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Rhode Island General Laws 37-6-1.3. Public disclosure of the management and disposal of property

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(a)  The state properties committee shall prepare and submit to the secretary of state quarterly a list containing:

(1)  Any and all action(s) taken or approval(s) given pursuant to Rhode Island general laws §§ 37-7-1, 37-7-2, 37-7-3, 37-7-5, 37-7-5.1, 37-7-8, and 37-7-9;

(2)  The name(s), including corporate and fictitious name(s), of all parties to any action taken or approval given;

(3)  The location, by number, street, and city/town, along with tax assessor’s plat and lot, of any property effected by any action taken or approval given;

(4)  The amount of payment or reimbursement paid or to be paid in each instance; and

(5)  Location of each document, deed, and/or other instrument of conveyance and demise of land or other real property sold or leased.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 37-6-1.3

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(b)  The secretary of state shall compile, publish, and make available for public inspection all lists prepared in accordance with this chapter.

History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 393, § 1.

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Rhode Island General Laws 37-6.1-3. Purposes for which payments made

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(a) Payments for actual expenses.  Upon application approved by the department of transportation, a person displaced by any state highway project may elect to receive actual reasonable expenses in moving him or herself, his or her family, his or her business, or his or her farm operation, including personal property, for a reasonable distance.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 37-6.1-3

  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(b) Optional payments   — Dwellings. Any displaced person who moves from a dwelling who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (a) of this section may receive:

(1)  A moving expense allowance determined according to a schedule established by the director of transportation, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200); and

(2)  A dislocation allowance of one hundred dollars ($100).

(c) Optional payments   — Business and farm operations. Any displaced person who moves or discontinues his or her business or farm operation who elects to accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section, may receive a fixed relocation payment in an amount equal to the average annual net earnings of the business or farm operation, or five thousand dollars ($5,000), whichever is the lesser. In the case of a business, no payment shall be made under this subsection unless the director of transportation is satisfied that the business (i) cannot be relocated without a substantial loss of its existing patronage, and (ii) is not part of a commercial enterprise having at least one other establishment not being acquired by the state, which is engaged in the same or similar business. For purposes of this subsection, the term “average annual net earnings” means one half (½) of any net earnings of the business or farm operation, before taxes on income or gross receipts, during the two (2) taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year in which the business or farm operation moves from the real property acquired for the project, and includes any compensation paid by the business or farm operation to the owner, his or her spouse, or his or her dependents during the two (2) year period.

History of Section.
P.L. 1963, ch. 90, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-6.1-2; P.L. 1969, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 297, § 1.

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