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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 MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND

PRIVILEGES

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Morales, and DeSimone

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2023

     Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 31-28-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-28 entitled "Parking

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Facilities and Privileges" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     31-28-2. Ordinances authorizing parking meters and meter zones.

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     (a) Any town or city council may enact ordinances authorizing the installation, operation,

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maintenance, policing, and supervision of parking meters on the public highways, and fix and

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provide for the payment of a fee for the purpose of parking by requiring the operator of any vehicle

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parking in the zone to deposit in the meter in the zone or adjacent to it, a coin of the United States

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as the council shall determine to be necessary for the purpose of regulating parking. Any fee

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established for parking shall bear a reasonable relation to the actual cost incurred by the town or

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city in the installation, operation, maintenance, policing, and supervision of the parking meter

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system and the parking of motor vehicles on the public highways.

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     (b) The commissioner of public safety for the city of Providence and the council of any

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other city or town may establish parking meter zones for the purpose of regulating the parking of

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motor vehicles on the public highways.

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     (c) Any city or town may establish fees for overnight parking permits within that city or

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town but in no event shall the fees exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) annually for residents of the city or

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town nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for non-residents.

 

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     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 MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND

PRIVILEGES

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     This act would limit the annual fees which may be established by any city or town for

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overnight parking permits to fifty dollars ($50.00) for residents and one hundred dollars ($100) for

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non-residents.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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