§ 23-19-1 Short title
§ 23-19-1.1 Mission statement
§ 23-19-2 Legislative findings
§ 23-19-3 Declaration of policy
§ 23-19-4 Legislative purposes of Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
§ 23-19-5 Definitions
§ 23-19-6 Creation, membership, and terms of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
§ 23-19-7 Commissioners – Oath of office – Conflict of interest
§ 23-19-8 Employment of executive director and support services – Books and records
§ 23-19-9 Purposes of the corporation
§ 23-19-10 General powers and duties
§ 23-19-10.1 Construction of gas pipelines
§ 23-19-10.2 Solid waste disposal facilities – Sites – Eminent domain
§ 23-19-10.3 Highway construction – Eminent domain
§ 23-19-11 Planning requirements
§ 23-19-11.1 Initial resource recovery system development plan
§ 23-19-11.2 Improvements of the central landfill
§ 23-19-11.3 Central landfill – Water quality and public health
§ 23-19-11.4 Initial resource recovery facilities
§ 23-19-12 Powers of the department of health and the department of environmental management
§ 23-19-13 Municipal participation in state program
§ 23-19-13.1 Disposal of solid waste originating outside the state prohibited – Rules and regulations
§ 23-19-13.2 Disposal of infectious and pathological waste
§ 23-19-13.3 Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts
§ 23-19-13.4 Host community assessment committee – Definition – Funding – Powers and duties
§ 23-19-13.5 Interim rates
§ 23-19-13.6 Cover materials not permitted
§ 23-19-14 Bonds and notes of the corporation
§ 23-19-15 Short term notes
§ 23-19-16 Security for bonds or notes
§ 23-19-17 Capital reserve funds and appropriations
§ 23-19-18 Trust funds
§ 23-19-19 Remedies of bondholders and noteholders
§ 23-19-20 Pledge of the state
§ 23-19-21 Credit of state not pledged
§ 23-19-22 Notes and bonds as legal investments
§ 23-19-23 Repealed
§ 23-19-24 Reporting requirements
§ 23-19-24.1 Solid waste diversion – Economic impact and strategies reporting
§ 23-19-25 Authorization to accept appropriated moneys
§ 23-19-26 Tax exemption
§ 23-19-27 Severability
§ 23-19-28 Violations – Sanctions – Injunctive relief
§ 23-19-28.1 Procedures to enforcement
§ 23-19-29 Liberal construction
§ 23-19-30 State central landfill – Annual liquid waste or sludge analysis
§ 23-19-31 Recycling facility at central landfill
§ 23-19-32 Grants-in-aid
§ 23-19-33 Bonus incentive program
§ 23-19-34 Central landfill buffer zone
§ 23-19-34.1 Removal of houses – Buffer zone
§ 23-19-35 Central landfill – Adjoining residential property
§ 23-19-35.1 Use of acquired property
§ 23-19-36 Central landfill – Funds for acquisition
§ 23-19-37 Financial accountability
§ 23-19-38 Report of the auditor general
§ 23-19-39 Tipping fees – Municipal rate for city or town collected condominium solid waste
§ 23-19-40 Utilization of buffer zone – Restrictions
§ 23-19-41 Construction of references
§ 23-19-42 Tipping fees – Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school district solid waste

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
    • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
    • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
    • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation; the word "sworn" includes affirmed; and the word "engaged" includes either sworn or affirmed. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-11
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • town council: include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.