Section 46-12.7-14. – Board of arbitration.
§ 46-12.7-14. Board of arbitration. (a) The director shall establish a disputed claims processing capability within the department to hear and determine claims filed under this chapter that are not agreed upon by the claimant and the director and any responsible party who has joined as an interested party. (b) An independent hearing examiner appointed […]
Section 46-12.7-6. – Repealed.
§ 46-12.7-6. Repealed.
Section 46-12.7-6.1. – Administration and records of the fund.
§ 46-12.7-6.1. Administration and records of the fund. (a) The director shall administer the fund in accordance with this chapter. (b) The department shall develop procedures governing the expenditure of, and accounting for, money expended from the fund. (c) The director is responsible for insuring that there are adequate moneys available in the fund to […]
Section 46-12.7-7. – Report to the legislature.
§ 46-12.7-7. Report to the legislature. (a) The director shall submit a report to the legislature not later than the tenth (10th) day following the convening of each regular session of the legislature. The report may include information considered significant by the director but must include: (1) The amount of money expended under § 46-12.7-5 […]
Section 46-12.7-8. – Repealed.
§ 46-12.7-8. Repealed.
Section 46-12.7-8.1. – Expenditure of fund money.
§ 46-12.7-8.1. Expenditure of fund money. (a) The director may only expend money from the fund for post-spill activities when a discharge of oil has occurred, or the threat of a discharge has led the state to take appropriate response, or for pre-spill activities and research, development, and monitoring activities if the following determinations have […]
Section 46-12.7-9. – Regulations.
§ 46-12.7-9. Regulations. The director may adopt all rules and regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 324, § 4.
Section 46-12.7-10. – Claims against the fund.
§ 46-12.7-10. Claims against the fund. (a) Any person may apply to the fund for compensation for damages and losses suffered as a result of an oil spill under any of the following conditions: (1) The responsible party or parties cannot be ascertained. (2) A responsible party is not liable for non-economic damages caused by […]
Section 46-12.7-11. – Emergency loans.
§ 46-12.7-11. Emergency loans. In the event of an oil spill where more than ten thousand (10,000) gallons of oil have been discharged in the waters of the state, in any one day from a single event, the director, after a properly noticed public hearing, may make an emergency secured loan to any private individual […]
Section 46-12.7-12. – Recovery of expenditures from fund.
§ 46-12.7-12. Recovery of expenditures from fund. The attorney general, in consultation with the director, shall undertake actions to recover all costs to the funds from any responsible party for an oil spill into marine or estuarine waters for which expenditures are made from the fund. Payment of any claim or obligation from the fund […]