Section 46-15.6-1. – Short title.
§ 46-15.6-1. Short title. This chapter shall be referred to as the “Comprehensive Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 1993”. History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 312, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 438, § 1.
Section 46-15.6-2. – Legislative findings, intent, and objectives.
§ 46-15.6-2. Legislative findings, intent, and objectives. (a) The general assembly hereby recognizes and declares that: (1) Water is vital to life and comprises an invaluable natural resource which is not to be abused by any segment of the state’s population or its economy. It is the policy of this state to restore, enhance, and […]
Section 46-15.6-3. – Infrastructure replacement program.
§ 46-15.6-3. Infrastructure replacement program. All municipalities, municipal departments and agencies, districts, authorities or other entities engaged in or authorized to engage in the supply, transmission, distribution of drinking water on a wholesale or retail basis, and which obtain, transport, purchase, or sell more than fifty million (50,000,000) gallons of water per year, shall be […]
Section 46-15.6-4. – Content of infrastructure replacement component.
§ 46-15.6-4. Content of infrastructure replacement component. (a) The infrastructure replacement component (hereinafter referred to as “component”) shall include without limitation: (1) A detailed financial forecast of facility replacement improvement requirements for the next twenty (20) years including, but not limited to, the principal components of the water system such as reservoirs, dams, treatment plants, […]
Section 46-15.6-5. – Completion, filing, approval and implementation of infrastructure component.
§ 46-15.6-5. Completion, filing, approval and implementation of infrastructure component. (a) Each water supplier required by this chapter to prepare and maintain an infrastructure replacement component shall complete and adopt a component two (2) years subsequent to the date each party’s water supply management plan per § 46-15.3-7.5 is due. (b) Water suppliers subject to […]
Section 46-15.6-6. – Financing infrastructure replacement.
§ 46-15.6-6. Financing infrastructure replacement. The cost of infrastructure replacement programs and indemnification as required by this chapter shall be financed as follows: (1) The cost of programs to implement infrastructure replacement shall be paid by the water users. The charges shall be limited to those necessary and reasonable to undertake the actions required by […]
Section 46-15.6-7. – Rules governing content of programs, components, review, evaluation, funding, and implementation.
§ 46-15.6-7. Rules governing content of programs, components, review, evaluation, funding, and implementation. The department with the concurrence of the water resource board, and the Rhode Island public utilities commission, as to water suppliers within its jurisdiction, shall forthwith promulgate rules and regulations for the review of components as pertains to financial forecasts of facility […]
Section 46-15.6-8. – Severability.
§ 46-15.6-8. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation or determination made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person, agency or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, regulation, or determination and the application of such provisions to other persons, […]
Section 46-15.6-9. – Excluding requirement of state mandated cost.
§ 46-15.6-9. Excluding requirement of state mandated cost. The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10 shall not apply to §§ 46-15.6-1 — 46-15.6-8. History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 312, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 438, § 1.