§ 45-48.1-3. Officers and employees of board. (a) The chairperson of the board shall be selected by the majority vote of the members of the board. The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer who may or may not be members of the board. (b) The board may from time to time hire, transfer […]
§ 45-48.1-4. Compensation of board members. The members of the board shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties under this chapter. Each member may be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties as approved by the board. History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 270, § 1; […]
§ 45-48.1-5. Powers. The board shall have all the rights and powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate this chapter, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights and powers: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business, to promulgate rules, regulations […]
§ 45-48.1-6. Additional powers and limitations. In addition to the powers of the district otherwise provided herein, the district shall have the following powers and shall be subject to the following limitations: (1) The district is authorized and empowered to fix, revise, charge, collect and abate fees, rates, rents, assessments, delinquency charges and other charges […]
§ 45-48.1-7. Exclusive authority for water distribution — Contracts. (a) The district is authorized to obtain and maintain for the district a supply of water for the extinguishing of fire and for distribution to the inhabitants of the district, for domestic use and for other purposes, and may obtain that water by the establishment of […]
§ 45-48.1-8. Condemnation power. (a) If for any of the purposes of this act, the district shall find it necessary to acquire any real property, whether for immediate or future use, the district may find and determine that the property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, is required for the acquisition, construction […]
§ 45-48.1-9. Construction and maintenance of pipes, aqueducts and other structures — Tax exemption. The district may within and without the district, and within the limits of the town of West Greenwich, and without the consent of the town, drive, lay, make, construct, and maintain pipes, aqueducts, conduits, machinery, or other equipment or appliances, or […]
