Chapter 19
Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation

Index of Sections

§ 23-19-1. Short title.

§ 23-19-1.1. Mission statement.

§ 23-19-2. Legislative findings.

§ 23-19-3. Declaration of policy.

§ 23-19-4. Legislative purposes of Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation.

§ 23-19-5. Definitions.

§ 23-19-6. Creation, membership, and terms of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation.

§ 23-19-7. Commissioners — Oath of office — Conflict of interest.

§ 23-19-8. Employment of executive director and support services — Books and records.

§ 23-19-9. Purposes of the corporation.

§ 23-19-10. General powers and duties.

§ 23-19-10.1. Construction of gas pipelines.

§ 23-19-10.2. Solid waste disposal facilities — Sites — Eminent domain.

§ 23-19-10.3. Highway construction — Eminent domain.

§ 23-19-11. Planning requirements.

§ 23-19-11.1. Initial resource recovery system development plan.

§ 23-19-11.2. Improvements of the central landfill.

§ 23-19-11.3. Central landfill — Water quality and public health.

§ 23-19-11.4. Initial resource recovery facilities.

§ 23-19-12. Powers of the department of health and the department of environmental management.

§ 23-19-13. Municipal participation in state program.

§ 23-19-13.1. Disposal of solid waste originating outside the state prohibited — Rules and regulations.

§ 23-19-13.2. Disposal of infectious and pathological waste.

§ 23-19-13.3. Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts.

§ 23-19-13.4. Host community assessment committee — Definition — Funding — Powers and duties.

§ 23-19-13.5. Interim rates.

§ 23-19-13.6. Cover materials not permitted.

§ 23-19-14. Bonds and notes of the corporation.

§ 23-19-15. Short term notes.

§ 23-19-16. Security for bonds or notes.

§ 23-19-17. Capital reserve funds and appropriations.

§ 23-19-18. Trust funds.

§ 23-19-19. Remedies of bondholders and noteholders.

§ 23-19-20. Pledge of the state.

§ 23-19-21. Credit of state not pledged.

§ 23-19-22. Notes and bonds as legal investments.

§ 23-19-23. Repealed.

§ 23-19-24. Reporting requirements.

§ 23-19-24.1. Solid waste diversion — Economic impact and strategies reporting.

§ 23-19-25. Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.

§ 23-19-26. Tax exemption.

§ 23-19-27. Severability.

§ 23-19-28. Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.

§ 23-19-28.1. Procedures to enforcement.

§ 23-19-29. Liberal construction.

§ 23-19-30. State central landfill — Annual liquid waste or sludge analysis.

§ 23-19-31. Recycling facility at central landfill.

§ 23-19-32. Grants-in-aid.

§ 23-19-33. Bonus incentive program.

§ 23-19-34. Central landfill buffer zone.

§ 23-19-34.1. Removal of houses — Buffer zone.

§ 23-19-35. Central landfill — Adjoining residential property.

§ 23-19-35.1. Use of acquired property.

§ 23-19-36. Central landfill — Funds for acquisition.

§ 23-19-37. Financial accountability.

§ 23-19-38. Report of the auditor general.

§ 23-19-39. Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected condominium solid waste.

§ 23-19-40. Utilization of buffer zone — Restrictions.

§ 23-19-41. Construction of references.

§ 23-19-42. Tipping fees — Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school district solid waste.