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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0057 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000393 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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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 -- SIDEWALKS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Rogers, Ciccone, LaMountain, DiPalma, Tikoian, Burke, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Pearson, McKenney, de la Cruz, and Paolino |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: January 23, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 24-7-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 24-7 entitled "Sidewalks" is 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 24-7-8. Sidewalks along state highways. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be held to oust the state of jurisdiction over any such 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | sidewalks and curbing as may be made, laid, or constructed upon state highways within a town, but 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | no sidewalks or curbing on state highways shall be made, laid, or constructed without the approval 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the director of transportation first being had and obtained as to the feasibility, location, type, and 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | time of construction. 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) All maintenance of sidewalks along state highways shall be the responsibility of the 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | state with the exception of snow and ice removal on those sidewalks. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Section 24-8-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 24-8 entitled "Construction 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and Maintenance of State Roads" is hereby amended to read as follows: 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 24-8-6. Authority for sidewalks and curbs. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) The director of transportation shall have the power and authority to make, lay in and 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | upon, and construct sidewalks, including curbs, adjacent to and along either or any one side or both 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | sides of any state road, now constructed, in the process of construction, or to be constructed, which 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | in his or her opinion and judgment require sidewalks and curbs for pedestrian travel. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) All maintenance of sidewalks along state highways shall be the responsibility of the 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | state with the exception of snow and ice removal on those sidewalks. 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | LC000393 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 53 | 53 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 54 | 54 | | OF |
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| 55 | 55 | | A N A C T |
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| 56 | 56 | | RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- SIDEWALKS |
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| 57 | 57 | | *** |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would require that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state. 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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