Rhode Island General Laws 39-6.1-15. Purchase of rolling stock, equipment, and machinery
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The department is authorized to purchase any railroad rolling stock, equipment, and machinery necessary for the operation and maintenance of any rail properties purchased by it on behalf of the state, with any funds made available for this purpose. The department may also acquire, and have available, a pool of equipment and machinery that may be utilized by the operators of the rail properties for the purpose of track maintenance, and other related railroad activities, upon terms and conditions determined by the department.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 28, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-6.1-15
- Department: means the department of transportation or other appropriate state agency of this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-6.1-1
- Rail properties: means assets or rights, both real and personal, owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by a railroad that are used or useful in providing rail transportation service. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-6.1-1
- Railroad: means and includes every railroad other than a street railway, by whatsoever power, operated for public use in the conveyance in this state of persons or property for compensation, with all bridges, ferries, tunnels, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, wharves, and terminal facilities of every kind, used, operated, controlled, leased, or owned by or in connection with any railroad. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2