Section 46-15.5-1. – Name.

§ 46-15.5-1. Name. This chapter shall be referred to as the “Bristol County Water Supply Act”. History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1.

Section 46-15.5-10. – Transfer of functions.

§ 46-15.5-10. Transfer of functions. Notwithstanding any transfer of functions from the water resources board to the department of environmental management or any provision of law, the water resources board shall retain all jurisdiction with respect to chapter 15 of this title as in effect prior to the enactment of chapter 461 of the Public […]

Section 46-15.5-2. – Legislative declaration.

§ 46-15.5-2. Legislative declaration. Recognizing the importance of protecting, maintaining and utilizing all sources of potable water and recognizing that with the continued demands on the Scituate Reservoir, this general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (1) The citizens of Bristol County lack an adequate and secure supply of potable water; (2) Heretofore acting through […]

Section 46-15.5-3. – Pipeline connection.

§ 46-15.5-3. Pipeline connection. (a) The Bristol County water authority shall design, plan, permit, and construct an additional connection to the City of Providence water supply system and construct a new water transmission line to its existing reservoirs. The additional connection to Providence will be constructed north of Fields Point across the Providence River through […]

Section 46-15.5-4. – Rates and charges for water.

§ 46-15.5-4. Rates and charges for water. If either the city of East Providence or the Bristol County water authority shall utilize the emergency connection, the party providing water shall charge the party for the water so provided an amount determined by applying the rate charged to such providing party by the Providence water supply […]

Section 46-15.5-5. – Financing.

§ 46-15.5-5. Financing. (a) The Bristol County water authority extension of its transmission system to connect to the Providence water supply system through the additional connection together with the emergency connection as set forth in § 46-15.5-3 and the cost of planning, design and permitting the improvements to the Bristol County water authority’s existing system […]

Section 46-15.5-6. – [Repealed.]

§ 46-15.5-6. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 52; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 93, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 94, § 1, effective July 1, 2021.

Section 46-15.5-6.1. – Limitation on expenditures.

§ 46-15.5-6.1. Limitation on expenditures. The Bristol County water authority shall pay fifty percent (50%) of costs of planning, design, permitting and construction of the additional and emergency connections authorized by this chapter until the total cost thereof shall equal $29.6 million ($29,600,000). All costs in excess of $29.6 million ($29,600,000) will be paid by […]

Section 46-15.5-7. – Connection with Providence water supply system.

§ 46-15.5-7. Connection with Providence water supply system. The provisions of § 18 of chapter 1278 of the public laws of Rhode Island, of 1915 as amended, dealing with the connection of the Bristol County water authority with the Providence water supply system are hereby amended to authorize the additional connection and the emergency connections […]

Section 46-15.5-8. – Repealed.

§ 46-15.5-8. Repealed.

Section 46-15.5-9. – Administrative priority.

§ 46-15.5-9. Administrative priority. Any state agency, board, council, or commission shall give priority in terms of consideration of, and hearing on, any application made by the Bristol County water authority seeking necessary approvals to carry out the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 134, § 1.