§ 45-58-3. Statement of purpose.
This chapter is intended to: (1) Establish the Pascoag utility district as the successor to the utility functions fulfilled prior to April 4, 2001, by the Pascoag fire district; (2) Provide for the orderly separation and transfer of those utility functions and related utility assets and utility bond obligations (without impairment thereof) from the Pascoag fire district to the utility district; (3) Provide for the retention and fulfillment of the fire protection functions and fire protection assets of the Pascoag fire district by the fire district; and (4) Authorize and enable the utility district to provide such other utility products and services as may be authorized, from time to time, by the utility district’s board of utility commissioners.
History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 77, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 90, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 45-58 - Pascoag Utility District
Section 45-58-1. - Short title.
Section 45-58-2. - Definitions.
Section 45-58-3. - Statement of purpose.
Section 45-58-4. - Pascoag utility district established.
Section 45-58-5. - Board of utility commissioners of the Pascoag utility district established.
Section 45-58-6. - Membership of board of commissioners.
Section 45-58-7. - Compensation of the board — Employees of the utility district.
Section 45-58-8. - Powers of the utility district.
Section 45-58-8.1. - Limitation of powers.
Section 45-58-9. - Separation of utility assets and fire protection assets.
Section 45-58-10. - Succession of utility district to certain obligations of Pascoag fire district.
Section 45-58-12. - Money of the utility district.
Section 45-58-13. - Alteration, amendment, repeal or severability.