Rhode Island General Laws 45-67-14. Alteration, amendment, repeal or severability
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is reserved to the state, but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall operate to retroactively impair the obligation of any contract made or assumed by the utility district under any power conferred by this chapter. If any section, clause, provision, or term of this chapter shall be declared unconstitutional, void, ultra vires, or otherwise ineffective in whole or in part, such determination of invalidity shall not otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2017, ch. 280, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 293, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-67-14
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Utility district: means the Block Island utility district, a quasi-municipal corporation, having a distinct legal existence from the state, established and empowered by this chapter to:
(i) Fulfill electric utility functions, powers, rights, and obligations;
(ii) Exercise certain powers as an electric distribution company and power producer; and
(iii) Provide additional utility services not inconsistent with the duties, powers and obligations of the utility district as defined in this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-67-2