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Rhode Island General Laws Title 45. Towns and Cities

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  • Chapter 1. Boundaries
  • Chapter 2. General Powers
  • Chapter 3. Town Meetings
  • Chapter 4. Election and Qualification of Officers
  • Chapter 5. Councils and Governing Bodies
  • Chapter 6. Ordinances
  • Chapter 6.1. Non-Moving Traffic Violations
  • Chapter 7. Town Clerk
  • Chapter 8. Town Treasurer
  • Chapter 9. Budget Commissions
  • Chapter 10. Audit of Accounts and Installation of Systems
  • Chapter 11. Reserve Funds
  • Chapter 12. Indebtedness of Towns and Cities
  • Chapter 13. State Aid
  • Chapter 13.1. State-Local Relations Commission
  • Chapter 13.2. Municipal Incentive Aid
  • Chapter 14. Sewage Charges
  • Chapter 15. Actions by and Against Towns
  • Chapter 16. Sergeants and Constables
  • Chapter 18. Payments to Fire Companies
  • Chapter 19. Relief of Injured and Deceased Fire Fighters and Police Officers
  • Chapter 19.1. Cancer Benefits for Fire Fighters
  • Chapter 20. Appeals from Police and Fire Departments
  • Chapter 21. Retirement of Municipal Employees
  • Chapter 21.1. Municipal Fire Fighters' Pensions
  • Chapter 21.2. Optional Retirement for Members of Police Force and Firefighters
  • Chapter 21.3. Death of Other Retired Police Officers and Fire Fighters
  • Chapter 21.4. Relating to Central Falls Pension Plan
  • Chapter 21.5. West Warwick Pension Plan
  • Chapter 22. Local Planning Board or Commission
  • Chapter 22.1. Joint Municipal Planning Commissions
  • Chapter 22.2. Rhode Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Act
  • Chapter 22.4. Rhode Island Development Impact Fee Act
  • Chapter 23. Subdivision of Land
  • Chapter 23.1. Mapped Streets
  • Chapter 24. Zoning Ordinances
  • Chapter 24.1. Historical Area Zoning
  • Chapter 24.2. Minimum Housing Standards
  • Chapter 24.3. Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code
  • Chapter 24.4. Special Development Districts
  • Chapter 24.5. Waste Water Management Districts
  • Chapter 24.6. Special Economic Development Districts
  • Chapter 25. City Housing Authorities
  • Chapter 26. Town Housing Authorities
  • Chapter 27. Housing Authority Bonds and Obligations
  • Chapter 28. Extraterritorial Powers of Housing Authorities
  • Chapter 29. Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects
  • Chapter 30. National Defense Housing Projects
  • Chapter 31. Redevelopment Agencies
  • Chapter 31.1. Redevelopment Code Enforcement
  • Chapter 31.2. Uniform Relocation Payments
  • Chapter 32. Redevelopment Projects
  • Chapter 32.1. Redevelopment Aid for Hospital and Educational Purposes
  • Chapter 33. Redevelopment Financing
  • Chapter 33.1. Rehabilitation Loans
  • Chapter 33.2. Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act
  • Chapter 33.3. Housing Project Loans
  • Chapter 33.4. City of Pawtucket Downtown Redevelopment Project
  • Chapter 34. Health and Safety Authorities
  • Chapter 35. Conservation Commissions
  • Chapter 36. Conservation of Open Spaces
  • Chapter 36.1. Municipal Public Trust Dedication
  • Chapter 37. Gifts of Industrial Facilities
  • Chapter 37.1. Industrial Facilities Corporation
  • Chapter 38. Gifts of Educational Facilities
  • Chapter 38.1. Health and Educational Building Corporation
  • Chapter 38.2 . School Building Authority Capital Fund
  • Chapter 39. Sale of Water
  • Chapter 39.1. Municipal Water Supplies
  • Chapter 40. Interlocal Cooperation Commissions
  • Chapter 40.1. Interlocal Contracting and Joint Enterprises
  • Chapter 41. Self Insuring Fund
  • Chapter 42. Emergency Police Power
  • Chapter 43. Regional Councils of Local Government
  • Chapter 44. Homestead Program
  • Chapter 45. Cost of Living Adjustments
  • Chapter 46. Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
  • Chapter 47. Municipal Liens on Fire Insurance Proceeds
  • Chapter 48. Nasonville Water District
  • Chapter 48.1. West Greenwich Water District
  • Chapter 49. School Age Child Care
  • Chapter 49.1. Early Childhood Foundation
  • Chapter 50. Municipal Public Buildings Authorities
  • Chapter 51. Environmental Advocacy Act
  • Chapter 52. The Quonochontaug East Beach Water District
  • Chapter 53. Low and Moderate Income Housing
  • Chapter 54. Municipal Detention Facility Corporations
  • Chapter 55. Award of Municipal Contracts
  • Chapter 56. Westerly Downtown Center Special Services District
  • Chapter 57. Winnisimet Farm Road District
  • Chapter 58. Pascoag Utility District
  • Chapter 59. District Management Authorities
  • Chapter 60. Block Island Housing Board
  • Chapter 61. Stormwater Management Districts
  • Chapter 61.1. Storm Drainage System Maintenance
  • Chapter 61.2. The Smart Development for A Cleaner Bay Act of 2007
  • Chapter 62. Dam Management Districts
  • Chapter 63. Middletown Stormwater Control System
  • Chapter 64. Master Fire Alarm Box Charges
  • Chapter 65. Retirement Security Act for Locally Administered Pension Funds
  • Chapter 67. Block Island Utility District Act of 2017
  • Chapter 68. Statewide Municipal Solar Permit
  • Chapter 69. Coastal Hazards

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