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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0221 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001667 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- MUNICIPAL ROADS AND BRIDGES MAINTENA NCE |
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| 16 | 16 | | AND CONSTRUCTION FIN ANCIAL ASSISTANCE |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Rogers, Zurier, de la Cruz, DeLuca, and Paolino |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 31-6-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-6 entitled "Registration 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Fees" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 31-6-13. Disposition of fees. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Fifty percent (50%) of all All fees collected under chapters 1 -- 27 of this title shall be paid 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | into the hands of the general treasurer to be credited to the general funds of the state, with the 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | remaining fifty percent (50%) to be credited to the "municipal roads and bridges maintenance and 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | construction fund" established by ยง 24-5-3.1. 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 24-5 of the General Laws entitled "Maintenance of Town Highways" 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 24-5-3.1. Municipal roads and bridges maintenance and construction fund. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | There is hereby created a municipal roads and bridges maintenance and construction fund 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to be utilized to fund the safe and serviceable condition of the state's local roads and bridges. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Annually, fifty percent (50%) of all motor vehicle registration fees collected by the state shall be 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | forwarded to the municipal roads and bridges maintenance and construction fund. These earmarked 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | funds shall be controlled and administered by the director of the department of transportation. They 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | shall be apportioned and distributed to all municipalities, based upon a formula fashioned by the 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | director, factoring in the cities' and towns' populations, number of registered motor vehicles and 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | local road mileage. How the distributed funds shall be spent shall be expressly set by the director. 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | LC001667 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 51 | 51 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 52 | 52 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 53 | 53 | | OF |
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| 54 | 54 | | A N A C T |
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| 55 | 55 | | RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- MUNICIPAL ROADS AND BRIDGES MAINTENANCE |
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| 56 | 56 | | AND CONSTRUCTION FIN ANCIAL ASSISTANCE |
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| 57 | 57 | | *** |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would establish a new fund, with fifty percent (50%) of the collected state motor 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | vehicle registration fees, to be administered by the director of the department of transportation, and 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | earmarked for municipal road and bridges maintenance and construction projects. 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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