Rhode Island General Laws 45-59.1-6. Initiation of proceedings – Petition for a proposed tourism improvement district
(a) Upon submission to the clerk of a municipality of a written petition, the municipality may initiate proceedings to form a tourism improvement district by adopting a resolution expressing its intention to form a tourism improvement district. The written petition may be signed by either:
(1) Business owners or their authorized representatives who will pay sixty percent (60%) or more of the assessments proposed to be levied; or
(2) Business owners or their authorized representatives who constitute sixty percent (60%) or more of the total rooms within the tourism improvement district.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-59.1-6
- Assessment: means a levy for the purpose of providing activities and improvements that will provide benefits to businesses located within a tourism improvement district that are subject to the tourism improvement district assessment. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59.1-3
- Business: means any business establishment of the type or class that is described in the tourism improvement district plan and the authorizing resolution. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59.1-3
- Improvement: means an acquisition, construction, installation, or maintenance relating to tangible property, with an estimated useful life of five (5) years or more that is designed to provide benefits to assessed businesses. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59.1-3
- Municipality: means any city or town in the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59.1-3
- Tourism improvement district: means a tourism improvement district established pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59.1-3
- Tourism improvement district plan: means a plan as prescribed in § 45-59. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59.1-3
(b) The petition of business owners required under subsection (a) of this section shall include a summary of the tourism improvement district plan. That summary shall include all of the following:
(1) A map showing the boundaries of the tourism improvement district.
(2) The types or classes of businesses that will be subject to the assessment.
(3) The assessment rate for the types or classes of business that will be subject to the assessment.
(4) Information specifying where the complete tourism improvement district plan can be obtained.
(5) Information specifying that the complete tourism improvement district plan shall be furnished upon request.
History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 282, § 1, effective June 29, 2022; P.L. 2022, ch. 283, § 1, effective June 29, 2022.