(a) There is created a body corporate and public and a political subdivision of the state, a special water district to be known as the West Greenwich water district located in the town of West Greenwich established for the purpose of providing adequate water supply to the residents of the district and to others who may contract with the district for water supply. The district shall consist of the area bounded by the following: a line two hundred fifty (250) feet from either side of Victory Highway, Route 102, commencing at the intersection of Victory Highway and Sharpe Street and Plain Meeting House Road and continuing south to Pole 84 and the intersection Victory Highway and Linden Lane; a line two hundred fifty (250) feet on either side of Brown's Corner Road from Victory Highway and continuing to the intersection Brown's Corner Road with Stubble Brook Road and the W. Alton Jones Campus of the University of Rhode Island; a line two hundred fifty (250) feet on either side of Linden Lane, Stratford Court and Kings Daughter Court; a line two hundred fifty (250) feet on either side of Regina Drive commencing at the intersection of Linden Lane and continuing to the intersection of Regina Drive with Heather Hollow Road. The area within the boundaries described in this section shall be known as the West Greenwich water district.
(b) The district is hereby constituted an independent public instrumentality and the exercise by the district of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential public function. The district shall not be subject to the supervision of the town or of any department, commission, board, bureau or agency of the town except to the extent and in the manner provided in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2003, ch. 270, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 364, § 1.