2015 -- S 0973

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF

PROPERTY

     Introduced By: Senators Walaska, Paiva Weed, McCaffrey, and Lynch

     Date Introduced: June 04, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     (Environmental Management)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 37-7-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-7 entitled "Management

and Disposal of Property" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     37-7-9. Concessions, leases, and licenses -- Reports. -- (a) The acquiring authority, with

the approval of the state properties committee, is authorized and empowered when it shall serve

the public purpose to grant concessions in or to lease or license any land or building or structure,

a part or portion of any governmental facility, public work, or public improvement for industrial

or commercial purposes for a term or terms not exceeding in the aggregate in any one case twenty

(20) years; provided, however, that real property, buildings, and facilities owned by the state at

the Port of Galilee may be leased for a term of up to forty (40) years for commercial fishing

industry-related purposes, and provided further, however, that certain real property, buildings,

and facilities owned by the state located on Indian Point with a 2012 address of 25 India Street in

the city of Providence may be leased for a term of up to forty (40) years for commercial, public

recreation, marina, and redevelopment purposes,; provided, however, that real property, buildings

and facilities owned by the department of environmental management may be leased for a term

not to exceed forty (40) years for the purpose of facilitating private investment in buildings or

infrastructure for public recreation or to develop or sustain a natural resource based industry and

where the useful life of the investment exceeds twenty-five (25) years; and provided further,

however, that certain real properties, buildings, and facilities owned by the state in the city of

Providence known as the Union Station properties, which properties have been conveyed from

time to time to the state by the consolidated rail corporation and others, may be leased for a term

of up to forty (40) years for office, commercial, service, transportation, or other related purposes;

and provided further, however, that real property, buildings, and facilities owned by the state may

be leased for a term of up to forty (40) years for the development of cogeneration projects which

involve the simultaneous generation of electricity and thermal energy (steam and hot water) and

for eligible renewable energy resources as defined in subdivisions 39-26-5(a)(i) through (v); and

further provided, however, that in the event of a mobile home lease agreement, or site lease

agreement, wherein such mobile home is contiguous to a resident owned mobile home park, the

State Properties Committee may enter into a lease or grant concessions to or license any land or

building for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years and provided further, however, that real

property, buildings, and facilities owned by the state may be leased for a term of up to ninety-nine

(99) years for the development of railroad layover facilities, contingent on the lease requiring the

lessee to provide commuter rail service within the state of Rhode Island, as set forth by the state

and provided further however, that real property, buildings and facilities owned by the state at the

Quonset State Airport may be leased to the United States Air Force for a term not to exceed forty

(40) years for the purpose of making improvements to infrastructure thereon. All agreements,

contracts, and other instruments granting concessions or leasing or licensing facilities shall

contain such conditions, rules, restrictions, and regulations as the state purchasing agent shall

deem suitable or necessary, and shall be approved as to substance by the director of

administration and as to form by the attorney general.

      (b) Whenever property which is subject to the provisions of this chapter is leased by the

state, the lessee shall report on a semi-annual basis the amount of income revenue generated by

the leased property. The report shall be made to the state properties commission and copies shall

be provided to both the house and senate fiscal staffs and the governor. These requirements shall

be contained in the lease between the lessor and the lessee with approval of the state properties

committee.

     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 PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF

PROPERTY

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     This act would authorize the department of environmental management to lease state

property owned by it for a term of forty (40) years for public recreation or for natural resource

based industry with a useful life in excess of twenty-five (25) years.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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