(a)  The activities of the district management authority will be managed by a board of directors which will consist of nine (9) members.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-12

  • Chief elected officer: means the official, elected by the voters of a municipality or appointed by the members of the elected legislative body of the municipality, who exercises day-to-day executive authority over the municipality's affairs. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-3
  • District management authority: means a district management authority established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-3
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the municipality within which the management district is located; "first fiscal year" means the first full fiscal year after the fiscal year during which the management district is created; subsequent fiscal years are referred to in like manner. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-3
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Management district: means a management district established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and, as the context may require, includes any subdistrict within the management district. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-3
  • Municipality: means a city or town of the state of Rhode Island having a population according to the most recent federal census of not less than one hundred thousand (100,000); however, notwithstanding the population requirement, the cities of Newport and Pawtucket shall be considered municipalities for purposes of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-3
  • Real property: means land and buildings or structures located on the land but does not include lines, mains, poles, easements and rights-of-way owned by public utilities. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-3
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(b)  All of the directors will be owners or tenants of real property (not exempt from taxation by law) located within the management district or residents of the management district, or managers of real property (not exempt from taxation by law) located within the management district except for: (1) the chief elected officer of the municipality or his or her designee, (2) owners of real property located within the management district which is exempt from taxation by law who are voluntarily contributing to the costs of operating the management district.

(c)  Two (2) of the directors will be appointed by the chief elected officer of the municipality within which the district management authority is located, one of whom may be the chief elected officer of the municipality or his or her designee and the other will be an owner of real property (not exempt from taxation by law) located within the management district. Seven (7) of the directors will be appointed by the organization which was designated in the petition submitted pursuant to § 45-59-5; four (4) of the seven (7) directors so appointed will be owners of real property (not exempt from taxation by law) located within the management district or owners of real property located within the management district which is exempt from taxation by law who are voluntarily contributing to the costs of operating the management district.

(d)  Terms for the directors will be as follows:

(1)  The chief elected officer will assign to the persons initially appointed by him or her terms of one and two (2) years so that the terms of the directors so appointed will expire on the last days of the first and second fiscal years respectively.

(2)  The business organization designated in the petition filed pursuant to § 45-59-5 will assign to the seven (7) persons initially appointed by it, terms of one year (as to two (2) of them), two (2) years (as to two (2) of them), and three (3) years (as to three (3) of them) so that the terms of the directors so appointed will expire on the last days of the first, second and third fiscal years respectively.

(3)  Beginning on the last day of the first fiscal year and on the last day of each succeeding fiscal year, the appointing authorities will appoint directors, to succeed the directors whose terms are then expiring, which successor directors will serve for terms of three (3) years and thereafter until their successors are appointed and will have qualified.

(e)  Directors will receive no compensation for the performance of their duties but may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses in carrying out such duties.

History of Section.
P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1.