R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-67-1
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§ 5-67-1. Registration required.
Official statutory text
(a)(1) The city of Pawtucket may, by ordinance, require each person, persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization operated for profit, prior to transacting or conducting business from any situs in the city, to obtain a registration certificate stating the name under which the person or persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization is conducted or transacted, its business address, and a specific description of the business activity.
(2) The registration certificate that is issued prior to transacting or conducting business from any situs in the city shall be issued without the imposition of a filing fee. In addition, there shall be no general requirement that a registration certificate shall be renewed annually. Renewal of a registration certificate shall be required only when there is a change in the situs as originally designated and filed.
(b)(1) No ordinance passed under this section shall take effect until thirty (30) days after its final passage.
(2) No person or persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization with less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of tangible property shall be required to register under this chapter.
(c) Any ordinance passed under this section shall be deemed as retroactive in its application so that it applies to each person, persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization already transacting or conducting business from any situs in the city.
(2) The registration certificate that is issued prior to transacting or conducting business from any situs in the city shall be issued without the imposition of a filing fee. In addition, there shall be no general requirement that a registration certificate shall be renewed annually. Renewal of a registration certificate shall be required only when there is a change in the situs as originally designated and filed.
(b)(1) No ordinance passed under this section shall take effect until thirty (30) days after its final passage.
(2) No person or persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization with less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of tangible property shall be required to register under this chapter.
(c) Any ordinance passed under this section shall be deemed as retroactive in its application so that it applies to each person, persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization already transacting or conducting business from any situs in the city.
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