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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2000
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A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS --
NIGHT OUTDOOR PUBLIC LIGHTING
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Title 37 of the General Laws entitled "Public Property and Works" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter:
CHAPTER 22
OUTDOOR PUBLIC LIGHTING
37-22-1. Legislative findings. -- It is hereby found that full cutoff luminaires considerably reduce wasted uplight. It is further found that the replacement of defective or nonfunctioning noncutoff luminaires with full cutoff luminaires, employing the same lamp type, can mean a substantial lowering in the wattage of the new full cutoff lamp needed to maintain a similar level of lighting on the ground, thereby realizing a considerable cost and energy savings to the state. Therefore, it is in the public interest to require the use of full cutoff luminaires to the maximum extent possible.
37-22-2. Definitions. -- As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Full cutoff luminaire" - A luminaire that allows no direct light from the luminaire above a horizontal plane through the luminaire's lowest light emitting part, in its mounted form.
37-22-3. Applicability. -- The Rhode Island Department of Transportation shall use full-cutoff luminaries when new highway lighting is installed and whenever an existing lighting system is substantially upgraded, provided good engineering practice does not dictate another type of lighting.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS --
NIGHT OUTDOOR PUBLIC LIGHTING
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This act would regulate new and replacement outdoor night lighting provided by the state.
This act would take effect upon passage.