§ 42-99-3 — § 42-99-3. Definitions.

§ 42-99-3. Definitions.

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.

Legislative History

P.L. 1987, ch. 455, § 3; P.L. 1991, ch. 37, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 375, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 436, § 1.