TITLE 46

Waters and Navigation

CHAPTER 46-12.10

Commission to Study Feasibility and Funding of Homeowners Assistance Fund for

Septic Systems

SECTION 46-12.10-1



   § 46-12.10-1  Legislative findings. –

The General Assembly hereby recognizes and declares that:



   (a) There exists and will continue to exist within the state

of Rhode Island the need to construct, maintain and repair facilities and

projects for the abatement of pollution caused by domestic wastewater

discharges, including, but not limited to, septic systems and cesspools.



   (b) It is found that there are presently ninety thousand

(90,000) cesspools within the State of Rhode Island.



   (c) Failed and poorly functioning ISDS systems contribute

directly to pollution in such environmentally sensitive areas as Greenwich Bay,

coastal salt ponds and other water resources.



   (d) It is further found that there is a need to establish a

fund that shall provide to communities financial assistance to create and adopt

a community septic system management plan and provide the corpus of a fund

within the existing State SRF as administered by the Rhode Island

infrastructure bank that shall enable communities to offer to homeowners within

those communities the opportunity to access low-cost loans for repair or

replacement of failed or poorly functioning septic systems.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1996, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 14, §

15.)