§ 37-10-7 - Use of building – Appropriation.

SECTION 37-10-7

   § 37-10-7  Use of building –Appropriation. – (a) The director of the Rhode Island economic development corporation, with theadvice of the director of the department of environmental management, may rentthe building or parts of the building for exhibition and other rental purposesto those persons who will promote the general development of the state byadvertising the agricultural, industrial, recreational, and educationalpossibilities of the state. All rents or rates shall be paid to and receiptedfor by the general treasurer for use by the state. The operation andmaintenance of the exhibitions and other rental purposes shall be under thesupervision of the director of the Rhode Island economic developmentcorporation.

   (b) The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sumsas it may deem necessary for the operation and maintenance of the building, forthe operation and maintenance of the exhibitions, and for other purposes ofthis chapter.