Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

(a) This chapter is necessary for the health, welfare and safety of this state and its inhabitants; therefore, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. (b) Any proceedings of the governing body of any county under this chapter prior to June 12, 1981, are hereby val…

(a) In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, which are hereby determined to be county purposes for which county funds may be expended, each county shall, in addition to those powers otherwise conferred by any general statute, special act, charter or ordinance, have the fol…

(a) No power granted to a county under this chapter may be exercised unless and until the county shall have found and determined by resolution that conditions substantially as described in § 7-60-102 exist in the county, are continuing and may be ameliorated by the exercise of th…

(a) Notwithstanding any general statute, special act, charter or ordinance to the contrary, a county has the power and is hereby authorized to issue from time to time its bonds and notes in such principal amounts as the county shall determine to be necessary to provide sufficient…

All action required or authorized to be taken under this chapter by the governing body of any county may be by resolution, which resolution may be adopted at the meeting, regular or special, of the governing body at which such resolution is introduced, and shall take effect immed…

Any resolution authorizing bonds or notes under this chapter may provide that such bonds or notes shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and the regularity of their issuance.

Pending the preparation or delivery of the definitive bonds or notes, interim certificates or other temporary obligations may be issued by a county to the purchaser of the bonds or notes. Such interim certificates or other temporary obligations shall be in such form and contain s…

The validity of the authorization and issuance of the bonds or notes authorized under this chapter shall not be dependent on or affected in any way by proceedings relating to home mortgages or qualified home improvement loans for which the bonds or notes are issued. Bonds or note…

(a) (1) All moneys of a county derived in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this chapter, shall be deposited as soon as practicable in a separate account or accounts in banks or trust companies doing business in or out of t…

(a) All bonds and notes issued under this chapter shall be limited obligations of the county issuing the bonds or notes payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the home mortgages or from any notes or other obligations of lending institutions with respect to w…

(a) The bonds and notes of counties are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all counties, municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all bank…

It is hereby determined that the powers conferred upon counties by this chapter are in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, comfort and security, and that the purposes of this chapter are public purposes…

The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested by this chapter in a county to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of the bonds or notes…

Any county issuing bonds under authority of this chapter shall file with the state funding board such information concerning any issue as the funding board may request.

(a) Any requirement of competitive bidding or restriction imposed on the procedure for award of contracts for the sale or other disposition of public property is not applicable to any action taken under authority of this chapter. (b) The transactions undertaken pursuant to this c…

All home mortgages and notes or other obligations of lending institutions executed pursuant to this chapter and held by or on behalf of the county and the revenues and receipts derived by such county from the mortgages, notes and other obligations shall be exempt from all taxatio…

(a) When loans are made for the purchase of new houses, such preference in making loans as may be determined by the governing body of the county shall go to those houses incorporating energy-conserving design, construction or other energy-saving features, including solar heating …

(a) The governing bodies of any two (2) or more counties, whether or not contiguous, are empowered to enter into such agreements, contractual arrangements or compacts as they may deem necessary and desirable in order to provide for the joint conducting or financing of any of the …