Chapter 24-12. Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
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24-12-1Definitions.24-12-2Authority created — Composition.24-12-3Appointment of authority members — Oath of office.24-12-4Officers of authority — Quorum — Reimbursement of expenses of members.24-12-5Power to construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, maintain, repair, operate or manage projects or additional facilities and to issue bonds.24-12-6Grants or leases of state or municipal lands.24-12-7Revenue bonds not a debt of the state.24-12-8Expenses limited to funds provided.24-12-9Powers of authority.24-12-10Eminent domain power.24-12-11Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement of amount offered.24-12-12Taking of possession of lands.24-12-13Deposits in court on eminent domain — Notice to owners — Agreement as to price.24-12-14Jury trial on price of land.24-12-15Representation of incompetent landowners.24-12-16Repayment of excess deposits.24-12-17Expediting proceedings — Land devoted to public use — Outstanding interests.24-12-18Bonds.24-12-19Use of bond proceeds — Supplementary issues — Surplus proceeds.24-12-20Interim receipts or temporary bonds — Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds — Proceedings required by chapter exclusive.24-12-21Retirement of outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of Jamestown Bridge commission.24-12-22Purchase of Jamestown-Newport ferry franchise.24-12-23Maintenance of Jamestown-Newport ferry service.24-12-24Pension fund for ferry company employees.24-12-25Trust agreement.24-12-26Power to collect tolls and charges — Gasoline and service concessions.24-12-27Amount of tolls.24-12-28Revenues pledged to sinking fund.24-12-29Trust funds — Trustee.24-12-30Remedies of bondholders.24-12-31Tax exemption.24-12-32Eligibility of bonds for investment.24-12-33Negotiability of bonds.24-12-34Refunding bonds.24-12-35Resolutions of authority.24-12-36Annual report and audit.24-12-37Penalty for nonpayment of toll — Toll violators and toll evaders.24-12-37.1[Repealed.]24-12-37.2Driver/registered owner liability.24-12-38Covenant against competition.24-12-39Transfer of projects to state — Dissolution of authority.24-12-40Dissolution of Jamestown Bridge commission — Bridge to become toll free portion of state highway system — Covenants with bondholders.24-12-40ATitle to Mount Hope Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority — Continuation of tolls.24-12-40BCertain bonds guaranteed by state.24-12-40CAdditional state guaranteed and revenue bonds for Newport Bridge.24-12-40DAdditional state guaranteed bonds for Newport Bridge.24-12-40EState guaranteed bonds — General provision.24-12-40FTitle to Sakonnet River Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and Bridge authority — Institution of tolls.24-12-40GTitle to Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority.24-12-41Severability.24-12-42Narragansett Bay Bridge authority obligations.24-12-43Repealed.24-12-44Construction of connecting highways.24-12-44A, 24-12-44B. Repealed.24-12-45Liberal construction.24-12-46Severability.24-12-47Inconsistent laws inapplicable.24-12-48Provision for severance benefits.24-12-49Declaration of policy — Preventing economic harm to the town of Jamestown.24-12-50Relationship to department of transportation.24-12-51The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.24-12-51.1Former Jamestown Verrazano Bridge — Public fishing area.24-12-52Succotash Road Bridge.24-12-53William E. Powers Memorial Bridge.24-12-54Alfred U. Menard Memorial Bridge.24-12-55The Claiborne Pell Bridge.24-12-56Honorable John F. Conley Bridge.24-12-57General George S. Greene Memorial Bridge.24-12-58Robert E. Rowan, P.E. Bridge.24-12-59Bondholders’ rights not to be affected by the state.