2022 -- H 7918

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- MUNICIPAL ROADS AND BRIDGES MAINTENANCE

AND CONSTRUCTION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

     Introduced By: Representatives Quattrocchi, Nardone, Roberts, and Filippi

     Date Introduced: March 07, 2022

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-6-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-6 entitled "Registration

Fees" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     31-6-13. Disposition of fees.

     Fifty percent (50%) of all All fees collected under chapters 1 -- 27 of this title shall be paid

into the hands of the general treasurer to be credited to the general funds of the state, with the

remaining fifty percent (50%) to be credited to the "municipal roads and bridges maintenance and

construction fund" established by § 24-5-3.1.

     SECTION 2. Chapter 24-5 of the General Laws entitled "Maintenance of Town Highways"

is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     24-5-3.1. Municipal roads and bridges maintenance and construction fund.

     There is hereby created a municipal roads and bridges maintenance and construction fund

to be utilized to fund the safe and serviceable condition of the state's local roads and bridges.

Annually, fifty percent (50%) of all motor vehicle registration fees collected by the state shall be

forwarded to the municipal roads and bridges maintenance and construction fund. These earmarked

funds shall be controlled and administered by the director of the department of transportation. They

shall be apportioned and distributed to all municipalities, based upon a formula fashioned by the

director, factoring in the cities' and towns' populations, number of registered motor vehicles and

local road mileage. How the distributed funds shall be spent shall be expressly set by the director.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- MUNICIPAL ROADS AND BRIDGES MAINTENANCE

AND CONSTRUCTION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

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     This act would establish a new fund, with fifty percent (50%) of the collected state motor

vehicle registration fees, to be administered by the director of the department of transportation, and

earmarked for municipal road and bridges maintenance and construction projects.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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