Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-8. The authority
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The district management authority thus created will be a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality and agency of the municipality within which the management district is located but having a distinct legal existence from the municipality. It is hereby declared that in exercising the powers granted to it by this chapter, the district management authority will exercise public and essential governmental functions of the municipality. No part of the net earnings of the district management authority will be distributable to, or inure to the benefit of, any private person.
History of Section.
P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-8
- District management authority: means a district management authority established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-59-3
- 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
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6