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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Bennett, Vella-Wilkinson, and Solomon

     Date Introduced: February 11, 2022

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 1-2-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 1-2 entitled "Airports and

Landing Fields" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     1-2-17. Payment for compensation for municipal services to the city of Warwick.

     The Rhode Island airport corporation, from a parking surcharge at the Rhode Island T.F.

Green International Airport as defined by a 1988 agreement between the state acting by and through

the director of transportation and the city of Warwick, shall pay to the city of Warwick out of the

parking revenue received at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport as compensation for

municipal services provided at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport a sum of not less than

two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) for fiscal year 1994 payable quarterly; for

each fiscal year after 1994, this sum may be reviewed or renegotiated, or both, by the mayor of the

city of Warwick and the airport corporation, but in no event will the sum be less than five hundred

thousand dollars ($500,000) in any fiscal year beginning after 1993 and before 2005, or less than

seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) in any fiscal year beginning after 2004, or less

than one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) in any fiscal year beginning after

2021, provided any payments provided or any portion of these payments is not disapproved by the

FAA. In the event that the FAA disapproves this payment from the airport corporation, the state

shall pay to the city of Warwick the sums of money required to insure that the city of Warwick

receives five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) one million four hundred thousand dollars

($1,400,000).

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS

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     This act would increase the amount of reimbursement funds required to be paid by the

Rhode Island airport corporation to the city of Warwick for municipal services from five hundred

thousand dollars ($500,000) to one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000).

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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