§ 42-57-4 Powers. – (a) The foundation is authorized and empowered:
(1) To adopt by-laws for the regulation of its affairs andthe conduct of its business;
(2) To adopt an official seal and alter the seal at pleasure;
(3) To maintain an office at any place or places within thestate as it may designate;
(4) To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and beimpleaded. Service of process in any action shall be made by service upon thechairperson of the foundation either in hand or by leaving a copy of theprocess at the office of the foundation with some person having charge thereof;
(5) To employ assistants, agents, and other employees thatmay be necessary or desirable for its purposes; to contract for and engageconsultants, and to utilize the service of other governmental agencies;
(6) To accept from a federal agency, loans or grants for usein carrying out its purposes, and to enter into agreements with that agencyrespecting those loans or grants;
(7) To acquire, purchase, manage, and operate and hold anddispose of real and personal property, to take assignments of rentals andleases, and make and enter into all contracts, leases, and agreements necessaryor incidental to the performance of its duties;
(8) To receive any gifts, grants, or donations made for anyof the purposes of its program, and to disburse and administer them inaccordance with the terms thereof; and
(9) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient tocarry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.
(b) These powers do not remove from the department ofenvironmental management any responsibilities for maintaining, operating, anddeveloping the Fort Adams complex as an integral part of the state park system.
(1) The department of environmental management assumes tortliability for the purpose of public access and use of a tour program at theFort Adams complex, which shall be operated by the foundation with oversight bythe department. The department in its oversight capacity shall be engaged in agovernmental function, and in any tort action against the state, the damagesrecovered shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)as identified in § 9-31-2.
(2) In addition to any other requirements mandated by thedepartment of environmental management, any contractor hired for the purpose ofrestoration of the complex shall be required to carry liability insurance inthe amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
§ 42-57-4 Powers. – (a) The foundation is authorized and empowered:
(1) To adopt by-laws for the regulation of its affairs andthe conduct of its business;
(2) To adopt an official seal and alter the seal at pleasure;
(3) To maintain an office at any place or places within thestate as it may designate;
(4) To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and beimpleaded. Service of process in any action shall be made by service upon thechairperson of the foundation either in hand or by leaving a copy of theprocess at the office of the foundation with some person having charge thereof;
(5) To employ assistants, agents, and other employees thatmay be necessary or desirable for its purposes; to contract for and engageconsultants, and to utilize the service of other governmental agencies;
(6) To accept from a federal agency, loans or grants for usein carrying out its purposes, and to enter into agreements with that agencyrespecting those loans or grants;
(7) To acquire, purchase, manage, and operate and hold anddispose of real and personal property, to take assignments of rentals andleases, and make and enter into all contracts, leases, and agreements necessaryor incidental to the performance of its duties;
(8) To receive any gifts, grants, or donations made for anyof the purposes of its program, and to disburse and administer them inaccordance with the terms thereof; and
(9) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient tocarry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.
(b) These powers do not remove from the department ofenvironmental management any responsibilities for maintaining, operating, anddeveloping the Fort Adams complex as an integral part of the state park system.
(1) The department of environmental management assumes tortliability for the purpose of public access and use of a tour program at theFort Adams complex, which shall be operated by the foundation with oversight bythe department. The department in its oversight capacity shall be engaged in agovernmental function, and in any tort action against the state, the damagesrecovered shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)as identified in § 9-31-2.
(2) In addition to any other requirements mandated by thedepartment of environmental management, any contractor hired for the purpose ofrestoration of the complex shall be required to carry liability insurance inthe amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
§ 42-57-4 Powers. – (a) The foundation is authorized and empowered:
(1) To adopt by-laws for the regulation of its affairs andthe conduct of its business;
(2) To adopt an official seal and alter the seal at pleasure;
(3) To maintain an office at any place or places within thestate as it may designate;
(4) To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and beimpleaded. Service of process in any action shall be made by service upon thechairperson of the foundation either in hand or by leaving a copy of theprocess at the office of the foundation with some person having charge thereof;
(5) To employ assistants, agents, and other employees thatmay be necessary or desirable for its purposes; to contract for and engageconsultants, and to utilize the service of other governmental agencies;
(6) To accept from a federal agency, loans or grants for usein carrying out its purposes, and to enter into agreements with that agencyrespecting those loans or grants;
(7) To acquire, purchase, manage, and operate and hold anddispose of real and personal property, to take assignments of rentals andleases, and make and enter into all contracts, leases, and agreements necessaryor incidental to the performance of its duties;
(8) To receive any gifts, grants, or donations made for anyof the purposes of its program, and to disburse and administer them inaccordance with the terms thereof; and
(9) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient tocarry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.
(b) These powers do not remove from the department ofenvironmental management any responsibilities for maintaining, operating, anddeveloping the Fort Adams complex as an integral part of the state park system.
(1) The department of environmental management assumes tortliability for the purpose of public access and use of a tour program at theFort Adams complex, which shall be operated by the foundation with oversight bythe department. The department in its oversight capacity shall be engaged in agovernmental function, and in any tort action against the state, the damagesrecovered shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)as identified in § 9-31-2.
(2) In addition to any other requirements mandated by thedepartment of environmental management, any contractor hired for the purpose ofrestoration of the complex shall be required to carry liability insurance inthe amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
