| Chapter 359 |
| 2024 -- S 3021 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/26/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS |
Introduced By: Senators Euer, and DiPalma |
| Date Introduced: May 02, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 45-2-35.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-2 entitled "General |
| Powers" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 45-2-35.1. City of Newport — Landing and boarding fees. |
| (a) The city of Newport is authorized to charge, assess, or otherwise collect from every |
| cruise vessel landing at a dock in the city of Newport a landing fee of three dollars ($3.00) ten |
| dollars ($10.00) per passenger and from every cruise vessel embarking from a dock Newport, a |
| boarding fee of three dollars ($3.00) ten dollars ($10.00) per passenger. For the purposes of this |
| section, the term “cruise vessel” does not include ferries and water carriers of persons and/or |
| property doing business as common carriers operating upon waters between termini within the |
| state. |
| (b) The city council of the City of Newport shall promulgate rules and regulations to |
| implement the provisions of this section. |
| (c) The city of Newport is authorized to impose a penalty on any delinquency in the |
| payment of any fee imposed under this section, at a rate equal to that assessed by the city on tax |
| delinquencies. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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