Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

The necessity for the acquisition of real property, estate, or interest in it shall be conclusively presumed upon the adoption by the agency of a resolution which shall: (1) Contain a description of the real property or any estate or interest in it sufficient in detail to permit …

Within six (6) months after the adoption of a resolution pursuant to § 45-32-26, the agency shall file in the land evidence records of the city or town where the real property is located: (1) A copy of the resolution; (2) A plat showing the real property taken or affected; (3) A …

Upon the filing of the copy of the resolution, plat, and declaration, as described in § 45-32-27, the agency shall file in the superior court in and for the county in which the real property lies a statement of the sum of money estimated by the agency to be just compensation for …

Whenever, from time to time, the agency has satisfied the court that the amount deposited with the court is either greater than required or is insufficient to satisfy the claims of all persons interested in the real property, the court may order that the amount of the excess be r…

The community must have a master or general community plan adopted by the planning commission or the legislative body, and in either case the plan must include at least the following: (1) A land use plan which designates the proposed general distribution and general location and …

Upon the filing of the copy of the resolution, plat, and declaration in the land evidence records of the city or town, and upon the making of a deposit in accordance with the order of the superior court, title to the real property in fee simple absolute or the lesser estate or in…

After the filing of the resolution, plat, and declaration, pursuant to § 45-32-27, the secretary of the agency shall cause a copy of the resolution and declaration to be published in some newspaper published in the county where the real property lies, at least once a week for thr…

No sum paid into the court or any interest paid on it shall be charged with clerk’s fees of any nature. After the filing of the copy of the resolution, plat, and declaration, notice of the taking shall be served upon the owners of or persons having any estate or interest in the r…

If any person agrees with the agency for the price of the real property, or estate, or interest in it so taken, the court, upon application of all parties in interest, may order that the sum agreed upon be paid immediately from the money deposited, as the just compensation to be …

Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate or interest in any part of the real property, and who cannot agree with the agency for the price of the real property, or estate or interest in it, so taken, may, within three (3) months after notice of the taking, or, if he or she h…

If any real property, or any estate or interest in it, in which any infant or other person not capable in law to act in his or her own behalf is interested, is taken by the agency under the provisions of this chapter, the superior court, upon the filing in the court of a petition…

If any real property or any estate or interest in it is unclaimed or held by a person or persons whose whereabouts are unknown, after making inquiry satisfactory to the superior court for the county in which the real property lies, the agency, after the expiration of one year fro…

In any proceedings for the assessment of damages for real property so taken by any agency the following provisions are applicable: (1) Upon the application of any party in interest and upon joinder of all other parties in interest, the court, on conditions that it may deem proper…

The superior court has power to make orders with respect to encumbrances, liens, taxes, and other charges on the land, if any, as that are just and equitable.

“Owner” for the purposes of §§ 45-32-24 — 45-32-38 means a person having an estate, interest, or easement in the real property or a lien, charge, or encumbrance on it.

The legislative body of the community must designate by resolution or ordinance one or more areas within the community as a redevelopment area or areas. (Whenever the word “resolution” is used, it means “resolution or ordinance.”) Each resolution shall include a description of th…

All real property acquired by an agency for redevelopment purposes is subject to taxation in the same manner and at the same rate as other real property in the community unless the real property is located in the city of Providence, the city of Central Falls, or the city of Pawtu…

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute enacted before April 2, 1956, all taxes assessed against any real property acquired by the agency in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may be prorated in the following manner: The owner of record on the date of asse…

(a) For the purpose of further aiding and cooperating in any redevelopment project of an agency, any state public body may, upon terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements…

All work of grading, clearing, demolition, improvement, repair, or construction of a value of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) undertaken by the agency, shall be done by contract, subject to the terms and conditions of §§ 37-13-1 — 37-13-13 and additions and amendments to …

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 45-32-43 or any other law, the agency may agree to any conditions attached to financial assistance from the federal government relating to the determination of prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, and may include in …

Two (2) or more communities may jointly exercise the powers granted under chapters 31 — 33 of this title and, in that case the planning commissions, legislative bodies, and agencies may hold joint hearings and meetings, or the legislative bodies of the communities, acting separat…

The legislative body of any community may by resolution consent to the inclusion of a part of the area under its jurisdiction in a contiguous project area to be developed by another community.

Nothing contained in chapters 31 — 33 of this title, affects the right of an agency to continue and carry out to completion any redevelopment project for which a redevelopment plan has been approved by the legislative body of the community under the provisions of chapter 2574 of …

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of chapters 31 — 33 of this title, any redevelopment agency functioning pursuant to § 45-31-10 or 45-31-17, in connection with its undertaking or carrying out a redevelopment project or formulating a redevelopment plan is authorized to: (1) Acqu…

(a) Any community, for the purpose of aiding in the undertakings authorized by § 45-32-48, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, has the power and right to assume the responsibility for and to guarantee repayment of any loan made to an agency by private financ…

(a) Each redevelopment agency constitutes a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and has all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of chapters 31 — 33 of this title, inclu…

Upon recovery of final judgment of condemnation paid by the agency under this chapter, execution shall be issued and judgment computed in the same manner as provided for in § 37-6-23.

The redevelopment agency may of its own motion, or at the direction of the legislative body, select one or more project areas comprising all or a portion of a redevelopment area, and formulate a redevelopment plan for each project area. Redevelopment plans may be prepared by the …

All redevelopment plans shall be submitted to the legislative body by the redevelopment agency. Every redevelopment plan shall conform to the master or general community plan insofar as the latter applies to the redevelopment area. The agency shall consult with the planning commi…

The redevelopment plan shall include, without limitation, the following: (1) A description of the boundaries and location of the project area; (2) A description of the existing blighted and substandard conditions in the project area; (3) A plan describing proposed land uses in th…

A redevelopment plan may, without limitation, provide for the following: (1) A program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and other improvements within the project area in accordance with the redevelopment plan; and/or (2) Acquisition of single or scattered parce…

The legislative body of any community, at any time after it has adopted a resolution declaring that there is a need for an agency to function in the community, may establish a redevelopment revolving fund. For the purpose of raising moneys to be deposited in that fund, the commun…

In case any of the members or officers of the agency whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons cease to be members or officers before the delivery of the bonds, their signatures are, nevertheless, valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in of…

In any suit, action, or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any bonds of an agency or their security, any bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the agency to aid in financing a redevelopment project or for code enforcement projects, shall be co…

An obligee of an agency has the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on the obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee: (1) By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity, to compel the agency and its memb…

An agency has power, by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract, to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, the right (in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred), upon the happening of an event or de…

The bonds of an agency are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose, and, together with interest and income, are exempt from all taxes.

Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this state, the state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and the public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan as…

In addition to the powers conferred upon an agency by other provisions of chapters 31 — 33 of this title, an agency is empowered to borrow money or accept financial or other assistance, from the federal or state government or any state public body, for or in aid of any redevelopm…

All proceedings taken before April 2, 1956, by a legislative body of a community authorizing the issuance of bonds of a community to provide funds for a redevelopment revolving fund under § 46 of chapter 1802 of the Public Laws of 1946, as amended, or for a redevelopment revolvin…

(a) The legislative body may also authorize the issuance of general obligation or revenue bonds to provide moneys to be used by the agency to carry out a redevelopment plan for a specific project area or for code enforcement projects carried on pursuant to the provision of approp…

The legislative body of any community may abolish the redevelopment revolving fund whenever it finds that the purposes for which the fund was established have been accomplished. At the time of abolishing the fund, the legislative body shall transfer all moneys in the fund to the …

Any community in this state is authorized to appropriate moneys raised by taxes or other funds, including, but not limited to, funds in the redevelopment revolving fund, and to borrow money as provided in chapters 31 — 33 of this title, and may lend or give the money to any redev…

An agency has power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. The term “bonds” means and includes the notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness which an agency is authorized to issue pursuant to chapters 31 — 33 of this title. …

Neither the members of an agency nor any person executing the bonds are personally liable on the bonds by reason of their issuance. The bonds and other obligations of any agency (and those bonds and other obligations shall so state on their face) are not a debt of the community, …