Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 1-6 – Warwick Airport Parking District


§ 1-6-1	Definitions
§ 1-6-2	Surcharge on transient parking in district
§ 1-6-3	Permits for parking operations in district
§ 1-6-4	Returns
§ 1-6-5	Payment of surcharges – Enforcement
§ 1-6-6	Transfer of parking facilities
§ 1-6-7	Books to be kept – Examinations
§ 1-6-8	Regulations
§ 1-6-9	Nonresident operators
§ 1-6-10	Surcharges are trust funds of state
§ 1-6-11	Application to certain exempt entities

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 1-6 - Warwick Airport Parking District

Administrator: means the state tax administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-6-1
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
Applicant: means any person who has applied for permission to engage in any act or activity that is regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
Applicant: means any person who on his or her own behalf or on behalf of another has applied for permission to engage in any act or activity that is regulated under the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Apprentice barber: means an employee whose principal occupation is service with a barber who has held a current license as a barber for at least three (3) years with a view to learning the art of barbering, as defined in subsection (14). See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Attest: means providing the following services:

(i) Any audit or other engagement to be performed in accordance with the Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS);

(ii) Any review of a financial statement to be performed in accordance with the Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS);

(iii) Any examination of prospective financial information to be performed in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE);

(iv) Any engagement to be performed in accordance with the standards of the public company accounting oversight board;

(v) Any examination, review, or agreed-upon procedures engagement to be performed in accordance with the SSAE, other than an examination described in subsection (1)(iii); and

(vi) The statements on standards specified in this definition shall be adopted by reference by the board pursuant to rulemaking and shall be those developed for general application by recognized national accountancy organizations, such as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Attorney General: means the attorney general of the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Authority: means an authority to practice as a public accountant in this state granted by the public accountants advisory commission under former § 5-3-6 (P. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Barber: means any person who shaves or trims the beard; waves, dresses, singes, shampoos, or dyes the hair; or applies hair tonics, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oil clays, or lotions to the scalp, face, or neck of any person; or cuts the hair of any person; gives facial and scalp massages; or treatments with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Board: means the board of accountancy, a public authority created by Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Board: means the state board of barbering and hairdressing as provided for in this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Branch office: means any office of a licensee within the state other than its principal place of business within the state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Business: means any corporation, company, association, operation, firm, partnership, institution, trust, or other form of business association, as well as a natural person. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2-103
Certificate: means a certificate as certified public accountant issued under this chapter or corresponding provisions of prior law, or a corresponding certificate as certified public accountant issued after examination under the law of any other state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
coal: as used in this chapter , includes both anthracite and bituminous coal and other fuels containing coal. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-4-21
Compilation: means providing a service to be performed in accordance with the Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS), as adopted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, that is presenting in the form of financial statements, information that is the representation of management without undertaking to express any assurance on the statements. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Computer forensic specialist: means a person who holds a professional certification as a computer examiner and who interprets, evaluates, tests, or analyzes preexisting data from computers, computer systems, networks, or other electronic media, provided to them by another person who owns, controls, or possesses the computer, computer system, network, or other electronic media. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Contract for sale: includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2-106
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
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.
CPA: means a person holding a certificate issued under this chapter or corresponding provisions of prior law or under the accountancy act or similar law of any other state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Decedent: A deceased person.
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Department: means the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
District: means the Warwick airport parking district, being the district that runs from a point on Main Avenue in the city of Warwick at the southerly boundary of Rhode Island T. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-6-1
Division: means the division of professional regulation within the department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
Employee: means any natural person employed by the businesses defined in this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Entity: includes a general partnership, limited-liability company, limited-liability partnership, corporation, sole proprietor, trust, and joint venture. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Esthetician: means a person who engages in the practice of esthetics, and is licensed as an esthetician. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Esthetics: means the practice of cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, and beautifying skin, including, but not limited to, the treatment of such skin problems as dehydration, temporary capillary dilation, excessive oiliness, and clogged pores. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Hairdresser and cosmetician: means any person who arranges, dresses, curls, cuts, waves, singes, bleaches, or colors the hair or treats the scalp, or manicures the nails of any person, either with or without compensation, or who, by the use of the hands or appliances, or of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams, powders, oils or clays, engages, with or without compensation, in massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising, or beautifying, or in doing similar work upon the neck, face, or arms, or who removes superfluous hair from the body of any person. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Instructor: means any person licensed as an instructor under the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
License: means any license required by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
License: means any license required by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Licensee: means the holder of a certificate, authority, or permit issued under this chapter or under the prior laws of this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Licensee: means any person to whom a license is granted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Local licensing authority: means the town councils of license boards of the several towns, the mayor and city council or license bureau of a city. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
Majority: refers to more than fifty percent (50%) ownership in terms of financial interests and voting rights. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Manicurist: means any person who engages in manicuring for compensation and is duly licensed as a manicurist. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Operator: means any person providing transient parking within the district. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-6-1
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
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.
Peer review: means a study, appraisal, or review of one or more aspects of the professional work of a practice unit engaged in the practice of public accountancy in this state, by a licensee or licensees who are not affiliated with the practice unit being reviewed. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Permit: means a permit to practice public accountancy issued under Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Permit fee: means the fee payable annually by an operator to the tax administrator in an amount equal to ten dollars ($10. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-6-1
Person: means any corporation, company, association, operation, firm, partnership, institution, trust, or other form of business association, as well as a natural person. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Practice of barbering: means the engaging by any licensed barber in all, or any combination of, the following practices: shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair; giving facial and scalp massages or treatments with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances; singeing, shampooing, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, chemical waving, hair relaxing, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics; or applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to the scalp, face, or neck. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Practice of hairdressing and cosmetic therapy: means the engaging by any licensed hairdresser and cosmetician in any one or more of the following practices: the application of the hands or of mechanical or electrical apparatus, with or without cosmetic preparations, tonics, lotions, creams, antiseptics, or clays, to massage, cleanse, stimulate, manipulate, exercise, or otherwise to improve or to beautify the scalp, face, neck, shoulders, arms, bust, or upper part of the body; or the manicuring of the nails of any person; or the removing of superfluous hair from the body of any person; or the arranging, dressing, curling, waving, weaving, cleansing, cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring, or similarly treating the hair of any person. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Practice of manicuring: means the cutting, trimming, polishing, tinting, coloring, or cleansing the nails of any person. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
Practice unit: means a sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or other entity engaged in the practice of public accounting in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Principal residence: means the state in which a person has the right to register to vote for, or the right to vote in, general elections and in which he or she qualifies to file a resident state income tax return. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Private detective: means a person who is hired for the purpose of conducting investigations involving:

(i) Inquiries into unsolved crimes;

(ii) Clandestine surveillance;

(iii) The search for missing persons; and

(iv) The search for lost or stolen property. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
Private security guard business: includes :

(i) A business that furnishes for hire or reward watchmen, guards, bodyguards, private patrolmen, or other persons, to protect persons or real and personal property;

(ii) A business that furnishes for hire or reward any trained dog or other animal with or without an accompanying handler for the purpose of providing security. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
Probate: Proving a will
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
Publicly traded corporation: means any corporation or other legal entity, except a natural person, that:

(i) Has one or more classes of security registered pursuant to § 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
report: includes any form of language that disclaims an opinion when that language is conventionally understood to imply any positive assurance as to the reliability of the attested information or compiled financial statements referred to and/or any special competence on the part of the person or practice unit issuing that language; and it also includes any other form of language that is conventionally understood to imply that assurance and/or special knowledge or competence. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
School: means a school approved under chapter 40 of Title 16, as amended, devoted to the instruction in, and study of, the theory and practice of barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy, esthetics, and/or manicuring. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-10-1
seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
Seller: means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2-103
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
State: means the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Substantial equivalency: means a determination by the board of accountancy that the education, examination, and experience requirements contained in the statutes and administrative rules of another state or jurisdiction are comparable to or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements included in this chapter or that an individual CPA's education, examination, and experience qualifications are comparable to or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements contained in this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
this state: means the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-3.1-3
town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
town council: include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Transient parking: means any parking for motor vehicles at a lot, garage, or other parking facility within the district for which a fee is collected by the operator, but excludes:

(i) Parking for which the fee is charged and paid on a monthly or less frequent basis;

(ii) Parking for any employee of the operator of the facility;

(iii) Parking provided by any hotel or motel for registered guests;

(iv) Parking provided by validation or having a validated rate, where the person providing the validation does not maintain a place of business at Rhode Island T. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-6-1
Transient parking receipts: means the gross receipts collected by an operator (excluding the surcharge imposed by this chapter) in consideration of the provision of transient parking. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-6-1
United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8