Chapter 205
2009 -- S 1008 AS AMENDED
Enacted 11/09/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT --
Introduced By: Senators Bates, Felag, DiPalma, Paiva-Weed, and C. Levesque
Date Introduced: June 24, 2009
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 42-63.1-5 of the General Laws in Chapter
42-63.1 entitled
"Tourism and
Development" is hereby amended to read as follows:
42-63.1-5.
Regional tourism districts. -- (a) The state of
eight (8) regional tourism districts to be administered by
the tourism council, convention and
visitor's bureau or the
section:
(1)
South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Hopkinton,
(2)
Convention Authority of the City of
(3) Northern
Falls,
the
(4) Aquidneck Island
district consists of
(5)
(6) Block Island
district which shall consist of the town of
administered by the New Shoreham tourism council, inc.;
(7) East
to be administered by an entity that shall be acceptable to the economic development corporation;
provided, that all funds
generated in the city of
division of taxation
until such time as the city of
regional tourism district
at which time the monies held by the
shall be transferred to the tourism district or convention visitors' bureau selected by the city of
(8) Statewide district
consists of all cities and towns not delineated in subdivisions (1)
through (7) to be administered by the
(b) Before receiving
any funds under this chapter, the organizations designated to receive
the funds on behalf of the East regional tourism
district and the
receive approval from the
guidelines promulgated by the
shall review the eligibility of the regional tourism
district organizations to receive the funds at
least annually.
SECTION 2. The title of Chapter 42-105 of the General Laws
entitled "
COUNTY CONVENTION AND
VISITORS' BUREAU" is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER
42-105
Newport
CHAPTER
42-105
SECTION 3. Sections 42-105-1, 42-105-2, 42-105-3 and
42-105-6 of the General Laws
in Chapter 42-105 entitled "Newport County
Convention and Visitors' Bureau" are hereby
amended to read as follows:
42-105-1. Newport
and
created and established a public corporation having a
distinct legal existence from the state and
not constituting a department of state government, which
is a governmental agency and public
instrumentality of the municipalities within County
as the "
forth in this chapter.
(b) The exercise by the
corporation of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be
deemed and held to be the performance of an essential
governmental function of the
municipalities within
general assembly by the passage of this chapter, to vest in
the corporation all powers, authority,
rights, privileges, and titles which may be necessary to enable
it to accomplish the purposes
herein set forth, and this chapter and the powers granted
hereby shall be liberally construed in
conformity with those purposes.
(c) (1) The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until
terminated by law
or until the corporation shall cease entirely and
continuously to conduct or be involved in any
business whatsoever in the furtherance of its purposes.
(2) Upon termination of
the existence of the corporation, all its rights and properties shall
pass to and be vested in the state. At no time shall the
assets or other property of the corporation
inure to the benefit of any person or other corporation or
entity.
42-105-2.
Composition. -- (a) (1) The Newport and
visitors' bureau shall be comprised of fifteen (15) eighteen
(18) members who are residents of
County
(2) All members of the
bureau as of September 1, 2005 shall cease to be members of the
authority on September 1, 2005, and the bureau shall thereupon
be reconstituted as follows:
(i) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the
Newport City Council; two (2) of whom
shall be associated with the hospitality industry;
(ii)
Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Middletown Town Council; two (2) of
whom shall be associated with the hospitality industry;
(iii) One member shall
be appointed by the Jamestown Town Council who shall be
associated with the hospitality industry;
(iv)
One member shall be appointed by the Portsmouth Town Council who shall
be
associated with the hospitality industry;
(v) One member shall be
appointed by the Tiverton Town Council who shall be
associated with the hospitality industry;
(vi)
One member shall be appointed by the Little Compton Town Council who
shall be
associated with the hospitality industry; and
(vii) One member
shall be appointed by the
associated with the hospitality industry; and
(viii) One member
shall be appointed by the Warren Town Council who shall be
associated with the hospitality industry; and
(ix) One member shall
be appointed by the
associated with the hospitality industry; and
(vii) (x) Those members appointed pursuant to paragraph (i) -- (vi)(ix) shall thereupon
appoint five (5) members, who shall be:
(A) One representative of
hotels of more than one hundred (100) rooms;
(B) One representative
of hotels, inns or bed-and-breakfasts of less than one hundred
(100) rooms;
(C) One representative
of the restaurant industry;
(D) One representative
of the attractions industry; and
(E) One member of the
general public to serve as at-large representative who shall be
associated with the hospitality industry.
(3) All members of
the public shall be appointed to serve terms of two (2) years.
Members of the bureau shall be eligible for
reappointment. Those persons
initially appointed
under paragraphs (2)(i), (2)(ii)
of this section, shall serve initial terms of one year.
(4) Those persons
initially appointed under paragraphs (2)(iii),
(2)(iv), (2)(v), (2)(vi),
(2)(vii), and (2)(viii) under
this section shall serve initial terms of two (2) years.
(5) Those persons
initially appointed under paragraphs (2)(ix) and
(2)(x) of this section
shall serve an initial term of three (3) years.
(6) Thereafter, all
members shall be appointed to serve terms of three (3) years. Members
of the bureau shall be eligible for appointment for two
(2) consecutive terms.
(4)(7) No
state legislator shall serve or be otherwise eligible for membership on the
bureau.
(b) The members of the
shall serve without compensation and shall be residents of County
(c) The
other month at a time to be designated by the chairperson.
Special meetings of the authority may
be called by the chairperson in accordance with the open
meetings law. The chairperson shall be
elected by the membership of the authority.
42-105-3.
Purposes. -- The
is authorized, created, and established for the
following purposes:
(1) To establish an
operating program to promote and encourage tourism;
(2) To coordinate
tourism activities within County
state;
(3) To establish a fund
to promote and encourage tourism; and
(4) To aid the
municipalities in
may arise due to growth in the tourism industry and to
improve the quality of life in
42-105-6.
Transfer of assets, rights, and responsibilities. --
All assets presently held by
the
created by this chapter. Assets include all property,
tangible and intangible whether located
within or without the state. Whenever in the general laws or
any public law reference is made to
the
convention and visitors' bureau shall be substituted, and the
bureau shall assume all
responsibilities and rights as may be set forth in the general or
public law.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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