline, or other refined petroleum products, or natural gas, liquefied natural gas resource…

(a) A person or entity that, at the time of bid or proposal for a new contract or renewal of an existing contract, is identified on a list created pursuant to subsection (b) as a person or entity engaging in investment activities in Iran as described in § 37-2.5-2(b), shall be in…

(a) The state shall require a person or entity that submits a bid or proposal or otherwise proposes to enter into or renew a contract to certify, at the time the bid is submitted or the contract is renewed, that the person or entity is not identified on a list created pursuant to…

(a) If the treasurer determines, using credible information available to the public and after providing ninety (90) days written notice and an opportunity to comment in writing for the person or entity to demonstrate that it is not engaged in investment activities in Iran, that t…

The governor shall submit to the attorney general of the United States a written notice describing this act within thirty (30) days after its effective date.

(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “NACE 13/ACS 1 standard” means the Society for Protective Coatings/NACE International standard for an industrial coating and lining application specialist. (2) “Trained and certified personnel” means both of the following: (i) To the maximum …