It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 42-64-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64 entitled "Rhode Island Port Authority and Economic Development" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 42-64-9. Condemnation power. -- ADD} (a) If for any of the purposes of this chapter, the corporation shall find it necessary to acquire any real property, whether for immediate or future use, the corporation may find and determine that the property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, is required for the acquisition, construction, or operation of a project, and upon that determination, the property shall be deemed to be required for public use until otherwise determined by the corporation; and with the exceptions hereinafter specifically noted, the determination shall not be affected by the fact that the property has theretofore been taken for, or is then devoted to, a public use; but the public use in the hands or under the control of the corporation shall be deemed superior to the public use in the hands of any other persons, association, or corporation; provided further, however, that no real property or interest, estate, or right therein belonging to any municipality, shall be acquired without consent of the municipality; and no real property or interest, estate, or right therein belonging to any municipality shall be acquired without the consent of municipality; and no real property, or interest or estate therein, belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the public utility commission or another regulatory body having regulatory power over the corporation {ADD except for the following real property or interest or estate therein: the underground electric distribution system, located at the Quonset Point/Davisville industrial complex ("QP/D"), North Kingstown, Rhode Island, consisting of lines of buried wires and cables and lines of wires and cables installed in underground conduits, together with all equipment and appurtenances thereto for the furnishing of underground electric service running from the southwesterly side of Kiefer Park Substation 81 located in QP/D in an easterly and southeasterly direction to Carrier Pier Substation 82 located in QP/D together with any and all rights and easements as may be necessary to repair, maintain, operate or otherwise gain access to the above-mentioned property ADD}

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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.