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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC | |
TRANSIT AUTHORITY | |
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Introduced By: Senators Kallman, Euer, DiMario, Ruggerio, Goodwin, Burke, Miller, | |
Date Introduced: January 06, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 39-18-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-18 entitled "Rhode Island |
2 | Public Transit Authority" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 39-18-9. Revenues. |
4 | (a) The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to fix and revise, from time to time, |
5 | such schedules of service and rates of fare and charges for service furnished or operated as it |
6 | determines to be reasonable. The schedules of service, rates of fare, and charges for service shall |
7 | not be subject to supervision or regulation by any commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state |
8 | or of any municipality or other political subdivision of the state; except as provided in § 39-18-4. |
9 | Provided, however, any changes in frequency of services of more than fifteen percent (15%), |
10 | providers of service, rates of service, other than systemwide changes, and charges for service shall |
11 | be presented for comment in at least one public hearing scheduled in an accessible location in each |
12 | county affected, and the hearing shall be scheduled in two (2) sessions, one during daytime business |
13 | hours and one during evening hours. The revenues derived from the authority's operations and any |
14 | other funds or property received or to be received by the authority (including, without limitation, |
15 | any funds or other property received or to be received by the authority pursuant to § 39-18- |
16 | 4(a)(10)), in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, may be pledged to, and charged |
17 | with, the payment of the principal of and the interest on some or all of the authority's bonds as |
18 | provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement |
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1 | securing the bonds. The pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; |
2 | the revenues, funds, or other property so pledged, and thereafter received by the authority, shall |
3 | immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further |
4 | act, and the lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any |
5 | kind, in tort, contract, or otherwise, against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have |
6 | notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be |
7 | filed or recorded except in the records of the authority. |
8 | (b) There is hereby established a department of transportation--Rhode Island public transit |
9 | authority (RIPTA) R-line free service pilot program. The authority shall provide free fare bus route |
10 | service along the "R-line" for a twelve (12) month period beginning September 1, 2022. The |
11 | authority shall track ridership data related to the pilot program and submit a report to the speaker |
12 | of the house, the president of the senate, and the governor no later than March 1, 2024. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September 1, 2022. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC | |
TRANSIT AUTHORITY | |
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1 | This act would establish a twelve (12) month pilot program to provide free RIPTA |
2 | transportation on the "R-line." A report on ridership would be provided to the speaker of the house, |
3 | president of the senate and the governor. |
4 | This act would take effect September 1, 2022. |
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