Section 45-51-1. – Title.
§ 45-51-1. Title. This chapter may be known as the “Environmental Advocacy Act”. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 448, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 556, § 2.
Section 45-51-2. – Conservation commission — Appointment.
§ 45-51-2. Conservation commission — Appointment. The mayor or town administrator of any city or town may designate the municipal conservation commission as defined in § 45-31-1 to serve as an environmental advocate, subject to approval by the city or town council, which shall perform the duties as established in this chapter. History of Section.P.L. […]
Section 45-51-3. – Powers and duties.
§ 45-51-3. Powers and duties. The municipal conservation commission shall: (1) Receive complaints from residents or businesses within the municipality regarding safety of drinking water, water quality, or clean air, or other pollutants affecting the environment. (2) Investigate any complaints requested by a state regulatory agency. (3) Prepare a report with an appraisal of the […]
Section 45-51-4. – Training and education.
§ 45-51-4. Training and education. The municipal conservation members shall have formal training and/or education, to the extent feasible, and/or engage in continuing education in the areas of air pollution, water quality control, or the maintenance of the purity of drinking water supplies, and/or have familiarity with laws, rules, and regulations relating to them or […]
Section 45-52-1. – Creation — Corporate powers.
§ 45-52-1. Creation — Corporate powers. (a) All that part of the town of Charlestown County of Washington and state of Rhode Island, commencing at a point being the northeast corner thereof on the westerly line of West Beach road, being the northeasterly corner of lot 84 as shown on plat entitled “Quonochontaug Highlands, Property […]
Section 45-52-2. – Authority.
§ 45-52-2. Authority. (a) The electors of the district may at any meeting adopt and ordain bylaws as they deem necessary and proper for the purposes of this chapter and not repugnant to it and not inconsistent with any other law. (b) The district is authorized to raise money by tax on the real property […]
Section 45-52-3. – Voter qualifications and rights.
§ 45-52-3. Voter qualifications and rights. Every citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen (18) years who owns real estate located in the district which has the value of at least one hundred thirty four dollars ($134) over and above all encumbrances, or who is a resident of the town of Charlestown, […]
Section 45-52-4. – Board of canvassers.
§ 45-52-4. Board of canvassers. (a) There shall be a board of canvassers consisting of the tax assessor and tax collector. (b) The board of canvassers shall meet and canvass the voting list of the district on the last Monday of June in every year and shall make out a correct alphabetic list of the […]
Section 45-52-5. – Conduct and quorum of meetings.
§ 45-52-5. Conduct and quorum of meetings. (a) No less than thirty (30) voters constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at any annual or special district meeting. If at any annual or special meeting less than a quorum is present, a majority of the voters present at the meeting, or any adjournment of […]
Section 45-50-27. – Transfer of project to governmental body.
§ 45-50-27. Transfer of project to governmental body. When all bonds issued under the provisions of the chapter for each specific project and its interest have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all the bonds and their interest to the maturity of the bonds have been set aside in trust for […]