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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, DiPalma, Cote, DeVall, and Doyle | |
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Date Introduced: January 18, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 37-8 of the General Laws entitled "Public Buildings" is hereby |
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amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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37-8-20. Motorcycle designated parking at public buildings. -- (a) According to the |
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requirements set forth herein, designated parking spaces for motorcycles shall be provided in |
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parking areas that are adjacent to, or within plain sight of, state, city, and town buildings, with the |
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exception of state airports and the campuses of the state university and colleges; provided that |
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each public institution of higher education prepares a defined plan or program to encourage |
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and/or to accommodate motorcycle operation and parking. For each such public building with |
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thirty (30) or more off-street parking spaces, at least one parking space shall be dedicated for |
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motorcycle parking only. For every additional thirty (30) parking spaces adjacent to a public |
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building, an additional motorcycle parking space, up to a maximum of five (5) additional |
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motorcycle parking spaces, shall be provided. |
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(b) The signage designating such parking spaces shall be provided by the department of |
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transportation within one year after the effective date of this section. |
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(c) Unauthorized use of a designated motorcycle parking space will result in a fine to the |
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owner of the offending vehicle in the amount of eighty-five dollars ($85.00). |
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(d) Motorcycle parking spaces would only be required to be set aside between April 1 |
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and November 30 of each year. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. Spaces shall be designated and |
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signage provided within one year of the effective date. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would require public buildings, with certain exemptions, to provide designated |
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parking spaces for motorcycles at the rate of one space per total of thirty (30) spaces between |
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April 1 and November 30 of each year. Unauthorized use of the designated space would result in |
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a fine of eighty-five dollars ($85.00). This act would further provide that the signs designating |
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parking spaces for motorcycle parking shall be provided by the department of transportation. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. Spaces would be designated and signage |
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provided within one year of the effective date. |
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