Title 39
Public Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 18.1
Transportation Investment and Debt Reduction Act of 2011

R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-18.1-5

§ 39-18.1-5. Allocation of funds.

(a) The monies in the highway maintenance fund to be directed to the department of transportation pursuant to § 39-18.1-4(b)(1) — (b)(3) shall be allocated through the transportation improvement program process to provide the state match for federal transportation funds, in place of borrowing, as approved by the state planning council. The expenditure of moneys in the highway maintenance fund shall only be authorized for projects that appear in the state’s transportation improvement program.

(b) Provided, however, that beginning with fiscal year 2015 and annually thereafter, the department of transportation will allocate necessary funding to programs that are designed to eliminate structural deficiencies of the state’s bridge, road, and maintenance systems and infrastructure.

(c) Provided, that beginning July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2025, five percent (5%) of available proceeds in the Rhode Island highway maintenance account shall be allocated annually to the Rhode Island public transit authority for operating expenditures.

(d) Provided, that beginning July 1, 2025, ten percent (10%) of available proceeds in the Rhode Island highway maintenance account shall be allocated annually to the Rhode Island public transit authority for operating expenditures.

(e) Provided, further, that from July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, in addition to the amount above, the Rhode Island public transit authority shall receive an amount of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) each fiscal year, except for the period July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2022, during which such amount or a portion thereof may come from federal coronavirus relief funds.

History of Section.
P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 22, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 21, § 7; P.L. 2017, ch. 135, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 4, § 6; P.L. 2017, ch. 326, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 8, § 2; P.L. 2020, ch. 79, art. 1, § 11; art. 2, § 22; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 2, § 6, effective July 6, 2021; P.L. 2025, ch. 278, art. 11, § 12, effective July 1, 2025.