2014 – S 2697 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 04/09/14
A N A C T
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY
Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Felag, DaPonte, Ottiano, and Bates
Date Introduced: March 05, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 24-12-40.F of the General Laws in Chapter 24-12 entitled "Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority" is hereby amended to read as follows:
24-12-40.F. Title to Sakonnet River Bridge vested in Rhode Island
turnpike and Bridge authority -- Institution of tolls. -- All
powers, control, and jurisdiction of and title to the Sakonnet River Bridge is
authorized to be transferred to the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority.
Beginning August 19, 2013, the authority may charge and collect tolls for the
use of the Sakonnet River Bridge to provide funds sufficient with any other
monies available therefor for paying the costs of acquiring, leasing,
maintaining, repairing, and operating, the Jamestown Verrazzano
Bridge, the Mount Hope Bridge, the Newport Bridge, and the Sakonnet
River Bridge, the turnpike, and additional facilities. Provided,
however, until April 1, 2014 May 15, 2014, the toll imposed on the Sakonnet
River Bridge shall not exceed ten cents ($0.10).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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