AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Requires any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal roadway for work to provide notice to all residential and business property owners located within 1,000 ft of the closed highway at least 48 hrs before the road closure.)

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AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Requires any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal roadway for work to provide notice to all residential and business property owners located within 1,000 ft of the closed highway at least 48 hrs before the road closure.)

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Requires any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal roadway for work to provide notice to all residential and business property owners located within 1,000 ft of the closed highway at least 48 hrs before the road closure.)

What This Bill Does

• AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Requires any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal roadway for work to provide notice to all residential and business property owners located within 1,000 ft of the closed highway at least 48 hrs before the road closure.)

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Official Summary Text

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Requires any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal roadway for work to provide notice to all residential and business property owners located within 1,000 ft of the closed highway at least 48 hrs before the road closure.)

Current Bill Text

S2767

2026 -- S 2767
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR
SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT

Introduced By:
Senators Thompson, and Murray

Date Introduced:
March 04, 2026

Referred To:
Senate Commerce
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Chapter 39-2.2 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Utility Fair Share
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Roadway Repair Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
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39-2.2-6. Roadwork closure notice.
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Any public utility company that needs to completely close any portion of any state or
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municipal highway, in order to perform roadway repairs or other related work, shall provide to all
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residential and business property owners located within one thousand feet (1,000 ft) of the road
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closure, with at least forty-eight (48) hours' notice of the scheduled road closure.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR
SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT
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This act would require any public utility company that needs to close any state or municipal
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roadway to perform related work to provide notice of the scheduled road closure to all residential
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and business property owners located within one thousand feet (1,000 ft) of the closed highway, at
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least forty-eight (48) hours before the scheduled road closure.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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