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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY | |
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Introduced By: Representative Spencer E. Dickinson | |
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Date Introduced: February 27, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 24-12-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 24-12 entitled "Rhode |
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Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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24-12-5. Power to construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, maintain, repair, |
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operate or manage projects or additional facilities and to issue bonds. – (a) In order to |
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facilitate vehicular traffic, remove many of the present handicaps and hazards on the congested |
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highways in the state, alleviate the barriers caused by large bodies of water, and promote the |
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agricultural and industrial development of the state, the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge |
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authority is hereby authorized and empowered: to construct the Newport Bridge, the turnpike, any |
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portion thereof or any additional facility hereafter authorized to be constructed; to acquire the |
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Mount Hope Bridge, to acquire the Sakonnet River Bridge, to acquire the Jamestown Verrazzano |
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Bridge and any additional facility hereafter authorized to be acquired; to maintain, construct, |
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reconstruct, renovate, acquire, repair, operate or manage any project or projects; and to issue |
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bonds of the authority as provided in this chapter to finance any project or projects; provided, |
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however, that the Mount Hope Bridge shall only be acquired as provided for by section 24-12- |
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40A. |
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(b) Provided, that effective July 1, 2013, the Mt. Hope Bridge and the Sakonnet River |
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Bridge, as well as all obligations pertaining to and authority over all matters related to the |
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maintenance and budget of said bridges and fees, if any, derived from said bridges, shall be |
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transferred to the Rhode Island department of transportation. |
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(c) Provided further, that effective July 1, 2013, the Rhode Island bridge and turnpike |
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authority, for any tolls it determines to set for the Newport Bridge and the Jamestown Verrazzano |
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Bridge, shall collect said tolls at a single toll plaza to responsibly cover the expenses for |
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maintaining the two (2) bridges. |
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SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2013. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY | |
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This act would transfer authority for the Mt. Hope Bridge and Sakonnet River Bridge to |
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the state department of transportation. |
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This act would take effect on July 1, 2013. |
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