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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS

     

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

     Date Introduced: January 27, 2023

     Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

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Landing Fields" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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2022, provided any payments provided or any portion of these payments is not disapproved by the

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

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

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

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($1,400,000).

 

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

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

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

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

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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