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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-39 > Chapter-39-4 > 39-4-18SECTION 39-4-18
§ 39-4-18 Review of grade crossingordinances. – All orders, decisions, requests, or ordinances hereafter made by any town orcity council under the provisions of §§ 39-8-2, 39-8-3, and 39-8-12,shall be subject to the supervision and control of the division as provided inthis section. Upon the written complaint of any public utility, or by ten (10)qualified electors, residents of the town or city, the order of whose town orcity council shall be drawn in question, upon the ground that the order,decision, request, or ordinance is unreasonable, the division shall set ahearing as provided in § 39-4-4, and if the commission shall find that theorder, decision, request, or ordinance is unreasonable, the order, decision,request, or ordinance shall be void; provided, that nothing in this chaptershall be construed to take away or limit the existing powers of the town orcity councils to abolish grade crossings.
