(a)  Any repaving and repair of a state road required by § 39-2.2-2 shall be to the satisfaction of the director of the department of transportation.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-2.2-3

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Public utility: means and includes every company that is an electric distribution company and every company operating or doing business in intrastate commerce and in this state as a railroad, street railway, common carrier, gas, liquefied natural gas, water, telephone, telegraph, and pipeline company, and every company owning, leasing, maintaining, managing, or controlling any plant or equipment, or any part of any plant or equipment, within this state for manufacturing, producing, transmitting, distributing, delivering, or furnishing natural or manufactured gas, directly or indirectly, to or for the public, or any cars or equipment employed on, or in connection with, any railroad or street railway for public or general use within this state, or any pipes, mains, poles, wires, conduits, fixtures, through, over, across, under, or along any public highways, parkways, or streets, public lands, waters, or parks for the transmission, transportation, or distribution of gas for sale to the public for light, heat, cooling, or power for providing audio or visual telephonic or telegraphic communication service within this state, or any pond, lake, reservoir, stream, well, or distributing plant or system employed for the distribution of water to the consuming public within this state, including the water supply board of the city of Providence; provided, that, except as provided in § 39-16-9 and in P. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2

(b)  All utility work within and/or upon a state road or state right-of-way requires a state utility permit issued by the department of transportation prior to the work commencing. Any public utility or utility facility violating this section for non-emergency utility work without a state utility permit shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) per incident in addition to the required road repaving and repair (restoration).

(c)  As part of the state utility permit requirements:

(1)  The public utility or utility facility shall obtain and submit to the state a performance bond in accordance with the state utility permit application requirements prior to the state utility permit being issued by the department of transportation; and

(2)  The department of transportation will contract with pre-qualified vendors (Master Price Agreement) to conduct state-certified testing and inspection services on all utility work in accordance with the state utility permit requirements, and the public utility or utility facility shall reimburse the department of transportation for these costs.

History of Section.
P.L. 2019, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 234, § 1.