§ 42-64-14 - Relations with state agencies.
SECTION 42-64-14
§ 42-64-14 Relations with state agencies.– (a) In planning and carrying out projects, the Rhode Island economicdevelopment corporation shall conform to the applicable provisions of the stateguide plan as that plan may from time to time be altered or amended. Indetermining whether its proposed projects are in conformity with the stateguide plan, the corporation and all persons dealing with it shall be entitledto rely upon a written statement signed by its chairperson or vice-chairpersonof the state planning council to the effect that the proposed project conformsto the state guide plan. If the corporation shall submit to the state planningcouncil a written request for this determination accompanied by a generaldescription of a proposed project describing in reasonable detail its location,nature, and size, and the state planning council shall not within forty-five(45) days after the receipt of this written request issue its written statementto the effect that the proposed project conforms or does not conform to thestate guide plan as the case may be, then conformity of the proposed projectwith the state guide plan shall be conclusively presumed. A written statementissued by the state planning council to the effect that a proposed project doesnot conform to the state guide plan shall state the respects in whichconformity is lacking.
(b) In planning and carrying out projects, the corporationshall conform to the applicable provisions of chapter 23 of title 46.
(c) The corporation is authorized and empowered to acquireand to dispose of real property, subject to the provisions of this chapter,without the necessity of obtaining the approval of the state propertiescommittee or otherwise complying with the provisions of title 37.