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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-24 > Chapter-24-8 > 24-8-23SECTION 24-8-23
§ 24-8-23 Cost of construction or repairof bridges used by public utilities. – (a) Upon the completion of the construction, reparation or reconstruction ofany of the bridges, used by any public utility, the director of transportationshall file a full and detailed statement setting forth the amount expended inthe construction, reparation or reconstruction of each bridge used by anypublic utility, with the public utility administrator, and a copy of thestatement shall be filed in the treasurer's office of the public utility. Thepublic utility administrator, shall immediately set a time for hearing andshall, after notice of the hearing to the public utility and to the departmentof transportation, determine what amount, if any, of the expense of theconstruction, reparation or reconstruction of the bridge or bridges shall bepaid by the public utility upon the basis and in the manner provided in §39-2-6.
(b) If any payment, determined to be due from any publicutility shall not be paid to the state within one year from the date of thedetermination by the public utility administrator of the amount due from anypublic utility, the state shall be entitled to recover the amount due in anaction of debt, together with interest from six (6) months from the date of thedetermination by the public utility administrator, at the rate of ten percent(10%) per annum, and upon securing judgment against any public utility,execution shall issue against the property of the public utility.
