Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 31-47.3 - The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• CMAQ: means the federal congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, reauthorized by congress in 2005 by Sections 1101, 1103 and 1808 of the safe, accountable, flexible, efficient transportation equity act: a legacy for users (SAFETEA-LU) (Pub. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractor: means any person contracting directly or indirectly with the state to provide labor, services, materials and/or equipment for the performance of a public works contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• DEM: means the Rhode Island department of environmental management. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• Director: refers to the director of the department of environmental management (DEM). See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• DOT: means the Rhode Island department of transportation. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• Equipment list: means a list of all equipment owned, rented, or leased to be used on site. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fleet owner: means a person, business or the state that owns ten (10) or more heavy duty vehicles operating in Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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}
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• 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 works contract: means a contract with a state agency for a construction program or project involving the construction, demolition, restoration, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, or abatement of any building, structure, tunnel, excavation, roadway, park or bridge; a contract with a state agency regarding the preparation for any construction program or project involving the construction, demolition, restoration, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, or abatement of any building, structure, tunnel, excavation, roadway, park or bridge; or a contract with a state agency for any final work involved in the completion of any construction program or project involving the construction, demolition, restoration, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, or abatement of any building, structure, tunnel, excavation, roadway, park or bridge. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• state: shall mean state agencies or when related to "contractors" in this statute, the "state" shall mean the procuring agency or procuring agent. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• State agency: means each state board, commission, department, or officer, other than quasi-public corporations, the legislature or the courts, authorized by law to make rules or to determine contested cases. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• 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
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
• vehicle: means any on-road or nonroad vehicle powered by diesel fuel and having a gross vehicle weight of greater than fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds, or in the case of a nonroad vehicle, powered by diesel fuel and an engine with a rating of at least seventy-five (75) horsepower, including, but not limited to, non-stationary generators. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-47.3-2