Section 39-30-5. – Severability.
§ 39-30-5. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared […]
Section 39-30-2. – Definitions.
§ 39-30-2. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Electric distribution company” means a company defined in § 39-1-2(a)(12), supplying standard-offer service, last-resort service, or any successor service to end-use customers. (2) “Lighting equipment” means all equipment used to light streets in the municipality, the operation and […]
Section 39-30-3. – Streetlight investment.
§ 39-30-3. Streetlight investment. (a) Any city or town receiving streetlighting service from an electric distribution company pursuant to an electric-rate tariff providing for the use by such municipality of lighting equipment owned by the electric distribution company, at its option, upon sixty (60) days’ notice to the electric company and to the office, and […]
Section 39-30-4. – Liberal construction.
§ 39-30-4. Liberal construction. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes thereof. History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 245, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 367, § 1.
Section 39-30-1. – Findings and purposes.
§ 39-30-1. Findings and purposes. (a) The Rhode Island general assembly finds and declares that: (1) Taxpayers are mandated to pay the electric distribution company large sums every year to light municipal and many state-owned streets; (2) Municipalities are limited in how they can manage this public safety resource because they do not own or […]