§ 45-48.1-7 Exclusive authority for waterdistribution – Contracts. – (a) The district is authorized to obtain and maintain for the district a supplyof water for the extinguishing of fire and for distribution to the inhabitantsof the district, for domestic use and for other purposes, and may obtain thatwater by the establishment of its own works, or by contracting for it asprovided in subsection (c), or in any other manner that the district may deemnecessary and proper, and is not inconsistent with law. The district may alsofurnish water to inhabitants of the towns outside of the boundaries of thedistrict. If the district undertakes to distribute the water so obtained, itshall have the exclusive right to it, and may maintain an action against anyperson for using the water without the consent of the district, and mayregulate the distribution and use of the water within and without the district.Nothing is this section, or any other section of this chapter, shall beconstrued as giving to the district an exclusive franchise to furnish wateroutside of the boundaries of the district.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the previousprovisions as to fees, rates, rents, assessments and charges, any contract forthe sale of water to inhabitants of a town outside of the boundaries of thedistrict may be recorded in the same manner as a deed of land, and, upon therecording, the obligations of the owner of the real property involved are alien on the property and the lien is enforceable in the same manner as taxesassessed on real estate are by law collected.
(c) The district is authorized to contract, for periods notexceeding forty (40) years, with the state, any other municipal orquasi-municipal corporation, or with the owners of any privately owned watersystem for the purchase or sale of water or for the use of water facilities,and the state, the other municipal or quasi-municipal corporations, and theowners of privately owned water systems are authorized to enter into contractswith the district. Notwithstanding § 39-1-2(20) of the general laws,neither the district nor its governing body shall be deemed to be a publicutility, and the district and its governing body shall not be subject tochapters 1 – 5 of title 39.
§ 45-48.1-7 Exclusive authority for waterdistribution – Contracts. – (a) The district is authorized to obtain and maintain for the district a supplyof water for the extinguishing of fire and for distribution to the inhabitantsof the district, for domestic use and for other purposes, and may obtain thatwater by the establishment of its own works, or by contracting for it asprovided in subsection (c), or in any other manner that the district may deemnecessary and proper, and is not inconsistent with law. The district may alsofurnish water to inhabitants of the towns outside of the boundaries of thedistrict. If the district undertakes to distribute the water so obtained, itshall have the exclusive right to it, and may maintain an action against anyperson for using the water without the consent of the district, and mayregulate the distribution and use of the water within and without the district.Nothing is this section, or any other section of this chapter, shall beconstrued as giving to the district an exclusive franchise to furnish wateroutside of the boundaries of the district.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the previousprovisions as to fees, rates, rents, assessments and charges, any contract forthe sale of water to inhabitants of a town outside of the boundaries of thedistrict may be recorded in the same manner as a deed of land, and, upon therecording, the obligations of the owner of the real property involved are alien on the property and the lien is enforceable in the same manner as taxesassessed on real estate are by law collected.
(c) The district is authorized to contract, for periods notexceeding forty (40) years, with the state, any other municipal orquasi-municipal corporation, or with the owners of any privately owned watersystem for the purchase or sale of water or for the use of water facilities,and the state, the other municipal or quasi-municipal corporations, and theowners of privately owned water systems are authorized to enter into contractswith the district. Notwithstanding § 39-1-2(20) of the general laws,neither the district nor its governing body shall be deemed to be a publicutility, and the district and its governing body shall not be subject tochapters 1 – 5 of title 39.
§ 45-48.1-7 Exclusive authority for waterdistribution – Contracts. – (a) The district is authorized to obtain and maintain for the district a supplyof water for the extinguishing of fire and for distribution to the inhabitantsof the district, for domestic use and for other purposes, and may obtain thatwater by the establishment of its own works, or by contracting for it asprovided in subsection (c), or in any other manner that the district may deemnecessary and proper, and is not inconsistent with law. The district may alsofurnish water to inhabitants of the towns outside of the boundaries of thedistrict. If the district undertakes to distribute the water so obtained, itshall have the exclusive right to it, and may maintain an action against anyperson for using the water without the consent of the district, and mayregulate the distribution and use of the water within and without the district.Nothing is this section, or any other section of this chapter, shall beconstrued as giving to the district an exclusive franchise to furnish wateroutside of the boundaries of the district.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the previousprovisions as to fees, rates, rents, assessments and charges, any contract forthe sale of water to inhabitants of a town outside of the boundaries of thedistrict may be recorded in the same manner as a deed of land, and, upon therecording, the obligations of the owner of the real property involved are alien on the property and the lien is enforceable in the same manner as taxesassessed on real estate are by law collected.
(c) The district is authorized to contract, for periods notexceeding forty (40) years, with the state, any other municipal orquasi-municipal corporation, or with the owners of any privately owned watersystem for the purchase or sale of water or for the use of water facilities,and the state, the other municipal or quasi-municipal corporations, and theowners of privately owned water systems are authorized to enter into contractswith the district. Notwithstanding § 39-1-2(20) of the general laws,neither the district nor its governing body shall be deemed to be a publicutility, and the district and its governing body shall not be subject tochapters 1 – 5 of title 39.
