The tourism improvement district is intended to provide supplemental funding and services and not to supplant existing funding or services. After establishing a tourism improvement district, the municipality shall not decrease the level of publicly funded tourism promotion services in a tourism improvement district existing prior to the creation of such tourism improvement district.
Certification to establish levels of services and funding
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59.1-13., under Chapter 45-59.1 Tourism Improvement Districts.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-59.1-13.