2014 -- H 8152 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS | |
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Introduced By: Representative Donna M.Walsh | |
Date Introduced: May 07, 2014 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
(by request) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 45-2-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-2 entitled "General |
2 | Powers" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 45-2-54. Regulation of excavating. -- (a) The town of Middletown is hereby authorized |
4 | to impose upon any excavation activity within the town, including all such activity on rights of |
5 | way but excluding such activity on private land such permit requirements and regulations as are |
6 | necessary to ensure proper review of the excavation plans by town authorities and to require such |
7 | excavation to be conducted with minimum disturbance to surrounding land. |
8 | (b) The town of Middletown is further authorized to require excavation activity permits |
9 | including completion bonds or insurance, if necessary, to guarantee the return of an excavated |
10 | area to the conditions stipulated in the permit process. |
11 | (c) The town of Charlestown is hereby authorized to impose upon any excavation activity |
12 | within the town such licensing and/or permit requirements and regulations as are necessary to |
13 | ensure proper review of the excavation plans by town authorities, to require such excavation to be |
14 | conducted with minimum disturbance to surrounding land uses; and, to require excavation |
15 | activity permits including completion bonds and/or insurance, if necessary, to guarantee the |
16 | return of an excavated area to the conditions stipulated in the permit and/or licensing process. |
17 | (c)(d) Subsections (a), and (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to any department, |
18 | division or agency of the state of Rhode Island. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would authorize the town of Charlestown to regulate excavating. |
2 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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