Rhode Island General Laws
Title 24 - Highways

Section 24-2-8.1. - Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of Charlestown. - § 24-2-8.1. Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system...

Section 24-2-8.2. - Repealed. - § 24-2-8.2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 481, §...

Section 24-2-8.3. - Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of Richmond. - § 24-2-8.3. Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system...

Section 24-2-8.4. - Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of Burrillville. - § 24-2-8.4. Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system...

Section 24-2-8.5. - Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of West Warwick. - § 24-2-8.5. Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system...

Section 24-2-9. - Common law rights and remedies preserved. - § 24-2-9. Common law rights and remedies preserved. Nothing contained...

Section 24-2-10. - Liability of town for maintenance of highways. - § 24-2-10. Liability of town for maintenance of highways. Nothing...

Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns

Section 24-3-1. - Power to mark out, widen or relocate municipal roads. - § 24-3-1. Power to mark out, widen or relocate municipal...

Section 24-3-2. - Repealed. - § 24-3-2. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, §...

Section 24-3-3. - Hearing on enlargement or relocation in towns — Commissioners of estimate and assessment. - § 24-3-3. Hearing on enlargement or relocation in towns —...

Section 24-3-4. - Assessment of benefits and damages in cities. - § 24-3-4. Assessment of benefits and damages in cities. Whenever...

Section 24-3-5. - Commissioners’ estimate and report. - § 24-3-5. Commissioners’ estimate and report. The commissioners shall cause...

Section 24-3-6. - Filing and notice of report. - § 24-3-6. Filing and notice of report. The town council...

Section 24-3-7. - Publication and posting of notices. - § 24-3-7. Publication and posting of notices. The notice required...

Section 24-3-8. - Jury trial on report. - § 24-3-8. Jury trial on report. Every person aggrieved by...

Section 24-3-9. - Election by council to make or discontinue improvements. - § 24-3-9. Election by council to make or discontinue improvements....

Section 24-3-10. - Taking of possession by town — Removal of crops and improvements. - § 24-3-10. Taking of possession by town — Removal of...

Section 24-3-11. - Confirmation of reports. - § 24-3-11. Confirmation of reports. The town council or city...

Section 24-3-12. - Termination of leases and contracts on land taken. - § 24-3-12. Termination of leases and contracts on land taken....

Section 24-3-13. - Payment of damages awarded — Action against town. - § 24-3-13. Payment of damages awarded — Action against town....

Section 24-3-14. - Collection of assessments for benefits — Lien. - § 24-3-14. Collection of assessments for benefits — Lien. The...

Section 24-3-15. - Compensation and expenses of commissioners. - § 24-3-15. Compensation and expenses of commissioners. The commissioners shall...

Section 24-3-16. - Declaration of opening of highway. - § 24-3-16. Declaration of opening of highway. Whenever all buildings...

Section 24-3-17. - Cities and towns affected. - § 24-3-17. Cities and towns affected. Sections 24-3-3 — 24-3-16...

Section 24-3-18. - Commissioners to define grade. - § 24-3-18. Commissioners to define grade. Whenever in any town...

Section 24-3-19. - Notice of report on definition of grade. - § 24-3-19. Notice of report on definition of grade. The...

Section 24-3-20. - Council action on commissioners’ report — Recording. - § 24-3-20. Council action on commissioners’ report — Recording. The...

Section 24-3-21. - Effect of definition of grade. - § 24-3-21. Effect of definition of grade. Whenever any street...

Section 24-3-22. - Compensation and expenses of commissioners — Collection from petitioners. - § 24-3-22. Compensation and expenses of commissioners — Collection from...

Section 24-3-23. - Grading or change of grade — Notice and hearing. - § 24-3-23. Grading or change of grade — Notice and...

Section 24-3-24. - Establishment and curbing of sidewalks. - § 24-3-24. Establishment and curbing of sidewalks. Whenever any highway...

Section 24-3-25. - Liability for cost of curbs. - § 24-3-25. Liability for cost of curbs. Whenever any highway...

Section 24-3-26. - Collection of curb costs. - § 24-3-26. Collection of curb costs. The costs of the...

Section 24-3-27. - Settlement or appraisal of damages from change of grade. - § 24-3-27. Settlement or appraisal of damages from change of...

Section 24-3-28. - Appeal of appraisals and assessments. - § 24-3-28. Appeal of appraisals and assessments. Every person having...

Section 24-3-29. - Judgment on appeal. - § 24-3-29. Judgment on appeal. If the person appealing from...

Section 24-3-30. - Payment of damages — Action for recovery. - § 24-3-30. Payment of damages — Action for recovery. The...

Section 24-3-31. - Islands exempt from provisions. - § 24-3-31. Islands exempt from provisions. Hope, Patience, and Hog...

Chapter 24-4 - Federal Aid to Towns

Section 24-4-1. - Proposal to construct or reconstruct highway as federal aid project. - § 24-4-1. Proposal to construct or reconstruct highway as federal...

Section 24-4-2. - Contents of resolution. - § 24-4-2. Contents of resolution. (a) The resolution shall specifically...

Section 24-4-3. - Forwarding resolution to director — Jurisdiction of negotiations. - § 24-4-3. Forwarding resolution to director — Jurisdiction of negotiations....

Section 24-4-4. - Preparation and forwarding of federal forms. - § 24-4-4. Preparation and forwarding of federal forms. Whenever the...

Section 24-4-5. - Federal aid highway matching account. - § 24-4-5. Federal aid highway matching account. (a) The general...

Section 24-4-6. - Repealed. - § 24-4-6. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1929, §...

Section 24-4-7. - Refund of surplus contributions to cities and towns. - § 24-4-7. Refund of surplus contributions to cities and towns....

Section 24-4-8. - Repealed. - § 24-4-8. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1929, §...

Chapter 24-5 - Maintenance of Town Highways

Section 24-5-1. - Duty of town to maintain highways. - § 24-5-1. Duty of town to maintain highways. (a) All...

Section 24-5-1.1. - Alteration of roadways. - § 24-5-1.1. Alteration of roadways. (a) Any person, firm, or...

Section 24-5-2. - Division of towns into districts — Election and terms of surveyors. - § 24-5-2. Division of towns into districts — Election and...

Section 24-5-3. - Annual town appropriation. - § 24-5-3. Annual town appropriation. Each town, at some regularly...

Section 24-5-4. - Appropriations expended under department of transportation — State aid. - § 24-5-4. Appropriations expended under department of transportation — State...

Section 24-5-5. - Allotments to highway districts — Supervision of expenditures — Rates of compensation. - § 24-5-5. Allotments to highway districts — Supervision of expenditures...

Section 24-5-6. - Expenditures by contract — Unexpended funds. - § 24-5-6. Expenditures by contract — Unexpended funds. Whenever any...

Section 24-5-7. - Special appropriations for particular projects. - § 24-5-7. Special appropriations for particular projects. Whenever any town...

Section 24-5-8. - General duties of surveyors of highways. - § 24-5-8. General duties of surveyors of highways. Every surveyor...

Section 24-5-9. - Removal of obstructions by surveyors. - § 24-5-9. Removal of obstructions by surveyors. Surveyors of highways...

Section 24-5-10. - Taking of road materials from adjoining land. - § 24-5-10. Taking of road materials from adjoining land. Any...

Section 24-5-11. - Damage in removing obstructions or materials. - § 24-5-11. Damage in removing obstructions or materials. All claims...

Section 24-5-12. - Fine for neglect to keep highways in repair. - § 24-5-12. Fine for neglect to keep highways in repair....

Section 24-5-13. - Liability of cities and towns for injuries from defective roads. - § 24-5-13. Liability of cities and towns for injuries from...

Section 24-5-14. - Snow and ice removal. - § 24-5-14. Snow and ice removal. The several towns shall...

Section 24-5-15. - Penalty for failure to remove snow. - § 24-5-15. Penalty for failure to remove snow. If the...

Section 24-5-16. - Diversion of water to damage of individuals prohibited. - § 24-5-16. Diversion of water to damage of individuals prohibited....

Section 24-5-17. - Complaint and alteration of watercourse. - § 24-5-17. Complaint and alteration of watercourse. Any person who...

Section 24-5-18. - Bridges and fences on artificial watercourses along preexisting highways. - § 24-5-18. Bridges and fences on artificial watercourses along preexisting...

Section 24-5-19. - Bridges and fences along preexisting watercourses. - § 24-5-19. Bridges and fences along preexisting watercourses. Whenever any...

Section 24-5-20. - Bridges on boundary lines. - § 24-5-20. Bridges on boundary lines. All public bridges, except...

Section 24-5-21. - Penalty for neglect of boundary line bridge. - § 24-5-21. Penalty for neglect of boundary line bridge. If...

Section 24-5-22. - New highway using existing bridge. - § 24-5-22. New highway using existing bridge. Whenever any highway...

Section 24-5-23. - Bridges and culverts built by adjoining landowners. - § 24-5-23. Bridges and culverts built by adjoining landowners. Any...

Section 24-5-24. - Undermining of walls and fences. - § 24-5-24. Undermining of walls and fences. No surveyor of...

Section 24-5-25. - Compensation of surveyors. - § 24-5-25. Compensation of surveyors. Surveyors of highways shall be...

Section 24-5-26. - Penalty for neglect by surveyors. - § 24-5-26. Penalty for neglect by surveyors. Every surveyor of...

Section 24-5-27. - Rights of cities unimpaired. - § 24-5-27. Rights of cities unimpaired. Nothing herein contained shall...

Section 24-5-28. - Determination of places where guideposts necessary. - § 24-5-28. Determination of places where guideposts necessary. The several...

Section 24-5-29. - Failure to determine places for guideposts. - § 24-5-29. Failure to determine places for guideposts. Every town...

Section 24-5-30. - Erection of guideposts — Specifications. - § 24-5-30. Erection of guideposts — Specifications. The town councils...

Section 24-5-31. - Substitutes for guideposts. - § 24-5-31. Substitutes for guideposts. The inhabitants of any town...

Section 24-5-32. - Penalty for failure to maintain guideposts. - § 24-5-32. Penalty for failure to maintain guideposts. Every town...

Section 24-5-33. - Injury to guideposts. - § 24-5-33. Injury to guideposts. Every person who shall injure,...

Section 24-5-34. - Jamestown and New Shoreham exempt. - § 24-5-34. Jamestown and New Shoreham exempt. The provisions of...

Section 24-5-35. - Pothole hotline. - § 24-5-35. Pothole hotline. The department of transportation is hereby...

Chapter 24-6 - Abandonment by Towns

Section 24-6-1. - Order of abandonment — Reversion of title — Notice. - § 24-6-1. Order of abandonment — Reversion of title —...

Section 24-6-2. - Notice to abutting landowners of proposed abandonment. - § 24-6-2. Notice to abutting landowners of proposed abandonment. Every...

Section 24-6-3. - Damages payable to abutting landowners. - § 24-6-3. Damages payable to abutting landowners. The owners of...

Section 24-6-4. - Jury trial on damages. - § 24-6-4. Jury trial on damages. Any person aggrieved by...

Section 24-6-5. - Abandonment by non-use. - § 24-6-5. Abandonment by non-use. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of...

Chapter 24-7 - Sidewalks

Section 24-7-1. - Power of towns to establish and regulate sidewalks. - § 24-7-1. Power of towns to establish and regulate sidewalks....

Section 24-7-2. - Order to lay sidewalk — Notice and hearing. - § 24-7-2. Order to lay sidewalk — Notice and hearing....

Section 24-7-3. - Division of costs between town and landowners. - § 24-7-3. Division of costs between town and landowners. Whenever...

Section 24-7-4. - Collection of costs from landowners. - § 24-7-4. Collection of costs from landowners. Costs of the...

Section 24-7-5. - Appeal of assessment. - § 24-7-5. Appeal of assessment. Whenever any abutting landowner shall...

Section 24-7-6. - Judgment and costs on appeal. - § 24-7-6. Judgment and costs on appeal. If the person...

Section 24-7-7. - Penalties for violation of regulations. - § 24-7-7. Penalties for violation of regulations. The town council...

Section 24-7-8. - Sidewalks along state highways. - § 24-7-8. Sidewalks along state highways. Nothing in this chapter...

Section 24-7-9. - Permits for telephone booths and equipment — Exception. - § 24-7-9. Permits for telephone booths and equipment — Exception....

Section 24-7-10. - Westerly exempt. - § 24-7-10. Westerly exempt. The provisions of this chapter shall...

Section 24-7-11. - William J. George Steps. - § 24-7-11. William J. George Steps. The Ocean Road steps...

Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads

Section 24-8-1. - Annual report and recommendations — Roads on which expenditures made — Contracts. - § 24-8-1. Annual report and recommendations — Roads on which...

Section 24-8-1.1. - Rhode Island highway system — Purpose. - § 24-8-1.1. Rhode Island highway system — Purpose. The purpose...

Section 24-8-1.2. - Rhode Island highway system — Establishment. - § 24-8-1.2. Rhode Island highway system — Establishment. There is...

Section 24-8-1.3. - Definitions. - § 24-8-1.3. Definitions. (a) “Arterial” means a public road that...

Section 24-8-1.4. - Annual report and recommendations — Roads on which expenditures made — Contracts. - § 24-8-1.4. Annual report and recommendations — Roads on which...

Section 24-8-1.5. - Turnback implementation plan. - § 24-8-1.5. Turnback implementation plan. The director of transportation shall...

Section 24-8-1.6. - Review. - § 24-8-1.6. Review. The initial review of the functional classification...

Section 24-8-1.7. - Rules and regulations. - § 24-8-1.7. Rules and regulations. The director of transportation is...

Section 24-8-2, 24-8-3. - Repealed. - § 24-8-2, 24-8-3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 982,...

Section 24-8-4. - Improvement, reconstruction, or widening of roads — Widening at town expense. - § 24-8-4. Improvement, reconstruction, or widening of roads — Widening...

Section 24-8-4.1. - Highway workers. - § 24-8-4.1. Highway workers. All persons working on any public...

Section 24-8-4.2. - Use of truck mounted attenuator. - § 24-8-4.2. Use of truck mounted attenuator. (a) At any...

Section 24-8-5. - Repealed. - § 24-8-5. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 97, §...

Section 24-8-6. - Authority for sidewalks and curbs. - § 24-8-6. Authority for sidewalks and curbs. The director of...

Section 24-8-7. - Specifications for curbs and sidewalks. - § 24-8-7. Specifications for curbs and sidewalks. Whenever and wherever...

Section 24-8-8. - Space between curb and traveled highway. - § 24-8-8. Space between curb and traveled highway. The director...

Section 24-8-9. - Regulations of sidewalks and curbs. - § 24-8-9. Regulations of sidewalks and curbs. The director of...

Section 24-8-10. - Improvement or reconstruction of railroad crossings. - § 24-8-10. Improvement or reconstruction of railroad crossings. The director...

Section 24-8-11. - Beautification. - § 24-8-11. Beautification. The department of transportation is hereby authorized...

Section 24-8-12. - Contracts — Advertising for bids. - § 24-8-12. Contracts — Advertising for bids. All road construction...

Section 24-8-13. - Contractors’ bond — Forfeiture. - § 24-8-13. Contractors’ bond — Forfeiture. The person whose proposal...

Section 24-8-14. - Repealed. - § 24-8-14. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 982, §...

Section 24-8-15. - Snow and ice removal — Notice of defects. - § 24-8-15. Snow and ice removal — Notice of defects....

Section 24-8-16. - Repealed. - § 24-8-16. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1904, §...

Section 24-8-17. - Determination and payment of appropriations to the state, cities, and towns. - § 24-8-17. Determination and payment of appropriations to the state,...

Section 24-8-18. - Use of sums appropriated — Annual report. - § 24-8-18. Use of sums appropriated — Annual report. The...

Section 24-8-19. - Designation and maintenance of detours. - § 24-8-19. Designation and maintenance of detours. (a) Whenever it...

Section 24-8-20. - Location of fuel pumps adjacent to highway. - § 24-8-20. Location of fuel pumps adjacent to highway. No...

Section 24-8-21. - Jurisdiction of bridges on state highways. - § 24-8-21. Jurisdiction of bridges on state highways. All bridges...

Section 24-8-22. - Examination and repair or construction of bridges. - § 24-8-22. Examination and repair or construction of bridges. The...

Section 24-8-23. - Cost of construction or repair of bridges used by public utilities. - § 24-8-23. Cost of construction or repair of bridges used...

Section 24-8-24. - Bridges incorporated into state system — Responsibility for maintenance. - § 24-8-24. Bridges incorporated into state system — Responsibility for...

Section 24-8-25. - Bringing new bridges into state system. - § 24-8-25. Bringing new bridges into state system. Any bridge...

Section 24-8-26. - Removal of snow and ice from bridges — Notice of defects. - § 24-8-26. Removal of snow and ice from bridges —...

Section 24-8-27. - “Bridge” defined — Responsibility for smaller structures. - § 24-8-27. “Bridge” defined — Responsibility for smaller structures. The...

Section 24-8-28. - Repealed. - § 24-8-28. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 97, §...

Section 24-8-29. - Succession of director to stone bridge commissioner. - § 24-8-29. Succession of director to stone bridge commissioner. Whenever...

Section 24-8-30. - Red Bridge exempt. - § 24-8-30. Red Bridge exempt. Red Bridge, lying between Providence...

Section 24-8-31. - Federal aid rights preserved. - § 24-8-31. Federal aid rights preserved. The provisions of this...

Section 24-8-32. - Drainage of surface water. - § 24-8-32. Drainage of surface water. Whenever any culvert, drain,...

Section 24-8-33. - Connection into drainage system. - § 24-8-33. Connection into drainage system. It shall be unlawful...

Section 24-8-34. - Regulation of access. - § 24-8-34. Regulation of access. (a) The legislature recognizes the...

Section 24-8-35. - Damage caused by potholes — Claims against the state. - § 24-8-35. Damage caused by potholes — Claims against the...

Section 24-8-36. - Right to administrative appeal. - § 24-8-36. Right to administrative appeal. Any person, firm, or...

Section 24-8-37. - Penalties. - § 24-8-37. Penalties. Any person, firm, corporation, or municipality who...

Section 24-8-38. - Bristol road striping. - § 24-8-38. Bristol road striping. The state shall on or...

Section 24-8-39. - Exit ramp control devices for divided highways. - § 24-8-39. Exit ramp control devices for divided highways. The...

Section 24-8-40. - Woonsocket Lincoln Industrial Highway. - § 24-8-40. Woonsocket Lincoln Industrial Highway. State highway ninety-nine (99)...

Section 24-8-41. - David Spicer Bridge. - § 24-8-41. David Spicer Bridge. That part of Route 95...

Section 24-8-42. - Emergency management — Lane clearance. - § 24-8-42. Emergency management — Lane clearance. (a) Whenever any...

Section 24-8-43. - Alteration of roadways. - § 24-8-43. Alteration of roadways. (a) Any person, firm or...

Section 24-8-44. - Gainer Dam bridge and roadway. - § 24-8-44. Gainer Dam bridge and roadway. The department of...

Section 24-8-45. - Steel plate use. - § 24-8-45. Steel plate use. (a) The director of the...

Chapter 24-8.1 - Relocation of Utility Services

Section 24-8.1-1. - Declaration of policy. - § 24-8.1-1. Declaration of policy. The general assembly hereby finds...

Section 24-8.1-2. - Relocation of utility facilities necessitated by highway construction. - § 24-8.1-2. Relocation of utility facilities necessitated by highway construction....

Section 24-8.1-2.1. - Relocation necessitated by sewer construction. - § 24-8.1-2.1. Relocation necessitated by sewer construction. Notwithstanding any provision...

Section 24-8.1-3. - “Utility facilities” defined. - § 24-8.1-3. “Utility facilities” defined. For the purposes of this...

Section 24-8.1-3.1. - “As built” plans required. - § 24-8.1-3.1. “As built” plans required. Each utility shall submit...

Section 24-8.1-4. - “Costs of relocation” defined. - § 24-8.1-4. “Costs of relocation” defined. For the purposes of...

Section 24-8.1-5. - Public utility and other acts unaffected. - § 24-8.1-5. Public utility and other acts unaffected. Nothing contained...

Chapter 24-9 - Storm Emergency Account

Section 24-9-1. - Purpose of chapter. - § 24-9-1. Purpose of chapter. While appropriations adequate to meet...

Section 24-9-2. - Emergency account established. - § 24-9-2. Emergency account established. There is hereby established a...

Section 24-9-3. - Emergency expenditures. - § 24-9-3. Emergency expenditures. Whenever any extreme climatic phenomena or...

Section 24-9-4. - Payments from emergency account. - § 24-9-4. Payments from emergency account. All obligations and expenses...

Section 24-9-5. - Liberal construction — Powers additional. - § 24-9-5. Liberal construction — Powers additional. The provisions of...

Chapter 24-10 - Freeways

Section 24-10-1. - “Freeway” defined. - § 24-10-1. “Freeway” defined. A “freeway” is a way especially...

Section 24-10-2. - Jurisdiction over freeways. - § 24-10-2. Jurisdiction over freeways. The director of transportation shall...

Section 24-10-3. - Extinguishment of easements — Regulation of access. - § 24-10-3. Extinguishment of easements — Regulation of access. Where...

Section 24-10-4. - Commercial enterprises prohibited. - § 24-10-4. Commercial enterprises prohibited. No commercial enterprise involving the...

Section 24-10-5. - Fuel and service facilities adjacent to freeways. - § 24-10-5. Fuel and service facilities adjacent to freeways. (a)...

Section 24-10-6. - Chapter supplemental. - § 24-10-6. Chapter supplemental. This chapter shall be considered supplementary...

Section 24-10-7 - — 24-10-16. Repealed. - § 24-10-7 — 24-10-16. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch....

Section 24-10-17. - Soliciting rides in motor vehicles. - § 24-10-17. Soliciting rides in motor vehicles. (a) Any person...

Section 24-10-18. - Backing up prohibited. - § 24-10-18. Backing up prohibited. Any person who backs up...

Section 24-10-19. - Advertising motor vehicles for sale on state highways. - § 24-10-19. Advertising motor vehicles for sale on state highways....

Section 24-10-20. - Park and ride lots. - § 24-10-20. Park and ride lots. Park and ride lots,...

Chapter 24-10.1 - Outdoor Advertising

Section 24-10.1-1. - Declaration of policy. - § 24-10.1-1. Declaration of policy. In order to prevent unreasonable...

Section 24-10.1-2. - Definitions. - § 24-10.1-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Information...

Section 24-10.1-3. - Limitations of outdoor advertising devices. - § 24-10.1-3. Limitations of outdoor advertising devices. No outdoor advertising...

Section 24-10.1-4. - Regulation of advertising. - § 24-10.1-4. Regulation of advertising. The director of transportation is...

Section 24-10.1-5. - Removal of nonconforming advertising. - § 24-10.1-5. Removal of nonconforming advertising. Any sign, display, or...

Section 24-10.1-6. - Compensation for removal of advertising. - § 24-10.1-6. Compensation for removal of advertising. (a) Any person,...

Section 24-10.1-7. - Unlawful advertising. - § 24-10.1-7. Unlawful advertising. Any advertising device which violates the...

Section 24-10.1-8. - Penalty. - § 24-10.1-8. Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation, or association who...

Section 24-10.1-9. - Interpretation. - § 24-10.1-9. Interpretation. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be...

Section 24-10.1-10. - Advertising in safety rest areas. - § 24-10.1-10. Advertising in safety rest areas. In order to...

Section 24-10.1-11. - Agreements with the United States authorized. - § 24-10.1-11. Agreements with the United States authorized. The director...

Section 24-10.1-12. - Severability. - § 24-10.1-12. Severability. If any section, clause, or provision of...

Chapter 24-11 - Jamestown Ferry [Repealed.]

Section 24-11-1 - — 24-11-29. Repealed. - § 24-11-1 — 24-11-29. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch....

Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority

Section 24-12-1. - Definitions. - § 24-12-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following...

Section 24-12-2. - Authority created — Composition. - § 24-12-2. Authority created — Composition. There is hereby created...

Section 24-12-3. - Appointment of authority members — Oath of office. - § 24-12-3. Appointment of authority members — Oath of office....

Section 24-12-4. - Officers of authority — Quorum — Reimbursement of expenses of members. - § 24-12-4. Officers of authority — Quorum — Reimbursement of...

Section 24-12-5. - Power to construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, maintain, repair, operate or manage projects or additional facilities and to issue bonds. - § 24-12-5. Power to construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, maintain, repair,...

Section 24-12-6. - Grants or leases of state or municipal lands. - § 24-12-6. Grants or leases of state or municipal lands....

Section 24-12-7. - Revenue bonds not a debt of the state. - § 24-12-7. Revenue bonds not a debt of the state....

Section 24-12-8. - Expenses limited to funds provided. - § 24-12-8. Expenses limited to funds provided. All expenses incurred...

Section 24-12-9. - Powers of authority. - § 24-12-9. Powers of authority. (a) The authority is hereby...

Section 24-12-10. - Eminent domain power. - § 24-12-10. Eminent domain power. The authority shall have the...

Section 24-12-11. - Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement of amount offered. - § 24-12-11. Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement...

Section 24-12-12. - Taking of possession of lands. - § 24-12-12. Taking of possession of lands. Upon the filing...

Section 24-12-13. - Deposits in court on eminent domain — Notice to owners — Agreement as to price. - § 24-12-13. Deposits in court on eminent domain — Notice...

Section 24-12-14. - Jury trial on price of land. - § 24-12-14. Jury trial on price of land. Any owner...

Section 24-12-15. - Representation of incompetent landowners. - § 24-12-15. Representation of incompetent landowners. If any lands, or...

Section 24-12-16. - Repayment of excess deposits. - § 24-12-16. Repayment of excess deposits. Whenever from time to...

Section 24-12-17. - Expediting proceedings — Land devoted to public use — Outstanding interests. - § 24-12-17. Expediting proceedings — Land devoted to public use...

Section 24-12-18. - Bonds. - § 24-12-18. Bonds. (a) Issuance and sale of revenue bonds....

Section 24-12-19. - Use of bond proceeds — Supplementary issues — Surplus proceeds. - § 24-12-19. Use of bond proceeds — Supplementary issues —...

Section 24-12-20. - Interim receipts or temporary bonds — Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds — Proceedings required by chapter exclusive. - § 24-12-20. Interim receipts or temporary bonds — Replacement of...

Section 24-12-21. - Retirement of outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of Jamestown Bridge commission. - § 24-12-21. Retirement of outstanding bridge revenue refunding bonds of...

Section 24-12-22. - Purchase of Jamestown-Newport ferry franchise. - § 24-12-22. Purchase of Jamestown-Newport ferry franchise. In the event...

Section 24-12-23. - Maintenance of Jamestown-Newport ferry service. - § 24-12-23. Maintenance of Jamestown-Newport ferry service. Until the Newport...

Section 24-12-24. - Pension fund for ferry company employees. - § 24-12-24. Pension fund for ferry company employees. The town...

Section 24-12-25. - Trust agreement. - § 24-12-25. Trust agreement. In the discretion of the authority...

Section 24-12-26. - Power to collect tolls and charges — Gasoline and service concessions. - § 24-12-26. Power to collect tolls and charges — Gasoline...

Section 24-12-27. - Amount of tolls. - § 24-12-27. Amount of tolls. Tolls shall be so fixed...

Section 24-12-28. - Revenues pledged to sinking fund. - § 24-12-28. Revenues pledged to sinking fund. To the extent...

Section 24-12-29. - Trust funds — Trustee. - § 24-12-29. Trust funds — Trustee. All money received pursuant...

Section 24-12-30. - Remedies of bondholders. - § 24-12-30. Remedies of bondholders. Any holder of bonds issued...

Section 24-12-31. - Tax exemption. - § 24-12-31. Tax exemption. The exercise of the powers granted...

Section 24-12-32. - Eligibility of bonds for investment. - § 24-12-32. Eligibility of bonds for investment. Bonds issued by...

Section 24-12-33. - Negotiability of bonds. - § 24-12-33. Negotiability of bonds. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing...

Section 24-12-34. - Refunding bonds. - § 24-12-34. Refunding bonds. The authority is hereby authorized to...

Section 24-12-35. - Resolutions of authority. - § 24-12-35. Resolutions of authority. Any action taken by the...

Section 24-12-36. - Annual report and audit. - § 24-12-36. Annual report and audit. Within the first ninety...

Section 24-12-37. - Penalty for nonpayment of toll — Toll violators and toll evaders. - § 24-12-37. Penalty for nonpayment of toll — Toll violators...

Section 24-12-37.1. - [Repealed.] - § 24-12-37.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 383, §...

Section 24-12-37.2. - Driver/registered owner liability. - § 24-12-37.2. Driver/registered owner liability. (a) The registered owner of...

Section 24-12-38. - Covenant against competition. - § 24-12-38. Covenant against competition. The state covenants and agrees...

Section 24-12-39. - Transfer of projects to state — Dissolution of authority. - § 24-12-39. Transfer of projects to state — Dissolution of...

Section 24-12-40. - Dissolution of Jamestown Bridge commission — Bridge to become toll free portion of state highway system — Covenants with bondholders. - § 24-12-40. Dissolution of Jamestown Bridge commission — Bridge to...

Section 24-12-40A. - Title to Mount Hope Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority — Continuation of tolls. - § 24-12-40A. Title to Mount Hope Bridge vested in Rhode...

Section 24-12-40B. - Certain bonds guaranteed by state. - § 24-12-40B. Certain bonds guaranteed by state. (a) The authority...

Section 24-12-40C. - Additional state guaranteed and revenue bonds for Newport Bridge. - § 24-12-40C. Additional state guaranteed and revenue bonds for Newport...

Section 24-12-40D. - Additional state guaranteed bonds for Newport Bridge. - § 24-12-40D. Additional state guaranteed bonds for Newport Bridge. Notwithstanding...

Section 24-12-40E. - State guaranteed bonds — General provision. - § 24-12-40E. State guaranteed bonds — General provision. All payments...

Section 24-12-40F. - Title to Sakonnet River Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and Bridge authority — Institution of tolls. - § 24-12-40F. Title to Sakonnet River Bridge vested in Rhode...

Section 24-12-40G. - Title to Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge vested in Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority. - § 24-12-40G. Title to Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge vested in Rhode...

Section 24-12-41. - Severability. - § 24-12-41. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable,...

Section 24-12-42. - Narragansett Bay Bridge authority obligations. - § 24-12-42. Narragansett Bay Bridge authority obligations. All obligations of...

Section 24-12-43. - Repealed. - § 24-12-43. Repealed. History of Section.G.L., § 24-12-43, as enacted...

Section 24-12-44. - Construction of connecting highways. - § 24-12-44. Construction of connecting highways. As the construction of...

Section 24-12-44A, 24-12-44B. - Repealed. - § 24-12-44A, 24-12-44B. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 165,...

Section 24-12-45. - Liberal construction. - § 24-12-45. Liberal construction. This chapter, being necessary for the...

Section 24-12-46. - Severability. - § 24-12-46. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable...

Section 24-12-47. - Inconsistent laws inapplicable. - § 24-12-47. Inconsistent laws inapplicable. All other general or special...

Section 24-12-48. - Provision for severance benefits. - § 24-12-48. Provision for severance benefits. In the event revenue...

Section 24-12-49. - Declaration of policy — Preventing economic harm to the town of Jamestown. - § 24-12-49. Declaration of policy — Preventing economic harm to...

Section 24-12-50. - Relationship to department of transportation. - § 24-12-50. Relationship to department of transportation. (a) The department...

Section 24-12-51. - The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge. - § 24-12-51. The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge. Any bridge constructed in...

Section 24-12-51.1. - Former Jamestown Verrazano Bridge — Public fishing area. - § 24-12-51.1. Former Jamestown Verrazano Bridge — Public fishing area....

Section 24-12-52. - Succotash Road Bridge. - § 24-12-52. Succotash Road Bridge. The Succotash Road Bridge in...

Section 24-12-53. - William E. Powers Memorial Bridge. - § 24-12-53. William E. Powers Memorial Bridge. The bridge on...

Section 24-12-54. - Alfred U. Menard Memorial Bridge. - § 24-12-54. Alfred U. Menard Memorial Bridge. The route 99...

Section 24-12-55. - The Claiborne Pell Bridge. - § 24-12-55. The Claiborne Pell Bridge. The Newport Bridge shall...

Section 24-12-56. - Honorable John F. Conley Bridge. - § 24-12-56. Honorable John F. Conley Bridge. The Greenwood Avenue...

Section 24-12-57. - General George S. Greene Memorial Bridge. - § 24-12-57. General George S. Greene Memorial Bridge. The bridge...

Section 24-12-58. - Robert E. Rowan, P.E. Bridge. - § 24-12-58. Robert E. Rowan, P.E. Bridge. The Crawford Street...

Section 24-12-59. - Bondholders’ rights not to be affected by the state. - § 24-12-59. Bondholders’ rights not to be affected by the...

Chapter 24-13 - Mount Hope Bridge Authority [Repealed.]

Section 24-13-1 - — 24-13-32. Repealed. - § 24-13-1 — 24-13-32. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch....

Chapter 24-14 - Junkyard Control Act

Section 24-14-1. - Short title. - § 24-14-1. Short title. This act may be cited as...

Section 24-14-2. - Declaration of policy. - § 24-14-2. Declaration of policy. For the purpose of promoting...

Section 24-14-3. - Definitions. - § 24-14-3. Definitions. (a) “Automobile junkyard” means any establishment or...

Section 24-14-4. - Junkyards prohibited. - § 24-14-4. Junkyards prohibited. No person, firm, corporation or association...

Section 24-14-5. - Junkyards lawfully in existence. - § 24-14-5. Junkyards lawfully in existence. Any junkyard lawfully in...

Section 24-14-6. - Requirement as to screening. - § 24-14-6. Requirement as to screening. The director of transportation...

Section 24-14-7. - Authority to acquire interest in land for removal and screening of junkyards. - § 24-14-7. Authority to acquire interest in land for removal...

Section 24-14-8. - Injunction. - § 24-14-8. Injunction. The director of transportation may make application...

Section 24-14-9. - Penalties. - § 24-14-9. Penalties. (a) It shall be a misdemeanor to...

Section 24-14-10. - Interpretation. - § 24-14-10. Interpretation. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed...

Section 24-14-11. - Agreements with the United States authorized. - § 24-14-11. Agreements with the United States authorized. The director...

Section 24-14-12. - Severability. - § 24-14-12. Severability. If any section, clause or provision of...

Chapter 24-15 - Scenic Highways

Section 24-15-1. - Purpose. - § 24-15-1. Purpose. In order to create and preserve rustic...

Section 24-15-2. - Definitions. - § 24-15-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Board”...

Section 24-15-3. - Designation as a scenic highway. - § 24-15-3. Designation as a scenic highway. The director, or...

Section 24-15-4. - Withdrawal of highways from scenic highways system. - § 24-15-4. Withdrawal of highways from scenic highways system. After...

Section 24-15-5. - Joint jurisdiction of highways. - § 24-15-5. Joint jurisdiction of highways. Highways under the joint...

Section 24-15-6. - Local authority. - § 24-15-6. Local authority. The director and the municipalities and...

Section 24-15-7. - Funding. - § 24-15-7. Funding. State aid for scenic highways shall be...

Section 24-15-8. - Scenic highways marking signs — State payment. - § 24-15-8. Scenic highways marking signs — State payment. The...

Section 24-15-9. - Rules and standards. - § 24-15-9. Rules and standards. The board shall promulgate rules...

Section 24-15-10. - Creation of board. - § 24-15-10. Creation of board. There is hereby authorized, created...

Section 24-15-10.1. - Chair, quorum and removal for cause. - § 24-15-10.1. Chair, quorum and removal for cause. (a) Upon...

Section 24-15-10.2. - Powers and duties. - § 24-15-10.2. Powers and duties. In addition to the duties...

Chapter 24-16 - Safe Access to Public Roads

Section 24-16-1. - Legislative findings. - § 24-16-1. Legislative findings. It is hereby found and declared...

Section 24-16-2. - Complete street design. - § 24-16-2. Complete street design. (a) When the state of...

Section 24-16-3. - Reports. - § 24-16-3. Reports. (a) No later than two (2) years...

Section 24-16-4. - Department of transportation consultation. - § 24-16-4. Department of transportation consultation. In the project development...

Chapter 24-17 - East Bay Bridge System Act of 2012

Section 24-17-1. - Short title. - § 24-17-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 24-17-2. - Legislative findings. - § 24-17-2. Legislative findings. The general assembly finds that: (1)...

Section 24-17-3. - East Bay Infrastructure fund established. - § 24-17-3. East Bay Infrastructure fund established. (a) There is...

Chapter 24-18 - Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund

Section 24-18-1. - Short title. - § 24-18-1. Short title. This act shall be known and...

Section 24-18-2. - Legislative findings. - § 24-18-2. Legislative findings. The general assembly finds and declares...

Section 24-18-3. - Definitions. - § 24-18-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following...

Section 24-18-4. - Establishment of the municipal road and bridge revolving fund. - § 24-18-4. Establishment of the municipal road and bridge revolving...

Section 24-18-5. - Administration. - § 24-18-5. Administration. (a) The agency shall have all the...

Section 24-18-6. - Payment of state funds. - § 24-18-6. Payment of state funds. (a) Subject to the...

Section 24-18-7. - Procedure for project approval. - § 24-18-7. Procedure for project approval. (a) By September 1,...

Section 24-18-8. - Inspection of approved projects. - § 24-18-8. Inspection of approved projects. For any approved project,...

Section 24-18-9. - Expenses incurred by the department. - § 24-18-9. Expenses incurred by the department. In order to...

Section 24-18-10. - Severability. - § 24-18-10. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

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Title 24 - Highways