The following words and terms shall have the following respective meanings, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1)  “Chief municipal officer” means:

(i)  If the municipality is a city, its mayor, or

(ii)  If the municipality is a town, the president of its town council.

(2)  “Convention center” means a facility used to house conventions, trade shows, exhibitions, displays, meetings, banquets, and other events, as well as facilities related thereto such as parking lots and garages, a civic center, connection walkways, hotels, and office buildings (including any retail facilities which are incidental to and located within any of the foregoing); provided, however, that any office building which is not a part of, or physically connected to, a hotel may not be financed by the issuance of bonds of the corporation.

(3)  “Corporation” means the corporation established by this act.

(4)  “Governor” means the governor of the state.

(5)  “Municipality” means the city or town within which the convention center and other facilities constructed, managed, or operated by the corporation is located.

(6)  “Project” means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, development of, or any expenditure with respect to, any real or personal property for the corporation’s purposes.

(7)  “State” means the state of Rhode Island.