§ 24-8.1-2.1 - Relocation necessitated by sewer construction. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 24-8.1-2.1

   § 24-8.1-2.1  Relocation necessitated bysewer construction. – Notwithstanding any provision of law or of any charter or statute, general orspecial, to the contrary, whenever the relocation of utility facilities in thestate, owned by private corporations, private companies, municipalities,political subdivisions, authorities, or agencies of the state, whether withinor without the limits of public ways, shall become necessary in connection witha sewer construction project, for which the state shall be entitled under anylaw of the United States to reimbursement from federal funds for any portion ofthe cost of the project, then the municipality or sewerage district commissionundertaking the project may require the relocation of the utility facilities,and the private corporation, private company, municipality, politicalsubdivision, agencies of the state, or authority owning or operating suchfacilities shall promptly relocate the facilities and the state shall pay thestate and federal share, if eligible, of the cost of the relocation to theutility as part of the cost of the federally aided sewer construction project.