Rhode Island General Laws 46-25-3. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning:
(1) “Administrative penalty” means a monetary penalty not to exceed the civil penalty specified in § 46-25-25.2.
(2) “Commission” means the Narragansett Bay commission. Whenever in any general or public law, reference is made to the “Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission” the reference refers to and means the Narragansett Bay Commission.
(3) “Compliance schedule” means a schedule of remedial measures including an enforceable sequence of actions, or operations leading to compliance with an effluent limitation or any other limitation, prohibition, or standard.
(4) “Fund” means the Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission fund to be held by the commission.
(5) “Narragansett Bay water quality management district” means and includes:
(i) The city of Providence and those portions of the city of Cranston and portions of the towns of Johnston, North Providence, and Lincoln formerly served by the city of Providence sewage treatment system as well as the cities of East Providence, Pawtucket, and Central Falls, the towns of Lincoln and Cumberland, and that portion of the town of Smithfield lying northeast of the Douglas Pike, also called state route No. 7;
(ii) Any other portions of those municipalities as may by resolution request to be served by the district and which are accepted by the commission as part of the district; and
(iii) Any other cities or towns or districts in Rhode Island or portions thereof as may, from time to time, join the district pursuant to agreement with the commission, providing for the acquisition of the sewage treatment facilities of such city, town, or district, or the merger and consolidation of such district into the commission, or the management and operation of the sewage treatment facilities of such city, town or district by the commission.
(6) “Notes” as used in § 46-25-51 — § 46-25-67 mean the notes, securities, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter in anticipation of receiving user fees or state or federal funds, all of which shall be issued under the name of and known as obligations of the Narragansett Bay water quality management district.
(7) “Person” means and includes an individual, firm, partnership, association, and private or municipal corporation and federal or state agencies.
(8) “Pollutant” means the same as defined in § 46-12-1.
(9) “Pollution” means the same as defined in § 46-12-1.
(10) “Project” means the Narragansett Bay water quality management district project, and shall include the acquisition, ownership, design, operation, construction, repair, rehabilitation, improvement, development, sale, lease or disposition of, or the provision of financing for, any sewage treatment facility.
(11) “Revenue bonds and notes” as used in § 46-25-58 — § 46-25-67, mean and include the bonds, notes, securities, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued by the commission pursuant to § 46-25-58 — § 46-25-67, all of which shall be issued under the name of or known as obligations of the Narragansett Bay commission and shall be secured solely by the revenues provided therein.
(12) “Sewage” means the same as “pollutant” as defined in § 46-12-1.
(13) “Sewage treatment facilities” means any sewage treatment plant, structure, combined sewer overflows, equipment, interceptors, mains, and pumping stations, or other property, real, personal, or mixed, for the treatment, storage, collection, transporting, or disposal of sewage, or any property or system to be used in whole or in part for any of the aforesaid purposes, or any other property or system incidental to, or which has to do with, or the end purpose of which is any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the term shall not include any system of lateral sewers within a municipality.
(14) “Source” means any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is or may be the discharge of pollutants.
(15) “Water supplier” means any person, including a municipal water department or agency, public water system, special water district, or private water company engaged in the distribution of water for potable purposes.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 91, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 3; P.L. 1987, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 46, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 557, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 365, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 282, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 309, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 108, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 397, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 278, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 307, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 46-25-3
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
- User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.