2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 39 Public Utilities and Carriers
CHAPTER 39-3 Regulatory Powers of Administration
§ 39-3-43 Kent County water authority.

§ 39-3-43 Kent County water authority. – (a) Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the Kent County Water Authority, absent a force majeure, shall provide qualified biotechnology manufacturing facilities located in the Kent County Water district with uninterrupted water supply, provided said supply is not less than eight hundred thousand (800,000) gallons per day. This section shall not limit water intended for public health and safety including residential use, non-residential sanitary uses and fire response.

(b) The Kent County Water Authority shall forthwith develop and implement water conservation efforts pursuant to section 1.7.3 of the revised Rules and Regulations of the Kent County Water Authority.

(c) The Kent County Water Authority shall provide a written report to the speaker of the house, the senate president, and chairmen of the house and senate committees on finance detailing compliance with the provisions of this act no later than October 1, 2006, and on the first day of October in each subsequent year during the effective term of this section.

(d) For the purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:

(1) "Biotechnology manufacturing facility" means the manufacturing facilities of a company primarily engaged in commercial biological research, development, manufacturing or the sale of biotechnology products.

(2) "Qualified" means a biotechnology company with existing manufacturing facilities located within the Kent County Water District as of January 1, 2006.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2006, ch. 227, § 1.)