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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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A N A C T
RELATING TO AERONAUT ICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS
Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Bennett, Vella-Wilkinson, Shanley, and
Solomon
Date Introduced: January 27, 2023
Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1-2-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 1-2 entitled "Airports and 1
Landing Fields" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
1-2-17. Payment for compensation for municipal services to the city of Warwick. 3
The Rhode Island airport corporation, from a parking surcharge at the Rhode Island T.F. 4
Green International Airport as defined by a 1988 agreement between the state acting by and through 5
the director of transportation and the city of Warwick, shall pay to the city of Warwick out of the 6
parking revenue received at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport as compensation for 7
municipal services provided at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport a sum of not less than 8
two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) for fiscal year 1994 payable quarterly; for 9
each fiscal year after 1994, this sum may be reviewed or renegotiated, or both, by the mayor of the 10
city of Warwick and the airport corporation, but in no event will the sum be less than five hundred 11
thousand dollars ($500,000) in any fiscal year beginning after 1993 and before 2005, or less than 12
seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) in any fiscal year beginning after 2004, or less 13
than one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) in any fiscal year beginning after 14
2022, provided any payments provided or any portion of these payments is not disapproved by the 15
FAA. In the event that the FAA disapproves this payment from the airport corporation, the state 16
shall pay to the city of Warwick the sums of money required to insure that the city of Warwick 17
receives five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) one million four hundred thousand dollars 18
($1,400,000). 19
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO AERONAUT ICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS
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This act would increase the amount of reimbursement funds required to be paid by the 1
Rhode Island airport corporation to the city of Warwick for municipal services from five hundred 2
thousand dollars ($500,000) to one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000). 3
This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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