§ 42-105-1. Newport and Bristol County convention and visitors’ bureau — Creation. (a) There is authorized, created and established a public corporation having a distinct legal existence from the state and not constituting a department of state government, which is a governmental agency and public instrumentality of the municipalities within Newport and Bristol Counties, to […]
§ 42-105-10. Training. The bureau shall conduct a training course for newly appointed and qualified members and new designees of ex-officio members within six (6) months of their qualification or designation. The course shall be developed by the chair of the bureau, approved by the bureau, and conducted by the chair of the bureau. The […]
§ 42-105-11. Annual report. Within six (6) months after the close of its fiscal year the bureau shall approve and submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the secretary of state, and each of the following city and town councils: Jamestown, Middletown, Newport, […]
§ 42-105-2. Composition. (a)(1) The Newport and Bristol County convention and visitors’ bureau shall be comprised of eighteen (18) members who are residents of the state of Rhode Island, preferably from Newport and Bristol Counties. (2) All members of the bureau as of September 1, 2005 shall cease to be members of the authority on […]
§ 42-105-3. Purposes. The Newport and Bristol County convention and visitors’ bureau is authorized, created, and established for the following purposes: (1) To establish an operating program to promote and encourage tourism; (2) To coordinate tourism activities within Newport and Bristol Counties and the state; (3) To establish a fund to promote and encourage tourism; […]
§ 42-105-4. General powers. Except to the extent inconsistent with any specific provision of this chapter, the corporation shall have power: (1) To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in its corporate name; (2) To have a seal, which may be altered at pleasure and to use the seal by causing it, or a […]
§ 42-105-5. Funding. Section 44-18-36.1 shall be applicable to this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 418, § 1.
§ 42-105-6. Transfer of assets, rights, and responsibilities. All assets presently held by the Newport and Bristol tourism and convention authority are transferred to the corporation created by this chapter. Assets include all property, tangible and intangible whether located within or without the state. Whenever in the general laws or any public law reference is […]
§ 42-105-7. Tax exemption. The gross receipts of sales to and from the authority are exempted from the taxes imposed by chapter 18 of title 44, for the storage, use, and other consumption in this state of tangible personal property. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 418, § 1.
§ 42-105-8. Audits. The books of the Newport County convention and visitors’ bureau as they pertain to the revenues derived from the room tax shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant annually who shall make a report to the bureau, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the […]
§ 42-105-9. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any provision or part of this chapter shall be held invalid or unconstitutional or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, that invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair the remaining provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 418, § […]
