{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-12.7-3.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-12.7-3.1","heading":"Financing of the fund.","body":"The fund shall consist of the following sources:\n(1) Sums the legislature may appropriate;\n(2) Moneys received from federal, state, or other sources for the purpose of response, containment, abatement, rehabilitation, and monitoring costs from an oil spill in marine or estuarine waters;\n(3) Moneys received from any private donor for the oil spill prevention, administration, and response fund;\n(4) Costs recovered or otherwise received from parties responsible for the containment and cleanup of oil at a specific site, but excluding funds from performance bonds and other forms of financial responsibility held in escrow pending satisfactory performance of a privately funded response action;\n(5) Fines, penalties, or damages recovered under any sections of this chapter, chapter 12.5 of this title, or other law as a result of the release or threatened release of oil;\n(6) The fee required pursuant to § 46-12.7-4.1; and\n(7) Any interest earned on the moneys in the fund.","path":["Title 46 Waters and Navigation","Chapter 12.7 Oil Spill Prevention, Administration and Response Fund"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE46/46-12.7/46-12.7-3.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:01:05Z","sha256":"af3bbd7afd1d297b570c49b57d1318e8e70ff153b150c9adbdcfa796c098044d","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-12.7-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-12.7-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}