Title 37
Public Property and Works

Chapter 7
Management and Disposal of Property

§ 37-7-15. Sale of state-owned land, buildings and improvements thereon and other real property.

(a) Total annual proceeds from the sale of any land and the buildings and improvements thereon, and other real property, title to which is vested in the state of Rhode Island or title to which will be vested in the state upon completion of any condemnation or other proceedings, except for the sale of group homes as referenced in § 37-7-13, shall be transferred to the information technology restricted receipt account (ITRR account) and made available for the purposes outlined in § 42-11-2.5(a), unless otherwise prohibited by federal law.

(b) Provided, however, this shall not include proceeds from the sale of any land and the buildings and improvements thereon that will be created by the relocation of interstate route 195, which is sometimes collectively referred to as the “I-195 Surplus Land,” which land is identified in the “Rhode Island Interstate 195 Relocation Surplus Land: Redevelopment and Market Analysis” prepared by CKS Architecture & Urban Design dated 2009, and such term means those certain tracts or parcels of land situated in the city of Providence, county of Providence, state of Rhode Island, delineated on that certain plan of land captioned “Improvements to Interstate Route 195, Providence, Rhode Island, Proposed Development Parcel Plans 1 through 10, Scale: 1″=20′, May 2010, Bryant Associates, Inc., Engineers-Surveyors-Construction Managers, Lincoln, Rhode Island, Maguire Group, Inc., Architects/Engineers/Planners, Providence, Rhode Island.”

(c) Provided, however, the transfer of proceeds in subsection (a) of this section shall not include proceeds from the sale of state-owned group homes or “community residences” as that term is defined in § 40.1-24-1(2) and licensed by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. Proceeds from the sale of these properties will be transferred to the group home facility improvement fund, pursuant to § 40.1-1-22.

(d) Subject to the approval of the director of the department of administration, the state controller is authorized to offset any currently recorded outstanding liability on the part of developmental disability organizations (DDOs) to repay previously authorized startup capital advances against the proceeds from the sale of group homes within a fiscal year prior to any sale proceeds being deposited into the information technology investment fund.