§ 37-5-1 Roads subject to supervision of department
§ 37-5-2 Maintenance and construction of roads – Regulation of use – Cooperation with other agencies
§ 37-5-3 Airports and aeronautics
§ 37-5-4 State piers – Cooperation in river and harbor development
§ 37-5-5 Repealed
§ 37-5-6 Emergency public works powers
§ 37-5-7 Commuter parking facilities
§ 37-5-7.1 Parking cash-out programs
§ 37-5-8 Transfer of certain interstate route 195 property

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 37-5 - Department of Transportation

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8