(a)  For the purposes stated in §?45-24.6-1, the general assembly may, by statute, establish, designate, lay out, and define, as special economic development districts, areas that are, may be or have been the subject of, or substantially affected by combined federal, state, local, or private action, in the same manner as municipalities are presently empowered to establish, designate, lay out, and define zoning districts, and which lands are developable or blighted state-owned tracts or parcels of land, and which, at the time of the creation of the district, consist of twenty (20) or more contiguous acres in size. Properties owned or controlled by the department of environmental management shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.6-4

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Commission: means a special economic development district commission or independent public instrumentality authorized by the general assembly and empowered by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.6-3
  • Contiguous acres: means tracts or parcels of land that abut or connect without excepting therefrom streams, ponds, rivers, roads, bridges, or other types of paths or rights of way. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.6-3
  • 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.
  • District: means any developable or blighted state-owned tracts or parcels of land, which at its creation, aggregation and/or acquisition by a state agency or instrumentality consists of or consisted of twenty (20) or more contiguous acres in size. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.6-3
  • plan: means a plan, including design and development criteria and regulations, for the development of a special economic development district adopted by a special economic development district commission pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.6-3
  • Special economic development district: means an area of a municipality or municipalities that has been or will be established, designated, laid out, or defined by the general assembly, including, but not limited to, independent public instrumentalities created by the general assembly. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.6-3
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(b)  The boundaries of a special economic development district established, designated, laid out, and defined according to the provisions of this chapter, may be amended only by an act of the general assembly.

(c)  The powers of the district to achieve the purposes of this chapter shall be exercised by a commission as herein provided as a public corporation and instrumentality of the state, to adopt, implement, and administer a plan of development.

Each district commission shall consist of seven (7) voting members. The governor of the state of Rhode Island shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, the seven (7) voting members of the commission. The commission shall have the sole authority to adopt, implement, and administer a plan of development for the special economic development district.

History of Section.
P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 12, § 8.