Title 45
Towns and Cities

Chapter 59.1
Tourism Improvement Districts

§ 45-59.1-9. Authorizing resolution.

(a) If the municipality, following the public hearing, decides to establish or renew a proposed tourism improvement district, the municipality shall adopt an authorizing resolution that shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A brief description of the proposed activities and improvements, the amount of the proposed assessment, a statement as to the types or classes of businesses that will be subject to the assessment, and a description of the exterior boundaries of the tourism improvement district, which may be made by reference to any plan or map that is on file with the municipality. The descriptions and statements need not be detailed and shall be sufficient if they enable an owner to generally identify the nature and extent of the activities and improvements and the location and extent of the tourism improvement district.

(2) The time and place where the public hearing was held concerning the establishment or renewal of the tourism improvement district.

(3) A determination regarding any protests received. The municipality shall not establish or renew the tourism improvement district or levy assessments if a majority protest was received as described in § 45-59.1-7(c).

(4) A statement that the businesses in the tourism improvement district established by the resolution shall be subject to any amendments to this chapter.

(5) A statement that the activities and improvements to be conferred on businesses in the tourism improvement district will be funded by the proceeds of assessments. The revenue from the assessments within a tourism improvement district shall not be used for any purpose other than the purposes specified in the tourism improvement district plan, as authorized or modified by the municipality at the hearing concerning establishment or renewal of the tourism improvement district.

(6) A finding that the businesses within the tourism improvement district will benefit from the activities and improvements funded by the tourism improvement district assessments.

(b) The adoption of the authorizing resolution shall constitute the levy of assessments in each of the years referred to in the tourism improvement district plan.