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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0592 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001669 |
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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 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - WATER SUPPLY |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Rogers, E Morgan, and de la Cruz |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 39-15 of the General Laws entitled "Water Supply" is hereby 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 39-15-12.1. Maintenance, operation and delivery of water services. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Any water supplier, defined pursuant to ยง 39-15.1-2, shall be responsible for the 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | maintenance, operation and delivery of water to the lot line of each individual parcel of land 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | contained within a residential subdivision, including any and all costs associated with a pumping 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | station not contained within the residential subdivision, and for any pumping station not contained 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | on school property delivering water to a school. For purposes of this section, any condominium or 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | multi-family parcel of land shall not constitute a residential subdivision. 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | LC001669 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 39 | 39 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 40 | 40 | | OF |
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| 41 | 41 | | A N A C T |
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| 42 | 42 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - WATER SUPPLY |
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| 43 | 43 | | *** |
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| 44 | 44 | | This act would provide that water utility companies be responsible for all costs associated 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | with maintenance, operation and delivery of water to individual parcels of land, including any and 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | all costs associated with a pumping station not contained within the residential subdivision and for 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | any pumping station delivering water to a school not contained on school property. 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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