Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

(a) The officers of a district management authority will consist of a chairperson, a treasurer and a secretary, each of whom will be elected by the board of directors. Such other officers and assistant officers and agents as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by …

(a) Not later than sixty (60) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the district management authority will annually prepare an operating budget containing: (1) An estimate of surplus from its current fiscal year available for expenditure in the ensuing fiscal year; (2)…

Each district management authority will have the power to apportion the annual operating expenses of the district management authority among the owners of ratable real property, not otherwise exempt by law, located within the management district by a special tax assessment. The s…

The total of the special tax assessments levied on the ratable real property within the management district will not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total of the real property taxes levied on the ratable real property within the management district, not exempt from taxation by la…

The assessments made by any district management authority will be collected by the tax collector of the municipality within which the management district is located for the account of the district management authority. The assessments so collected will not be commingled with fund…

(a) Any person aggrieved on any ground whatsoever by any assessment against him or her by a district management authority in any municipality may within three (3) months after the last day appointed for the payment without penalty of the assessment, or the first installment of th…

The state and a district management authority may enter into agreements pursuant to which the state agrees with the district management authority that the district management authority will thereafter undertake services previously provided by the state in consideration of the sta…

(a) It is found and declared that: (1) The continued vitality of the business districts in the towns and cities of the state is essential to retaining existing businesses and attracting new enterprises. (2) The financial condition of certain of the larger municipalities of the st…

The services provided by a district management authority will be supplemental to the services otherwise provided by the municipality within the management district.

At any time after the approval of a petition and the creation of a district management authority, the boundaries of the management district and the purposes and powers of the district management authority may be amended by the filing of a petition for amendment. The petition will…

(a) Any district management authority may be dissolved and the designation of a management district terminated by ordinance or resolution of the city or town council of the municipality within which it is located adopted after public hearing as provided in § 45-59-6. (b) Any dist…

(a) Any notes or other obligations issued by any district management authority, their transfer and the income from the notes or obligations (including any profits made on the sale of the notes or obligations), will at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political …

Notes and other obligations of a district management authority will not be deemed to constitute the debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the municipality.

No member of the board of directors of a district management authority and no officer of an authority will be held civilly liable for any breach of his or her duties as such member or officer except for liability: (1) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve inten…

(a) District management authorities will be subject to the provisions of chapter 14.1 of title 37 (Minority Business Enterprise), chapter 2 of title 38 (Access to Public Records) and chapter 46 of title 42 (Open Meetings) of the general laws. District management authorities will …

Notice of the creation of a management district and a district management authority will be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality at some time subsequent to the approval of the petition by the city or town council as provided in § 45-5…

(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term: (1) “Chief elected officer” means the official, elected by the voters of a municipality or appointed by the members of the elected legislative body of the municipality, who exercises day-to-day executiv…

A management district may be created by an ordinance or resolution enacted by the city or town council of any municipality (as defined in § 45-59-3(5)) upon the written petition of persons owning real property located within the proposed district as provided in this chapter. A ma…

(a) The written petition will be signed by persons who own real property located within the proposed district, and if the petition provides for one or more subdistricts, within the subdistricts, constituting, in the aggregate, sixty percent (60%) of the aggregate assessed valuati…

(a) The city or town council to which the petition is submitted will forthwith and in any event no later than ninety (90) days after the receipt of the petition hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving comments from all interested persons on the approval of the petition…

(a) After the hearing, the city or town council may approve the petition by ordinance or resolution which will contain a finding to the effect that: (1) The petition has been submitted by persons who own real property located within the proposed district, and in any proposed subd…

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 exe…

(a) Except as its purposes may be limited by the petition, the management district commission authority will have the following purposes within the management district: (1) To provide for the cleaning of the public streets and sidewalks and the removal of snow; (2) To provide for…