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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 WATERS AND NAVIGATION - MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH | |
WATER SUPPLIERS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, and DiPalma | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 45 of the General Laws entitled "Towns and Cities" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 70 |
4 | MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH WATER SUPPLIERS |
5 | 45-70-1. Definitions. |
6 | For purposes of this chapter: |
7 | (1) "Water supplier(s)" means any city, town, district, or other municipal, quasi-municipal, |
8 | or public or private corporation or company engaged in the sale of potable water and the water |
9 | supply business in Rhode Island. |
10 | 45-70-2. Municipal partnerships with local water suppliers. |
11 | Municipalities shall cooperate with, and forge partnerships with, water suppliers, within |
12 | their jurisdiction that assist or enable water suppliers to maintain, improve, backup and safeguard |
13 | their water supply. |
14 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH | |
WATER SUPPLIERS | |
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1 | This act would require municipalities to cooperate and forge partnerships with water |
2 | suppliers, within their jurisdiction, that assist or enable water suppliers to maintain, improve, |
3 | backup and safeguard their water supply. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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