§ 42-13-1. Establishment — Head of departments — Powers. (a) There shall be a department of transportation. The head of the department shall be the director of transportation, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, who shall carry out the provisions of this chapter and, except as otherwise provided by […]
§ 42-13-1.1. Flag personnel and police officers for state highway projects. The director of the department of transportation, or his or her designee, shall have the power with respect to all state highway and bridge projects to determine the necessity for and the number of civilian flag personnel or police officers, as the requirements of […]
§ 42-13-2. Organization and functions of the department. (a) The department shall be organized in accordance with a project management-based program and shall utilize an asset management system. (1) A project management-based program manages the delivery of the department’s portfolio of transportation improvement projects from project conception to the project completion. Project management activities include: […]
§ 42-13-2.1. Duties of the department — Rhode Works project. (a) It shall be the responsibility of the department to identify the businesses affected and the specific impact of rhode works projects on small businesses and to deliver and communicate this information to the department of commerce. The department shall identify the traffic flow to […]
§ 42-13-3. Relations with other governmental agencies. The department of transportation is hereby authorized to cooperate with the appropriate agencies of the federal government, this state, or other states, and regional agencies in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation facilities and programs. The department is authorized to apply for and accept funds […]
§ 42-13-4. Liberal construction. This chapter and §§ 24-12-50, 31-10-19, 31-13-1, 39-18-2, 39-18-20, and 46-9-5 shall be construed liberally in aid of their stated purpose. History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 111, § 9.
§ 42-13-5. Severability. If any provision of this chapter and §§ 24-12-50, 31-10-19, 31-13-1, 39-18-2, 39-18-20, and 46-9-5 or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the act, rule, or regulation, and the application […]
§ 42-13-6. Price readjustments — Public works contracts. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the state and any municipality may adjust unit prices for crude oil, residual fuel oil, and liquid asphalt used in bituminous concrete, required in order to complete performance of construction contracts awarded on or before December 31, […]
§ 42-13-6.1. Price readjustments — Certain public works contracts. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, the department of transportation may adjust for changes in the unit prices for steel required in order to complete performance of highway and bridge construction contracts awarded on or before July 1, 2004. […]
§ 42-13-7. Transfer of services from department of transportation. There are hereby transferred to the department of administration: (1) Those functions of the department of transportation which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c); (2) All officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, […]
§ 42-13-8. Maintenance of drainage systems — Consent decree compliance. The Rhode Island department of transportation (RI DOT) shall, on or before December 15 of each year, provide an annual report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate illustrating its compliance with the consent decree issued by the […]
