| Chapter 308 |
| 2022 -- S 2277 Enacted 07/06/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- BLOCK ISLAND UTILITY DISTRICT ACT OF 2017 |
Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, DiMario, Picard, F Lombardi, Felag, Lombardo, and Ciccone |
| Date Introduced: February 16, 2022 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 45-67-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-67 entitled "Block Island |
| Utility District Act of 2017" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 45-67-7. Compensation of the board -- Employees of the utility district. |
| (a) Members of the board of utility commissioners shall not be entitled to receive |
| compensation for attendance at scheduled and special meetings of the board of utility |
| commissioners, but shall be entitled to reimbursement of the actual and necessary expenses |
| incurred in the performance of their duties. The salaries, compensation, and expenses of employees |
| and agents of the utility district shall be paid solely out of funds of the utility district. No part of |
| the earnings of the utility district shall inure to the benefit of any private person. |
| (b) The board may enter into employment contracts with its executive employees. The |
| board shall have the authority to approve employee benefit plans, including fringe benefits such as, |
| but not limited to, pension, health, disability, and other insurances. |
| (c) No member of the board of utility commissioners shall directly or indirectly engage or |
| participate in the proceeds of any contract or agreement to supply anything of value or receive |
| anything of value from the utility district. The prohibition set forth in this subsection may be waived |
| by a vote of four (4) of the board of utility commissioners if, and only if, the board of utility |
| commissioners shall have first obtained an opinion of the attorney general and/or the Rhode Island |
| ethics commission based on full disclosure of all relevant facts that the waiver does not contravene |
| state law and is otherwise in the best interests of the consumers served by the utility district. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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