(a)(1)  The city of Pawtucket may, by ordinance, require each person, persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization operated for profit, prior to transacting or conducting business from any situs in the city, to obtain a registration certificate stating the name under which the person or persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization is conducted or transacted, its business address, and a specific description of the business activity.

(2)  The registration certificate that is issued prior to transacting or conducting business from any situs in the city shall be issued without the imposition of a filing fee. In addition, there shall be no general requirement that a registration certificate shall be renewed annually. Renewal of a registration certificate shall be required only when there is a change in the situs as originally designated and filed.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-67-1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)(1)  No ordinance passed under this section shall take effect until thirty (30) days after its final passage.

(2)  No person or persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization with less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of tangible property shall be required to register under this chapter.

(c)  Any ordinance passed under this section shall be deemed as retroactive in its application so that it applies to each person, persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization already transacting or conducting business from any situs in the city.

History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 296, § 1.