2021 -- H 5055 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- DEPARTMENT OF | |
TRANSPORTATION | |
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Introduced By: Representative Joseph J. Solomon | |
Date Introduced: January 22, 2021 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 37-5 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Transportation" is |
2 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 37-5-6.1. Emergency maintenance of municipal roads. |
4 | (a) The department of transportation shall have the power and authority to make emergency |
5 | repairs to any municipal road, as defined in ยง 24-8-1.3, upon the request of any city or town |
6 | submitted to the director of the department by the city or town council wherever the municipal road |
7 | is located. |
8 | (b) The cost of the emergency repair may not exceed the sum of one hundred fifty thousand |
9 | dollars ($150,000); provided however, the emergency repair may exceed the sum of one hundred |
10 | fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) if both the municipality and the department agree, in writing, to |
11 | a higher amount. |
12 | (c) The determination as to the responsibility for payment of the emergency repair, either |
13 | by the department or the municipality, or a combination of both, shall not delay the commencement |
14 | of the emergency repair and shall be resolved within ninety (90) days of the date of completion. |
15 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- DEPARTMENT OF | |
TRANSPORTATION | |
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1 | This act would allow the department of transportation to make emergency repairs to |
2 | municipal roads upon request by the respective city or town council not to exceed one hundred fifty |
3 | thousand dollars ($150,000) unless the municipality and the department agree, in writing, to a |
4 | higher amount. The determination as to the responsibility of the cost of the emergency repairs |
5 | would not delay the start of the repairs and would be resolved within ninety (90) days of completion. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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