Rhode Island § 37-12-10 § 37-12-10. Retainers relating to contracts for public works, sewer, or water main construction.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 37-12-10 — § 37-12-10. Retainers relating to contracts for public works, sewer, or water main construction.

Rhode Island § 37-12-10

Title 37Public Property and Works

Ch. 37-12Contractorsâ€™ Bonds

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-12-10 (2026).

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§ 37-12-10. Retainers relating to contracts for public works, sewer, or water main construction.
(a) Upon substantial completion of the work required by a contract aggregating in amount
            less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the construction, reconstruction,
            alteration, remodeling, repair, or improvement of sewers and water mains, or any public
            works project defined in § 37-13-1, the awarding authority may deduct from its payment a retention to secure satisfactory
            performance of the contractual work not exceeding five percent (5%) of the contract
            price.
         
(b) There shall also be deducted and r

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§ 37-12-10. Retainers relating to contracts for public works, sewer, or water main construction.

(a) Upon substantial completion of the work required by a contract aggregating in amount less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair, or improvement of sewers and water mains, or any public works project defined in § 37-13-1, the awarding authority may deduct from its payment a retention to secure satisfactory performance of the contractual work not exceeding five percent (5%) of the contract price.

(b) There shall also be deducted and retained from the contract price an additional sum sufficient to pay the estimated cost of municipal police traffic control on any public works project. Municipalities shall directly pay the officers working traffic details and shall bill and be reimbursed by the withholding authority for which the contract is being performed every thirty (30) days until the project is complete.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to projects located within the town of Warren, the withholding authority shall hold an amount from the contract price that shall be reasonably sufficient to pay the estimated cost of municipal police traffic control. The withholding authority shall pay to the town of Warren within seventy-two (72) hours of written demand the actual costs of police traffic control associated with said project on an ongoing basis.

(d) The director of the department of administration shall establish, by rule and regulation adopted in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42 ("administrative proceduresâ€�), methods for the interim release of retainage of state of Rhode Island office of minority business enterprises (MBEs).

Legislative History

P.L. 1979, ch. 377, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 22, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 276, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 170, § 2; P.L. 2024, ch. 228, § 1, effective June 24, 2024; P.L. 2024, ch. 229, § 1, effective June 24, 2024.