§ 35-20-5 - Definitions. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 35-20-5

   § 35-20-5  Definitions. – As used in this chapter:

   (1) "Controller" means the state controller of Rhode Island.

   (2) "Director" means the director of administration.

   (3) "Governor" means the governor of Rhode Island.

   (4) "Public corporation" means any body corporate and politiccreated or to be created pursuant to statute, including, without limitation,the Rhode Island industrial recreational building authority, the Rhode Islandeconomic development corporation and any subsidiaries thereof, the Rhode Islandindustrial facilities corporation, the Rhode Island refunding bond authority,the Rhode Island health and educational building authority, the board ofgovernors for higher education, the Rhode Island housing and mortgage financecorporation, the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, the Rhode Islandpublic transit authority, the Rhode Island student loan authority, the waterresources board corporate, the Narragansett Bay water quality managementdistrict commission, the Rhode Island health and educational buildingcorporation, the Rhode Island depositors economic protection corporation, theRhode Island convention center authority, the Rhode Island turnpike and bridgeauthority, their successors and assigns. Cities, towns, and any corporationcreated by a city or town pursuant to statute, and fire and water districts,are not public corporations under this chapter.