Title 45
Towns and Cities

Chapter 39.2
Clear River Electric and Water District [Effective January 1, 2025.]

§ 45-39.2-3. Purpose. [Effective January 1, 2025.]

This chapter is intended to:

(1) Establish the Clear River electric and water district as the successor to the utility functions fulfilled prior to January 1, 2025, by the Pascoag utility district and the Harrisville fire district;

(2) Provide for the orderly separation and transfer of those utility functions and related utility assets and utility bond obligations (without impairment thereof) from the Pascoag utility district and the public water supply functions of the Harrisville fire district to the electric and water district;

(3) Provide for the retention and fulfillment of the fire protection and emergency medical and rescue functions and fire protection assets of the Harrisville fire district by the fire district; and

(4) Authorize and enable the electric and water district to provide such other utility products and services as may be authorized, from time to time, by the electric and water district’s board of utility commissioners.