Chapter
332
2005 -- S 0467 AS AMENDED
Enacted 07/19/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS – RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY
Introduced By: Senator M. Teresa Paiva-Weed
Date Introduced: February 10, 2005
It is enacted
by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 24-12-26 of the General Laws in Chapter 24-12 entitled "Rhode
Island
Turnpike and Bridge Authority" is hereby amended to read as follows:
24-12-26.
Power to collect tolls and charges -- Gasoline and service concessions. --
(a)
The
authority is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of this chapter, to
fix, revise, charge
and
collect tolls for the use of the Newport Bridge, the Mount Hope Bridge, the
turnpike and the
different
parts or sections thereof, and for the use of any additional facility and the
different parts
or
sections thereof, and to contract with any person, partnership, association or
corporation for
placing
on any project telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, gas
stations, garages,
and
restaurants if deemed necessary by the authority in connection with the
project, or for the use
of any
project or part thereof, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion
of the
turnpike
or of any additional facility or for any other purposes and to fix the terms,
conditions,
rents
and rates of charges for such use; provided, that the authority shall construct
any gasoline
service
facilities which it may determine are needed on the project, and provided,
further, that, to
afford
users of the project a reasonable choice of motor fuels of different brands,
each gasoline
service
station shall be separately offered for lease upon sealed bids and, after
notice of the offer
has been
published once a week in three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having
general
circulation
in the state, and, in the event an acceptable bid shall be received in the
judgment of the
authority,
each lease shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder therefor, but no
person
shall be
awarded or have the use of, nor shall motor fuel identified by the trade-marks,
trade
names,
or brands of any one supplier, distributor, or retailer of such fuel be sold at
more than one
service
station if they would constitute more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
service
stations
on the project. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, members of the
town of
Jamestown
police and fire department and ambulance service personnel of the town of
Jamestown
and Jamestown school department who, in the course of their duty, are
required to pay
a toll
for use of the Newport Bridge, shall, upon the presentment of receipts for the
payment of
the toll
to the town of Jamestown, be reimbursed for all charges on an annual basis by
the town of
Jamestown
who in turn shall be reimbursed for all payments made by the state.
Notwithstanding
the
provisions of this section, members of the city of Newport police and fire
department and
rescue
personnel who, in the course of their duty, are required to pay a toll for use
of the Newport
Bridge,
shall, upon the presentment of receipts for the payment of the toll to the city
of Newport,
be
reimbursed for all charges on an annual basis by the city of Newport who in
turn shall be
reimbursed
for all payments made by the state.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, members of the police and
fire
department
and rescue personnel of any city or town in this state who, in the course of
their duty,
are required
to pay a toll for use of the Mount Hope Bridge, shall, upon the presentment of
receipts
for the payment of the toll to their town or city, be reimbursed for all such
charges on an
annual
basis by the town or city, who in turn shall be reimbursed for all payments
made by the
state.
SECTION 2. This act
shall take effect upon passage.
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