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	2014 -- S 2442
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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 WATERS AND NAVIGATION - PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
	SYSTEM PROTECTION

	Introduced By: Senator V. SusanSosnowski
	Date Introduced: February 27, 2014
	Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture
	(by request)
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 46-15.3-25 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-15.3 entitled "Public
2	Drinking Water Supply System Protection" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	46-15.3-25. Transfer of charges to Rhode Island clean water finance agency. --
4	Transfer of charges. -- Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, upon the
5	dissolution of the water resources board (corporate) pursuant to section 46-15.1-22, any charges
6	previously remitted to the water resources board (corporate) pursuant to this chapter shall be
7	remitted to the Rhode Island clean water finance agency, a body politic and corporate and public
8	instrumentality of the state established pursuant to chapter 46-12-2 maintained by each supplier to
9	support each supplier's water quality protection program.
10	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
	SYSTEM PROTECTION
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1	This act would provide that upon dissolution of the water resources board (corporate)
2	charges previously remitted to the board would be mandated by each supplier to support water
3	quality protection programs.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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