§ 45-32-42. Cooperation by public bodies.
(a) For the purpose of further aiding and cooperating in any redevelopment project of
an agency, any state public body may, upon terms, with or without consideration, as
it may determine:
(1) Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements,
licenses, or any other rights or privileges in it to an agency;
(2) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage
facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be
furnished in connection with a redevelopment project;
(3) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan public streets
or ways or other public places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;
(4) Plan or replan, zone or rezone, any part of the area within the jurisdiction of the
state public body; and make exceptions and variances from building and zoning regulations
and ordinances;
(5) Cause services to be furnished to the agency of the character which the state public
body is otherwise empowered to furnish;
(6) Enter into agreements with respect to the exercise by the state public body of its
powers relating to the repair, closing, or demolition of unsafe, unsanitary, or unfit
dwellings;
(7) Incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by the state public body
in exercising the powers granted in this section;
(8) Lend, grant, or contribute funds to a redevelopment agency, or enter into agreement
with the redevelopment agency or other public body, to furnish funds or other assistance;
and
(9) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and co-operate in the redevelopment
of a redevelopment area.
(b) Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this section may be made
by a state public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public
bidding.