Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Convention Center Authority Act.”

(a) The principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued by the corporation may be secured by a pledge of any revenues and receipts of the corporation and may be secured by a pledge, agreement, mortgage, or deed of trust or security agreement or trust indenture covering all…

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or notes or as revenues, receipts, or income, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in the proceedings under which the bonds or notes ar…

The state does pledge to and agree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued by the corporation under this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the corporation to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders thereof or in any way im…

Obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability or obligation of the state or of any political subdivision of the state, including the municipality, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political …

The notes and bonds of the corporation shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of this state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an in…

(a) Whenever the board of commissioners of the corporation shall by resolution determine that the purposes for which the corporation was formed have been substantially fulfilled and all bonds issued prior to this time by the corporation have been fully paid or adequate provision …

(a) Any bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the corporation under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof), shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision …

The corporation shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 2 of title 38 (“Access to Public Records”) and chapter 46 of this title (“Open Meetings”) and, in addition, the commissioners shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 14 of title 36 (“Code of Ethics”).

(a) The corporation shall carry out and comply with the policy of the state to support the fullest possible participation of firms owned and controlled by minorities and women (MBE) in all of its programs, contracts, and purchase of goods and services in accordance with state law…

The authority shall adopt workforce employment goals for the operation of the convention center and its affiliated entities, which considers the racial composition of the city of Providence as determined by the most recent national census data.

It is hereby found that: (1) There is a serious shortage of suitable facilities for conventions and related exhibition, meeting, banquet, and other facilities customarily incident thereto, in the state; (2) Private enterprise alone is not able to provide the necessary facilities;…

The corporation shall be considered a public agency and subject to the provisions of chapter 2 of title 37 entitled: “State Purchases” to the extent that those provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.

Neither this chapter nor anything contained in this chapter is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers, which the corporation might otherwise have under any laws of this state, and this chapter is cumulative to any powers. This chapter does and shall …

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

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 tow…

(a) There is created and established a public corporation of the state, having a distinct legal existence from the state and not constituting a department of the state government, with those corporate powers that are set forth in this chapter to be known as “convention center aut…

Any municipality is authorized from time to time to sell or otherwise convey to the corporation any property held by the municipality and to lease from the corporation, or contract with the corporation with respect to any facilities, or any interest therein, held by the corporati…

The corporation shall have power: (1) To have perpetual succession. (2) To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in its corporate name. (3) To have a corporate seal which may be altered at its pleasure, and to use the seal by causing it, or a facsimile of the seal, to be impresse…

(a) If for any of the purposes of this chapter, the corporation shall find it necessary to acquire any real property, whether for immediate or future use, the corporation may find and determine that the property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, is required for…

In any tort action against the corporation, any damages recovered therein shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

(a) The corporation is authorized to issue its negotiable bonds and notes from time to time for any of its corporate purposes; provided, however, that the authorization be limited such that the aggregate principal amount of such negotiable bonds and notes outstanding at any time …

The governor shall appoint a “state poet” to serve for a term of five (5) years at an annual salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and shall issue to the appointee a certificate upon which is designated the name of the appointee, the words, “state poet,” and the term of office…

(a) There is hereby authorized, created, and established in the department of the general treasurer a public finance management board to consist of nine (9) members: (1) The general treasurer or the general treasurer’s designee who shall be a subordinate within the general treasu…

The board shall have the authority to offer non-binding, advisory opinions on all aspects of debt management practices of state, municipal, and public and quasi-public corporations.

It shall be the purpose and responsibility of the board: (1) To advise and assist all state departments, municipal and regional authorities, agencies, boards, commissions, public and quasi-public corporations, and fire districts and other special districts having authority to iss…

(a) The eighty-seven million four thousand dollars ($87,004,000) in total recovery zone economic development bond volume cap allocations granted to the five (5) counties of the state of Rhode Island by the United States Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 1400U-1 […

(a) Each state, municipal and regional department, authority, agency, board, commission, public and quasi-public corporation, and fire district and other special district having authority to issue revenue or general obligation bonds or GARVEE bonds or notes or other various types…

In connection with the discharge of its duties under this chapter, the board is authorized to charge and impose fees for its services upon the lead underwriter or purchaser of any affected debt issue, bond, or note in an amount equal to one-fortieth of one percent (1/40%) of the …

(a) The general treasurer or the general treasurer’s designee shall serve as chairperson and shall preside at meetings of the board. (b) The board members shall annually elect, by majority vote, one of the members as vice chairman and one of the members as secretary and other suc…

(a) The membership of the board shall receive no compensation for their services. The general treasurer shall provide the clerical and administrative support required to develop and evaluate the comprehensive state plan. (b) All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish…

(a) The board shall comprehensively review the financing of capital improvements by all state, municipal, and regional departments, authorities, agencies, boards, commissions, and public and quasi-public corporations and study the comparative debt of all state and local governmen…

(a) The board shall compile and publish annually the total amount of public state, regional, municipal, and public and quasi-public corporation debt authorized, sold, and unsold. (b) No less frequently than every two (2) years, the board shall oversee the undertaking of a debt af…

The Kent County Court House, situated in the property known as the Boeng Building, located at 222 Quaker Lane in the town of West Warwick, shall be named and known as the “James W. Leighton Judicial Complex.”

There is established an independent workforce board to be known as “the governor’s workforce board Rhode Island,” hereinafter referred to as the “workforce board,” that shall have as its purposes strategic planning, evaluation and coordination of work force development efforts in…

Notwithstanding any provisions of the general laws of the state to the contrary, the employment security advisory council is consolidated into the workforce board. Should there be any changes in federal law or regulations permitting the consolidation of other employment and train…

(a) The council known as the “Rhode Island human resource investment council” shall now be known as the “governor’s workforce board Rhode Island.” Whenever in any general law, or public law, rule, regulation, and/or bylaw, reference is made to the “Rhode Island human resource inv…

The workforce board (“board”) shall support and oversee statewide efforts to develop and expand career pathways that enable individuals to secure employment within a specific industry or occupational sector and to advance over time to successively higher levels of education and e…

(a) The department of labor and training, governor’s workforce board, and department of children, youth and families shall work collaboratively to ensure that each young adult, as defined in § 14-1-3, shall upon request by the young adult, receive a vocational assessment and shal…

(a)(1) The workforce board (“board”) shall develop a state work immersion program and a non-trade apprenticeship program. For the purposes of this section, work immersion shall mean a temporary, paid work experience that provides a meaningful learning opportunity and increases th…

The department of labor and training is hereby designated as the administrative entity responsible for administration and management of the board. The department’s one-stop career center system and the local workforce investment boards are the primary deliverers of workforce deve…

(a) The workforce board shall fund a non-trade apprenticeship incentive program for industries identified and approved by the board. This program shall meet the standards of apprenticeship programs defined pursuant to § 28-45-9. The workforce board shall present the program to th…

(a) The workforce board shall be composed of twenty-three (23) members; one of whom shall be the secretary of commerce, who shall be vice-chair; one of whom shall be the director of the department of labor and training; one of whom shall be the commissioner of education; one of w…

(a) The position of chairperson shall be unpaid and the individual who is appointed chairperson shall serve a three-year (3) term. The governor may reappoint the individual appointed chairperson to serve another three-year (3) term. (b) The secretary of commerce shall be vice-cha…

(a) Of the eighteen (18) public members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, nine (9) shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years and nine (9) shall be appointed for three (3) years. After the initial appointments of those individuals serving t…

The members of the workforce board shall receive no compensation for their services as members, but may, at the discretion of the executive director of the workforce board, be reimbursed for traveling and other expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official dutie…