§ 45-48-1. Creation — Corporate powers. (a) There is created a special water district to be known as the Nasonville water district. The district shall consist of the area bounded by the following: Beginning at the point of the intersection of Douglas Pike (Route 7) and the North Smithfield/Burrillville town line in a generally northerly […]
§ 45-48-10. Taxes — Assessments — Penalty for nonpayment. The qualified voters of the district, at any of the meetings of the district, have power to order taxes, and provide for assessing and collecting the taxes on the ratable real estate and tangible personal property of the district, as it deems necessary for the purpose […]
§ 45-48-11. Issuance of bonds. For the purpose of raising money to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the district is authorized and empowered to issue bonds under its corporate bond and seal. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, bear interest at a rate or rates, and mature at a time or […]
§ 45-48-12. Redemption of bonds. The district may at any time deposit with the trustee, under its then existing bond resolution a sum sufficient, with amounts then on deposit, including the debt service reserve fund, to purchase direct obligations of the United States of America which are adequate to pay the entire principal amount of […]
§ 45-48-13. Malicious damage — Civil and criminal penalties. If any person maliciously or wantonly destroys or damages any hydrant, pipe, aqueduct, conduit, machinery, equipment, appliance, or other property of the district used for the purposes provided for in this chapter, that person, whether principal or accessory, forfeits to the district, to be recovered by […]
§ 45-48-14. Severability. This chapter shall be construed in all respects to meet all constitutional requirements. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all steps shall be taken which are necessary to meet constitutional or other legal requirements whether or not these steps are expressly required by statute. If, after the application […]
§ 45-48-2. Electors. The inhabitants of the district qualified to vote for town officers are electors of the district and are eligible to vote in all elections of officers of the district. History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 20, § 2.
§ 45-48-3. Annual and special meetings — Voting. (a) The district shall hold an annual meeting on the first Tuesday in June in every year. (b) Special meetings of the district shall be called by the clerk upon order of the administrative board or upon written application of at least five (5) electors; and whenever […]
§ 45-48-4. Officers constituting administrative board — Powers — Bylaws — Elections. (a) The electors of the district shall at each annual meeting elect officers to serve until the next succeeding first Tuesday in June and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the offices shall consist of a moderator, clerk, treasurer, three (3) […]
§ 45-48-5. Exclusive authority for water distribution — Rates — 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 […]
§ 45-48-6. Water shut off for nonpayment of charges. In the case of nonpayment of any water rates, charges, and penalties established and required to be paid to the district for water supplied or used by the owner, tenant, or occupant of any house, building, tenement, or estate, the district is authorized by its agents […]
§ 45-48-7. Public hydrants — Taking of private property. (a) The district may establish public hydrants in public places as it may see fit and prescribe for what purposes the public hydrants are used, all of which it may change in its discretion. (b) For the purpose of this chapter the district has and enjoys […]
§ 45-48-8. Acquisition of land and rights of way. The district may acquire by agreement, purchase, or condemnation any land and rights of way that may be necessary for the purposes of the district. Whenever the district desires to take any land by condemnation, it shall file with the town clerk a description, plan, and […]
§ 45-48-9. 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 Burrillville, and without the consent of the town, drive, lay, make, construct, and maintain pipes, aqueducts, conduits, machinery, or other equipment or appliances, or authorize […]
