R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 24, ch. 12 – Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority | Midpage

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Chapter 24-12

R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 24, ch. 12

Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority

24-12-1Definitions 24-12-2Authority created — Composition 24-12-3Appointment of authority members — Oath of office 24-12-4Officers of authority — Quorum — Reimbursement of expenses of members 24-12-5Power to construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, maintain, repair, operate or manage projects or additional facilities and to issue bonds 24-12-6Grants or leases of state or municipal lands 24-12-7Revenue bonds not a debt of the state 24-12-8Expenses limited to funds provided 24-12-9Powers of authority 24-12-10Eminent domain power 24-12-11Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement of amount offered 24-12-12Taking of possession of lands 24-12-13Deposits in court on eminent domain — Notice to owners — Agreement as to price 24-12-14Jury trial on price of land 24-12-15Representation of incompetent landowners 24-12-16Repayment of excess deposits 24-12-17Expediting proceedings — Land devoted to public use — Outstanding interests 24-12-18Bonds 24-12-19Use of bond proceeds — Supplementary issues — Surplus proceeds 24-12-20Interim receipts or temporary bonds — Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds — Proceedings required by chapter exclusive 24-12-21Retirement of outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of Jamestown Bridge commission 24-12-22Purchase of Jamestown-Newport ferry franchise 24-12-23Maintenance of Jamestown-Newport ferry service 24-12-24Pension fund for ferry company employees 24-12-25Trust agreement 24-12-26Power to collect tolls and charges — Gasoline and service concessions 24-12-27Amount of tolls 24-12-28Revenues pledged to sinking fund 24-12-29Trust funds — Trustee 24-12-30Remedies of bondholders 24-12-31Tax exemption 24-12-32Eligibility of bonds for investment 24-12-33Negotiability of bonds 24-12-34Refunding bonds 24-12-35Resolutions of authority 24-12-36Annual report and audit 24-12-37Penalty for nonpayment of toll — Toll violators and toll evaders 24-12-37.2Driver/registered owner liability 24-12-38Covenant against competition 24-12-39Transfer of projects to state — Dissolution of authority 24-12-40Dissolution of Jamestown Bridge commission — Bridge to become toll free portion of state highway system — Covenants with bondholders 24-12-40ATitle to Mount Hope Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority — Continuation of tolls 24-12-40BCertain bonds guaranteed by state 24-12-40CAdditional state guaranteed and revenue bonds for Newport Bridge 24-12-40DAdditional state guaranteed bonds for Newport Bridge 24-12-40EState guaranteed bonds — General provision 24-12-40FTitle to Sakonnet River Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and Bridge authority — Institution of tolls 24-12-40GTitle to Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority 24-12-41Severability 24-12-42Narragansett Bay Bridge authority obligations 24-12-44Construction of connecting highways 24-12-45Liberal construction 24-12-46Severability 24-12-47Inconsistent laws inapplicable 24-12-48Provision for severance benefits 24-12-49Declaration of policy — Preventing economic harm to the town of Jamestown 24-12-50Relationship to department of transportation 24-12-51The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge 24-12-51.1Former Jamestown Verrazano Bridge — Public fishing area 24-12-52Succotash Road Bridge 24-12-53William E. Powers Memorial Bridge 24-12-54Alfred U. Menard Memorial Bridge 24-12-55The Claiborne Pell Bridge 24-12-56Honorable John F. Conley Bridge 24-12-57General George S. Greene Memorial Bridge 24-12-58Robert E. Rowan, P.E. Bridge 24-12-59Bondholders’ rights not to be affected by the state