Section 23-19-37. – Financial accountability.
§ 23-19-37. Financial accountability. The general assembly recognizes that the cost of statewide waste disposal is inherently substantial and, therefore, must be subject to effective cost control. To this end, the general assembly declares that the corporation shall: (1) Furnish the house fiscal advisor with a copy of its proposed budget on or before October […]
Section 23-19-38. – Report of the auditor general.
§ 23-19-38. Report of the auditor general. The auditor general shall annually prepare a report for the joint committee on legislative services on the corporation’s financial and administrative activities related to the implementation of §§ 23-19-34 through 23-19-36. History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 277, § 2.
Section 23-19-39. – Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected condominium solid waste.
§ 23-19-39. Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected condominium solid waste. The solid waste generated by a residential condominium, when collected and disposed of by a city or town of Rhode Island, shall be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate. History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 426, […]
Section 23-19-40. – Utilization of buffer zone — Restrictions.
§ 23-19-40. Utilization of buffer zone — Restrictions. (a) Legislative Purpose. (1) A buffer zone is an area between two (2) different land uses. The purpose of this section is to specifically prohibit using certain areas of the central landfill buffer zone for the expansion of any waste operations. (2) The statutes which created the […]
Section 23-19-41. – Construction of references.
§ 23-19-41. Construction of references. Whenever in any general or public law the words “Rhode Island solid waste management corporation” shall appear, particularly §§ 35-3-3.1, 23-18.8-2, 23-18.8-2.1, 23-18.8-4, 23-18.11-4, 12-12-17, 23-18.9-1 and 37-2-7, they shall be deemed to refer to and to mean the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 303, […]
Section 23-19-42. – Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school district solid waste.
§ 23-19-42. Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school district solid waste. (a) Solid waste collected and disposed of by, or on behalf of, a regional school district shall be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate. (b) Any waste hauler collecting and disposing of solid […]
Section 23-19-33. – Bonus incentive program.
§ 23-19-33. Bonus incentive program. The corporation shall create and manage a program providing for incentive payments of one hundred dollars ($100) each to anyone who submits a plan or program which is eventually implemented by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation or by any person, agency, or corporation contributing to the flow of solid […]
Section 23-19-34. – Central landfill buffer zone.
§ 23-19-34. Central landfill buffer zone. (a) The corporation shall be required to establish a buffer zone surrounding the operational portion of the central landfill, as identified per site master plan No. 06538, and the area licensed for landfilling, hereinafter referred to as the entire operational portion of the central landfill. In order to create […]
Section 23-19-34.1. – Removal of houses — Buffer zone.
§ 23-19-34.1. Removal of houses — Buffer zone. (a) The corporation shall oversee the removal of all houses and structures which are acquired per § 23-19-34. These houses and structures may be sold, but only through a public auction process. In any event, the person or persons in whom the title of any house or […]
Section 23-19-35. – Central landfill — Adjoining residential property.
§ 23-19-35. Central landfill — Adjoining residential property. (1) Upon the completion of the acquisition of properties to establish the buffer zone, the corporation shall, at the option of a residential landowner, his or her successors or assigns, whose residential real property is located within one thousand feet and two thousand feet (1000’ and 2000’) […]