Chapter
320
2006 -- S 2525 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/04/06
A N A
C T
RELATING TO
MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY
Introduced By: Senator
Dennis L. Algiere
Date Introduced: February
09, 2006
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 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 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 lesser and the lessee with approval of the
state properties
committee.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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