§ 46-12.7-2.1. Fund established.
(a) A fund is hereby established in the state general fund to be called the “oil spill prevention, administration, and response fund”. The fund shall assume the full contents of the fund previously known as the oils release response fund. The director shall continue to administer the fund.
(b) Money from an appropriation made to the fund remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in successive fiscal years.
(c) The fund shall be used for only those purposes enumerated in § 46-12.7-5.1.
History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 289, § 4.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Chapter 46-12.7 - Oil Spill Prevention, Administration and Response Fund
Section 46-12.7-2. - Repealed.
Section 46-12.7-2.1. - Fund established.
Section 46-12.7-3. - Repealed.
Section 46-12.7-3.1. - Financing of the fund.
Section 46-12.7-4. - Repealed.
Section 46-12.7-4.1. - Uniform oil response and prevention fee.
Section 46-12.7-5. - Repealed.
Section 46-12.7-5.1. - Purposes of the fund.
Section 46-12.7-6. - Repealed.
Section 46-12.7-6.1. - Administration and records of the fund.
Section 46-12.7-7. - Report to the legislature.
Section 46-12.7-8. - Repealed.
Section 46-12.7-8.1. - Expenditure of fund money.
Section 46-12.7-9. - Regulations.
Section 46-12.7-10. - Claims against the fund.
Section 46-12.7-11. - Emergency loans.
Section 46-12.7-12. - Recovery of expenditures from fund.