§ 45-54-12. Revenues.
(a) The corporation is authorized and empowered to fix, revise, and collect from time to time, subject to the provisions of this chapter, fees, rentals, and other charges for the use of projects of, or the services rendered by the corporation to pay:
(1) The cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project or projects or portion or portions of them; and
(2) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds and notes as the bonds and notes become due and payable, and to create reserves for these purposes.
(b) The fees, rentals, and other charges are not subject to supervision or regulation by any commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state or of any municipality or other political subdivision of the state.
(c) The revenues derived from the project or projects or portion or portions of them, in connection with which the bonds or notes have been issued, may be pledged as provided in the resolution or the trust agreement. The pledge is valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the rentals, revenues, or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the corporation are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery or further act, and the lien of any pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the corporation, whether the parties have notice of claims. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the corporation.
(d) The use and disposition of revenues is subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, or of the trust agreement.
History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 421, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 45-54 - Municipal Detention Facility Corporations
Section 45-54-1. - Corporations created.
Section 45-54-2. - Legislative findings.
Section 45-54-3. - Definitions.
Section 45-54-4. - Resolution conclusive as to capacity of corporation.
Section 45-54-5. - Board of directors — Tenure — Quorums.
Section 45-54-7. - Exemption from taxation.
Section 45-54-9. - Eminent domain proceedings.
Section 45-54-10. - Revenue bonds.
Section 45-54-11. - Trust agreement.
Section 45-54-13. - Trust funds.
Section 45-54-15. - Negotiable instruments.
Section 45-54-16. - Refunding bonds.
Section 45-54-17. - Credit of state and political subdivisions not pledged.
Section 45-54-18. - Use of projects.
Section 45-54-19. - Capital reserves.
Section 45-54-20. - Bonds eligible for investment.
Section 45-54-21. - Limitation of powers.
Section 45-54-22. - Annual report and audit.
Section 45-54-23. - Transfers to governmental body.
Section 45-54-24. - Applicability of other laws.
Section 45-54-25. - Liberal construction.
Section 45-54-26. - Inconsistent provisions.