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Section 45-59-20. – Agreements with municipalities.

§ 45-59-20. Agreements with municipalities. The services provided by a district management authority will be supplemental to the services otherwise provided by the municipality within the management district. History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1.

Section 45-59-21. – Amendment.

§ 45-59-21. Amendment. 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 set forth the amendments sought; […]

Section 45-59-22. – Dissolution.

§ 45-59-22. Dissolution. (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 district management authority must be dissolved and […]

Section 45-59-23. – Exemption from taxation.

§ 45-59-23. Exemption from taxation. (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 subdivision or […]

Section 45-59-24. – Credit of municipality not pledged.

§ 45-59-24. Credit of municipality not pledged. 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. History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 373, § 1.

Section 45-59-25. – Exemption from liability.

§ 45-59-25. Exemption from liability. 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 […]

Section 45-59-26. – Applicability of other laws.

§ 45-59-26. Applicability of other laws. (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 also be subject to the […]

Section 45-59-17. – Collection of assessments.

§ 45-59-17. Collection of assessments. 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 funds of the municipality and forthwith upon their […]

Section 45-59-18. – Petition for relief from assessment.

§ 45-59-18. Petition for relief from assessment. (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 the payment, […]

Section 45-59-7. – Creation of authority.

§ 45-59-7. Creation of authority. (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 subdistrict, constituting in […]