2005 Rhode Island Code - § 39-18-3 — Purpose of the authority.

    It shall be the purpose of the authority to own and operate a mass motor bus, water, or rail passenger transportation system. Whenever any operator of a mass motor bus, water, or rail passenger transportation system files with the public utilities administrator a petition to discontinue any service, it is the purpose and function of the authority to determine if it is in the public interest to discontinue that service, and if it is determined that it is not in the public interest to discontinue that service, the authority is authorized and empowered to acquire all or any part of the transit property, or any interest therein, of the system.