Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
Section 23-19-27. - Severability.

§ 23-19-27. Severability.
The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any provision or part of any provision shall be held invalid or unconstitutional or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, the invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair the remaining provisions of this chapter. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this chapter are repealed.
History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 305, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-46.1-27; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-19-27.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 23 - Health and Safety

Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation

Section 23-19-1. - Short title.

Section 23-19-1.1. - Mission statement.

Section 23-19-2. - Legislative findings.

Section 23-19-3. - Declaration of policy.

Section 23-19-4. - Legislative purposes of Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation.

Section 23-19-5. - Definitions.

Section 23-19-6. - Creation, membership, and terms of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation.

Section 23-19-7. - Commissioners — Oath of office — Conflict of interest.

Section 23-19-8. - Employment of executive director and support services — Books and records.

Section 23-19-9. - Purposes of the corporation.

Section 23-19-10. - General powers and duties.

Section 23-19-10.1. - Construction of gas pipelines.

Section 23-19-10.2. - Solid waste disposal facilities — Sites — Eminent domain.

Section 23-19-10.3. - Highway construction — Eminent domain.

Section 23-19-11. - Planning requirements.

Section 23-19-11.1. - Initial resource recovery system development plan.

Section 23-19-11.2. - Improvements of the central landfill.

Section 23-19-11.3. - Central landfill — Water quality and public health.

Section 23-19-11.4. - Initial resource recovery facilities.

Section 23-19-12. - Powers of the department of health and the department of environmental management.

Section 23-19-13. - Municipal participation in state program.

Section 23-19-13.1. - Disposal of solid waste originating outside the state prohibited — Rules and regulations.

Section 23-19-13.2. - Disposal of infectious and pathological waste.

Section 23-19-13.3. - Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts.

Section 23-19-13.4. - Host community assessment committee — Definition — Funding — Powers and duties.

Section 23-19-13.5. - Interim rates.

Section 23-19-13.6. - Cover materials not permitted.

Section 23-19-14. - Bonds and notes of the corporation.

Section 23-19-15. - Short term notes.

Section 23-19-16. - Security for bonds or notes.

Section 23-19-17. - Capital reserve funds and appropriations.

Section 23-19-18. - Trust funds.

Section 23-19-19. - Remedies of bondholders and noteholders.

Section 23-19-20. - Pledge of the state.

Section 23-19-21. - Credit of state not pledged.

Section 23-19-22. - Notes and bonds as legal investments.

Section 23-19-23. - Repealed.

Section 23-19-24. - Reporting requirements.

Section 23-19-24.1. - Solid waste diversion — Economic impact and strategies reporting.

Section 23-19-25. - Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.

Section 23-19-26. - Tax exemption.

Section 23-19-27. - Severability.

Section 23-19-28. - Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.

Section 23-19-28.1. - Procedures to enforcement.

Section 23-19-29. - Liberal construction.

Section 23-19-30. - State central landfill — Annual liquid waste or sludge analysis.

Section 23-19-31. - Recycling facility at central landfill.

Section 23-19-32. - Grants-in-aid.

Section 23-19-33. - Bonus incentive program.

Section 23-19-34. - Central landfill buffer zone.

Section 23-19-34.1. - Removal of houses — Buffer zone.

Section 23-19-35. - Central landfill — Adjoining residential property.

Section 23-19-35.1. - Use of acquired property.

Section 23-19-36. - Central landfill — Funds for acquisition.

Section 23-19-37. - Financial accountability.

Section 23-19-38. - Report of the auditor general.

Section 23-19-39. - Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected condominium solid waste.

Section 23-19-40. - Utilization of buffer zone — Restrictions.

Section 23-19-41. - Construction of references.

Section 23-19-42. - Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school district solid waste.