§ 23-19-4 Legislative purposes of RhodeIsland Resource Recovery Corporation. – (a) In furtherance of these policies, it is the intent of this legislation tocreate a solid waste management corporation, as defined in this chapter.
(b) The corporation will prepare and implement a plan for anintegrated statewide system of solid waste management facilities which planshall define the state's disposal needs and define the manner to meet the needsin accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Capacity, maximizing theuse of source reduction, reuse, and recycling at public and private facilitiesshall be considered when assessing state need. No public facility shall beconstructed unless need is established pursuant to the plan. The plan shall bereviewed and adopted as an element of the state guide plan by the stateplanning council.
(c) The facilities and services of the corporation shall beused by persons and municipalities within the state, and the corporation mayrequire all persons and municipalities therein to use the services andfacilities of the corporation under terms and conditions that the corporationshall reasonably fix and establish. This section shall not be construed,however, to affect or impair any valid contract for disposal of municipal wastein effect on March 1, 1985, until expiration at the end of the original term ofthe contract or any extension approved by the corporation or sooner terminationof the contract, or the right of any municipality to continue the operation ofits own landfill facility which is in use on December 1, 1986.
(d) The corporation will make its waste management facilitiesavailable under contract to any municipality, institution, or person atreasonable fees established by the corporation.
(e) Any revenues received by the corporation through the feesit charges for the use of facilities and services, from state subsidies, orthrough the sale of the material and energy resources recovered from the wastesit processes in the solid waste facilities within its jurisdiction, shall beused by the corporation to finance its administrative costs, its contractualcosts, and other costs imposed by law, and to discharge its indebtedness andother obligations and to otherwise provide the financial support that isrequired for the corporation to maintain financial solvency.
§ 23-19-4 Legislative purposes of RhodeIsland Resource Recovery Corporation. – (a) In furtherance of these policies, it is the intent of this legislation tocreate a solid waste management corporation, as defined in this chapter.
(b) The corporation will prepare and implement a plan for anintegrated statewide system of solid waste management facilities which planshall define the state's disposal needs and define the manner to meet the needsin accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Capacity, maximizing theuse of source reduction, reuse, and recycling at public and private facilitiesshall be considered when assessing state need. No public facility shall beconstructed unless need is established pursuant to the plan. The plan shall bereviewed and adopted as an element of the state guide plan by the stateplanning council.
(c) The facilities and services of the corporation shall beused by persons and municipalities within the state, and the corporation mayrequire all persons and municipalities therein to use the services andfacilities of the corporation under terms and conditions that the corporationshall reasonably fix and establish. This section shall not be construed,however, to affect or impair any valid contract for disposal of municipal wastein effect on March 1, 1985, until expiration at the end of the original term ofthe contract or any extension approved by the corporation or sooner terminationof the contract, or the right of any municipality to continue the operation ofits own landfill facility which is in use on December 1, 1986.
(d) The corporation will make its waste management facilitiesavailable under contract to any municipality, institution, or person atreasonable fees established by the corporation.
(e) Any revenues received by the corporation through the feesit charges for the use of facilities and services, from state subsidies, orthrough the sale of the material and energy resources recovered from the wastesit processes in the solid waste facilities within its jurisdiction, shall beused by the corporation to finance its administrative costs, its contractualcosts, and other costs imposed by law, and to discharge its indebtedness andother obligations and to otherwise provide the financial support that isrequired for the corporation to maintain financial solvency.
§ 23-19-4 Legislative purposes of RhodeIsland Resource Recovery Corporation. – (a) In furtherance of these policies, it is the intent of this legislation tocreate a solid waste management corporation, as defined in this chapter.
(b) The corporation will prepare and implement a plan for anintegrated statewide system of solid waste management facilities which planshall define the state's disposal needs and define the manner to meet the needsin accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Capacity, maximizing theuse of source reduction, reuse, and recycling at public and private facilitiesshall be considered when assessing state need. No public facility shall beconstructed unless need is established pursuant to the plan. The plan shall bereviewed and adopted as an element of the state guide plan by the stateplanning council.
(c) The facilities and services of the corporation shall beused by persons and municipalities within the state, and the corporation mayrequire all persons and municipalities therein to use the services andfacilities of the corporation under terms and conditions that the corporationshall reasonably fix and establish. This section shall not be construed,however, to affect or impair any valid contract for disposal of municipal wastein effect on March 1, 1985, until expiration at the end of the original term ofthe contract or any extension approved by the corporation or sooner terminationof the contract, or the right of any municipality to continue the operation ofits own landfill facility which is in use on December 1, 1986.
(d) The corporation will make its waste management facilitiesavailable under contract to any municipality, institution, or person atreasonable fees established by the corporation.
(e) Any revenues received by the corporation through the feesit charges for the use of facilities and services, from state subsidies, orthrough the sale of the material and energy resources recovered from the wastesit processes in the solid waste facilities within its jurisdiction, shall beused by the corporation to finance its administrative costs, its contractualcosts, and other costs imposed by law, and to discharge its indebtedness andother obligations and to otherwise provide the financial support that isrequired for the corporation to maintain financial solvency.
